Here are the Irish Newspaper headlines on Thursday May 27th…
The Irish Times leads with “State faces huge losses over serious failings at docks agency”
The paper leads on the news that the Auditor General is to investigate questionable practices at the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. The story goes on to explain that 3 reports released yesterday confirm huge losses at the agency which will be picked up by the taxpayer.
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The Irish Independent leads with the headline “Economy is turning the corner, says OECD”
The paper leads on the twice-annual global analysis of the powerful think-tank, the OECD, which yesterday forecast growth of 3% for the Irish economy next year. The paper says this represents us turning a corner but links it to the comments by the Financial Regulator that 32,000 homeowners haven’t paid their mortgages for three-months or more.
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The Irish Examiner has the headline “Home arrears ‘biggest legacy’ of crisis”
The paper focuses in on the homeowner story saying the number of homeowners unable to afford their mortgages grew in the first three-months of the year as the Financial Regulator warned there will be no ‘Nama-for-the-people’ style solution.
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The Mirror has the headline “Ronan Splits To Oz”
The paper says Ronan Keating packed his bags and said goodbye to his family for three-months as he prepares to fly to Australia to be a judge on X-factor.
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The Sun leads with “Gangster In His Pants”
The paper says footage released last night showed the moment Spanish police burst into the villa of Dublin gangster, Christy Kinahan, and brought his €650m drugs empire crashing down.
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The Star has the headline “Ronan and wife say…Nothing At All”
The newspaper says the Boyzone front man got the cold shoulder from wife Yvonne as they left their Malahide home yesterday.
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The Irish Daily Mail leads with “You’re On Your Own If You’re In Arrears”
The paper says the financial regulator has warned indebted homeowners to get a sense of realism as their will be no Nama-style bailout for struggling borrowers.
