The government really understands this is its last chance to get housing right, writes political correspondent Ellen Coyne, who has been analysing the latest strategy to solve the housing crisis.

“I’m nearly 70 and he would still slip me a fiver,” John Mackey’s niece Pat Schan tells Mark Paul. The family of the murdered Irish man in London has been speaking fondly of their uncle, following the conviction of his killer yesterday.

Sinn Féin says it won’t tolerate far right elements in the party, after confirming it expelled a member who’s house was raided, and partner arrested, in a cross border investigation into the alleged plot to destroy Galway Mosque.

Denis Staunton’s letter from Beijing outlines the peculiar reason his friends cancelled long-standing plans to have him over for dinner. Bad feng shui.

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A teacher at Scoil Aoife near Citywest in Dublin tells Kitty Holland that pupils living in the International Protection centre are being harassed and intimidated.

Conor McGregor’s attempt to overturn a civil jury’s finding that he was responsible for the rape of Dublin woman Nikita Hand, is to be examined by a panel of Supreme Court judges today. Mary Carolan explains the process.

Donald Trump’s threat to sue the BBC should act as a warning bell for RTÉ and all public service institutions, writes Laura Slattery.

Consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope has been speaking to butchers and retailers about the threat posed by bird flu this Christmas. There’s good news and bad news.

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Early Edition is a new podcast from The Irish Times, bringing you four of our top stories in under ten minutes each morning from Monday to Friday.

On today’s episode:

There’s a plot twist in the row between DAA, which runs Dublin and Cork airports, and its CEO Kenny Jacobs over a €1m exit deal. Current affairs editor, Arthur Beesley breaks it down.

There’s been a sharp increase in the number of Irish men seeking treatment for porn addiction. A leading psychiatrist speaks to health correspondent Shauna Bowers.

From today, physical boarding passes are a thing of the past on Ryanair flights. Conor Pope says you must use your smartphone to avoid a €55 charge.

And London correspondent Mark Paul contemplates accents, as his Dublin-born children begin to speak like their English friends.

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Today on Early Edition:

President-elect Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated this afternoon. Follow our live blog on irishtimes.com.

Caroline O'Doherty has the latest from the Cop 30 climate summit in Brazil.

A well-known burger restaurant is going to court to argue that it is not 'fast food'.

And meet the patients fighting for small but meaningful improvements to our health care system.

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