Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Pat Leahy to talk about the big political stories of the week:

News that RTÉ licence fee receipts have continued to plummet will be of concern when the Cabinet meets this week

A spike in road deaths is another issue for the coalition to grapple with

Political party think-in season is about to commence, but the annual events are not what they used to be, lament our correspondents.

Plus: Northern Editor Freya McClements on the waning prospects of a restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the attrition a lack of leadership is causing to day-to-day lives of citizens. What is in the mind of DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, in whose hands powersharing lies?

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