Concerns over children in care, road deaths and RTÉ are some of the stories covered in Monday's national papers.
The Irish Times reads: 'State failing children in care, says judge', while the Examiner reports on a man being charged with the murder of his wife in Cork.
That story also gives The Echo its lead, alongside a report on the death of Ciaran Keating, brother of Boyzone's Ronan Keating, in a crash in Mayo on Saturday.
The Irish Independent leads with an image of Paudie Clifford and Tadhg Morley celebrating following their win over Derry on Sunday to see their way into their All-Ireland Senior Football Final against Dublin.
The paper also reports on budget plans surrounding child benefit and parental leave.
Here's the front page of Monday's Irish Independent pic.twitter.com/CYDUfUeScX
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) July 17, 2023
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Meanwhile, the Irish Daily Mail claims the "vast majority" want pay caps introduced at RTÉ following the recent revelations.
Finally, both the Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star lead with fatalities on the roads over the weekend, including two people who were killed at the Sligo Stages Rally.
In Britain, there was little consensus on the top stories across the UK’s newspapers.
The Daily Express reports on the shocking amount of assaults that have been reported on police premises.
Monday's front page: Sex Predators Stalking Britain's Police Stations#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/VTuvTR3lg0 pic.twitter.com/HYGX9AGvgd
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 16, 2023
A heat storm is set to hit Southern Europe for the second extreme weather event in a week, according to The Guardian.
Guardian front page, Monday 17 July 2023: Alarm as new ‘heat storm’ threatens to engulf Europe pic.twitter.com/tIjSZNorNr
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 16, 2023
The Daily Mirror leads with the results of a new Alzheimer’s drug trial that could slow the rate of mental decline by 36 per cent.
Monday's front page: New drug 'beating' alzheimers https://t.co/vZ1x2xj9WQ pic.twitter.com/ULLQC5sTb2
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 16, 2023
The Daily Telegraph relays a message from British prime minister Rishi Sunak who warns students of universities offering “bad degrees” and made a vow to stop them.
The front page of today's Daily Telegraph:
'Students are being ripped off, PM warns'
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/4NeFSdj3Cy— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 16, 2023
The Financial Times looks into the feud between tech giants Sony and Microsoft, who have called a truce after an 18-month battle for Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft are looking likely to acquire.
Front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Monday 17 July https://t.co/HwnSKdxXZ8 pic.twitter.com/zqMquAAxOy
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 16, 2023
The rising interest rates in the UK are causing “negative budgets”, with household incomes no longer meeting basic costs, The Times reports.
Monday's Times: Rising rates push more households into the red #TomorrowsPapersToday #TheTimes #Times pic.twitter.com/Eq7UfOgcCn
— Tomorrows Papers Today (@TmorrowsPapers) July 16, 2023
The i leads with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer being labelled “conservative” as he ruled out making changes to the child benefits cap.
Monday's i: 'Conservative' Starmer faces backlash over refusal to scrap child benefits cap #TomorrowsPapersToday #iNewspaper pic.twitter.com/FEb3T8deyc
— Tomorrows Papers Today (@TmorrowsPapers) July 16, 2023
Metro issues a warning after storms created 54 pollution hotspots at beaches in England, just as the summer holiday season begins.
Monday's Metro: Staycation beach crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday #Metro pic.twitter.com/nIzj7aJEjx
— Tomorrows Papers Today (@TmorrowsPapers) July 16, 2023
An investigation by The Independent revealed the n-word was used in dozens of references in official Royal Collection Trust documents, and were only removed last week.
Monday's Independent: Now royal family are dragged into N-word race row #TomorrowsPapersToday #Independent #IndependentDigital pic.twitter.com/JcxkQyunqZ
— Tomorrows Papers Today (@TmorrowsPapers) July 16, 2023
And the Daily Star say “boffins” do not want us to hate seagulls as they “are not the enemy”.
Monday's Front Page 📰
Boffins now want us to...
HUG A GUL 🐦#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/IiTM4o23sO— Daily Star (@dailystar) July 16, 2023
