A wide variety of stories feature on Irish front pages this Sunday morning.
The Business Post lead with a story revealing that Micheál Martin was given a warning about how Ireland needed to boost its competitiveness and cut red tape in the face of a deepening EU-US trade war, in a private meeting with industry leaders in Washington DC.
The Sunday Independent lead with a story about the IDA chair saying there is a "turbulent year" ahead as the threat of tariffs looms, alongside a story about a controversial US pastor telling the Burke family to"obey court and follow law".
The Sunday World lead with a story about Dublin GAA star Lee Gannon appearing in court after admitting to having the drug MDMA at Electric Picnic, and being ordered to make a donation to charity instead of a conviction by the judge.
The Irish Mail on Sunday lead with a story saying that Tánaiste Simon Harris has said that US president Donald Trump should pay a state visit to Ireland and become the fifth US president to address the Oireachtas.
The Irish Sunday Mirror lead with a story about gardaí launching a new appeal over the mysterious death of a young woman in Co Monaghan on St Patrick's Day last year.
British newspapers
Proposed cuts to health and welfare services lead the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers in the UK.
The Sunday Telegraph carries warnings from British Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who says the abolition of NHS England marks the “beginning, not the end” of cuts to government quangos.
The front page of tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph:
'Streeting: War on NHS waste just beginning'#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/vP079pD1q9— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 15, 2025
The Observer says welfare cuts are being reconsidered by the Government.
#TomorrowsPapersToday - The Observer
PM considers
U-turn on cut to benefits for disabled people
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And The Sunday Times UK reports there has been a backlash among Labour MPs over the planned welfare reforms.
#TomorrowsPapersToday - The Sunday Times
Kendall set to backtrack on benefits freeze
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The British Mail on Sunday says a UK Minister “rubbished” intelligence pointing to Covid’s origins in a Chinese laboratory.
#TomorrowsPapersToday - The Mail on Sunday
SPY CHIEF:
I TOLD No 10
COVID DID LEAK FROM CHINA LAB
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The Sunday Express focuses on a cross-party bid to ban the physical punishment of children in England, which is already illegal in Wales and Scotland.
#TomorrowsPapersToday - Sunday Express
SMACKING CHILDREN COULD BE CRIMINAL OFFENCE
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The UK Sunday Mirror leads with an exclusive about British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, who has spent more than a decade on death row in Indonesia after being convicted of drug smuggling. The newspaper hints the 67-year-old could be freed after a change in Indonesian law.
#TomorrowsPapersToday - Sunday Mirror
NEW HOPE FOR BRIT DEATH ROW GRAN
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The UK Sun on Sunday says EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa and her husband Dan Osborne have split.
Tomorrow's front page: TV Jac splits from Dan
Crisis as he moves out of family home https://t.co/T1fMd8Tcqw pic.twitter.com/uqZ2IHYE1j— The Sun (@TheSun) March 15, 2025
Lastly, the UK Daily Star Sunday suggests a steaming bath could help people lose weight.
Sunday's front page: Have a bath tubby#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/n4gIT1TYW1 pic.twitter.com/Tw9lhmbWyw
— Daily Star (@dailystar) March 15, 2025
