What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

The Irish Times leads with councillors trying to zone almost 300 flood-prone sites around the country for development over the past six years, according to new figures from the planning regulator.
What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Eva Osborne

Here are the stories making headlines this Tuesday.

The Irish Times leads with councillors trying to zone almost 300 flood-prone sites around the country for development over the past six years, according to new figures from the planning regulator.

 

A dig through a sandpit has formed part of the Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob murder probes, the Irish Examiner reports.

Gardaí investigating the disappearances and murder of the two women are conducting the search in the Wicklow/Kildare border.

A mother and her two sons were forced to escape a house fire in a suspected arson attack on a family home in a Cork suburb in the early hours of the Monday morning, according to The Echo.

 

The Irish Independent leads with local author­it­ies start­ing to increase rent for fam­il­ies who have work­ing adult chil­dren still liv­ing at home.

The Irish Daily Mirror also leads with the Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob murder probes.

Gardaí fear convicted rapist Larry Murphy killed a woman and buried her on the isolated land in Wicklow, the paper reports.

Officers prob­ing the Larry Murphy were given what they judge to be cred­ible inform­a­tion about a bur­ied vehicle at the site con­tain­ing a woman’s remains, according to the Irish Daily Star.

ICE detainee Séamus Cul­leton is expec­ted back in Ire­land today after fail­ing in his attempt to stay in the US, the Irish Daily Mail has learned, the Irish Daily Mail reports.

Cul­leton, who made world­wide head­lines after he claimed he was being held in ‘con­cen­tra­tion camp’ con­di­tions in El Paso, is due back on Irish soil for the first time in nearly 17 years on Tuesday morn­ing.

The Herald leads with two crim­in­als who dumped the dis­membered body of teen­ager Keane Mulready -Woods across dif­fer­ent parts of Dub­lin being jailed for a total of 12 years yes­ter­day by the Spe­cial Crim­inal Court.

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