Games need equal reporting. Here you go...

There’s been a sharp reaction to some of the commentary on the Olympic Games in Rio, and I don’t mean the astonishment that people from Skibbereen speak like people... from Skibbereen.

I refer to some hopeless discussion of female athletes, with fertility, appearance, and spouses ranking high as points of reference.

Consider how many female Olympians are described as mothers, and how many male Olympians, Michael Phelps apart, who are described as fathers. (Seriously: Anyone else suffering from Boomer fatigue?)