{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/68baaeeb2d913bd3308e2338?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"We are Finally in the Throes of the Race for the Áras. Buckle Up!! - 05/09/2025","description":"<p>Nominations for president officially open today and columnist at The Journal, Larry Donelly has a piece today in The Journal titled: “ We are finally in the throes of the race for the Áras. Buckle up!!”&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In his piece, Larry wrote:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>“At long last, after months of speculation, it seems that we have a decent, if not fully complete, idea of who will comprise the field to succeed Michael D Higgins as Uachtarán na hÉireann.</p><p><br></p><p>Reading between the lines of the analysis over the summer elicited from the journalists who ply their trade in and around Leinster House gave rise to a feeling as to what they really wanted to say when asked to ruminate on countless scenarios of varying plausibility: “Would they ever just get on with it?!”</p><p><br></p><p>Larry joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this, </p><p><br></p><p>We will also heard about US President Donald Trump's decision to rename the Department of Defence to the “Department of War”.</p>","author_name":"lmfm "}