GAA chic: The new rules for men's shorts (blame Connell)

Paul Mescal has brought O’Neills shorts back into fashion

Meadhbh McGrath

"No better item to be photographed in than a pair of Maynooth GAA shorts!"

So said Paul Mescal, star of hit TV series Normal People when asked by Marty Morrissey about the fervour surrounding paparazzi pictures of him wearing a pair of O'Neills shorts.