For the longest time, I assumed sports viewership was not for me. I wasn’t much of a sporty person growing up, and if my dad watched anything it was golf, which is enough to send anyone to sleep.

Saoirse Hanley: After my dad’s death, I never felt like I was missing out, because my mother is the best two-for-one deal on offer "So used to the single parent life am I that I sometimes forget ...

According to Eurostat, 68% of Irish people between 25 and 29 have avoided this conundrum entirely by living at home.