Noelle Healy’s delicate operation balancing work and football

Working in Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital, Noelle Healy has her good days and bad days. She’s seen things she probably wouldn’t want you to see and after a stint with the Mater’s cardiology team, Healy is now specialising in anaesthesia.

Six more years of training lie in store before Healy is fully qualified as a doctor but Dublin’s ladies senior football team captain thoroughly enjoys the juggle of hectic professional and sporting lives.

Recently, RTÉ’s cameras visited Beaumont to film ‘Keeping Ireland Alive’ — a documentary series offering an insight into the country’s health service. Healy smiles: “I managed to avoid the cameras when they were in there!