Injured player on €188 a week

Talented Waterford footballer Tommy Prendergast has revealed how he is surviving on €188 per week sick pay as he waits for an operation on his left shoulder.

Prendergast was unhappy with the results of surgery and insisted on a second opinion when he felt the injury had not healed sufficiently and attempts to return to club duty late last year proved to be unsuccessful.

But Prendergast has been left hugely frustrated by the waiting process as he may not undergo surgery until April at the earliest, with a five-month recovery process predicted.