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Laurie Ryan drives on with Athlone but Banner door not shut

For now Laurie Ryan is concentrating on Athlone Town, and trying to help the Midlanders push up the Women's Premier Division table.

They currently sit in seventh position, some eight points adrift of leaders Peamount United. It's just four games in, so still plenty of time to make that rise. Next up for Athlone is a date with Galway United on Wednesday evening.

The game follows on her from her day job as a lecturer in sports science and nutrition at the Technological University of the Shannon's Athlone campus. Two plates to keep spinning; not so long ago it was three, as Ryan also lined out for Clare in Gaelic football. That said she still follows the fortunes of the latter, none more so than last Sunday when the Banner County qualified for Lidl National Football League Division 3 final.

"I'm not in with Clare but I'm obviously keeping a close eye on them," Ryan said at the launch the 2023 Gaelic4Girls programme.

"They had to win by a big score [against Longford] to be in with a chance of reaching the league final. From the word go they had goals on their mind [Clare won by 7-15 to 2-03]. It's brilliant for them to be in the final after getting relegated last year. There was a different format last year, we played less games and got relegated. This year they go to play every team and are in the final which is fantastic."

In 2022, Ryan played in the Women's FAI Cup final against Shelbourne. On the same day and, in another code, her club Banner were taking on Ballymacarbry of Waterford in the Munster senior club final. She had a choice to make. Being skipper of Athlone meant she would be at Tallaght Stadium. Efforts were made to get the Munster clash fixed.

She told RTÉ Sport at the time: "We won the county championship and made

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