"In this tongue-in-cheek ironic statement..." is the beginning of a sentence in my essay. Is "tongue-in-cheek ironic sentence" redundent?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

I disagree. I think it is redundant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/tongue-in-cheek.html