Personal Insights: We can and will emerge from this crisis kinder and more unified

The ingenuity, passion and drive that has been seen across Ireland in recent weeks is a wonder to behold. Irish Examiner reader and writing enthusiast Maura O’Shea from Mogeely, Co Cork, hopes it will continue and some of the other injustices in our country will finally be addressed.

Some weeks back I remember seeing a politician speak on TV about a potential public health scare. At the time I didn’t quite understand why, but his demeanour really unsettled me. I realised as events unfolded over the next few weeks, that he probably knew then what many of us took a little longer to grasp - the severity of the situation that was unfolding. I can see now that I felt quite anxious about what was coming.