{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/67323f889e7b27e0acf3f872?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Election Daily: O'Learygate gets Fine Gael off to a bumpy start","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1731346332422-d544d225-152a-4508-b78c-3ff21f0f0e87.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn to discuss today’s events in the 2024 general election campaign:</p><p><br></p><p>Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s comments about teachers at a Fine Gael TD’s campaign launch event have got the party off to <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/11/11/general-election-2024-campaign-updates-ireland/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a bad start</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/11/09/fine-gael-promises-11-vat-rate-for-hospitality-industry-just-weeks-after-budget/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fine Gael’s proposal to change a VAT rate</a> in order to help the hospitality industry has some downsides, not least for the other industries who will actually come out of the change taxed more heavily. </p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/11/10/apple-tax-bonanza-to-fuel-fine-gael-housing-plans/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Another Fine Gael proposal</a>, to use some of the Apple tax bonaza to boost Help to Buy, a scheme aimed at first-time buyers, also has its critics. </p><p><br></p><p>And the confirmation that <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/11/10/anybody-can-run-mary-lou-mcdonald-unfazed-by-gerry-hutchs-election-bid/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gerry Hutch will be a candidate</a> means Dublin Central looks set to be 2024′s most colourful constituency. But does he have a chance? </p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}