The deaths of two healthcare workers in Kilkenny has highlighted the "great debt" we owe to frontline health workers during the Covid-19 crisis.
The tribute from SIPTU came after the Ireland East Hospital Group last night confirmed that two healthcare workers at St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny had died after testing positive for Covid-19.
The health workers are a man and a woman and died within the last two days. Both are from Co Kilkenny and had families in the area.
The man is understood to have been in his 40s and the woman in her 50s. A spokesperson said: "We wish to give our sincere condolences to their family, friends and colleagues." There was no further comment from the hospital.