What the papers say: Sunday's front pages

The Sunday papers make their tributes to Shane MacGowan, while the latest polls suggest a hit to Sinn Féin's popularity.

The Business Post's headline reads: 'Taoiseach scrambles to quell talk of Donohoe move to IMF', after Bloomberg News reported earlier this week that the Minister for Public Expenditure is considering a bid to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund.

Tomorrow's front page. Pick up a copy in stores or subscribe at https://t.co/u5ystSGUtr:

🗞️ Taoiseach scrambles to quell talk of Donohoe IMF move

🗞️ Fears of brain drain due to multinational downturn

🗞️ Marion McKeone remembers her friend Shane MacGowan pic.twitter.com/uaGuZWOwAe

— Business Post (@businessposthq) December 2, 2023

The Sunday Independent leads with the results of the latest Ireland Thinks poll. 'Sinn Féin's popularity on slide in first poll since riot,' the headline reports.

Sunday Independent P1
- SF support drops to lowest since Apr 2021 in first poll since Dublin riot
- Maeve Sheehan reveals tranche of Garda WhatsApp messages in hours of riot
- Hugh O'Connell on explosive Robert Watt email over health budget
- Shane MacGowan special
- Lots more pic.twitter.com/XTSALTpBp6

— Alan English (@AlanEnglish9) December 2, 2023

Alongside an image of The Pogus' frontman MacGowan, The Irish Mail on Sunday reads: 'First time TV licence payers drop by nearly 50%'.

And finally, the Irish Sunday Mirror leads with 'Shane's brave fight', accompanied by an image of MacGowan and his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.

In Britain, the front pages of the Sunday newspapers touch on a raft of topics, with multiple mastheads reporting on the British royal family’s racism row.

The Sunday Mirror runs with the latest royal scandal, with aides telling the paper it is “business as usual” at the palace as the family digs in to form a united front.

Sunday's Front Page 📰

Royals unite on race row 👑

Read more: https://t.co/OwD38qHxrk #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/tgcRI1LnAb

— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 2, 2023
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The Sunday Express focuses on Charles’ fractured relationship with Harry, as the lasting impact of the royal race row sets in.

Tomorrow’s front page. #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/ypbTTUtj2B

— David Wooding (@DavidWooding) December 2, 2023

The Mail on Sunday reports Harry and Meghan are not on the guest list for the wedding of Hugh Grosvenor and Olivia Henson, while Charles, Camilla, William and Kate have all been invited.

MAIL On Sunday: “Now Harry Is Excluded From Society Wedding Of The Year” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ZFL184S3bm

— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 2, 2023

The Observer says military officials confirmed the Israeli military would move into a phase of intense focus on intelligence to target Hamas leaders.

The OBSERVER: “Israel ‘using Hamas prisoners to track down terror chiefs’ “. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7lmksKFmAW

— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 2, 2023

The Sunday Times leads with the UK government’s migration deal and the efforts from Rwanda to get the deportation plan off the ground.

Sunday TIMES: “Rwanda’s extra £15m to seal migration deal” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/omB00nNF2R

— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 2, 2023

The Sunday Telegraph also touches on migration, with Sir Keir Starmer accusing the UK government of national betrayal through failed policy as the opposition leader attempts to woo votes from the centre-right to Labour.

The front page of tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph:

'Starmer piles praise on Thatcher to woo Right'#TomorrowsPapersToday

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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 2, 2023

The Independent reports thousands of nurseries have shut and more are facing closures, which flies in the face of UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s previous vow to expand free childcare and accessibility for British families.

Presenting #TomorrowsPapersToday from:#TheIndependent

Doomed to fail: Tory childcare promise in tatters

For more newspapers visit: https://t.co/zvOl5CpDm7 #buyanewspaper pic.twitter.com/jowZhyUDHt

— The Press Room #TomorrowsPapersToday (@channel_tsc) December 2, 2023

Sunday People leads with a piece on Tim Edwards, a Merseyside anti-gun crime activist and father of murder victim Elle Edwards, who says gun runners are grooming children as young as nine to help out in an underground war plaguing Britain.

Sunday PEOPLE: “Elle dad’s horror as gun gangs groom kids at 9” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/GuFGYZtFh6

— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 2, 2023

And the Daily Star Sunday warns Britons to prepare for the coldest winter in a decade, with the UK Met Office forecasting temperatures reaching minus 12 degrees.