Friday's front pages

Introducing the measure, Heather Humphreys said the new arrangements will allow people to work longer in return for higher payments.

The Tánaiste said the targeting of Palestinians in the West Bank was ‘shocking’ and has to stop now.

The Green Party leader said the main opposition party needed to get serious about climate change issues

Gardaí said investigations are continuing.

‘A far better course would be to admit that a mistake had been made and say that it would not happen again,’ a US diplomat said.

Revenue officers discovered 16kg of cocaine in the baggage of a passenger who had travelled from the US

The HSE said there has been a rise in the number of people with respiratory illnesses attending emergency departments.

The 18-year-old man was taken to hospital after a crash in the Antrim Road area of north Belfast.

Dr Eileen Culloty there is a lack of understanding in how the media works among the general public

Over 2,000 thousand Irish people needed help while abroad this year, according to government figures

The Tánaiste seems secure at the head of Fianna Fáil, with rumours of backbench discontent appearing to have subsided.

Detectives have appealed for information following the incident.

A Department of Finance official expressed concern at the spending ‘on discretionary items such as flowers’ during cutback efforts.

Eamon Ryan said new low-cost loans would be a ‘game changer’ in enabling people to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes.

Jonny Johnston, 45, from Co Fermanagh, had been delivering festive goods for Tesco just before he learned he had scooped the life-changing jackpot.

Jan Carson said she wanted to address the under-representation of rural Northern Ireland experiences in literature

The briefing said that Ken Maginnis was ‘in many ways the most attractive (in personal terms) of the UUP upper echelon’

Keziah Macharia (41) appeared at the Old Bailey in London where she was charged with murder

Kevin Bakhurst said licence fee payments have improved and that salary costs of high earners had been driven down