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At the tender age of 24, Oisin Hickey knew something had to change. Already the once promising hurler had walked away from the chance to win a third All Ireland medal, finished wearing the saffron and blue, been in and out of jobs, had written off his car. One bleak day spent trying to work while vomiting and shaking after days of drinking was the last straw, and seven years on he is far more reliable, works as a supervisor in one of the region’s top companies and is hoping to start life coaching. He was part of the 2011 Clare minor team that reached the All Ireland, hurling alongside current senior stars such as Eibhear Quilligan, Tony Kelly, Peter Duggan and Shane O’Donnell, but when that crop were getting ready for the first round of the Munster U21 championship three years later, Oisin’s intercounty career ended abruptly. “I was on the minors in 2011, with the U21s in 2012 …
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