{"id":489139,"date":"2026-05-17T11:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/489139\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:44:15","slug":"what-the-papers-say-sundays-front-pages-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/489139\/","title":{"rendered":"What the papers say: Sunday&#8217;s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A variety of topics feature on Irish front pages on Sunday, from crime stories to RT\u00c9&#8217;s most recent pay controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Independent lead with violent and extreme porn being set to be banned, and RT\u00c9 staff demanding a pay scandal showdown.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"695\" width=\"442\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779018252_756_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1900979\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Times lead with Michael McGrath leading an EU crackdown on ticket costs and RT\u00c9 dropping unvouched payments for its board members.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"765\" width=\"502\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779018252_635_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1900976\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Business Post lead with the government notifying PTSB of an offer for its shareholding in the bank before its chief executive said he was unaware of any approach, and the State&#8217;s \u20ac7.7 billion bank share kitty sitting in an unused fund.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1120\" width=\"719\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779018253_508_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1900972\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Irish Mail on Sunday lead with a defrocked priest still carrying a picture of his alleged victims in his phone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"612\" width=\"472\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779018254_349_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1900973\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Irish Sunday Mirror lead with the arrest of the father of a man in his 30s who died in Artane after a fight in the house.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"617\" width=\"482\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779018254_498_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1900974\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday Life lead with a self-confessed nazi meeting with Causeway Coast and Glens council officials to share his views on immigration.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"757\" width=\"558\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779018255_837_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1900975\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Sunday World lead with Gucci Gang links to the Kinahan Cartel being revealed as CAB claim that Liam Byrne is &#8220;Biggie&#8221; Little&#8217;s dad.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"615\" width=\"461\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779018255_798_what-the-papers-say-sunday-s-front-pages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1900978\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A variety of topics feature on Irish front pages on Sunday, from crime stories to RT\u00c9&#8217;s most recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-489139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116589747896443614","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}