Michael Moynihan: Drone deliveries could land in Cork — but at what cost to jobs, privacy, and peace of mind?

As drone deliveries expand from Dublin to Cork, we must ask what’s lost when convenience takes flight over people’s heads

West Dublin is set to see Manna drones overhead soon as they deliver food for Deliveroo. Will this be the next thing for Cork? File photo: REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

Is it time for The Ride of the Valkyries? Crank the speaker way past 10, open the windows, and listen to the soundtrack of our doom as it approaches?

Fans of Apocalypse Now will recall the famous helicopter sequence from that movie, when Robert Duvall leads an attack on a seaside village to the strains of Wagner because it “scares the hell” out of the enemy.