{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61b74e13c77fb70012df9539/61e69877616b5c0012e22ec7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Kieran McCarthy on his IRA past and Sinn Fein at present.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b74e13c77fb70012df9539/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Kieran McCarthy is a former IRA member and a former Sinn Fein councillor. He left the party after a falling-out in 2015. Unlike others who have left he is largely in agreement with the Sinn Fein political project and is not a critic of the party, although he has some issues about how his time there came to an end. He spoke to the podcast about his past in the IRA, his belief that the campaign of violence was justified and about who is in control of the party’s principle policy – bringing about a united Ireland.</p><p><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/tags/irish%20examiner\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Examiner</a></p><p><a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/tags/mick%20clifford%20podcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mick Clifford Podcast</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Irish Examiner"}