Daily diaries form essential workers on the frontline during Covid-19.
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Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the Covid pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, transport workers and many more - each giving insight into their daily work. Eoin Feeney is consultant in infectious diseases at St Vincent’s University Hospital who has been working on the diagnosis and management of Covid patients over the past few months - he talks about what a typical day is like for him at the moment
16 Jun 2020
Dr Ger O’Connor, Consultant in emergency medicine
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the Covid pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, transport workers and many more - each giving insight into their daily work. The Mater Hospital in Dublin has been one of the hardest hit in the country with Covid patients. Ger O’Connor is consultant in emergency medicine there - he talks about what a typical day is like for him at the moment
11 Jun 2020
Stena Captain Sean Boyce
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the Covid pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, transport workers and many more - each giving insight into their daily work. Stena Line is a well-known passenger carrier, but they’ve also been responsible for carrying essential products and supplies into the country throughout the pandemic. Captain Sean Boyce, the master online Stena Europe – the ferry operating between Rosslare Harbour and Fishguard in South Wales –describes what his job is like at the moment
8 Jun 2020
Deborah, Volunteer with the Simon Community
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, transport workers and many more - each giving insight into their daily work during Covid. The pandemic’s made life even harder for homeless people in Ireland and for the most part it’s volunteers and charities that have continued to support them during these tough times Deborah Murphy is a volunteer at Carmen’s Hall Emergency Hostel with The Simon Community. She describes her day...
4 Jun 2020
Dairy Farmer Brian Rush
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, volunteers, rail workers and many more - each giving insight into their work during Covid. All the essential services behind food production have had to keep going during the pandemic and part of that production line are farmers. Brian Rush is a dairy farmer from Co Kildare, and also deputy president of The Farmers Association. He describes what his working day was like...
3 Jun 2020
Bus Eireann Vincent O'Connor
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, volunteers and many more - each giving insight into their work during Covid. Vincent O’Connor is a driver for Bus Eireann, he describes what his working day is like at the moment
26 May 2020
Clinical Nurse Manager Emma Murphy
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, retail workers, volunteers, bus drivers and many more - each giving insight into their working day
Emma Murphy works in the Emergency Department of Mercy University Hospital Cork as a clinical nurse manager, she describes what her day was like...
21 May 2020
Irish Rail Gary Leech
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, volunteers and many more - each giving insight into their working day.
The country’s transport services have been kept going by essential workers throughout the pandemic. We hear what it’s like working for Irish Rail during the pandemic....
7 May 2020
Paramedic David Hall
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, postmen, shop owners, volunteers, bus drivers and many more - each giving insight into their working day. Today we hear from David Hall, founder of LifeLine Ambulance Services. Many of you will know David from the work he also does with Irish Mortgage Holders and I Care Housing – here's what he had to say about his day as a paramedic during the pandemic...
7 May 2020
Supermarket Manager Neville Raethorne
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, postmen, volunteers, bus drivers and many more - each giving insight into their working day. Supermarket and retail workers have been unsung heroes in this pandemic so far – we want to recognise the essential work they do. Neville Raethorne is manager of Supervalu Heuston Quarter in Dublin, tells us what daily life is like in his store since Covid Hit
7 May 2020
Postman Dickie Murphy
Here on Newstalk we’re highlighting the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Voices From the Frontline is a series of personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency. You'll hear from doctors, nurses, retail workers, volunteers, bus drivers and many more - each giving insight into their working day. We all know the vital services that postmen and women are providing around the country at the moment. Dickie Murphy is a postman in Enniscorthy in Co Wexford and reflects on his job during the pandemic
28 Apr 2020
Student Nurse Sarah Collins
Here on Newstalk we want to highlight the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
We bring you Voices From the Frontline - personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency
You'll hear from doctors, nurses, postmen, shop owners, volunteers, farmers, bus drivers, rail workers and many more - each giving insight into their working day
First up is Sarah Collins, who describes her day working as a student nurse in a busy hospital in the south of the country
28 Apr 2020
Emergency Nurse Karen McGowan
Here on Newstalk we want to highlight the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
We bring you Voices From the Frontline - personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency
You'll hear from doctors, nurses, postmen, shop owners, volunteers, farmers, bus drivers, rail workers and many more - each giving insight into their working day
Karen McGowan is an advanced nurse practitioner in a busy emergency department in Dublin, she describes what working life is like during the pandemic
28 Apr 2020
GP Denis McCauley
Here on Newstalk we want to highlight the great work going on in frontline and essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
We bring you Voices From the Frontline - personal video and audio diaries from those working at the coalface during this time of emergency
You'll hear from doctors, nurses, postmen, shop owners, volunteers, farmers, bus drivers, rail workers and many more - each giving insight into their working day
Denis McCauley is General Practitioner in Stranorlar Co Donegal, who talks about the impact Covid-19 is having on his work
8 Apr 2020
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