What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages
Ellen O'Donoghue
A variety of stories feature on Irish front pages on Tuesday morning, including the PSNI's investigation into the Presbyterian Church and a stabbing incident in Cork city.
The Irish Times lead with the Peter McVerry Trust cutting down the value of its €162 property portfolio by €23 million after uncovering flaws in its financial accounts, two people being injured in a stabbing incident in Cork city, the Coalition considering longer wait times for refugees to become citizens, and the PSNI investigation into alleged abuse in the Presbyterian Church.
The Irish Examiner lead with middle-income families asking SVP for help, the Franciscan Well craft brewery shutting down, Troy Parrott's granny saying she is "over the moon" for the Ireland player, and nearly half of elderly patients being treated outside the HSE's own targeted timeframes for emergency departments.
The Echo lead with tests being done to check for bird flu on two dead swans and a dead duck that were found on The Lough, and Cork councillors opposing a planned incinerator development in Ringaskiddy.
The Herald lead with two men being sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Josip Strok.
The Irish Independent lead with the HSE having 3,700 vacant jobs, and being on course to spend more than €720 million hiring agency workers this year.
The Irish Daily Mail lead with over €1.1 billion being spent on accommodating asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees in the first three quarters of this year.
The Belfast Telegraph lead with the PSNI saying that it wasn’t previously aware of the “potential scale” of the scandal surrounding the Presbyterian Church, as it announced a criminal investigation.
The Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star both lead with the five young people who died in a crash in Louth on Saturday night.
