Cork hairdresser Joseph Byrne normally fits in a special day of appointments for the long-term homeless during Christmas week. Byrne, who runs a salon on Glasheen Road in Cork city, says he is exhausted from stop-start restrictions as he faces into another lockdown on Christmas Eve. I am working until 12am tonight and again tomorrow clearing appointments trying to fit everybody in. Joseph and his husband Darren collected items of clothing and selection boxes as is the tradition at the salon over Christmas. Joseph and the team at the salon helped out a lot of their elderly clients during lockdown.

Source: The Irish Times December 22, 2020 21:45 UTC