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Are Irish people guilty of saying sorry too much?

Are Irish people guilty of saying sorry too much?

The Hard Shoulder · Newstalk

January 22, 20269m 29s

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Show Notes

‘Sorry seems to be the hardest word - unless you’re Irish’, so says Freelance Journalist Niamh O’Reilly, writing in The Irish Times on why we as a nation tend to have a habit of over apologizing.

Is it simply politeness, or can it become passive aggressive?

To discuss this, Ciara is joined by Niamh O’Reilly, as well as Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin.