What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

A wide range of stories feature on the front pages of Irish newspapers on Thursday.

The Irish Times leads with Uisce Éireann warning the Government of a “critical” need for a wide range of regulatory and legislative reforms if it is to meet the “immense” task it faces and enable new housing targets.

The Road Safety Authority has launched a plan to cut its testing backlog, the Irish Examiner reports.

The Echo reports on Cork City COuncil's €350k 'robot trees', which were removed at short notice last weekend, are to be placed in storage while students at UCC and MTU ponder an alternative use for them.

The chief suspect for Kerry farmer Michael Gaine's murder has told gardaí he had nothing to do with his death, the Irish Independent reports.

The Irish Daily Mail leads with a piece on the Government being accused of another "betrayal" of women as the expansion of the free IVP scheme has been delayed indefinitely.

The Irish Daily Star reports on the murder suspect in the Michael Gaine case, as well as Manchester United's defeat to Tottenham in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.

A member of Irish-language rap group Kneecap has been charged with a terror offence in the UK, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

The Herald also reports on Spurs winning the Europa League, as well as two brothers serving jail from the Special Criminal Court being sentenced in relation to an altercation outside a Dublin shopping centre in daylight hours.