Working Life: I was 24 and absolutely naive when I took over the pharmacy

Oonagh O’Hagan, pharmacist, Dublin

Pharmacist Oonagh O'Hagan taking part in a new diabetes national awareness campaign, called Be the Informed Type, run by AstraZeneca in partnership with Diabetes Ireland.

“I hail from Tyrone but I’ve lived in Dublin since the age of 18, when I came to study pharmacy at Trinity College. I was going to do medicine but I hate needles and felt I wouldn’t make a good doctor.

“After qualifying, I spent a year as an intern at Pierce Meagher’s pharmacy on Baggott St. I fell in love with the pharmacy. Pierce was my tutor and mentor. He’s a great guy who taught me so much.