What the papers say: Saturday's front pages
Ellen O'Donoghue
A wide range of stories feature on Irish front pages on Saturday morning.
The Irish Times lead with Catherine Connolly gathering support for an Áras run after it was revealed that she intends to run for presidency, and a potential redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in schools being at a 'far greater scale' than any other in the history of the State, according to senior civil servants.
The Irish Examiner lead with a toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning after accidentally ingesting or absorbing the drug through his terminally ill uncle's transdermal patch, a Cork woman telling her trial regarding deception charges that she fears for her and her children's lives after harassment at her Dungarven home, a man being questioned over a fatal attack in Limerick, and a 12 year old girl drowning in the River Suir in Co Tipperary.
The Irish Daily Mirror lead with Ashling Murphy's boyfriend saying that he had to leave the courtroom to contain his anger during Jozef Puska's trial.
The Herald lead with a former garda, Ian Gillen, being jailed for 20 months for attacking and threatening to kill his then-partner while he was a serving garda.
The Irish Independent lead with how former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey took advantage of trips to the US to spin lies about a cancer diagnosis to wealthy Americans and ask them for money.
The Echo lead with 31-year-old Dylan Scannell being sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ian Baitson in March 2024.
The Belfast Telegraph lead with a council plan to remove a controversial Belfast bonfire on a site containing asbestos and close to an electricity substation, being branded "half-baked".
The Irish Daily Mail lead with fraudsters using voice impersonations and a fake invoice to scam the National Treasury Management Agency out of €5 mllion.
The Irish Daily Star lead with a prisoner in Mountjoy Prison being under investigation for posting a video online of himself making a toastie on a grill in his cell, while allegedly using cannabis.
