Here are the stories making headlines this Saturday.
The share of new-build homes being sold to private buyers has fallen sharply in the past decade, with only one-third of all new supply now being made available on the open market, according to new research.
Annual home completions countrywide have risen from 20,000 to more than 36,000 in the past six years, The Irish Times reports.
The FAI has been accused of a "cop out" by moving its home men's fixture against Israel to another country, but the sports minister has hit out at "anonymous trolls" putting pressure on players, the Irish Examiner reports.
The Irish Independent leads with some obstetricians in the Rotunda Hospital who can still do private practice “gifting” up to €1,500 to colleagues on public-only contracts who deliver the baby of one of their patients at weekends.
A woman heard a man say, “sh*t f***ing Irish” before the Parnell Square knife attack, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.
Patricia Byrne told the Dublin court she saw a man on Mary Street who in her opinion was “being quite aggressive in his words”.
A man suspected of being a hitman was found dead inside a car that had been involved in a pileup after its driver attempted a U-turn, according to the Irish Daily Star.
The Israeli Football Association has taunted the FAI over its decision to ‘give up home comfort’ by moving the upcoming Nations League fixture between the countries outside of Ireland to be played behind closed doors, the Irish Daily Mail reports.
The Herald leads with the disappearance and suspected murder of a former Irish soccer star’s brother being reported to police in the Marbella area of Spain by a female associate of his on Wednesday.
