Covid-19: Closed schools mount pressures on frontline staff 

Dr Niamh O'Brien with her family, daughters Lucy, Orla, Annie and her husband Cuan MacConnell.

Medics and healthcare workers on the frontline of the fight against Covid-19 are struggling under increasing pressure due to the continued school closures.

While learning is taking place remotely, many frontline medical staff cannot work from home, meaning childminders must be found and paid for.