Michael McDowell: Our cities need huge planned, aesthetically pleasing redevelopmentOpen space doesn't equate to beautiful urban landscape: Awful mistakes have been made, such as Smithfield and NewmarketWed Nov 25 2020 - 01:00
Stolen election narrative will sustain Republicans in oppositionDonald Trump is no longer an insurgent in the party, he has effective control of itWed Nov 18 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: It’s much too soon to dance on Trump’s graveQuite possible we will now see a four-year period in which Trumpism regroupsWed Nov 11 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Profound issues at stake over free speech and IslamShould Ireland pursue French policy of ‘laïcisme’ or simple pluralism?Wed Nov 04 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: We must check if this Covid-19 lockdown is really necessaryWas the Government panicked into a second national coronavirus lockdown?Wed Oct 28 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: What exactly is the price of accepting this Nphet advice?Emergency health team does not just recommend change – it advocates for itWed Oct 21 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Six months wasted since last Covid lockdownDepartment of Health and HSE failed to address dangerously low ICU capacityWed Oct 14 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Nphet allowed get too big for its bootsBody permitted to dominate public perceptions of pandemic almost to exclusion of anyone elseWed Oct 07 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: There needs to be greater oversight of the Covid-19 responseThe State powers are largely exercised with little or no democratic accountabilityWed Sept 30 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Public are getting the mushroom treatmentWe need to be told the reasoning behind seemingly contradictory Covid-19 regulationsWed Sept 23 2020 - 01:00
The Government is gambling with public health when it comes to ICU capacityIllegal casinos have been told they must serve meals. Is this how we stop Covid-19?Wed Sept 16 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Trump is a moral monster and a danger to humanityUS president threatens democracy as he follows playbook of Putin, Xi and SaudisWed Sept 09 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Public will not endure another lockdownPolitically, economically and socially, closing up Ireland again is not an optionWed Sept 02 2020 - 01:00
Martin and Varadkar need to earn our backing by communicating frankly with usGovernment needs to articulate a clear strategy for dealing with pandemic effectsWed Aug 26 2020 - 09:38
Michael McDowell: Would a Biden presidency be better for Ireland in particular?It would be great to see the back of Trump but a Biden presidency poses its own risksWed Aug 19 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Free the Shelbourne Four from ‘woke’ activismLet’s get one thing straight – the banished statues do not depict slavery in any wayWed Aug 12 2020 - 01:00
Trumpism may be dying but is still dangerousBiden cleverly avoiding presenting unnecessary targets for Trump attack dogsWed Aug 05 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Ireland silent on Uighurs’ plightTrade with China appears to curb our condemnation from UN Security CouncilWed Jul 29 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: EU might have disintegrated if it failed to agree post-Covid stimulus dealDeal does not determine whether federalists or realists have gained the upper handWed Jul 22 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Brace yourself for what a desperate Trump might doUS president is flailing amid his pandemic miscalculation as election battle loomsWed Jul 15 2020 - 05:00
Storey funeral highlights fundamental problems with Sinn FéinParty’s real power exercised not by politicians but by unaccountable politburoWed Jul 08 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Halting Trump tweets may be counter-productiveUncensored Trump more revealing than subtly manipulative dog-whistle versionWed Jul 01 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Sanitising Britain's imperialist past would require collective amnesiaStatues shouldn’t have to be boarded up let alone ‘defended’ by self-appointed racist thugsWed Jun 24 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: No optimism that coalition will last four yearsFF and FG marriage makes me happy but with Greens they face severe challengesWed Jun 17 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: What is ‘the science’ politicians must follow?No authoritative unitary understanding of Covid-19 epidemiological risks existsWed Jun 10 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Black Americans fear the future and so should weTrump’s coalition of both rich and poor whites is shameless and his words evilWed Jun 03 2020 - 03:00
