); I just can t understand: do you not get Covid because you re classed as elite?
Ex-Ireland U21 international John Lester on his frustration with life as an amateur player during the pandemic. Paul Fennessy By Paul Fennessy Saturday 12 Dec 2020, 10:00 AM Dec 12th 2020, 10:00 AM 29,031 Views 31 Comments
John Lester pictured playing for Sheriff during the FAI Junior Cup Final in 2017.
Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
JOHN LESTER HAS been devoted to football for much of his life.
At schoolboy level, he was widely regarded as one of the most talented youngsters in the country.
Despite growing up in Cabinteely, he played with Rathfarnham-based Leicester Celtic, alongside others who would go on to play senior football, including Aidan O’Keefe, Barry Roche and Pat Sullivan, with the Dublin sid
The heartbroken mother of a former Fermanagh GAA footballer and hurler who died following a car crash in South Africa has told how her son was loved by so many .
Shane O Brien died on Tuesday in Pretoria, where he lived and worked with the United Nations Refugee Agency.
The 35-year-old, from Belleek, moved to Geneva several years ago to pursue a career with the UN before relocating to South Africa in the last two months.
At home, Mr O Brien was known for playing his local cub, Erne Gaels. He was a member of the Co Fermanagh minor football squad that reached the Ulster final in 2003 and was in the county s senior squad in 2009.