What the papers say: Friday's front pages

What the papers say: Friday's front pages

The death of GAA legend Mick O’Dwyer features on the front page of many Irish newspapers on Friday.

The Irish Times calls O'Dwyer the "giant of the GAA" while also reporting on the Taoiseach urging caution amid signs of EU divisions.

The Irish Examiner gives a large portion of its front page to O'Dwyer too. It also reports on the EU considering a "nuclear" tech tariff retaliation.

While Cork's pharmaceutical industry may not as yet be impacted by US president Donald Trump's tariffs, concerns remain about what may yet be coming, The Echo reportd

The Irish Independent leads with Ireland urging the EU to restrict any tariff counter-measures to luxury US goods so as not to provoke further tit-for-tat tariffs on vital Irish agri-food exports.

Mick O'Dwyer's death dominates the front page of Friday's Irish Daily Star.

Donald Trump has been mocked for slapping tariffs on uninhabited Antarctic islands populated only by penguins, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

The Irish Daily Mail's front page features a piece on the stock market detailing how it took a $2.4 trillion hit on Thursday after Donald Trump pushed the world to the brink of a full-scale trade war.

Veteran criminal Wayne Bradley has been targeted in a series of attacks with the latest seeing his car firebombed outside his home, The Herald reports.

In the UK...

Have a look at the stories dominating the front pages of UK newspapers.

 

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