The Government's €1 billion housing plan and efforts to rescue Irish citizens from Sudan make the front pages on Tuesday.
The Irish Times and Irish Examiner cover the evacuation of Irish citizens from Sudan on the aircraft of EU partners, as violence continued across the country.
Electricity prices in Ireland are now the most expensive in Europe, according to a survey reported in the Irish Independent.
The Irish Daily Mail cover story looks at the Government's new €1 billion housing plan, which will aim to cut the cost of building homes, renovate more vacant properties and see a larger number of cost-rental apartments rolled out.
The Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star report that gardaí will investigate reports that an officer at the Garda Ombudsman attended a party with Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch last week.
The PSNI is setting up a special unit to deal with crowd trouble at soccer matches, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
The escalating crisis in Sudan dominates the front pages of the British newspapers as they focus on the race to get UK citizens out of the war-torn country.
The Times has a picture of people lining up to board a military aircraft as it focuses on a “race against time” to bring 4,000 people out of Sudan.
Tuesday’s TIMES: “Race against time to save 4,000 trapped in Sudan” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/JtVNgpvqER
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) April 24, 2023
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The Daily Mirror – which carries a big picture in tribute to former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman after his death – says 71 UK-based doctors are stranded while The Independent reports on a British doctor being shot as warships are sent to help with the evacuation.
Tuesday's front page: Seventy-one NHS doctors trapped in Sudan have 'lost all hope' of evacuation#tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/HxPGQXflXh pic.twitter.com/mmBE2rl2U3
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) April 24, 2023
Tuesday's i: Stranded Brits face three-day drive in Sudan war zone to reach Royal Navy ships #TomorrowsPapersToday #iNewspaper pic.twitter.com/WpY9SN66Tm
— Tomorrows Papers Today (@TmorrowsPapers) April 24, 2023
The Royal Navy ships also feature on the front of the i, which says stranded Britons face a three-day drive across the country to reach them.
Tuesday’s i - “Stranded Brits face three-day drive in Sudan war zone to reach Royal Navy ships” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/8nZHvr1gOz
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) April 24, 2023
And Metro simply pleads “Get Them Out” as it joins the tributes to Len Goodman.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
GET THEM OUT
🔴 Food 'is running short'
🔴 UK troops' recon mission#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/qplQ7LErHj— Metro (@MetroUK) April 24, 2023
The Daily Telegraph also looks abroad as it concentrates on UK foreign secretary James Cleverly calling on China to come clean on the “biggest military build-up in history”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Xi prepares ‘biggest military build-up in history’'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/yNRybtrwmp— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 24, 2023
Closer to home, business and the economy appear on several front pages with The Guardian reporting on the CBI president warning the organisation’s future is in doubt after allegations of sexual harassment.
Tuesday’s GUARDIAN: “CBI admits future in doubt after failing to ‘filter out toxic people.” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ugrx0OtTiP
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) April 24, 2023
The Daily Mail again focuses on what it calls “the hated tourist tax” and says British prime minister Rishi Sunak has faced criticism from business leaders.
Tuesday’s Daily MAIL: “Business Blasts Rishi’s ‘Own Goal’ Over Tourist Tax” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/miLLguVsRp
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) April 24, 2023
Mr Sunak and UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt are the focus of the Financial Times, which says they have been “pressed to deliver on pledge to mend ties with business”.
Tuesday’s FINANCIAL Times: “Sunak and Hunt pressed to deliver on pledge to mend ties with business” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/FSmVCGLUaj
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) April 24, 2023
There is more from Mr Sunak on the front of the Daily Express, the PM writing in support of the paper’s campaign to protect women’s rights.
Tuesday's Express: A Pledge From Our PM To Hearten Britain's Women #TomorrowsPapersToday #DailyExpress #Express pic.twitter.com/jxuvZIBX2W
— Tomorrows Papers Today (@TmorrowsPapers) April 24, 2023
And the Daily Star reports on “no-nookie waivers’ for future space tourists.
Tuesday’s Daily STAR: “Did the Earth move for you?” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ItFRneUHGr
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) April 24, 2023
