What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

A wide variety of stories feature across Thursday's newspaper front pages.
What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

Tomas Doherty

A wide variety of stories feature across Thursday's newspaper front pages.

The Irish Times reports that the Construction Industry Federation has failed to pay more than €140,000 in derelict site levies owed on a Dublin terrace that partially collapsed on Monday.

The competition watchdog is ­carrying out an investigation into the bookmaking industry, according to the Irish Independent.

The Irish Daily Mail says the Taoiseach has condemned a "dependency culture" in local government as some councils asked for funding to fill vacant social homes.

The Irish Sun, Irish Examiner, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star all cover the jailing of a man for dangerous driving causing the deaths of two teenagers in Co Monaghan.

The Irish News highlights slow progress in projects in the North, with a sod cutting event for a new school campus in Co Tyrone taking place a decade after a similar event on the same site.

A man convicted of taking "upskirt" photos of two teachers while he was a pupil at a Co Fermanagh school featured in a PR initiative by a leading arts body, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

The Herald says a Dublin gang is using takeaways and even butcher shops as fronts for organised crime.

The Echo highlights vacancies in Cork's child disability network teams.

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