Irish Examiner View: The beating heart

The Ballymacelligott Support Group are working to deliver groceries from The Halfway Shop, Ballymacelligott, each Tuesday and Friday to help locals during Covid-19 pandemic . Photo By Domnick Walsh

One of the phrases that enjoyed a brief currency as the last economic crisis unfolded was that “when the tide went out, a lot of people were found naked”.

It’s different this time, to use another cliché from those unhappy days —when the tide went out, this time old bedrock long taken for granted was revealed.