Declan Lynch on radio: ‘When you consider the infinite variety of our old friend the human condition, you realise anyone can get upset about anything’

You could hear in his voice that the caller to Liveline (RTÉ1, weekdays, 1.45pm) was deeply upset. “I was really, ­really shocked,” he said. “I was actually in bits ­crying.” It was not the first time this issue had upset him, but this time it was probably the worst. Joe Duffy was there: “Is this the angriest you’ve been?”