Public affairs consultant, political commentator and former senior government adviser.
Joined October 2011
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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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May 31
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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Apr 15
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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Mar 16
☘️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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Mar 16
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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Feb 28
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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Feb 28
Constantly sprinting, but a man who has never run a marathon, Harris knows he has an electoral and a reputational deficit to overcome.
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Feb 19
🧐 2024 was peak Prudent Paschal?
Three big multinationals pay almost half of our corporation taxes irishtimes.com/business/2026…
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Ireland voting against #Mercosur is bad politics in Brussels for no political gain at home. Its a vote that sabotages our national interest on trade, undermines our credibility in EU and makes leaders look like followers.
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20 Dec 2025
Re; Martyn Turner's cartoon in my post above. A perfect example of "the hate filled void in empathy" I refer to in my article, just the day before, in the same publication.
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19 Dec 2025
Gerard Howlin: Micheál Martin’s genius was playing a weak hand well. Not any more irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/…
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14 Dec 2025
And it was a Chanukah celebration not any random group of people who were attacked.
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30 Nov 2025
Credit due to @LaceyDermot for having the guts to oppose this wrong-headed proposal from the get go.
Proposal to rename Herzog Park to be withdrawn after international criticism jrnl.ie/6889586
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