The Front Pages
It’s mixed fortunes on the front pages this morning. The main headlines read:
‘Rise in pupil numbers to 2,000 new teacher jobs,’ The Irish Independent.
‘Irish citizen dies in crash,’ The Irish Examiner.
‘Lenihan accuses FG of stirring up anti-Europe sentiment,’ The Irish Times.
It is a rarity that there is cause to be upbeat in these times. The Indo, however, delivers a promising message with the news of a possible 2,000 new teaching posts – 1,000 by this September and a further 1,000 by next year.
It boils down to supply and demand. As a nation slowly returns to education the Government have guaranteed to meet the requirements of over a million students across the board. He Department of Education confirmed to The Irish Independent that the new jobs would generate in the region of €40 million in salaries.
On a sad note, The Irish Examiner along with many other national papers, details the events of a plane crash at Tripoli airport at 6am yesterday where 103 people died, one of whom was an Irish citizen.
The 42-year-old Irish passport holders’ name has not yet been released following the tragedy in the Libyan capital. It is still unclear as to the reason for the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330 plane to crash on landing at Tripoli International. Only one person survived the disaster, as all other passengers and crew perished, a 10-year-old Dutch boy who is amazingly making a recovery from injuries.
Politicians are designed to argue, aren’t they? Well, there’s nothing new at the moment in the DaÃl, as Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has tackled opposition party Deputy Leader, Fine Gaels’ Richard Bruton, over his comments and views regarding European budget co-ordination.
Mr Lenihan has claimed that Mr Bruton and the opposition were deterring from their traditional backing of European developments. Mr Bruton said that Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan seemed “willing to roll over and surrender crucial decision making powers†as quoted in The Irish Times.
