What the papers say: Monday's front pages
Eva Osborne
Here are the stories making headlines this Monday.
Pakistan’s prime minister said the US and Iran have finalised a deal to extend a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the warring parties to officially sign the agreement on Friday, according to The Irish Times.
The Government is “angry and frustrated” at local councils for “badly failing” on dereliction, prompting a new tax to be introduced to tackle the scourge that will be administered instead by the Revenue Commissioners, the Irish Examiner reports.
Tánaiste and finance minister Simon Harris was scathing in his criticism of local authorities as he revealed the new tax.
The Echo leads with Uisce Éireann confirming that more than 10km of asbestos pipes remain in Cork city.
The water utility has not said whether it plans to replace them.
The number of drivers fined for road traffic offences reached its highest post-pandemic level last year – with more motorists caught speeding, not wearing seat belts, and using mobile phones, according to the Irish Independent.
A man has been brutally attacked by a gang armed with golf clubs, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.
He was left beaten and bloodied after the mob set upon him on Cork Street, central Dublin, at around 11pm on Saturday.
The Irish Daily Star also leads with the golf club attack, and reports on Scotland's 1-0 win over Haiti in the World Cup over the weekend.
The housing crisis has caused the marriage rate to fall to its lowest recorded level outside the pandemic years, a leading bishop has claimed.
Bishop Denis Nulty warned that the decline in marriages is a concern not only for the Church but for the wider society, the Irish Daily Mail reports.
Property scammers are using jailed Kinahan cartel man Sean McGovern’s former address in a €700-a-month con, according to The Herald.
The derelict property at 219 Kildare Road, Crumlin, is being advertised on property site ‘Rentola.ie’ for let to ‘females only.’
The three-bed house was seized from McGovern by the Criminal Assets Bureau, purchased by Dublin City Council (DCC) in 2021, but has remained boarded up and derelict ever since.
