McDowell could start a row in an empty room but he’ll be a big loss
It is not that he was badly paid, but he was at the height of his earning power in a lucrative profession and could have earned much more at the Bar
THERE is a saying in Leinster House that nobody ever talked their way into the Dáil, but many people have talked their way out. Some people were re-elected last week who hardly said a word in the chamber over the past five years, but Michael McDowell undoubtedly said too much and offended too many people.