What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Ellen O'Donoghue

The conflict in the Middle East is one of the various topics featured on Irish front pages on Tuesday.

The Irish Times, Irish Daily Mirror, and Irish Daily Star all lead with the conflict in the Middle East as US President Donald Trump threatens escalation after Iran rejected a ceasefire plan.

The Irish Examiner lead with children in wartorn countries, including Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and Ukraine.

The Echo lead with two sports clubs being contacted by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to discuss the Cork Luas after the paper reported its route could impact their grounds, and two new Cork lottery millionaires.

The Irish Independent lead with there being 600 fewer gardaí on the frontline than there were six years ago.

The Irish Daily Mail lead with the introduction of ankle tags for bailed prisoners and sexual predators.

The Herald lead with a court hearing that two teenage girls were stabbed with a broken glass bottle after rejecting "prolonged" advances from a man on Dublin's Dame Street on Saturday.

The Belfast Telegraph lead with a court being told that a 15-year-old girl was brought to the boiler room of an underground car park in Victoria Square shopping centre in Belfast to be raped.