It's my party
by Bernard Harbor

Most titles also cover the report into champagne quaffing at the Department of Foreign Affairs, with the Indo's Philip Ryan really going to town. But it hardly compares to the rumpus over UK civil servant Sue Gray's update on Downing Street parties, which the Guardian's Ben Quinn dubs a "masterpiece of understatement."

 

Elsewhere, a new bill looks set to strengthen workplace whistle-blower protections, Covid wage subsidies are to be reduced tomorrow, and yet another survey predicts high pay increases (of up to 25%) for some professionals this year.

 

You can also read about passport backlogs, Ryanair losses, and Saint Brigid's day light displays on landmark buildings.

 

It was Schubert's birthday yesterday, so let's Zenerbrate with this: Cellist Camille Thomas and pianist Beatrice Berrut with his Stäntschen (or serenade). Beautiful.

 

Bernard

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