How can women’s sport catch up travelling in a second-class carriage?

Only someone living in a cave, and maybe the odd cave man, could deny that there has been a long overdue change in perceptions when it comes to women in sport.

The increase in presenters, pundits, and commentators on our screens for the World Cup and GAA Championships is just the most recent manifestation of more enlightened times.

Of course, not everyone has been so taken by such progress.