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Everyone was a little bit worried, but he's chipping in with goal after goal and performance after performance.

But the family were in no rush and kept chipping away.

When he was just eight years of age, McIlroy showcased his talents by chipping balls into a washing machine on 'Kelly', replicating what he used to do in his kitchen in Holywood.

"We might need to look at a lock box and code, which is just really going to be chipping away at valuable time," he said.

Big Brother Watch interim director Rebecca Vincent says the judgement is "effectively chipping away at the pervasive climate of secrecy surrounding the Investigatory Powers Tribunal's consideration of the Apple case".