Journalist Keith Baker takes a look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning papers.
The problems facing our beef farmers feature in the News Letter and the Belfast Telegraph.
The Telegraph says farmers caught up in the contaminated feed scare could face financial ruin if their animals have to be culled.
The News Letter puts the bill at £5m and notes that concerned farmers will be meeting the Department of Agriculture on Tuesday.
According to the Irish News, one in three cars sold in NI is going to the Republic.
The paper says the strength of the euro and the recent VAT cut have led to a dramatic increase in sales. One dealer says: "It seems that every other person who comes through our door is from the south."
By contrast, the paper says, car sales in the Republic were down 64% in the first week of the year.
Fire sale
And that situation is unlikely to be helped by the general economic gloom.
The Irish Times reports that two billion euro has to be cut from Government spending in the south this year and most of that will come in pay cuts for public and civil servants.
The Irish Independent warns of the possible return of domestic rates, which were done away with in the Republic about 30 years ago.
And, the paper raises the prospect of what it calls a fire sale of key state assets, such as the Gas Board, the ESB and 25% of Aer Lingus.
Many of the cross channel papers feature what the Sun calls the miracle of baby Aya, who was born two days after her mother was declared brain dead.
Jayne Soliman was 25 weeks pregnant when she suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage.
The Mail talks of a moment of unbelievable poignancy when her husband was given his baby daughter to hold for the first time.
He tells the Express: "In the space of 48 hours I have experienced joy at the birth of my child and endured torment over losing my wonderful wife."
The Daily Telegraph looks at the plan to offer the best teachers £10,000 golden handcuff payments to take jobs in the worst-performing secondary schools.
Elsewhere, the Guardian reports that the Government's set to delay its long-awaited announcement on a third runway for Heathrow.
This is apparently after an 11th hour push by a group of cabinet ministers who want to win greater environmental guarantees from Gordon Brown.
The main story in the Express reveals how you can have a healthy and long life.
It says simply eating the correct food, quitting smoking and getting enough exercise are the keys to a healthy old age. (You'd never have guessed it.)
Back to school
And three celebrities have been making public appearances.
George Bush gave his final press conference as President on Monday.
The Times says it was a gripping event, as he defended his time in office and lashed out at those he called the elites and opiners who claim he's damaged America's moral standing.
The Guardian sums up his eight years - "9/11, two wars, Hurricane Katrina and the worst recession since the 1930s". Nevertheless his verdict was - "we had fun".
And then there's Kate Winslet.
All over the TV screens on Monday and in all the papers on Tuesday.
The Sun describes her emotional Golden Globes performance - "Kate wins it and loses it".
What is it with actors, the Mail wonders?
The way most of them carry on, you'd think they'd been rescuing children from a blazing orphanage.
Somehow they manage to turn the ability to recite lines without bumping into the furniture into an activity of monumental consequences to the universe.
Finally, our own X Factor celebrity Eoghan Quigg made an appearance yesterday - back in school uniform and behind his desk at St Patrick's College in Dungiven.
He's pictured on the front page of the Irish News where his principal says - "He walked in as normal. If you didn't know what Eoghan looked like you wouldn't have been able to pick him out".
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