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What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

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

Israel blocking a Gaza bound aid flotilla and the presidential election are among the main stories on Thursday's front pages.

A story on the flotilla, which has at least eight Irish citizens on board, makes the front page of The Irish Times.

Fianna Fáil's presidential candidate Jim Gavin was forced to delete a video that suggested he had the backing of the Defence Forces, the Irish Independent reports.

The Irish Examiner leads with a story on public anger over 'ghost buses'.

It took Cork City Council 33 weeks to re-let a social house in 2024, The Echo reports.

The Irish Daily Mail also leads with Jim Gavin being accused of 'politicising' the Defence Forces.

“Barbie Kardashian”, who, a court heard, posed a “significant threat” to the general public, has been released from Limerick Prison where she had been serving a sentence for making threats to torture, rape, and kill her mother. The release of Kardashian, despite a judge's "grave concerns" makes the front pages of the Irish Daily Star, Irish Daily Mirror and The Herald. 

The Irish Sun leads with a story on a vigil to remember a father, mother and their son who were murdered in Co Louth earlier this week.

In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with a story on unionist criticism of new Irish language policy.

The language policy also makes the front page of The Irish News, along with a Bloody Sunday story.

A change in the rights of families of refugees to come to the UK, and scandal over the links of Michelle Mone, a tory peer, to Covid-era PPE contracts, are the main stories on all the British front pages.

The New York Times and The Washington Post both lead with the US government shutdown.

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