Carthy finds silver lining among the darkest clouds

Back in October, on Global Mental Health Awareness Day, Shane Carthy spoke at the Zeminar event in Dublin about his ‘crippling and at times terrifying’ battle with depression.

Despite only recently turning 25, it was a polished performance from the former Dublin footballer — he hates the ‘former’ bit and is determined to return that to ‘current’ — though, in truth, it would want to have been considering it was his 90th talk of 2019.