Willie

And I do remember that the school I taught in, because the Caribbean community were a bit resistant to the Indians coming in, we marched around and made flags.

We marched around with the children, you know.

Oh, yes.

Well, I want to sum it up, really.

That's why I want to sum it up with a conversation I had once.

Well, I was waiting for some friends and I was sitting in a pub waiting and there was this person sitting at the counter and it was a three day week where when Ted Heath was sort of in power and there was sort of a lot of anti sort of migrants sort of and it was their fault, their housing, their flats, everything else.

And I said to this woman, well, you know, I am teaching with a lot of teachers from these communities, from South America or from Africa, and I have a lot of children.

And she said, oh, don't get me wrong.

She said, some of them are so nice, they should not be black.

So for me, that sort of summed up.

their rationality, their logic, their attitude about colour and race.

Good afternoon, Ciarán, and good afternoon, Suad.

And first of all, congratulations on your fantastic win.

As a Kerry man exiled in Dublin for many years,

I have exceptionally fond memories of the festival.

I still go when I'm in Tralee, or if I'm there in August, and it's a fantastic event.

I think it's the 14th to the 18th of August this year, which absolutely celebrates diversity and people from all around the world.

But of course, this is about colour of skin and racism.

And Ciarán, just with regard to...

I did read it.