On the front of the Sunday Independent is ‘ESB cuts off 900 houses a month’. This is news that the government is planning to go ahead with its 5% electricity levy, despite an incredible amount of people having their lights turned off due to non-payment of bills. They also run with ‘Public says “only hope†to save Fianna Fail’. A new opinion poll shows that 24% of people would like Brian Lenihan to be Taoiseach, only 4% behind the poll leader Eamon Gilmore, leader of Labour.
The Sunday Times have ‘Freed rapist given refuge by the state,’ a story which reveals that Larry Murphy has decided to place himself under the supervision and care of the Probation Service. Murphy had been followed by journalists for 36 hours, and verbally abused on the street. He asked for refuge in the Garda Station in Kevin Street, Dublin on Friday night.
They also have ‘Children injured by blast in Armagh,’ which reveals that two 12-year-olds and a two-year-old were hurt when a bomb blew up in a bin in an estate in Lurgan. ‘Priest’s wedding rows’ is the story that Fr. Arthur O’Neill of St. Bridgid’s in Cabinteely, Dublin is insisting that brides and grooms have their wedding registered by the state before he gives them a Catholic wedding. This is an apparent protest against divorce.
The Irish Examiner has ‘Shamrock Rovers fan who became a Hollywood queen still feisty at 90.’ Hollywood actress Maureen O’Hara is set to celebrate her 90th birthday on Thursday. “I’m very grateful to God for letting me live this long,†she says.
