Working Life: The morning routine at home is followed with military precision

Dr Dearbhaile Collins, consultant medical oncologist at Cork University Hospital (CUH)

Dr Dearbhaile Collins, consultant medical oncologist at Cork University Hospital (CUH)

6.30am

The routine is followed with military precision: I’m up first, dog out for a walk, make kids’ lunches, wake them for school. By 8am we are all heading in different directions. My husband Seamus drops Fiadh (3), Rian (6), Caoimhe (9) to creche and school. It’s all a bit mad, but fairly streamlined.