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Laura Fletcher: "During the restrictions I was more aware than ever of the distance between our family unit and our parents and siblings."

At home with... RTÉ News Reporter Laura Fletcher

If you asked me last year if I could imagine ever cutting my husband's hair or shopping online for facemasks, I'd have given you short shrift, and yet here we are, says RTÉ News Reporter Laura Fletcher

At home with... • 20 Oct 20

Domhnall O'Donoghue: "It's in heightened realities such as this pandemic that people's true characters are revealed."

At home with... Ros na Rún's Domhnall O'Donoghue

Few positives emerged from 2020, but rediscovering his love of Ireland was certainly one for actor and writer Domhnall O'Donoghue

At home with... • 15 Oct 20

Go ahead and jump: Aisling Moloney leaping in the rain in Donegal

At home with... RTÉ news2day's Aisling Moloney

"The past few months have been the first settled and still period in my life," says news journalist Aisling Moloney. "There was nowhere to go, all big plans were shifted and I had to find excitement in the normal joys of life."

At home with... • 14 Oct 20

RTÉ Newsroom's Dimitri O'Donnell on Bertra Strand, Westport County Mayo. Kerry, Connemara and the Aran Islands were also visited

At home with... RTÉ News reporter Dimitri O'Donnell

I could never have imagined that these practices would become part of our everyday lives in Ireland, says RTÉ News journalist Dimitri O'Donnell, referring to elbow bumps, masks and temperature checks reminiscent of a 2019 African assignment

At home with... • 13 Oct 20

Máire Bríd Ní Chualáin: My heart goes out to everyone struggling in these hard times

At home with... RnaG's Máire Bríd Ní Chualáin

Lockdown has made me, like many others, realise how much I took for granted, says RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's Máire Bríd Ní Chualáin

At home with... • 12 Oct 20

Póilín Nic Géidigh: "For me, it's been a time to take stock of everything I'm grateful for in life."

At home with...RnaG's Póilín Nic Géidigh

If I had to be locked down anywhere, I'm glad to be locked down sa bhaile, i gcontae álainn Dhún na nGall, says Póilín Nic Géidigh

At home with... • 08 Oct 20

Tony Connelly: We entered the world of Zoom, Webex, and Teams, as we showcased our backstage lives.

At home with... RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly

"It wasn't working for anyone. It wasn't supposed to work. Or at least not for working parents with small children."

At home with... • 07 Oct 20

Cian McCormack: (the pandemic) has challenged me to cast a fresh view on how I approach my work and use time efficiently

At home with... Cian McCormack

Facing in to another year like this one I focus on the positives that have come from the pandemic for me, says RTÉ News reporter Cian McCormack.

At home with... • 06 Oct 20

Mícheál Ó Scannáil: "As staycations became government recommendation, I really managed to see Ireland in a way I previously hadn't."

At home with... news2day's Mícheál Ó Scannáil

Covid-19 has given me an opportunity to spend some quality time with myself to self-reflect and grow as a person, says news2day presenter Mícheál Ó Scannáil

At home with... • 05 Oct 20

On the road: Stormzy and Billie Eilish fan Richard Downes in his rented camper van

At home with... RTÉ Prime Time's Richard Downes

If you had asked me ten years ago about growing fruit and vegetables, you could write on the back of a stamp what I knew, says Richard Downes who found green fingers.

At home with... • 24 Sep 20

Siún Ní Dhuinn: pays tribute to our broadcasters who put their hearts into the productions, under challenging conditions.

At home with... Siún Ní Dhuinn

The words that spring to mind when I think about the last few months are transition, gratitude and acceptance, says RTÉ's Digital Coordinator for Irish, broadcaster Siún Ní Dhuinn.

At home with... • 23 Sep 20

Laura Hogan: I was one of the few people in the country who escaped having to set up a home office on an ironing board

At home with... RTÉ Newsroom's Laura Hogan

"Like many of my colleagues in RTÉ News, I have been reporting on this virus since before it even had a name," says RTÉ News Reporter Laura Hogan. "It has been a long seven months, filled with ups and downs."

