Homelessness figures, continuing tributes to Sinead O'Connor and a look ahead to Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Football final cover much of Saturday's national front pages.
The Irish Times leads on the latest homelessness figures published by the Department of Housing, showing a 1.3 per cent increase on the previous month.
The Irish Examiner reads: 'Banks warned over mortgage hikes', while The Echo reports on over 750 new homes for Cork city.
The Irish Independent's headline reads: 'Locals €20,000 demand for each new home developed'.
Here is the front page of today's Irish Independent: pic.twitter.com/RdKS8ovtfn
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) July 29, 2023
The Irish Daily Mirror gives over much of its front page to its coverage of the All-Ireland Football final between Dublin and Kerry, alongside plans to hold a concert in Dublin in memory of Sinead O'Connor.
Finally, the Irish Daily Star reports on Declan Haughney's release from prison just days after he was sentenced for attempting to collect a dead man's pension in Co Carlow.
Environmental issues, a rise in council costs for those with two homes and record profits for airlines made up the front pages across Britain on Saturday.
The Guardian leads with another warning from scientists, who urge politicians not to abandon clean air policies.
Guardian front page, Saturday 29 July 2023: Don’t abandon clean air policies, warn scientists pic.twitter.com/Db5sbOWPJY
Advertisement— The Guardian (@guardian) July 28, 2023
People who own two homes with have to pay double the council tax in new laws that are set to hit half of all properties, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
Council tax to double for second home owners#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/S87tv3hdhO— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 28, 2023
The financial side of holidays leads the FT Weekend, which says airlines have pulled in record profits as passengers ignored the rising ticket costs.
Just published: Front page of the FTWeekend, UK edition, for Saturday/Sunday 29th/30th July pic.twitter.com/KbMA8H1DXF
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 28, 2023
The Independent reports on accusations that Home Secretary Suella Braverman has made plans to house migrants in marquees.
INDEPENDENT: ‘Migrant marquees’ - a new low in UK’s Stop the Boats war #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Cj04lPDzuw
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 28, 2023
The i says Sir Keir Starmer has had another boost in the polls, due to Rishi Sunak’s retreat from his net zero plans.
Saturday's front page: Poll boost for Starmer as Sunak backtracks on net zero#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest from @RichardVaughan1: https://t.co/s5p3CJr9rs pic.twitter.com/BtyXddJIpA— i newspaper (@theipaper) July 28, 2023
Chief constables will promise to take every crime seriously after ‘years of overlooking’ low level offences, The Times reports.
THE TIMES: ‘We’ll act on every crime’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/3aaaIipBDP
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 28, 2023
The Daily Mail relays a message from senior Tory politicians telling Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to “get off the fence” over the Ulez levy.
Saturday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/c8z8miTTEN
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) July 28, 2023
The Daily Express says the Army is being blamed over delays in housing migrants.
Saturday's front page: Army under fire over delays in housing migrantshttps://t.co/Wy01vr6hXq#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Tdz2jUzV7J
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 28, 2023
The mother of James Bulger has hit out at a ‘sick’ AI deepfake of her late son talking about his murder, the Daily Mirror reports.
Saturday's front page: Bulger mum furty at sick TikTok vid #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/RBjmggeBOq pic.twitter.com/vVEVauz5t2
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 28, 2023
And the Daily Star leads with the fear that humankind could be wiped out from “ancient nasties” coming from melting ice caps.
Front Page - Not now pesky ice age killers! 🧊🦠#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/VsiBpD680N pic.twitter.com/yxCoAgg5Up
— Daily Star (@dailystar) July 28, 2023
