That’s Men: In the Irish psyche we have an affinity with failure
Failure always leads on to something, but it isn’t always bright and wonderful, says Padraig O’Morain
Whole swathes of middle class and professional people have been wiped out financially since 2008 but they won’t talk about it so we catch only glimpses of it. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Failure is only a turn in the road. So said a man I was anxious to get away from when he buttonholed me at a bus stop.