Tommy Martin: Sport persuades us that we truly know our heroes

Do you have any right to speculate on the influence of private personality on public endeavours when you might not necessarily have the full understanding of the former?

STEPPED DOWN: Former Derry manager Rory Gallagher. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

When a video of Leo Varadkar ‘socialising’ in a nightclub went viral on social media recently, a friend asked in a WhatsApp group what everyone thought about it.

Feeling high and mighty, I responded that it was none of my business. I would evaluate the leader of the country on his policies and not his private life. Then someone else said that was fair enough, but would you not question his judgement since he had allowed himself to be filmed ‘socialising’, despite his lofty position?