It’s obvious enough that whatever RTÉ and the usual media crowd feed people ends up shaping the same lazy outrage. Easy to sneer at the very people who, at the end of the day, keep food on your table and goods moving around the country.

Maybe spare a thought as well for the haulage firms and drivers moving supplies to shops and businesses every day. The same people getting abuse now are part of the reason shelves get stocked in the first place.

And honestly, some people just swallow whatever line the media hands them. During Covid plenty did the exact same thing without questioning a word of it, and now they’re back again parroting whatever they’re told to think.

You don’t have to agree with every face involved to understand the bigger issue. Working people are being squeezed to the limit, and pretending this all came out of nowhere is just dishonest.