{"podcast":{"title":"Stormont Sources","slug":"stormont-sources-7219509","podcast_index_feed_id":7219509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77","website_url":"https://stormontsources.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77/1770832650513-b2585af7-4b85-4d15-929d-fd3d5f5db9f2.jpeg","author":"Shortbread Media","episode_count":83,"summary":"Welcome inside politics in Northern Ireland. Listen to the podcast which brings you analysis, insight and experience from Stormont. Join journalist, David McCann, plus Tim Cairns, a former Special Advisor to Peter Robinson and Head of Policy for the DUP and Micheal McKernan, a former Special Advisor in the SDLP worked in the Executive from 2007-2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T04:21:38.973444+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509"},"episode":{"title":"\"A Culture of Fear\" - the DUP’s Future After Jeffrey Donaldson Conviction","slug":"a-culture-of-fear-the-dup-s-future-after-jeffrey-donaldson-conviction","published_at":"2026-07-02T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509/a-culture-of-fear-the-dup-s-future-after-jeffrey-donaldson-conviction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509","url":"https://www.stormontsources.com/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77/e/6a4649fa3dd2dcc100e68d26/media.mp3","summary":"The fallout from Jeffrey Donaldson’s conviction continues to rock the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). In this week’s episode of Stormont Sources, David McCann, Tim Cairns and Michael McKernan, are joined by former DUP Special Advisor David Graham, to dissect the internal crisis. Is this the end of the road for the leading party of unionism, or can Gavin Robinson steady the ship amidst allegations of a \"culture of fear\" and major media management failures? In the second half of the episode, we pivot to a massive economic warning for Northern Ireland. Andrew Webb from OCO Global joins the podcast to break down a stark new report from the Wastewater Infrastructure Group. Without urgent action and a potential wastewater levy, inaction on NI's Victorian-era sewage network could cost the economy a staggering £10.9 billion by 2040 and stall the construction of 55,000 homes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The fallout from Jeffrey Donaldson’s conviction continues to rock the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). In this week’s episode of Stormont Sources, David M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3360,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stormont-sources-7219509/episodes/a-culture-of-fear-the-dup-s-future-after-jeffrey-donaldson-conviction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509/a-culture-of-fear-the-dup-s-future-after-jeffrey-donaldson-conviction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}