The state apology to the relatives of the victims of the Stardust fire is among the front pages in Wednesday's papers.
The Irish Times leads with the headline "We failed you when you needed us the most", which Simon Harris said in his speech to the Stardust families.
The Irish Examiner leads with an interview with a woman who escaped with her family from Gaza, as she described the struggles as they wait in Rafah.
The Echo reports two parties hosted by University College Cork cost €28,000 between them.
The Irish Independent reports a rise in victims of domestic abuse becoming homeless due to the housing crisis.
The Irish Daily Mail leads with findings of a survey that show almost two thirds of the public believe the public is not in control of immigration.
Both the Irish Daily Mirror and the Irish Daily Star lead with the apology to the Stardust families from Taoiseach Simon Harris.
The biggest boost for defence in a generation features among a variety of stories on the front pages of Britain’s newspapers on Wednesday.
The Telegraph, the i and the Daily Mail lead with the increase in Britain’s defence spending to put the nation on a “war footing”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'War footing as PM ramps up defence spending'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Wednesday's front page: Tories unveil UK’s biggest hike to military spending for a generation #TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by: @ChaplainChloe @janemerrick23 @HugoGye @DavidParsley50 https://t.co/LsH8dTxSuP pic.twitter.com/J2tuPiYexK— i newspaper (@theipaper) April 23, 2024
Daily Mail: Biggest boost for defence in a generation #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/J3zR85ZNnL
— George Mann (@sgfmann) April 23, 2024
The Times and the Guardian say Mr Sunak will boost defence funding to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP).
The Times: Child among five killed in Channel dinghy accident #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/j4tHzYSrDI
— George Mann (@sgfmann) April 23, 2024
The Guardian: PM to raise defence spending and
put arms industry on ‘war footing’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/OL2QBDYD4i— George Mann (@sgfmann) April 23, 2024
While the Daily Express says the Prime Minister will cut 70,000 civil service jobs to be able to fund the defence spending.
Wednesday's front page: About time too! Civil service job cuts to pay for defence boost#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/y9ebfoYeiC pic.twitter.com/PLdbvw4fDV
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) April 23, 2024
The Independent asks the Prime Minister to “think again” after the recent passing of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.
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— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) April 23, 2024
The Metro reports on a seven-year-old girl who was one of five people who died amid panic on a dinghy in the Channel, saying “let this be last channel tragedy”.
Tomorrow's Papers Today 📰
LET THIS BE LAST CHANNEL TRAGEDY
🔴 Five hours after Rwanda bill passes#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/B3OsWGlWTz— Metro (@MetroUK) April 23, 2024
The Daily Mirror continues its coverage of Jill Dando’s death in 1999, with a key witness claiming they saw a Serbian assassin near the crime scene.
Daily Mirror: I saw him #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ro6R0oJdVC
— George Mann (@sgfmann) April 23, 2024
The Bank of England has warned that lenders are “in the dark” over private equity risk, the Financial Times reports.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 24 April https://t.co/0E9lrxuONR pic.twitter.com/U3dG6IZUTW
— Financial Times (@FT) April 23, 2024
The Sun leads with a photo of Prince Louis after his sixth birthday.
On tomorrow's front page: Adorable photo of Prince Louis taken by Princess Kate is shared to celebrate his sixth birthday https://t.co/SpPgtm2BD2 pic.twitter.com/Q5aNy5PoRl
— The Sun (@TheSun) April 23, 2024
And the Daily Star says Alan Titchmarsh does not like slugs.
Wednesday's front page: Kim Jon Un's favourite imperialist launches war on slugs 🥊#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/lAqXVBALWk pic.twitter.com/hDb2c9thGZ
— Daily Star (@dailystar) April 23, 2024
