Yvonne Connolly has revealed she has has two surgeries after a horrific horse accident.
The mum-of-three took to social media to reveal that she has now a new appreciation for life, after a very close call.
The TV presenter saks she broke her arm and fractured her eye socket.
“Appreciate life even more after a horse riding accident,” she wrote on her Twitter page.
“4 fractures to my eye socket & cheek bone & my nose was completely smashed.I also broke my arm.2 surgeries over the past 10 days under the expert hands of Dr Kumara Ekanayake
” Thanks to the incredible staff at St James,” she added.
Stars like Claudine Keane and Lucy Kennedy wished her well on a post she wrote on Instagram, where she told her followers she was on the road to recovery.
In the social media post Yvonne said she was lucky to be alive.