A wide variety of stories are featured across Saturday’s front pages.
The Irish Times reports that RTÉ has refused to pay Ryan Tubridy the sums he was seeking while off-air following the controversy over secret payments the broadcaster made to him
Food delivery riders are being offered jobs for as low as €1 per trip through online food order and delivery apps, the reports.
An analysis of nationwide garda staffing levels in the Irish Independent reveals that Minister for Justice Helen McEntee’s home county has the fewest gardaí per capita of any policing region in the country.
The Irish Daily Mail reports that Dublin got more money from the Government's rural development fund than any other county.
The evacuation of migrants from the Bibby Stockholm barge leads the British papers.
The Guardian, Daily Mirror and The Telegraph report all 39 of those who arrived on the vessel, docked in Portland Port in Dorset, this week have disembarked as a “precautionary measure” after the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply.
Guardian front page, Saturday 12 August 2023: Asylum barge evacuated as deadly bacteria found pic.twitter.com/4FzbNbVxon
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 11, 2023
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Saturday’s Daily MIRROR: “Deadly Bug On Barge” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yLuj36M7ym
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 11, 2023
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The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Migrants to be taken off barge in Legionella scare'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Elsewhere, the Daily Express leads with accusations a doctors’ union is trying to bring down the British government with its waves of strike action.
Saturday's @Daily_Express front page: Doctors are striking to 'bring down' Tories #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/3TCtuOXF7d pic.twitter.com/dAmL7mo1xr
— Express Politics (@ExpressPolitics) August 11, 2023
The Times says universities are refusing to guarantee students accommodation, or offering them rooms in different cities.
Saturday’s TIMES: “Students to start term in hotels or bunk beds” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/zSGfZNZAuz
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 11, 2023
The i weekend reports Chinese and Russian hackers gained access to UK Foreign Office emails and private messages in a “major security breach”.
i Weekend: “Chinese and Russian hackers break into UK Foreign Office” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/3qK17jWg75
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 11, 2023
A “trans row” has broken out over access to female-only hospital wards, according to the Daily Mail.
Saturday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/8hl2aIkInp
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) August 11, 2023
The FT Weekend reports Saudi Arabia is pushing to join the UK, Italy and Japan in an advanced aircraft project called the Global Combat Air Programme.
FT Weekend: “Saudis push to join fighter jet club” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/cKTrhwK9hr
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 11, 2023
And the Daily Star tackles the “rise of the sarnie psychos”.
Tomorrow's front page: 'Rise of the sarnie psychos'https://t.co/WT9J1IG5hb#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/A33MfomWk5
— Daily Star (@dailystar) August 11, 2023
