House building plans thrown into ‘serious doubt’, tobacco-style health warnings on car advertisements and the Taoiseach’s defense of Cork City are all on the front page this morning.
the Irish Independent reports that the Foreign Office insists there is no backlog in processing passports and blamed incorrectly completed forms as nearly 200,000 people are waiting for delayed travel documents ahead of the holidays of summer.
TDs will be warned today that the Government’s plans to build 35,000 homes a year have been thrown into serious doubt by a ‘marked drop’ in the number of developers bidding to build taxpayer-funded homes, according to the Irish Examiner.
the Irish Daily Mail reports that Ireland may be set to introduce tobacco-like health warnings on car advertisements to discourage driving, as part of new proposals unveiled at the Dáil today.
Former Irish hockey star Catriona Carey received a suspended prison sentence for driving without a license or insurance and was described as ‘totally out of control’ by a garda who told her her uninsured car would be seized, according to The Irish Sun.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is on the cover of echo defending Cork City amid claims by CNN editor Richard Quest that he looks ‘tired’.
In Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports on the trial of a mother of four accused of the murder of her two-year-old son and the attempted murder of her 11-month-old baby brother in March 2020.
In Britain, the front pages focus on a photograph that emerged of the country’s prime minister raising a toast at a No 10 lockdown party.
The Independent says the footage, which was shown exclusively on ITV, has thrown Boris Johnson’s premiership “in deeper jeopardy”.
Our front page tomorrow #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/uw2M0KxybX
— Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) May 23, 2022
the Daily Express, The Daily Telegraph and Metro watch the Metropolitan Police’s decision not to fine the PM for the event.
Tuesday’s Daily EXPRESS: “Nothing to see here! Yard says Boris didn’t break any rules’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UWlFYLtJZc
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 23, 2022
Tuesday’s Daily TELEGRAPH: ‘Pressure on Met over photos of Prime Minister toasting No 10’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xKYezI9oTo
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 23, 2022
Tomorrow’s paper today 📰
🔴 Lockdown In One, PM
How was Boris not fined for this alcohol? pic.twitter.com/WeCg2PQ2VX— Metro (@MetroUK) May 23, 2022
The temperature publishes comments that Mr Johnson misled the Commons about the incident.
Tuesday’s TIMES: ‘Partying Prime Minister ‘cheated the Commons’”. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/oLfkI7IORM
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 23, 2022
the I says the Prime Minister is waiting to judge the reaction of the public and his own MPs, while The Guardian warns of a “new danger” for the Prime Minister.
Tuesday’s front page: Lockdown party photos leaked in PM#TomorrowsPapersToday
Last of @ChaplainChloe @HugoGye @RichardVaughan1: https://t.co/nX5RAljZt0 pic.twitter.com/nf99VqM9aE
— i newspaper (@theipaper) May 23, 2022
Guardian front page, Tuesday May 24, 2022: New danger to Johnson in 10 drink photos pic.twitter.com/smXhWqSOVD
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 23, 2022
the DailyMirror asks, “How could he get away with it?”
Tomorrow’s front page: How did he get away with that? #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/BaU2FFmPIN pic.twitter.com/JDzaiRYpUz
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 23, 2022
the daily star “it’s defo not a party” jokes.
Tuesday’s headline: Yeah, it’s defo not a party…🙄#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/ex3FVFuPEh pic.twitter.com/v74rDGPokf
– Daily Star (@dailystar) May 23, 2022
Elsewhere, the Daily mail warns that rail strikes could cause power outages.
Tuesday’s Daily MAIL: ‘Railway strike could cause blackouts’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/j0Q0MP7S3l
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 23, 2022
And the FinancialTimes says that the Chancellor is considering an exceptional tax for electricity producers.
Just published: front page of the UK edition of the Financial Times on Tuesday May 24 https://t.co/JhEGX8BddL pic.twitter.com/eeCuglRrTf
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 23, 2022
To finish, The sun says off-duty police have been implicated in recent pitch invasions.
On the front page of tomorrow: Top off-duty cop caught on CCTV celebrating on the grass after taking part in the pitch invasion https://t.co/i1Iaccrn8Q pic.twitter.com/9T09ga3GEu
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 23, 2022