What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

Wednesday's front pages
What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

Pension overpayments and a school shooting in Austria are the main stories on Wednesday's front pages.

The pension errors and the shooting in Austria, in which at least 10 people were killed, feature on the front pages of The Irish Times, Irish Examiner and Irish Independent.

Cork City and County Councils were owed a combined total of approximately €6.5m for uncollected vacant and derelict site levies at the end of 2023, The Echo reports.

The Irish Sun leads with the fallout from the RTÉ nursing home investigation.

The Irish Daily Mail also leads with the pension overpayments.

The Herald leads with a story on a pest problem at RTÉ.

In the North, the Belfast Telegraph and The Irish News both lead with the violence in Ballymena.

Wednesday's UK papers are dominated by a £39 billion plan to revolutionise social housing in Britain.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' plan is the main story in the i Paper, The Guardian, the Daily Mirror, the Financial Times and the Daily Express.

The Times leads with a story on UK sanctions on two Israeli ministers.

The Sun leads with a story on a shortage of jets.

The Daily Mail leads with a story on a jobs slump.

The Daily Telegraph leads with a story on tougher laws around sleeping rough.

The Daily Star leads with a story on an 'Area 51 coverup'.

Metro leads with the school shooting in Austria.

The New York Times leads with a story on US president Donald Trump sending 700 marines into LA amid widespread protests over his hardline immigration policy.

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