What the papers say: Tuesday's front pages

Eva Osborne

Here are the stories making headlines this Tuesday.

Ministers will be warned today that tighter spending controls are required in their departments in order to stick within agreed budgets at a time of growing international threats to the Irish economy, according to The Irish Times.

The energy price shock is “reverberating across other supply chains”, and ministers must control their spending as the war in the Middle East continues, Cabinet will be told this morning.

The Irish Examiner reports that the Government’s spring economic forecast will be brought to Cabinet today by finance minister and Tánaiste Simon Harris and public expenditure minister Jack Chambers.

The Echo leads with the long-awaited Cork Event Centre entering the first stage of procurement, with an estimated cost of €150 million - €200 million.

The coun­try is at risk of “stag­fla­tion” – where slow eco­nomic growth is com­bined with rising infla­tion – as the energy crunch brought about by the war in the Middle East hits, the Irish Independent reports.

The Irish Daily Mirror leads with a domestic abuse survivor calling for changes to the law after learning her ex stabbed a man while on bail for a golf club attack on her.

Kirsty Fitzpatrick, 38, fled Ireland after months of threats from Mark Conway.

A heartbroken sis­ter of Scar­lett Faulkner has said she “can’t believe this happened to us again,” after the sud­den death of their brother Jason — just two days after he bur­ied his sis­ter, the Irish Daily Star reports.

“They will be together forever,” said a fam­ily mem­ber.

The Irish Daily Mail leads with gardaí saying they do not feel safe in their own homes due to per­sonal details being pub­lished online follow­ing the fuel block­ade protests.

A woman who tasered one secur­ity offi­cial and punched another one as they repos­sessed her home has been taken into cus­tody after she refused to enter a good beha­viour bond, The Herald reports.