Retired consultant Rodney Meeke who had worked in the Intensive Care Unit at Cork University Hospital and has now joined the fight against Covid-19 working as a medic/vaccinator. Coronavirus covid-19 global pandemic. Pic: Larry Cummins. At Pairc Ui Chaoimh vaccination centre, Ballintemple, Cork on Thursday 12th August 2021. Liz Dunphy Irish Examiner news story.