A fire at a pub in Dublin, comments from the Taoiseach on the far-right, and plans to ease the cost of living are some of the stories on the front pages for the first day of the new year.
The Irish Times reports Gardaí suspect a fire at a premises in Ringsend in Dublin was arson.
The Irish Examiner leads with comments from Leo Varadkar, who said threats from the far-right 'won't force me to change'.
Happy New Year! Here's the front page of today's Irish Independent: pic.twitter.com/gBD7VlsPI3
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The Irish Daily Mail's headline reads: 'Coalition's blitz of good news to ease cost of living', looking ahead to a busy year of elections and referendums.
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Today's front page of The Irish Sun. pic.twitter.com/DIstY2Q9yP
— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) January 1, 2024
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Finally, both the Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star also cover the fire in Dublin, reporting the alleged perpetrators believed the premises was due to house asylum seekers.
In Britain, the newspapers herald the arrival of 2024 with a range of topics on their front pages.
For those who dread airport security, The Times brings good news as it says facial recognition scans will see travellers from 50 different nationalities go without passports at UK airports.
TIMES: No need for a passport under new border plan #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/PxveZkjote
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 31, 2023
The Daily Mail also focuses on passports, revealing 259 applications were approved in 2022 to change the “sex marker” on British travel documents.
DAILY MAIL: Revealed: gender change loophole on UK passports #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SwFH7ZyZRa
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 31, 2023
The Daily Mirror concentrates on the results of a poll which shows the British public has made up its mind on assisted dying.
MIRROR: Give us the choice #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Ik3JGaBhu5
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 31, 2023
The Daily Express focuses on frustrated people “crammed” into five-minute appointment slots with their doctors.
Starting the new year with the @Daily_Express splash #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MDfJbN58Rc
— Katie Harris (@katiecharris) December 31, 2023
The i says police officers across England and Wales are conducting hundreds of lie detector tests to make decisions on suspects.
Presenting #TomorrowsPapersToday from:#i
Police forces growing use of lie detector tests maybe unlawful
For more newspapers visit: https://t.co/NNc1XQqHEw#buyanewspaper pic.twitter.com/lt21zMPSmj— The Press Room #TomorrowsPapersToday (@channel_tsc) December 31, 2023
The Guardian runs a piece on a health initiative linking pollution data to patient files to better understand the full picture of child and youth health at Great Ormond Street.
GUARDIAN: Doctors told to consider risk of air pollution #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/QV3UuowVQD
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 31, 2023
The Daily Telegraph leads on an article penned by US defence secretary Grant Schapps, who said the UK was “willing to take direct action” to protect the shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Shapps: UK ready to attack Houthi rebels'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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And the Daily Star says the UK will guzzle 400 million pints this month as people shun Dry January.
Tomorrow's front page: Boozy Brits will brave storms to down 400million pints as we shun Dry January #tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/h21OuA5oov pic.twitter.com/enoztgzXsz
— Daily Star (@dailystar) December 31, 2023
