Over the past five weeks a team of Irish Sign Language interpreters have become familiar faces at the daily briefings on Covid-19.
Working under intense pressure, they interpret the latest information on the virus to make it accessible for the 5,000 deaf people in Ireland.
A further 40,000 people are members of the deaf community who use the language on a daily basis. Michael Feeney is one of six interpreters rotating the daily briefings at the Department of Health. "It's very high pressured, very intense, very fast-paced and the logistical questions that are asked and responded to can just be very difficult," he said. "So we do our best to interpret accurately, to make sure the information is getting across in the right way, that it's