Listen on your podcast app // David McCann, Tim Cairns and Michael McKernan take you inside Northern Irish politics // Email: [email protected]
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How much have we really learned from the Troubles?
On this week's episode, the team reflect on recent protests, political disagreements and how much things have changed compared to 20 years ago arguing that, despite tensions, the fact that disagreements have remained largely peaceful is a significant improvement on the past.
Have we made more progress than we sometimes give ourselves credit for?
#NorthernIreland #Politics #TheTroubles
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🆕 EPISODE of Stormont Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube.
"Sinn Féin’s Big Election Gamble & DUP Divisions Explained"
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=2rvGSFnp…
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There’s two weeks to go until the U.S. midterm elections!
Don’t miss our D.C. Sources roundtable as @EliStokols, @Maura_Gillespie and @meghan_hays9 are joined by:
@katyballs, Washington Editor of The Times and The Sunday Times.
@zachdespart, Investigative reporter at ProPublica and the Texas Tribune.
And, @ec_schneider, National Political Reporter at The Washington Sun.
Listen and watch from tomorrow as they discuss the state of play, what to look out for on election night and what it could mean for both major parties heading into 2028!
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Is Gavin Robinson caught between competing views within unionism?
Tim Kearns argues that unionism is far from united on how to respond, with pressure coming from different sides of the DUP. David McCann asks whether Gavin is also weighing the long-term implications for the Union and whether bringing down the Executive could strengthen the case for constitutional change.
#DUP #Unionism #NorthernIrelandPolitics
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Stormont Sources retweeted
“Usually when this phenomenon occurs… it’s usually gifted to Sinn Féin by unreasonable unionism.”
On this week's podcast the team discuss whether recent events could give Sinn Féin a boost in the polls ahead of the next election and whether unionism is helping to unify nationalist support behind the party.
Could Sinn Féin be heading for a polling surge?
#SinnFein #NorthernIrelandPolitics #DUP
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
Stormont Sources retweeted
🆕 EPISODE of Stormont Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube.
"DUP in Crisis? Carla Lockhart, Gavin Robinson and the Drumcree Dispute"
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=9au5Y_Tl…
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@dmcbfs | @timcairns
Stormont Sources retweeted
“Carla Lockhart is not someone you should ever underestimate.”
On this week's episode the panel discuss Carla Lockhart and how the DUP MP has been underutilised by her party, arguing she has far more political talent than she’s been given the opportunity to show.
#NorthernIrelandPolitics #DUP #CarlaLockhart
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
Stormont Sources retweeted
🆕 EPISODE of Stormont Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube.
"Drumcree Protests, Alliance Walkout & The A5 Road Victory"
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=Al76BEdu…
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🚨We're coming at you with even MORE from the Stormont Sources team...
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Stormont Sources retweeted
“Both sides are inflicting a little bit of self-harm the longer this goes on.”
Is the ongoing political debate over a New Ireland damaging both nationalism and unionism?
Tim argues that unionists can now point to recent events as evidence against a New Ireland, while David questions whether Jon Burrows’ principled stance will help or hurt him politically.
#NorthernIreland #NewIreland #Unionism #SinnFein #StormontSources
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
Stormont Sources retweeted
Who can find a way out of the Stormont deadlock?
With political leaders backed into a corner, the panel discusses whether someone can emerge to provide the leadership needed to break the current impasse.
“There’s gotta be somebody internally... that can come forward and bring some leadership.”
“Everybody’s backed themselves into a corner, and there’s no way out of that corner right now."
So who can actually find a way forward?
#StormontSources #NorthernIreland #Stormont
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Stormont Sources retweeted
What can the DUP and Sinn Féin actually do next?
As the Stormont crisis continues, the panel examines the options facing both parties and whether withdrawing from office would really stop the Assembly from functioning.
“It’s not like it was three or four years ago.”
“It’s a completely different world.”
#StormontSources #NorthernIreland #StormontExecutive
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
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Is Northern Ireland’s political crisis becoming a bigger problem for Stormont?
This week on Stormont Sources, the team discuss the latest tensions surrounding Drumcree, the future of devolution and the growing divide between political rhetoric and public opinion.
From the Orange Order and the Parades Commission to the DUP, Sinn Féin and the future of the Executive the panel looks at where things stand and what could happen next.
#StormontSources #NorthernIreland #Stormont
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
Stormont Sources retweeted
“Northern Ireland has moved on a lot.”
On this week's episode, the team reflect on the response to the latest Drumcree tensions and argue that the lack of serious disorder is a sign of how much Northern Ireland has changed.
“This is a different Orange Order. This is a different Garvaghy Road response. This is different loyalist housing estates. This is different Republican housing.”
#StormontSources #NorthernIreland #Drumcree
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“Every single thing I’ve heard has been pretty much wrong.”
Tim gives his take on the Drumcree impasse, questioning the decisions made by the Orange Order, the Secretary of State and the Parades Commission.
“I just don’t think there’s any other way of looking at this other than every single person who says anything on this is wrong.”
#StormontSources #NorthernIreland #ParadesCommission
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
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New @StormontSources up and available, no surprise on this weeks topic of conversation
Drumcree Crisis: Will Stormont Collapse? youtu.be/It0ic7JqhCY?is=Owq8… via @YouTube
Stormont Sources retweeted
What needs to happen now
1. OO need to head home and take the high ground
2. Gavin Robinson needs to pull the DUP out of the Executive
3. No return until the rule of law is respected
I was not in favour of any of this, but if the rule of law (whatever your view on the decision) cannot be respected by politicians then we have nothing to share
Stormont Sources retweeted
“This is a community that is also anxious…”
On this week’s episode we discuss how the High Court’s decision to quash restrictions on the Drumcree parade has opened up a major political debate.
Michelle O’Neill says the ruling has been followed by “triumphalism” from unionist leaders, while DUP MP Carla Lockhart has questioned the future of the Parades Commission.
“I am actually dumbfounded that they haven’t already voluntarily resigned.”
#StormontSources #Drumcree #NorthernIreland #Portadown #NIPolitics
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
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Does the Parades Commission need a rethink?
Claire Sugden questions whether a system created almost 30 years ago still reflects Northern Ireland today.
“The Parades Commission was set up 30 years ago… in a very different context in Northern Ireland.”
She says the current situation highlights the need to look again at how parades are adjudicated — while warning against a return to the tensions of the 1990s.
#StormontSources #NorthernIreland #ParadesCommission
@dmcbfs | @timcairns
Stormont Sources retweeted
Should the head of the Parades Commission resign?
@ClaireSugden says yes, arguing that those responsible should “take that responsibility and move on” following questions over the organisation’s decision-making process.
“It undermines the integrity of that, to undermine the confidence of that.”
#StormontSources #NorthernIreland #Stormont
@dmcbfs | @timcairns