What the papers say: Sunday's front pages
A plan to rapidly increase delivery of new homes, the Gaza ceasefire and the incoming Trump administration are among the stories that feature on Sunday's front pages.
The Sunday Times leads with a government plan to 'turbocharge' homebuilding.
President Michael D Higgins has rejected a call not to speak at a Holocaust event, the Sunday Independent reports.
The Business Post leads with a story on the Dublin Airport passenger cap row. A story on how Donald Trump's administration could affect Ireland also features on the front page.
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🗞️ Leaders back minister to solve Dublin Airport cap row
🗞️ Restaurant owners on Vat rate cut
🗞️ Developer's €200m ‘war chest’ to buy from landowners pic.twitter.com/s6I7JLu5Um
— Business Post (@businessposthq) January 19, 2025
Irish stations are 'snubbing' Jim Sheridan's film about crime boss Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, the Irish Sun reports.
Today's Irish Sun on Sunday front page. pic.twitter.com/QMWI6ybwlI
— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) January 19, 2025
The Occupied Territories Bill is set to be dropped to 'appease Trump', The Irish Mail on Sunday reports.
In today's paper:
- Israeli trade ban dropped to appease Trump
- Watt moves to Housing; new Cabinet revealed
- Kneecap plan to accept BAFTA as gaeilge
And lots more ... pic.twitter.com/KKVJ5KEZxj— Irish Mail on Sunday (@IrishMailSunday) January 18, 2025
The Sunday World leads with the GAA catfish probe.
The Sunday Life leads with a story on the muder of Belfast man John George.
A variety of domestic and international stories jostle for attention on the front pages of Sunday’s UK newspapers.
An overburdened NHS is the focus of the Sunday Mirror’s front page, which focuses on patients waiting for treatment on trolleys across crammed emergency departments.
The Sunday Express concentrates on what it calls “scathing analysis” which suggests UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget could cost the UK the equivalent of 300,000 nurses’ salaries.
The Sunday Telegraph reports the UK attorney general is facing fresh questions amid revelations asylum seekers he previously represented were granted a “one-off” deal to come to the UK from the Chagos Islands months after he took office.
The Sunday Times leads on nearly 420,000 students in England getting extra time in their exams – four times as many as a decade ago.
The Observer says Gaza aid agencies are bracing for chaos as hundreds of thousands of people begin returning home after Sunday’s ceasefire comes into effect.
The Mail on Sunday reveals members of US president-elect Donald Trump’s team are aiding Nigel Farage in his bid to become UK prime minister. The move is reportedly “revenge” for Labour campaigning for Kamala Harris during 2024’s presidential race.
Singer and actress Linda Nolan was joking and laughing with medics in her final hours, the Sunday People reports.
The Sun on Sunday writes police are investigating amid allegations a woman stalked Gladiator Alex Gray, who stars as Apollo on the BBC series.
Lastly, the Daily Star Sunday says one in 25 Brits are convinced US president-elect Donald Trump could be a “brain-munching member of the living dead”.
The New York Times leads with stories on the California wildfires and Donald Trump's inauguration.
