{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6155db9059a3fa00137f30a9/64f86d8aa79f000011587719?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Licence fee revolt, speed solutions, think-ins","description":"<p>Harry McGee and Cormac McQuinn join Pat Leahy to talk about the big political stories of the week:</p><p><br></p><p>News that RTÉ licence fee receipts have continued to plummet will be of concern when the Cabinet meets this week</p><p><br></p><p>A spike in road deaths is another issue for the coalition to grapple with</p><p><br></p><p>Political party think-in season is about to commence, but the annual events are not what they used to be, lament our correspondents.</p><p><br></p><p>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? </p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}