Finn McRedmond

Finn McRedmond

Contributor

Finn McRedmond, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes a weekly opinion column.

Finn McRedmond: The tragic irony of the TikTok therapist

By fostering market for phone-based mental health treatment, tech companies bandaging wound they helped create

Prince Harry: The unravelling of a sad tale about a man driven to despair by his hatred of the media

Finn McRedmond: Harry claims he is bringing this case to draw attention to journalistic malfeasance. But it seems bigger to him than that

Finn McRedmond: Ireland, of all countries, shouldn’t be too quick to celebrate the decline of religion

Without parishes and shared activity like church-going, society may become coarser, more atomised, preferring individuality over community

Finn McRedmond: What Martin Amis teaches us about our politics

The culture wars are not a diversion - they are the language, the style, of politics. One does not exist in a separate realm to the other

Finn McRedmond: Reaction to Matt Barrett’s quips speaks volumes about the great British sense of humour

Without wishing to be glib, the Anglo-Irish relationship is probably resilient enough to weather this one

Finn McRedmond: Covid was a new contour in an existing culture war

What we have learned, if anything, is that most people are basically decent and shouldn't be under the thumb of extremists. And that the harsher the lockdown, the worse its knock-on effects

Brexit was ‘a structural shock’ to the British-Irish relationship, says British ambassador

Paul Johnston believes Ireland manages to combine a great deal of pride in being a successful modern republic with a great deal of underlying affection for the UK

Finn McRedmond: The worst party of the year celebrated the worst person in fashion. That is exactly as it should be

Argument that we should not worship a man who was a jerk misses the point. Karl Lagerfeld, the controversial choice for Met Gala, was brilliant because he was not nice

The tricky late-20s: some friends are all about marriages and mortgages while others are still going to all-night raves

Finn McRedmond: Our mid- to late 20s can be difficult, some friends talk about their marriages and mortgages while others are still going to all-night raves

English nationalism has nothing on the Irish variety

Most things we in Ireland allege to be products of England really are British. Contrast with the visuals of Biden’s grand tour: shamrocks, Irish dancers, green drapery

Where has the rock star male novelist gone?

The #MeToo movement has made men in literature more cautious

Don’t dismiss Charles III’s coronation as a trivial spectacle

Every nation needs its mythology to forge national identity and the Monarch is part of that in Britain

We risk losing our cultural legacy if we constantly cater to changing sensibilities

The trouble with the contemporary ethos is that almost by definition it is liable to change - it always has been. And then what?

Highest dramas of Brexit may finally be over as Britain becomes boring again

Finn McRedmond: Whatever bug that infected British politics over the past few years might finally be on its way out

Holly Cairns says our generation is worse off than parents, but what about the huge benefits from modernity?

Finn McRedmond: Life isn’t particularly easy for young people in Ireland but the way we measure our wealth extends beyond immediate material factors