Corporation tax, terror charges, and RTÉ's funding crisis feature across the front pages of Wednesday's newspapers.
The Irish Times reports that Minister for Finance Michael McGrath believes the era of runaway increases in corporation tax receipts is over.
Severe flooding, coastal erosion and drought will leave Cork’s most vulnerable citizens at risk by 2050 unless urgent action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Irish Examiner reports.
A new look Irish Independent looks at the crisis at RTÉ, with bosses coming under mounting Government pressure to consider selling off its Montrose campus in Dublin 4 as part of radical cost-cutting measures.
The Irish Daily Mail also focuses on RTÉ as TV licence fee payments dropped by almost €1 million in the first week of September.
A grandmother arrested in Dublin has been accused of money laundering and international terrorism financing, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.
The Irish Daily Star reveals how the mother of a gangland murder victim found her son with fatal gunshot wounds in the driveway of her home just before Christmas five years ago.
A father and his daughter have appeared at Derry Magistrates Court charged with firearms and explosives offences, according to the Belfast Telegraph.
Pensions, flooding in Libya, spying, crime and Kate Middleton’s injured fingers feature across the front pages of the British newspapers.
Doubts over the future of the UK's pensions triple lock – which ensures annual rises in line with either earning growth, inflation or 2.5 per cent – appear on several of the fronts.
The Daily Mail focuses on comments by UK work and pensions secretary Mel Stride, who said the system is “unsustainable” in the long term.
Daily Mail: Minister’s threat to future of pensions
triple lock #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/100qOzAnve— George Mann (@sgfmann) September 12, 2023
That fear is echoed in the i, which says neither the Conservatives nor Labour have pledged to keep the existing formula beyond the next election.
Wednesday's front page: State pension triple lock under threat after election#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/S0q96GPrYX
— i newspaper (@theipaper) September 12, 2023
The prospect of losing the triple lock leads the Daily Express to warn British prime minister Rishi Sunak not to make “sneaky” changes to the policy.
Daily Express: DON’T MAKE ‘SNEAKY’ CHANGES
TO PENSIONS TRIPLE LOCK #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/DjRCzYoUgy— George Mann (@sgfmann) September 12, 2023
The Guardian reports that the triple lock is facing a one-off cut which could save £1 billion, but it leads with a dramatic picture from the aftermath of the flooding in Libya and describes it as “beyond comprehension” with thousands of people killed.
The Guardian: 'Beyond comprehension' #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/XaQ2r7wwYF
— George Mann (@sgfmann) September 12, 2023
The flooding dominates the front of the Metro, which reports that at least 10,000 people are missing with two dams bursting near the city of Derna in the wake of Storm Daniel.
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10,000 'LOST IN TSUNAMI DAM BURST' #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/TS4vhYmv3X— Metro (@MetroUK) September 12, 2023
The Times is one of several titles to carry a picture of Kate Middleton on a visit to a prison with strapped-up fingers after a trampolining accident, but it leads on a warning from MI5 to the Conservatives that two potential parliamentary candidates could be spies for China.
The Times: MI5 warned Tories - MP candidates may be spies #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HSgxmDbhw7
— George Mann (@sgfmann) September 12, 2023
There are more security fears in The Daily Telegraph with former defence secretary Ben Wallace warning human rights laws are thwarting efforts to stop terrorists.
🗞️The front page of Wednesday's Daily Telegraph:
'Wallace: Human rights laws protecting terrorists'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/HOcl58ylNy— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 12, 2023
Security fears closer to home dominate the front of the Daily Mirror as it declares it the “Year of the Shoplifter” and demands help for shop workers to fight what it calls an “epidemic”.
Wednesday's front page: Year of the shoplifterhttps://t.co/iCTgbXQgAY#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/k8Z43sRgxj
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 12, 2023
While the Mirror highlights the lack of prosecutions, The Independent focuses on the strain facing the prison service as it says thousands of experienced officers have left the service and left “jails at breaking point”.
Independent digital front: Jails at breaking point over exodus of trained guards #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mPeviojOh1
— George Mann (@sgfmann) September 12, 2023
The Financial Times leads on an interview with former prime minister Tony Blair as he warned Labour leader Keir Starmer he will not be able to tax his way out of inherited trouble if he wins the next election.
Financial Times: Labour cannot tax and spend its
way out of Tory mess, warns Blair #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Ii2EKrpFYp— George Mann (@sgfmann) September 12, 2023
And the Daily Star suggests giving 85 per cent is the best way to achieve success.
Wednesday's front page - 'BOFFINS ARE 100% SURE THEY'VE GOT THIS RIGHT'https://t.co/k6pRNLx4w1 pic.twitter.com/c3UmPHnByu
— Daily Star (@dailystar) September 12, 2023
