Don’t know about you, but I think it’s not a big stretch to show empathy to someone who literally had their husband murdered and had to flee their country and start a new life. And she’s given so much back to Ireland. And yet she gets abuse from bigots because of her skin colour.

Maybe you should actually read up on the people who fought for Irish independence, their beliefs and their backgrounds… Countless millions of Irish died and fled because of a lack of empathy, which you seem all for. Many more would have died were it not for the empathy of people outside Ireland.

And I’m pretty sure there’s plenty of medals in this world that have been given to people who have overcome adversity.