What the papers say: Friday's front pages
Ellen O'Donoghue
The death of a mother and her two children in a shooting in Co Fermanagh features on many Irish front pages on Friday morning.
The Irish Times lead with Amazon scrapping plans to build a large industrial plant in Dublin because it could not secure an electricity supply for the project, the Fermanagh shooting, the EU pushing for any future pharmaceutical tariffs sold to the US to be capped at a blanket 15 per cent rate, and the Ombudsman for Children accusing the Government of letting down child victims of domestic and sexual violence.
The Irish Examiner lead with the government being warned that splitting the hospitality Vat rate for food and accommodation sectors could lead to underpayment and manipulation of the tax, Palestinian aid staff fainting with hunger, Killarney Brewing owing €8 million upon entering examinership, and there being ‘zero possibility of hitting housing targets this year.
The Echo lead with Cork getting 20 extra gardaí and EU commissioner Michael McGrath ruling himself out of running for the presidency.
The Irish Independent lead with a tax on heavy vehicles such as family SUVs being considered among a number of options ahead of Budget 2026.
The Herald lead with the father of Kirsty Ward, who was murdered in a Spanish hotel two years ago, slamming her killer, Keith Byrne's sentence of 15 years.
The Irish Daily Mail lead with a report claiming that prison officers were falsifying records to cover up negligence following the death of inmates.
The Belfast Telegraph, Irish Daily Star and Irish Daily Mirror all lead with the death of a mother and her two children in a shooting in Co Fermanagh.
