Letter to the Editor: Snobbery in Cork City is in a class of its own

Michael Moynihan's 'social espionage' report hits home

Michael Moynihan would surely need to watch himself on his eavesdropping sorties out and around in Cork — ‘Cork is the ideal size for nuanced snobbery and always has been’ ( , Opinion, November 12).

His detailed social espionage report on two Blackrock ladies having a competitive coffee “snob-in” hit the bullseye of a tawdry reality prevailing and pervading the worried, well classes of leisure.