Tadhg Coakley: On being our sporting heroes, forever

HIGH HOPS: Denise O'Sullivan with supporter Doireann Mulvaney, age 3 at Dublin Airport ahead of the Republic of Ireland's flight to Australia. Picture:  Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

On being the quiet girl 

I was walking with my brother last Tuesday. We sheltered under big sycamore trees as a heavy shower passed over. We chatted about the RTÉ kerfuffle and Seamus Heaney’s letter to his US agent telling her she was charging too much money for his appearances, as reported by Fintan O’Toole.