Podcasts about Alliance Party

Join us for the first stop on Day 2 of our Lost in Belfast Road Trip as we visit the magnificent City Hall to meet Lord Mayor Micky Murray. The city's youngest and first openly gay Lord Mayor shares refreshing new perspectives on his changing city, saying “Where Belfast is now and where we're going is a lot more exciting than what's happened over the last 50 years.”The Lord Mayor talks about his political journey, Alliance Party affiliation, priorities in office, LGBTQ+ community efforts, and favored social justice initiatives such as addressing homelessness through the innovative Complex Lives strategy.The conversation highlights his city's growth, increasing diversity, and the exciting future he envisions for Belfast's people.Given that the Lord Mayor serves just one year, every hour is precious, so we much appreciate the hour he spent with us…and now with you.LinksBelfast City Council PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInXEpisode Details: Season 7, Episode 5; Total Episode Count: 109

In the second episode of ‘My Identity' Professor Colin Graham (Maynooth) is in conversation with NI Justice Minister and Leader of the Alliance Party, Naomi Long MLA. This episode is a recording of a public conversation which took place in Dublin on 6 December 2024. A lifelong resident of East Belfast, and politically active since her early twenties, Naomi first joined Belfast City Council as an Alliance Party councillor in 2001. She was subsequently elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as MLA for East Belfast in 2003. After having the honour of serving as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2009 to 2010, she became the first Alliance MP elected to Westminster, as Member of Parliament for East Belfast in 2010, unseating the then First Minister, Peter Robinson. In May 2016, Naomi returned to the Northern Ireland Assembly as MLA for East Belfast, before becoming Leader of Alliance that October. Since then, she has presided over the most successful elections in Alliance's history. Naomi is the current Justice Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive. In this episode she discusses, among other things, her upbringing, her faith and her career journey. The recording of the event can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXiqr9KX34s Read more about the event here: https://www.ria.ie/blog/the-long-view-identity-is-a-fluke-of-where-you-were-born/ This is episode 2 of the My Identity podcast series hosted by Professor Colin Graham, Maynooth. In this series, Colin is in conversation with a range of people whose ideas, work and life experiences shed light on the topic of identity on the Island of Ireland. My Identity is part of the ARINS project. Colin Graham is Professor English and formerly Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Maynooth University. His books include Northern Ireland: Thirty Years of Photography, Deconstructing Ireland and Ideologies of Epic. He was editor of The Irish Review from 2004 to 2020. During the Brexit negotiations he created the Twitter account @borderirish and wrote the book I am the Border, so I am, published by HarperCollins. ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South brings together experts to provide evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. The project publishes, facilitates and disseminates research on the challenges and opportunities presented to the island in a post-Brexit context, with the intention of contributing to an informed public discourse. More information can be found at www.arinsproject.com ARINS is a joint project of The Royal Irish Academy, an all-island body, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs. My Identity is hosted by Professor Colin Graham. Podcast management and production by Dr Susie Deedigan. Audio design and editing by The Spinning Mill, Belfast.

In Pacific Waves today: The 27th Commonwealth heads of government meeting is underway in Samoa; A breakdown of how CHOGM will impact small island nations; Fiji's Prime Minister brushes off concerns around a rift in his ruling People's Alliance Party; Over 600 medals were won by athletes over the two weeks of the Cook Islands Games.

In Pacific Waves today: Niue marks 50 years of limited independence from New Zealand following the signing of the Free Compact of Association in 1974; Manshika Prasad finally declared the official winner of Miss Universe Fiji; Pacific New Zealanders are facing higher rates of bowel cancer; Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka says "some members" from his ruling People's Alliance Party are planning to break away and form a new political party.

Jacques Poitras speaks with the leader of the People's Alliance Party of New Brunswick. Rick Desaulniers is running in the same riding as the former leader Kris Austin.

Nuala McAllister, Alliance Party MLA, outlines what she believes needs to happen next for Sinn Féin following the Michael McMonagle case.

Conor Macauley, Northern Correspondent, reports ahead of voters in Northern Ireland going to the polls this week.

