Michael Moynihan: Real community involvement can counteract society’s problems
Chatting to people on Leeside about what happened in Dublin revealed some interesting attitudes
A counter-protest organised by Cork Rebels for Peace gathered in solidarity with library staff, outside the Cork City Library, Grand Parade, in opposition to the 'Cork Says NO' protest rally against refugees and trans-rights. Picture: Larry Cummins
Readers will be aware that Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize last weekend for his novel Prophet Song, and it wasn’t long before people weighed in with an obvious comparison.
Lynch’s novel of a future Ireland taken over by a fascist government seemed to have a real-life parallel to the rioting in Dublin last Thursday after schoolchildren and their carer were stabbed in Parnell Square.
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