Doctors working on the frontline of mental health services say a doubling of funding is needed to deal with the “tsunami” that will follow the Covid-19 pandemic.

People living with sight loss navigate their lives through touch – Covid-19 realities have deprived them of that. Leaving Cert student Maeve Doyle tells Helen O’Callaghan what it’s like to have Stargardt disease, a condition affecting her central vision, in a world where social distancing is key to staying safe.