An alleged coup attempt in Germany, fears over Strep A, and a period of freezing weather are all covered on the front pages of Thursday's national papers.
The Irish Times leads with a warning from Eirgrid that electricity supplies will be under considerable strain during this week's cold spell.
The papers also covers the State apology to an ex-Army officer 53 years after he was wrongly forced to retire.
The Irish Examiner reports on advice from the HSE to keep children home from school if they feel unwell amid concerns over Strep A infections.
The Echo and the Irish Independent both focus on the cold weather after Met Éireann issued a series of low temperature and ice warnings for the entire country.
Good morning, here is the front page of today's Irish Independent pic.twitter.com/5HxYy415mG
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) December 8, 2022
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The Irish Daily Star and Irish Daily Mirror both read: 'Leo: Viral club video is private', reporting that footage of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar at a nightclub over the weekend was recorded without his knowledge.
Finally, the Irish Daily Mail's headline reads: 'Children's hospital "at critical capacity"' as large numbers of young people are attending the hospitals Emergency Department.
In Britain, Matt Hancock announcing he will step down from parliament at the next election, looming industrial action and fury over Michael Gove’s permission for new coal mine in Cumbria lead some of Thursday’s papers.
The i writes that the former British health secretary was “forced out” after local Tories revolted against the MP over his decision to go on reality television.
Thursday's front page: Hancock forced out after local Tories revolt against their absentee MP
Story from @KateMaltby + @janemerrick23: https://t.co/VsPhhFS1jh#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/W1gnBCigi3— i newspaper (@theipaper) December 7, 2022
The Daily Mirror adds that Mr Hancock quit before he was “booted out” and has now set his sights on “exciting possibilities”.
Thursday's Front Page:
🟥Hancock: Get me out of here!
📺He quits before he's booted out.. and sets sights on 'exciting possibilities' #TomorrowsPaperToday pic.twitter.com/VxNF1jlRqR— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 7, 2022
Elsewhere, the Daily Mail says the imminent strikes by airport, rail and ambulance staff have sent the festive season into “chaos”, The Times adds that “hundreds of thousands” of passengers will have their Christmas and new year plans ruined as airport border staff walk out, and The Daily Telegraph writes that soldiers have been ordered to give up their time off to cover striking ambulance workers.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/hghNiN3l2L
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) December 7, 2022
THE TIMES: Christmas flights hit by airport walkouts #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UPyQEN6UxS
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 7, 2022
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Army fury as soldiers ordered to give up Christmas over strikes'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/2a4uIKTmCx— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 7, 2022
The Independent and The Guardian, meanwhile, cover anger from environmentalists over the UK's levelling up secretary giving the green light to Britain’s first new coal mine in three decades.
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Anger as @michaelgove approves first coal mine in 30 years #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ZzQl4SP4f0
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 7, 2022
Guardian front page, Thursday 8 December 2022: Gove ignores climate warnings to approve first coalmine in 30 years pic.twitter.com/bI0GAcEUEt
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 7, 2022
China has loosened its Covid controls in response to the damage being done to trade, according to the Financial Times.
Just published: Front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, for Thursday 08 December pic.twitter.com/LWrgOl0ls7
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 7, 2022
Metro carries news from Germany that 35 people have been arrested over an armed far-right terror plot to oust the government.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
BANG TO REICHS
🔴 35 arrested over armed far-right terror plot to oust government #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7H9ZMgN93J— Metro (@MetroUK) December 7, 2022
The Daily Express says Harry and Meghan have been accused of betraying Britain's late Queen Elizabeth II with their new Netflix series.
Tomorrow's front page: Stop this betrayal of our beloved Queen #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/HtJ7rah2IM pic.twitter.com/NEmfk6T7Xa
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) December 7, 2022
And The Sun and the Daily Star feature the World Cup ahead of England’s clash with France.
On tomorrow's front page: 'I’m the real Kylian Mbappe and I live in Leicester – I’m backing England to beat France'https://t.co/dEYhAWYIn9 pic.twitter.com/W2R8TE7UOJ
— The Sun (@TheSun) December 7, 2022
Thursday's front page: Cry God for Harry, England....and especially Kyle Walker who's marking Mbappe. #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/upkRHeaSRc pic.twitter.com/w3B7gE2GYB
— Daily Star (@dailystar) December 7, 2022
