Personal Insights: 'The struggle will end and we will regain our freedom', says former nurse

Mother of three, Sonya Lynch, worked as a paediatric nurse in the Mercy Hospital until 2017. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 she reflects on her working life, adjusting to life with cancer, the impact of Covid-19 on her former colleagues and, most importantly, her optimism that better days lie ahead.

Sonya Lynch indulging her new passion for writing.

Precious memories bring meaning to our lives. Little moments that stay with us forever.

My nursing days are long gone but my memories are as vivid as if they were yesterday.