What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

Sat, 01 Jun, 2024 - 09:22

Further reaction from Donald Trump being found guilty of 34 charges and an investigation into land for housing in Dublin is among the main headlines in Saturday's papers.

The Irish Times leads with the former judge Gerard O'Brien, who was sentenced for the sexual abuse of boys and young men in the 1990s when he was a school teacher.

The Irish Examiner leads with an inquest that revealed the driver's Covid-19 symptoms played a factor in the fatal collision which claimed the lives of two people in their 80s.

The Echo leads with events in Cork during the Bank Holiday weekend.

The Irish Independent reveals there is an investigation underway into the rezoning of land in South County Dublin by a Fine Gael politician.

The Irish Daily Mail leads with Donald Trump calling America a fascist state after he was found guilty of 34 charges.

The Irish Daily Mirror also leads with Trump, as their front page is "Deluded, Deranged and Dangerous".

The Irish Daily Star leads with the trial of a man who is accused of assaulting former Ireland midfielder and pundit Roy Keane.

British papers

Coverage of Donald Trump’s conviction for 34 felonies in the US continues to dominate the front pages of Saturday’s newspapers.

The Daily Mirror, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, and the Independent all run with pieces on the former US president in the wake of his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced porn star, Stormy Daniels.

Daily Mirror: Deluded. Deranged. Dangerous. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xadLiroJwr

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

Financial Times: Trump lashes out at ‘rigged’ trial
after historic criminal convictions #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/6UELXaxmvm

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

Daily Mail: Trump rages at Biden’s ‘fascist state’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SwHcJlMnKJ

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

The Daily Telegraph opts for a piece on former British prime minister Boris Johnson and his opinion on Trump’s conviction, claiming it was a “hit job”.

The Daily Telegraph: Johnson - Trump is victim of
a hit job #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/VpACXxJtZA

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

The Sun splashes with a piece that says King Charles has told his brother, the embattled Andrew, Duke of York, to move out of his 30-room mansion in Windsor Park.

#TomorrowsPapersToday #TheSun pic.twitter.com/YZBNOgzHTa

— Peter Brown (@petbro2022) May 31, 2024

Moving onto British politics, voters are making it loud and clear to the Conservative Party, with polling indicating a change in government may be on the horizon, as per the i.

i Sport: UK voters’ message to the Tories - it’s time
for change #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/EDUXdZSeL3

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

The Times leads on Sir Keir Starmer’s vow to create wealth with the economy centric to his pitch to British voters.

The Times: Starmer - I’ll create wealth #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/EXljUrLAwH

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

The Daily Express splashes on a saliva test that searches for markers in patients’ DNA to determine their genetic risk of developing prostate cancer.

Daily Express: AT-HOME TEST TO ‘TURN TIDE ON PROSTATE CANCER’#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Jr3CV7mJj3

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

The Guardian opts for a piece on the war in Ukraine, with leader Volodymyr Zelensky claiming Russian troops are hunting and laughing at his people.

The Guardian: Zelenskiy: Russian troops are
laughing at and hunting us #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/KgcmrZaJsd

— George Mann (@sgfmann) May 31, 2024

The Daily Star leads with a piece on aliens and a claim from King Charles’ astronomer that most scientists believe there is life out among the stars.