Sharon Ní Bheoláin: Next to frontline staff, my job doesn't come into the picture

Sharon Ní Bheoláin tells Marjorie Brennan why we need to support our hospices now more than ever.

Sharon Ní Bheoláin at the launch of Hospice Coffee Morning Together with Bewley’s at St Francis Hospice Raheny, Dublin.  Picture: Barry McCall Photography 

As a journalist and presenter of RTÉ's  Nine O’Clock news, Sharon Ní Bheoláin has to be on top of her brief.

In her role as a charity ambassador, her approach is no different. When she was asked to help raise funds for hospice services, she made sure to do her research first, visiting a Dublin hospice whose work is close to her heart. What she discovered hit her hard, and made her determined to get the message out on behalf of hospice services throughout the country, whose fundraising efforts have been decimated by Covid-related restrictions.