The Front Pages
The Civil Partnership Bill passed through its final stages yesterday in the Seanad and the Irish Times is the only broadsheet to give it front page notice.
Green Party TDs such as Ciaran Cuffe and Trevor Sargent are pictured on the front page speaking to the media outside the Dail. The first civil registrations are expected next January.
The Irish Independent sounds a warning to criminals using the Apple iPhone.
Amazingly, they may be unwittingly providing police with a wealth of information that could be used against them, according to new research.
It says in the Indo; “While police have tracked criminals by locating their position via conventional mobile phone towers, iPhones offer much more information, say experts.â€
Finally, the biggest Irish music festival of the year kicks-off today. The three-day Oxegen festival will see thousands of revellers turn up at Punchestown over the weekend, with many pitching their tents as early as yesterday morning. The Indo simply states: “Let the fun beginâ€.
Tales from the Tabs
Rapper Snoop Dogg is holding talks with Coronation Street producers about a cameo role in the soap.
The Sun report says that Snoop Dogg wants to be in Ashley Peacock’s butcher shop – alongside David Beckham and actor Steve Arnold.
“I’d love to be in it,†said the US rapper. “My people have reached out to the producers and we are going to do it.
“They should definitely put some Snoop Dogg in there. The butcher’s will be the cool spot. “I’d have my man David Beckham in there working with me. He’s my guy.”
The Sports Pages
Chelsea will make an opening the bid for Fernando Torres with a £30m offer after the World Cup final, reads the Daily Star’s main sports story.
The Blues hope they can tempt the Spain striker with a contract worth £120,000 a week but it is likely that Roy Hodgson will hold out for more than the original offer.
Liverpool paid Atletico Madrid £26.5m for Torres three years ago and look certain to rebuff the Blues’ initial approach. A bid of at least £50m is the likelier figure to require the Spaniards services.
