Sports stars open up about mental health struggles

'‘Fools,” said I. “ ‘You do not know, silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might teach you, take my arms that I might reach you.’ But my words like silent raindrops fell and echoed in the wells of silence' - Paul Simon

Alan O’Mara: ‘I let my football identity dictate who I was as a person’ Pictures: Inpho

Alan O’Mara still remembers the day. It was March 10, 2013 and he was in goal for Cavan in a Division Three match that was living up to the billing. Going for ...