{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/6ac3553f0d8a484144beda0d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Booming cannabis trade; Drumcree court hearing; and delays to the National Children’s Hospital","description":"<p>Irish drug gangs are now making as much money from cannabis as they are from cocaine, according to new Gardaí figures.</p><p><br></p><p>Housing, energy costs and childcare are among the main concerns people have been voicing ahead of Budget 2027.</p><p><br></p><p>Ireland’s borrowing costs are a fraction of bigger economies like France, the UK and the United States.</p><p><br></p><p>Garvaghy Road residents are in court today as the dispute over an Orange Order parade at Drumcree.</p><p><br></p><p>The latest delays to Ireland’s national children’s hospital are carrying a growing cost for patients waiting to use the new facility, new correspondence reveals.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Andrew McNair.</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}