{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/b2fb5f0b-0ce7-4e5c-b6e0-9b1febd06aea/6245d8b0107b390013557395?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Was it the right time to say goodbye to Nphet?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61409400444fd9068ff27e5f/1643037490667-975f74cae7c4f78c092e9dce4620e851.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After more than two years advising the Government on the coronavirus pandemic, the National Public Health Emergency Team for Covid-19 (Nphet) finally disbanded in February of this year.&nbsp;But as Ireland grapples another wave of the Omicron variant, was it the right time to go? Irish Times political reporter and co-author of Pandemonium, an upcoming book on the Irish pandemic Jack Horgan Jones speaks to Conor Pope about the legacy of Nphet and what will eventually replace it.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne Brennan.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}