Summary of The Irish News Newspaper
The Irish News front page this morning – summarised
The front page of The Irish News front page reports on housing fraud.
- The latest report from Northern Ireland’s Comptroller and Auditor General, Dorinnia Carville, examined central government accounts for 2023-24. It found that the NI Housing Executive estimated a total of £21.1m of fraud and error for housing benefit expenditure – up from £12.7m in 2022-23.
- Michelle O’Neill has defended the executive’s record on bringing forth legislation since February’s restoration of the institutions but conceded that “some slippage” will occur with certain bills.
- The death has been announced of former Tyrone GAA player Jody Gormley. The 53-year-old, who was an All-Ireland finalist with Tyrone in 1995, had been battling cancer. Posting on X, Jody’s brother Damian said it was “with profound sadness that I announce my brother Jody passed away peacefully this evening“.
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UK News
International news continues to dominate the UK newspaper front pages this morning as events across the Middle East continue to unfold as do updates into the shooting death of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
In domestic news, the government has plans to open 14,000 more prison places and government departments have recommended a pay rise of 2.8% for millions of public sector workers including teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants next year.
Last night’s Champions League matches make the back pages with Liverpool’s 1-0 win – continuing their perfect start to the campaign – leading most sports pages.
