DUBLIN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Ireland's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy: THE IRISH TIMES - The government is to seek EU financial assistance for a compensation package for the pig industry, which yesterday laid off more than 1,000 workers because of the dioxin scare. - The government is likely to be set a target by EU leaders later this week to ratify the Lisbon Treaty before the end of 2009 so that it can come into force at the start of January 2010. IRISH INDEPENDENT - Police were questioning five teenagers, including a girl, about the fatal shooting of a man near his inner city Dublin home. - The investigation into the murder of 28-year old Limerick man Shane Geoghegan will be "long and protracted" the head of the city's police warned. IRISH EXAMINER - The Carlow factory at the centre of the country's pork scare was not inspected or tested for an unlicensed oil, which has emerged as the source of contamination of pork products. - House repossessions will skyrocket in the new year if measures are not taken to alleviate the plight of endangered homeowners, main opposition party Fine Gael warned. Looking for more information from local sources? Reuters Business Briefing has five Irish sources including Irish Times. For details of the product please call your local help desk <PHONE/HELP>.
