What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

A preview of the biggest stories in Saturday's papers.
What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

Calls for a social media ban for under-16s, and possible fines for TikTok, make the front pages of Saturday's papers.

The Irish Times leads with a poll which shows three-quarters of voters favour banning under-16s from accessing social media.

The Irish Examiner leads with the European Commission telling TikTok its “addictive” features breach the law and risk multi-million-euro fines.

The Irish Independent reports that over 11,000 applic­a­tions for reten­tion per­mis­sion have been sub­mit­ted in the last two years, following the construction of thousands of extensions, gar­ages, log cab­ins, apartments, and gyms without plan­ning per­mis­sion.

The Irish Daily Mail leads with five Irish people on a U.S "worst of worst" list of criminals in an attempt to justify violent immigration crackdown measures in Minnesota.

The Irish Daily Mirror leads with tributes paid to a man who was killed by a bus in Dublin.

The Irish Daily Star leads with warnings from experts that rivers are at max capacity as rain eases.

The Belfast Telegraph reveals Paul Tweed threatened news­pa­pers for call­ing Jef­frey Epstein a pae­do­phile — and did so after he was a con­victed sex offender.r

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