Here are the biggest stories leading Tuesday’s front pages.
The Irish Times reports that the Government has been advised to hike fees for driving licences and car tests in a bid to fund better road safety.
A Cork man who repeatedly sexually abused his teenage sister-in-law has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years, the Irish Examiner reports.
The Irish Independent reveals that unemployed people who refuse to seek work will now see their benefits cut by €90.
Gardaí have claimed they are "hobbled" by "mundane" desk work as the Irish Daily Mail says plans to deploy 1,000 extra officers to Dublin city centre are not viable.
The Herald, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star lead with the sentencing hearing of Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and Liam Byrne over a Kinahan cartel gun running plot in the UK.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that a Sinn Féin Assembly employee resigned after admitting involvement in an incident where a DUP portrait was damaged at Belfast City Hall.
A London police firearms officer acquitted after shooting an unarmed suspect leads the British front pages.
The Guardian, Daily Mirror, and Metro all lead on Martyn Blake walking free after being cleared of murder charges in the shooting death of Chris Kaba.
Tuesday’s GUARDIAN: “Met officer cleared of murder after shooting unarmed driver in head” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ltTkVHgXoh
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) October 21, 2024
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Tuesday’s Daily MIRROR: “Gun Cop Cleared” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Yt131MJdsP
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) October 21, 2024
Tomorrow's Papers Today 📰
GUN COP CLEARED OF MURDER
🔴 Kaba shooting verdict#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/V1720o1481— Metro (@MetroUK) October 21, 2024
Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph says the Crown Prosecution Service is under fire from politicians after a jury found the “hero” officer not guilty.
Tuesday’s Daily TELEGRAPH: “Why was police hero charged, ask MPs” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UyJkwSlHmi
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) October 21, 2024
Britain’s police chief says the system holding police to account is “broken” after officer Martyn Blake was unanimously cleared of murder charges, The Times reports.
Tuesday’s TIMES: “Anger on all sides as Met officer cleared of murder” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/TUpVSXsJEL
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) October 21, 2024
The Daily Mail and the Financial Times front pages both claim the new British government’s workplace reforms could cost businesses up to £5 billion (€6 billion) per year as companies implement the new rules.
Tuesday’s Daily MAIL: “£5 BILLION Cost Of Labour’s Revolution For Workers” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HgLr28E0bB
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) October 21, 2024
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 22 October https://t.co/cHazxgNCFW pic.twitter.com/rHql4mXr6m
— Financial Times (@FT) October 21, 2024
The i reports teachers and nurses could be dragged into a higher tax bracket under plans from British finance minister Rachel Reeves to freeze income tax thresholds.
Tuesday's front page: Teachers and nurses among 9 million who face 40% tax under Reeves Budget plan#Tomorrowspaperstoday
Latest by @callumcmason: https://t.co/1nhXXDp8cF pic.twitter.com/tC0M0ypw2k— The i paper (@theipaper) October 21, 2024
The Daily Express splashes on claims from Kemi Badenoch, who says she can face off against both Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer in returning the Tories to power in Britain.
Daily Express: "KEMI: I CAN FACE OFF REFORM THREAT TO WIN BACK VOTERS"@MartynDBrown reports for @Daily_Express.
FULL STORY: https://t.co/zVgHcjl247
KEMI BADENOCH insists she can 'face off' the threat of KEIR STARMER and NIGEL FARAGE.#DailyExpress#IBPapers#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AvfhRwD667— ANDY GIBSON (@AndyGibsonTV) October 21, 2024
Lastly, the Daily Star leads on a local plan to put seagulls “on the pill” in Worcester.
Tuesday's front page: We'll put psycho seagulls on the pill#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/ME0u6Q4FY1 pic.twitter.com/bPkq42Uz5z
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 21, 2024
