Michael Clifford: Crisis can bring out the better side of ourselves

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Blair House, Washington DC, discussing the coronavirus crisis, last Thursday. The Taoiseach’s addresses have been measured yet definitive since the crisis began. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Michael Clifford wonders whether the current solidarity and cohesion within Irish society, in order to battle the onslaught of Covid-19, will survive once the crisis has passed?

Through the fear, solidarity shines. As the curve of infection steepens and the country shuts down we are witnessing a better side to ourselves.