Emer O'Neill: 'I've had my fair share of online abuse - at the end of the day, it hurts'

RTÉ's Emer O'Neill talks about women's sports in Ireland, and the racism she's faced in pursuing her career and activism

Emer O'Neill: "My name was graffitied over my estate, my house was egged and there was acid thrown on my neighbour’s car because they thought it was mine and that kind of stuff is very, very hard to ignore". Pic: Andres Poveda

In Ireland, more than half of girls participating in sport drop out by the time they’re 14. There are multiple reasons behind this depressing statistic and Emer O’Neill is on a mission to find out why.

The TV presenter, PE teacher and Irish international basketball star has a new programme starting on RTÉ2 that examines those reasons. She takes nine girls, who have either never taken part in sport, or once did but dropped out, and brings them on a journey of discovery.