What the papers say: Saturday's front pages
Eva Osborne
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declaring that famine is occurring in Gaza City dominates the front pages of Irish newspapers on Saturday.
The Irish Times reports on the IPC also warning that these famine conditions are expected to spread next month to Deir al-Balah in the centre of the Gaza Strip and to Khan Younis in the south.
Gazan mothers are now to hungry to breastfeed due to the "entirely man-made" famine in Gaza, the Irish Examiner reports.
The Echo leads with Cork being allocated 25 new gardaí at the latest graduation from the Garda Training College in Templemore, with 20 going to the city and five to the county.
Thousands of homeowners are facing a triple hit in local property tac bills next year, according to the Irish Independent.
Analysis carried out by the paper reveals rising house prices, changes to LPT bands and more councils voting to increase the amount they charge could see some homeowners homes paying far more than in previous years.
The Irish Daily Star reports on Taoiseach Micheál Martin and President Michael D Higgins joining worldwide outrage after famine was declared in Gaza.
The Irish Daily Mirror reports on the UN saying that Gaza is suffering from famine due to the "systematic destruction" of aid by Israel.
Ghislaine Maxwell has sensationally claimed she did not introduce Prince Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein, the Irish Daily Mail reports.
The Herald leads with a teenager who is the chief suspect for the murder of a 53-year-old man in Dublin remaining "on the run" almost two months after the stabbing.
