‘I don’t care if you have to take the arm. I just want this cancer out of me’

Former Dublin footballer Darragh Nelson has been through radiotherapy, two rounds of chemotherapy, and now he is undergoing immunotherapy after being diagnosed with a rare sarcoma three years ago. The Ballyboden St Enda’s man is still fighting the good fight supported by friends, family and clubmates

Darragh Nelson pulls a small brown diary from his coat pocket and picks a page at random.

‘Chemotherapy. Cycle two. Day one:’