Can The Green Party Surge in Northern Ireland? | Mal O'Hara on Alliance, Pride & The Border

Can The Green Party Surge in Northern Ireland? | Mal O'Hara on Alliance, Pride & The Border

July 23, 2026 · 55 min · Season 1 · Episode 64

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The episode features a discussion with Green Party NI Leader Mal O'Hara on LGBTQ+ equality and environmental issues in Northern Ireland politics.

Are Northern Ireland's main executive parties failing on LGBTQ+ equality and environmental action? In this episode of Stormont Sources, David McCann, Tim Kearns, and Michael McKernan sit down with Green Party NI Leader Mal O'Hara for an unfiltered deep-dive into Northern Ireland politics. Are Northern Ireland's main executive parties failing on LGBTQ+ equality and environmental action? Topics discussed: • Why Stormont executive parties were banned from marching in Belfast Pride. • Recent polling numbers indicating a potential Green Party comeback. • Why the NI Greens refuse to take a binary side on the Border Poll / Constitutional question. • Mal O'Hara’s direct pitch to former DUP and Alliance voters. • A sharp critique of Alliance ministers on Lough Neagh, Justice reform, and the Programme for Government. **** Click stormontsources.com to listen and for all of our episodes 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…

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