The Front Pages
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has asked the European Commission to allow the State to guarantee large Anglo-Irish deposits as it embarks upon a wind-down of the bank’s, according to this morning’s Irish Times. The paper also reports that Irish patients could be under risk, as it has emerged that one third of HSE staff qualifications are not sufficiently verified.
The Irish Independent front page features a giant photo of the victorious returning Tipperary hurlers being greeted to a huge home county reception amidst heavy rain. As for the main news headline in the broadsheet, the dastardly Ivor Callely makes his regular front page appearance, as the embattled senator begins his legal challenge today over inquiries into his expenses.
Finally, if you really just buy broadsheets for the possibility of cut-out tokens then you’ll be extremely excited to hear that the Independent is advertising a competition to have your mortgage paid for a year on today’s front page – with tokens inside! We won’t spoil any more of the fun, you’ll have to buy a copy yourself.
