What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Friday's papers are dominated by the Washington DC collision between a plane and a helicopter, which killed 67 people.

The Irish Times leads with the fatal crash in the US capital.

The Washington DC crash also makes the front page of the Irish Examiner, along with a story on a woman who died while taking weight loss drug Ozempic.

The Irish Independent leads with a story on a hike in health insurance prices.

The Echo leads with the death of Breeda O’Donoghue (66) after she developed profound electrolyte abnormalities from vomiting while taking Ozempic for weight loss and Metformin to control her diabetes

The Irish Daily Mail leads with a story on 36,000 Ukrainian refugees facing losing their homes with host families.

Friday's front page pic.twitter.com/vajnNGTQ8R

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The Herald leads with a story on the murder of Gareth Hutch.

In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with the US air crash.

The Irish News leads with a story on a man linked to an RUC murder by forensics.

The front page of today's Irish News: Shop workers feared colleague had been shot during ‘traumatising’ 30 minutes of mayhem at hands of armed gang. pic.twitter.com/DiQIJWxj6i

— The Irish News (@irish_news) January 31, 2025

The downed plane in Washington DC and the latest in British politics dominate Friday’s UK newspaper headlines to cap off the working week.

The Daily Mirror, The Independent and The Times lead on the deaths of all passengers after a passenger plane collided mid-air with a helicopter near Washington DC, with US president Donald Trump blaming air traffic “diversity” for the disaster.

Metro splashes on the “nearly half a million” thefts across England and Wales in 12 months, with police data indicating the number of offences is now the highest ever.

The i runs an exclusive on the elderly and the NHS, with health secretary Wes Streeting urging health bosses to fund at-home treatment and care to reduce the number of elderly patients congesting care homes or hospital wards unnecessarily.

The Daily Mail leads on a challenge issued by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch for two North Sea oil projects to be green-lit by the UK government in the wake of Labour’s newly announced “growth agenda”.

The Guardian splashes on the brutal reality experienced by women and girls in the UK, with new figures indicating the gendered violence “epidemic” is actually getting worse.

The Daily Telegraph leads on 10 per cent of farmland that will be lost so the UK can achieve net zero, with plans unveiled that will see pastures swapped for solar farms in the latest “blow to rural life”.

The Sun splashes with a story on its own defence editor Jerome Starkey, with the Kremlin issuing an arrest warrant for the British journalist due to his “fearless” coverage of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

The Financial Times reports that the European Central Bank’s decision to cut its benchmark interest rate to 2.75 per cent is thanks to a “stagnating economy” across the European Union.

And, lastly, the Daily Star is getting in early with this headline as it warns of a 100-metre-wide asteroid that could hit the UK in 2032.

The New York Times leads with the Washington air crash.