{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/684bedd47ffb4452ec83c005?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rent reform: is immediate pain worth uncertain gains?","description":"<p>Pat Leahy and Ellen Coyne join Hugh Linehan to look back at the week in politics:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Rent reform: the announcement of Minister for Housing James Browne’s plans to change the rules around rent pressure zones dominated the week. But why was the rollout so haphazard?</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Adjustments to residential property tax received less attention but the changes also carry political risk</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Israel’s attacks on Iran add further uncertainty to a fraught geopolitical moment</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Anti-immigrant riots in Northern Ireland: was the violence exacerbated by political interventions?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Plus the panel pick their favourite Irish Times articles of the week on topics including the dull ache brought on by remembering Ireland’s past attitudes to women, a critique of Irish media’s coverage of gender issues and how social media firms used the ‘like’ button to turbocharge their business models.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}