What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Ellen O'Donoghue

A deadly fire at a ski resort bar in Switzerland on New Year's Eve features heavily on Irish front pages on Friday morning.

The Irish Times lead with Ireland's corporate tax policy still causing negativity, Switzerland mourning the victims of a ski resort fire, and a petrol bombing in Dublin being the second mistaken attack on the same house.

The Irish Examiner lead with housing supplies being stuck at an alarmingly low level, a fire in a bar in Switzerland killing around 40 people, and the Tánaiste saying that sectarian abuse levelled at Heather Humphreys during the presidential election should be a wake-up call.

The Irish Independent lead with the number of students being reported to Tusla for poor school attendance increasing significantly, after more than 9,000 referrals were made in the last academic year.

The Echo lead with nearly 900 people in Cork waiting for home support, and 13 XL bullies having been put down since the breed was banned.

The Irish Daily Mail, Irish Daily Mirror, and Irish Daily Star all lead with a fire at a bar at a ski resort in Switzerland on New Year's Eve that killed more than 40 people and injured hundreds.

The Herald lead with the Road Safety Authority warning about the high rate of defective cars on Irish roads, with almost 133,000 vehicles failing the NCT for dangerous faults.

The Belfast Telegraph lead with an autistic boy being afraid to leave his house after being knocked unconscious and left with a broken nose in an unprovoked attack.