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Michael McDowell

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US and Israel have inflicted long-term damage on themselves in their war with Iran

US and Israel have inflicted long-term damage on themselves in their war with Iran

Binyamin Netanyahu seems intent on obliterating his country’s international standing

25.03.2026 20

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Nato allies must not save Donald Trump from himself

Trump is at heart not merely cruel but a coward

18.03.2026 10

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Donald Trump is mad, bad and dangerous. Only the midterms can save the US now

One Congress member is even apparently tabling a Bill to allow the US president to serve a third term

11.03.2026 20

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If Putin was wrong to invade Ukraine, Trump is wrong to invade Iran

Trump called for demonstrations against the regime and promised demonstrators support from the US. They demonstrated; they died in their thousands

04.03.2026 30

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Curling and dead drummers leave me cold

02.03.2026 10

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Ireland has a lot of skin in the game of international politics

11.02.2026 7

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Irish people fail to understand how fragile our electricity supply is

04.02.2026 20

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Do we have to watch this chainsaw-massacre political horror movie to its end?

28.01.2026 20

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The worse Trump behaves, the more room there is for optimism

21.01.2026 10

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The ground is increasingly fertile for an Irish Maga

14.01.2026 20

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The ground is increasingly fertile for an Irish Maga

14.01.2026 10

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It’s worth asking again why Sinn Féin sent a delegation to Maduro’s inauguration

07.01.2026 20

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Is the Wood Quay monstrosity finally going to be demolished?

31.12.2025 30

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Should the super rich get to opt out of paying taxes in the country that enriched them?

24.12.2025 20

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Trump’s disturbing National Security Strategy should be required reading

17.12.2025 40

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Trump isn’t a peace maker, he’s a piece taker

10.12.2025 20

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Sinn Féin should study its own political history before demanding Herzog Park be renamed

03.12.2025 10

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Should we re-roof the Rock of Cashel?

26.11.2025 20

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Britain’s asylum shake-up poses big problems for Ireland

19.11.2025 20

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How many Irish women and men could rally to the flag and handle an automatic weapon?

12.11.2025 20

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Why is Ireland a destination of choice for asylum seekers?

05.11.2025 10

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This election wasn’t a lurch to the left, but a victory for Keep The Other Lot Out politics

29.10.2025 20

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What exactly does Vladimir Putin hold over the cowardly Donald Trump?

22.10.2025 20

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Liberals must stop adopting lazy, woke stances on complex issues

15.10.2025 20

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Ireland should not be told by Brussels or Washington what to do about policing speech

08.10.2025 20

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Why I didn’t nominate Maria Steen for the presidency

01.10.2025 20

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This is the age of Mad Hatter Tea Party politics featuring Donald Trump as the Queen of Hearts

24.09.2025 20

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Grotesque charade of Trump’s UK visit is latest sign of a world in turmoil

17.09.2025 20

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With luck, we’ll have a new drainage scheme for Dublin in just 25 years. Welcome to modern Ireland

10.09.2025 30

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Trump’s persistent idiocy has hugely diminished America’s standing in world affairs

03.09.2025 30

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Trump shames America and Americans with his pathetic pandering to dictators

27.08.2025 20

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Trump’s deal-making to end the Ukraine war is a sick charade

20.08.2025 10

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Israeli hostages not a priority for ministers planning Gaza takeover

13.08.2025 10

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Donald Trump’s presidency represents a reversal of American orthodoxy on trade

06.08.2025 20

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Whatever about his tariffs, Trump’s ‘helpful advice’ to the EU is on the money

30.07.2025 20

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You might think a planning application for a windfarm is good news. You’d be wrong

23.07.2025 20

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Many people won’t decide how to vote in a Border poll until they see what’s on offer

16.07.2025 10

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Israeli-American plan seems intended to kill off any hope of a two-state solution by deporting population of Gaza

09.07.2025 20

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Folly of abolishing bedsits only to promote co-living is now becoming clear

02.07.2025 10

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The idea that the Kremlin has kompromat on Trump seems increasingly plausible

25.06.2025 10

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There is a way to unblock Ireland’s infrastructural logjam

18.06.2025 10

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I gave my friends hats which said ‘Make America Hate Again’. That’s what Trump is trying to do

11.06.2025 20

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EU cannot ignore what’s happening in Poland and The Netherlands

04.06.2025 20

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For all his bragging, Trump knows he has little leverage with either Putin or Netanyahu

28.05.2025 20

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Michael McDowell: Migration policy is the EU’s biggest weakness and Donald Trump is aiming to exploit it

21.05.2025 10

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Military axis of Russia, China and North Korea will test what the West stands for

14.05.2025 10

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Ministers need to stop pointing out obstacles to delivery - and start tackling them

07.05.2025 10

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In Victorian era a railway could be built in three years, but now even planning approval would take way longer

30.04.2025 10

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Michael McDowell: There is no ‘right’ to subvert women’s freedom to have their own events and spaces

23.04.2025 20

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The fragmented EU will struggle in negotiations with the US

16.04.2025 20

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