A €1.4 million Government spend on social media adverts in 2022, and reported new leads in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case are among the topics that feature on St Stephen's Day front pages.
The Irish Times leads with an interview with the master of the Rotunda Hospital, who said about 95 per cent of parents whose babies are diagnosed with Down syndrome at the hospital in Dublin choose to have an abortion.
Government departments spent €1.4 million on social media adverts in 2022 according to the Irish Examiner.
Gardaí have issued official requests via government agencies and Interpol to speak to at least 20 witnesses in France and the UK in relation to the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, the Irish Independent reports.
The Irish Daily Star leads with a story on the treatment of a boy who was badly injured in a dog attack in Co Wexford.
Our St Stephen’s Day edition includes a bumper racing pullout pic.twitter.com/2NX6zX0zSt
— Irish Daily Star (@IsFearrAnStar) December 26, 2022
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In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with a plea for an end to violence against women from the brother of pregnant murder victim Natalie McNally.
The King’s first Christmas broadcast, delivered with him standing in the quire of St George’s Chapel as his late mother did in 1999, leads many of the UK's St Stephen's Day front pages.
During his address, Charles offered his sympathy to families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'I feel for families who are struggling, says King'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/nshTk28JAO— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 25, 2022
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The Times calls the King’s speech a “gift” for health workers, who the Daily Mirror says he described as “selfless”.
Boxing Day Times: King’s speech is a gift for ‘tireless’ health workers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/e4Tp4aJxhS
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) December 25, 2022
Boxing Day's front page: Charles praises selfless NHS #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/9wWIFXUNzq pic.twitter.com/5dfIom4mBK
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 25, 2022
The Sun uses its headline to call the 74-year-old the “King of Hearts” as it says he referenced the late Queen as his “beloved mother”, a quote also used by the Daily Mail.
Boxing Day’s Sun: King of Hearts #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/TMrc7OQoY1
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) December 25, 2022
Monday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/9ck6t0i6pM
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) December 25, 2022
The Daily Express devotes its front page to a photograph of the “King of Caring” and the 75-year-old Queen Consort walking ahead of family members including the Waleses to a Christmas Day church service.
Monday's front page: King of Caring #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/txDGFtBAxO pic.twitter.com/xrJl0bDc6o
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) December 25, 2022
Meanwhile, the i has been told a major review will ensure the end of NHS targets, with hospitals to instead be run like schools with responsibility devolved to local managers.
Monday's front page: NHS targets to be swept away in reform plan #TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @HugoGye: https://t.co/WuOEzKwa2l pic.twitter.com/J2cBLWn5YF— i newspaper (@theipaper) December 25, 2022
In other health news, The Independent reports hundreds of thousands of children have been left waiting for up to two years by the NHS for developmental therapies.
Our front page tomorrow @Independent #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/rtkHjEnzAj
— Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) December 25, 2022
The Guardian carries analysis of the latest Office for National Statistics data which shows the number of UK stay-at-home fathers has leapt by a third since before the pandemic, up from one in 14 in 2019 to one in nine now.
Guardian front page, Monday 26 December 2022: ‘Monumental’ cultural shift with a third more stay-at-home fathers pic.twitter.com/AXAS9QjqGH
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 25, 2022
And the Daily Star looks back at a “not so yappy Xmas” with the tale of a hound who set a house ablaze by jumping onto a bed and switching on a hairdryer, with the paper calling it the “scare of the dog”.
Monday's front page: Scare of the Dog!#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/r8dVxepRqn pic.twitter.com/CCVwNOiMEf
— Daily Star (@dailystar) December 25, 2022
