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What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

A variety of stories make the front pages in Ireland on Tuesday, including a cancer diagnosis for Britain's King Charles.
What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

A variety of stories make the front pages in Ireland on Tuesday, including a cancer diagnosis for Britain's King Charles.

The Irish Times reports that the HSE is planning an urgent catch-up vaccination programme for young adults against measles amid the "high probability" of an outbreak in Ireland.

The Irish Examiner leads with the funeral of a young woman who died in a car crash alongside two friends in Carlow.

More than two-thirds of rural GPs are not taking on new patients, according to the Irish Independent.

A survey published in the Irish Daily Mail reveals that a quarter of Irish six-year-olds have their own smartphone.

The Irish Daily Mirror and Belfast Telegraph lead with the shock cancer diagnosis for Britain's King Charles.

King Charles’s cancer diagnosis also dominates the British newspapers on Tuesday.

The Telegraph, the Daily Mirror, The Sun and the Metro all report on Charles’s diagnosis which was found during treatment for an enlarged prostate.

The Daily Express and the Guardian say King Charles has started treatment and will step down from public duties.

The Daily Star leads with a photo of Charles and reports Prince Harry will fly home after the news.

The Independent runs with Buckingham Palace’s “shock announcement”.

The Daily Mail says “Charles is so grateful they caught it early”.

The Times reports that Charles is “wholly positive” despite the diagnosis.

Prince William will increase royal duties in the wake of the diagnosis, according to the i.

And, in other news, the Financial Times leads with a story on a US private equity dividend boost by “piling on debt” to ease borrowing costs.

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