Here are the biggest stories leading Friday’s front pages.
The Irish Times reports that Irish naval ships may have to deploy unarmed due to the complete lack of qualified weapons personnel.
The Irish Examiner and Irish Independent lead with the delay of Christmas parcels to Ireland due to problems at Holyhead port following Storm Darragh.
The Irish Daily Mail, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star have the latest on the Kyran Durnan case.
A woman has settled a case of alleged sexual harassment at a work Christmas dinner, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
Royal links to an alleged Chinese spy feature on the front pages of the British newspapers.
The Daily Telegraph and The Times both focus on reports that a “close confidant” of Britain's Prince Andrew has been banned from the UK over national security concerns.
The Daily Mail reports the businessman was the subject of an MI5 probe.
In other royal news, The Sun reports a Buckingham Palace maid has been arrested on suspicion of assault.
British prime minister Keir Starmer says there are “questions to be answered” after the shocking murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, according to the Daily Express.
The Daily Mirror follows a similar path as it says a report found 485 children died or were seriously injured after being abused in the past year.
The i leads on comments from Nato secretary general Mark Rutte, who says European countries need to “turbocharge defence spending”.
And the Financial Times says plans to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP will be discussed by Nato countries at the bloc’s next summit.
The Independent leads on an interview with Muawiyah Syasneh, whose anti-Assad graffiti led to his arrest and torture in Syria as a teenager.
Jury trials in some criminal cases could be abandoned under a new judicial overhaul, according to The Guardian.
Lastly, the Metro and the Daily Star lead on comments from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who said sandwiches were not “real food”.
