It was Valentine’s Day 2024. Susan Spence was standing on the side of a hockey pitch in Birmingham watching her nephew James Coffey make his debut for the Ireland under-18 side.  Coffey was playing in goal, as Ireland played England. Spence was there not just because she is a huge hockey fan, and this was her nephew. Her brother and business partner Jim Coffey was ill at the time and unable to travel, so she really wanted to be there.  Ireland narrowly defeated England by a goal to nil. It was a tense game, but Spence could not help but glance…

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