A potential €15 broadband levy to replace the TV licence, and planned housing hubs for migrants, are among the topics that feature on Sunday's front pages.
The new €15 broadband levy could replace the TV licence fee, the Business Post reports. A story on a meeting between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman also makes the front page.
Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at https://t.co/u5ystSGUtr:
🗞️ New levy on broadband bills to replace TV licence fee
🗞️ How the debt warehousing scheme will be extended
🗞️ When Leo met Sam Altman: Davos wrap-up pic.twitter.com/ue2xnasAFx— Business Post (@businessposthq) January 20, 2024
The Sunday Independent reports the Government is planning six new hubs to house refugees and asylum seekers.
Five firms housing refugees were paid €100 million in six months, according to the Irish Mail on Sunday. The paper also carries a front page story on a reporter killing a rat with a broom in the RTÉ newsroom.
In today's paper:
- 5 refugee firms paid €100m in six months
- RTÉ reporter kills rat with bin in newsroom
- Vogue snaps up €2.8m Howth hill home
And lots more ... pic.twitter.com/Cy2XEJOMul— Irish Mail on Sunday (@IrishMailSunday) January 20, 2024
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The Sunday World leads with a story on the funeral of Jay Hennessy Snr, who was shot dead in a Dublin restaurant on Christmas Eve.
The Sunday Life leads with a story on a £4 million lottery winner who is back at work in Tesco.
The Sunday UK papers are led by a reported British government crackdown on civil service “activists”.
The Sunday Telegraph says John Glen, the Cabinet Office minister, has ordered a review of Whitehall diversity networks in an efficiency drive that could help fund tax cuts.
📰 The front page of tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph:
'Crackdown on 'activists' in the Civil Service'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletter 👇https://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/YiC2977GD9— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 20, 2024
The Independent reports the UK government is studying a scheme to help first-time home buyers by guaranteeing mortgages that would require deposits of just 1 per cent.
INDEPENDENT: Sunak’s youth vote election gamble: the 99% mortgage #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AEG7qbai52
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
British chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told the Mail on Sunday he hopes to emulate the tax-cutting policies of former chancellor Nigel Lawson.
MAIL ON SUNDAY: Hunt: Tax cuts will spark new Lawson boom #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/u62hy4hJ0p
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
Meanwhile, The Observer carries an interview with the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who says young people should be able to move freely to and from the EU post-Brexit.
Tomorrow’s front page pic.twitter.com/ySnXoq000E
— The Observer (@ObserverUK) January 20, 2024
The Sunday Times says figures have revealed nearly a third of under-16s are vulnerable to measles because they are not fully vaccinated.
SUNDAY TIMES: The legacy of vaccination scares #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ekKNlQAXKj
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
Secret government talks are set to take place next week in an effort to breathe life back into the axed HS2 rail link, according to the Sunday Express.
SUNDAY EXPRESS: HS2 back on track #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/IzLFjBLRrQ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
The Sunday People carries a message of support from the Duke of Sussex for Britain's King Charles and Princess of Wales amid their health scares.
PEOPLE: Harry’s get well message #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/bElLSGU8Bd
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
The Sunday Mirror reports Post Office chiefs were filmed enjoying a company party as it fought wrongly convicted subpostmasters in court.
SUNDAY MIRROR: Post chiefs partied #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/R7jb726piC
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
The Sun on Sunday leads with developments in the split between TV star Paddy McGuinness and his wife Christine.
SUN ON SUNDAY: Paddy to face ‘pitbull’ divorce lawyer #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/46t8DZf1u2
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
And the Daily Star Sunday says TV star Jamie Dornan was rushed to hospital after being stung by a giant caterpillar while on holiday in Portugal.
STAR: Big hairy caterpillar tried to kill me #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ZlGmYIqgcC
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 20, 2024
The New York Times leads with a story on a group of conservative activists who tried to dismantle equity and inclusion programmes at Texas universities.
