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What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Here are the biggest stories making headlines today.
What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Here are the biggest stories making headlines in Ireland on Tuesday.

The Irish Times reports that the HSE will cut €250 million from spending on outside staffing agencies.

There is a “genuine risk” the State may soon be unable to accommodate women and children seeking asylum here due to repeated arson attacks, according to the Irish Examiner.

The Irish Independent says “sweeteners” for groups of public servants that include extra pay hikes and allowances in a proposed new national pay deal will cost an estimated €47 million.

Leo Varadkar has told the Irish Daily Mail that Sinn Féin's plan to give an "amnesty" to people who haven't paid the TV licence is a "stunt".

A vet tells the Irish Daily Mirror that Ireland should follow Britain's lead and ban XL Bully dogs.

The Irish Daily Star reports that a man who stole a car, before killing its owner by throwing him from the bonnet as he was driving off, has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years.

The Belfast Telegraph says Stormont and Westminster are on a collision course after Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill refused to bring in water charges in the North.

The UK Labour Party cutting ties with its by-election candidate makes the front pages of several of the British newspaper front pages.

The i, Daily Mail and The Guardian lead with the action against Azhar Ali, who was caught on tape stating that Israel may have stoked conflict with Hamas rebels intentionally.

The Times front page also features the story, but leads on British prime minister Rishi Sunak pledging to “build more homes in the right places”.

The Financial Times features an image of rescuers pulling children from the rubble in Rafah as it leads on a surge in assets for private equity bosses.

The Daily Telegraph focuses on former British home secretary Suella Braverman, as she hits back at claims rural England is “racist”.

The Daily Mirror splashes with a story on the stabbing of convicted paedophile Roy Whiting while in jail.

The Daily Express opted for a lead on a breakthrough in dementia research, with tests able to detect the degenerative illness more than a decade earlier than its pharmaceutical peers.

The Metro splashes with the private contracting crisis in the British education sector as schools face escalating fees for maintenance contractors on playing fields.

The Sun leads with the financial woes of Coronation Street star Bill Roache.

And the Daily Star reveals a potential tea shortage with supply routes severely impacted by conflict in the Middle East.

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