Gerry Hutch is a smart man. He knows what he’s doing with immigration comments
Gerry Hutch knows he can gain ground by saying what other politicians won’t say, but what a growing part of the electorate wants to hear
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell columns and stories
Decent Irish people have concerns about migration. If we don’t listen, populists will
Politicians are often reluctant to speak about migration for fear of being accused of racism. No such inhibitions trouble putative populist conservatism
Covid and school closures
The official ‘schools are safe’ mantra was patently false to those living it
Michael McDowell’s Covid response critique ignores the central clinical reality
The lesson from Covid is not that strong public-health measures should never be used again
We must never repeat the colossal damage we inflicted on ourselves during Covid-19
Travel from Youghal to the Beara Peninsula,140-160km, was lawful, but travel from Shankill to Bray on a shopping expedition was a crime
Orbán’s defeat is a ‘dunt in the snot’ for Trump - and a lesson for Ireland
Peter Magyar’s win strengthens the hands of EU members who regard the union as a partnership of sovereign states
There’s a Bermuda Triangle of dereliction in Dublin. The solution lies in Leinster House
We are well past the point at which ‘pilot’ implementation projects and ‘independent’ special-purpose vehicles are put on some vague delivery schedule
War in the Middle East has cooled enthusiasm of conservatives for an Irish Trump
Cracks are appearing in the so-called ‘conservative’ alliance, nationally and internationally
Michael McDowell allows his obvious disdain for Binyamin Netanyahu to colour his judgment
Israel is not engaged in a ‘war of expansion’ in Lebanon
Next Dáil could have 185 TDs, Seanad told, as McDowell seeks referendum on numbers cap
No fear that TDs will be ‘sitting on each other’s laps’ in Dáil any time soon, says Minister of State
US and Israel have inflicted long-term damage on themselves in their war with Iran
Binyamin Netanyahu seems intent on obliterating Israel’s international standing
New pilot project sees Ireland processing asylum applications in line with EU migration pact
Officials meeting 12-week timeline for ‘safe-country’ cases and those with less than 20 per cent acceptance rate
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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