'I am going to really miss the kids. Hopefully I’ll manage, just get the head down and get on with it'

As host of RTE's Olympics coverage, Jacqui Hurley is going from lockdown to Tokyo 

Jacqui Hurley, broadcaster. Photograph Moya Nolan

The last month or so has been like manna from heaven for sports fans, with GAA, rugby and soccer back on the menu, and events such as the Euros and Wimbledon providing a sense of normality after a bleak 18 months. RTÉ broadcaster, Jacqui Hurley, who has been hosting the station’s coverage of the Euros, is still trying to wrap her head around it all.

“It has been wild. You get so used to not having sport, then it all came back at the same time…it’s weird but amazing. It has made all of us appreciate it so much. It’s so lovely, particularly the Euros, being in the middle of it and seeing the buzz of it, it has been brilliant.”