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Fintan O'Toole (born 16 February 1958) is an Irish journalist, literary editor, and drama critic for The Irish Times, for which he has written since 1988. O'Toole 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 .
Details of the hundred objects, written by Irish Times journalist Fintan O'Toole, were initially serialized in The Irish Times between February 2011 and January 2013. In February 2013 a book about the hundred objects written by O'Toole, entitled A History of Ireland in 100 Objects , was published, and it quickly became a best-seller with 35,000 ...
978-1784978297. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 (published with the subtitle A Personal History of Modern Ireland in the United States) is a book by Irish journalist and critic Fintan O’Toole published in 2021. The book combines aspects of history, memoir, reporting, political commentary and criticism to ...
The paper's most prominent columnists include writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald was once a columnist. Michael O'Regan was the Leinster House correspondent for over 30 years. Senior international figures, including Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, have written for its op-ed page.
Hubert Butler. Hubert Marshal Butler (23 October 1900 – 5 January 1991) was an Irish essayist who wrote on a wide range of topics, from local history and archaeology to the political and religious affairs of eastern Europe before and during World War II. He also travelled to Nazi Austria on his own initiative and at his own expense and helped ...
Charles Acton, music critic (1956–1987) John Banville, sub editor and literary editor. Maeve Binchy. Mark Brennock, chief political correspondent. Sarah Carey, former columnist, sacked in 2011. Joe Carroll. Myles na gCopaleen, satirical columnist. Michael Dwyer (journalist), film critic. Donal Foley, satirical columnist.
The 2011 Irish general election took place on Friday 25 February to elect 166 Teachtaí Dála [a] across 43 constituencies to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Ireland 's parliament, the Oireachtas. The Dáil was dissolved and the general election called by President Mary McAleese on 1 February, at the request of Taoiseach Brian Cowen. [3]
David Marcus (21 August 1924 in County Cork – 9 May 2009) was an Irish Jewish editor and writer who was a lifelong advocate for and editor of Irish fiction. Life and times [ edit ] Born in County Cork in 1924, Marcus was the much-loved editor [2] of numerous anthologies of Irish fiction and poetry, including the Phoenix Irish Short Stories ...