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Micheál Martin may be Sinn Féin’s greatest accidental cheerleader

There is some truth in Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s accusation that the media are “cheerleading” Sinn Féin to a “slam dunk” victory in the...

15.09.2023 10

The Irish Times

Gerard Howlin

The ECB acts to limit inflation. Then the Irish Government undermines it

Pub talk has all too often passed for economics in political circles this summer. The ECB put up interest rates to tackle inflation which is our main...

22.08.2023 20

The Irish Times

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The biggest upheaval in the electoral system since the 1970s is coming

Electoral systems matter in determining election outcomes. Our system, which has been stable since the foundation of the State and practically...

11.08.2023 10

The Irish Times

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Gerard Howlin: Irish national security is a box of wet matches

Anger is not a policy. Behind the public’s anger at the appalling assault on American tourist Stephen Termini on July 19th is a State that...

04.08.2023 20

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Leo Varadkar’s support for roads is nostalgia for a world suffocating on its own emissions

Rhodes is burning but roads are the burning budget issue on the Government backbenches. Budget 2024, scheduled to be announced in early October, is...

28.07.2023 10

The Irish Times

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Gerard Howlin: There is a reason this RTÉ soap opera eclipsed the heatwave in Europe

Two controversies occupied public attention over the past weeks. One, in RTÉ, sucked up almost all the oxygen. The second, the new Nature Restoration...

18.07.2023 10

The Irish Times

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Online abuse, sexist structures, night shifts: no wonder more women don’t go into politics

The group Women for Election have appointed a man as chief executive. Brian Sheehan, who will take up the role, is well-regarded and was previously...

04.07.2023 20

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Gerard Howlin: President Higgins should withdraw all of his remarks

President Michael D Higgins used an interview in the Business Post on Sunday to launch an excoriating attack on the policy direction of the...

19.06.2023 10

The Irish Times

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Sinn Féin and Fine Gael on wrong side of history regarding global warming

Sinn Féin, the alternative government and party of change, is absent without leave on climate change. In an Ireland that perfected the art of...

05.06.2023 9

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Micheál Martin has remade Fianna Fáil into a vehicle for its leader

Fianna Fáil may be moribund, but Micheál Martin holds more cards in his hand than any other Government party leader. He is the next Irish nominee...

23.05.2023 20

The Irish Times

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Mortgage interest relief is HAP for the wealthy

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar put mortgage interest tax relief back on the budgetary agenda last week. No promises, he said. Instead, he left it swinging in...

10.05.2023 40

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Unlike most politicians, Robert Watt wants the reality of power but not the theatre

It is not the impudence of Robert Watt, the secretary general of the Department of Health, that is the issue. It is the impotence of the politicians...

25.04.2023 8

The Irish Times

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Irish politics cynically sabotages the future of young people

The younger generation are screwed, and the system is stacked against them. The brouhaha in the Dáil about housing may be potent politics but there...

28.03.2023 60

The Irish Times

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Lifting the eviction ban was the right thing to do

Lifting the eviction ban marks the start of the general election campaign. It immediately framed the politics of March. The Dáil isn’t sitting this...

14.03.2023 50

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Ireland’s ballooning public spending proves Fine Gael is a fake right party

In fits and starts, but without any plan to speak of, we have exploded the size of the State. In 2015 Ireland spent €54 billion. This year it will...

28.02.2023 50

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