{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/641338125bde790011089c5b/69e6160a289eeb2c7b0bfc4d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Premature Birth of a Nation with Sinead O'Sullivan","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/641338125bde790011089c5b/1776685742252-523f495d-e9b1-43c7-890b-670aa23a63c4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>When Sinead O'Sullivan created a graph which she believed illustrated the problems in Ireland, she hadn't realised what would happen next. She found herself in the middle of an argument about data with many including Leo Varadkar. It raged over what Ireland did and didn't do well. But did it highlight the real problem in Ireland today? A defensiveness from the establishment which could be seen in a broader context in relation to the protests.</p><p>Sinead O'Sullivan joins Dion and Joe on today's Free State to talk about what when wrong in Ireland, why the country is like this and how it can be changed.</p>","author_name":"Gold Hat Productions"}