Ireland must tackle the ‘pull factors’ that attract asylum applicants
A proposal to charge asylum seekers with jobs €15 or €25 a week for accommodation is a pathetic response
Housing crisis will not be solved by Sinn Féin or Coalition
Idea that local authorities can deliver housing faster than building contractors is daft ideological posturing
A €336,000 bike shelter is cheap compared with cost of transforming Leinster House library
Independent Senators have been trying to see OPW plans to transform the beautiful members’ library at Leinster House into a ‘main committee room’ for the Dáil, to no avail
Why is our capacity to deliver infrastructure projects worse now than it was in the 19th century?
A railway was built from Dublin to Cork with little more than a shovel and a pick in the 1840s. Today the Shannon pipeline project will take 15-20 years from conception to completion - and that’s if all goes well
Ireland is in no position to accept 25,000 homeless migrants claiming asylum every year
It is idle to debate whether ‘Ireland is full’. But it is not idle to acknowledge the glaring truth that Ireland is in no position to accept 25,000 homeless migrants claiming asylum every year
Trump’s ‘conversation’ with Musk reveals dangers that were not made explicit until now
Former US president lauds Russian leader while being profoundly hostile to the European Union
Is the Metrolink really the best way to provide a rail link to Dublin Airport?
A new strategy review document favours building a surface railway to serve Dublin airport by linking it to the Dublin suburban network at Clongriffin
A Trump presidency will embolden Putin and Netanyahu and present a dreadful danger for the world
Michael McDowell: The future of the United States is now at stake as never before. Bound up in that is the viability of liberal democracies around the world in the face of totalitarianism
Our party whip system is too severe. Politicians should be able to vote with their conscience
British and American systems do not quake at the thought of governments losing votes via their supporters who disagree with the majority
Seanad is an institution chosen by graduates and stuffed with political wannabes
With reform repeatedly promised and not delivered, the only way to fix the lack of Seanad reform it is at the next Dáil election
Let’s not make the ill-conceived Dublin traffic plan the subject of a culture war
Sloganeering about “populism” is over the top when discussing real peoples’ real concerns for their city
Democrats need to find an alternative to Biden-Harris ticket
Michael McDowell: The recent debate proved Biden is well past his political sell-by date and urgent action is required to prevent the unthinkable of Donald Trump reclaiming the White House
Brexit has been a disaster but Britain will not admit it
Self-inflicted economic, diplomatic and strategic damage will be blamed on Rishi Sunak by Tory media and not on Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss or the Brexit-cheerleading media itself
Uncontrolled asylum acting as a cover for economic migration needs a more radical response
The question needs to be asked why Ireland, on the geographical periphery of the EU, is facing 30,000 claims for international protection each year
Sinn Féin collapse does not mean voters want the current Government to get another run
The mutual backslapping between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael marked a watershed moment in Irish politics, but voters need more choices than just a hard-left coalition or the status quo