Winter of discontent as frozen UK beset by chaosWe cannot meaningfully talk about a UK winter of discontent without thinking that some of the malaise may have been caused by Westminster’s handling of BrexitThu Dec 08 2022 - 05:00
Cultural force of Christianity resilient despite waning CatholicismCensus returns show an inexorable decline in religious observance but the influence of Christianity is woven throughout western societyThu Dec 01 2022 - 00:01
What activists can learn from Roy Keane speaking truth to power on Qatar World CupGood ideas and moral clarity can come from unexpected places — political purity is counterproductiveThu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
Hancock’s jungle jaunt lays bare his sheer shallowness Former British health secretary’s decision to welcome the clammy embrace of reality TV shows him up as a politician without substanceThu Nov 17 2022 - 05:00
Annual kerfuffle over the poppy does not point to an island ready for reunificationMuch chatter is given to respecting all traditions, thinking about what a new Ireland might look like - but rows over the wearing of the poppy show the realityThu Nov 10 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: Why did we put up with Kanye West for so long?The rapper received special allowances – and millions of dollars – simply because he embodied the trope of the tortured geniusThu Nov 03 2022 - 05:00
Johnson might just be the greatest leader of the opposition Britain never hadFormer prime minister’s fumbled bid to return to office is unlikely to be the end of the UK’s prodigal sonThu Oct 27 2022 - 05:00
London’s Irish pubs aren’t hip, but they’re hard to beat as ambassadors for the diaspora Fully integrated into a multicultural metropolis, they’re also proud of their heritage. And that includes the Guinness, Ballygowan, Club Orange and TaytoFri Oct 21 2022 - 06:01
Increasingly absurd climate protests show how society has failed younger generationPolitical climate has stripped young people of the grounding forces of family and community and the promises of a fair societyThu Oct 20 2022 - 05:15
Finn McRedmond: London does not feel like a city in decline and is still drawing the IrishIt is fashionable to see Britain as a waning world power, but the draw of London, for the Irish in particular, remains strongFri Oct 14 2022 - 06:00
Finn McRedmond: Be wary of notion that women make inherently better leadersWhat we are saying — in essence — is that women are not just better because they are women, but that they should be better tooThu Oct 06 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: Ubiquity of ‘toxic masculinity’ renders it meaningless We are too quick to reach for it as a label and no one has agreed what the phrase meansThu Sept 29 2022 - 05:00
As public religion wanes, monarchy moves into the voidIn lieu of a public faith people need somewhere to direct their desires for the ephemeral and universalThu Sept 22 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: Reports of the demise of United Kingdom are greatly exaggeratedSome speak with such passionate intensity about the collapse of Britain that it is impossible to ignore the poorly concealed subtext: do they want it to be true?Thu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: Millennials aren’t work-shy and they are certainly not bohemian Phenomena such as quiet quitting and digital nomadism are not at odds with corporate culture in the digital ageThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
Arrival of Pret a Manger is not actually an act of cultural vandalismThe sandwich chain holds a mirror up to working life and is a vote of confidence that office life will return to normal in Dublin city centreThu Sept 01 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: The problem for Finnish PM Sanna Marin is that she is normalDespite their efforts to be relatable, it seems we don’t want our politicians to be like usThu Aug 25 2022 - 05:00
There may be trouble ahead, so let’s face the music and danceMake most of anxious August ahead of upcoming winter of discontentThu Aug 18 2022 - 05:00
We are living in a time of chronic infantilisation and it’s hurting our environmentThis refusal to believe personal action matters in fight against climate change is foolish on multiple levelsThu Aug 11 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: The tide is turning against the sexual revolutionIreland may be late to the party but the harmful impacts of the sexual revolution have come into focusThu Aug 04 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: Pretending Northern Ireland is not there will not make it vanish for Truss and SunakWhatever about deflecting focus from Northern Ireland while campaigning, winning Conservative candidate will have to face Border facts on day one in jobThu Jul 28 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: Something serious has shifted amid the recent stifling heatAlong with heat-induced listlessness there is an unavoidable sense that something serious has shiftedThu Jul 21 2022 - 05:00
