Cheating in Irish dancing, a fatal stabbing in a cemetery and an overvalued property market are among the front page stories in Thursday's papers.
The Irish Times reports that Irish house prices are overvalued by at least 7 per cent and the property market is likely to see a sharp slowdown in the coming months.
The killing of Thomas Dooley at a funeral in Tralee is the lead story for the Irish Examiner, Irish Daily Mirror, The Irish Sun and Irish Daily Star.
The Irish Independent, Irish Daily Mail and The Irish News report on alleged cheating in Irish dancing, with claims that judges are "fixing" féis results.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is paying a human resources consultant more than £14,000 a month amid ongoing staffing controversies.
The delay in publishing Junior Cert results is causing anxiety among Cork students, The Echo reports.
The UK prime minister rallies on some of the British front pages but others flag ongoing threats to her premiership.
The Times reports ex-culture secretary Nadine Dorries has warned the Conservatives face a landslide defeat the next UK general election unless Liz Truss changes course.
The Times: U-turn or face election wipeout, Truss warned #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/dChj3q4yDo
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) October 5, 2022
An anonymous rebel Cabinet minister MP tells the i the British prime minister is set for a climbdown, saying: “We are going to win. I will make sure of that.”
Thursday's front page: Cabinet rebellion growing#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @HugoGye: https://t.co/VZoma10aN5 pic.twitter.com/yWNpU1zZPx— i newspaper (@theipaper) October 5, 2022
Ms Truss used her speech at the Tory conference to try to unite the party around a common enemy of the “anti-growth coalition” of trade unions, remainers and green campaigners, according to The Guardian, Daily Mail and Metro.
Guardian front page, Thursday 6 October 2022: Truss delivers a new common enemy to fractured Tory party pic.twitter.com/HDVbwm6bgv
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 5, 2022
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/b7mgq9TWec
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 5, 2022
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
MOVIN' ON UP... OR IS LIZ MOVIN' ON OUT?
🔴 Tory supporters hail PM's vision of economic growth
🔴 After a bruising week and a poll that says she's less popular than Corbyn#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/k5Rp51oaRG— Metro (@MetroUK) October 5, 2022
The Daily Express says the speech ensured Ms Truss “swept aside” dissent in her own ranks.
Thursday's Front Cover: Truss - Stormy days ahead ...but I've got your backhttps://t.co/7Ak8UQJoi7#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/T7O9VpH4Cg
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) October 5, 2022
No 10 sources have briefed against the Ms Truss in The Independent, where it is claimed she accepted help during her leadership campaign from a former government minister accused of sexual harassment.
Independent digital front: Truss ‘accepted campaign help’ from ex-ministerdespite harassment claim #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/53jLzBgtVZ
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) October 5, 2022
The Daily Telegraph, meanwhile, reports that despite the mini-budget’s measures income taxes in the UK are set to rise by £21 billion.
🗞 The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Income taxes to rise by £21bn despite Budget’ #TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/pXjhw1XIbZ— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 5, 2022
The Financial Times says the US has accused Opec of aligning with Russia after Saudi Arabia led the group in agreeing deep oil output cuts.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Thursday October 6 https://t.co/edKu0wlENb pic.twitter.com/GVFQcBoHP5
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 5, 2022
The Daily Mirror uses its front page to campaign for new laws to stop dangerous dogs after it found a 26 per cent rise in attacks since the pandemic began.
Thursday's front page: Stop the killer dogs.https://t.co/L4bJ7x35CD#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Grv6ZUSyrD
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 5, 2022
“How on Earth did they check, mate?” asks the Daily Star regarding a chess cheating scandal.
Thursday's front page - not what they meant by pawn 😳 #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/fOwcw5TYHU pic.twitter.com/sQ6pJO4AcH
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 5, 2022
And The Sun says the wife of Manchester City player Ilkay Gundogan has rubbished Mancunian restaurants.
The Sun: City WAG - Manc food is manky #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qQb6vruA8H
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) October 5, 2022
