The Front Pages
Just what the country needed at the end of a week when we were officially deemed to be out of recession – the Sunday papers tell us that 4000 jobs are to be axed at three of the countries’ biggest employers.
“Nightmare for jobs as Eircom to shed 2000†– Sunday Independent
“BoI and AIB to cut 2000 jobs†– Sunday Tribune
The Sunday Independent describes the eircom jobs development as “a devastating blow that will heap further pressure on Brian Cowen just days after the Government claimed the recession is over.â€
The report claims that the mass redundancy package to be proposed by the telecommunications giant as the biggest since the start of the downturn three years ago.
In a morning of stupefyingly worrying employment news, the Sunday Tribune’s lead is an eerie parallel of the Sindo, reporting that the same number of jobs will be slashed by the country’s two biggest banks.
Bank of Ireland will announce plans to cut 1000 jobs, equating to 10 per cent of its workforce, in the coming weeks while AIB are considering similar cuts which are expected to take place in September.
Away from jobs, the Sunday Times leads with a story about the dissatisfaction in governing party Fianna Fail. “Rebellion at all-time high in FF†hollers the headline above a story which tells us that four party representatives – Cork TD Christy O’Sullivan and Senators Labhras O Murchu, Jim Walsh and John Hanafin – could be stripped of the party whip if, as planned, they oppose the Government’s Civil Rights Partnership (O Murchu, Walsh and Hanafin) and Dog Breeding Establishment (O’Sullivan) bills this week.
The Irish Daily Star Sunday leads with a story that will be of interest to all followers of sport and League of Ireland supporters in particular.
It says that the life of Shamrock Rovers’ former Leeds United and Republic of Ireland youth international Robert Bayly is under threat from the same Ballyfermot gang which murdered brothers Paul and Kenneth Corbally last week.
