I did pause at that stage to let her respond. When she didn’t, I went on. (Oh how I went on!) “The old have had it all their own way in Ireland for too long, Norah. That’s why this country was so low for decades – the young people either having to emigrate or else be bullied by the older people into submission. All that is changing now. We’ve changed it, our generation. And we can change a lot more, if we hold onto what we know to be right.”
“So I should go home tonight and just tell him my opinions?”
She looked at me as if the suggestion was that she should dance n***d with the devil down the village street. “Knowing that there will be a storm, but knowing too that once they’ve finished huffing and puffing, you can get on with doing the work you want to do for Ireland. Yes, Norah, I thi
