Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's White House meeting with US president Joe Biden, an attempted drug smuggling operation off the Cork coast, and asylum seekers living in tents in Dublin, are all among the stories that feature on Saturday's front pages.
The Irish Times leads with Mr Biden telling Mr Varadkar the US is "pressing hard" for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Irish Examiner leads with an attempted drug smuggling operation off the Cork coast.
The Irish Independent leads with a story on the 'tent city' of homeless asylum seekers in Dublin, and an empty hotel that could house refugees in New Ross, Co Wexford.
The Echo leads with a story on Cork's St Patrick's Day festivities.
The Irish Sun leads with Celebrity Big Brother contestant Louis Walsh opening up on his cancer battle.
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— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) March 16, 2024
The Irish Daily Mail leads with a story on a planned crackdown on junk food advertising.
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— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) March 15, 2024
The drug smuggling operation in Cork also makes the front page of The Herald.
In the North, the Belfast Telegraph reports the TUV (Traditional Unionist Voice) party will join forces with right-wing Reform UK.
Secret talks over a political leadership challenge and the weekend closure of the M25 feature among a variety of stories on the front pages of Saturday’s UK newspapers.
The Daily Mail says Tory MPs from the right have held “secret talks” with moderates about replacing Rishi Sunak with Penny Mordaunt as prime minister.
MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Plot to crown Mordaunt as PM #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/gFGFYzVdzl
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 15, 2024
The Guardian relays calls from GP and health worker unions who have called on Conservative donor Frank Hester to lose NHS contracts as his comments about MP Diane Abbott breach its “fit and proper person” test.
GUARDIAN: Calls for Tory donor in race row to lose NHS contracts #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/WUpGwaj7tK
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 15, 2024
The Independent says Ms Abbott was offered the Labour whip back but refused as she would have to undergo antisemitism training.
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— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) March 15, 2024
The Daily Express leads with UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s “olive branch” to pensioners, responding to criticism that they were “neglected” in the Budget.
EXPRESS: Hunt’s olive branch to ‘fearful’ pensioners #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/0tIAy4yNMn
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 15, 2024
The Sun reports on the closure of the M25 and how it will affect the filming of Hollywood star Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible movie.
On tomorrow's front page: Megastar Tom Cruise has hired choppers so Mission: Impossible cast and crew can dodge the chaos of a full motorway closure this weekendhttps://t.co/I2MRHNP7NR pic.twitter.com/nJxaudRlUC
— The Sun (@TheSun) March 15, 2024
The i weekend says thousands of Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat food delivery rider accounts are being traded on the black market.
I WEEKEND: Deliveroo and Uber Eats ‘backdoor’ to UK illegal migration #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/W1TBBsKTVT
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 15, 2024
The Daily Mirror reports on a British woman’s “last hope” as she faces the death penalty in Bali.
Saturday's front page: One last hope#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/aOUrSSD7Rn pic.twitter.com/hS4fnirhQL
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) March 15, 2024
The Daily Telegraph says the UK minister for veterans’ affairs Johnny Mercer is facing prison after he refused to name Special Forces whistleblowers who raised concerns about alleged unlawful killings of Afghans.
The front page of today's Daily Telegraph:
'Mercer faces jail threat over Afghan inquiry'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Times carries calls from Lord Sewell who said the Church of England’s £1 billion slavery reparation fund is “almost like bribery”.
THE TIMES: Church ‘playing race card’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/DeYhwIWS33
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 15, 2024
Social media app TikTok has hit $16 billion in revenue, according to the FT Weekend.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Saturday 16 March https://t.co/uoAXDLhfwm pic.twitter.com/r4lze0mSyG
— Financial Times (@FT) March 15, 2024
And the Daily Star runs with a story on the “mystery of the rampant” beavers in Cornwall.
STAR: Mystery of the rampant beavers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/B2wsgqxUX3
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 15, 2024
The New York Times leads with a story on the Georgia election interference case against former US president Donald Trump, where a judge has ruled Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis can stay on in the case. However, she must remove the special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship before the case can proceed.
