Ivan began this morning’s paper review in suitably understated fashion by announcing he has the secret to happiness – or rather page 14 of the Daily Mirror, which today carries the 30 secrets of happy family life.
Ivan has a much simpler formula though - “The most important thing is to have a good pub, close by,” he says, for when things get too heated and removing oneself from the fray is the only solution top a sustained peace.
“Daddy drinks because you cry” - Kieran Cuddihy suggested. “Exactly,” Ivan said.
The Irish Independent leads with the report from the Banking Inquiry: “You paid too much for bailout: Chopra”, which the Irish examiner also have as their headline story: “Trichet ‘bomb’ warning led to U-turn”.
Meanwhile, the Irish Times reports on the crisis in Stormont – “Governments attempt to rescue Stormont as Robinson steps aside”.
In the tabloids, Kieran was leading with Granbo’, the DM reports on claims at an obesity conference that warns against the danger of calorie counts, while the Irish Sun has Alexander Pacteau – the man who killed Irish nurse Karen Buckley in Scotland –
The daily Mirror meanwhile report of a Ryanair jet in Liverpool having a “UFO scare.
Ivan picked out a story on Eurostat figures showing Ireland is third in the EU for deaths from respiratory illness
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