Covid one year on: Frontline workers tell all after rolling lockdowns and infection waves

Just over a year since authorities confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in Ireland, healthcare staff at the Covid-19 coalface reveal their highs and lows
Dr Mary O'Mahony, specialist in public health medicine, HSE South, Department of Public Health at St Finbarr's Hospital, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

Dr Mary O'Mahony, specialist in public health medicine, HSE South, Department of Public Health at St Finbarr's Hospital, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

Over the past year, we’ve seen three waves of infection and rolling lockdowns, while our health service came under significant pressure in January and is still dealing with the third, more lethal, wave. Here, healthcare staff talk about their experiences.

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