Staff at St John's Hospital in Limerick had a big surprise at work when they were serenaded by an opera star from his balcony in Italy.
Maurizio Marchini gained international fame with impromptu performances during the first wave of Covid-19. Today he was lifting the spirits of Irish frontline heroes St John’s Hospital is one of the oldest in the country, and management say the staff have been through a Covid storm.
They were invited into the garden for a moment of reflection three months on from the peak of the pandemic. Then the magic happened.
Staff were taken completely by surprise when viral sensation Marchini appeared on a big screen, live from his balcony 2,500 kilometres away in Sardinia, where he is holidaying.