The Government has announced that the country's local authorities are to co-ordinate the work of state agencies, charities, private companies and thousands of volunteers to ensure that elderly and vulnerable people get any help they need during the current emergency.
Many local authorities have already established call centres to receive requests for help and re-direct them to the appropriate organisations.
Bernie Ronan has been a postwoman in Kinsale, Co Cork, for 11 years. Bernie is on the frontline, implementing the announcement made by Government today.
Today, Bernie is taking the decision made at national level by Government, and implementing it in a very practical way at local level.