JACQUI Hurley joked ‘New hair, who dis?’ after undergoing a hair transformation 15 years in the making.
After all that time she relented and allowed hairdresser Antoinette Manley to experiment with her look after persistent prodding.
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Laughing, the versatile RTE Sport presenter recapped: “Took the plunge, chopped the hair, thanks to the queen @antoinettemanley for the push!!
“Just the 15 years trying to talk me into it!!!”
The new look proved a smash hit with Instagram followers en masse, with Sinead Keegan branding it ‘fab’.
Similarly, Julia gushed ‘Oh my goodness, I love it’ while Sharon Tobin beamed ‘Love it!! Really suits you!’
RTE viewers will get a good chance to take in the smash hit before, during and after Ireland’s bruising encounter with Scotland on Sunday.
Once again the national broadcaster and Virgin Media Ireland are sharing the TV rights to every Six Nations fixture with the latter having had dibs on the Aviva Stadium opener.
Ahead of that Murrayfield match-up, Mack Hansen and Finlay Bealham face a race against time to be fit.
Hansen suffered a cut to his leg in Saturday’s 27-22 win over England.
The winger required stitches in the first half and was able to return to the fray but it remains to be seen if he will be given the green light to line out.
Bealham is also a concern for the Edinburgh encounter after he picked up a leg injury of his own in Ireland’s Six Nations’ opener.
Bealham’s issue is of particular concern given Tadhg Furlong was absent because of a calf problem and it is unclear whether he or Joe McCarthy (concussion) will be available to face Gregor Townsend’s men.
An IRFU bulletin said both had ‘stepped up their rehabilitation programmes and a decision on their availability will be made later this week’.
In the meantime, two uncapped props – Munster’s Thomas Ahern and Shayne Bolton of Connacht – have been added to the squad.
Former Ireland back-row Sean O’Brien and Mark Sexton – elder brother of Johnny – have joined the coaching staff this week.
They will form part of Mike Prendergast’s management team for the Ireland A team for their game against England in Bristol on Sunday February 23.
That will be the day after the third-round Six Nations fixture for Simon Easterby’s side against Wales in Cardiff.
Ireland are riding a 10-game win streak against the Scots.
However, they have rode their luck at times over that stretch and with a fervent home crowd roaring them on, Townsend’s charges could easily run them closer than England did in Dublin.
