Wasn't always so rosy

Wicklow footballer John McGrath’s life was turned upside down 12 months ago when he was diagnosed with leukaemia.

He went to hell and back through a torturous recovery process and though he has since returned to the field with his beloved Baltinglass, he knows he’s one of the lucky ones.

It is only a couple of weeks more than 12 months ago to the day — February 20 to be exact — that Rosaleen McGrath went to watch John play football, just as she had done all his life.