Niamh McGettigan: I was out for five months with concussion

'I can remember everything but I wasn’t really able to speak at the time. There was lots happening in my head but I couldn’t really communicate any of it'

5 September 2021; Niamh McGettigan of Wicklow celebrates at the final whistle of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Junior Football Championship Final match between Antrim and Wicklow at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Niamh McGettigan spends her week looking at the science behind medical products. She helps patients who are malnourished because of disease, and those with swallowing difficulties.

The Wicklow Ladies footballer places a particular emphasis on cancer, hoping to change the mindset surrounding diet and the diagnosis which affects almost 45,000 people in Ireland every year.