Biography

Fintan O'Toole is known for The Irish Empire (1999), Fintan O'Toole Power Plays (2011) and Act of Union (2021).

Irish journalist, columnist for The Irish Times and regular commentator on Irish and British affairs for the New York Review of Books.

[on Donald Trump, 2018] He disorients us by wearing his most contemptible qualities as if they were Crown Jewels, by brandishing as trophies what others would conceal as shameful secrets. He uses his dirty linen as a cloth with which to polish up his performance.