What the papers say: Monday's front pages

A range of stories are featured across the front pages on Monday morning.

The Irish Times reports that taxpayers are subsidising 50 private secondary schools by more than €140 million a year.

More than 1,000 prisoners are being crammed into cells on bunk beds or mattresses on the floor and many are forced to use toilets in front of each other, the Irish Examiner reports.

The Irish Independent reveals that house prices in western counties are rising at twice the rate of elsewhere.

A new poll in the Irish Daily Mail shows that former Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall is the favourite to become the next president.

The Irish Daily Star tracked down Kyran Durnin's mother in England but she made no comment.

The Belfast Telegraph leads with an image of a plane that crash landed at Belfast City Airport on Sunday evening.

The UK economy is among the topics covered by the British papers.

The Times reports a Labour cabinet minister has called the state of Britain’s economy “disappointing”, as the Daily Mail and Daily Express lead with business chiefs warning the UK is heading towards a recession.

Meanwhile, The Telegraph says Britain’s new ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, is willing to work with Nigel Farage in an effort to win over the Trump administration.

More than £100 million was spent last year on failed efforts to block support for children and young people with special education needs, according to The Guardian.

The Daily Mirror reports a three-year-old British boy is hoping for a life-saving double organ transplant for Christmas.

The Sun leads with heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury assuring fans it is “not over” following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia.

And the Daily Star says a new poll has revealed cleanliness will take a back seat for millions of Britons over the festive period.