The Front Pages
A new resident at 10 Downing Street, the Dublin Metro project gets a boost, head shops are forced to close, the Pope admits there is sin in the church and Irish air travel gets a green light.
All of the nationals make the new UK Prime Minister their centrepiece today following last night’s announcement that Conservative Leader, David Cameron, has gone into Government with the Liberal Democrats. The coalition spells the end for Gordon Brown, while Mr Cameron has become the youngest prime minister in 200 years according to The Irish Times.
Mr Cameron (43) and wife, Samantha, are pictured on the doorstep of Number 10, Downing Street before nipping over to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen for permission to enter Government.
In the News Digest of the Times there are snippets saying that the Dublin Metro project has received a massive boost with the informal announcement that the European Investment Bank will come up with a €500 million loan.
Another lead story details the statement released by Pope Benedict XVI, who has said that “sin exists in the church†and that the sex abuse scandals are “terrifyingâ€.
The Irish Examiner runs another major news story which has been continuously followed by the Irish media recently. As Gardaà clamp down on head shops following legislation passed to ban “legal highs†in all of the 102 head shops in Ireland. Garda teams will continue to raid the head shops although many closed yesterday afternoon as reports of the new law leaked out.
Irish air travellers seem to have finally been given a break from the airport chaos which has occurred due to the persistent volcanic ash cloud. Now, it has been reported in The Irish Independent a 100km-plus ‘no-fly’ zone has been lifted from over Ireland. Monitoring of flights and tests during the past few weeks have resulted favourably for airlines and air passengers.
