Labour Leader Alan Kelly says the Tánaiste has questions to answer about how much he knew about the initial appointment of Katherine Zappone to a UN role. The former Minister was appointed as a Special Envoy during a Cabinet meeting, but the Taoiseach had no prior knowledge of the move approved by Minister Simon Coveney. […]
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The construction of the Killaloe bypass bridge has taken a further step forward after the project was put out to tender. The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has signed off on the move, with the works now on track to begin early next year. Construction is set to take around two and a half to three […]
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New advice issued to the HSE allows for the gap between AstraZeneca vaccination doses to be reduced by four weeks.
The National Immunisation Advisory Council (NIAC) has advised that the wait time between the first and second dose of the vaccine can be cut from 12 weeks to eight weeks. The HSE is to consider the new advice and the implications for the vaccine rollout, given the difficulties in securing adequate supplies of the vaccine with the manufacturer struggling to meet delivery orders.
Niac’s advice comes on the back of recent evidence in the UK which showed that one dose of vaccine offers less protection against the Indian variant of the virus (the Delta variant) than two jabs. Responding to the NIAC move,
Labour Leader Alan Kelly says he expects Irish pharmacists to be incorporated into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in the near future. Close to 300,000 vaccines are being administered across the country each week, with 48 year olds able to register for their jab from today. There are 1,800 trained vaccinators working at Irish pharmacies, which […]