What the papers say: Thursday's front pages
Ellen O'Donoghue
The closure of schools in Co Carlow on Wednesday due to a threat against them features heavily on Thursday's front pages.
The Irish Times lead with jurors in the trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson being told they will hear about "traumatic incidents", the Government seeking progress on Ukraine's EU bid, and a Minister placing a senior vet who was found to have engaged in "intimidating behaviour" on a State board.
The Irish Examiner lead with gardaí probing a threat on Carlow schools which led to some closing on Wednesday, a "growing crisis" in autopsy services, the station director at 98FM departing, and households facing paying up to €644 more in their energy bills over the next decade due to the growth of data centres.
The Irish Independent lead with over-50s being targeted by a wave of AI ads pushing bogus state schemes.
The Herald, Irish Daily Mail, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star all lead with a gun threat against 20 schools in Carlow that led to their closure on Wednesday.
The Belfast Telegraph lead with former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson's trial hearing that he apologised to one of his two alleged victims at a church retreat in the mid-1990's. He has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged sex offences, including rape, between 1985 and 2008.
