Some potential mortgage relief for the squeezed middle, President Higgins on economics and King Charles's big day

<p>After the umpteenth ECB rates rise, we could potentially see the reintroduction of mortgage interest relief to take some of the pressure off homeowners - that was the first point of discussion on the Inside Politics podcast round-up this week.</p><br><p>The panel also gave their two cents on President Higgins’ recent speech at a reception for think tank Tasc, in which he condemned the “obsession” with achieving economic growth at the expense of ‘ecology and ethics’.</p><br><p>There was also a noted lack of enthusiasm at the prospect of sitting through live coverage of King Charles the III’s coronation. </p><br><p>And the team talk about some of the best Irish Times content of the week, including:</p><br><p>Fintan O’Toole’s brilliant piece on <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/05/02/fintan-otoole-honouring-this-fanatical-racist-by-naming-clubs-after-him-shames-our-gaa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the fanatical racism of John Mitchell</a> </p><p>Jack Horgan-Jones’s account of <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/05/05/trump-tweaks-both-his-golf-score-and-hotel-name-before-heading-home-to-deal-with-a-disgrace-of-a-case/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump’s Doonbeg visit</a></p><p>Pat Leahy writing about <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/05/02/tanaiste-to-signal-need-to-de-risk-links-with-china/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ireland’s approach to relations with China</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>