What the papers say

Journalist Grania McFadden takes a look at what is making the headlines in Monday's morning papers.

The News Letter reports that the father of a boy killed in the Omagh blast is to meet with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

Victor Barker will meet Mr Ahern as a new report confirms that Irish police had information which could have helped prevent the atrocity.

The Nally Report is expected to say that the garda failed to act on or pass on relevant information to the RUC before the bombing.

Mr Barker says he wants answers from the Taoiseach. "If a mistake was made, someone should come clean and admit it," he says.

Crime is a theme in the papers. The Irish News reports that latest murder statistics reveal there have been twice as many killings in Glasgow as in the whole of Northern Ireland this year.

Thirty people have been murdered in Northern Ireland this year - almost the same number as last year.

Death penalty call

The paper points out that in Strathclyde, some 60 people have been killed in 2003.

Both the Mail and the Express show their support for new Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, who has called for the return of the death penalty in some cases.

The Express says Mr Davis has placed himself "at the head of a Middle Britain uprising" while the Mail believes he's struck a chord with the public.

The Mirror, on the other hand, is appalled. The death penalty does nothing for law and order, it says.

Most papers consider Tuesday's visit to Britain by US President George Bush.

The Express says the Queen was furious at Mr Bush's demands for blast proof windows to be installed at Buckingham Palace.

The paper says the president also requested strengthened curtains and walls in his suite - proposals which - it says - were firmly rejected by the Queen.

Trade sanctions

Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that former minister Stephen Byers is to set out proposals which could help US Democrats win key seats in the next election, if the White House refuses to abandon its trade sanctions against the UK.

The paper says the former trade and industry secretary will call for sanctions to be imposed on key marginal states which the president will need to win if he is to be re-elected next year.

These include Florida's citrus production, chemicals from Tennessee and agricultural equipment from Iowa.

The Irish Independent reports that drivers in the Irish Republic face jail sentences for using mobile phones on the road.

It says motorists face three months in jail if they are caught for a third time using a hand-held phone.

Both Dublin papers tell of the Irish soccer squad's ordeal in a Dublin hotel, which was held up by three armed men.

The Irish Times says shots were fired into the ceiling as the gang stole the contents of a safe.

'Boomerang generation'

Finally, several papers report on a growing phenomenon - children who just cannot fly the nest.

It seems that millions of twenty and thirty-somethings are still living at home, because they can't afford to buy their own homes.

The Daily Telegraph says this boomerang generation - so called because it keeps coming back - does not pay rent, and still receives money from parents for homes, travel, cars and pension plans.

The paper calls them Kippers - Kids in Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings.