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"Get rid of the kids, and get your life back" - The Paper Review

Today's Paper Review kicked off with a story about how 20% of families reportedly don't own a din...
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08.16 15 Jun 2015


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"Get rid of the kids, and get your life back" - The Paper Review

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08.16 15 Jun 2015


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Today's Paper Review kicked off with a story about how 20% of families reportedly don't own a dining table. The main reason being given is that the space once assigned for a dining room table is instead used for different things - or that the kitchen table does the job.

Ivan offered 'an ingenious solution' to the challenge of having regular family dinners - "get rid of the kids, and get your life back."

President Higgins and his wife Sabrina are shown all dressed up and enjoying a Bloomsday garden party at the Aras on the front of The Irish Times.

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Other stories in the broadsheets include a national suicide prevention strategy set to focus on secondary schools, and a report that shows the number of people renting has increased. Elsewhere, it seems like the end of the 1c and 2c coins in Ireland could be nigh...

In the tabloids, the fatal shooting of Keith Walker makes two front pages, while the Irish Daily Mail reports there will be no cut to the 40% tax rate.

Chris gave the latest update on the Nobel laurete who has gotten into some hot water following his comments about female scientists - now it seems as if even his wife has criticised her husband in an interview with the Guardian.

Do you walk while reading messages or texting on your smartphone? Well then you're infuriating Ivan, who went on to have one of his great rants about some of the pet peeves associated with 'anti-social' phone usage.

Finally, who footed the bill for the Star Wars shoot on Skellig Michael last year? All these stories and more in the first Paper Review of the week:


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