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Finn McRedmond
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Editing and writing at the New Statesman, column in the Irish Times
I went for lunch with Reform and my hangover lasted two days

www.newstatesman.com/culture/food...
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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"They want slow service and for their food to come in paper bags; ; mostly they want to recoup something long lost to them, if only they knew what it was."

What’s up with London’s sandwich bros? asks @finnmcredmond.bsky.social
What’s up with London’s sandwich bros?
Layer up the sliced meats and the corporate bohemians of the West End will come.
www.newstatesman.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Outstanding column on the undergrad-level politics of Michael D, Catherine Connolly and too many others. As she says, ask yourselves how a fellow small state such as Estonia feels about the Irish non-debate about defence against Russia

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Finn McRedmond: Ireland is turning itself into chief ‘finger wagger’ on the world stage
It’s doubtful anyone is willing to listen to our lectures on affairs of international morality
www.irishtimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Happy Saturday why not kick things off with the Saturday Read! Open for a dispatch from Reform’s roadshow, stay for the ultimate takedown of Bridget Jones

saturdayread.substack.com/p/the-saturd...
February 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Against slop

Me on EatingWithTod, and how Instagram infantilised one of the world’s greatest food cities

www.newstatesman.com/culture/food...
January 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For the last Saturday Read of the year Jason Cowley returns for a final time to share 10 of the most memorable pieces from his 16 year editorship. It’s a good one!!

saturdayread.substack.com/p/the-saturd...
December 21, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Here is a piece about how “Irish people hate English people” jokes are boring and I’m sick of hearing them!!!! www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
December 12, 2024 at 12:28 PM
If you’re not subscribed to the New Statesman’s weekly newsletter - the Saturday Read - then now is a great time to change that saturdayread.substack.com/p/the-saturd...
December 7, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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Is Sinn Féin the worst opposition party in Europe?

As incumbent governments fell across the world, Ireland's establishment held firm.

By Finn McRedmond
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Is Sinn Féin the worst opposition party in Europe?
As incumbent governments fell across the world, Ireland's establishment held firm.
www.newstatesman.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Alarming stuff
December 4, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Repatriating the Elgin marbles has been a favourite soap box of mine for sometime. I’ve argued that the aesthetic case is the moral case for their return for years. No serious conservative should argue for their continued detention in the British Museum.
December 4, 2024 at 9:48 AM