{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/641dc1549d29c50011832b0a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Independents’ policy setting power, unhappy Greens and a perilous position for the government","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1663848537126-2dc1acf60b50c54b6ca5092e25cbfd6d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Despite the government's comfortable defeat of a motion of no confidence this week, the fallout continues as it reacts to the forthcoming lifting of the eviction ban. \"They've made a hames of it,\" according to Pat Leahy. Jack Horgan Jones analyses how Green support is slipping among young voters and the number of WhatsApp leaks is indicative of a very unhappy party. Plus, the attitude to the Windsor Framework in Brussels and is Leo Varadkar in the make-or-break phase of his political career?</p><p><br></p><p>Hugh's article of the week is <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/03/23/holly-cairns-says-our-generation-is-worse-off-than-parents-but-what-about-the-huge-benefits-from-modernity/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Finn McRedmond's opinion piece</a> on whether this generation is worse off than its parents.</p><p>Pat particularly enjoyed <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/03/21/it-took-a-working-class-lad-from-wigan-to-make-me-like-rugby/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fintan O'Toole' grudging admission</a> that he's finally fallen in love with rugby.</p><p>Jack Horgan Jones recommends <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2023/03/22/steve-baker-the-unlikeliest-doyen-of-british-irish-relations/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Paul's London Letter</a>, after attending the annual Press and Political Reception at the Irish embassy in Belgravia.</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}