Late Late Reunion and Katie Taylor win are voted Ireland’s happiest moments

The surprise reunion of a soldier father and his children on The Late Late Toy Show and Katie Taylor winning the WBA Lightweight World Championship have been voted the happiest moments of 2017.

The emotional reunion of Sergeant Graham Burke and his children on The Late Late Toy Show was the happiest non-sporting moment in Ireland this year (35%) while the June heatwave (or the 'once-in-40 year phenomenon’, according to Met Éireann) was named the second happiest moment for 2017 (23%).