Wednesday's front pages are dominated by the overcrowding crisis in Irish hospitals.
The Irish Times and the Irish Examiner both lead with comments from Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, who said that the situation in hospitals is likely to worsen in the coming days and weeks due to people presenting with flu symptoms.
The Irish Independent and The Herald report that the overcrowding in Emergency Departments around the country will result in deaths, according consultants working in hospitals.
Some health experts want a return to mask mandates in hospitals, reports the Irish Daily Mail.
Are you ready to go back to wearing masks? pic.twitter.com/SZjQgvLz56
— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) January 4, 2023
The Irish Daily Star has continued coverage of the killing of Brazilian national Bruna Fonseca (28) in Cork city at the weekend.
Wednesday's front page pic.twitter.com/lTpnm4sNyR
— Irish Daily Star (@IsFearrAnStar) January 4, 2023
In The Echo, traffic light outages in Cork city is covered in the front page lead.
Across the water, UK newspapers focus on the NHS crisis and denials from the Prime Minister.
“They broke our NHS,” declares the Daily Mirror with a composite photo of the last five prime ministers.
Wednesday's front page - they broke our NHS #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/eCpWeb10Yt pic.twitter.com/7HjF7KMEF9
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 3, 2023
The Guardian says doctors have accused the PM of being “delusional” after he denied there was a crisis in the health sector.
Guardian front page, Wednesday 4 January 2023: Doctors condemn ‘delusional’ PM after he denies crisis in the NHS pic.twitter.com/OIjwSVYXeE
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 3, 2023
“Where’s Rishi” the Daily Star asks, as the NHS “crumbles”, while The Independent leads with assurances from Rishi Sunak the health service has funds it needs to deal with the current crisis.
Wednesday's front page will have you checking your sheds for Rishi 🤣#tomorrowsfrontpage pic.twitter.com/7dvL1pyKYY
— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 3, 2023
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: @RishiSunak claims NHS has funds to cope with crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/2eZd1La4la
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 3, 2023
Elsewhere, the Daily Mail says Tory MPs have been warned against returning to face mask restrictions amid a surge in respiratory illnesses in the UK.
Wednesday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/79qM4yMPw5
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 3, 2023
While The Daily Telegraph outlines the Prime Minister’s new vision to make maths mandatory for all students until the age of 18.
🗞️The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Maths at the heart of PM's vision for Britain'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/3vErk74a4T— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 3, 2023
Ongoing strike action is the Daily Express splash, with it reporting that a deal “could be in touching distance”.
Front Page - Hope at last train strike misery will end#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/6wYijZuU8v pic.twitter.com/2gla914Q7D
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 3, 2023
Masked raiders “threatened to knife” Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish in front of his kids in £700K robbery, The Sun writes
On tomorrow's front page: Masked raiders ‘threatened to knife’ Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish in front of his kids in £700K robberyhttps://t.co/homj5AN6Uu pic.twitter.com/LOFAAvyZWe
— The Sun (@TheSun) January 3, 2023
Freedom of expression is “under threat from police”, The Times claims.
TIMES SCOTLAND: Freedom of expression ‘under threat from police’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qgXFXCBJhR
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 3, 2023
The i newspaper says British health officials are searching for China’s next Covid variant among new airport arrivals.
Wednesday's front page: UK hunts for China's next Covid variant#TomorrowsPapersToday
Exclusive by @janemerrick23: https://t.co/LQpVT3K4MG pic.twitter.com/6E4e44Aawc— i newspaper (@theipaper) January 3, 2023
And the Financial Times reports Tesla’s shares have tumbled.
FT UK: @Tesla shares slide #TomorrowsPapersToday #Embargocat now back in his lair. pic.twitter.com/7IjxPDqjXb
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 3, 2023
