🆕The Hill Street pedestrianisation will "take time to bed in" Night Czar Michael Stewart joins us to discuss the pressures facing music and hospitality venues. Plus, the DUP petition of concern... 🎧Streaming now on podcast apps and YouTube. @dmcbfs | @timcairns

Michael McKernan argues this week that the issue with the Budget is that it acts as a sticking plaster for long-term issues… @dmcbfs | @timcairns

“That is clearly a constitutional issue. That is clearly something that the petition of concern was designed to be used for”. After @sinnfeinireland tabled a motion for Northern Ireland to have observer status in the EU and @SDLPlive called for the establishment of European

“A £5 pint, you're making approximately 45 pence profit.” Belfast Night Czar, Michael Stewart, sets out the issues facing pubs in the city… @dmcbfs | @timcairns

“It’ll be positive and I think it's going to need a little bit of batting in.” This week we have Belfast Night Czar, Michael Stewart, on the pod, who begins by addressing the issues with the pedestrianisation of Hill Street… @dmcbfs | @timcairns

🆕 On @StormontSources today 🟥 The future of Belfast City Centre with the Night Czar Michael Stewart 🟥 We look at the DUP petition of concern 🟥 The latest monitoring round 🎧 Available later today

“It’s a long way off because no one who is calling for a border poll can actually argue that that condition is currently met in Northern Ireland.” Secretary of State @hilarybennmp sets out the criterion for a border poll and why it is not currently being met. @dmcbfs |

.@hilarybennmp says that any reform of Stormont must come from the parties first, before he gets in involved. Focus needs to be on governing. @allianceparty and @SDLPlive had called for reform following the COVID inquiry. @StormontSources

.@StormontSources making the front page

Video version of @StormontSources is available now. Latest episode has @hilarybennmp speaking with us about the budget, Stormont Reform and why he's not calling a border poll. https://t.co/oT0G6QBDeX

Pivotal's Ann Watt was on Stormont Sources podcast this week talking about the NI Executive's budget challenges (from 37:20) Thanks to @dmcbfs @timcairns for the invitation https://t.co/w9D2DvgoB7

@hilarybennmp @dmcbfs 🎧Listen to the full conversation at

“Now is that transparent enough for you?” “We're all going to the polls then on May the 6th, 2027. Thank you.” @hilarybennmp doesn’t shy away from our questions on this week’s pod, at a time when transparency of certain figures in the Cabinet is being questioned… @dmcbfs |

“It’s a long way off because no one who is calling for a border poll can actually argue that that condition is currently met in Northern Ireland.” Secretary of State @hilarybennmp sets out the criterion for a border poll and why it is not currently being met. @dmcbfs |

“Now is that transparent enough for you?” “We're all going to the polls then on May the 6th, 2027. Thank you.” @hilarybennmp doesn’t shy away from our questions on this week’s pod, at a time when transparency of certain figures in the Cabinet is being questioned… @dmcbfs |

🔴Dropping later today... Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn. @dmcbfs | @timcairns

🆕On this week's @StormontSources We chat to @hilarybennmp about the budget, Stormont Reform and a border poll. Then Ann Watt from @pivotalpolicy to talk about a multi year budget and where the @niexecutive goes from here 🎧Available later today

“Having year-on-year budgets is very destabilising.” @timcairns on changes he wants to see to the Budget… @dmcbfs

“Having year-on-year budgets is very destabilising.” @timcairns on changes he wants to see to the Budget… @dmcbfs

“Irish language is something that is seen I think by a majority of unionists… to be something that is weaponised against Unionism.” On this week’s episode, we take your questions! Here is Tim’s answer to the ‘weaponisation of the Irish language’…