The makeup of the new Cabinet and Donald Trump's incoming US administration lead Saturday's front pages.
There will be a "significant" Cabinet reshuffle, The Irish Times reports.
The Irish Examiner leads with a story on five men in court in connection with suspected trafficking of €100 million worth of cocaine.
Fees have gone up at 660 creches across the country, despite government pledges to cut childcare costs, the Irish Independent reports.
The Echo leads with a story on the huge revenue generated from car park fees at Cork hospitals.
Freed Kinahan cartel boss Liam Byrne has been mocked as an 'MI5 spy', the Irish Sun reports.
Today's front page of The Irish Sun. pic.twitter.com/PKSxqAr8x1
— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) January 18, 2025
The Irish Daily Mail leads with the secret diaries of British socialite Unity Mitford, with her praise of Adolf Hitler coming to light after her journal was found after 80 years.
Saturday''s Mail pic.twitter.com/vhs9g4HmI2
— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) January 17, 2025
The Herald leads with a dismissed court case in which a woman claimed she was assaulted in a hair salon.
In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with a story on the Enniskillen bombing.
The Irish News leads with a mother’s ‘relief’ as killers failed to overturn convictions for the murder of Catholic teenager Francis Rice.
The front page of today's Irish News: Mother’s ‘relief’ as killers fail to overturn convictions for murder of Catholic teenager Francis Rice pic.twitter.com/0xWTs1Bbuy
— The Irish News (@irish_news) January 18, 2025
US president-elect Donald Trump features on a number of Saturday’s UK newspaper front pages.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Mr Trump will rule on UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal after his team intervened.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
Trump to rule on Starmer’s Chagos deal#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/RbtBHeCd59— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 17, 2025
The Financial Times leads on Mr Starmer and his attempts to strike a trade deal with the incoming president to avoid punitive tariffs.
Financial Times: Starmer touts Trump relationship #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/oHARVF7nSC
— George Mann (@sgfmann) January 17, 2025
And the Daily Star reports the “orange manbaby” plans to have Sylvester Stallon save “The Golden Age of Hollywood”.
Daily Star: Make Hollywood Great Again #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/dFrm7GNm2V
— George Mann (@sgfmann) January 17, 2025
The Daily Express leads on a warning to the UK government not to tinker with the triple lock pension guarantee.
Daily Express: DON’T YOU DARE TARGET TRIPLE LOCK AGAIN! #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/FyS7z8GfpX
— George Mann (@sgfmann) January 17, 2025
The i weekend reports that train drivers will ask for a larger pay increase than the 4.5 per cent increase offered by the UK government.
i: Train drivers to demand bigger 2025 pay deal in new headache for Labour #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/y6ptgx7AOp
— George Mann (@sgfmann) January 17, 2025
The Times focuses on an exodus of British millionaires since the election of the Labour government, reporting that tax plans are seeing the wealthy flee in droves.
The Times: Labour’s tax plans trigger exodus of
millionaires #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/0gYWHDA2Zm— George Mann (@sgfmann) January 17, 2025
The Daily Mirror gives its front page over to the death of former football great Denis Law.
Saturday's front page: Farewell to the lawman https://t.co/ZAa01JrCaZ #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/ac8WjyNL66
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 17, 2025
The Daily Mail leads on the secret diaries of British socialite Unity Mitford, with her praise of Adolf Hitler coming to light after her journal was found after 80 years.
Daily Mail: Found after 80 years, secret diary of Hitler’s English girlfriend #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ihkobSRcFe
— George Mann (@sgfmann) January 17, 2025
The Sun reports that convicted killer Jake Fahri has been returned to prison after an investigation by the paper.
The Sun: No remorse #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/5YjdPyRguw
— George Mann (@sgfmann) January 17, 2025
The New York Times leads with the US Supreme Court upholding a ban on TikTok.
