Mr Wrong still getting it right

In his Ranelagh home, Eamon Dunphy is immersed in work on his autobiography. Chuckling, he confides he plans to call it Wrong About Everything, the perfect title, he reckons, for heading his critics off at the pass. He rises at 5am every day to begin the work, a revelation which will surprise those who would find it much easier to imagine Eamon Dunphy rolling into rather than out of bed at that hour of the morning.

After all, here is a legendary Dublin night-owl who once turned up so tired and emotional in the RTÉ studios during the 2002 World Cup that he had to be hauled off air.

But Dunphy, who will turn 67 in August, says he’s a changed man. After a couple of health setbacks — including a fatigue-inducing virus which dogged him for three years — he decided it was time to take better care of himself.