{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6597faf104cfa60016137212/666c646efc8fc300126f2971?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"11| Election 2024 Review Special – Winners and Losers","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6597faf104cfa60016137212/1718379606422-b13ec0960186e2e5a0496394dc87fc92.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hugh O’Connell is Political Editor for The Sunday Times in Ireland. Having spent more than a decade reporting and writing on politics in Ireland, we discuss with Hugh the fallout from the 2024 local and European elections. With a mixed bag of results, did the government win? Did the opposition lose? Or a bit of both? What made things go completely wrong for Sinn Fein, is Mary Lou a busted flush? With an increase in online “TikTok” campaigning and celebrity candidates, will politics change for better or worse? The far-right made gains, should we be worried? And are we only weeks away from a general election?&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Dale McDermott & David W. Higgins"}