{"id":492176,"date":"2026-06-10T09:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/492176\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:13:13","slug":"what-the-papers-say-wednesdays-front-pages-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/492176\/","title":{"rendered":"What the papers say: Wednesday&#8217;s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the stories making headlines this Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Times leads with a \u201cclear and serious dereliction of duty\u201d by two senior garda\u00ed, the knowledge of abuse within a Waterford political dynasty, and the historical blindness of the Irish State towards child abuse, all being detailed in a Commission of Investigation report into the crimes of the serial child sex abuser Bill Kenneally.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"807\" width=\"585\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082789_126_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911564\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Survivors of prolific paedophile Bill Kenneally have criticised the Government over how it published the Commission of Investigation report into his crimes, and have called for a full public apology over how they were treated, the Irish Examiner reports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"845\" width=\"560\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082790_616_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911565\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Echo leads with more than four in 10 Cork schools being set to see their special education teaching (SET) hours reduced next year, according to the Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"846\" width=\"692\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082790_563_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911566\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Gov\u00adern\u00adment will have to bor\u00adrow money to pay for planned con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to long-term sav\u00adings funds, according to the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Fiscal Advis\u00adory Coun\u00adcil says over\u00adspend\u00ading has left sur\u00adpluses too small to cover the pay\u00adments. The watch\u00addog says this under\u00admines the aim of the funds, to set aside \u201crisky cor\u00adpor\u00ada\u00adtion tax receipts rather than spend them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"698\" width=\"528\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082791_918_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911567\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Irish Daily Mirror leads with a man being charged with attempted murder after a knife attack in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"702\" width=\"510\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082791_315_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911568\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Irish Daily Star reports on the night of violence in Belfast following the knife attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"695\" width=\"542\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082792_619_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911569\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The hero who fought to stop a ser\u00adi\u00adous stabbing attack in Bel\u00adfast on Monday night has spoken out as riots sparked by the incid\u00adent spread across the North last night.<\/p>\n<p>Matt McKi\u00adernan fended off the Bel\u00adfast knife sus\u00adpect with his son\u2019s hur\u00adley. Speak\u00ading to the Irish Daily Mail, McKi\u00adernan told how he jumped out of his car and ran to help the attacker\u2019s vic\u00adtim.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"693\" width=\"527\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082792_913_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911570\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former Irish rugby inter\u00adna\u00adtional Brendan Mul\u00adlin has been charged with steal\u00ading per\u00adfume from Brown Thomas on Dub\u00adlin\u2019s Grafton Street, according to The Herald.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-rugby star, who won 55 Irish caps between 1984 and 1995 before he went into fin\u00adan\u00adcial ser\u00advices, appeared before Judge Treasa Kelly at Dub\u00adlin Dis\u00adtrict Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"681\" width=\"522\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781082793_482_what-the-papers-say-wednesday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1911571\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the stories making headlines this Wednesday. 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