Working Life: I try to get out for a short run before the rest of the house wakes

Derek Chambers, general manager, policy implementation, HSE National Mental Health Operations

Derek Chambers, general manager, policy implementation, HSE National Mental Health Operations.  Picture: Dan Linehan

7am

I try to get out for a short run before the rest of the house wakes and then it’s the usual chaos with kids — Ellen (14), William (11), and Catherine (eight) — off school for the holidays.