Fergus Finlay: Meeting inspiring Cork people keeps bizarre world events at bay

After I was added to the Cork Person of the Year Hall of Fame, I got to meet some real genuine Cork heroes, but I was brought crashing back down to earth by events in America

Garry McCarthy was awarded Cork Person of the Year 2026 for his work with the Kabin Studio in Knocknaheeny at the Cork Person of the Year Awards in the Metropole Hotel. He turned the youngsters into confident young superstars. Photo. Darragh Kane

The last thing I wanted to write about today was the orange monstrosity, and what he and the appalling crowd around him have done to their own country and what they are trying to do to the world. 

It’s unavoidable though, isn’t it. America is drifting closer, day by day, to an existential choice. Submit to a fascist-style dictatorship or prepare for the second civil war in its history.