Noelle Gormley: ‘I was told I was heading for kidney failure’

Noelle Gormley is grateful just to be part of the Sligo squad for tomorrow’s TG4 Connacht IFC final after recovering from a terrifying football-related illness that left her life in sudden danger.

The St Nathy’s veteran won an All-Ireland junior medal in 2006 and a Division 3 title three years ago and, in her 14th year in the county jersey won a first call-up for the All-Stars trip to Thailand last March.

But even before the touring party had landed home, the Sligo goalkeeper was feeling unwell and events then took a shocking twist.