Dr Jamie McLoughlin quoted in Irish Daily Mail regarding presidential speech

Dr Jamie McLoughlin was recently quoted in an article in the Irish Daily Mail discussing the constitutional permissibility of presidential speech which disagrees with or criticizes the Government. Dr McLoughlin is an expert on the Irish presidency and is currently engaged in comparative constitutional research on the role(s) of non-executive presidents like the Irish President. Dr McLoughlin noted that President Connolly is occupying a space created by her predecessors Michael D. Higgins and Mary Robinson for a more politically vocal presidency. Dr McLoughlin commented further that while this more activist approach to the presidency arguably breaches a political convention of presidential silence on policy matters, it does not, in his view, breach the Constitution. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16279433/Catherine-Connolly-surp…