Reneilwe Morema reports on the opposition party The DA's recent election campaign AD that shows the Country's national flag on fire, which goes against protocols of how to handle the National flag. The AD faced backlash from the Citizens, and President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the DA, calling their AD ''treasonous''. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africandiasporanews/support

Recording of the Academy of Ideas Education Forum discussion on 25 April 2024 in central London. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION A High Court judgement hangs over Michaela Community School for banning ritual prayer. A Wakefield school suspended pupils for damaging a copy of the Quran. Two recent studies claim that faith schools select against poor and SEN children. Two thirds of the liberal Alliance Party in Northern Ireland want Catholic schools banned. Three years after showing pupils images of the Prophet Muhammad, a teacher in the north of England remains in hiding. It seems undeniable that schools are a new crucible for religious and social conflict. How do we navigate between tolerance and intolerance in these disputations? How does the right of faith communities to exercise their beliefs reconcile with established wider freedoms? Should the right to pray be available to all –  even in non-religious schools? Should we defend a parent's right to send their child to a faith school? Or is that tantamount to a defence of privilege? Have we lost sight of whether faith-based liberties impinge on secular freedoms or vice versa? Who are the liberals and illiberals here? ‘What kind of school environment could so easily be destroyed by one group of students publicly expressing their religion for a mere few minutes a day?', asks author and teacher Nadeine Asbali. She describes the ban on Muslims praying in school as ‘a dystopian, sinister vision of multiculturalism'. Yet commentator Tim Black thinks, ‘we are witnessing not quiet displays of faith, but loud all-too-visible assertions of Muslim identitarianism … with little to do with Islam'. Has tolerance become too abstract and impoverished to deal with concrete forms of cultural and religious difference?  What do you think: are our schools fighting an age-old battle between sacred and secular visions of society, or are they on the front line of a new culture war?  SPEAKERS Khadija Khan journalist and commentator Adam Eljadi Media Studies teacher, NEU workplace representative and British Muslim. He speaks here in a personal capacity. Gareth Sturdy former teacher and religious affairs journalist CHAIR Kevin Rooney teacher and Education Forum convenor

Andrew Madden and Ursula Savage join Ciarán Dunbar to discuss the week in politics. Colonel Tim Collins has been in the news after branding the Alliance Party ‘pro-nationalist'. The former soldier will be standing for the UUP in North Down in the next general election. As a possible general election looms, Health Minister Robin Swann sets sights on South Antrim's seat while questions arise over whether or not Naomi Long will campaign for East Belfast. The issue of Irish bilingual signs continues to cause controversy in Belfast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The arrest of DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson at the end of last month came as a shock to those in the party and beyond. Although he is now an independent MP, questions now have to be answering about who the DUP will stand in the general election. Donaldson's resignation could prove an opportunity for the Alliance Party to gain a seat in Lagan Valley. Belfast Telegraph's political editor Suzanne Breen joins Ciarán Dunbar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics:There were some interesting developments during the European People's Party (EPP) congress in Bucharest this week – Ursula von der Leyen was roundly endorsed for another five years as European Commission President, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told delegates that Europe was no longer in a ‘post-war epoch' and that borders had to be defended. The panel discussed whether Ireland's military spending will soon reflect this new sense of urgency.Also on the podcast: Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe's refusal to meet demands on how to spend the continuing surge in corporate tax receipts has left some Cabinet members less than happy after a call to significantly boost the National Development Plan fell on deaf ears.And the panel compare the approaches of the Government and Sinn Féin when it comes to improving the lot of Northern Ireland. During his speech at the Alliance Party conference this week, Tánaiste Micheál Martin pushed the positives to be gained from the Shared Island initiative, whereas Sinn Féin's line has consistently been improvement through a united Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More Alliance members would now vote for Irish unity than to remain in UK. Almost 38% of Alliance members said they would vote for a united Ireland. So has Alliance fundamentally changed and will it be forced off the constitutional fence? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Jon Tonge and Suzanne Breen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following their party conference at the weekend, Sorcha Eastwood joins William and guests

