More than 1m people tune in to watch fight

Almost a quarter of the population switched over to watch Katie Taylor’s gold medal-winning boxing match on Thursday, according to RTÉ.

More than 1.1 million viewers tuned in to RTÉ Two to watch the fight in their homes, with the figure not taking into account people who watched the match in bars, public places or online.

Close to 747,000 people also tuned in to RTÉ’s full coverage of the match, including pre- and post-match discussion and analysis, but jumped up to the million mark at 4.45pm when Katie appeared.