Economists have warned about Ireland’s reliance on corporate tax receipts from US multinationals

The Echo leads with the childcare crisis in Cork, as 134 facilities have closed in only five years.

Gardaí are tapping into an insurance database, which has seen over 16,000 uninsured vehicles seized in the first 10 months of last year.

The Irish Daily Mirror covers the protests in Iran

Irish Daily Star reports on an armed man, wearing a balaclava, who rushed into a pub in Ballyfermot, West Dublin on Saturday.

Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old student, was shot in the back of the head in Iran as part of the regime’s crackdown on dissent, reports The Irish Daily Mail.

The Belfast Telegraph looks at how an MLA, who was the victim of a deepfake porn video, has quit the X platform following revelations that its AI chatbot was being used to digitally undress people.

Ottoline Spearman

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