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What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

The fallout from two ships colliding in the North Sea takes centre stage on Tuesday’s front pages.
What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

By Jessica Coates, PA

Cheltenham is plastered across the front pages of most Irish newspapers on Tuesday.

The Irish Times leads with a piece on the number of children being diagnosed with autism being up three-fold.

Sinn Féin TD Thomas Gould, who was arrested in connection with fraud investigations, wants to discuss the allegations in the Dáil, the Irish Examiner reports.

The Echo leads with a US tech firm with international headquarters in Cork announcing its intention to create 50 new jobs over the next five years.

Households could face charges for excessive water use this year, eight years after legislation was ed, according to the Irish Independent.

The Irish Daily Mirror leads with Lisa Thompson's murderer being jailed, after her daughter said her mother's injuries were like those "which could only be seen in horror movies".

Cheltenham dominates the front page of today's Irish Daily Star, with the paper stating that Irish racing fans are set to wager €500 million.

The Irish Daily Mail reports that the company at the centre of the €6.7 million failed IT system fiasco at the Arts Council also oversaw two Department of Agriculture projects that ran almost €1 million over budget.

The Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) will be selling Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley’s home in 18 months' time unless he comes up with almost €1 million to pay off outstanding tax debts, The Herald reports.

In the UK...

A collision between two ships off the Yorkshire coast dominates Tuesday’s headlines.

The i Paper and Daily Mirror lead on the coming together of a tanker, which exploded, and a cargo ship carrying highly toxic sodium cyanide.

The Sun reports one person is missing, but 36 others were rescued from the vessels.

The Times says emergency crews are fighting to avoid Britain’s largest environmental disaster. The oil tanker was transporting 18,000 tonnes of jet fuel.

The Metro’s front page says the incident is “catastrophic”.

The Daily Telegraph says farmers could be forced to sell fields for less than their potential value if they are acquired for new homes or hospitals.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds” as he prepares for cuts to disability payments, according to The Guardian.

The Daily Express writes more than 260 Ministry of Defence phones have gone missing in two months in what has been labelled an “extraordinary” security breach.

The Daily Mail leads on the arrest of a migrant after crossing the English Channel.

The Financial Times writes Wall Street plunged on Monday after US President Donald Trump refused to rule out a recession.

Lastly, the Daily Star reports on warnings from “boffins”, who say AI bots will soon dominate the internet.

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