'I'm in awe of her every day': Life taught Wicklow's Dean Healy there's no pressure on the pitch

In 2023, Dean Healy's partner Jennifer was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma while pregnant. 

Football has been a vital release for Wicklow's Dean Healy during a testing time over the last two years. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Life, death and football. Dean Healy could write you a book on it all and still have more for a sequel.

He's Wicklow's longest serving player, beginning his county career in 2011 under Mick O'Dwyer who passed away last month.