From health workers and carers, delivery drivers, supermarket workers and refuse collectors to farmers and factory workers, we salute you all.
We asked Journal readers which of these very special people they would like to say a big “thank you” to and here are some of the wonderful messages we have received.
We hope this goes a little way to show everyone who has been stepping up to the mark throughout these strange times how much they are appreciated.
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Groomin Marvelous: "My wife Catherine Power works in SuperValu north side along with all the staff helping keep families fed, my daughter Sarah Gallagher, a dentist treating emergency patients, and her husband Marc Gallagher a firefighter and all his colleagues at northland station."
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Caoimhe Parke: "Christopher Parke, he’s a groundsman for the council and has been working in the cemetery at the start of lockdown but is out cutting grass and planting now."
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Donna Meenan: "My wee buddie Cíara " Mórdha working in a local supermarket making sure we all stayed well fed and had everything we needed during lockdown. Shes a wee star and make lockdown easier for myself and al ot of others."