 The restoration of power-sharing in Northern Ireland at the weekend was like a wedding, with speeches full of warm words and good intentions, according to politics professor Jon Tonge. He joins us to discuss how much credit Rishi Sunak can claim, as the Prime Minister visits Stormont today. The Alliance Party's Kate Nicholl tells us what it's like to take up her seat in the Assembly, almost two years after she was first elected, and her party's priorities as the business of government resumes. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Lizzy Burden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Please click the link and help us keep going in 2024:patreon.com/tortoiseshack As a political nerd, I'd heard of former Alliance Party candidate, Scott Moore. But I had no idea who Scomo was until Conor McGregor got into a battle rap with him on twitter or X as the Muskovite's call it. So we decided to ask him who is the real Scott Moore? The answer is a lot more fun, complex and interesting than anything that had to be deleted by that other fella. Enjoy. The latest Reboot on the psychological impact of Gaza is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-95051127 Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-safe-return-of-irish-citizen-zak-hania-from-gaza

Award-winning actor Dame Harriet Walter is back on stage at the National Theatre in Federico Lorca's newly-adapted The House of Bernada Alba. After a break of seven years playing assorted television roles including ‘difficult' mothers in Succession and Ted Lasso, she's back treading the boards and once again playing a formidable matriarch. She joins Clare McDonnell in the studio to talk about her career so far, as well as her newest role. As of today, police in Northern Ireland can now charge people with upskirting, downblousing and cyber-flashing. At the same time, British Transport Police are encouraging women to lower their tolerance for sexual harassment during their commute and report minor offenders more often. So is recognition of so-called 'minor' sexual offences improving? Clare speaks to Naomi Long, Leader of the Alliance Party and former Northern Ireland Justice Minister, and to women's rights activist Zan Moon. What do women look for in a bra after breast cancer surgery? Clare is joined by Katy Marks, an architect by trade, who discovered after her single mastectomy that there was no bra on the market that was flat on one side. She didn't want to use a prosthetic and so designed her own, called Uno, which launches today. She'll be joined on the programme by Asmaa Al-allak who won this year's Great British Sewing Bee and is a consultant breast surgeon who has made post-surgery lingerie for her patients. Runner Eilish McColgan follows in the footsteps of her mother Liz McColgan in the pursuit of sporting greatness. Now she's made a documentary telling their story, looking at their relationship and charting the times Eilish has broken her mother's records – all except the marathon. Eilish joins Clare to talk about making the documentary, as well as the pressures and benefits of following in the family business.

Stephen Donnelly, Alliance Party councillor, on the mystery of an unidentified humming sound keeping people awake at night in Omagh.

Westminster Draws Up Plans To Take Charge Of Windsor Framework In Northern Ireland

Yesterday the Farmers' Alliance, have decided to form a political party and will run candidates in the upcoming local and national elections. The group will be a completely independent party with no connection to either the Rural Independent Group of TDs or to Michael Fitzmaurice's new rural political party. Kieran was joined by Liam McLaughlin and Helen O'Sullivan, both farmers and members of the Farmers' Alliance to discuss...

Naomi Long, Leader of the Alliance Party, on a PSNI data breach affecting thousands of officers and staff.

In this month's ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Dr Philip McGuinness lecturer in the Department of Computing Science and Mathematics at Dundalk Institute of Technology to discuss the results of the local elections in Northern Ireland held on 18 May. In the elections to eleven councils across Northern Ireland the nationalist bloc gained a majority of the vote in both Belfast and L/Derry for the first time with Sinn Fein winning a larger than expected victory finding itself the largest party in six of the eleven councils with a 39 seat increase to 144 of 462 seats. The DUP retained its 122 council seats, and asserted a mandate to pursue its conditions to return to Stormont. The Alliance Party won 14 seats taking its total to 67 seats promising delivery over drama. The results demonstrate that the local electoral landscape in Northern Ireland is changing. The geographical shorthand of east and west of the river Bann no longer fits. While discussions about demographic changes and a diminishing unionist base go some way to explain the differential turnout between nationalists and unionists, McGuinness can better help us navigate our way through these local election result findings and follow on political puzzles. Philip McGuinness is a lecturer in the Department of Computing Science and Mathematics at Dundalk Institute of Technology. He studied at Athlone RTC, Trinity College Dublin, and Queen's University Belfast. His commentaries on Irish culture and politics have been published in the Times Literary Supplement, Irish Studies Review, Fortnight and the Irish dailies. He co-edited John Toland's Christianity Not Mysterious: Text, Associated Works and Critical Essays with Alan Harrison and Richard Kearney, see https://www.lilliputpress.ie/product/john-tolands-christianity-not-mysterious-text-associated-works-and-critical-essays. He writes regularly about Northern Ireland politics on Sluggerotoole https://www.sluggerotoole.com/author/philip-mcguinness/ This is episode 23 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the need to regulate social media in referendums, education, cultural affairs and constitutional questions and the imperative for good data and the need to carry out impartial research. ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South brings together experts to provide evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. The project publishes, facilitates and disseminates research on the challenges and opportunities presented to the island in a post-Brexit context, with the intention of contributing to an informed public discourse. More information can be found at www.arinsproject.com. ARINS is a joint project of The Royal Irish Academy, an all-island body, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs.

