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What the papers say: Monday's front pages

The Olympics closing ceremony features heavily on the front of Monday’s newspapers.
What the papers say: Monday's front pages

The Olympics closing ceremony and the build up to Team Ireland's homecoming features heavily on the front of Monday’s newspapers.

The Irish Times reports that funding for Irish athletes and facilities in advance of the next Olympic Games will top €500 million following the great success of Team Ireland in Paris.

Plans have been unveiled for a near €100 million 24-storey apartment scheme on an iconic Cork city docklands site, according to the Irish Examiner.

A survey by the Irish Independent has uncovered the scale of threats of violence against politicians.

The Irish Daily Mail claims that a Limerick diocese is willing to take the remains of disgrace bishop Eamon Casey for burial.

The Irish Daily Mirror previews the homecoming celebrations for Ireland's Olympic athletes.

A United Nations patrol vehicle with six Irish soldiers on board was caught up in an air attack in a village in south Lebanon on Saturday, according to the Irish Daily Star.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that golfer Graeme McDowell has blamed a nasal spray for a failed drug test.

The funeral of one of the young victims of the Southport stabbing attack features heavily on the British front pages, which report on hundreds of mourners lining the streets.

The Metro and Daily Mirror both lead with tributes from the heartbroken family of Alice da Silva Aguiar, who was killed at a Taylor Swift dance party which ended in tragedy.

The Daily Mail focuses on calls from Alice’s family to end the violent riots that followed in the days after her death.

Meanwhile, the i reports the British government is “quietly confident” the widespread violence has largely ended.

British home secretary Yvette Cooper says Britain has lost respect for the police, according to The Daily Telegraph. Ms Cooper pledged to restore the public’s faith in the law, promising the streets would be “flooded with officers this week”.

The Guardian says the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned Christians against taking part in riots, calling the use of religious imagery “an offence to our faith”.

The Independent splashes on an investigation that found doctors and nurses have allegedly been left free to work despite sexual assault accusations.

The Daily Express says junior doctors are planning to strike again.

The Times says councils in England and Wales will be given the power to “compulsorily and cheaply” buy up green belt land to help reach government building targets.

Across the Atlantic, the Financial Times reports a new poll found more Americans trust Kamala Harris to handle the economy than Donald Trump.

And the Daily Star warns a “fearsome 35C frazzler from France” is going to hit British shores.

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