Louise O'Neill on US election: If America sneezed, Ireland was likely to catch a cold

— the Trump presidency legitimised something so dark, and that darkness cast its shadow here too

Louise O'Neill: It’s been so unsettling to see the disarray of the last four years. Picture: Miki Barlok

I went to bed the night of the 2016 Election feeling confident that Hillary Clinton would win.

How could she not? Trump’s campaign had been characterised by racism; there had been several credible allegations of sexual assault against him; and it was clear that Hillary was not only his intellectual superior, she was far better suited to the role, temperament wise.