What the papers say: Friday's front pages

The RTÉ pay scandal is the main topic on Friday's front pages.

The Irish Times, Irish Examiner and Irish Independent all lead with the ongoing controversy at the national broadcaster.

Marty Morrissey also features on the front pages after it was revealed the sport commentator was the RTÉ staff member who had a five-year car loan with Renault.

According to the Independent, he will still deputise for Ryan Tubridy during next month's bank holiday.

Fears that new legislation to criminalise the recruiting of children into crime groups does not go far enough are the topic of The Echo's front page story.

Marty Morrissey's "error of judgement" also makes the front pages of the Irish Daily Star, Irish Sun, Irish Daily Mail and The Herald.

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— Irish Daily Star (@isfearranstar) July 7, 2023

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— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) July 7, 2023

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— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) July 6, 2023
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In the North, the Belfast Telegraph leads with a PSNI plan to remove illegal flags.

Stephen Nolan has transferred all shares in his production company to a firm headed by a bookmaker, The Irish News reports.

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Nolan transfers all shares in his production company to firm headed by bookmaker

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— The Irish News (@irish_news) July 7, 2023

The UK's newspapers are led by the death of an eight-year-old girl in an incident at a school in Wimbledon.

The Daily Mirror, The Independent, The Sun and the Daily Express all report the girl was killed and 10 others were taken to hospital after a Land Rover crashed into a girls’ prep school building on the last day of term.

Friday's front page: School tea party horror https://t.co/1D4TEOojGb #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/PUT2WiLyh0

— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 6, 2023

INDEPENDENT: Girl, 8, killed #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/GzlFEn0u5k

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 6, 2023

On tomorrow's front page: The horrific scene after a Land Rover smashed through a fence and into school tea party - killing an eight-year-old girlhttps://t.co/eueBxVHQ3M pic.twitter.com/Wa5HVanpjM

— The Sun (@TheSun) July 6, 2023

Friday's Front Page: Horror Car Crash Kills Girl, 8, At School #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/NOndNehCJS pic.twitter.com/KS3JUpiKrE

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 6, 2023

The story also features on the front of the Daily Mail and Metro.

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— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) July 6, 2023

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HORROR AT THE SCHOOL TEA PARTY

🔴 Woman is arrested as girl, 8, killed in end-of-term tragedy #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/JOZmQ9vaQw

— Metro (@MetroUK) July 6, 2023

Elsewhere, The Guardian says the Cabinet Office must hand over Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries after it lost a British High Court challenge against the chairwoman of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Guardian front page, Friday 7 July 2023: Court tells ministers to give Johnson messages to inquiry pic.twitter.com/yVZXbpVdDA

— The Guardian (@guardian) July 6, 2023

The Telegraph reports the Archbishop of Canterbury has called for universities to face funding cuts for not supporting minorities, including trans students.

The front page of today's Daily Telegraph:

'Welby gives backing to trans students on free speech'

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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 6, 2023

A looming strike involving air traffic controllers could affect up to a third of all European flights this summer, according to The Times.

THE TIMES: Air controller strike set to ground summer flights #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lBCdFYB9LT

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 6, 2023

The i leads with the Home Office painting over a Mickey Mouse mural at an asylum centre for unaccompanied children.

I: Home Office paints over Mickey Mouse mural for children at asylum centre #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UNoZYR7v5t

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 6, 2023

And the Daily Star says Britons have been eating Weetabix wrong.