{"id":497605,"date":"2026-06-13T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/497605\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:02:13","slug":"what-the-papers-say-saturdays-front-pages-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/497605\/","title":{"rendered":"What the papers say: Saturday&#8217;s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the stories making headlines this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The share of new-build homes being sold to private buyers has fallen sharply in the past decade, with only one-third of all new supply now being made available on the open market, according to new research.<\/p>\n<p>Annual home completions countrywide have risen from 20,000 to more than 36,000 in the past six years, The Irish Times reports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"802\" width=\"580\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344930_134_what-the-papers-say-saturday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913095\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The FAI has been accused of a &#8220;cop out&#8221; by moving its home men&#8217;s fixture against Israel to another country, but the sports minister has hit out at &#8220;anonymous trolls&#8221; putting pressure on players, the Irish Examiner reports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"852\" width=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344930_982_what-the-papers-say-saturday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913099\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Irish Independent leads with some obstet\u00adri\u00adcians in the Rotunda Hos\u00adpital who can still do private prac\u00adtice \u201cgift\u00ading\u201d up to \u20ac1,500 to col\u00adleagues on pub\u00adlic-only con\u00adtracts who deliver the baby of one of their patients at week\u00adends.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"692\" width=\"528\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344931_682_what-the-papers-say-saturday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913103\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A woman heard a man say, \u201csh*t f***ing Irish\u201d before the Par\u00adnell Square knife attack, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.<\/p>\n<p>Patri\u00adcia Byrne told the Dub\u00adlin court she saw a man on Mary Street who in her opin\u00adion was \u201cbeing quite aggress\u00adive in his words\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"693\" width=\"521\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344931_376_what-the-papers-say-saturday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913107\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man sus\u00adpec\u00adted of being a hit\u00adman was found dead inside a car that had been involved in a pileup after its driver attemp\u00adted a U-turn, according to the Irish Daily Star.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"698\" width=\"538\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344932_330_what-the-papers-say-saturday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913108\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli Foot\u00adball Asso\u00adci\u00adation has taunted the FAI over its decision to \u2018give up home com\u00adfort\u2019 by mov\u00ading the upcom\u00ading Nations League fix\u00adture between the coun\u00adtries out\u00adside of Ire\u00adland to be played behind closed doors, the Irish Daily Mail reports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"702\" width=\"536\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344932_26_what-the-papers-say-saturday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913109\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Herald leads with the dis\u00adap\u00adpear\u00adance and sus\u00adpec\u00adted murder of a former Irish soc\u00adcer star\u2019s brother being repor\u00adted to police in the Mar\u00adbella area of Spain by a female asso\u00adciate of his on Wed\u00adnes\u00adday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"701\" width=\"522\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781344933_170_what-the-papers-say-saturday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913112\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the stories making headlines this Saturday. 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