There have been tense exchanges in parliaments on both sides of the Irish Sea.
There were big questions over student fees in the Dáil and tears in Westminster over welfare cuts.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald questioned Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers over third-level student fees and wanted clarity on how much parents would have to pay in September.
On Sunday, Minister for Further and Higher Education James Lawless said that "as things stand" students will have to pay an extra €1,000 in fees this year compared to last year as the cost of living support was no longer available.
David, Katie and Fran discuss if promises made during the election campaign were coming back to haunt the political parties.
Meanwhile in the UK, Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared visibly upset in the House of Commons as pressure came on Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the watered down cuts in their Welfare Bill.
Mr Starmer's press secretary later told reporters: "The chancellor is going nowhere, she has the prime minister's full backing." But how safe is her job?
The trio also remember the founder of the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin, Brother Kevin Crowley, who has died at the age of 90.
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