Tuesday's front pages focus on a range of stories from Garda HQ being prepared to order GRA members to do overtime to warnings over a huge rise in Step A cases in children.
The Irish Times report Garda management is prepared to order members to work overtime if required and has assured the Government the ongoing industrial dispute will not have any major impact on frontline policing.
The Irish Examiner lead on cases of potentially fatal invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) being 4.5 times higher than expected this year with young children particularly affected, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre said.
The Echo report that there are 10 inmates in Cork prison that are sleeping on cell floors due to overcrowding.
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In the UK, the HS2 rail line, health and transgender issues take centre stage as the Conservative conference in Manchester dominates the front pages of Tuesday’s newspapers.
The UK Government’s backtracking on the northern section of the HS2 project features on the front of the i, The Guardian, the Metro, The Times, the Financial Times, and the Daily Express .
FT UK: Sunak faces mounting protests over
plan to axe northern branch of HS2 #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/8arfOoiENh— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023
Tomorrow's front page: Education Secretary’s late call to ban mobiles in school is a fail, says Vanessa Feltz #tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/6c0tBqeJ2v pic.twitter.com/3byqrrnFjl
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) October 2, 2023
Metro: It's Manc robbery! #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/OQ01UMEaSI
— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023
The i: Tory rebellion grows as PM scraps HS2 in the North #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/p2dyqskexO
— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023
The Guardian: Sunak accused of ‘cancelling the
future’ with climbdown over HS2 #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/fi07wKe5OE— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023
Daily Express: RISHI’S ‘PATH TO VICTORY’ BY DELIVERING WHAT’S BEST FOR BRITAIN #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lp4PYS5LsQ
— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023
The Times: Pope backs the blessing of same-sex
partnerships #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/hPkmfioIKm— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023
The Daily Mail focuses on business secretary Kemi Badenoch and her statement at the annual conference that Britain is the best country in which to be black.
Daily Mail: Britain is the best country to be black in,
says Kemi #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/W42vlCGoWN— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023
The Daily Telegraph opted for a front on “wokery” in the NHS with the headline: “Transgender women to be banned from female wards”.
The front page of today's Daily Telegraph:
'Transgender women to be banned from female wards'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Daily Mirror is simply emblazoned with the word “Unforgivable” as it hears from the mother of Bradley Lowery after a Sheffield Wednesday fan was seen holding up a picture of her late sone and laughing.
Tuesday's front page - 'UNFORGIVABLE'https://t.co/PlCnqLBIxk pic.twitter.com/B5NMNy4hee
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 2, 2023
The Sun tells the tale of Strictly judge Shirley Ballas and her fears over online trolls.
And according to The Daily Star, a deaf pet skunk is on the run, urging Brits to “keep their eyes peeled and nostrils sealed”.
Daily Star: My skunk's done a bunk #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/08oDCqZVvu
— George Mann (@sgfmann) October 2, 2023