Nurse tells of chance to ‘make a real difference’

CORK-BASED nurse Niamh Casey recognises that she has been given a unique opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people in Darfur, western Sudan.

“I was apprehensive at first but now I am thrilled to be here,” she says. “I love the work despite the problems and hardships involved.”

Niamh, whose home is in Silver Springs and who trained in Cork University Hospital where she worked until departing for Sudan, has been in Darfur for the past month working with the humanitarian agency GOAL.