Hill on happiness: ‘Swimming became a bad word in our household for a while’

'There was so much pressure from myself to perform that I was just struggling in myself', reveals Olympic swimming hopeful Danielle Hill. 'I felt like there was nobody there I could talk to. I had no outlet. On top of that then I performed absolutely horrendously, to the point where I almost embarrassed myself.' She spoke to Eoghan Cormican.

Danielle Hill celebrates at the Swim Ireland Irish Open Swimming Championships & Olympic Trials. Pic: Tom Maher, Inpho

Thursday, 3pm. Always Thursday, always 3pm. For weeks and weeks. For months and months.

Thursday at 3pm is when Danielle Hill would fire open the laptop at home in Newtownabbey, just north of Belfast, and peel back the layers.