Frontline workers kept national infrastructures going and cared for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. Governmental leaders, organisational leaders and members of the wider public were tasked with minimising the burden on frontline workers by reducing infection rates and demand on essential services. These shared efforts required solidarity through mutual effort and sustained commitment. The phrase ‘in it together’ has been used frequently since the outbreak of COVID-19, but to what extent did frontline workers actually feel ‘in it together’? Researchers at the University of Limerick’s Cen…