MORE Irish women are single than ever before. Statistics show that the number of women aged between 25 and 44 living alone here has soared.

As the Circuit of Ireland rally gets underway today, Deirdre Reynolds decides to pimp her ride with the latest must-have fashion accessories for boy and gal racers.

MARIE Antoinette tottered to the guillotine in hers, Marilyn Monroe claimed all women should be grateful to whoever invented them, Victoria Beckham says she “can’t concentrate” without hers and Holly Willoughby even wears them to bed.