Joyce Fegan: How Putin miscalculated the power of people

If a tiny country such as Ireland can raise more than €8m in a single week, then it looks like Putin has vastly underestimated the power, and the capability of people, in the third decade of the 21st century

Gaelcholáiste Mhuire principal Donal O'Buachalla and Aileen Ní Aonghusa, Comhairle Na nDaltaí co-ordinator, with Svetlana Zakharova and her son Arthur Zakharov, and fellow student council members  Sorcha Vandyoussefi, Stacey Nic Ambróis, Emma Ní Laoire, and Caitlin Ní Chathaláin. Picture: Jim Coughlan

‘They'd give you the shirt off their back” should be our nation’s motto.

That violent war criminal Vladimir Putin considered and employed the use of social media in the waging of his war is beyond doubt. However, it is unlikely that he considered the powerful combination that is social media and human goodwill.