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Hurling star opens up on eating disorder and urges others to ask for help

Barry Hennessy has one message for anyone suffering from an eating disorder – go and ask for help.

The four-time Limerick All-Ireland winning goalkeeper, who is understudy to Nickie Quaid, battled for over a decade with body image issues that led to bulimia.

It was a cycle of behaviour he struggled badly with and at one point he recalls cutting his arm as “a cry for help”.

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