{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/6426f01e2f6e7a0012a9f626?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fireworks in the chamber, Defence Forces in crisis, battle of the Irish Times columnists","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1663848537126-2dc1acf60b50c54b6ca5092e25cbfd6d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Cormac McQuinn and Pat Leahy join Hugh to look back at the week in politics:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Bad-tempered Dáil debates on confidence motions this week</li><li>Defence Forces in crisis following the Women of Honour report</li><li>US president Joe Biden's Ireland visit schedule confirmed</li></ul><p><br></p><p>And the team talk about some of the best Irish Times content of the week, including:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Mark Paul on the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/03/27/humza-yousafs-most-pressing-challenge-is-to-hold-off-an-expected-labour-party-surge/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">outcome of the SNP leadership race</a> and the opportunity for the Labour Party in Scotland.</li><li>Are private cars <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/03/27/una-mullally-cars-have-to-go-people-can-fight-this-all-they-want-but-it-has-to-happen/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a bad thing</a> or <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/03/29/car-use-is-not-simply-the-prerogative-of-the-odious-and-hysterical-middle-class/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a good thing</a>? Both views appeared in the opinion pages of The Irish Times this week.</li><li>Forbes magazine's <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/03/31/forbes-magazine-in-talks-with-limerick-officials-to-organise-promotional-event/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing failure</a> to make amends with Limerick city</li></ul>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}