What the papers say: Monday's front pages
Tomas Doherty
A wide range of stories feature across Monday's newspaper front pages, including a former GAA manager potentially entering the presidential race.
The Irish Times reports Simon Harris proposed more than doubling defence spending as the Department of An Taoiseach pressed for significant increases in funding for national security as a matter of urgency in recent months.
Meanwhile, the Irish Examiner says the Garda security service has warned that the threat to Ireland from hostile states seeking information “is ever present”.
The Irish Independent reveals that former Dublin GAA manager Jim Gavin is the latest name to be linked with becoming Fianna Fáil’s presidential election candidate.
Comments by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill have been seen as an early tilt at Simon Harris' leadership, according to the Irish Daily Mail.
The Irish Daily Mirror speaks to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein about Ghislaine Maxwell's latest comments to US investigators.
The Irish Daily Star says a community has been left devastated after the death of a boy in an accident at home.
A man in his 50s was arrested after drugs worth €3 million were found on a truck at Rosslare, according to The Herald.
The mother of a schoolgirl killed after being hit by a car while leaving her school bus speaks to the Belfast Telegraph about her campaign for changes to safety measures for school transport.
Cancer deaths in the North have risen by 11 per cent over the last decade, according to The Irish News.
The Echo reports that 183 social homes are currently left idle across Cork.
