Fergus Finlay, Terry Prone and Ian O'Doherty appeared on The Sunday Show to look through the stories making headlines this morning.

The issue of wearing a poppy came up in the discussion, as there was once again plenty of coverage of James McClean's decision not to wear one on his football jersey. While the issue does seem to come up every year at this time, the panel spoke about the way that it has become a compulsory thing to wear one in Britain now. 

Ian O'Doherty commented that the message of the poppy is getting a bit lost in all the concern about whether or not people should wear them, saying "the idea of compelling someone to wear one or forbidding someone to wear one, both are equally fascist". 

"They're symbols of jingoism, chauvinism and a certain kind of fascism" added Finlay. 

The British papers also cover the downing of the Russian jet over Sharm El-Sheikh, and what the media reaction has been to that here in Ireland, where the story hasn't been getting as much coverage as it has elsewhere. O'Doherty highlighted that travelling to a destination where there is conflict in order to get a bargain is something that comes with a number of problems.

"You're going into an area where 100 miles away people are being killed and people are being slaughtered [...] and this is a risk that people are going to have to face". 

The panel also reflected on the election of Mary Robinson and her presidency, 25 years after she was elected to the office. For O'Doherty, it has been "a quarter of a century of guff and platitudes", but Finlay argued that her election to the office was more important than that:"a symbolic change lead to a profound change in a whole variety of attitudes".  

It was also revealed that one of the members of the panel is among the 100 most powerful people in Ireland...

You can listen to the full Sunday Paper review below and find out who that was.