What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Young people recruited into drug gangs and drones on Zelensky's flight path made the front pages of Friday's papers.

The Irish Times leads with an Irish navy ship spotting five drones operating near the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy's aircraft as he arrived for a State visit to Ireland on Monday night.

The Irish Examiner leads with criminal gangs looking to take over houses to “bag up” drugs if owners go out shopping for a couple of hours, a Dublin youth project has said.

The Echo leads with the preferred route for Cork northern distributor road, which was recently confirmed by the Government as being costed at up to €500million, has been announced.

The Irish Independent leads with further anger over former Garda Commissioner Drew Harris regarding the drip feed of “hidden” information about the cost of his living arrangements.

The Irish Daily Mail leads with Revenue targeting people who have holiday homes abroad, dodging tax by renting them out.

The Irish Daily Mirror and the Irish Daily Star lead with RTÉ boycotting the Eurovision due to Israel's involvement.