The Irish papers on Friday are led by potential changes to Dáil declarations, unspent active travel funding and a sharp rise in bin charges.
The Irish Times reports that politicians may be asked to declare more information on the Dáil’s register of interests including any housing contracts with local authorities.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has given council bosses three weeks to come up with new bike and walking infrastructure after it emerged €129 million remains unspent, the Irish Examiner reports.
The Irish Independent reveals that one of the largest waste collection companies in the country is to impose double-digit price rises on households from next month.
The Irish Daily Mail places the shortage of school-bus places on its front page.
The Irish Daily Mirror and the Irish Daily Star report that gardaí investigating the theft of a car with a baby inside have found a cocaine stash in the suspect's home.
The Belfast Telegraph leads with the revelation that 11 building contractors have walked away from a Housing Executive contract due to unrealistic targets set by the North's social housing agency.
The construction of more than 250 new homes has begun on an old hospital site in Cork, The Echo reports.
The hike in energy bills and the Tory party’s response dominates the British front pages.
The i leads on the record hike in energy prices, while The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and The Times lead on promises for help from the Tory leadership contenders.
Friday's front page: UK hit by record hike in energy prices https://t.co/KuMD9H4j1q#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/dXAgv4D522
— i newspaper (@theipaper) August 25, 2022
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'New PM will offer urgent help with bills'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4O6L2Y pic.twitter.com/Iqi4ITey2c— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 25, 2022
Friday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/R7Y6BN9Nbv
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) August 25, 2022
Times: Truss plans big package to help with energy bills #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AcOvVvU515
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) August 25, 2022
Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports Liz Truss is weighing up triggering Article 16 if she’s made British prime minister, and The Sun reports whoever wins the leadership contest will be appointed by Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 26 August https://t.co/KB3qDew7el pic.twitter.com/Ifx49oSBf7
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) August 25, 2022
On tomorrow's front page: Secret plans for Queen to appoint new Prime Minister at Balmoral in historic first as she is ‘suffering with mobility’https://t.co/BP1QNG34yr pic.twitter.com/s8F79rQtfA
— The Sun (@TheSun) August 25, 2022
A plea from the family of killed nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel is front page of the Daily Mirror.
Friday's front page: Who took our baby away from us?#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/V4xxY0RAM5 pic.twitter.com/kYBTZtxaGC
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) August 25, 2022
The Daily Express says the cost of Britain’s “broken” asylum system has surged.
Friday's front page: Cost of 'broken' asylum system surges to £2bn #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/fimGQiyj9L pic.twitter.com/WcZcyWwYLt
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) August 25, 2022
The Guardian and The Independent print calls for special exam conditions to be extended next year after GSCE results prompted concern.
Guardian front page, Friday 26 August 2022: Gap in GCSE results brings fresh warnings over Covid pic.twitter.com/dHrzxFMqwG
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 25, 2022
Indepdendent digital front: Ukraine nuclear plant cut off from grid #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Cv3T4ZK96y
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) August 25, 2022
Metro leads on a confrontation of English health secretary Steve Barclay by a passer-by.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
SORT IT OUT!
🔴 Passerby heckles health secretary
🔴 'People are dying waiting for ambulances. You've has 12 years and done nothing' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/mkKuqgkFzf— Metro (@MetroUK) August 25, 2022
And the Daily Star says a mission to Uranus could see 15-year-olds take the two billion mile trip.
Tomorrow's front page: 'We're going to probe Uranus'https://t.co/BlbWcXCiR8#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qfjNYKGDdI
— Daily Star (@dailystar) August 25, 2022
