{"id":518972,"date":"2026-06-26T05:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518972\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T05:46:46","slug":"what-the-papers-say-thursdays-front-pages-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518972\/","title":{"rendered":"What the papers say: Thursday’s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the stories making headlines this Thursday.<\/p>\n

The punishing heatwave that has swept across Europe, during which temperatures have climbed to unprecedented highs, is set to continue on Thursday, The Irish Times reports.<\/p>\n

Ireland is bracing for the hottest day of 2026, possibly smashing a 150-year record.<\/p>\n

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The Irish Examiner leads with an Oireachtas committee saying Ireland needs to take its head \u201cout of the sand\u201d about the drugs crisis and decriminalise the personal possession of drugs.<\/p>\n

With cross-party support, the Oireachtas drugs committee called for the offence of possession \u2014 for all drugs \u2014 to be removed from the statute book.<\/p>\n

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More than 500 Ukrainian residents living in the former Trabolgan holiday village have been told they will soon have to leave the East Cork facility they have been calling home, according to The Echo.<\/p>\n

The residents of Trabolgan, now one of the largest accommodation locations for Ukrainians in the State, include 167 children, 74 pensioners, and 10 disabled people.<\/p>\n

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Food prices are likely to con\u00adtinue rising in the com\u00ading months due to the delayed effects of the Iran war, ESRI has warned.<\/p>\n

While there has been an infla\u00adtion shock from the clos\u00adure of the Strait of Hor\u00admuz, it was mostly lim\u00adited to oil and gas, the Irish Independent reports.<\/p>\n

ESRI pre\u00addicts the cost of food is likely to increase towards winter. \u201cThe impact of the war in the Middle East on food prices in Ire\u00adland is yet to be felt,\u201d says its sum\u00admer eco\u00adnomic com\u00adment\u00adary.<\/p>\n

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Nikita Hand has thanked singer Pink after she criticised Conor McGregor’s appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show in the US, according to the Irish Daily Mirror.<\/p>\n

McGregor, who was found by a civil jury to be liable for the rape of Hand, was on the talk show last week.<\/p>\n

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The Irish Daily Star leads with doctors warning the public to stay out of the sun dur\u00ading the heat\u00adwave, and not even think about getting a tan.<\/p>\n

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A recommendation by TDs and sen\u00adat\u00adors to decrim\u00adin\u00adal\u00adise all drugs has sparked out\u00adrage and been branded by doc\u00adtors as \u2018very dan\u00adger\u00adous\u2019 as it will lead to \u2018more broken lives\u2019, the Irish Daily Mail reports.<\/p>\n

Mem\u00adbers of the cross-party Joint Com\u00admit\u00adtee on Drugs Use have called for the pos\u00adses\u00adsion of drugs for per\u00adsonal use \u2013 includ\u00ading cocaine and heroin \u2013 to be allowed.<\/p>\n

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Riad Bouchaker \u201cwent for the smal\u00adlest chil\u00addren he could find\u201d when he is alleged to have attemp\u00adted to murder two five-year-olds and a six-year-old in Dub\u00adlin, according to The Herald.<\/p>\n

Det Gda Gary Moran sug\u00adges\u00adted that Bouchaker demon\u00adstrated \u201crestraint and patience\u201d as he waited in the Par\u00adnell Square area for 37 minutes.<\/p>\n

He also searched for a spe\u00adcific school on his mobile phone and asked a num\u00adber of people for dir\u00adec\u00adtions and inquired as to what time classes would fin\u00adish.<\/p>\n

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