McWilliams: Persuasion is the name of the game

The Other Voices festival in Dingle is a simple but brilliant microcosm of our unique selling points as a nation

Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Martin Hayes and Peadar O’Riada performing at the Other Voices festival in Dingle Picture: James Goulden

This Krzysztof exuded a calm, efficient sense of authority. He radiated with the type of firm confidence given off by those who know what they are doing when in control of those who don’t. In his neatly pressed Ryanair uniform and with his swift deliberated movements, he wouldn’t have been out of place front of house in a swanky Mayfair hotel.

On Friday night, Krzysztof, the head of cabin on the Ryanair flight ...