Irish people living in US lockdowns and fearing for the lives of their children

Irish people living in the United States fear for the lives of their children, who are only armed with active shooter drills if a gunman targets their school. Some miss home, writes Aileen C. O’Reilly.

It was Tom Wolfe who said of the US: “America is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time”.