Liberators are on the march and the nation should fall in behind them

I HOPE tens of thousands of people march tomorrow week.

That’s the day when the survivors of institutional abuse in Ireland are planning to lead a dignified and silent solidarity march from the GPO to Leinster House.

Let me go back to the beginning. I don’t want to refer to the people who will be leading this solidarity march as survivors. By their actions they forced open gates that many would prefer stayed locked forever. They forced open gates they were locked behind themselves, and they forced open gates of silence.