A warning about rising spending on education, problems at emergency departments, and Marc MacSharry resigning from Fianna Fáil are among the main stories on Wednesday's front pages.
The Irish Times reports that Cabinet will be warned about rising education costs.
A record number of people left emergency departments without being seen in 2022, the Irish Examiner reports.
The Irish Independent leads with Marc MacSharry resigning from Fianna Fáil, Mr MacSharry claims the Taoiseach failed to properly investigate a bullying allegation made against him following a text exchange with a councillor.
The Echo reports that taxi drivers in Cork may be forced to seek help from charities due to rising fuel costs.
The Irish Daily Mail leads with a story on the Irish dancing scandal.
New rules to crack down on feis-fixing. pic.twitter.com/3nHEH3uzhq
— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) November 2, 2022
Jonathan Dowdall is in protective custody at a high-security prison, the Irish Daily Star reports.
Wednesday’s front page pic.twitter.com/f08uP378vs
— Irish Daily Star (@IsFearrAnStar) November 2, 2022
The Herald leads with a story on Gerry Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall.
In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with a story on 99 police being investigated by anti-corruption detectives.
Many of the UK's Wednesday mastheads are led by former health secretary Matt Hancock signing up for I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.
The Daily Express, Daily Mirror and Metro all focus on “fury” from Covid-bereaved families over Mr Hancock’s decision.
Wednesday's Front Page - Suspended! Fury over Hancock joining I'm A Celeb#TomorrowsPaperToday https://t.co/nbFEqDxE53 pic.twitter.com/XDnyDnWJnq
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) November 1, 2022
Wednesday's front page: The man with no shame #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/hhRbwBPgA0 pic.twitter.com/xUaUBRCNcb
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) November 1, 2022
Tomorrow's paper today 📰
KING OF THE BUNGLE
🔴 Covid families' fury at shamed former Health Minister's '£350k' I'm A Celeb deal#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/6eSdJCoY0k— Metro (@MetroUK) November 1, 2022
Following the news, The Sun says Mr Hancock has been suspended by the Tory party.
On tomorrow's front page: Matt Hancock reveals the real reason he's going on I'm A Celeb - 'I haven't lost my marbles... but I'm off to join the creepy crawlies' https://t.co/s8pOOCRs3v pic.twitter.com/s61i7ag6Zv
— The Sun (@TheSun) November 1, 2022
The Daily Star takes a typically sideways view of the issue.
Wednesday's front page: Creepy Crawly Coco#TomorrowsPaperToday https://t.co/xrt75mU1DF pic.twitter.com/j09zk7zyOi
— Daily Star (@dailystar) November 1, 2022
Elsewhere, The Times and Daily Mail report a review has found vetting failures in the police recruitment process has allowed “hundreds if not thousands” of corrupt officers to join forces in England and Wales.
Wednesday’s Times: Criminals and sexual predators join police #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/Axnok4NS2n
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) November 1, 2022
Wednesday's @DaillyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/ABvKlLwmxu
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) November 1, 2022
The Daily Telegraph leads with NHS bosses appealing for £7 billion in extra funding to tackle backlogs.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'NHS seeks £7bn extra to tackle backlogs'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/r3pMc0ksKz— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 1, 2022
The UK government has developed emergency plans to cope with potential seven-day blackouts in the event of a national power outage this winter, according to The Guardian.
Guardian front page, Wednesday 2 November 2022 – Revealed: secret 'war game' plans to cope with seven-day blackouts pic.twitter.com/yOHiKqwAaf
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) November 1, 2022
The i says the Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates to 3 per cent in a bid to tackle soaring inflation.
Wednesday's front page: New £880 hike to Britain's mortgage bills#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @luciemheath: https://t.co/xheqKKyVLK pic.twitter.com/REUDxL6Rcj— i newspaper (@theipaper) November 1, 2022
And the Financial Times leads with soaring profits for two of the world’s largest oil producers.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 2 November https://t.co/Z1J9tEO6JA pic.twitter.com/HREtIa4pr8
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) November 1, 2022
