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A triathlete from Dublin has given a stark account of living with long Covid, describing how the disease has impacted every aspect of her life.

Gráinne Kelly was training up to three times a day and cycling hundreds of kilometres per week when she contracted Covid-19 in September 2020.

"But I can't train now. If I exercise, my heart goes through the roof. I'm bedridden for two to three weeks if I try to do a gentle walk."Members of Long Covid Advocacy Ireland told committee members that specialist clinics are not helping sufferers and they have been"neglected and dismissed"."My whole life has been destroyed. I'm stuck in this life, like we were in lockdown. I haven't left that life.

"If I'm not even seeing where my career is and I can't financially support myself, I just think - what is this life? It can't be real.

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