Writer, Irish Times columnist, New York Review of Books contributor, We Don't Know Ourselves author.https://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mknxtal5qc26https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/fintan-otoole-100-years-on-fianna-fail-is-flailing/29 Apr 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknxtal5qc26https://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mjzaiqgvts2jhttps://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/05/14/the-right-amount-of-crazy-fintan-otoole/21 Apr 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzaiqgvts2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mjusuiace22thttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/books/review/the-future-is-peace-aziz-abu-sarah-maoz-inon.html?searchResultPosition=119 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjusuiace22thttps://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mjhcksknwc2phttps://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/04/14/trump-accused-of-sacrilege-over-jesus-image-by-influential-irish-american-organisation/14 Apr 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhcksknwc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mjdhlpgvhk2pDon't underestimate what a huge defeat this is for the Trumpist project of destroying the EU and establishing ethnonationalism all over Europe. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/world/europe/hungary-election-orban-magyar.html12 Apr 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdhlpgvhk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3miv4y3svek23https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/fintan-otoole-trumps-random-gibberish-is-more-terrifying-than-lies-it-is-a-sign-of-derangement/07 Apr 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3miv4y3svek23https://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3miky2ezvqc2yhttps://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/04/23/reimagining-the-future-of-ireland-otoole-mcbride-toibin/03 Apr 2026 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3miky2ezvqc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mhm2jgregc2zhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-telegraphs-sam-mcbride-wins-christopher-ewart-biggs-prize-for-co-authored-united-ireland-debate-book/a/143676653.html21 Mar 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhm2jgregc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mhg2tmpzus27If you're anywhere in the vicinity of Princeton on Friday please join us https://arts.princeton.edu/news/2026/03/fund-for-irish-studies-at-princeton-university-presents-for-and-against-a-united-ireland/19 Mar 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhg2tmpzus27https://bsky.app/profile/fotoole.bsky.social/post/3mhfu7i6cf227Deeply honoured that Sam McBride and I have won the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for For and Against a United Ireland. https://www.hotpress.com/culture/fintan-otoole-and-sam-mcbride-win-29th-christopher-ewart-biggs-literary-prize-2313430419 Mar 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:fii244urfyyxxwl4fhccw2su/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfu7i6cf227