Irish Examiner view: Sourcing toilets for Peig’s island

There is currently no public toilet on An Blascaod Mór.

The most maligned woman in Irish literature suffered yet another indignity in recent days.

Peig Sayers’ autobiography has been the focus of much performative criticism over the years from those who had to study the book for their Leaving Certificate Irish examinations. Of course, it would take little rebranding to market her story as a triumph of feminist identity, but that’s a matter for another day.