You know the measure of the problem by the lateness of the hour. It’s 10:30pm and the nation is feral with energy. Near fatal amounts of Brit-abroad nonsense have hit our screens by way of Love Island 2021, following a week where former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock was seen performing an entry-level Gaeltacht shift on his aide Gina Coladangelo. This, perhaps most prudently, comes directly after an 18-month stint of a sexless lockdown – a Government-sanctioned chastity belt, if you will. Just as we begin to consider de-suckling from Tony Holohan’s teat, builders, bikinis and breast-implants arrive to guide…

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