What the papers say: Thursday's front pages

Tomas Doherty

A wide range of stories feature across Thursday's newspaper front pages, including Katie Taylor's upcoming fight in New York.

The Irish Times reports that expectant mothers whose pregnancies are defined as being “higher risk” are to have their antenatal care moved from Portiuncula University Hospital to other locations.

The Taoiseach tells the Irish Examiner that he wants to re-establish town councils across the country within three years.

The Irish Independent says the AI era has already begun in Ireland as graduates are being replaced in white-collar jobs.

Experts are calling for the Criminal Assets Bureau to be used against people who steal from their elederly relatives, according to the Irish Daily Mail.

The Irish Daily Mirror reports on the tragic death of a Donegal man in California.

Katie Taylor's upcoming fight in New York's Madison Square Garden is the lead for the Irish Daily Star.

The Herald reports that a former Trinity College worker is accused of defrauding the Dublin university of more than €500,000.

The Irish News and Belfast Telegraph lead with the continuing tensions surrounding two controversial loyalist bonfires in the North as time ticks down to when they are due to be lit.

The Echo says almost 500 complaints have been made about footpaths in Cork city over the past year.