What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

Ellen O'Donoghue

A variety of stories, including Enoch Burke's mother and sister being jailed, and the war in the Middle East, feature on Irish front pages on Thursday morning.

The Irish Times lead with the US extending the war on Iran to the Indian Ocean, a fisheries WRC case hearing claims of blackmail by a senator, Enoch Burke's mother and sister being jailed, and scrambler laws being delayed over "competing" interests.

The Irish Examiner lead with credits and excise cuts being ruled out despite the spike in fuel costs, and a big deficit in Kerry Camhs staffing levels.

The Irish Independent lead with a government charge of €800 per adult for a charter flight from the Gulf war zone being described as a “shakedown”.

The Echo lead with Cork residents working in healthcare roles potentially being in danger of losing their jobs due to long delays to the renewal process for residency permits, and TDs calling for changes at a closed school.

The Herald lead with four women appearing in court for attacking a grandmother.

The Irish Daily Mail lead with a housing officials event abroad being paid for by developers.

The Irish Daily Mirror lead with the parents of a 14-year-old girl killed in the Creeslough explosion saying they are hurt by the Minister for Justice's refusal to meet them.

The Irish Daily Star lead with Enoch Burke's mother and sister being jailed.

The Belfast Telegraph lead with a Liverpool hitman being one of the main suspects for the murder of a Czech man who was being investigated for the fatal shooting of Belfast man John George in Spain.