The Irish Sun lead with ‘Linda & Twink’s Gerry Spat’, claiming that Linda Martin snubbed her Menopause The Musical co-star at Gerry Ryan’s funeral. The story means that they can continue to get mileage out of Gerry Ryan’s passing, and have a dig at Twink at the same time – clever, eh. On The Late Late on Friday, a stressed-out Twink launched an attack on the papers singling out one female tab journo in particular. We’re not pointing fingers, but The Sun’s ‘showbiz exclusive’ is written by ‘Jennifer O’Brien: showbiz reporter’.
The Sun also have a story about Jonathan Rhys Meyes getting pissed up at an airport again. The 32-year-old ‘Tudors hunk’ (their words, not ours) was banned from flying after ‘guzzling cocktails’ before an early-morning flight from New York.
The Star, meanwhile, have the story that Gardaà believe they know the identity of the killers of teen victim Daniel McAnaspie, whose skeletal remains were discovered dumped in a field near Duleek, Co Meath. It says that the authorities are closing in on a trio of suspects.
Finally for the tabs, The Irish Daily Mirror goes big with their exclusive that Gerry Ryan had not been taking drugs prior to his untimely death. They say that initial tests rubbish rumours that had been spreading about the RTÉ broadcaster since his passing. They also carry the news that Nadine Coyle wants to marry her American boyfriend Jason Bell.
