 | Fintan O'Toole Fintan O'Toole is a columnist, literary editor, and drama critic for The Irish Times. He has written for the paper since 1988 and was drama critic for the New York Daily News from 1997 to 2001 and is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. He is an author, literary critic, historical writer, and political commentator, with generally left-wing views. His recent books have focused on the rise, fall & aftermath of Ireland's 'Celtic Tiger'. He has been a strong critic of political corruption in Ireland throughout his career.
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The foundation event of modern Ireland, the Easter Rising of 1916 continues to enthral almost a century later. Using contemporary diaries and recently released eye-witness testimonies, Shane Hegarty and Fintan O'Toole te ...Quick View
In this important book, historians, lawyers, economists and writers come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish economic collapse has resulted in national humiliation, renewed emigration and a decline i ...Quick View
Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
By: Fintan O'Toole
14 Aug 2010 - Faber & Faber
For twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. Low taxes, light regulation and an 'anything goes' attitude seemed to have created boundless prosperity. And then, as in Iceland, the ...Quick View
The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created t ...Quick View
Critical Moments: Fintan O'Toole on Modern Irish Theatre
By: Fintan O'Toole , Julia Furay , Redmond O'Hanlon
15 Nov 2003 - Carysfort Press
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George Fitzmaurice: Wild in His Own Way - Biography of an Abbey Playwright
By: Fiona Brennan , Fintan O'Toole
01 Jan 2007 - Carysfort Press
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Based on the resources of "The Irish Times", this survey of 20th-century Irish history describes the key events, the international currents that shaped them and the manner in which they were reflected in the newspaper. A ...Quick View
This bestselling book recreates the actual course of events during that tumultuous week, based on contemporary witnesses, memoirs and later recollections. It adds up to the most comprehensive and accessible account of Ea ...Quick View
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