Who cares if Catherine Martin flies business. Is she any good at her job? Obsession with ideological purity comes at the expense of legitimate accountability for what really mattersThu Jul 14 2022 - 00:00
Martin’s Ukraine visit is something of a double-edged sword Taoiseach risks a row over neutrality at home as he asserts an Irish post-Brexit identity that’s far closer to the EUThu Jul 07 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Why you should do an arts degreeStudying humanities helps us understand the world, allowing society to express and explain itselfThu Jun 30 2022 - 05:00
Climate fatalism should not stop anyone from having childrenPropagating doomsday narratives that strip young people of hope is no way to save the planetThu Jun 23 2022 - 05:00
The intractable problem is that Britain does not understand the EUJohnson doesn't understand and doesn't careThu Jun 16 2022 - 05:00
Brexit may be a bust but British carpets will have never been cleanerRees-Mogg’s efforts to reap economic benefits from Brexit has come up woefully shortThu Jun 09 2022 - 05:00
Catholic is back, it’s countercultural, and it’s coolThe world’s most famous reality TV family have begun to accessorise with holinessThu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
Finn McRedmond: Rubbing calorie counts in diners’ faces is going too farThe Government needs to look after people's health but insisting on calorie counts on menus just destroys a night outThu May 26 2022 - 05:00
London could teach Dublin a thing or two about transport infrastructureMetroLink is put on long finger yet again while the Tube continues to expandThu May 19 2022 - 01:00
Did Sally Rooney tap into the Irish zeitgeist or did she create it?All of a sudden, it seems, Ireland wields outsized influence on the international stageThu May 12 2022 - 01:00
Met Gala 2022 was especially revolting: Roe v Wade competed with a starved Kim KardashianFinn McRedmond: They were hardly going to theme it Down the Coal Mine, were they?Thu May 05 2022 - 12:40
Finn McRedmond on ‘nuclear tsunami’: A cartoon villain is still a villainDmitry Kiselyov’s radioactive tidal wave only distracts us from real horror in UkraineThu May 05 2022 - 01:00
People who make laws do not use TikTok. That’s a problemTikTok is accessed more than Google; Twitter can only dream of achieving that reachThu Apr 28 2022 - 01:00
Irish should try to understand why Britons believe in monarchyWe don’t need to believe in the British monarchy in order to appreciate the systemThu Apr 21 2022 - 01:00
Johnson should go but maybe not now and maybe not like thisPandemic sagas show sometimes our best interests are not served by baying for bloodThu Apr 14 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Wholesale boycott of Russia a dangerous departure from Western valuesMaking pariahs of silent Russians under rule of a dictator is a step too farThu Mar 31 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Bono, Boris and a sorry tale of bad analogiesSinger was crass and British PM offensive in comparisons made with horror in UkraineThu Mar 24 2022 - 01:00
Cheltenham 2020 was a turning point in our relationship with BritainIreland began to take its cues from the EU and not the UK with the pandemicThu Mar 17 2022 - 01:12
Britain used to welcome refugees fleeing dictators. What happened?Finn McRedmond: UK seems unashamed of dearth of humanity of its home officeThu Mar 10 2022 - 01:41
Russian attacks on Ukrainian culture and identity backfireFinn McRedmond: Putin justifies claims by arguing land not a real countryThu Mar 03 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Contempt levelled at Anna Sorokin is beyond all proportionWomen are permitted to succeed but we would rather watch them failThu Feb 24 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Pessimism that shrouds marriage difficult to ignoreIt seems, for better or for worse, we are living in an era of the anti-marriage ideologuesThu Feb 17 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Fake snow cannot whitewash Winter OlympicsClaims of detention, forced labour and torture of Uighurs overshadow ChinaThu Feb 10 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Spotify has chokehold on music industryYoung vs rapacious streaming service is proxy war on not paying artists properlyThu Feb 03 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Ardern’s mode of leadership is not simply outdated, it is irresponsible tooArdern can enact national policy but failing to adapt to change is not heroicThu Jan 27 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: Boris Johnson should pay more heed to the classicsThe prime minister’s hero Pericles was brought down by misplaced self-confidenceThu Jan 20 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: We don’t need our athletes to be thought leadersWhatever Novak Djokovic thinks of the Covid vaccine is really irrelevantThu Jan 13 2022 - 01:00
Finn McRedmond: How do you know when a pandemic is over?Point at which majority deems case rates acceptable may mark turning pointThu Jan 06 2022 - 01:00