Michael McDowell
@SenatorMcDowell
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Independent Senator for @NUIMerrionSq & Senior Counsel. Adjunct Professor of Law @UCDLawSchool. Member of Oireachtas Justice and European Affairs Committees
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined March 2016
Britain’s asylum shake-up poses big problems for Ireland - Michael McDowell in this morning's @irishtimes
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The British home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood of 15 years, a barrister, a former secretary of state for justice and former lord chancellor. Her family background...
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Ireland badly needs to face up to the minimum responsibilities entailed in our independence - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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Now that Catherine Connolly is our 10th president, her role under Article 13.4 of the Constitution as supreme command of the Defence Forces comes into sharper focus. Although she has been sceptical...
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Why is Ireland a destination of choice for asylum seekers? Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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Distinctions between lawful migration, temporary immigration and residence, and asylum seeking are real and important. EU citizens have a right under EU law to migrate to other member states to...
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This election wasn’t a lurch to the left, but a victory for Keep The Other Lot Out politics - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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Given that the vast majority of important decisions for Ireland’s future will continue to be made in Government Buildings, Leinster House, the White House, Capitol Hill, and the Berlaymont in...
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What exactly does Vladimir Putin hold over the cowardly Donald Trump? Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, was subjected to a second brutal Trump ambush in the Oval Office last Friday. This time, the cameras were not allowed to witness the idiot king’s brutish...
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Liberals must stop adopting lazy-minded, woke stances on complex issues - Michael McDowell in today’s @irishtimes
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I recently listened to a fascinating The Irish Times podcast interview between Hugh Linehan and Ronan McCrea, a law professor in the University College London and sometimes contributor to this...
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In Seanad Éireann this evening we are debating a Motion on Supports and Services for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers tabled by my colleague Senator Gerard Craughwell. Thank you to him and to clinicians from the Dublin Dental University Hospital for their attendance at the
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Ireland should not be told by Brussels or Washington what to do about policing speech - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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We have to wise up to the drift of events across the European Continent. There are many in our establishment who make the argument that Ireland needs to be at the centre of EU affairs where we can...
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Why I didn't nominate Maria Steen for the presidency - my article in this morning's @irishtimes
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I have been elected to Seanad Éireann on three occasions after standing as a liberal republican candidate. My record as a parliamentarian since 1987 has been consistently liberal on social and...
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Today’s headlined story in the Irish Daily Mail suggesting that I informed Maria Steen in August that I would not support her candidacy is completely false. Its author has apologised to me for his error.
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This is the age of Mad Hatter Tea Party politics featuring Donald Trump as the Queen of Hearts - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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When Ceann Comhairle, Verona Murphy, made introductory remarks at the first sitting of this session of Dáil Éireann, she drew attention to the use of social media to propagate anonymous falsehoods...
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Watch: My contribution this afternoon as the Justice Committee discussed the operation of the IPAS system and other immigration matters
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Grotesque charade of Trump’s UK visit is the latest sign of a world in turmoil - Michael McDowell in today’s @irishtimes
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The strangest side effect of Donald Trump’s foreign-policy-by-tariff methods was the participation by Indian military experts in the joint Russia-Belarus “Zapad” military exercises held in the last...
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Listen back: I spoke to @NTBreakfast this morning about our dysfunctional planning system for Irish infrastructure projects
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With luck, we’ll have a new drainage scheme for Dublin in just 25 years. Welcome to modern Ireland - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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The calamity of the Planning and Development Act 2024 is becoming clearer by the day. Most people are not aware that the Bill for the Act was rushed through the Houses of the Oireachtas using...
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Trump’s persistent idiocy has hugely diminished America’s standing in world affairs - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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Trump shames America and Americans with his pathetic pandering to dictators - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes
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Back in 2017, at this time of year, Donald Trump issued a warning to North Korean despot Kim Jong-un, whom he dubbed “little rocket man”. He reacted to Kim’s test-firing of a missile towards Japan...
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Trump’s deal-making to end the Ukraine war is a sick charade - Michael McDowell in today’s @irishtimes
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Let’s be brutally honest about recent events. Donald Trump is – and is behaving like – an unpredictable, selfish ignoramus, constantly mollycoddled by a group of sycophants – whether domestic or...
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Israeli hostages not a priority for ministers planning Gaza takeover - Michael McDowell in today’s @IrishTimes
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Those of us who uphold the UN charter and support the right of Israel, a sovereign UN member state, to exist within its internationally recognised lawful boundaries and to defend that sovereignty –...
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