Today, William Crawley speaks to Alliance Party leader Naomi Long.

Naomi Long MLA, Leader of the Alliance Party, discusses President Joe Biden's decision to not formally engage with Northern political leaders on his visit to Ireland.

Amid critical tension in the Middle East, Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led thousands of settlers marching through the occupied West Bank to an illegal outpost. The Palestinian president's office immediately condemned it as an “invasion of settler militias,” and it comes as both Israelis and Palestinians are spending some of their holiest days mourning and burying their children after a surge in violence. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh joins the program for an exclusive interview.   Also on today's show: Naomi Long, leader of The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland; author Alexandra Robbins (The Teachers) To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Plus, Government's food tsar slams "insane" failure to act on obesity.

Naomi Long, Leader of the Alliance party, gives her reaction to the Omagh shooting to the BBC.

In this episode, Bertie Ahern reunites with the rest of the parties that participated in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement. Gary McMichael of the UDP recalls how his father's murder motivated him to get into politics. Dermot Nesbitt of the UUP, Dawn Purvis of the PUP, Lord John Alderdice of the Alliance Party, Avila Kilmurray, and Monica McWilliams of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition also share their recollections. Plus Bertie talks to Tony Blair's Chief of Staff at the time, Jonathan Powell.  For more information, full interviews, and bonus material head to Newstalk.com/GoodFridayAgreement.

But, just as Westminster had thought Boris Johnson was out of the picture, sources tell Sky News he thinks it would be a "great mistake drop the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill", controversial legislation which allows UK ministers to rip up parts of the protocol and ignore EU rules. On this episode, Trevor Phillips is joined by The Scotsman's Westminster correspondent Alexander Brown to analyse interviews with Leader of House Penny Mordaunt and Labour's Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.Plus, former Northern Ireland Secretary under Tony Blair, Lord Peter Mandelson, and the leader of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party, Naomi Long. Podcast producer - David Chipakupaku  Editor - Paul Stanworth

‘One of the problems I had growing up as a young person in Northern Ireland when things were breaking down into violence again was... I was very troubled by the violence. I thought we must find some kind of way of living together. But the other thing was, I wanted to understand why.'Welcome to the second episode of our Lord Speaker's Corner series. In this episode, the Lord Speaker is joined by psychiatrist, former speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and leader of the Alliance Party, Lord Alderdice as he discusses his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process and his current work on international conflict and peace building.Find out more about the series or watch a video of the interview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Northern Ireland Secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris, says he won't call a Stormont election immediately when a deadline to form a devolved government expires at midnight. Stephen Farry, Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party, says it's the right decision, as there's no point in having an election now. He tells Bloomberg's Stephen Carroll and Yuan Potts that he's hopeful of an EU-UK deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol in the next few weeks. Also in the show, our Brussels Bureau Chief Kevin Whitelaw on the UK joining EU criticism of US plans for green energy subsidies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The results for the 2022 Fiji election are in. While Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst party has secured the most votes with more than 200,000, he has failed to secure an outright majority.   That means Fiji will have a coalition government.   Bainimarama's main rival, Sitiveni Rabuka's The People's Alliance Party, is also hoping to secure the 28 seats needed to form a government.   The decision now rests with the main opposition in the previous two parliamentary terms, The Social Democratic Liberal Party, or Sodelpa.   RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis reports:  

To Fiji where a group of opposition party leaders are calling for a halt to the counting of votes from Wednesday's general election, and an audit of the country's electoral system. It comes after provisional results showing a clear lead for the opposition People's Alliance Party were halted, due to what officials are describing as a glitch in the system.  A vote counting app was taken offline for several hours and then restarted, which then showed an almost unassailable lead for the ruling Fiji First party. RNZ Pacific reporter Rachael Nath has more.  

