Public affairs consultant, political commentator and former senior government adviser.
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Gerard Howlin: Tomorrow’s budget may be the worst since the days of Charles Haughey’s wild spending irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Gerard Howlin: Trump may have been Britain-baiting but his statement on unity still mattered irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Opinion: Early access to all drugs for rare diseases is pie in sky unless we tax to fund it irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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If sucking diesel were a cure for Friedreich’s ataxia then Leinster House would be Lourdes.
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Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises
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Gerard Howlin: Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Keir Starmer made bad choices. Micheál Martin avoids choices altogether
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Gerard Howlin: Keir Starmer made bad choices. Micheál Martin avoids choices altogether irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Maybe we should ask Ireland’s small population of Jews what they think about anti-Semitism
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Gerard Howlin: Byelections showed increasingly fractured politics with dangerous consensus on one issue irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Among 31 candidates in two constituencies, no one questioned the giving powers of the magic money tree.
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Rural Ireland is the sharpest point of political pressure on Government
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Gerard Howlin: Michael Healy-Rae reminded the Government of its real Opposition: rural Ireland irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill could manage through to next post, or election, but authority is what remains after you leave the room. irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Gerard Howlin: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has big ambitions - but can she succeed in health? irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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☘️Delighted to contribute to RTÉ’s analysis on the Taoiseach’s visit with President Trump tomorrow,
Saint Patrick’s Day. 👇
Striking a delicate balance key to Taoiseach's White House meeting
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I told him that my father was Jewish, spoke of the impressive war record of my Jewish grandfather, of the number of Jewish men in all of the allied armies, but he was indifferent.
Did he, I asked, want to clarify or rethink? “No thank you, I think I’ve made myself clear. Goodbye.”
✍️ Michael Coren
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How the spin unfolded around the new investment scheme was both entertaining and educational, offering observers an insight into the DNA of Simon Harris as a politician, writes Gerard Howlin irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Gerard Howlin: Simon Harris can’t stop announcing his new investment scheme. It says a lot about him irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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