Irish Examiner view: Buy local this Christmas

Our spend is the lifeline all Irish businesses need to ride out these difficult storms

Making their way from shop to shop through heavy showers to get in some last-minute goods ahead of another lockdown at midnight following a NPHET suggestion to move the whole country to Level 5 for 6 weeks. Credit: Damian Coleman

Patriotism can be made to breathe in many ways, some positive some negative. 

It is easy to argue that the patriotism, if that’s what it is, driving Brexit and US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is of the malign kind, one that leads to disharmony and conflict.