The Irish Times leads with continuing coverage of the crisis at Downing Street, where UK prime minister Keir Starmer is "battling to save his premiership" following yesterday's resignation by Corkman (their emphasis) Morgan McSweeney ("the backroom mastermind behind Starmer’s rise to the Labour leadership and the party’s return to power").
Elsewhere, the Waterford News & Star reports that Bristow completed its takeover of the Irish Coast Guard helicopter base in Waterford Airport last week (1st Feb), adding that some members of the Oireachtas "have still cited a lack of assurance regarding Bristow’s controversial track record on labour rights."