What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages
Eva Osborne
A number of stories feature on the front pages of Irish newspapers on Tuesday, with many leading with Nicolas Maduro pleading not guilty to federal drug-trafficking charges or the stabbing of Donegal businessman Stephen McCahill.
The Irish Times leads with Maduro telling a US judge he had been kidnapped when he and his wife appeared in a federal court in New York yesterday.
Prisoner numbers are on course to reach 6,000 in a matter of months — a level of overcrowding prison sources say is “unimaginable”, as maximum capacity is only 4,700, the Irish Examiner reports.
The Echo also touches on prison overcrowding, leading with Cork Prison reaching a new high of 410 people in custody on Monday, meaning 114 inmates did not have a bed.
Gardaí believe the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Donegal businessman and election candidate Stephen McCahill (66) may have fled on a quad bike, according to the Irish Independent.
The Irish Daily Mirror also leads with the stabbing of Stephen McCahill, reporting that the suspect had been kicked out of a pub McCahill owns before the killing.
McCahill, the coproprietor of the Corner House pub in Ardara, was killed at his home at 3am after a trad music session in his pub during which a man had been ejected, according to the Irish Daily Star.
The Irish Daily Mail reports Donald Trump was last night warned that any attempt to seize Greenland would spell the end of Nato.
The Herald leads with a young boy who suffered life-changing injuries in an attack by an XL Bully dog issuing High Court proceedings against the owners and Tuath Housing.
