What the papers say: Friday's front pages

A wide variety of stories feature on Ireland's front pages on Friday morning.
What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Ellen O'Donoghue

A wide variety of stories feature on Ireland's front pages on Friday morning.

The Irish Times lead with the State's corporate tax receipts falling 30 per cent year on year, Donald Trump accusing a 'crazy' Elon Musk of being 'hostile', and the High Court ruling that boat trips can resume at Skellig Michael.

The Examiner lead with the family of a pregnant woman who died after failures in care at Tipperary University Hospital speaking out after a 10-year battle for an apology, and record quantities of cocaine being seized in Europe for the seventh year in a row.

The Echo lead with calls for increased funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Cork and an 'epidemic' of applications for domestic abuse orders.

The Irish Independent lead with up to 14,000 child patients facing significant delays to surgery if the suspension of special funding for operations at Children's Health Ireland remains for the rest of the year.

The Irish Daily Mail lead with Ireland's social insurance fund heading towards a deficit spiral if 'unpalatable' decisions like welfare cuts, PRSI hikes and and an increase in the pension age are not taken, experts say.

The Belfast Telegraph lead with a man being charged with the murder of his elderly mother in Belfast.

The Irish Daily Mirror lead with the Michael Gaine murder suspect, Michael Kelley, saying he will not go to Gaines's funeral as he has not been invited

The Irish Daily Star lead with a court ruling saying boat trips can return to Skellig Michael

The Herald lead with a garda being spared a conviction for assaulting a teenage joyrider.

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