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What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

Saturday's front pages focus on a range of stories from a violent offender being the suspect in the murder investigation of Kyran Durnin to travel chaos after the closure of Holyhead port. 
What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

By Rachel Vickers-Price, PA

Saturday's front pages focus on a range of stories from a violent offender being the suspect in the murder investigation of Kyran Durnin to travel chaos after the closure of Holyhead port.

The Irish Times report gardaí are investigating the murder of Kyran Durnin from Co Louth are examining the access a violent offender had to the boy in the period before the last confirmed sighting of him as a six-year-old in 2022.

The Irish Examiner report families face uncertainty over loved ones making it home for Christmas while retailers are scrambling to find alternate routes for their products due to the ongoing closure of Holyhead Port.

The Echo report on new gardaí allocation with Dublin getting nine times more gardaí than Cork.

 

In the UK, the Duke of York’s links to a businessman suspected of being a spy and Britain’s contracting economy lead the front pages on Saturday.

The alleged Chinese spy has been banned from the UK with his links to Andrew leading the Daily Mirror, The Times, Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph.

The Financial Times and the Daily Express focus on Britain’s economy after figures show it has contracted.

Lastly, the Daily Star splashes with “Sandwichgate” as a man who believes an “uncooperative” bacon sarnie designated his cancer hits back at Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s comments about sandwiches.

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