The reckons the average customer will be about £77 a year worse off, but it says things might have been worse still, since Phoenix Gas wanted an increase of 20%, rather than 14.5%.

The Dublin papers carry pictures of a tearful Mr Ahern being interviewed on television on Tuesday night, talking about the 50,000 euro he received from a group of businessmen in 1993 and admitting he hasn't paid any of it back.

"The fact that he was paid money to finance his personal life was a matter of public interest," it says "and there was a public duty to publish."

The thinks Mr Ahern's television appearance was "all part of a plan so that viewers would see Bertie, the nice, decent, ordinary guy, winning through".

But the paper says the substitution of a television interview for the proper forum of accountability was "an insult to the national parliament".

As for the other prime minister, the sums up his final appearance before the Labour faithful yesterday with the headline: "Going, going, not quite gone."

But they say they can't do so now because the Bar Council, which represents barristers, has demanded police security checks for its members before the information is made public.

The paper reports that they wore matching kilts and sporrans for their big day and it notes that 105 same-sex couples have now tied the knot since civil partnerships were introduced last December.

Finally, the reports on a night of fun at the John Hewitt pub in Belfast where there was a contest involving readings from the works of the Victorian novelist, our own Amanda McKittrick Ros, who is generally reckoned to be one of the worst writers ever.

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