Michael McDowell: We will laugh at the puritanism of the two metre adviceLet's imagine how, in late May 2021, we will look back on the first half of 2020Wed May 27 2020 - 01:00
Ireland should be slow to condemn KarlsruheGerman constitutional court has always been clear on limits of EU powerWed May 20 2020 - 01:00
We can’t afford to spend €1bn a year on single-use PPE in a massive fiscal crisisMichael McDowell: Enormous hole in public finances cannot simply be wished away by borrowing billionsWed May 13 2020 - 01:00
Independents a better bet than the GreensIndependents are less inclined to panic and pull the plug on governmentWed May 06 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: Donald Trump is running out of scapegoatsGrotesque performances hit US president’s popularity perhaps to Biden’s advantageWed Apr 29 2020 - 01:00
Michael McDowell: We must ease the coronavirus lockdownThe strategy to ease the lockdown cannot be dictated by public health experts aloneWed Apr 22 2020 - 01:00
The US is led by an emotional and moral monster in TrumpLike the monomaniacal ship’s master in Moby Dick, Trump’s obsession fuels his actionsWed Apr 15 2020 - 05:00
Michael McDowell: New Seanad can pass legislationUpper House is capable of functioning without incoming taoiseach’s nomineesWed Apr 08 2020 - 01:31
Michael McDowell: Covid-19 crisis raises important points on the limits of the EUState governments are better placed than Brussels to judge required remedial actionWed Apr 01 2020 - 06:00
Michael McDowell: It won't be easy, but leaders need to nurture hope and solidarityOutline of a pathway through and out of the crisis will have to be delineated soonWed Mar 25 2020 - 10:00
Michael McDowell: Coronavirus health regulations will have teeth1947 Act allows for civil prosecution of those who fail to take precautionsThu Mar 19 2020 - 07:32
Five-year national programme needed in new reality of Covid-19Michael McDowell: Short-term government would not bring predictability now vitalWed Mar 11 2020 - 01:45
Democrats on track to tackle Trump thanks to voters not mediaMichael McDowell: Bloomberg praiseworthy for focus on halting more years of US misruleFri Mar 06 2020 - 01:00
Sinn Féin’s problem with names much more than mere wordplayMichael McDowell: Loyalty to the State a duty of every citizen – and by extension members of the governmentWed Feb 26 2020 - 01:11
Fine Gael should swallow its pretend humilityMichael McDowell: Leo Varadkar cannot walk away from offer to support FF-led governmentWed Feb 19 2020 - 00:05
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael must join forces and grasp housing crisisParties must accept voters demand change and take radical actionWed Feb 12 2020 - 00:43
Sinn Féin is not a conventional democratic party – this is undeniableMichael McDowell: SF must ditch sway of unelected officials and focus on DublinWed Feb 05 2020 - 01:18
Coherent, capable and caring government must be electedMichael McDowell: Inanity and evasion beat reason in depressing TV debateWed Jan 29 2020 - 00:32
Is Ireland moving left or simply moving on?Election 2020: Fine Gael pin hopes on the Brexit factor to revive fortunes in the pollsWed Jan 22 2020 - 01:27
Michael McDowell: Time to stop kowtowing to China over TaiwanIreland has no representative office in Taiwan, the world’s 21st-largest economyWed Jan 15 2020 - 01:26
The only north Johnson cares about is north of EnglandDUP has served unionist voters poorly by supporting hard-Brexit wing of ToriesWed Dec 18 2019 - 01:32
Michael McDowell: Daft white-water rafting plan is anything but a capital ideaDublin is being destroyed by unelected officials and a lack of genuine local democracyWed Dec 04 2019 - 06:52
Let's not be throwing shapes on issue of Irish unityConfederal model is only viable approach in North for foreseeable futureWed Nov 20 2019 - 01:06
No workable alternative to some form of direct provisionDelay in deciding cases and implementing decisions is massive and indefensibleWed Nov 06 2019 - 01:51
