{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/69ceb6e93a785fb94b921e3f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Valerie’s law, mortgages, oil shocks, and French wine going to waste","description":"<p>Plans to strip parental rights from killers are to be pressed ahead with by the Department of Justice despite the State’s child and family agency raising concerns that the legislation was unconstitutional.</p><p><br></p><p>The 1970s oil price shocks toppled governments, led to recessions and precipitated dramatic shifts in monetary policy (interest rates were hiked to more than 16 per cent in the United States). We’re not at that stage... yet, <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/were-not-experiencing-a-1970s-style-oil-price-shock-just-yet-but-things-are-getting-worse/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">writes Eoin Burke Kennedy.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Switching could save you over €10,000 if your mortgage fixed rate is coming to an end.</p><p><br></p><p>Tens of millions of euros worth of&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/france/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">French&nbsp;</a>red&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/wine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wine&nbsp;</a>and rosé that vineyards cannot sell is to be <a href=\"https://irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/france-faces-wine-hangover-as-falling-sales-force-emergency-measures/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">distilled into ethanol</a> and industrial alcohol, to avoid a collapse in prices for French winegrowers.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Aideen Finnegan.</em></p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}