We can only hope we survive this post Brexit era of tumult and discontent

Inward-looking suspicion gives permission to people to pass the buck in terms of responsibility for their own lives, writes Gerard Howlin

YESTERDAY the Taoiseach was in Downing St to meet Theresa May about Brexit. Tomorrow night Hilary Clinton will become the Democratic Party’s nominee for the White House.

One week from next Friday the Olympics open in Brazil. Appalling, but no longer unexpected, events of horrific violence scar once safe European cities.