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What the papers say: Friday's front pages

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

James Cox

Tricolours erected by anti-immigration groups and fears over rising food prices ahead of Christmas are among the stories that feature on Friday's front pages.

Dublin City Council has decided it will not remove the hundreds of Tricolours erected by anti-immigration groups around the capital, The Irish Times reports.

Households are facing a Christmas squeeze due to rising food prices, the Irish Examiner reports.

Employers who try to dodge the new pension scheme could face €50,000 fines, the Irish Independent reports.

The Echo leads with a story on an increasing number of families in Cork and Kerry turning to St Vincent de Paul for help with food.

The Irish Daily Mail also leads with a story on financial pressures for families ahead of Christmas.

The Irish Daily Star leads with a story on huge losses at Conor McGregor's Forged Irish Stout.

A man jailed for assaulting his partner used a false reference in court, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

The Irish Sun leads with a story on sports broadcaster Des Cahill's car being stolen.

The Herald leads with a story on anger over the "callous killing” of an “iconic stag” in Dublin.

In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with a story on a 'disgusting attack' on a PSNI officer.

The Irish News leads with a story on long waits at emergency departments.

The UK budget is the main story on Britain's front pages.

Metro leads with a story on UK prime minister Keir Starmer pointing to a fall in migration figures as a success for his government.

The Labour government has diluted a workers' rights bill, the Financial Times reports.

Criticism over the bill being dropped also makes the front pages of the i Paper, the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Times.

The uncle of UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has criticised her budget, the Sun reports.

The Daily Express leads with a story on delays in passing the assisted dying bill.

The Daily Star leads with an 'I'm A Celebrity' story.

The Daily Mail leads with a story on a British brain drain.

The New York Times and The Washington Post lead with the National Guard shooting in Washington DC. As part of his Thanksgiving call to US troops, president Donald Trump said that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life”.

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