A state of emergency in Ukraine, homecare charges and a shooting on Dublin farmland are all on the front pages this morning.
The Irish Times leads with the crisis in Ukraine, reporting the country has declared a state of emergency with the European Union calling a crisis summit for today.
The Irish Examiner reports pensioners could be asked to pay €5 an hour towards homecare under a new home support scheme, the ESRI has said in a Department of Health-commissioned review of funding options.
The Echo reports a Cork paramedic has raised fears about the impact of staff shortages on the ambulance service in Cork city and county, with members of the Defence Forces called in to assist the service in recent weeks.
The Irish Sun reports on the shooting of a man on farmland in Co Dublin, with the victim in critical condition in hospital while the suspect for the shooting was questioned by detectives.
In Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports that DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson was in discussions to quit the party after he failed to get leadership last year.
Morning readers! Stay with @beltel for all your breaking news. Here's a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morning:https://t.co/ZFlfbJQwqj pic.twitter.com/NsmZIQeFvs
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) February 24, 2022
In Britain, front pages are dominated by the threat of war in Ukraine, with the papers going to press before Russia launched a "full-scale invasion" on the country at around 5am local time.
The Guardian and Financial Times report Ukraine’s government declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as the US warned Vladimir Putin is “ready to invade”.
Guardian front page, Thursday 24 February 2022: State of emergency in Ukraine as US warns Putin ready to invade pic.twitter.com/E7ttE9gUGd
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 23, 2022
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Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Thursday February 24 https://t.co/ksQVQLcVlp pic.twitter.com/mnxO9y6r7P
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 23, 2022
The Daily Express, Metro and Daily Star all carry comments from British defence secretary Ben Wallace, who said the Russian leader has “gone full tonto”.
Tomorrow's front page: Hell-bent ... No stopping Putin#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/WFNChke6ul
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) February 23, 2022
Thursday’s front page:
PUTIN’S GONE ‘FULL TONTO’#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/zIcBcO53lS— Metro US (@MetroUS) February 23, 2022
Tomorrow’s back page: Vlad's full tonto! #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/urGmXstZQU pic.twitter.com/lnyTNeZuTz
— Daily Star (@dailystar) February 23, 2022
The Daily Mirror leads with a warning from Ukraine that Russian forces will enter “hell” if an invasion goes ahead.
Tomorrow's front page: Welcome to hell #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/iWpf8sR8HN pic.twitter.com/ywOhSxNvu8
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 23, 2022
Elsewhere, The Daily Telegraph says British chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to publicly commit to lowering taxes in order to unleash “economic freedom and prosperity” for Britons.
📰The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Sunak vows to slash tax burden'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/UhwJE6YjAV— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 23, 2022
An overhaul of education fees constitutes a “lifelong education tax” for students, according to the i.
I: Students to face ‘lifelong graduate tax’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/QiMzYrr3hV
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) February 23, 2022
The Daily Mail leads with Britain’s spies being urged to consider their “white privilege”.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/ACOoHuTWv4
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) February 23, 2022
And The Sun reports 150,000 worth of gems and silverware were stolen from the set of The Crown.
On tomorrow's front page: The Crown bosses hunt crooks after £150,000 worth of gems and silverware stolen from set of Netflix showhttps://t.co/qIFzczq5Gu pic.twitter.com/jC1LyWyXzr
— The Sun (@TheSun) February 23, 2022
