Online and in the shops: On the ball

This Father’s Day, kit your Dad out with everything he needs for a summer of football.

Lifestyle stock a range of international football jerseys, boots, balls and fanwear including the Brazil home jersey, €64. With 63 stores nationwide, you can drop in and get your sports-loving Dad a gift card to choose his own stuff, or shop online and send him an instant gift certificate by email at www.lifestylesports.com

SWEET TREAT: Dads are sweet-toothed too. Chocolate bars have been on every space mission and a sniff of the sweet stuff is a natural relaxant, increasing theta brainwaves present during meditation and sleep. If you are driving around the Ring of Kerry this weekend, drop into Skelligs Chocolate, where you can pick up a Chocolate Football Boot, €10, for Dad. You can also give them a call and they will send you a boot which can be customised with your dad’s name, team name or hero’s jersey number; www.skelligschocolate.com