What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Eva Osborne

Here are the stories making headlines this Tuesday.

The Irish Times leads with left-wing parties having rounded on Sinn Féin over its recent policy direction, raising doubts about the prospect of a future left alliance.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the Government to increase its tax base by enhancing property taxes, broadening personal income taxes, as well as cutting the number of items subject to the reduced Vat rate in order to provide more sustainable revenues, the Irish Examiner reports.

Tuam historian Catherine Corless is "absolutely horrified" that planning permission has been granted to build apartments on the site of the former mother and baby instituion at Bessborough, according to The Echo.

The Irish Independent leads with Ibec urging Fin­ance Min­is­ter Simon Har­ris to pro­tect work­ers from rising infla­tion by double-index­ing income tax bands and cred­its in the Budget.

The busi­ness group says this would cor­rect last year’s decision not to index bands, rais­ing the entry point to the 40pc rate from €44,000 to €47,000 for single earners and from €88,000 to €94,000 for couples.

A woman being arrested in connection with the murder of Kyran Durnin dominates the front page of the Irish Daily Mirror.

The Irish Daily Star leads with a record May temperature of 28.8C being recorded at two weather stations, according to Met Éireann data.

‘Runaway’ spend­ing on home­less­ness ser­vices has soared by 570 per cent in the last 10 years, the Irish Daily Mail reveals.

The cost of emer­gency accom­mod­a­tion from private and third­party pro­viders reached an aston­ish­ing €493.6 mil­lion last year.

The Herald leads with an asso­ciate of the Lucky Dip car theft gang being hos­pit­al­ised with ser­i­ous head injur­ies after being beaten with a brick dur­ing an assault in Dub­lin.