The cost of college education, the death of Natalie McGuinness and the Taoiseach's comments about the army at the doors of the banks all feature in today's newspaper coverage.

The Irish Times leads with the image of President Michael D Higgins thanking first responders and emergency personnel for how they responded to the accident at Berkeley that claimed the lives of five Irish students, while the lead story tells that the family of a woman who died in a high-speed Garda car chase has launched a legal case against the force.

The other lead story also tells of the return of property developer Michael O'Flynn, who aims to build 10,000 new homes having secured a €400 million fund, and has regained control of the O'Flynn construction group.

The Irish Independent highlights that the government is looking to address the increasing cost of third-level education in Ireland, and a "study now, pay later" plan for student loans is one of the options that looks likely to be used, given that the cost of college is set to rise to the tune of around a billion euro over the next few years.

Meanwhile, The Irish Sun, The Irish Daily Star and The Irish Daily Mirror all lead with the story of the murder of Natalie McGuinness in Sligo, and that Gardai are still questioning a man in relation to the death.

The Taoiseach's backtracking on his statement at a speech in Madrid last week where he stated that the governor of the Central Bank had warned him that there might be a need to call in the army in order to protect the banks also gets coverage this morning. On Wednesday evening, Mr Kenny seemed to roll back on those comments slightly, instead stating that "it was a very serious situation arising right across Europe and there was a lot of talk [...] that there might be an end to the euro currency", before the issue was shut down by one of his handlers.

The Irish Daily Sun ran a story that piqued Ivan's interest, revealing that the internet retail market is set to grow to €21 billion by 2017. Littlewoods Ireland have studied the numbers to see what items sell best and when, and the results showed that vacuum cleaners are popular on Tuesdays, earrings are popular on Saturday mornings, tights are in demand on Monday but on Thursday evenings, at 8.23 pm, it is, as you might have guessed given this is Ivan's choice, knickers.

Finally, The Irish Independent featured a study from Oxford University which has found what they believe is the best ice breaker for strangers. They got a number of people together and split them into groups: one group did crafts, another did creative writing and a final group were tasked with singing, and the results found that the group who sang to one another were much closer.

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