What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

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What The Papers Say: Saturday's Front Pages
Saturday's front pages: The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Irish Daily Mirror, Irish Daily Mail and Belfast Telegraph
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Growing speculation about an October general election is among the stories making headlines on Saturday.

The Irish Times reports there is a push within Fine Gael to have the general election between October 18th and October 25th, as TDs seek to capitalise on the outcome of the local and European elections.

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The Irish Examiner has details of a case where a man put covert cameras outside a woman's home, burgled her house and took a photograph of her social calendar.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has told the Irish Independent that Aer Lingus pilots are engaging in “industrial blackmail” by voting for strike action.

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The Irish Daily Mail has more on a potential general election, with the Taoiseach being urged to hold a nationwide poll instead of by-elections in October.

The Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star report on how a woman who falsely claimed the pension of her dead father-in-law for almost 30 years got her husband to get into bed and pretend to be her 110-year-old relative when officials called to her home.

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A Dublin taxi driver has been found guilty of the rape of two young women, according to The Herald.

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The Belfast Telegraph has published an exclusive interview with former taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

The Echo says nurses are having to commute long distances due to the recruitment embargo.

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The first public appearance this year of Britain's Princess of Wales has dominated the UK news headlines.

It will be Kate’s first public appearance in 2024 after being diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, with the Princess leading The Sun, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, and the Daily Express.

The Times and the Daily Mirror also lead on the Princess’s health, with updates on her condition after she has been largely unseen by the public since Christmas.

The Independent and the i look to Westminster for their front pages as the Tories go into damage control thanks to the addition of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to the general election ballot.

A slew of senior Tory MPs are preparing to take a stab at becoming party leader, writes The Guardian, as doubts rise that Rishi Sunak will not be able to pull them back from the brink come July 4th.

The Financial Times reports on major cuts for Whitehall, with Labour and the Conservatives pledging to cut public spending in their manifestos.

Lastly, the Daily Star heralds the beginning of an “ice age”, with a cold snap apparently on course for the UK.

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