What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

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What The Papers Say: Wednesday's Front Pages
Wednesday's front pages: The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Irish Daily Mirror, Irish Daily Mail and Irish Daily Star
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A range of stories feature on the front pages of Wednesday's newspapers as the clean up from Storm Éowyn continues.

The Irish Times reports that letters are being sent to about 800 expectant mothers due to give birth at Portiuncula University Hospital in Co Galway, informing them of external reviews taking place into the delivery of nine babies.

Irish officials have told the Minister for Defence that many of Ireland’s EU partners are in “full war preparation mode”, according to the Irish Examiner.

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The Irish Independent says the the Office of Public Works is under fire again after it emerged it spent nearly €500,000 on a new wall for a State agency.

The Minister for Justice has appealed to people in “sedentary” jobs to consider becoming gardaí, ahead of the launch of a new recruitment campaign, the Irish Daily Mail reports.

The Irish Daily Mirror reports on how Taoiseach Micheál Martin was confronted by an angry mother who has been without power since Storm Éowyn.

The Irish Daily Star reports that the son of a Kinahan cartel member was jailed for firing gunshots at a car.

A woman tells the Belfast Telegraph that the healthcare system in the North is broken after her husband died waiting for an ambulance.

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Previews of a major speech from UK finance minister Rachel Reeves on Wednesday takes centre stage on several of the British’s front pages.

Ahead of the speech, British prime minister Keir Starmer writes in The Times, pledging to cut through “thickets of red tape” to help economic growth which he calls the “only cure for the sickness of stagnation and decline”.

Ms Reeves will warn that “growth will not come without a fight”, according to The Daily Telegraph, saying she faces opposition from fellow members of the UK cabinet over airport expansions, one of the policies due to be covered in the speech.

The Guardian focuses on Ms Reeves being due to set out plans to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge.

An announcement in the speech of a multi-million pound investment into kerbside electric vehicle charging points features on the front of The i Paper.

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The Daily Mail focuses on calls for Ms Reeves to remove barriers to growth which Labour created.

The departure of Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans from the show’s live tour occupies the front of the Daily Mirror and The Sun.

The Daily Express turns its attention to royal matters and history, saying Britain's King Charles vetoed naming a new Navy submarine after the Battle of Agincourt.

Figures predicting the UK population will rise by almost five million people to 72.5 million in the next decade appear in The Independent.

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The Financial Times looks across the Atlantic as it reports on US president Donald Trump freezing federal grants and loans in a move to cut government spending.

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and a tax avoidance scandal involving superyachts features on the front page of the Metro.

And the Daily Star returns to what it calls “psycho scumbag chatbots” with the warning they have learned to clone themselves.

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