What the papers say: Friday's front pages
Ellen O'Donoghue
The upcoming by-elections, a €127,000 bike shed and former British prince Andrew being threatened are just some of the stories featured on Irish front pages on Friday.
The Irish Times lead with a poll for the Galway by-election, recycling rates failing to match waste output, and Ryanair getting a €15,000 judgment over a Dublin man's in-flight behaviour.
The Irish Examiner lead with anxiety over Ireland's oil reserves, influencers paying €3.3 million in unpaid taxes, Irish citizens on the hantavirus cruise ship, and a watchdog being "horrified" by the HSE spending €127,000 on a bike shed at University Hospital Kerry.
The Irish Independent lead with €536 million taken in fuel tax for climate action remaining unspent.
The Echo lead with the launch of Cork's new year-round ferry to France, and Cork being named one of the most underrated cities in Europe.
The Herald lead with the son and daughter of prominent publican Charlie Chawke, who attacked two innocent men at a hotel, bringing "shame" on their family and family business, according to their sentence hearing.
The Irish Daily Mail lead with parents being shocked at a new secondary school in Dublin having mixed-sex toilets.
The Irish Daily Star lead with €127,000 being spent on a bike shed for staff at University Hospital Kerry.
The Irish Daily Mirror lead with former British prince Andrew being allegedly threatened by an armed man in a balaclava near his Sandringham home.
The Belfast Telegraph lead with an exclusive with two victims of a paedophile teacher demanding a ban on character references.
