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Fintan O’Toole

Fintan O’Toole is a columnist and critic with the Irish Times. His books include A Traitor’s Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Granta, 1998) and Shakespeare is Hard But So Is Life (Granta, 2002).

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The European Union's two faces on globalisation

The divisive argument over creating a single market in services reflects the European Union's confusion over globalisation and reveals its need to articulate itself as a political and social project, says Fintan O'Toole.