{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan","slug":"inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","podcast_index_feed_id":1630151,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9","website_url":"http://www.irishtimes.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1780648676812-ebeaa9d4-76af-4b9d-9ca1-e7dd33837c9c.jpeg","author":"Declan Conlon","episode_count":1034,"summary":"The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T04:18:02.622577+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151"},"episode":{"title":"Pressure builds on Labour as austerity bites: Collapse, part two","slug":"pressure-builds-on-labour-as-austerity-bites-collapse-part-two","published_at":"2026-04-06T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/pressure-builds-on-labour-as-austerity-bites-collapse-part-two","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151","url":"https://shows.acast.com/inside-politics-2/episodes/pressure-builds-on-labour-as-it-delivers-austerity-collapse","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/69d2c4b1d2e95f5131e49331/media.mp3","summary":"Inside Politics is coming to Galway in May for a live recording. Get your tickets here . In part two of this three-part series on Labour's harrowing experience in government from 2011 to 2016, Pat Leahy and Hugh Linehan follow the story of the first three years of that austerity-delivering coalition. As punishing budget after punishing budget was delivered, Labour struggled to retain its political identity and principles while working with Fine Gael to present a united front to a world that saw Ireland as an economic basket case. Successes - exiting the EU-IMF bailout programme, securing legislation on abortion - are completely overshadowed by the harshness of austerity. For Labour and its party leader Eamon Gilmore, the political damage mounts. Listen to part one here . Would you like to receive daily insights into world events delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Denis Staunton's Global Briefing newsletter here: irishtimes.com/newsletters/global-briefing/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Inside Politics is coming to Galway in May for a live recording. Get your tickets here . In part two of this three-part series on Labour's harrowing exper…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2580,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/episodes/pressure-builds-on-labour-as-austerity-bites-collapse-part-two/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan-1630151/pressure-builds-on-labour-as-austerity-bites-collapse-part-two.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}