Thursday's front pages are dominated by Covid-19 as thousands of cases go unrecorded in official figures and the National Public Health Emergency team are set to meet to discuss the latest situation.
There have been at least 380,000 Omicron cases that have not been captured in official Covid-19 figures, according to The Irish Times. However, there is optimism in the fact that case numbers and hospital admissions are not translating to intensive care admissions.
The front page of today's Irish Examiner and @ExaminerSport
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The Irish Independent leads with a report that the State's biggest landlord is now turning its attention to smaller cities for investment opportunities.
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Here is the front page of today's Irish Independent pic.twitter.com/nXYzfD0Uus— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) January 6, 2022
The Irish Daily Mail says the nation are set for a "summer of freedom" as the State plans to spend €90 million on antiviral pills.
The Irish Daily Star reports that Conor McGregor's sister Aoife visited Graham 'The Wig' Whelan in Portlaoise Prison.
Thursday’s front page pic.twitter.com/4BxwCdO1Cs
— Irish Daily Star (@IsFearrAnStar) January 6, 2022
In Britain, the papers are dominated by the acquittal of the four people who toppled a statue during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, as well as the decision by Boris Johnson to do away with Covid testing rules for travel.
The Guardian, the Daily Express and The Daily Telegraph all carry the jury’s verdict in the Colston trial after the four people charged with the toppling of a statue of the slave trader were acquitted of criminal damage in Bristol.
Guardian front page, Thursday 6 January 2022: Four cleared over toppling of Edward Colston statue pic.twitter.com/idyJtBsJCw
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 5, 2022
Front page: Statue 'vandals' cleared...but where will it end? #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/0xcMxsg3uo
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 5, 2022
🗞️The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
''Colston four' walk free as jury says no crime was committed'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Times and the Daily Mail report foreign travel testing rules have been scrapped by the British prime minister.
TIMES: Boost for holidays as travel tests scrapped #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/LT6UU3ouve
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 5, 2022
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/paEnmr8VXe
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 5, 2022
Metro also carries the Johnson’s announcement about Covid testing rules, adding that one in 15 people in England have contracted the virus.
Thursday's front page:
JUST GO WITH YOUR FLOW#tomorrowspaperstoday #skypapers #BBCPapers pic.twitter.com/XfKRcpPR9J— Metro US (@MetroUS) January 5, 2022
The Daily Mirror splashes with a report the NHS is facing a “perfect storm” from Omicron as staff shortages and soaring Covid cases push the health service to “breaking point”.
Tomorrow's front page: Mirror on the NHS front linehttps://t.co/MYZxL07db3#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7sd7Ieov0S
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 5, 2022
Elsewhere, the Financial Times reports investors are discarding tech companies and piling into “recovery driven companies” such as banks, industrial groups and energy producers.
FT: Investors discard techs and pile into recovery driven companies #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/3P9PYMn7yG
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 5, 2022
And the Daily Star carries the latest in the campaign to strip Tony Blair of his knighthood after a petition reaches 750,000 signatures.
Tomnorrow's Daily Star front page: The blair ditch project.https://t.co/iu7qjeZKoz pic.twitter.com/QmmMwi16q9
— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 5, 2022