Andrew Muir, MLA for North Down, speaks to us about meeting Chris Heaton-Harris earlier today

This week's guest is the Alliance Party Nominee for South Carolina Treasurer, Sarah Work! Barrett, Zac and Trent discuss the office of Treasurer and how Sarah Work will bring transparency and ethics to the office. We thoroughly enjoyed having Sarah on this week, and hope that after listening, you'll consider donating to her campaign and, if you live in South Carolina, vote for Sarah as she has all of the necessary real world experience. Sarah is a Certified Public Accountant with 18+ years in the public accounting field. She has a Masters Degree in Taxation, and is all around the right person for the job. https://twitter.com/SEACWork (Twitter | Work for SC Treasurer) https://barrett.gr/SarahWorkDonate (Donate | Sarah Work for SC Treasurer ) https://www.facebook.com/sarahworkforsc (Facebook | Sarah Work for SC Treasurer) https://workforsc.org/ (Campaign Web Page | Sarah Work for SC Treasurer) Again, choosing Sarah is the best way to use your vote. All this and more! The show is recorded live from the Maddie Johnson Podcast Studio at https://gotsoundsstudio.com/ (G.O.T Sounds Studio) in Columbia South Carolina and is engineered and produced by https://compiled.social/niquethegeek (Nique The Geek). Special thanks to https://www.instagram.com/ayomuffyougoinup/ (Muff the Producer), https://instagram.com/therealdjlonzo (DJ Lonzo), https://twitter.com/carolinaking21 (Zac King) and you, our listeners. To follow Barrett, please visit his https://linktr.ee/barrettgruber (LinkTr.ee Page)! Please Rate, Review, Subscribe, Like and Share where you can! Please email us; theshow@theallaboutnothing.com or call and leave a message at (803) 672-0533! We want to hear your feedback! We might even drop it on the show. As always, head over to https://theallaboutnothing.com/ (The All About Nothing: Webpage) for information about the show, links to social media and merchandise! And if you find that the time between episodes is too much to bear, you can check out one of our #PartnerPodcasts. Zac and I host https://whatthepodwasthat.com (What The Pod Was That) with https://twitter.com/cari_simmons (Cari Simmons), available on most of your podcast platforms. You can visit https://whatthepodwasthat.com (whatthepodwasthat.com) for links and details. https://statusmacabre.com (Status Macabre), hosted by https://twitter.com/cari_simmons (Cari Simmons) and https://www.facebook.com/christina.cochcroft (Chrissy Wilson) is a fascinating deep dive into True Crime, and is available on most of the podcast platforms as well, find details at https://statusmacabre.com (statusmacabre.com). As well you check out our own https://www.facebook.com/DJ-Lonzo-262026687178421 (DJ Lonzo's Top 5) Hosted by https://instagram.com/therealdjlonzo (Trent Clark), available on most of your podcast listening platforms. Thank you for supporting this show and our Podcast Partners! The All About Nothing: Podcast is a member of the https://gotsoundsstudio.com/ (G.O.T. Podcast Network) and a product of https://barrettgruber.com/ (Barrett Gruber Entertainment & Media)! Do you enjoy listening to the show and want to promote to our listeners? https://theallaboutnothing.com/advertise.html (Advertise with The All About Nothing: Podcast!) Give us the opportunity to advertise your business and brand. You can give us a call and leave a message (803) 672-0533 or email theshow@theallaboutnothing.com. Let our show work for you. FAIR USE COPYRIGHT NOTICE The Copyright Laws of the United States recognize a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 106 AND 106A, THE FAIR USE OF A COPYRIGHTED WORK, INCLUDING SUCH USE BY REPRODUCTION IN COPIES OR PHONO RECORDS OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS SPECIFIED BY THAT SECTION, FOR PURPOSES SUCH AS CRITICISM, COMMENT, NEWS REPORTING, TEACHING (INCLUDING MULTIPLE COPIES FOR CLASSROOM USE), SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH, IS NOT AN INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT.”

