As Ireland faces its biggest ever public health emergency, Maresa Fagan looks at the critical role PPE is playing in the battle to contain and eradicate Covid-19 and how it could mean the difference between life or death for those at the coalface at home and abroad.

An Irish tech company has designed a 3D printable protective visor that could help to bridge the global shortfall of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the Covid-19 pandemic.