THE racist abuse of Edwin Edogbo after he made his debut for the Ireland rugby team should surprise absolutely nobody.
The IRFU had to turn off social media replies after it posted congratulations to the Cobh man such was the vitriol being poured out.
That Edwin Edogbo was born and raised in Cork doesn’t matter to these people simply because Edwin Edogbo is black.
That’s it in a nutshell. They are offended by the colour of his skin.
Now there are a couple of elements to this. One is that it is social media. Social media is not a good, positive place.
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