As a hairdresser, I'm used to smiling - but it's tough being pregnant in a pandemic 

As she prepares to welcome her first child, Aisling O'Donovan is channelling her energy towards smiling - in spite of the urge to cry

I’ve been a hairdresser for over 15 years and if throughout this pandemic once manicured now wild, grey haired women and shaggy unkept men (or worse still, deranged looking men who were naive enough to let a partner or pal do the honours) have taught us nothing else, it is this… blessed be the hairdressers.

It’s a hard job. It's physically challenging, and hours-heavy but where the challenge really lies is: