Unsung heroes: Ireland's delivery drivers
It has been a year of lockdowns and different levels of restrictions. Closures and reopenings. Stops and starts. But throughout it all, various sectors of the country's workforce, many of whom are not always prominent in the public eye, have kept us going. Among these unsung heroes are the delivery drivers who have responded to the huge increase in online shopping as a result of the pandemic. DPD Ireland, the country's largest courier company, says it has delivered more than 35 million parcels in 2020, up from 22 million in 2019. Michelle Halpin is one of the company's 1,700 drivers, delive...
Source: rte.ie