Fintan O'Toole

FINTAN O'TOOLE 6 JAN 2026

Orwell prize for journalists: For writers who loathe their own English culture

Reading about the Orwellian threat of sanctions likely to be imposed on the Swiss journalist Roger Köppel, the thought occurred to me that just about the only media…

FINTAN O'TOOLE 26 NOV 2024

A surreal dystopia: Ireland’s identity being dissolved in frustration and anger

The Great Barrier Reef is being eaten by gigantic Crown of Thorns starfish that, extruding their stomachs inside out, coat the poor coral with corrosive acids and…