What the papers say: Monday's front pages

Eva Osborne

Oasis performing two-sold out gigs at Dublin's Croke Park over the weekend is plastered across the front pages of Irish newspapers on Monday.

Many papers also feature pieces on Ukrainian leader Zelensky being bolstered by EU and Nato leaders ahead of his crunch White House meeting with Donald Trump.

The Irish Times reports that the United States can offer Ukraine Nato-style protection according to Special US envoy Steve Witkoff.

European leaders including Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory, according to the Irish Examiner.

A Cork TD has warned of a "worrying downward trend" in garda staffing across the city and county, as data shows that the entire county has lost more than 30 gardaí since the end of 2022, The Echo reports.

The Irish Independent leads with Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly defying the hopes of the party hierarchy for a single presidential candidate after refusing to clear the way for Heather Humphreys by ruling out an Áras run.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin joined European leaders on a call to give their support to Zelensky ahead of the White House talks today, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

The Irish Daily Star features scorelines from the beginning of the new Premier League season as well as Oasis at Croke Park.

The Irish Daily Mail also covers Ukrainian leader Zelensky being bolstered by EU and Nato leaders ahead of his crunch White House meeting with Donald Trump.

Gardaí have identified six main burglary gangs that drive from their bases in Dublin and Kildare to break into homes and businesses nationwide, The Herald reports.