People in Kilkenny are most likely to expect a salary increase (69 per cent), followed by those in Sligo (68 per cent) as well as Dublin and Limerick (65 per cent).

Here are the stories making headlines on Monday.

Simon Harris said the EU ‘has a role to play in charting a way forward’.

In June 1985, 329 people were killed when an Air India flight was brought down in a terrorist attack.

The latest annual report of the country’s six sexual assault treatment units (SATUs) shows the proportion of cases where someone has been sexually assaulted by two or more individuals increased to 10 per cent in 2024 from nine per cent in 2023 and seven per cent in 2022.

He is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Participants from both sides shouted and gestured towards each other.

The Tánaiste said he spoke to a ‘really angry’ Iranian foreign minister on Sunday.

‘I think it was an abhorrent attack on people who were at worship,’ the Justice Minister said.

The three Co. Louth principals, from rural schools within a 10 kilometre radius of one another, said the cost of school insurance alone takes up almost a third of funding provided by the government to cover running costs.

The youngster completed his Junior Certificate exams just 11 days ago.

Gardaí were alerted to a motorcyclist found unresponsive on Sunday morning on the R515 at Coolnagour between Milford and Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick.

The violence took place at Hyde Avenue, on the south side of the city

Number 15 Park Place is now a protected structure recognised by Dublin City Council.

Misinformation around a recent shooting incident at a Carlow shopping centre was "weaponised" by anti-immigrant activists

Simon Harris said a negotiated solution is needed on Tehran’s nuclear capabilities.

A wide variety of stories feature across Sunday's newspaper front pages

The 15-year-old from the Blackrock area of Dundalk, had travelled to the River Nanny to enjoy the good weather with friends, when he got into difficulty.

Police said two men have been arrested on suspicion of a number of charges including attempted murder.

A young male was taken to hospital for treatment of his injuries.