Four stories in 10 minutes: Plot twist in DAA and Jacobs row; Ryanair changes boarding rules

The growing problem of porn addiction and a plot twist in a corporate rift

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Kenny Jacobs, Darragh O'Brien. Illustration: Paul Scott
Kenny Jacobs DAA CEO and Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Transport. Illustration: Paul Scott

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.

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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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