What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages
Ellen O'Donoghue
Various stories feature on Irish front pages on Tuesday morning, including a few about the weather.
The Irish Times lead with Pope Leo apologising personally to a man for the abuse he, his late brother, and their friend suffered as children at the Spiritan-run Blackrock College in Dublin and its preparatory school, Willow Park, Queen's University Belfast cutting ties with George Mitchell, and a study giving insights into how two-month-old babies learn.
The Irish Examiner lead with the Taoiseach saying new flood protection schemes will take time, and weapons incidents in schools being up 93 per cent last year.
The Irish Independent lead with news that families of Fair Deal residents are to be given an extra six months to pay outstanding costs to cover nursing home care due to the State after their loved one dies.
The Echo lead with the number of drink and drug testing checkpoints being down in Cork last year compared to the previous 12 months, and 716 people in Cork spending Christmas in emergency accommodation.
The Herald lead with the father of a murdered man calling for action on his case.
The Irish Daily Mail lead with the country being braced for a third round of flooding in a week.
The Irish Daily Mirror lead with a woman who was beaten by her ex-partner speaking of her relief that she will never see him again after he was jailed and received a lifetime ban preventing him from contacting her.
The Irish Daily Star lead with garda sources believing that the hit team that shot David Byrne at the Regency Airport Hotel ten years ago will probably never be caught.
The Belfast Telegraph lead with the sister of murdered showjumper Katie Simpson and the mother of her killer Jonathan Creswell being locked in legal proceedings over the transfer of a piece of land.
