Alison O'Connor

Good morning.

You're very welcome to the show.

And I have four blushing flowers of panelists here in front of me.

So before we meet them, let's have a look at the front pages.

The Sunday Times is leading with Fine Gael.

TDs are urging Simon Harris for budget largesse.

He's coming under pressure, according to Jennifer Bray, from his backbenchers to unveil further financial supports to tackle the cost of living.

The business post is gone large on AI.

Their front page is, this is different.

Stark grad jobs slump deepens coalition's AI fears.

The number of young workers in the Irish tech sector has plummeted since 2023, apparently as fears over the impact of AI on the country's economy grow within government.

And there are lots of pieces inside there about that.

The Mail on Sunday is leading with new get tough battle plan for bogus migrants.

We can no longer be a soft touch, says one anonymous cabinet minister.

No, look, what it is, is increasing the number of border security staff hitting airlines and ferry companies that fail to comply with obligations to carry out passport checks, increase spot checks on passengers arriving at the airports and withdraw accommodation from asylum seekers who fail to comply with the international protection

process.

The Sunday Independent has a poll and their headline is out of that nearly 80% back ending supports for Ukrainians according to that poll we'll come to that and the Mirror has the very sad funeral of Callum Hutchinson.

Callum Hutchinson is 16 and he died last weekend in a car crash and speaking at his funeral in County Tipperary his father Michael said fly high my boy I know you're in the hands of God now.

our panel this morning.

Niall Boylan is a talk show host and a former independent Ireland candidate in the European Parliament elections.