The fallout following Robert Troy's apology over his declaration of interests, Twitter 'misrepresentations', and the newly crowned Rose of Tralee all feature on Wednesday's front pages.
The Irish Times reports 70 per cent of households could find themselves in energy poverty in a worst-case scenario, according to the ESRI, alongside a piece on a whistle-blower accusing Twitter of making "egregious misrepresentations" to the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.
Both The Irish Times and The Irish Daily Mail carry and image of the 2022 Rose of Tralee, Westmeath's Rachel Duffy, who was crowned on Tuesday night.
The latter's main headline reads: 'Courage of Una, aged 93', reporting on an aggravated burglary in Co Rosommon, in awhichn elderly woman and her two sons were held hostage while a group of men ransacked their home and family business.
Wednesday's front page pic.twitter.com/RKwSyTn9cC
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The Echo looks forward to this year's Cork Jazz Festival, due to be held on October 27th-30th.
Finally, the Irish Examiner quotes Minister of State Robet Troy, who apologised on Tuesday for not declaring property interests to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo), admitting he "got it very wrong".
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In Britain, the national papers are led by the fatal shooting of a nine-year-old girl in her own home.
The Sun, The Independent and the i all splash a photograph of the girl, named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who the Daily Mail describes as “a picture of innocence”.
On tomorrow's front page: Tragic Olivia Pratt-Korbel was hiding behind her mum when a hitman chasing a rival fired into their home and killed her https://t.co/oUz2XjtLpL pic.twitter.com/Rb51VfHnNk
— The Sun (@TheSun) August 23, 2022
Indepdendent: Girl, 9, shot dead aftergunman bursts into home #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/faU5zevfiL
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) August 23, 2022
The i: Youngest victim of gangland killings #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/9czAuX9zow
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Mail: Picture of innocence to shame lawless
Britain #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MIH1JSZxmW— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) August 23, 2022
Metro leads on a plea from police for the “underworld” to turn in the gunman, while the Daily Express calls it an “appalling act of evil”.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
TELL US WHO KILLED LITTLE OLIVIA
🔴 Police make plea to underworld to give up gunman #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MuBTl7zXkv— Metro (@MetroUK) August 23, 2022
Front page: Just a child - innocent victim of gun wars #TomorrowsPaperToday
Manhunt underway to find killer of #OliviaPrattKorbel https://t.co/QfP0NaBQrj pic.twitter.com/9uVBu8V6p4— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) August 23, 2022
And the Daily Mirror describes the girl’s death as “unbearable”.
Wednesday's front page: Unbearable #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/NPgLRiiZfw pic.twitter.com/uG1QcWEKgf
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) August 23, 2022
Elsewhere, The Daily Telegraph says the EU is feared to be losing the will to back Ukraine against Russia.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'EU feared to be losing will to back Ukraine'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Financial Times reports the cost of shielding families from spiralling fuel-bills has been estimated at £100 million.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 24 August https://t.co/efbEE9qu7R pic.twitter.com/2ngHKVVDUU
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) August 23, 2022
The Guardian reports that companies selling grain are profiting from the “hunger crisis”.
Guardian front page, Wednesday 24 August 2022: Fury as grain giants profit from ‘unjust’ hunger crisis pic.twitter.com/998QsVO2OY
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 23, 2022
The Times says members of the Red Arrows have been accused of bullying, misogyny, assault, sexual harassment and drunkenness.
Times: Red Arrows engulfed by bullying and assault row #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ngvOvreR83
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) August 23, 2022
And the Daily Star says regular sex can boost health as much as quitting alcohol and tobacco.
Tomorrow's front page sure is cheeky...👀https://t.co/kuBdzEk2eu#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MJqHvlJPnA
— Daily Star (@dailystar) August 23, 2022
