What the papers say: Monday's front pages

Ellen O'Donoghue

EU preparations to hit back against US President Donald Trump's announcement of fresh tariffs on several European countries as part of the Greenland row feature heavily on Irish front pages on Monday.

The Irish Times,  Irish Daily Mail, Irish Independent, and Irish Daily Mirror all lead with Trump's ambitions to take over Greenland and hit allies with fresh tariffs.

The Irish Examiner lead with an expert saying Grok is "mild" compared to other AI sites, breast cancer survival rates being a "postcode lottery," and the Taoiseach saying Europe will retaliate if Trump applies new tariffs.

The Echo lead with 17,000 vehicles that underwent an NCT inspections in Cork last year being deemed dangerously defective, and prison safety fears.

The Herald lead with over 600 gardaí being injured in the line of duty last year.

The Irish Daily Star lead with the family of a man who died in a one-punch attack launching a petition to demand the killer's sentence be increased.

The Belfast Telegraph lead with Ulster University defending gifts senior staff members received from China-backed groups.