The DAA's €75m bid for land between runways at Dublin Airport being rejected and the Taoiseach insisting RTÉ must prove it is worthy of a bailout are among the front page stories on Thursday.
DAA has been told its bid to buy land between the airport runways is “not acceptable and therefore rejected”, according to the lead story in The Irish Times.
The Irish Examiner leads with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's comments on RTÉ.
Meanwhile, the Irish Independent reports RTÉ staff are furious at a 10 per cent pay rise for executives at the national broadcaster.
The Echo leads with a story on uncertainty over jobs at a Cork creche.
The Irish Daily Star and The Herald lead with an inquest that has found a young Wicklow woman suffered a fatal bleed in her brain after the first time she ever took cocaine and ecstasy.
Thursday’s front page pic.twitter.com/dFUb65SKXQ
— Irish Daily Star (@isfearranstar) September 7, 2023
Cabinet is alarmed at the 'slow pace of reform' at RTÉ, according to the Irish Daily Mail.
Next up, a 6% pay hike for RTÉ staff... pic.twitter.com/Q2OCo0eaSM
— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) September 7, 2023
In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with an interview with Chris Heaton-Harris. The Northern Ireland Secretary said he would consider cutting politicians' pay if the deadlock over the Stormont Assembly is not resolved soon.
The BBC did not inform the grieving family of a north Belfast man that he was to speak about, in an interview with presenter Stephen Nolan, being abused as a child, The Irish News reports.
Today's #frontpage
Family 'devastated' over Nolan series revelations
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The escape of a former soldier who is facing terrorism and spying charges from a London prison dominates the front of Thursday’s UK newspapers.
The Sun, The Times, the Daily Mail, The Independent, and the Daily Telegraph all run with a splash on the terror suspect, accused of spying for Iran, who escaped Wandsworth Prison by strapping himself under a delivery van.
On tomorrow's front page: Inside ‘terrorist’ Daniel Khalife’s jailbreak - which saw him hang from bottom of grocery vanhttps://t.co/lnHf2JqBzH pic.twitter.com/hx6MRHsjQH
— The Sun (@TheSun) September 6, 2023
Thursday's TIMES: 'Terror suspect escapes prison'#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/s5nNfjYbu3
— Jack Surfleet (@jacksurfleet) September 6, 2023
Thursday's DAILY MAIL: 'Terrorist suspect flees jail strapped under delivery van'#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UTHj9kZ4cE
— Jack Surfleet (@jacksurfleet) September 6, 2023
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Terror suspect escapes jail under lorry'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/MZIqKZiBfI— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 6, 2023
The front page of the Daily Express tells of Rishi Sunak’s plan to trumpet Britain’s Brexit successes at the G20 summit, with the UK prime minister gearing up to “make the UK the best place in the world to do business”.
Thursday's front cover: PM - I'll make UK best place in world to do business https://t.co/8w4JBGdQwv#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Ryvqxba8xj
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) September 6, 2023
The Guardian front page carries a story about an undercover police officer who deceived a woman into a 19-year relationship and fathered a child with her.
Thursday's GUARDIAN: 'Undercover police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship'#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/WCqZS0NbEw
— Jack Surfleet (@jacksurfleet) September 6, 2023
The i and the Financial Times have both opted with the same story – Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey signalling the UK may be spared of further interest rate hikes with mortgage relief on the way.
Thursday's front page: Mortgage relief on the way, hints Bank chief #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/tHdtgdWtYx
— i newspaper (@theipaper) September 6, 2023
Thursday's FT UK EDITION: 'Bailey's 'top of the cycle' signal casts doubt on more rate rises' #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/cOOrEPlXJ6
— Jack Surfleet (@jacksurfleet) September 6, 2023
The front page of the Metro reveals Sarah Sharif’s father and stepmother have broken their cover from Pakistan to say they are willing to co-operate with British authorities after dubbing the 10-year-old’s death an “incident”.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
SARA'S DEATH 'AN INCIDENT'
🔴 Fugitive parents break cover to say they are ready to cooperate with British police#tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/xLHGXXcBKZ— Metro (@MetroUK) September 6, 2023
And the Daily Star has run with a splash revealing “it’s a bit hot”, with a side note about the terror suspect breaking out of prison.
Thursday's DAILY STAR: 'It's a bit hot'
(side note, terror suspect breaks out of prison...) #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/F9xDIG551X— Jack Surfleet (@jacksurfleet) September 6, 2023
The New York Times leads with a story on declining support for US president Joe Biden. A story on North Korea seeking 'leverage' from the Ukraine war also makes the front page.
Thursday's NEW YORK TIMES: 'Ukraine war may provide North Korea new leverage' #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yhBylANUmW
— Jack Surfleet (@jacksurfleet) September 6, 2023
