Save Your Breath roadshow on tour

His job means he’s deeply immersed in the world of sport but his condition prevents active participation.

Michael Drohan, 57, the general manager of Waterford United Football Club, would like to have played far more sport but progressive lung disease meant his next best option was to go behind the scenes.

Diagnosed in 2006 with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), his lungs have been his weak spot all his life.