Maeve Higgins: We all deserve better — perhaps now that Trump is gone, we'll get it

Men erect flags on top of a building as residents of Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

It was the shrieks of my neighbours that told me who won in the end.

After long days of waiting and watching, I did not find out from the TV or the phone; it was the excited yells, honking car horns, and clattering pots and pans from the street outside that told me Trump was out.