What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

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What The Papers Say: Saturday's Front Pages
A preview of the main stories in Saturday's papers.
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By PA Reporter

Further hints of what will be included in the Budget on Tuesday make the headlines on Saturday's papers.

The Irish Times lead with plans to cut inheritance tax in the budget next week.

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The Irish Examiner leads with the eight men arrested after a woman was tortured in an apartment in Dublin.

The Echo leads with the boost of 100 new jobs for Cork city with the opening of a Workvivo hub.

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The Irish Independent leads with plans to raise the inheritance tax cut to €400,000 and free schoolbooks in the budget.

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The Irish Daily Mail leads with the latest figures showing the amount of asylum seekers who entered the country has risen 77 per cent in the last year.

The Irish Daily Mirror leads with the woman who was tortured in an apartment in Dublin.

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The Irish Daily Star's front page leads with fears a woman covered up her child's death and even brought a decoy to Tusla meetings.

The death of Dame Maggie Smith at age 89 features across the front pages of Saturday’s newspapers.

The Daily Mirror reports the Harry Potter and Downton Abbey actress, who won two Academy Awards for her performances in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite, died in hospital on Friday morning.

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The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail lead with former prime minister Boris Johnson claiming he considered launching an “aquatic raid” on a warehouse in the Netherlands to retrieve Covid vaccine doses amid a row with Europe.

Elsewhere, The Guardian and iWeekend report Israel has launched its heaviest air attacks so far on Lebanese Hezbollah in the almost year-long conflict with the militant group.

University tuition fees are set to rise in line with inflation, according to The Times.

The Daily Express says campaigners have claimed Labour is in denial over its plans to cut winter fuel benefits.

The FTWeekend reports research has shown the UK must mobilise £1.6 trillion by 2040 to meet the nation’s public infrastructure needs.

The Sun leads with Phillip Schofield claiming he was “thrown under a bus” when he was forced to leave This Morning.

And the Daily Star says the Queen had an interaction with a ghost.

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