What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Fri, 19 May, 2023 - 07:28

Discussions over the housing of asylum seekers, reaction to an assault on a teenager in Co Meath, and Gerard Hutch's travels are among the stories covered in Friday's front pages.

The Irish Times reports 'Hundreds of asylum seekers to stay on streets as Coalition tries to quell tensions', amid an ongoing blockade around a centre housing asylum seekers in Inch, Co Clare.

The Irish Examiner covers Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's pleas for the blockade in Clare to end, alongside an article on the sharing of video footage online which showed the 'stomach churning' attack on a boy in Navan.

The Echo's headline reads: 'Jail for driver as life risked', after a man was jailed for injuring a garda as he attempted to flee the scene of a drug deal.

The Irish Daily Mail reports the Government has been warned about a 'rural revolt on rewetting', while both the Irish Daily Star and Irish Daily Sun report Gerard 'the Monk' Hutch has returned to Spain following his acquittal in the Regency trial.

Friday's front page pic.twitter.com/4yAMtMokzf

— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) May 18, 2023

In Britain, concerns over the rise of AI leads the national papers.

The i reports the British government is pushing for regulations to protect humanity from the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, while the Daily Mail leads with telecommunications giant BT announcing plans to replace 10,000 workers with AI.

I: UK warns: new rules needed to tame AI #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/9HFPbocJGs

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 18, 2023

Friday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/XnpMhsP2Ic

— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) May 18, 2023

Staying with politics, The Guardian says the government has unveiled a new swathe of sanctions against Russia, including banning Russian diamonds as well as Russian-origin copper, aluminium and nickel.

Guardian front page, Friday 19 May 2023: Fresh sanctions against Russia as PM seeks to rally support for Kyiv pic.twitter.com/R6M5Sjq4Wx

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 18, 2023

The Daily Express carries comments from British prime minister Rishi Sunak, who predicted Tory success at the next general election.

Front Page - Confident Rishi: I'll be PM for years#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/ALFfX6Itha pic.twitter.com/Z27eescrst

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) May 18, 2023

The Daily Telegraph reports household energy bills are expected to rise by almost £120 a year under the government’s net-zero plans.

TELEGRAPH: Net zero drive will add £120 to energy bills #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UOkRL4XuzZ

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 18, 2023

Elsewhere, The Times leads with analysis revealing international nurse recruits accounted for two thirds of the rise in numbers since 2019.

TIMES: UK reliance on foreign nurses at critical level #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mvvxY1K4LJ

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 18, 2023

The Independent reports an inquiry into maternity care failings at an NHS trust has been deemed “insufficient” as only a fraction of black and Asian women have come forward.

INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Maternity scandal inquiry slams NHS for ‘exclusion’ of Black and Asian victims #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mpFpEyMIY2

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 18, 2023

Water firms have asked customers to foot the bill to end the sewage crisis affecting the nation’s rivers and beaches, according to the Metro.

METRO: £10bn dirty trick #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/PrdseqOVbK

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 18, 2023

The Daily Mirror leads with a six-year-old boy surviving a “horror” dog attack.

MIRROR: Mummy, am i dying? #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/FHw1TOBnou

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 18, 2023

The Sun reports Ant and Dec are stepping down from Saturday Night Takeaway after 20 years.

On tomorrow's front page: Ant and Dec are stepping down from Saturday Night Takeaway after 20 yearshttps://t.co/Z6438aVeB6 pic.twitter.com/iUqgtypr1z

— The Sun (@TheSun) May 18, 2023

And the Daily Star says Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has caused sales of Y-fronts to soar.