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What the papers say: Sunday's front pages

A wide variety of stories feature on Irish front pages this Sunday morning.
What the papers say: Sunday's front pages

By PA Reporter

A wide variety of stories feature on Irish front pages this Sunday morning.

The Business Post lead with a story revealing that Micheál Martin was given a warning about how Ireland needed to boost its competitiveness and cut red tape in the face of a deepening EU-US trade war, in a private meeting with industry leaders in Washington DC.

The Sunday Independent lead with a story about the IDA chair saying there is a "turbulent year" ahead as the threat of tariffs looms, alongside a story about a controversial US pastor telling the Burke family to"obey court and follow law".

The Sunday World lead with a story about Dublin GAA star Lee Gannon appearing in court after admitting to having the drug MDMA at Electric Picnic, and being ordered to make a donation to charity instead of a conviction by the judge.

The Irish Mail on Sunday lead with a story saying that Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that US president Donald Trump should pay a state visit to Ireland and become the fifth US president to address the Oireachtas.

The Irish Sunday Mirror lead with a story about gardaí launching a new appeal over the mysterious death of a young woman in Co Monaghan on St Patrick's Day last year.

British newspapers

Proposed cuts to health and welfare services lead the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers in the UK.

The Sunday Telegraph carries warnings from British Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who says the abolition of NHS England marks the “beginning, not the end” of cuts to government quangos.

The Observer says welfare cuts are being reconsidered by the Government.

And The Sunday Times UK reports there has been a backlash among Labour MPs over the planned welfare reforms.

The British Mail on Sunday says a UK Minister “rubbished” intelligence pointing to Covid’s origins in a Chinese laboratory.

The Sunday Express focuses on a cross-party bid to ban the physical punishment of children in England, which is already illegal in Wales and Scotland.

The UK Sunday Mirror leads with an exclusive about British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, who has spent more than a decade on death row in Indonesia after being convicted of drug smuggling. The newspaper hints the 67-year-old could be freed after a change in Indonesian law.

The UK Sun on Sunday says EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa and her husband Dan Osborne have split.

Lastly, the UK Daily Star Sunday suggests a steaming bath could help people lose weight.

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