‘The maximum shift any doctor should work is 24 hours’

Junior doctors came off gruelling shifts to walk the picket lines outside hospitals across Ireland yesterday.

At the Mater Hospital in Dublin, some were still in scrubs, having operated throughout the night and into the early morning, but still determined to protest over their working hours.

One such doctor was Éadaíon Ni Shéaghdha from Dublin who had just finished a 24-hour shift.