We speak with the Fiji opposition People's Alliance Party leader Sitiveni Rabuka about his party being investigated by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption.

We speak with the Fiji opposition People's Alliance Party leader Sitiveni Rabuka about his party being investigated by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption; With Samoa and Vanuatu both expressing concerns about a labour drain from participating in labour mobility schemes we speak with a researcher about some of the issues arising from the increasing demand for Pacific Workers.

Claire is joined by John Cushnahan - Former leader of the Alliance Party & former Fine Gael MEP, Deirdre Heenan, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Ulster & Political Commentator and Claire Hanna - SDLP MP for South Belfast.

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party, talks to Adrian Goldberg about discovering that her effigy was being hung and burnt at a Loyalist bonfire.Produced by Adrian Goldberg.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fiji's first coup leader and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka is on the campaign trail in Aotearoa New Zealand meeting with Fijian community representatives from all over the country. The People's Alliance Party leader and his deputy Lyndah Tabuya were accorded a traditional Fijian welcome in Papatoetoe on Friday and attended a series of meetings and visits over the weekend. RNZ Pacific journalist Koroi Hawkins reports.

Nick Robinson talks to Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party and Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, about growing up during the Troubles, the ongoing implications of Brexit and her decision not to identify as nationalist or unionist

Naomi Long grew up in a staunchly unionist, east Belfast community. But as a centrist politician she has led the Alliance Party to become the third largest in Northern Ireland. In this episode, she speaks to Kathy Sheridan about her matriarchal upbringing, her struggle with endometriosis, misogyny in politics, her faith and her primary school teacher's appearance in Derry Girls. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A seismic election in Northern Ireland returned the pro-Irish unity Sinn Féin as the largest party for the first time ever. The Alliance Party, identifying neither as nationalist nor unionist, surged to become the third force in northern politics in another historic first. Desite this, the power-sharing executive has yet to be formed due to the opposition of the unionist Democratic Unionist Party. They are demanding changes to the so-called Protocol as their price of going into power, though many suspect that behind it lies an inherent opposition to allowing nationalists to take the symbolic top post of First Minister. It's propelled Northern Irish politics onto the international stage once again, with the British government threatening to break international law to get what it wants from the European Union. Naomi and Tim sum it all up, and discuss what comes next. Featuring guests Stephen Farry, a member of parliament and Alliance's deputy leader, and Freya McClements, the Northern editor of the Irish Times. To hear our bonus episodes answering questions put by our Patreon supporters, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport You can follow us on Twitter at @PassportIrish

We speak to Naomi Long, leader of the Alliance Party and hear from Tánaiste Leo Varadkar. We also ask the Tánaiste about the resignation of Dr Ronan Glynn, and inflation.

Freya McClements, Mary Minihan and Pat Leahy join Hugh to analyse the results of last week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections. The major talking point is Sinn Féin taking the largest number of seats for the first time, while the Alliance Party's unprecedented success signals the importance of the middle ground in Northern Ireland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our Northern Editor Vincent Kearney and Alliance Party leader Naomi Long discuss the weekend's Assembly election results.

Stephen Farry is the MP for North Down and the deputy leader of the Alliance Party.

Vincent Kearney, Northern Editor, analyses how the centre-ground Alliance Party may fare in the Assembly Elections.

Naomi Long MLA, Leader of the Alliance Party, discusses her party's manifesto on the campaign trail for Assembly elections.

As part of our ongoing coverage of the Assembly Elections, I was joined by Belfast Lord Mayor and the Alliance Party candidate for South Belfast, Kate Nicholl. We discuss why at 35 weeks pregnant she is campaigning for what she believes can be a "only way is up" future for her city. We discuss the opportunities in a working Stormont and what she would aim for if elected. We also talk diversity, climate, the Protocol and more. Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack