Listen to the review here:
The Irish Times
Page 1 The barn owl population is under threat thanks to people poisoning rodents
Page 3 Forget your Electric Picnics, Stradbally is now gearing up for the real wellie brigade. 180,000 people are expected to show up to the Ploughing Championships which are taking place on the 24th September 2013
The Indo
Page 5 Not to depress anyone out there, but the paper is reporting that the latest blast of summer we have been enjoying is over and Autumn is coming back with a bang. Temperatures are set to plummet and there is even a danger of frost on the horizon.
Page 8 Silver fox and die hard Springsteen fan David McCullagh has been named the new presenter on Prime Time
Page 13 HMV have said that they will honour all outstanding gift cards, but you need to hurry, because you only have until the middle of November before they expire.
Page 17 The number of children being raised outside marriage has doubled in the last 25 years to 450,000. The report ‘Marriage Breakdown and Family Structure in Ireland’ compared census data between 1986 and 2011.
Page 19 The Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch was launched in Berlin last night. It has a speaker and a microphone embedded into the strap so you can hold your hand to your ear to make calls. There is a camera in the strap which will take a photo when you swipe the screen. It can show you incoming messages, remind you of appointments and has the weather as well as the time on the display
The Examiner
Page 1 You may have noticed a few more wasps around lately, and it’s because they have had a very successful mating season. Worker wasps are gorging on fermenting fruit and essentially becoming ‘aggressive drunks’. Paul Hetherington of Biglife Conservation Charity says that wasps ar making the most of their last hurrah in the sun, and as the summer ends they are foraging for high sugar foods, which brings them into contact with people more than usual, especially those drinking sugary drinks outdoors.
Page 8 There have been calls from an international trade union of sex workers to create a prostitution tolerance zone in Limerick. The Britain-based organisation said statements from Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Niall Collins that Sweden had seen a 70% reduction in prostitution as a result of criminalising the purchase of sex was incorrect. The International Union of Sex Workers also rejected estimates by the Limerick TD that "99%" of prostitutes were abused and trafficked into Ireland. Mr Collins made his comments recently in reports highlighting concerns of business people in Limerick at the impact of prostitution in their area. In a letter to the Irish Examiner, the IUSW’s spokeswoman, Laura Lee, said: "The solution for Limerick is a tolerance zone, away from the city centre, where the Garda can work with the sex workers rather than against them." She said this policy had been "very successful" in Liverpool, where she claimed the crime rate had plummeted.
Daily Mail
Page 5 37 year old Daniel Clavin who lives in Roscommon has suffered from a bout of hiccups for over a year after waking up from a stag do with a hangover and hiccups. He has had two endoscopies, a CAT scan, changed his siet, taken tranquiillisers, seen a chiropractor, but all in vain. He has hiccupped on average every 7 seconds since July last year, meaning he would have hiccupped a total of 5.25 million times since then.
Page 7 Jack Nicholson is giving up the movie business because at the age of 76, he says he can’t remember his lines.
Page 18/19 Robert Sheehan (Darren fom Love/Hate) and his unusual style. The curly headed actor seems to like floral suits, tak tops and shorts and bold patterns
The Sun
Page 1 Wayne Rooney’s facial injury is really disgusting
The Star
Page 27 If you want to be successful in the office you should start dressing like your boss, according to a new survey. This had led to an office trends called ‘work twins’. Two thirds of people surveyed said that dressing like their colleagues created a better team spirit and a higher level of productivity.
