What the papers say: Saturday's front pages

Eva Osborne

The front pages of Irish newspapers on Saturday feature stories on Iran launching missiles at Tel Aviv after Israel vowed there is 'more on the way' after it attacked Iranian nuclear sites, as well as the ongoing controversy surrounding phone pouches in schools.

The Irish Times leads with Iran launching waves of missile strikes at Israel on Friday night in retaliation for an unprecedented series of Israeli attacks beginning on Friday morning, which Iran called “a declaration of war”.

Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger granted the parents of 25 children leave in the High Court to legally challenge minister for education and youth Helen McEntee and the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) on their failure to provide school places for children with special needs, the Irish Examiner reports.

The Echo focuses on claims there are a "million things" schools need more than phone pouches, with a Cork principal expressing disappointment that they will not be fully reimbursed for an €8,000 investment in the pouches last year under the scheme announced yesterday.

Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil's plans for the presidency have been thrown into crisis, according to the Irish Independent. MEP Barry Andrews, the party's most credible contender, has ruled himself out of the race.

The Irish Daily Star reports that the cadaver dog that got Richard Satchwell convicted of murdering his wife Tina has been called in again in the search for Annie McCarrick.

An Irish firefighter accused of rape "panicked" and booked a flight home after being quizzed by cops in the US, according to the Irish Daily Mirror.

The Irish Daily Mail's front pages features more on the Iran/Israel attacks, adding that US President Donald Trump has warned Iranians to make a deal 'before there's nothing left'.

Gardaí are continuing searches of a Dublin home for the remains of murdered American student Anne McCarrick, who disappered in 1993, The Herald reports.