Painting over the North’s red linesThe North could have the best of both worlds – and both unions – if pesky politicians didn’t keep getting in the way
Michael McDowell on politicsThe latest proposals from the British government put the Good Friday Agreement in danger of being handed over as hostage to the DUP executioners
Michael McDowell on politicsVoters have every right to be cynical about a government that appears to be failing in virtually all areas of policy
President is not condemned to Trappist silence and inactionI enjoy hearing the opinions of President Higgins in matters of history and culture. There is no point in demanding that everyone agree with them
McDowell on PoliticsNow that the DUP no longer has the British government by the short and curlies, it’s time for the party to face some difficult realities
Johnson's new broom already covered in political dog doo-dooUnder pressure, Boris Johnson’s boys are starting to crack. They make Theresa May look serene and statesmanlike. How she must be smirking
McDowell on PoliticsWe are not at war with Britain. Ireland is merely collateral damage in a very English struggle between the hard right of the Tory Party and everyone else
Wiliness of EU leaders gives Johnson room to manoeuvreBoris Johnson’s claim that regulatory checks at the Irish Sea would undermine the Good Friday Agreement is bogus – just ask Northern voters
Tariff war with China a real threat to the 'Trump boom'Donald Trump’s mad scheme to buy Greenland is a distraction: the real show will be the US economy tanking, which is a real possibility
Michael McDowell on PoliticsIndependence unlocked Ireland’s prosperity, and it could do the same for the North
The EU must call Boris Johnson's bluffBoris Johnson’s macho posturing is a sideshow aimed at British voters
McDowell on politics: Boris and the backstopBritish Leave voters will put Brexit before keeping the North within the UK. The DUP will have to suck it up
The racist in the White House must be defeatedThe 2020 US election will be a battle for the soul of the nation. To defeat the racist in the White House, the Democrats must win over Middle America
McDowell on politics: A no-deal Brexit would throw our economy into reverse in a gear-crunching crisisBoris Johnson’s failure to defend Britain’s ambassador to the US after a malicious leak has left his country at Trump’s mercy. The ‘special relationship’ is about to become a lot more lopsided
Democrats in the US have only one duty now. Beat Trump!It is easy to see parallels with the late 1930s, as truth and integrity are being displaced by cynicism and absurdity
Johnson's near inevitable election confirms Britain's devolution into a pantomime stateBritain’s political degradation, with its two different but terrible candidates, has occurred because of cynical self-interest on both sides
Johnson still peddling political pipe-smokeBoris Johnson’s ‘managed no deal’ is a myth and he will have to find the stomach to swallow the withdrawal agreement
The turning of the screw on IranHow can we believe the United States’s claim that Iran attacked Japanese and Norwegian oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz last week? After all, who benefits from such an event?
A Brexit-touting Trump is no friend to Ireland or the EUThe US President's repugnant bromance with Britain’s hardliners is steering us into dangerous waters
There was no Green wave and Green-babble will not dictate the next election. Prosperity, jobs and housing will be the battlegrounds