{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/6a9f20532a7730b896552fa8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rise in child poverty; Ireland’s most prosperous town; and the Irish unity debate","description":"<p>There has been a sharp rise in children living in households below the poverty line, according to new figures for 2024 from the Economic and Social Research Institute.</p><p><br></p><p>Carrigaline, County Cork, has the lowest rate of commercial rental vacancies in Ireland showing a busy local economy and strong competition for consumers.</p><p><br></p><p>Ireland’s most senior civil servant has criticised Government departments for delaying work on bring EU rules into Irish law, opening the government to legal action in Brussels.</p><p><br></p><p>Fine Gael’s Neale Richmond has told The Irish Times that older generations need to tell young people about the Troubles in Northern Ireland in order for a “practical conversation” on Irish unity to take place.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Andrew McNair. </p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}