Legendary commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has launched a campaign to encourage people who are cocooning at home to get out into their garden and exercise more during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Ó Muircheartaigh, who will be 90 years old this year, said he has not been outside the front gate of his home in six weeks.
He said he is walking more than a mile a day around the perimeter of his lawn in Co Kildare and wants to encourage others to try and stay fit - despite the restrictions.
Mr Ó Muircheartaigh said: "I have always been active, but if you take four laps of the garden here you have a mile walked and it's nice to do a few more miles after that - to stay trim and keep fit. "I also use a piece of elastic to exercise - and it's