Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the Catholic Church
Fintan O’Toole’s analogy between the decline of the Catholic Church and the potential fall of the British monarchy is clever
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Fintan O'Toole columns
Britain’s King Charles should heed the lesson of the crumbling Irish Catholic Church
Abusers did not bring down the hierarchy here, it was down to the repeated cover-ups by bishops
Sinn Féin, Ukraine and the Spanish Civil War
In Ukraine ‘the issues are clearer’, and we cannot know who would have won in Spain with no intervention
Fintan O’Toole: What would fascism look like in the 2020s?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
For Sinn Féin, Tiocfaidh ár lá is being replaced by Turn the Other Cheek
Sinn Féin is rightly proud of republicanism’s role in the fight against fascism in Spain. So why is it now opposing assistance for Ukraine?
Epstein files are where the grammar of wealth meets the vocabulary of the brothel
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends were culture warriors – the war they waged was against women
Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson will go down in history as crawlers and creeps
If we want to understand why democracy is in such trouble, we can learn plenty from the careers of two men who were once stellar figures in democratic politics
If Trump goes after Ireland, he will also destroy a lot of US wealth
We’ve made ourselves dependent on American capitalism but for America it’s a hugely lucrative dependency
One big idea: Fintan O’Toole, Maria Steen, Joseph O’Connor and others offer a to-do list for Government
Voices from across Irish life choose a single thing the Government should – and could – try to accomplish in its second year in office
Why is Ireland so badly governed? Here’s why...
Road Safety Authority requests show our TDs are not doing the jobs they are elected to do
A superpower has affirmed its right to hegemony over Ireland. Are we paying attention?
Steve Bannon’s boasts are not just those of a marginal blowhard – they chime with the fully official American claim on the hemisphere in which we live
Trump’s Walmart warmongering in Venezuela isn’t just empire building. For him it’s entertainment
Capturing Maduro and putting him on display is US president's version of a Roman emperor’s triumph, entertainment for a senile king
The old Irish habit of begrudgery didn’t disappear, it just turned in another direction
Racism and xenophobia are begrudgery writ large. They divide humanity into an Us and Them
Ireland’s Christmas story is still underpinned by separation anxiety
The Gaybo Christmas call was a necessary national ritual, one that turned private pain into public joy
This is a column about the Opium War – all resemblance to living people entirely intended
For the opium lords of 1839, think the tech bros of 2025. For opium, think algorithms
Eurovision glitz is part of Israel’s claim to be European – and that matters
The displacement of Israel from Asia to Europe is neither innocent nor inconsequential
Remembering Martin Parr: A lovely, warm, gentle man who dragged me out of bed at 5.30am
British photographer always persevered in his belief that there is humanity in humour and humour in humanity
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland has two economies, one bourgeois, one proletarian. Both are broken
The bourgeoisification of the Irish workforce is a remarkable phenomenon
Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites
Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices
Ireland’s economic miracle is like someone riding two horses on a surfboard
Now we are caught in a Catch 22 of our own making on migration and infrastructure
Donald Trump made a fatal error when he invited the vampire Jeffrey Epstein in
A nocturnal Count Jeffrey continues to hover at the window of Donald Trump’s White House bedroom
Ireland’s Changing Suburbs: Fintan O’Toole on the transformation of Crumlin
Traditional suburbs such as Crumlin are now far beyond the means of the working-class families they were built to house
Official approach to a united Ireland is ‘please, please don’t ask us to think about it’
Not one of the 2,000 scenarios it considers for the next 40 years involves the ending of partition
Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
Fintan O’Toole: There’s a reason why Ireland votes for leftist presidents and right-of-centre governments
There are five things the left needs to do now to capitalise on Catherine Connolly’s win
Catherine Connolly deserves her landslide victory, but it’s a hollow crown
She has a tough task ahead: speak for the established State, represent a radical opposition to it and give hope to those who are increasingly disenchanted
For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’
Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride demonstrate the importance of free and reasoned deliberation
Catherine Connolly is going to win. Heather Humphreys needs to be a better loser
Fine Gael candidate must know her cheap shot at independent rival comes with heavy price tag
A Catherine Connolly presidency would be an alternative to official Ireland
In Heather Humphreys, we have a candidate who is harmless. And In Catherine Connolly one who has the potential to do some harm, but also to do good
Budget 2026: What’s another year to a hungry two-year-old?
Nobody disagrees on the value of a second tier of child benefit. So why has it not been introduced? Lethargy
What on earth was Micheál Martin thinking? Jim Gavin clearly wasn’t ready
Getting your followers to agree to a proposition that makes no sense is the ultimate ego trip
‘I would have loved to have been a stay-at-home dad’: Fintan O’Toole on fatherhood
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
Catherine Connolly should keep her inner Basil Fawlty under wraps
Accusing our EU allies of being proto-fascist warmongers is not a winning strategy
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