Working Life: Together with our optometrists, I run a busy clinic for patients with medical retina conditions

Dr Olya Scannell, consultant ophthalmologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and Ophthalmology Service, Tallaght Primary Care Centre

Dr Olya Scannell, consultant ophthalmologist: "While most of those we treat have relatively routine conditions, some have challenging eye problems that are more difficult to resolve"

6.15am

The day begins in customary style: my three-year-old son Nikolai pulls my hand to wake me up. My husband Richie and I trundle downstairs to prepare porridge for the boy and coffee for us.