Ireland: “It’s simply not a country you can admire…”

This is just a clip from a fantastic long interview of the late Nuala O’Faolain by Anthony Clare… It was recorded just two years after the first divorce referendum… Here’s a short except from the rough recording above: NO’F: It’s not, I don’t think, a morally admirable country… AC: In what way? NO’F: Well I don’t think standards of citizen are extremely high. That is as mildly as you can put it. AC: Give me an example? NO’F: Well I …

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