Summary of The Irish News Newspaper
The Irish News front page this morning – summarised
- Civil servants net £18K freebies during impasse: RUGBY and GAA matches, hotel stays, canapé receptions and theatre shows are among the thousands of pounds worth of gifts and hospitality received by senior Stormont civil servants since the executive’s collapse.
- New republican organisation Éire Nua launched: A newly launched anti-agreement republican organisation has said it stands for “peace and justice” and unionists have nothing to fear from it. The Éire Nua group is understood to include former members of Republican Sinn Féin and Sinn Féin and describes itself as “a new grassroots republican organization”.
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‘French mass rape trial sentencing’ & ‘Labour crashing the economy’ – Paper Talk UK
Almost all of Friday’s front pages lead with French rape victim Gisèle Pelicot after her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for drugging and raping her – and inviting 50 other men to rape her whilst she was unconscious, over ten years.
All the men were convicted on at least one charge.
Gisèle Pelicot’s case has garnered global attention, notably because she waived the right to anonymity and, along with the fact her ex-husband filmed the attacks over the decade, there was so much evidence to present publicly – something not common with rape cases.
Following the sentencing, Pelicot stood outside the court and told the public she did not regret going public with the case and told sex abuse survivors that they “share the same fight”.
Away from Pelicot, there is coverage of the UK economy as the papers react after the Bank of England’s downgrading of the economy’s growth outlook.
Lord Mandelson is expected to be named as the UK’s next ambassador to the US, whilst online many news sites report on a looming US government shutdown.
