Deborah, Volunteer with the Simon Community
8 June 2020 - 3 minsHere 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......
Dr Eoin Feeney, consultant in infectious diseases
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
5 mins
16 June 2020 Finished
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
3 mins
16 June 2020 Finished
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
4 mins
11 June 2020 Finished
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...
5 mins
4 June 2020 Finished
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
3 mins
3 June 2020 Finished