Military axis of Russia, China and North Korea will test what the West stands for
Issue of migration – especially economic migration disguised as asylum-seeking – is a growing issue for the political viability of the EU
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell columns and stories
Never mind the new pope, who’s going to replace Liveline’s spiritual leader, Joe Duffy?
Michael McDowell coy at book launch, Bertie gives state-of-the-world address and Mark Daly feels the heat
Michael McDowell ‘a man with a fearsome devotion’ to Ireland, says ex-president Mary McAleese
Tribute paid to former minister for justice and attorney general on launch of The Definite Article – a collection of his Irish Times columns
Ministers need to stop pointing out obstacles to delivery - and start tackling them
Constant headlines about housing schemes being struck down by councils, the planning board and the courts are chipping away at public confidence
There’s a simple reason why building projects - from the petty to the transformative - take so long in Ireland
This State must start thinking outside the box to deliver key housing and infrastructure
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism
Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism
There is no ‘right’ to subvert women’s freedom to have their own events and spaces
UK ruling on meaning of ‘woman’ is reassuring for those alarmed by claims that gender is, somehow, entirely separate from sex and is a social, psychological construct
The fragmented EU will struggle in negotiations with the US
Trump’s revolting imagery of world leaders responding to tariff threats by ‘kissing my ass’ may go down well in redneck America. But it will backfire
Tariff war a major self-inflicted wound for the United States
Warning signs that this was where American was headed have been there since the days of the Tea Party and Glenn Beck
Our rights and freedoms are at stake in times as perilous as the late 1930s
If you completely divorce right from duty you create the duty-less selfish ideology of the plutocrats in Washington and Moscow
No European city would tolerate the decay and dereliction visible in Dublin
All of Ireland’s cities and larger towns need positive urban planning. That needs a revolution in government thinking
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference told
Current planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowell
Conor McGregor’s presidential hopes are a warning to the Government parties to unite behind a strong candidate
Heather Humphreys is an obvious contender - but will Fianna Fáil go along with it?
Surgeons carried out 513 scoliosis procedures last year but 233 children still on waiting list
‘We are nowhere near where we would want to be’ with waiting times, Minister for Health says
Donald Trump and Elon Musk won’t be able to go on ignoring the damage to the bottom line
The state of the US stock market is the only metric that matters to Trump, while Musk has done real harm to the Tesla brand
Will no one shout stop as the MetroLink bill heads past €20bn?
We are blundering into this quango-driven catastrophe with our eyes wide open
Miriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboree
Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite
Trump wants to divide, destroy and subjugate the EU into a continent of economic vassal states
God help the Baltic states. Because Trump’s America won’t
So far the grotesque reality of Trump’s ambitions has exceeded all the worst predictions
Trump’s hardly concealed hatred for the EU has not really had a chance to manifest itself yet
The only argument in favour of a rotating Taoiseach is to give Simon Harris a turn at the wheel
With ideological differences no wider than a cigarette paper, you’d think the Government parties would have nothing holding them back. Think again
England is mired in self-doubt and disillusionment - but Ireland can’t afford to gloat
Keir Starmer is walking a very tricky tightrope. Figures close to Trump, including Elon Musk, openly speak of reversing the 2024 UK election outcome by removing him from office
Beware the phoney, flaccid consensus on events such as Storm Éowyn or Covid
We cannot afford to have a process of self-justification end up in a policy whitewash
The Irish Times view on Seanad electoral reform: still indefensible
The old system was in many ways an affront to democracy, and the new one is not much better
Musk-Trump effect has the capacity to destabilise Irish democracy
Musk seems to consider he has some role in using his wealth to influence political processes and debate in European states
Ireland in the 1980s was backward, poor and stagnant. Some politicians want to bring us back there
Those who challenged the existing consensus were routinely condemned as Thatcherite by commentators and union leaders who were comfortable with the failed status quo
Michael McDowell: Israel has accused Irish politicians of anti-Semitism before
Ireland’s position on Israel has always been consistent. If our Government is guilty of anything, it is delay
Letters to the Editor, December 14th: On the Green effect, grief and the humble Brussels sprout
Youth work is not an optional extra, it is essential to our communities
Letters to the Editor, December 13th: On queuing for food, rural Ireland and Christmas in Dublin
No child should have to go hungry, particularly at this time of year
Living in rural Ireland shouldn’t be an impossible dream
Balanced regional development means more than plonking cities here and there - other factors have to be taken into consideration, as Fianna Fáil has signalled
Where was the ‘parity of esteem’ talk when Fine Gael was riding high in the polls?
Some in the Dublin establishment and media regard demands of regional Independents as ‘parish pump’ but concerns of urban TDs as ‘progressive’ and ‘socially concerned’
We are heading for an election result replete with uncertainty
Election 2024: We may be about to see the consequences of political opportunism, inexperience and immaturity
Middle Ireland needs a new government. Independents might provide it
Simon Harris plans to win enough votes to abandon rotating taoiseach deal. Here’s why that’s a doomed strategy
Courting of Labour by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is the worst kind of cynicism
Instead of sniping at each other, the erstwhile Civil War parties need to be straight with the people
Death announced of former senator Billy Lawless who built successful pub business in Chicago
Galway native was nominated to the Seanad in 2016 by then taoiseach Enda Kenny
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