Sonia O'Sullivan on slow cooking, her relationship with that statue in Cobh, and why we should never let fear stop us

Sonia O’Sullivan, woman of speed, talks with Rita de Brún about slow cooking, her relationship with that statue in Cobh, and why we should never let fear stop us.

As national treasures go, few are more cherished in Ireland than Cork woman Sonia O’Sullivan. Because of her magnificence on the track, I presume when I’m waiting to meet her that physically she’s some sort of giant, as in long-limbed in a tall and towering way.