Here are the biggest stories making headlines in Ireland on Tuesday.
The Irish Times reports that the HSE will cut €250 million from spending on outside staffing agencies.
There is a “genuine risk” the State may soon be unable to accommodate women and children seeking asylum here due to repeated arson attacks, according to the Irish Examiner.
The Irish Independent says “sweeteners” for groups of public servants that include extra pay hikes and allowances in a proposed new national pay deal will cost an estimated €47 million.
Leo Varadkar has told the Irish Daily Mail that Sinn Féin's plan to give an "amnesty" to people who haven't paid the TV licence is a "stunt".
A vet tells the Irish Daily Mirror that Ireland should follow Britain's lead and ban XL Bully dogs.
The Irish Daily Star reports that a man who stole a car, before killing its owner by throwing him from the bonnet as he was driving off, has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years.
The Belfast Telegraph says Stormont and Westminster are on a collision course after Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill refused to bring in water charges in the North.
The UK Labour Party cutting ties with its by-election candidate makes the front pages of several of the British newspaper front pages.
The i, Daily Mail and The Guardian lead with the action against Azhar Ali, who was caught on tape stating that Israel may have stoked conflict with Hamas rebels intentionally.
Tuesday's front page: Labour suspends candidate after Israel-Hamas conspiracy theory remarks #Tomorrowspaperstoday
Latest by @RichardVaughan1: https://t.co/xswB4IjHbT pic.twitter.com/QUtx39SnRy— i newspaper (@theipaper) February 12, 2024
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Labour cuts ties with Rochdale candidate
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The Times front page also features the story, but leads on British prime minister Rishi Sunak pledging to “build more homes in the right places”.
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Shoppers face tea shortages amid Houthi ship attacks
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The Financial Times features an image of rescuers pulling children from the rubble in Rafah as it leads on a surge in assets for private equity bosses.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 13 February https://t.co/DGT70hzo3o pic.twitter.com/SX81R445un
— Financial Times (@FT) February 12, 2024
The Daily Telegraph focuses on former British home secretary Suella Braverman, as she hits back at claims rural England is “racist”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Braverman: ‘Don’t make people feel guilty for being white’'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/ogFTNqRGcJ— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 12, 2024
The Daily Mirror splashes with a story on the stabbing of convicted paedophile Roy Whiting while in jail.
Tuesday's Front Page
Sarah Payne's killer Roy Whiting stabbed and left blood-soaked in frenzied jail attack
Read more: https://t.co/zbanuVgoGj#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/QM70LoNcn6— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 12, 2024
The Daily Express opted for a lead on a breakthrough in dementia research, with tests able to detect the degenerative illness more than a decade earlier than its pharmaceutical peers.
Tuesday's front page: Dementia can be predicted 15 years before diagnosis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yg6uzJkQ60
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) February 12, 2024
The Metro splashes with the private contracting crisis in the British education sector as schools face escalating fees for maintenance contractors on playing fields.
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PLAYING FIELD IDIOCY
🔴 Schools' contracts scandal exposed#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/Tjrlp9R2mn— Metro (@MetroUK) February 12, 2024
The Sun leads with the financial woes of Coronation Street star Bill Roache.
On tomorrow's front page: Coronation Street legend Bill Roache’s colossal six-figure tax bill revealed after fierce bankruptcy battlehttps://t.co/la9JorNRf4 pic.twitter.com/aUKSiTs5U2
— The Sun (@TheSun) February 12, 2024
And the Daily Star reveals a potential tea shortage with supply routes severely impacted by conflict in the Middle East.
Tuesday's front page is disappointing for the tea lovers! https://t.co/Xc6cGEWiBS#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/DEqgSJWiZ9
— Daily Star (@dailystar) February 12, 2024
