Finn McRedmond

France is a country unlikely to find perfect and cloudless harmony. But perhaps the Games might bandage up some of the worst fault lines for the time being

Chaos and confusion inflicted by such terror provides the conditions for civil unrest. We saw it in Dublin last November

It is incredibly easy for people to detect when they are at a nadir – the trenches of their career or stardom. But it seems a much harder task to identify when you are at your peak

I have been wondering recently why he has no Irish equivalent. It is not Michael D Higgins, not Bono

Media coverage of Jill Biden as the last bulwark against the authoritarian nightmare of Trump is exactly the kind of thing that - rightly - puts voters off

The UK general election’s outcome is all but assured, yet there is a sense that not too much will actually change in the years ahead

Lamentations of onlookers about Broken Britain, total crisis and irreversible damage are hollow when you see what’s happening elsewhere in Europe

Football is a good outlet for defanged nationalism but light-hearted spaghetti japes should not be mistaken for signs of unity in a fractured continent

To reduce Nigel Farage’s influence to his legislative heft in the House of Commons seriously underestimates his impact

As Trump and Johnson show us, relatability is a juvenile value in politics, and a hollow aspiration

Things are looking up for Anglo-Irish relations. But Ireland’s diplomatic model has to work just as well with Tories as it does with a well-disposed Labour. Otherwise the country is exposed, reliant on the whims of personality

O’Reilly and Springsteen understand a similar truth about the world - you can’t start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart

Whatever the nature of Bambie’s protest - and of course they are right that Netanyahu’s actions in the Gaza strip are abhorrent and deplorable - it was an inappropriate time, place and medium

The comedian blames “PC crap” and the “extreme left” but spineless sitcom isn’t solely product of the so-called Great Awokening of the 2010s

The movement’s mantra – believe women – was a powerful corrective to a society that was too happy to dismiss their stories. But seven years of hindsight on, we can understand its failings with greater clarity

The difference between snobs and posh people

Food and culture need enthusiasts and tastemakers. Certain types of culture are valuable because they are challenging

Finn McRedmond: We will think of the 2010s and 2020s as the time the industry went mad and insisted that splitting mini flatbread was the apogee of sophisticated dining

It is true she was a very bad prime minister. But it’s also true she was never given a proper try. She was too weird, maybe she didn’t have enough friends, her ideas were too radical

This week was a reminder that our capacity for rational thinking hasn’t evolved all that much. People still look for celestial signs on how to vote

The Emerald Eats food stall is mobbed daily with Irish-Londoners on their lunch break looking for a roll or a take on the Dublin spice bag. But it’s not so much selling Irish street food as a story

Tories had never seen a politician pursuing Ireland’s interest at Britain’s cost. No wonder they despised him

Varadkar may have ‘seen the writing on the wall’ for his party while in Britain the Tories, in particular, have relinquished all hope

Recouping the sense of quiet dignity the late Queen afforded the institution - after this communications failure - will not be easy

We need fewer algorithms and more people shaping our consumption habits

Ireland’s cultural reputation abroad in the ascendant but stubborn stereotypes abide

The vehicles for bullying may have evolved - social media, linguistic custom - but people are still who they always were: cruel, forgiving, hierarchical

You know you’re growing up when your parents buy you The Wine Atlas for Christmas and friends can suddenly pronounce Pouillac with breezy confidence

Watching the glitzy Super Bowl after Saturday’s Six Nations match laid bare many cultural differences

The former queen’s visit to Ireland may have had more impact but over the years King Charles quietly laid the groundwork for a better relationship between Britain and Ireland

The Ally McBeal star rose to fame when women’s bodies were under a constant spotlight

It would be far too easy to make his nationality central to his shtick, but that’s not how London works

But are they yearning for a past that never really existed?

It is important to understand the people affected by policies. Lisa McGee showed that comedy can help us do that

Ireland is vulnerable to the populist wave cresting over Europe. As Remainers learned in the UK, expecting cool logic to triumph over emotion is a mistake

All of a sudden emojis are fraught with risk and capacity for grave misunderstanding. This is what happens when our language evolves so rapidly it starts collapsing under the weight of ambiguity

Consumption habits have become tools to signal factionalism. It is not enough to maintain a private sense of morality over the events of the world. It has to be on display: where you choose to buy your coffee, what pop stars you listen to

Despite what feels like the irredeemable sadness of the world, we seek out beauty, friendship, fairy lights - and wine that costs too much

That Britain wants to acknowledge the impact the Irish have on its society should be a very basic source of pride

The only thing it demonstrates is that if you see globalist plots in everything, you’ll see it on the streets of Dublin