{"id":499014,"date":"2026-06-14T09:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499014\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T09:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:37:11","slug":"what-the-papers-say-sundays-front-pages-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499014\/","title":{"rendered":"What the papers say: Sunday&#8217;s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the stories making headlines this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Coun\u00adcils are pay\u00ading mil\u00adlions of euro every month to private land\u00adlords and investors in rent for thou\u00adsands of prop\u00ader\u00adties for social hous\u00ading, des\u00adpite own\u00ading more than 3,500 vacant homes, the Sunday Independent reports.<\/p>\n<p>Hun\u00addreds of coun\u00adcil-owned prop\u00ader\u00adties have been vacant for a year or more. Some have been idle for over a dec\u00adade, con\u00adtrib\u00adut\u00ading to derel\u00adic\u00adtion and local decay.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"700\" width=\"443\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913380\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Irish Sunday Mirror leads with a man who suffered child sex abuse at the hands of Water\u00adford mon\u00adster Bill Ken\u00adneally saying he believes there could be hun\u00addreds more vic\u00adtims. He has urged them to come for\u00adward.<\/p>\n<p>Barry Murphy has spoken out after an invest\u00adig\u00ada\u00adtion into com\u00adplaints against the con\u00advicted 75-year-old former bas\u00adket\u00adball coach who abused boys from 1979 to 1990, and said: \u201cI believe the num\u00adber of boys he abused is in the hun\u00addreds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"683\" width=\"526\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781429830_638_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913383\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lee McDon\u00adnell tried to sub\u00adcon\u00adtract shoot\u00adings from prison and boas\u00adted that he earned an exag\u00adger\u00adated \u20ac400,000 for mur\u00adder\u00ading drug dealer Gary Carey &#8211; after double cross\u00ading him with the lead\u00aders of three organ\u00adised crime groups in West Dub\u00adlin, according to the Sunday World.<\/p>\n<p>Carey is under\u00adstood to have offered McDon\u00adnell, who died in Garda cus\u00adtody, \u20ac100,000 to take out his rival Brian Rat\u00adtigan in Spain after his release from prison a num\u00adber of years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"687\" width=\"513\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781429830_303_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913385\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The per\u00adcent\u00adage of asylum seekers enter\u00ading the coun\u00adtry through the open land bor\u00adder with the North has almost doubled since Brexit, the Irish Mail on Sunday reports..<\/p>\n<p>More than nine in 10 Inter\u00adna\u00adtional Pro\u00adtec\u00adtion (IP) applic\u00adants who have sought asylum here this year arrived in the State via the bor\u00adder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"701\" width=\"542\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781429831_982_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913388\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aer Lingus has told its staff that it must slash costs to win an IAG investment, according to the Business Post.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"842\" width=\"536\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781429831_291_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913390\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the stories making headlines this Sunday. 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