Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael must join forces and grasp housing crisisParties must accept voters demand change and take radical actionWed Feb 12 2020 - 00:43
Sinn Féin is not a conventional democratic party – this is undeniableMichael McDowell: SF must ditch sway of unelected officials and focus on DublinWed Feb 05 2020 - 01:18
Coherent, capable and caring government must be electedMichael McDowell: Inanity and evasion beat reason in depressing TV debateWed Jan 29 2020 - 00:32
Is Ireland moving left or simply moving on?Election 2020: Fine Gael pin hopes on the Brexit factor to revive fortunes in the pollsWed Jan 22 2020 - 01:27
Michael McDowell: Time to stop kowtowing to China over TaiwanIreland has no representative office in Taiwan, the world’s 21st-largest economyWed Jan 15 2020 - 01:26
The only north Johnson cares about is north of EnglandDUP has served unionist voters poorly by supporting hard-Brexit wing of ToriesWed Dec 18 2019 - 01:32
Michael McDowell: Daft white-water rafting plan is anything but a capital ideaDublin is being destroyed by unelected officials and a lack of genuine local democracyWed Dec 04 2019 - 06:52
Let's not be throwing shapes on issue of Irish unityConfederal model is only viable approach in North for foreseeable futureWed Nov 20 2019 - 01:06
No workable alternative to some form of direct provisionDelay in deciding cases and implementing decisions is massive and indefensibleWed Nov 06 2019 - 01:51
Proxy voting an attempt to subvert ConstitutionPublic dissatisfaction would increase if TDs were allowed vote from outside DáilWed Oct 23 2019 - 00:34
Drew Harris reforms of Garda could have immediate impactCommissioner’s plan is long overdue and should make Garda careers more satisfyingMon Sept 02 2019 - 01:07
Michael McDowell: I did not blow my chance to reform the GardaMinister for Justice and Gsoc were given ample powers of oversight in my 2005 ActThu Sept 14 2017 - 05:00
Michael McDowell: Abolition of Provisional IRA was never on the cardsIRA could more easily metastasise than wind itself up – that was the greater evilWed Aug 26 2015 - 12:14
Controversy over Dáil claims raises serious issues about democracyMichael McDowell: ‘Deputy Catherine Murphy’s speech was firmly grounded in the public domain; it did not concern the private, intimate, domestic borrowings or banking affairs of just anyone or just any businessman’Sat May 30 2015 - 15:56
Michael McDowell: How did Justice get so rough?Without strong leadership – from both politicans and senior civil servants – government departments and those who work in them can quickly become dysfunctional, writes a former minister for justiceSat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00
It would be folly to deliver a single chamber into the hands of the whipsOpinion: Any reform package promised now will have no secure statusThu Oct 03 2013 - 00:01
Family of divided loyalties that was reunited in griefAll my sons’ great-grandparents were dramatically affected by the ‘decade of centenaries’ but Brian Mac Neill particularly epitomises civil war’s tragedyThu May 23 2013 - 10:00
Seanad Éireann should be reformed, not abolishedOpinion: My experience has been that the better legislative work by far is done in the Seanad, not in the DáilTue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Indispensable volume on company lawAn essential book for anyone whose business it is to know and to implement or operate Irish company lawMon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
A tapestry of multiple histories and of voluntarism both in failure and triumphBOOK OF THE DAY: Cullenswood House: Old Ghosts and New Stories Edited by Victoria White A&A Farmar, 138 pp. €20Thu Mar 11 2010 - 00:00
Braving the cockpit of controversyDebating: The Literary and Historical Society (the L&H) was founded in 1855 by John Henry Newman as a forum for debate among…Sat Mar 12 2005 - 00:00
Role and brief of counsel representing the public interest need to be clarifiedONE of the most frequently made comments by those who are following the McCracken Tribunal is that there is little visible evidence…Tue Apr 29 1997 - 01:00
BATTLING COLUMNISTSSir - In protest at the unseemly exposure to prurient public gaze of what is an essentially insignificant and unnewsworthy incident…Tue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00
TAX AMNESTY FOR DRUG BARONSSir, I refer to Jean Cashman's recent letter, in which she suggests that it is still possible to reopen the files of those who…Sat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
Time to end Government's programme of tax and spendNEWRY and Duadalk are just 12 miles apart. In terms of tax policy, however, they might as well be on separate continents.Fri Jan 19 1996 - 00:00
