The Aer Lingus pilots' pay row, the Defence Forces preparing to dismiss Cathal Crotty, and a Russian strike that bombed a children's hospital in Kyiv are among the stories that feature on Tuesday's front pages.
The Irish Times leads with Aer Lingus accepting Labour Court recommendations to raise pay for pilots by 17.75 per cent. The bombing of a hospital in Kyiv also makes the front page, along with a story on the Defence Forces preparing to dismiss Cathal Crotty.
The Irish Examiner leads with a story on DAA urging airlines to move flights from Dublin to Cork. A story on Crotty's imminent dismissal after his 'vicious' assault on Natasha O'Brien also makes the front page.
The Irish Independent also leads with the Aer Lingus negotiations.
The plans to move more flights to Cork Airport also make the front page of The Echo.
The Irish Daily Mail leads with the Kyiv hospital bombing and 'Putin's disgusting ambitions'.
The cruelty of the war in Ukraine laid bare... pic.twitter.com/Et6CRIyQ33
— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) July 9, 2024
The Irish Sun and Irish Daily Star lead with stories on a Dublin taxi driver who raped two young women in separate incidents in 2022, who has been convicted of raping a seven-year-old girl over a decade ago.
Today's front page of The Irish Sun pic.twitter.com/ICLvmTabJv
— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) July 9, 2024
Tuesday’s front page pic.twitter.com/M2BRLo3kJS
Advertisement— Irish Daily Star (@isfearranstar) July 9, 2024
The Herald leads with a story on a criminal who stabbed a pensioner to death.
In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with a story on the Orange Order rejecting Irish unity talks.
The Irish News leads with a story on a DUP MLA objecting to a new Irish language school due to endangered bats on the site.
Today's #frontpage
DUP MLA objects to Irish language school over bats
Derry seek new manager after Harte steps down pic.twitter.com/0T5Frf3lUy— The Irish News (@irish_news) July 9, 2024
The first days of the new Labour government and the bombing of a children’s hospital in Kyiv dominate the front pages of Tuesday’s UK newspapers.
The hospital bombing dominates the front of the Daily Mirror, which blames Vladimir Putin for the “atrocity in Ukraine”.
Tuesday’s Daily MIRROR: “Putin Bombs Cancer Kids” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/kXaJeASdcZ
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 8, 2024
The Times joins the bombing and the new government together ahead of Sir Keir Starmer’s trip to the Nato summit in Washington as it says pressure has increased on the UK prime minister to increase defence spending.
Tuesday’s TIMES: “Pressure on Starmer to raise defence spending” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/kKTMZnij0l
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 8, 2024
The Daily Mail is on similar ground, saying the bombing shows why the UK and Nato need to raise spending on defence.
Tuesday’s Daily MAIL: “Atrocity that shows Britain and Nato MUST spend more on defence” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ns13lgTVu0
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 8, 2024
On home soil, UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first major speech in the role also features heavily, the i saying she is “ready for war” over the green belt as part of plans for housing and planning reform.
Tuesday's front page: Reeves ready for the war of the UK's green belt as she vows to take on Nimbys #TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest from @RichardVaughan1 here: https://t.co/H7gSBzFyRs pic.twitter.com/AVNqYsD98x— i newspaper (@theipaper) July 8, 2024
The chancellor warned of tough choices, ordered analysis of Conservative spending and sound “the alarm on finances”, according to the Financial Times.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 9 July https://t.co/wN16foqIpS pic.twitter.com/SSsGmSoaDT
— Financial Times (@FT) July 8, 2024
The Daily Express says she raised the possibility of “punishing tax rises” amid a report on the state of the country’s finances.
Tuesday’s front page: So what’s it to be…tax rises or cuts to our services? https://t.co/fvVwv1RenP #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/PCrDCSOe4m
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 8, 2024
UK health secretary Wes Streeting attracts the attention of The Guardian as he promises funding to “fix the front door to the NHS”.
Tuesday’s GUARDIAN: “Labour to ‘fix front door’ of NHS by diverting billions to local surgeries” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yGengRn6DC
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 8, 2024
The appointment of Anneliese Dodds as women’s minister leads The Daily Telegraph with JK Rowling and tennis star Martina Navratilova among feminist campaigners to criticise the decision over a failure to define the word “woman”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Rowling attacks PM over new women's minister'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/ZeB2t8VZFq— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 8, 2024
The Independent turns its attention to health issues and a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which it says found a “toxic and dysfunctional culture”.
Travel delays feature on the front of the Metro, which says thousands of holidaymakers have been left grounded due to cancelled flights.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
GROUNDEDHOG DAY!
🔴 Another summer, another day of chaos
🔴 Airlines: It’s French air traffic controllers
🔴Airports: It’s the summer lightning storms #tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/hUooRhighj— Metro (@MetroUK) July 8, 2024
And the Daily Star turns to Jay-Z for its headline on a story about an ice cream van being caught out by the tide on a beach.
Tuesday's front page: I GOT 99 PROBLEMS BUT A BEACH AIN'T ONE#Tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/Yua6d0cOZC pic.twitter.com/1uBlHvtZR1
— Daily Star (@dailystar) July 8, 2024
The New York Times leads with pressure on US president Joe Biden to leave the 2024 race.
