O’Carroll’s sister tells of struggle to admit sexuality

The sister of funnyman Brendan O’Carroll has told of her regret that it took her 10 years to admit to her two sons that she was a lesbian.

Eilish O’Carroll, who stars with her brother in hit comedy series Mrs Brown’s Boys, was a happily married mother-of-two who suddenly discovered she was gay just months after her 40th birthday.

But it took Eilish — better known as Agnes Brown’s best friend Winnie McGoogan in the BAFTA-winning show — another 10 years to come out as she struggled to come to terms with her feelings.