{"podcast":{"title":"The Mick Clifford Podcast","slug":"the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179","podcast_index_feed_id":1186179,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61b74e13c77fb70012df9539","website_url":"http://www.irishexaminer.ie","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b74e13c77fb70012df9539/1781775632539-eb48ad55-cac4-44e9-bdb3-74a8260882bd.jpeg","author":"Irish Examiner","episode_count":375,"summary":"Podcast by Irish Examiner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:20:22.566831+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179"},"episode":{"title":"POLITICAL PITSTOP: Elaine Loughlin","slug":"political-pitstop-elaine-loughlin","published_at":"2026-05-28T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179/political-pitstop-elaine-loughlin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-mick-clifford-podcast/episodes/political-pitstop","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61b74e13c77fb70012df9539/e/6a1889f48fd07475b58d84c3/media.mp3","summary":"The recent by-elections in Dublin and Galway took the temperature in politics right now and delivered victories to the Social Democrats and Fine Gael. But what did the elections say about the political pecking order right now and will there by any implications for Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail, who both performed badly? Also where now for the Occupied Territories Bill. This week’s guest on the podcast is Irish Examiner political editor Elaine Loughlin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The recent by-elections in Dublin and Galway took the temperature in politics right now and delivered victories to the Social Democrats and Fine Gael. But…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2068,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179/episodes/political-pitstop-elaine-loughlin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179/political-pitstop-elaine-loughlin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}