{"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":"Alliance Party Controversies, Linfield Flags & The Stormont Mid-Year Report Card","slug":"alliance-party-controversies-linfield-flags-the-stormont-mid-year-report-card","published_at":"2026-07-16T13:59:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509/alliance-party-controversies-linfield-flags-the-stormont-mid-year-report-card","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stormont-sources-7219509","url":"https://shows.acast.com/stormont-sources/episodes/alliance-party-controversies-linfield-flags-the-stormont-mid","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67a0e00da78c5e076777bb77/e/6a58bb07e743c698003e6864/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode, David McCann, Tim Cairns, and Michael McKernan dive headfirst into a turbulent week for the Alliance Party. Was a retracted graphic featuring a tattered Linfield FC really a big deal? And why did Sorcha Eastwood's attendance at a 12th July bonfire cause such a social media stir? We ask where the Alliance Party is trying to get to as a political organisation. Plus, we are halfway through the political year! The team hands out report cards for Stormont’s ministers and party leaders. Who is quietly getting a grip on their department, who is facing overwhelming adversity, and why does the Executive still not have an agreed budget? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this episode, David McCann, Tim Cairns, and Michael McKernan dive headfirst into a turbulent week for the Alliance Party. Was a retracted graphic featu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2761,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stormont-sources-7219509/episodes/alliance-party-controversies-linfield-flags-the-stormont-mid-year-report-card/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/alliance-party-controversies-linfield-flags-the-stormont-mid-year-report-card.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}