David McCann
@dmcbfs
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Lecture, Write & Commentate about Politics & Elections. Columnist with @irish_news Host @StormontSources All musings are my own.
Belfast, Ireland
Joined May 2009
“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
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“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
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🆕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
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“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
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🆕 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
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The Russian's really didn't take the M1 going toward Dungannon well.
A senior Russian politician has warned that a Co Tyrone town is on a ‘strike list’ should war break out between Russia and European states. https://t.co/I2WySnDOqi
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Today, under-16s across Australia woke up to this message. For kids, it means a safer start online. For parents, it's one less thing to worry about. We're proud Australia's the first country in the world to make it happen.
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For comparison Co-options are way down from the last mandate. As this stage in the cycle the number of co-options had reached 21.
The 12th co-option in this mandate. The 4th co-option for the DUP after Emma Pengelly, Cheryl Brownlee, Peter Martin.
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Albert Reynolds once said that it's the small hurdles that trip you up in politics. The failure to properly pedestrianise a small street in the city centre does so much more damage to the Executive than many of the bigger issues. "If they cannot even do...."
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The 12th co-option in this mandate. The 4th co-option for the DUP after Emma Pengelly, Cheryl Brownlee, Peter Martin.
DUP’s William Irwin bows out of Stormont
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The population in the South grew by 14.8% between 2015 and 2024 compared to 3.9% in the North over the same period. https://t.co/7SJmUCLD8k.
rte.ie
Living standards in the Republic are higher than in Northern Ireland, a new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute has found.
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Really is something for the UK, that it is facing the prospect of having go to all the way back to David Cameron's first term (2010-2015) to find a PM who completed a full term.
Exclusive from @patrickkmaguire Labour Together, the influential think tank that ran Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign is canvassing party members on candidates to replace him In the clearest sign yet that the Labour Party is preparing for a change of prime minister the
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Your Jeep deserves more than just a traditional lift kit — it deserves an AccuAir Dynamic Lift Kit.
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Exclusive from @patrickkmaguire Labour Together, the influential think tank that ran Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign is canvassing party members on candidates to replace him In the clearest sign yet that the Labour Party is preparing for a change of prime minister the
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🇳🇿 | November polling averages 🟥 LAB: 33.3% (+6.4) 🟦 NAT: 32.1% (-6.0) 🟩 GRN: 10.8% (-0.8) ⬛ NZF: 8.6% (+2.5) 🟨 ACT: 7.8% (-0.8) 🟫 TPM: 2.5% (-0.6) FPTP electorate projection 👇
🇳🇿 New Zealand | House of Representatives nowcast — November, 2025 🟥 LAB: 33% | 42 (+8) 🟦 NAT: 32% | 40 (-8) 🟩 GRN: 11% | 14 (-1) ⬛ NZF: 9% | 11 (+3) 🟨 ACT: 8% | 10 (-1) 🟫 TPM: 3% | 3 (-3) +/- vs. 2023
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Really is great to see these initiatives being extended. Need to develop more in terms of the Wild Atlantic Way and the Historic Lecale. These areas are prime for expansion in tourism.
The decision to extend part of the Fáilte Ireland brand into County Fermanagh is a "great opportunity" for local tourism operators.
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Letters reveal tensions at Stormont over money allocation ✍️ @BBCJayneMcC
https://t.co/B1oC2nlJCV
@BBCNewsNI
bbc.co.uk
Ministers are due to discuss funding issues this week, in what is known as a monitoring round.
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And Royal Ave, holding up numbers of buses. Those signs don't work!
Been to town. Can confirm cars are still driving down Hill Street.
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Unionism’s lost decade: How a flawed decision 10 years ago precipitated a collapse for the ideology which built Northern Ireland https://t.co/a0mHqWuh1I
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.@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
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