{"id":532575,"date":"2026-07-04T11:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/532575\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:09:12","slug":"what-the-papers-say-saturdays-front-pages-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/532575\/","title":{"rendered":"What the papers say: Saturday’s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

A variety of stories feature on Irish front pages on Saturday, from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding to preparations for a visit to Ireland by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The Irish Times lead with planning being under way for a visit by Donald Trump to Clare and Dublin in September and the owners of 40 apartments in Dublin city centre agreeing to sell their homes for \u20ac550,000 to make way for the MetroLink rail project.<\/p>\n

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The Irish Examiner lead with a man being found guilty of murdering<\/a> a postman, Miche\u00e1l Martin eyeing new technology to protect undersea cables, a fatal crash driver having to live his “whole life” with the mistake, and a trio being found not guilty of murdering Lyra McKee.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Irish Independent lead with new laws to help garda\u00ed crack down on e-scooters being promised amid pleas from doctors for them to be banned.<\/p>\n

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The Herald lead with a member of the Defence Forces being placed on leave after he admitted sexual com\u00admu\u00adnic\u00ada\u00adtions with chil\u00addren while on duty, as he was con\u00adfron\u00adted in a pae\u00addo\u00adphile hunter sting.<\/p>\n

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The Irish Daily Mail lead with \u00a0D\u00fan Laog\u00adhaire-Rath\u00addown County Coun\u00adcil spending more than \u20ac660,000 on a wall within the grounds of Marlay Park.<\/p>\n

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The Irish Daily Mirror lead with a man being jailed for four years for a drink-driving crash<\/a> which killed his two friends.<\/p>\n

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The Irish Daily Star lead with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.<\/p>\n

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The Belfast Telegraph lead with Lyra McKee’s sister vowing that her family will continue to fight for justice after three men were acquitted of the 29-year-old’s murder.<\/p>\n

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