{"podcast":{"title":"Early Edition","slug":"early-edition-7571837","podcast_index_feed_id":7571837,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/early-edition","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/1785238053453-a84c5898-6c1d-4043-95d8-e0a28a19929b.jpeg","author":"The Irish Times","episode_count":193,"summary":"A morning news update from The Irish Times. Our top stories five days a week. Produced in association with MSD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T10:19:21.402731+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837"},"episode":{"title":"Germany’s AfD win regional elections; data centre energy use; the fall of rural Irish pubs","slug":"germany-s-afd-win-regional-elections-data-centre-energy-use-the-fall-of-rural-irish-pubs","published_at":"2026-09-07T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837/germany-s-afd-win-regional-elections-data-centre-energy-use-the-fall-of-rural-irish-pubs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837","url":"https://shows.acast.com/early-edition/episodes/germanys-afd-win-regional-elections-data-centre-energy-use-t","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/690b5df3317c91fd9a7765c9/e/6a9dff7a0c7270061517f059/media.mp3","summary":"Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has claimed the largest share of the vote in elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. New data centres could be offered lower gas connections if they agree to have their supply interrupted during periods of extreme demand. A special cost recovery team has been deployed to Naas General Hospital amid concerns it could go over budget by as much as 41 million euro this year. The Irish Times speaks to the rural pub landlords fighting for survival.  Presented by Andrew McNair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has claimed the largest share of the vote in elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. New data c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/early-edition-7571837/episodes/germany-s-afd-win-regional-elections-data-centre-energy-use-the-fall-of-rural-irish-pubs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/early-edition-7571837/germany-s-afd-win-regional-elections-data-centre-energy-use-the-fall-of-rural-irish-pubs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}