Dementia in Sport: Why athletes need to be aware of their brain health

Jack Charlton in his playing days with Leeds wins a header from Liverpool’s Larry Lloyd (left) and Kevin Keegan and Leeds teammate( Paul Madeley. Charlton succumbed to dementia last year. Picture: Allsport UK /Allsport

Cora O’Neill has been consistent in her research interests over the years.

Dementia has long been her focus at the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Cork NeuroScience Centre at UCC, and now sport has become part of that focus.