A range of stories lead the papers on Wednesday as Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael come close to finalising a coalition deal with Independent politicians.
The Irish Times has some detail on the deal, reporting that two Independent TDs will sit at Cabinet in the new three-way coalition.
The Irish Independent says Simon Harris will be given a tough new role heading up the next government’s response to US president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to trade and foreign investment.
The Irish Daily Mail says the new programme for government will see the carers' allowance means test abolished over the next five years.
Meanwhile, the Irish Examiner focuses on the Gaza ceasefire deal.
A man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of two teenage girls in Co Monaghan, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.
The Irish Daily Star has details of a major Garda operation targeting a feud.
The Belfast Telegraph reveals a flight that a murdered Belfast man was due to travel on was booked after his death.
The British front pages are led by the resignation of Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq.
The Times, Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Independent all report Ms Siddiq quit after the ministerial standards watchdog said it was “regrettable” she was “not more alert” to the reputational risk caused by her links to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh.
The story is also carried by the Financial Times.
Elsewhere, The Sun, Daily Mirror and Daily Express lead with Britain's Princess of Wales announcing she is in remission from cancer.
British finance minister Rachel Reeves has told the UK parliament she is determined to search swiftly for economic growth, according to the i.
The Daily Telegraph leads with a think tank claiming that removing a block on former Troubles internees, such as Gerry Adams, seeking compensation will deliver a taxpayer-funded pay day for ex-detainees.
And the Daily Star says there has been backlash to the British government’s decision to block the reintroduction of beavers into the wild.
