The resignation of Green Party leader Eamon Ryan is among a range of stories featuring on Wednesday’s front pages.
The Irish Times leads with the Green Party leadership hopefuls, while the Irish Independent claims the party has been "thrown into chaos".
The Irish Examiner reports that Mr Ryan's resignation makes a general election before the end of the year more likely.
The Irish Daily Mail says Irish holidaymakers' "worst fears" were realised when Aer Lingus pilots announced indefinite industrial action.
Taylor Swift has Irish ancestry, according to the Irish Daily Mirror.
The Irish Daily Star speaks to the daughter of Dublin's "taxi rapist".
The Belfast Telegraph reports that a fresh row has broken out over Orange Order parades at a notorious flashpoint in north Belfast.
The Herald reports on a man caught transporting €6 million worth of cannabis in shoeboxes.
Childline will receive a wave of calls from anxious children in the coming days as the school holidays begin, The Echo reports.
The British papers are led by Tory claims that a Labour government will target money-savers with taxes.
The claims stem from Keir Starmer ruling out increasing taxes for “working people”, according to The Times.
Wednesday’s TIMES: “Starmer ‘tax threat’ to savers with a chequebook” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/QWrAgXPesy
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 18, 2024
The Daily Mail reports a Labour dossier revealed plans for tax raids to billions, while the Daily Express says British prime minister Rishi Sunak has warned the party would plunder savers’ accounts “within weeks”.
Wednesday’s Daily MAIL: “Labour’s Secret Tax Rise Dossier” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/V6LLR7cLKW
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 18, 2024
Wednesday’s Daily EXPRESS: “PM: Labour Will Tax Your Years Of Savings In Weeks” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/D8FTkwcDv7
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 18, 2024
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror says the Conservatives are “adrift from reality” after British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said his government had done a “great job”.
Wednesday's front page: You're going to need a bigger vote https://t.co/fs78TnJyKv#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/CJEu6D0cVl
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 18, 2024
Senior Tories are already jostling to replace the Mr Sunak as the party’s leader following the UK general election, according to the Financial Times.
Wednesday’s FINANCIAL Times: “Tory hopefuls jockey for position as post-poll race to succeed Sunak looms” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ofpHo3zuI3
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 18, 2024
The Guardian reports the UK health service would buy beds in care homes to cut hospital waits under a Labour government.
Wednesday’s GUARDIAN: “NHS will buy beds in care homes to cut hospital waits, says Labour” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ZZW9O3YqK1
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 18, 2024
The Telegraph leads with analysis showing the UK is 20 years behind Europe on cancer care.
📰 The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Britain 20 years behind Europe on cancer care'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletter 👇 https://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/97JkESV06t— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 18, 2024
The i reports the British government has held private talks over cashflow issues at major IT contractor Atos.
Wednesday’s i - “UK in secret talks over financial turmoil at IT giant that could hit benefits and NHS” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/nDvkYYriN9
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 18, 2024
Metro leads with a forensic accountant telling the UK Post Office Horizon inquiry that he felt he was “dealing with a cover-up”.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
POST OFFICE IN 'CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY'
🔴 I felt there was a cover-up, accountant tells inquiry #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/C7alljxuSE— Metro (@MetroUK) June 18, 2024
And the Daily Star says a quarter of young adults admit to eating while on the toilet.
Wednesday’s Daily STAR: “Rise Of The Bog Snackers” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/DGzb6QAJ9X
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 18, 2024
