What the papers say: Friday's front pages
Tomas Doherty
A wide range of stories feature across Friday's newspaper front pages, including a "groundswell of support" for Bertie Ahern to stand for president.
The Irish Times and Irish Examiner report that just over half of this year’s Leaving Cert students’ grades have been artificially inflated, compared with more than two-thirds last year.
The Irish Independent says a groundswell of support is growing within Fianna Fáil to nominate Bertie Ahern as their candidate for the presidential election.
Some rural TDs fear the Irish countryside is being used as a "guinea pig" for commercial drone deliveries, according to the Irish Daily Mail.
The Irish Daily Mirror leads with the story of how four men saved a boy and girl after they were swept out to sea in west Donegal.
Eamon Dunphy tells the Irish Daily Star what he thinks of Roy Keane's latest ventures.
The Herald reports that an English tourist is in a critical condition in hospital after being "kicked in the head" in Dublin's Temple Bar.
The North's prison service has been cleared of any failings over the death of a murder-accused man in custody, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
A pensioner has emerged victorious in a battle against energy supplier SSE, The Irish News reports.
The Echo reveals that almost €2 million in parking fines have been collected in Co Cork since 2020.
