As paramedic Kieran Henry retires from the Ambulance Service, he tells CHRIS DUNNE about the highs and lows of his career... and what he has planned next

COLETTE SHERIDAN talks to the interim Director of Public Health Nurse Services West Cork, Joanna McCarthy, whose team of 52 public health nurses serve a population of 60,000 across the region

CHRIS DUNNE talks to an advanced nurse practitioner and a healthcare worker based at St Finbarr’s Hospital about how their roles have changed, the impact of Covid-19 on patients and residents, and hopes for 2021.

Local pharmacies have played a major role in 2020. DEBORAH HICKEY talks to staff at one community pharmacy in Cork city about the challenges they faced

EMMA CONNOLLY talks to two women working in Cork University Maternity Hospital about the impact Covid had on their professional and personal lives — and the impact it had on expectant and new mothers and fathers

Laboratory Manager at CUH, Sinead Creagh talks to EMMA CONNOLLY about the task of testing samples from patients, staff and community testing centres across Cork. This feature appeared in WoW!'s special edition dedicated to Cork's female healthcare workers

Dr Corinna Sadlier, Infectious Disease Consultant at CUH tells EMMA CONNOLLY about how she and her colleagues all pulled together in 2020. This feature appeared in WoW!'s special edition dedicated to Cork's female healthcare workers