23/05 Tales from the Tabs

The tabs are in fine form this sunny Sunday morning. Ronan is getting a hammering but if you dig a bit deeper, there’s plenty of good stuff.

The Irish Daily Star Sunday leads with the Ronangate story. Apparently, the Boyzone stars is set to ‘beg on his knees to get Yvonne back.’ How do they know this intimate information? Well, he told ‘pals’.

 

The paper also carries a reference to an incredible sports-related story on page 8 about Everton and Ireland defender Shane Duffy. The poor young lad contested a free kick with with goalkeeper Adrian Walsh and came off very much the worse.

 

The impact lacerated an artery going to his liver, he lost two-thirds of his blood and nearly died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and again when he arrived. Trapattoni was said to be grief stricken by the accident, saying, “In all my years in football I have never come across an injury like this.” Here’s wishing Shane a speedy recovery and a prompt return to football.

 

The Sunday World have an interesting slant on Ronangate. They’ve went for the pun-friendly angle of the family dogs – Yvonne was pictured playing with them yesterday while Ronan jetted off to perform. Apparently he’s still in the dog house. Heh, heh. If that wasn’t enough to make you run out and buy a copy, you also get a free Jedward poster!

 

The Irish Sunday Mirror meanwhile reckons it has the real scoop on Ronan’s split and strangely enough, is saying the total opposite of what the Sun’s people are coming out with. According to the Mirror, Ronan has been knocking boots with his lover Francine for seven months and he’s ‘in love’. Christ Almighty.

 

Two more substantial stories are relegated to page two. One about how a team of Mossad agents tried to secure invites to the plant where Irish passports are produced a few weeks before murdering a Hammas chief while travelling on false documents – Irish passports among them. Another interesting one is the story of how the various Government departments have splashed out €5m on ink cartridges in the last four years. That’s some going boys.