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What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Here are the biggest stories leading Tuesday’s front pages.
What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

A variety of stories feature on Irish newspapers front pages on Tuesday morning, from international stories to stories about violent deaths that took place over the weekend.

The Irish Times leads with stories about Derek Quinlan having secretly given his wife a €2.5 million tax refund and Syrians who are due to leave for Ireland still being trapped, and a snapshot poll story stating that the budget aftermath and state spending are the top voter interests.

The Irish Examiner leads with a story about Israel voting to ban UNRWA, a story about the state paying over €23,000 in Harvard tuition fees for the chief officer of the National Children's Hospital board, stories about charges being due in two violent deaths that took place over the weekend and a vigil for Kyran Durnin in Dundalk, alongside a story about Georgians protesting at "election rigging."

The Echo lead with a story about 100,000 people flocking to the Guinness Jazz Festival in Cork, which is estimated to have brought in around €45 million for the city's businesses.

The Irish Independent lead with a story about a widow who got a new mortgage at an interest rate of only 0.5 per cent, giving hope to mortgage prisoners.

The Irish Daily Mail lead with a story saying that 53 children have died on child and family agency Tusla's watch in the last three years.

The Irish Daily Mirror lead with a story on two separate murder investigations after the bodies of two men were found in separate incidents over the bank holiday weekend.

The Herald leads with a story saying that a man found dead from an attack in Lucan on Monday could have been dead for days.

The Irish Daily Star lead with former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag leaving the UK after it was announced that he had been sacked.

British papers

Coverage of Wednesday’s UK Budget, which will be Labour’s first since the general election, continues to dominate headlines this week.

The Guardian and the UK Daily Mirror both lead on the Government’s plans to revive a struggling NHS.

Meanwhile, the UK Daily Mail and The UK Times splash on comments from British Health and Social Secretary Wes Streeting, who has admitted that the overburdened health service wouldn’t be cured despite the huge handout.

The Daily Telegraph says UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has indicated more tax rises are on the way in Wednesday’s budget to help prop up the NHS.

Charities are warning MPs that cutbacks may be unavoidable and funds may be rerouted away from essential services if the rise in employers’ National Insurance goes ahead, writes the i.

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has been told by British pensioners that it is “not too late” to nix the impending cut to winter fuel payments, according to the Daily Express.

Meanwhile, in Europe, Volkswagen may axe three of its German factories, which will see thousands of jobs lost in the carmaker’s first closure in 87 years, the Financial Times reports.

The Metro reports that a paedophile who used artificial intelligence to turn normal photos of children into bespoke, sexually explicit copies ‘of the most depraved nature’ has been jailed for 18 years.

And, last but not least, the UK Daily Star leads with Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, who has fled the UK after being sacked from the Red Devils’ top job.

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