The Front Pages
Here are some of the main headlines on the front pages of some of the national broadsheets today:
‘Sunshine can’t lift Yvonne’s dark cloud’ – The Irish Independent.
‘Minor county footballer dies in crash hours after match’ – The Irish Examiner.
‘Eircom to cut broadband over illegal downloads’ – The Irish Times.
The close-knit community of Rathfeigh in County Meath are still coming to terms with the tragic death of a popular and talented teenager from the area.
Liam Tolan (17) received fatal injuries yesterday when he was a passenger in a car which crashed into a ditch. Liam had played for Meath in the Leinster Minor Football Championship just hours prior to the accident.
The Irish Examiner’s description of the teenager’s performance for his county and the potential which he had shown makes the tragedy all the more heart wrenching. “The corner forward had scored a point and provided the opening for Meath’s goal in the first half.
Revelations of the extent of Ronan Keating’s cheating on wife Yvonne over the weekend did not deter her from getting out in the sunshine.
The Irish Independent says that “she walked under a dark cloud†despite temperatures soaring to 26C yesterday. Yvonne was snapped out and about with a brave face on but as details of a second affair leaked, linking husband Ronan to a second dancer while on tour, there seems to be a darkness prevailing.
Yvonne’s best friend, Lisa Duffy, wife of Boyzone band member Keith Duffy, has said that she is hopeful that the split couple could patch things up “in the endâ€.
The Irish Times delivers the news that Eircom are set to introduce a new system which will clamp down on illegal music sharing online.
Customers will have their broadband service cut off if they are found repeatedly sharing copyrighted music and will have three chances before their connection is disabled.
Ireland will be the first country in the world to use the “integrated response†system which will detect offenders through their internet protocol (IP) address. The measures have been taken after a court proceeding by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) who represents industry giants EMI, Sony and Universal and Warner.
