Former Cork hurler, Conor Cusack, on his battle with depression

Former Cork hurler Conor Cusack has opened up about his recovery from depression.

Cloyne forward Cusack, brother of Dónal Óg, revealed in a personal online blog posted yesterday how he managed to cope with the illness as a teenager in the late 1990s after being introduced to a clinical psychologist.

Prior to it, he had ballooned to 20 stone, missed out on an U21 championship with his club and had planned to take his own life.