Frank Coughlan: Masters champ Rory McIlroy represents a unity on this island that brings into question the need for a border poll

I didn’t intend to stay up. Switched over just as Rory McIroy turned into the back nine at Augusta on Sunday night. Simply to check in.

I was curious in a casual way, expecting to snatch a moment of his procession to a Masters title that had eluded him his entire career. My interest was not as a golf aficionado. I was simply there for the coronation, a happy ending to the movie that was a long time in the making.



Golf’s finest finally getting his hand on the Oscar..