At home with... • 22 Sep 20

Manchán: for me, Covid was an enormously empowering experience

At home with... Manchán Magan

The very phrase 'At Home with' has become so much more resonant since Covid, says broadcaster and writer Manchán Magan

At home with... • 20 Sep 20

Ruth Smith: I'm so lucky to live with a man who is an incredible cook

At home with... Simply Folk's Ruth Smith

Looking back on the early lockdown days six months down the road, I see the steep learning curve it was in so many aspects of life, says Ruth Smith, presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Simply Folk

At home with... • 15 Sep 20

Sinéad Hussey: I'm lucky to have the best neighbours around

At home with... RTÉ's Sinéad Hussey

I seem to have spent the last few months wishing time away, hoping restrictions would be lifted, planning reunions and praying that the number of Covid cases would come down, says RTÉ's North-East Correspondent Sinéad Hussey

At home with... • 14 Sep 20

Máirín Ní Ghadhra: I actually find I can be more productive at home

At home with... R na G's Máirín Ní Ghadhra

I feel an enormous amount of sympathy for the children in this whole crisis, says Raidió na Gaeltachta presenter Máirín Ní Ghadhra

At home with... • 10 Sep 20

Carole Coleman: Everyone at home is fitter than ever before

At home with... RTÉ's Carole Coleman

Pretty much everything at home can be divided into before and after the arrival of Covid, says Carole Coleman

At home with... • 09 Sep 20

Dyane Connor: Covid 19 has made me realise I need to slow down and appreciate the simple things in life.

At home with... RTÉ's Dyane Connor

The beginning of lockdown seems like a lifetime ago and while I have fond memories of that time with my family I won't forget the challenging times either, says RTÉ Newsroom's Dyane Connor.

At home with... • 08 Sep 20

At home with... RTÉ Newsroom's Justin McCarthy

Justin McCarthy was presenting Morning Ireland in January with Audrey Carville when he got his first real sense of what was coming.

At home with... • 07 Sep 20

RTÉ's Ciaran Mullooly reporting in recent months

At home with... RTÉ's Ciaran Mullooly

After twenty-five years of journalism you think you've seen it all, says RTÉ Midlands Correspondent Ciaran Mullooly, recalling the Foot and Mouth outbreak as the nearest thing in terms of lockdown to the present scenario

At home with... • 05 Sep 20

Conor Kane with cameraman Brian Walsh and satellite van operator Tom Drury having a "socially-distanced lunch."

At home with... RTÉ's Conor Kane

"The best way to recall all that's happened since early spring 2020 is to flick through the photographs on the phone, " says RTÉ's South East Correspondent Conor Kane. "So little has happened, but so much."

At home with... • 02 Sep 20

Brian O'Donovan with wife Joanna and daughters Lucy and Erin at Great Falls Park in Maryland, USA

At home with... RTÉ's Brian O'Donovan

The COVID-19 restrictions both here in the US and in Ireland were announced during what is one of the busiest weeks of the year for an RTÉ Washington Correspondent, recalls RTÉ's Brian O'Donovan

At home with... • 01 Sep 20

Actor Colin Farrell, Homeless Street Football ambassador, pictured with Tucker in Street Leagues

At home with... Street Leagues director Daniel Holmes

Street Leagues director Daniel Holmes saw lockdown coming and promptly flew home to the US to be with his family. "This whole period has actually been really nice for us, " he says

At home with... • 31 Aug 20

Fran McNulty works on a socially-distanced edit with colleague Jimmy Norman. Reporters now work from their cars alongside the satellite van.

At home with... RTÉ's Fran McNulty

Fran McNulty enjoyed our Western shores this summer. Most weekends I can be found rambling across a hill or a bog in the west, sunshine, a heathery breeze, the west feeds the soul, says RTÉ's Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent.

At home with... • 27 Aug 20

Fachtna Ó Drisceoil: I found myself unable to read or write anything other than what was necessary for my work

At home with... R na G's Fachtna Ó Drisceoil

It's good for my mental health to get out of the house, says R na G's Fachtna O Drisceoil who cycles into Montrose to present Tús Áite on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Monday to Friday.

At home with... • 26 Aug 20