{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/69d90017fdeddc4b125ebad6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How the Government bungled its response to fuel protests","description":"<p>Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>It was becoming clear towards the end of last week that protests over the price of fuel were coming. But the scale of what has unfolded seems to have caught the Government by surprise. Then there were missteps in the handling of the situation throughout the week. Now the battle lines have been drawn and positions have been given time and space to harden. Has the State’s authority been undermined? </li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Jack and Ellen take us inside <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/live-fuel-protests-ireland-m50-dublin-luas/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a week of crisis for the country and the coalition</a>.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Some opposition politicians showed enthusiastic support for the protests in their early stages, but the mood has become much more cautious as the scale of the impact on daily life has become clear.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Donald Trump has claimed the two-week Iran war ceasefire as a victory for the US. In reality, <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/08/trumps-acceptance-of-irans-terms-for-talks-is-astonishing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the outcome is anything but</a>.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Plus the panel pick their favourite Irish Times articles of the week, including <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/08/court-reports-can-make-for-distressing-reading-there-are-good-reasons-for-that/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the nuances of court reporting</a>, <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/04/le-backlash-emily-in-paris-effect-divides-french-capital/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Paris’s anti-Emily in Paris movement</a> and the childlike wonder inspired by <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/08/photos-from-the-far-side-of-the-moon-there-is-something-in-every-image-that-surprises-me/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Artemis mission to the Moon</a>.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}