{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/69c3d997fe9984dbae8bb384?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Was Seán Lemass really Ireland's greatest taoiseach? ","description":"<p>Seán Lemass is remembered as the man who changed Ireland.</p><p><br></p><p>Several opinion polls have noted Lemass as the country's most admired taoiseach.</p><p><br></p><p>He never left any papers of autobiography, but rather twenty-two hours of private interviews.</p><p><br></p><p>Hugh speaks to Irish Times reporter Ronan McGreevy who has gathered these lost interviews and collated them into a memoir in Lemass's own words.</p><p><br></p><p>Produced by JJ Vernon and Andrew McNair.</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}