What the papers say: Thursday's front pages
A range of stories lead the front pages of Ireland’s newspapers on Thursday.
The Irish Times reports that Ministers are set to consider a further cut in payments to Ukrainian refugees.
The Irish Examiner and the Irish Daily Mail lead with the removal on Wednesday of Dublin's "tent city", a tented encampment for asylum seekers in Mount Street.
The Irish Independent says the Government is launching a new drive to buy or rent empty properties to house asylum seekers.
An asylum seeker who was living in the Mount Street encampment told the Irish Daily Mirror that he came to Ireland to avoid the UK's Rwanda deportation law.
A rifle from the 1916 Easter Rising that belonged to Shane MacGowan has been stolen, the singer's wife tells the Irish Daily Star.
The Belfast Telegraph carries the photograph of two teenagers who died in a road crash on the notorious A5 road.
The Herald reports that a man tried to pass off security dye-stained €50 notes in betting shops around Dublin.
More than 15,000 bids were made for just 75 local authority homes in Cork, according to The Echo.
Tributes to the 14-year-old boy who was killed in Tuesday’s sword attack in London feature among the stories leading the British newspapers.
The Daily Express, Daily Mirror and the Metro lead with tributes to Daniel Anjorin, who was murdered in east London on Tuesday.
Thursday's front page: HEARTBROKEN FAMILY PAY TRIBUTE TO 'WONDERFUL CHILD' #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/bkvJkzptWp pic.twitter.com/M7pK0aJQTG
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) May 1, 2024
Thursday’s front page: Our hearts are broken#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/cP7LC4OD7o pic.twitter.com/kcEgqm1sJx
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 1, 2024
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
OUR FRESH SORROW
🔴 Double tragedy of samurai killing
🔴 School's sadness over murdered Daniel, 14 after pupil Grace died in knife rampage too#tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/VCL8AJJbvV— Metro (@MetroUK) May 1, 2024
Meanwhile, The Telegraph says plans to send gardaí to the Border to stop migrants entering the Republic triggered a “row” between British prime minister Rishi Sunak and Taoiseach Simon Harris.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
Ireland sends police to border in migrant row#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/ndj8eDSw1b— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 1, 2024
The i reports that the British government’s Rwanda plan could be delayed as civil servants sue the government.
Thursday's front page: Rwanda plan could be delayed as civil servants sue Government over law breach#TomorrowsPapersToday
🔴 @singharj reports: https://t.co/2gYZOrhOJe pic.twitter.com/Gj9nhIToZA— i newspaper (@theipaper) May 1, 2024
The UK Labour Party is set to unveil a “weakened package” of worker’s rights, according to the Financial Times.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 2 May https://t.co/dbS2S4YPvm pic.twitter.com/ydK67a9XUI
— Financial Times (@FT) May 1, 2024
The Guardian reports Labour is facing criticism over a “loophole” that would allow workers to be on zero-hour contracts despite the party pledging to ban them.
Thursday’s GUARDIAN: “Labour faces criticism over loophole in plan to ban zero-hours contracts” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/unSeAhhWjt
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 1, 2024
The Times looks at Labour’s plan to “admit small boat migrants” into the asylum system and overturn the British government’s asylum ban.
Thursday’s TIMES: “Labour plan for Channel migrants to get asylum” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/1VcseyIrYx
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 1, 2024
The Independent splashes with a warning from the Tees Valley mayor that his potential defeat in today’s local elections should be a “wake-up call” for Tory MPs.
Tomorrow's @independent front page. To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/koJc3LN1ax pic.twitter.com/FqdKV7ROuU
— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) May 1, 2024
The Daily Mail runs with the words, the “day that Rwanda became a reality” after the first migrants set for deportation to Rwanda were detained on Wednesday.
Thursday’s Daily MAIL: “Day That Rwanda Became A Reality” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/FN7S3LieUJ
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 1, 2024
And the Daily Star says scientists are saying there could be a shark off the coast of southern England.
Thursday's front page: We're gonna need a bigger LILO #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/pcvxX4a1aX pic.twitter.com/j0UmL4ldIY
— Daily Star (@dailystar) May 1, 2024
