Listen to enough of the ads – “Spend, spend! Buy, buy!”– and you could start to think it was nothing short of our patriotic duty to get back out there and flash the cash. I don’t need more stuff. As for consumerism, I want to spend money on a seafood platter in Linnane’s seafood bar on the Flaggy Shore while I watch my kids pier jumping. How lucky we are to live in a country that facilitates magical and mystical holidays come rain, hail or shine.

Source: The Irish Times June 24, 2020 05:00 UTC