Gerard Howlin
@gerardhowlin.bsky.social
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Public affairs consultant, political commentator and former senior government adviser.
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Simon Harris can’t stop announcing his new investment scheme. This says a lot about him
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Gerard Howlin: Simon Harris can’t stop announcing his new investment scheme. It says a lot about him
How the spin unfolded was both entertaining and educational, offering observers an insight into the DNA of Harris as a politician
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/02/28/simon-harris-cant-stop-announcing-his-new-investment-scheme-this-says-a-lot-about-him/
3 months ago
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Simon Harris can’t stop announcing his new investment scheme. This says a lot about him
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Gerard Howlin: Simon Harris can’t stop announcing his new investment scheme. It says a lot about him
How the spin unfolded was both entertaining and educational, offering observers an insight into the DNA of Harris as a politician
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/02/28/simon-harris-cant-stop-announcing-his-new-investment-scheme-this-says-a-lot-about-him/
3 months ago
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Gerard Howlin
The Irish Times
7 months ago
Gerard Howlin: If Micheál Martin survives this, his achievement will almost rival Catherine Connolly’s
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Gerard Howlin: If Micheál Martin survives this, his achievement will almost rival Catherine Connolly’s
Taoiseach’s position is weakened among parliamentary party members after presidential election debacle
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/10/27/gerard-howlin-if-micheal-martin-survives-this-his-achievement-will-almost-rival-catherine-connollys/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=HP-SubDesc
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If Micheál Martin survives this, his achievement will almost rival Catherine Connolly’s
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Gerard Howlin: If Micheál Martin survives this, his achievement will almost rival Catherine Connolly’s
Taoiseach’s position is weakened among parliamentary party members after presidential election debacle
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/10/27/gerard-howlin-if-micheal-martin-survives-this-his-achievement-will-almost-rival-catherine-connollys/
7 months ago
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In a low-energy presidential debate, only one candidate lit a spark
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Gerard Howlin: In a low-energy presidential debate, only one candidate lit a spark
Jim Gavin sounded like he was reading from a PowerPoint, Heather Humphreys was lacklustre and Catherine Connolly had one big advantage
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/30/gerard-howlin-in-a-low-energy-presidential-debate-only-one-candidate-lit-a-spark/
8 months ago
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Sinn Féin has placed a foot in every camp. No wonder it’s wobbling
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Gerard Howlin: Sinn Féin has placed a foot in every camp. No wonder it’s wobbling
A party that doesn’t want local property tax for anyone but wants free third-level fees for all isn’t a left party
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/29/gerard-howlin-sinn-fein-has-placed-a-foot-in-every-camp-no-wonder-its-wobbling/
9 months ago
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Racism in this State is an old story, but vile discourse online is new and most of it comes from abroad
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We cannot police the streets if online material is not regulated
Racism in this State goes back a bit, but vile discourse online is new and most of it comes from abroad – principally the US and UK
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/15/we-cannot-police-the-streets-if-online-material-is-not-regulated/
9 months ago
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Gerard Howlin: The EU status quo Ireland prospered in for 50 years is over.
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Gerard Howlin: The EU status quo Ireland prospered in for 50 years is over
Being at the centre in Brussels requires new credentials we have yet to acquire.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/01/the-eu-status-quo-ireland-prospered-in-for-50-years-is-at-an-end-we-need-to-cop-on-and-catch-up-quickly/
10 months ago
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Government promise to oppose Mercosur trade deal was an error of judgment.
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Gerard Howlin: Ireland needs to stop holding out against Mercosur
Trade deal is a big win for Ireland, but beef farmers feel challenged
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/07/18/gerard-howlin-ireland-needs-to-stop-holding-out-against-mercosur/
10 months ago
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Keeping student fees down and reducing VAT would cost €3 billion we don’t have
Just days away from the next turn in the Donald Trump tariff saga, we are being egged on to slash a dangerously narrow tax base further
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/07/04/keeping-student-fees-down-and-reducing-vat-would-cost-3-billion-we-dont-have/
11 months ago
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Sunny evening on Capel Street, street is paved, people dining outdoors and full on melee as entertainment. Kicking, boxing and then a bottle broken by one over the other.
@garda.ie
now with bloodied victim.
