Dublin Airport chaos, rising energy costs and Criminal Assets Bureau investigations are making headlines in Ireland on Wednesday.
Rising energy prices and rising inflation are the main events in Irish weather. Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned that higher oil and gas prices were inevitable, but also ruled out delivering another package of household support before the October budget.
The Irish Examiner reports that the Criminal Assets Bureau uses 600 local “asset profilers” to monitor the unexplained wealth of 1,800 crime bosses and lieutenants across the country.
Long queues and staffing issues at Dublin Airport feature on the front page of the Irish Daily Mail and irish sun.
echo also chooses to focus on rising inflation, with a local Cork campaigner criticizing Taoiseach comments that consumers face a ‘new era’ of high prices.
The Belfast Telegraph examines how inflation is affecting restaurants, with a steak on the menu at one of Belfast’s top restaurants.
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Here’s a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morninghttps://t.co/3AlGJmrP8Y#Tell it like it is pic.twitter.com/KFBI4wUkT4— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) June 1, 2022
In Britain, preparations for Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee and renewed demands for the British Prime Minister to explain the parties in Downing Street are making headlines on Wednesday.
The Daily Telegraph led to Lord Geidt’s demand for an explanation from Boris Johnson on whether or not he breached the Ministerial Code.
📰 Tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph front page:
‘Explain partygate, ethics chief tells PM’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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– The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 31, 2022
Mr Johnson is calling his own MPs in a bid to bolster their support and ‘save his job’, according to the Iwhile Subway says “Boris can be grilled”.
Excl: PM phones Tory MPs to save his job. Wednesday@theipapercover page #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/UuarXSx0IT
—Tim Alden (@timaldi) May 31, 2022
Tomorrow’s paper today 📰
BORIS MAY BE TOAST
🔴 Tory rebellion grows beyond partygate#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/CJ94SUDAeZ
— Metro (@MetroUK) May 31, 2022
Elsewhere, the Daily Express reports that travel bosses will face an ‘angry confrontation’ with UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps over the disruption.
Front page: You’ve spent £8bn of our ‘what’s wrong’ money#tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/3gTVsTeuNd
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) May 31, 2022
The sun reports that Queen Elizabeth’s jet was forced to abort landing due to lightning, as the monarch prepares for weekend celebrations.
Tomorrow’s front page: The Queen is caught up in mid-air drama when lightning forces her plane to abort its landing https://t.co/oHy0sOxWlj pic.twitter.com/TFloUlFWaS
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 31, 2022
While the daily star says animal rights campaigners have urged ‘Jubilee mad’ Britons not to buy corgis.
We’re not having fun! #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lDEKMFyuPT
– Daily Star (@dailystar) May 31, 2022
The DailyMirror says the Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested Prince Andrew should be forgiven.
Tomorrow’s front page: Forgive Andrew #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/MYrol92yDL pic.twitter.com/Ko3wUHPNtr
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 31, 2022
Meanwhile, The Guardian says ministers ‘have been accused of stoking anger’ as he reports an increase in violence in doctors’ surgeries.
Guardian front page, Wednesday June 1, 2022: Ministers accused of stoking anger as rising violence hits GPs pic.twitter.com/R8wgHKJRBi
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 31, 2022
And the FinancialTimes says an EU-UK deal on insurance for vessels carrying Russian oil has dealt a “further blow” to Russian oil exports.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday June 1 https://t.co/ntKaqOXkt2 pic.twitter.com/z9dycvcnOA
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 31, 2022
