Eithne Shortall: We shouldn’t be triggered by sensible trigger warnings

I recently saw The Pull of the Stars at the Gate theatre in Dublin. The play, an adaptation of an Emma Donoghue novel, is set in a Dublin maternity hospital during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. After the show, I had two separate conversations with fellow spectators.

We all had the exact same thoughts; firstly, that it was well worth seeing - a substantial, traditional play and a very enjoyable night at the theatre; and ...