{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/63dd29a567c31f001180cb02?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Desperation as asylum seeker accommodation crises deepens","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1663848537126-2dc1acf60b50c54b6ca5092e25cbfd6d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Jack Horgan-Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan to talk about the week in politics:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>A <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2023/02/03/refugees-to-be-housed-in-big-buildings-with-camp-beds-and-sleeping-bags-under-ministers-plan/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">letter</a> from Minister Roderic O'Gorman to cabinet colleagues asking for help in securing “sports centres… conference facilities, arts centres, student leisure centres [and] any other large buildings that are deemed safe” in order to house refugees shows just how bad this crisis has become.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The Government is increasingly worried about the protests against the housing of refugees and asylum seekers around the country.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>A report this week that a deal between the UK and the EU over the Northern Ireland protocol was done <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/02/01/northern-ireland-protocol-talks-have-a-distance-to-go-despite-reports/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">turned out to be premature</a> - but a deal may be imminent.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The story about <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/02/03/legal-strategy-on-nursing-home-claims-continued-after-harris-mcentee-review/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a legal strategy to discourage claims</a> against the state by citizens overcharged for nursing home care shows again how the system favours the well-resourced when disputes arise</li></ul><p><br></p><p>With any subscription you'll get unlimited access to the very best in unique quality journalism from The Irish Times. <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe today</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}