A postman is putting smiles on the faces of cocooning pensioners and small children alike as he wears fancy dress on his rounds.
Householders in Mallow, Cork have hailed An Post worker Kevin Ruby, one of the humble heroes of Covid-19 outbreak. Kevin says he enjoys making people happy.
Kevin and his trainee postal worker called ‘Tedeen’ wanted to put a smile on the faces of cooped up householders.
“Myself and Tedeen got great reactions today from both young and old.
“Any bit of humour is a help and twas nice to see smiles and laughs coming out of windows or at the door in the tough times we are in.
“One thing I’ve learned over the past couple of weeks is not to take yourself so seriously and I think this pandemic has opened a lot of peoples eyes to such.
“Tedeen carried me all day in fairness to him - he might get a start yet!”
Kevin said that his message to everyone was to be fully compliant with the Government and Health Service Executive guidelines about Covid-19.
“Stay safe folks,” he urged.
