{"podcast":{"title":"Irish Times Inside Politics","slug":"irish-times-inside-politics-170288","podcast_index_feed_id":170288,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/irish-times-politics","website_url":"http://www.irishtimes.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/1784627000904-f83ef9b4-de0a-40ee-8563-37b26a0853db.jpeg","author":"The Irish Times (news@irishtimes.com)","episode_count":1050,"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":"2026-07-25T02:17:08.301765+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-times-inside-politics-170288"},"episode":{"title":"How will Ireland navigate the EU presidency?","slug":"how-will-ireland-navigate-the-eu-presidency","published_at":"2026-06-24T12:47:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-times-inside-politics-170288/how-will-ireland-navigate-the-eu-presidency","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-times-inside-politics-170288","url":"https://shows.acast.com/inside-politics-2/episodes/eu-presidency","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/e/6a3bcaf797b52d9936318381/media.mp3","summary":"Next week Ireland takes over the presidency of the EU Council. But what does that mean? What exactly is the EU Council anyway? How does this council and this presidency fit in among the numerous other European councils and presidents? And how is Ireland going to approach the challenges and opportunities the six-month position brings? To find out Pat Leahy talks to Jack Horgan-Jones and Jack Power. 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":"Next week Ireland takes over the presidency of the EU Council. But what does that mean? What exactly is the EU Council anyway? How does this council and t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2936,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/irish-times-inside-politics-170288/episodes/how-will-ireland-navigate-the-eu-presidency/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-times-inside-politics-170288/how-will-ireland-navigate-the-eu-presidency.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}