Hopes of corner turned for Kerry footballer's father in induced coma due to coronavirus

“The nurses are great, they are doing calls for us. We get to ring them twice a day. They gave us a couple of video calls just to see him. Obviously he wasn’t conscious or anything, but we got to see him. We could talk away to him, but he wasn’t saying anything back.”

Gene Tangney pictured at Croke Park alongside Mayo great Andy Moran. Photo courtesy of the Tangney family.

Kerry ladies footballer Fiadhna Tangney and her family have endured an horrific month, but after 25 days of being in an induced coma, her father Gene looks like he might be turning a corner.

Five weeks on from first reporting coronavirus symptoms, Gene Tangney (55) continues to be treated on a ventilator at Tralee General Hospital’s Covid-19 ICU. There has been plenty of bad news delivered to the Black Valley family, they haven’t seen their father and husband since his condition deteriorated while in self-isolation, but Kerry senior player Fiadhna hopes the worst times are behind the family.