For a quick catchup on the political news of the week, Harry McGee and Pat Leahy join Hugh Linehan. Topics include:

• Sinn Féin holds a pre-budget press conference
• Census in Northern Ireland shows Catholics outnumber Protestants for the first time
• Government announced its plan for pensions
• Our panel's favourite reads from the week

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