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Fintan O’Toole

Fintan O’Toole

  • Fintan O’Toole
    Seamus Heaney’s poems for a darkening age

    Collected in a landmark new edition, the late Irish writer’s work is attuned to wonder, replete with humanity and rooted in the tragedies of history

    Fri, 24 Oct 2025

  • Fintan O’Toole
    The self-denials of Leo Varadkar

    The former Irish PM encountered prejudice as he rose to power, but his memoir only hints at the personal cost of ‘fitting in’

    Thu, 11 Sept 2025

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