Practising out of the Four Courts in Dublin, the Carlow native trained as a barrister following a devastating injury in 2022 where she tore the posterior tibial tendon in her left ankle. After setting an Irish indoor 60m record that injury cost her her place in the 2022 European Championships and could have been career ending.

Now balancing two careers Ms Scott has spoken about the challenges of being a young barrister. She told Run Republic: “Your first year at the Bar is incredibly difficult. It’s an adrenaline spike every single day. It’s basically the same nerves as running a race, because you’re in court every day and you’re learning.”

Commuting from Carlow to Dublin and spending a full day in court, Ms Scott trained in the evening, but is open about the challenges of being an athlete, the lack of support and the requirement to pay for things like training camps and physio out of your own pocket.

Life at the Bar is not much better as a barrister makes little income in their first year and it can take a while to build up a practice. However Ms Scott said: “Coming to the Bar made me a way better athlete and a way better person.”

She praised the collegiality she found at the Bar, particularly from other women: “I started here with no connections and no friends, and the uplift I’ve gotten from people has been incredible. I didn’t always find sport collegiate. Sport can be brutal, so let’s call a spade a spade.”