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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #RENT CONTROLS: Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has said the government will look at taking on landlords who are trying to get around rules regulating rent increases.

2. #PRISON: The Inspector of Prisons has called on the Irish Prison Service to hold to account those who failed in their duties in the care of a prisoner who died in his cell at Portlaoise Prison two years ago.

3. #WICKLOW: Sinn Féin has expelled three councillors from the party following an unresolved row at Wicklow County Council.

4. SECOND TERM: President Michael D Higgins has said he “is not ruling out” running for a second term in office next year.

5. #TONIGHT: We spoke to Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates ahead of the first episode of the Tonight Show on TV3 later, which is replacing Tonight with Vincent Browne.