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‘I thought my time was up. I didn’t think I’d play football again’ – Julie-Ann Russell

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Ireland star has been training with the men’s Salthill Devon team to keep fit for this week’s international play-off as she juggles football, full-time work and family life

Ireland’s Julie-Ann Russell trains with the Salthill Devon men’s team at Drom Soccer Park. Left: Russell with her daughter Rosie and at the PFA Ireland Awards 2024. Photo: Ray Ryan

Rosie, the most famous toddler on the Irish football scene, would have shrieked with delight when waking up on Thursday morning to see the streets and fields of Galway covered in a blanket of snow.

Her mother would have been less welcoming of that carpet of whiteness, which soon turned gray. Traffic in Galway is chronic at the best of times but adding snow and slush to the mix makes things even worse.

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