Louise O'Neill: My new obsession is the rower, Paul O’Donovan

I think about all the children at home, watching these two men, standing on a podium as the Irish flag is raised and Amhrán na bhFiann is played

Fintan Mccarthy and Paul O'Donovan celebrate winning the gold medal during the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Final A in Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

Marian Keyes refers to them as her ‘sudden, wild enthusiasms’ – when, seemingly out of nowhere, she will develop an all-encompassing obsession with renovating old furniture or an obscure Icelandic musician and that’s all she can think about for the foreseeable future. 

I have found myself in the middle of a Sudden Wild Enthusiasm recently, one which many of you might share.