What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

Ellen O'Donoghue

A wide variety of stories feature on Irish front pages on Thursday morning.

The Irish Times lead with a story about State funding of RTÉ's redundancy plan depending on the broadcaster reaching annual targets to reduce its headcount, a story about Pope Francis's death, and a story about Ford Kuga plug-in hybrid owners starting legal action after being told not to plug them in due to a fire risk from a battery defect.

The Irish Examiner lead with the Government missing social home building targets, a story about Irish staff at Intel fearing for their jobs amid cuts, a crackdown on customers using supermarket loyalty cards for discounts on alchol, gardaí catching a man selling fake driving licences and Pope Francis having been "disgusted" by abuse in Ireland.

The Echo lead with a story about a Cork woman who says she has no idea where she will live next month due to the home she has been renting from a private landlord being sold to the council through the tenant-in-situ scheme, and a story about calls being made for toilets along the Marina.

The Irish Independent lead with a story saying that businessman Denis O'Brien has received €5.8 million from the State Claims Agency for his legal costs in relation to the Moriarty Tribunal.

The Herald lead with a story about the mother of an Irish woman allegedly murdered by her partner in Spain breaking down in tears as the trial began.

The Belfast Telegraph lead with a story about a Belfast student being refused bail after allegedly stalking a woman, alongside a story about Kneecap's London concert footage being assessed by counter-terrorism police.

The Irish Daily Mail lead with a story President Donald Trump giving Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky an ultimatum after he rejected of a peace deal.

The Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star both lead with stories about Pope Francis's death and an interview with the former Garda who investigated the murder of Elaine O'Hara by Graham Dwyer.