{"id":552567,"date":"2026-07-16T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552567\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:22:16","slug":"what-the-papers-say-thursdays-front-pages-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552567\/","title":{"rendered":"What the papers say: Thursday&#8217;s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday&#8217;s front pages focus on a range of stories, from the Government not being able to rule out the possibility that Irish-produced alumina is part of the Russian military to a soldier being ordered into a river with dead sheep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Times reports that the\u00a0Government\u00a0report into\u00a0Aughinish Alumina\u00a0is expected to say it cannot rule out the possibility that Irish-produced alumina is ending up in the\u00a0Russian\u00a0military supply chain because of the lack of hard evidence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1120\" width=\"753\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/what-the-papers-say-thursday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927549 aligncenter\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Irish Examiner reports that a\u00a0member of the Defence Forces has spoken of how degraded she felt to be ordered into a river in which a dead sheep was floating, as part of a promotion process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1120\" width=\"740\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784200933_996_what-the-papers-say-thursday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927548 aligncenter\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Echo focuses on TDs calling on the Government to purchase the grounds of the former Bessborough mother-and-baby home in Cork.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1120\" width=\"887\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784200934_669_what-the-papers-say-thursday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1927547\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"662\" width=\"510\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784200934_136_what-the-papers-say-thursday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927551 aligncenter\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"638\" width=\"495\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784200935_353_what-the-papers-say-thursday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927552 aligncenter\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"636\" width=\"521\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784200935_19_what-the-papers-say-thursday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927555 aligncenter\"\/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For all the big news, pick up Thursday&#8217;s Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5KNBoCvd5w\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5KNBoCvd5w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/irishdailymail\/status\/2077518504295575831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"633\" width=\"516\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784200936_929_what-the-papers-say-thursday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927554 aligncenter\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s front pages focus on a range of stories, from the Government not being able to rule 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