What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages
Eva Osborne
Here are the stories making headlines in Irish newspapers this Wednesday.
The Irish Times leads with US president Donald Trump being accused by French president Emmanuel Macron of trying to “subordinate” Europe in his pursuit of Greenland.
When asked how far he would be willing to go to acquire Greenland, during a White House press briefing on Tuesday night, Mr Trump said: “ You’ll find out."
A retired District Court judge has gone to the High Court in a bid to strike out a personal injuries action against him by a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her at a book launch in Kerry, according to the Irish Examiner.
A total of 55 injuries involving the injury of a garda were recorded in Cork last year, The Echo reports.
This brings to 270 the number of incidents involving gardaí in the city and county since 2021.
The Irish Independent reports that patient safety is at risk due a range of continuing failures in how Dublin’s children’s hospitals are run, according to a new watchdog report.
The Beckham family feud dominates the front page of Wednesday's Irish Daily Mirror.
After a barrage of stories attacking his wife that Brooklyn Beckham believed were placed by his parents, he told Nicola Peltz: "This ends now."
The Irish Daily Star leads with a man being arrested near the Hill of Tara in Co Meath after cannabis was found in a field.
Gardaí are to be given new powers to ‘spy’ on mobile phones to monitor criminals’ activity, according to the Irish Daily Mail.
New legislation will allow the force to use controversial software to gain access to encrypted messaging services such as Whatsapp.
George Nkencho’s sister Grateful told the inquest into his shooting on Tuesday that her brother was “hearing voices” before he was fatally wounded by gardaí outside their family home in west Dublin five years ago, The Herald reports.
