What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

Eva Osborne

Here are the stories making headlines this Saturday.

The Irish Times leads with the results of a poll showing that support for Fianna Fáil has slumped, while Taoiseach Micheál Martin's personal rating has fallen by 11 percentage points to its lowest level in more than five years.

Children as young as five are now being targeted online for sexual exploitation by international gangs as senior gardaí urgently implore parents to talk to their child, the Irish Examiner reports.

The 20 Cork TDs who were elected to Dáil Éireann at last November's general election spent a combined €330,000 on their campaigns, an average of €16,605 each, according to The Echo.

The Irish Independent leads with Heather Humphreys saying she will fight Paul Murphy in court over the defamation action he has taken against her.

The Irish Daily Star leads with the 17-year-old stabbed to death in an apartment in Donaghmede having only fleed from war three days earlier.

A family friend of the teen who was stabbed has launched an appeal to help bring his body back to Ukraine, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

A 'wave' of Ukrainian youths, aged 18 to 22, are arriving here after Ukraine relaxed its exist visas, the Cabinet has been told.

The Irish Daily Mail reports that a confidential memo circulated to Cabinet ministers last week outlining how the State is struggling to grapple with the sudden influx of Ukrainians entering the country and how State accommodation is overwhelmed as a result.

The Herald reports that the teen stabbed in Donaghmede suffered more than 100 stab wounds.