Four stories in 10 minutes: Sinn Féin member expelled and John Mackey remembered

Plus: Sinn Féin expels a party member following Garda raid, and a peculiar dinner cancellation in Beijing

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John Mackey, from Callan, Co Kilkenny, was killed in Manor House, London
John Mackey, from Callan, Co Kilkenny, was killed in Manor House, London

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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