Fuel furore shows our systems are more fragile than we think

This uneasy moment demands more of us than simply sharing social media posts — we must think deeply about the systems we want, writes Orla McAndrew

Fuel protesters block the N7 motorway in Rathcoole near Dublin on Sunday. Protest is powerful. It is often necessary. It is, in many ways, hopeful. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

We are in the middle of a real moment. There’s a huge sense of unease and possibility, fragility and hope, and none of us can be quite sure what the outcome of all of this might be.

Over the weekend, there was an ease to the pressures that have been building dynamically in the past week. Fuel is beginning to flow again.