What the papers say: Monday's front pages

Eva Osborne

The decision of Fianna Fáil's presidential election candidate Jim Gavin to pull out of the race to Áras an Uachtaráin dominates the front pages of Irish newspapers on Monday.

The Irish Times leads with Gavin's decision to withdraw being announced after questions were raised about his time as a landlord in the late 2000s.

Gavin's departure from the presidential election also features on the front page of the Irish Examiner.

The paper's front page also reports on Budget 2026, with its sources indicating there is still a "long way to go" in several spending departments.

Almost 200 complaints were made to the Garda Ombudsman about gardaí in Cork last year, The Echo reports.

A new report has shown that, in Cork City, there were 96 complaints made in relation to 86 gardaí.

On Jim Gavin's departure from the presidential election, the Irish Daily Mail reports that his name will still remain on ballot papers.

The Herald reports on Gavin, as well as Manchester City coming out victorious over Brentford in the Premier League.

The game broke a record, as it was Pep Guardiola's 250th as a manager in the Premier League. It has taken Guardiola just 349 matches to reach the milestone, while the next best – Alex Ferguson at Manchester United and Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal – both took more than 400.

The Irish Daily Star reports that Jim Gavin's decision to pull out of the presidential election has plunged Taoiseach Micheál Martin's leadership into crisis.

A woman is being questioned in relation to the discovery of a man's body in Co Tipperary late on Saturday night, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

The Irish Independent reports on Jim Gavin's dramatic exit from the presidential election coming about as a result of him making a mistake that was "not in keeping with my character".