What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

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What The Papers Say: Wednesday's Front Pages
Wednesday's front pages: The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Irish Daily Star, Irish Daily Mail and Irish Daily Mirror
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Here are the main headlines on Wednesday's newspaper front pages.

The Irish Times reports that Ireland faces a fresh threat to its income from American multinationals operating here after US president Donald Trump moved to pull his country out of a landmark global corporate tax deal.

The HSE has admitted it is years behind schedule in creating surgical hubs in Limerick and Cork that would help ease pressure on hospitals, according to the Irish Examiner.

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The Irish Independent speculates on who will be in Micheál Martin's Cabinet after he is voted in as taoiseach.

The Irish Daily Mail highlights that the Dáil will take a two-week break after the vote to elect a new taoiseach.

A woman who was found not guilty of murdering her three children by reason of insanity has been granted unaccompanied days out of the Central Mental Hospital, the Irish Daily Mirror reveals.

The Irish Daily Star reports that gardaí have uncovered a suspected horrific child sexual abuse case.

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An autopsy carried out on murdered Belfast man John George prior to his body being returned home showed he was stabbed before being shot, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Revelations about the man who admitted the killing of three young girls at a dance class in Southport and the UK prime minister’s pledge to overhaul online terror laws dominate the front pages of the British newspapers.

The Times is one of several papers to concentrate on Axel Rudakubana ordering a knife from Amazon when he was under the legal age of 18.

Rudakubana is labelled “The Amazon Killer” in The Sun, while the Daily Mirror says a “terror guide” found at his home is still available online and echoes British home secretary Yvette Cooper’s words that the purchase was a “total disgrace”.

Keir Starmer’s promise to overhaul terrorism laws to remove the “tidal wave” of online violence features on the front of The Guardian, above a picture of a man released from prison after being pardoned for his part in the January 6th Capitol riots by US president Donald Trump.

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The i paper concentrates on the same story, saying the British government has put tech giants on notice of further regulation.

The Metro calls the steps a war on “misfits”, the Daily Express using the same word to describe a “new threat” to the country.

Mr Trump’s plans also feature prominently on the front pages, The Independent saying the new president “holds all the cards” in trade talks with the UK, while the Financial Times says he was widened his “economic war” to taxes with fresh trade tariffs on the way.

The Daily Telegraph says people who owe more than £1,000 (€1,180) in wrongly claimed benefit payments and have ignored requests to return the money face a two-year ban from driving.

Jobs occupy the front of the Daily Mail, which says British finance minister Rachel Reeves is heading to a World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on the back of more bad news, including a slump in jobs.

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And the Daily Star warns of the arrival of Storm Éowyn at the end of the week.

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