What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

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What The Papers Say: Thursday's Front Pages
Thursday's front pages focus on a range of stories from RTÉ facing cost-cutting measures as it face a €28 million deficit, to the majority of Gardaí giving a vote of no confidence in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris.
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Thursday's front pages focus on a range of stories from RTÉ facing cost-cutting measures as it face a €28 million deficit, to the majority of Gardaí giving a vote of no confidence in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris.

The Irish Times reports RTÉ is facing months of painful cost-saving measures as it struggles to conserve cash in the face of a €28 million deficit driven by a drop in licence-fee income, which has put its finances under “extreme pressure”.

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The Irish Examiner and The Echo lead with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris saying a vote of no confidence in him by more than 9,000 members of the Garda Representative Association feels like a “huge kick in the teeth”.

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In the UK, People smugglers, pensions, and the highly anticipated meet-up of Russian President Vladimir Putin with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un feature on Thursday’s front pages.

The Daily Telegraph, the Times and the Daily Mail have all run with a similar story: Opposition leader Keir Starmer has revealed his tough stance on those who traffic boat people, vowing to freeze assets and to restrict the movement of known human traffickers.

While many of Britain’s newspapers have focused on the migrant crisis stemming from EU shores, the Financial Times took a slightly different tack while keeping the microscope firmly on Europe.

Keeping its eyes set on news abroad, the Metro leads with a splash on the meet-up of Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, as the two rogue nations join forces to bolster the “fight against imperialism”.

Back on British soil, the Daily Express continues to shine a light on one of the week’s biggest stories, calling on its readers to join them in the fight to protect the pension triple lock.

The Independent says Rishi Sunak is in talks to scrap the HS2 rail project as prices spiral amid delays.

The Guardian has also opted to keep their front UK-focused, with the paper running with the headline “Sunak blocked rebuild of hospitals riddled with crumbling concrete.”

The Daily Mirror reports on the uptick in shoplifting across the UK, calling it “out of control” as the cost of living crisis deepens.

No one should be kept in the dark, Thursday’s i says, with their front page looking at the forced installation of prepaid power meters in the UK’s poorest homes and how the move may put children under the age of five at risk.

While several papers ran with headlines on EU migrant arrivals, the Daily Star has opted for a front on a different kind of expat: Aliens on Earth.

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