11 months ago
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Micheál Martin and Paschal Donohoe are responsible for this Government’s lethargy
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Gerard Howlin: Micheál Martin and Paschal Donohoe are responsible for this Government’s lethargy
They have power, but seem unwilling to introduce cultural change and fiscal discipline
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/06/20/gerard-howlin-could-a-crisis-shake-micheal-martin-and-paschal-donohoe-out-of-their-lethargy/
11 months ago
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Gerard Howlin
The Irish Times
11 months ago
Gerard Howlin: There’s never been a better time for a left alliance. Shame they can’t get on
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Gerard Howlin: There’s never been a better time for a left alliance. Shame they can’t get on
Housing, Trump and fading traditional political loyalties mean anything is possible come the next election
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/06/06/gerard-howlin-theres-never-been-a-better-time-for-a-left-alliance-shame-they-cant-get-on/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=HP-SubDesc
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Gerard Howlin
The Irish Times
12 months ago
Gerard Howlin: Renters forking out €2,000 per month are paying the price for water charges debacle
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Gerard Howlin: Renters forking out €2,000 per month are paying the price for water charges debacle
As the housing shortage cuts into economic competitiveness and social solidarity, the consequences of bad decisions are more apparent
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/05/23/gerard-howlin-those-forking-out-2000-in-rent-are-paying-the-price-for-water-charges-debacle/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=HP-SubDesc
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The status quo is in charge of Irish housing policy
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James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge
Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/05/09/housing-minister-crisis/
about 1 year ago
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Micheál Martin would be a more credible leader of Fine Gael than Simon Harris and that’s a problem
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Gerard Howlin: Micheál Martin would be a more credible leader of Fine Gael than Simon Harris and that's a problem
It’s a sign of Fine Gael’s watered-down identity that it’s easy to imagine Harris in Labour or the Social Democrats
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/04/25/micheal-martin-would-be-a-more-credible-leader-of-fine-gael-than-simon-harris-and-thats-a-problem/
about 1 year ago
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The general election campaign was a raucous wake for an era that was already over
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The general election campaign was a raucous wake for an era that was already over
We stand on the brink of a tariffs war weighed down by the cost of our inefficiency and self-indulgence
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/03/28/the-general-election-campaign-was-a-raucous-wake-for-an-era-that-was-already-over/
about 1 year ago
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Ireland is not anti-Semitic but it’s not a good time to be Jewish in this country
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Gerard Howlin: Ireland is not anti-Semitic but it’s no wonder Jewish people here feel uncomfortable
There is no space left here for either a broader perspective or nuance. There is an increasingly automatic overlapping of Jewish people with Israel
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/03/14/ireland-is-not-anti-semitic-but-its-not-a-good-time-to-be-jewish-in-this-country/
about 1 year ago
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EU is about to become bigger and more powerful and there will be consequences for Ireland
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Gerard Howlin: EU is about to become bigger and more powerful. There will be consequences for Ireland
The coming period will see the working out of ad-hoc compromises to provide money and means at speed, and a view that things can be finessed afterwards
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/02/28/eu-is-about-to-become-bigger-and-more-powerful-and-there-will-be-consequences-for-ireland/
about 1 year ago
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Micheál Martin has real power at last. The big question is what he’ll do with it
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Gerard Howlin: Micheál Martin has real power at last. The big question is what he’ll do with it
Martin reshaped politics after the economic crash by building the widest possible base committed to some version of the status quo
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/02/14/micheal-martin-has-real-power-at-last-the-big-question-is-what-hell-do-with-it/
over 1 year ago
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A good foreign policy is one that no one notices. Unfortunately that’s not Simon Harris’s style
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Gerard Howlin: A good foreign policy is one that no-one notices. Unfortunately that’s not Simon Harris’s style
Harris’s success or failure in his new role will mean success or failure for all of us
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/01/31/gerard-howlin-a-good-foreign-policy-is-one-that-no-one-notices-unfortunately-thats-not-simon-harriss-style/
over 1 year ago
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If only the band plays on, we have politics made for jiving to.
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Gerard Howlin: Programme for government is notable not just for a lack of ideology, but a lack of passion
Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/01/17/gerard-howlin-programme-for-government-is-notable-not-just-for-a-lack-of-ideology-but-a-lack-of-passion/
over 1 year ago
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Divorce between managing the economy and managing public spending is harming the country
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Divorce between managing the economy and managing public spending is harming the country
Where there is neither control of spending nor effective delivery, it is the worst of all worlds
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/01/03/divorce-between-managing-the-economy-and-managing-public-spending-is-harming-the-country/
over 1 year ago
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Fine Gael’s reinvention as a digital cartoon of Fianna Fáil is a stunning mistake.
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Gerard Howlin: Verona Murphy getting the Ceann Comhairle job was a sign of Michael Lowry’s political savvy
With no third party to disproportionately set the agenda or take the blame, the prospect of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parting as good friends at the end of the next Government will be more challenging
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/12/20/verona-murphy-getting-the-ceann-comhairle-job-was-a-sign-of-michael-lowrys-political-savvy/
over 1 year ago
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With Labour divided and the Social Democrats sceptical, the focus – and the balance of power – is on a handful of Independents.
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Gerard Howlin: It’s a measure of the importance of Independents that a lot hinges on Verona Murphy’s next move
With Labour divided and the Social Democrats sceptical, the focus – and the balance of power – is on a handful of Independents
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/12/06/independents-will-be-more-important-than-many-ministers-in-the-next-government/
over 1 year ago
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Gerard Howlin
Tony - Pod Guy - Groves
over 1 year ago
The
#GE2024
#EchoChamberPod
with Gerard Howlin is out now. Political Polar Opposites? Yes. But a very engaging conversation. We even laughed once or twice. Listen:
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👇 Tallaght Strategy II 🥴. Bring back the PDs. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil should stop squabbling and concentrate on their messages
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Alan Dukes: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil should stop squabbling and concentrate on their messages
Sniping between the two parties is counterproductive and risks turning off voters
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/11/25/alan-dukes-fine-gael-and-fianna-fail-should-stop-squabbling-and-concentrate-on-their-messages/
over 1 year ago
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Backloading liability on to people under 40 is the theme of this election.
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Gerard Howlin: The false election promises being made to Ireland’s under-40s
Forget ‘one for everyone in the audience’, there’s two for everyone in the audience. Unless what you want is choice
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/11/22/the-false-election-promises-being-made-to-irelands-under-40s/
over 1 year ago
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