{"podcast":{"title":"The BelTel","slug":"the-beltel-5373912","podcast_index_feed_id":5373912,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324","website_url":"https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/show-cover.jpg","author":"Belfast Telegraph Podcasts","episode_count":825,"summary":"The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:18:36.697495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912"},"episode":{"title":"100 years of Fianna Fáil: The highs, the lows, the controversies","slug":"100-years-of-fianna-f-il-the-highs-the-lows-the-controversies","published_at":"2026-05-16T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/100-years-of-fianna-f-il-the-highs-the-lows-the-controversies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/100-years-of-fianna-fail-the-highs-the-lows-the-controversie","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/6a05ae59efd1f558b015b540/media.mp3","summary":"Fianna Fáil has turned the ripe old age of 100. But is the house that Éamon de Valera built in disarray? Irish Independent political correspondent John Downing reckons “they’re a very pale, poor shadow of what they were”. So, how did Dev shape the party in the first place? How did Seán Lemass modernise Ireland? Why did Charles Haughey command such loyalty? What made Bertie Ahern the “ultimate pragmatist”? And where does Micheál Martin stand among the leaders who have gone before him?  Host: Fionnán Sheahan  Guest: John Downing  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Fianna Fáil has turned the ripe old age of 100. But is the house that Éamon de Valera built in disarray? Irish Independent political correspondent John Do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1683,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/100-years-of-fianna-f-il-the-highs-the-lows-the-controversies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/100-years-of-fianna-f-il-the-highs-the-lows-the-controversies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}