What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Tuesday's front pages are focused on a range of stories from contract work being paused at the Children's hospital to Gardaí being finally fitted with body cams.

The Irish Times report that the lead contractor on the national children’s hospital (NCH) has been told to stop key building work on half the facility’s operating theatres, amid claims that a fresh setback could cost tens of millions to address.

The Irish Examiner lead on a piece about Garda Commissioner Drew Harris buying long-awaited bodycams for frontline gardaí, which have been described as "crucial" for the safety of the force.

The Echo focus on the issue of child to parent violence as many people are petrified living in their homes.

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— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) June 20, 2023

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Here's a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morning.

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— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) June 20, 2023

In the UK, the search for a lost submarine with a British billionaire onboard features on the majority of the newspapers on Tuesday.

The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express report on Hamish Harding who is among five people missing on a tour to see the Titanic wreckage in a submarine.

The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:

'British billionaire missing on Titanic tour'#TomorrowsPapersToday

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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 19, 2023

Tuesday's front page: Race against time to rescue titanic subhttps://t.co/QS4cAJxdTJ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/22uQzmtid1

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 19, 2023

The Metro and the Daily Mail also focused on the search for the submarine lost in the mid Atlantic.

Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰

HUNT FOR LOST TITANIC SUB

🔴 Brit in new 'disaster' fear 111 years after sinking #tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/pmOuVidS9T

— Metro (@MetroUK) June 19, 2023

Tuesday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/OYnA5paLGT

— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 19, 2023

The Times says it is a race to find the submarine as there are only hours of oxygen left.

TIMES: Race to save the trapped Titanic dive adventurers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/cuvhvkQEkN

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 19, 2023

The i featured a photo of the submarine, but they continued to focus on mortgage rates, reporting they will stay high until 2025.

Tuesday's front page: Mortgage rates will stay high until 2025#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/v7g4pSuIAY

— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 19, 2023

Meanwhile, the Financial Times said the mortgage squeeze will continue to put pressure on homeowners and will increase political risk for Rishi Sunak.

Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Tuesday June 20 https://t.co/xY6Q4PasR4 pic.twitter.com/Wjh47hjjIT

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 19, 2023

The Daily Mirror says David Cameron was heckled by grieving families who had lost someone during the pandemic during the Covid inquiry.

Tuesday's front page: Shame on you https://t.co/f8vd5JxqEd pic.twitter.com/J8in5htp1Q

— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 19, 2023

The Guardian says allies of Boris Johnson were told to hang their heads in shame during a vote to approve the partygate report with a majority of Tory MPs backing the findings.

Guardian front page, Tuesday 20 June 2023: Tories round on Johnson as MPs vote to approve Partygate report pic.twitter.com/QcRvnnoUDW

— The Guardian (@guardian) June 19, 2023

The Independent says Mr Johnson has endured his final humiliation after MPs backed the report into partygate which found he deliberately lied to parliament.

INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Partygate shame 1&2 #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/v2xf2p4cnm

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 19, 2023

And the Daily Star says Liz Truss did not find the lettuce that outlasted her tenure as Britain’s Prime Minister as funny as the rest of the world did.