Teabags at dawn - passing the Tesco pickets

Until Tesco tells us how much it earns, its pleas on affordability for the low-paid will ring hollow

Some workers were on strike last week Pic: RollingNews.ie

The woman was determined to get her teabags. “Go to Lidl,” suggested the striker. “I can’t drink their tea, it’s muck!” “Well go to Spar then.” “It’s too expensive!”

She was looking for absolution from the women on the picket, before crossing it. “Now I feel dreadful. I’ll be in and out in a second. Will you not hold it against me?”

Another woman crossing the picket at Tesco Phibsborough said she had ...