What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages
By PA Reporter
Tuesday's front pages focus on a range of stories from public hospitals making almost €390 million from private patients last year to gardaí introducing more unmarked “secret” vehicles to catch rogue drivers on Irish roads.
The Irish Times reports public and voluntary hospitals made almost €390 million from private patients last year, new figures show.
The Irish Examiner report gardaí are to introduce more unmarked “secret” vehicles to catch rogue drivers on Irish roads, and up to 100 more static speed cameras.
The Echo focus on a rise in anti social social behaviour in Cork with buses being pelted with eggs, bottles, stones and even a bike.
For all the big news, pick up Tuesday's Irish Daily Mail pic.twitter.com/SVIUIV0J9r
— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) December 30, 2024
Today's front page of The Irish Sun. pic.twitter.com/OFwIOjUxe2
— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) December 31, 2024
Good morning readers. Here is the front page of today's Belfast Telegraph.https://t.co/J2F7mgopyK pic.twitter.com/JweUhslXVy
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) December 31, 2024
In the UK, the New Year Honours feature heavily on the last newspaper front pages of the year.
The Daily Mirror concentrates on the knighthood of former England manager Gareth Southgate, while The Daily Telegraph says London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been knighted despite rising crime rates in the capital.
The Daily Mail says his honour is a “reward for failure”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'PM knights Khan in 'reward for failure' '#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The i concentrates on honours for former sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, but says the wait for compensation continues.
Unions are split on a plan to trade pensions for public sector pay rises, according to The Times.
The Daily Express concentrates on the “spectacular mistake” by then prime minister Tony Blair of opening borders in 2004 as records are released, while The Independent says the Nursing and Midwifery Council failed to act on reports from NHS whistleblowers of child abuse and sexual misconduct.
The Sun hears from the family of One Direction star as they hope for justice following arrests in Argentina over his death in October.
A record amount taken from managed stock funds throughout the year occupies the front of the Financial Times.
And the Daily Star ends the year with research that eating eggs can stop you going bald.
