The Front Pages
It is now a matter of life or death in Greece following the country’s economic meltdown. The front pages of today’s nationals tell of the tragic deaths of three Greeks in a fire bomb attack on a bank by rioting protesters in Athens.
‘Pregnant Bank Worker Among Three Killed in Fire’, accompanied by a photo of a Greek police officer engulfed in flames from a fire bomb, takes precedence on the front of The Irish Examiner. The innocent bank workers were killed in the blaze as a result of protests over planned tax hikes.
The Irish Times shows a chilling photo of a masked riot policeman in front of graffiti written on the wall of a bank in riot-ridden Athens.
On a more positive note The Times headlines a story with ‘Latest Tax Revenue Figures Show Economy beginning to Stabilise.’ It is reported that Government tax revenue is on target as per budget targets.
Finally, a lead story for The Irish Independent this morning breaks the news that Quinn Insurance got a boost of its survival chances after Sean Quinn stepped down from the board of his Quinn Group.
‘Anglo Irish Bank is continuing to develop plans to take over Quinn Insurance in a bid to recover massive debts owed by the wider Quinn Group’ reads another breaking development in the Quinn saga.
