Big-hearted veterinary nurse Clodagh Fox admits that shedding tears is all part of her work looking after sick or injured animals.
Nothing pleases her more than to see a poorly creature back on its feet after treatment or surgery at the UCD Veterinary Hospital in Dublin.
But she also has to face sights that would test the resolve of the toughest frontline animal worker.
Now the public will be able to see close up the work of the specialist animal centre in a new Virgin Media TV series, Animal Emergency, which began on Sunday night.
The UCD Veterinary Hospital, which looks after 6,000 animal patients a year, offers specialist services that are not easily available to most vets.
Stephen Donnelly also said that Ireland has one of the lowest rates of Covid-19 in Europe.
It comes as the health service in Ireland plans to ramp up its vaccine programme following months of setbacks and missed targets.
Despite plans to administer one million doses of Covid-19 vaccines throughout April, the Government revised down its target to around 860,000 vaccines.
One in six adults in Ireland has now received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine. The no of people w/Covid in ICUs has fallen by about 75% since peak in late January. We ve one of the lowest rates of Covid-19 in Europe now. We re making huge progress. Stephen Donnelly (@DonnellyStephen) April 6, 2021
A MOTHER-of-three is flying to Mexico this week after an outpouring of public generosity raised the funds needed for what may be her only chance of survival in her fourth cancer battle.
Carol Brennan (49) refused to give up when advised to get her affairs into order after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer in recent weeks.
Now, she will leave on Thursday to fly to Mexico where she has been accepted for specialised treatment.
In just three weeks, people donated almost €65,000 of the total cost of €130,000 needed for the treatment.
The Finglas resident does not have time on her side and the funding boost allows her to access the first round of treatments while fundraising continues.
Six-year-old Adam King, from Cork, who has brittle bones, spoke of his Nasa ambitions on RTE’s The Late Late Toy Show (Andres Poveda/PA)
The idea was so popular that An Post turned Adam’s creation into a postal stamp and it was then designed as a Valentine’s Day card.
On the show, Adam said his dream was to be a Capcom astronaut as he had “brissle bones” and wouldn’t be able to be an astronaut that goes to Space.
The six-year-old was then starstruck when International Space Station commander and astronaut Chris Hadfield reached out and had a video call with the entire family before Christmas.
Richard Okorogheye’s mother has reportedly been told the body found by police in Epping Forest on Monday matches his description.
The 19-year-old, who has sickle cell disease, has been missing since he left his family home in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London on the evening of March 22.
On Monday, the Metropolitan Police said they were informed by Essex Police that the body of a man was found in a pond in the woodland.
Although the body has yet to be formally identified, Mr Okorogheye’s mother, Evidence Joel, said police had informed her “the description matches his”.