Pat's Sunday Paper Review 11th October

Well, as usual on a Sunday morning, we flick through the Sunday newspapers and I'll give you the headlines on the front of the papers.

The Sunday Independent, strikes will lead to winter of chaos in our hospitals and a patients group warns of knock-on effects.

Fergal Keane writes, why I'm backing Backhurst as RTE is under siege.

The Irish Mail on Sunday, Michael D's concern, in quotes, at 39 houses across the road.

The Business Post, first of all, a suggestion that AI won't replace jobs here.

That's from HSBC Ireland boss Laura Trimble.

But the main headline, budget fallout, Burke slaps down low-pay watchdog and axes target.

And revealed at the bottom of that paper, four tech giants use one-fifth of Ireland's electricity.

Sunday Times, O'Donovan cut adrift by Fine Gael in RTE row is the main headline.

Headline there.

And according to Minister Chambers, strikes are unfair to the public.

Well, we're joined to review the newspapers by Martina Devlin, who's a well-known and award-winning author, but also a newspaper columnist.

Martina, good morning and welcome.

Good

morning,

Pat.

Now, we'll be talking to you later on about your latest book.

So, first of all, we concentrate on the newspapers.

I'd say Minister Patrick O'Donovan is squirming as he reads his newspapers this morning.

He's not happy, but his...

Defence is that he tops the polls in Limerick County and Limerick County supports him.

I think that's perhaps a leap of faith on his part.

But certainly the coalition is furious with him and Fine Gael in particular are furious with him.

And there's a sense that they want him to go.

Some of the papers think he can last until... next year and a projected reshuffle when the Tánaiste becomes Taoiseach, Simon Harris.