{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/670fcbb31aff5e41d7d5e96e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"EXTRA - Sinn Féin: Mary Lou McDonald attempts to quell crises  – did she succeed?      ","description":"<p>Mary Lou McDonald has been accused of orchestrating an “elaborate cover-up” after admitting didn’t divulge why former Sinn Féin senator Niall Ó Donnghaile resigned from the Seanad. The former Belfast Lord Mayor has now admitted he had resigned over inappropriate texts to a teen. What will all of this mean for the Republic’s looming election?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ciarán Dunbar joined by the Irish Independent’s political editor – Philip Ryan.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}