A targeted response will be needed to vaccinate the homeless, Traveller and Roma communities, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, and victims of domestic abuse, ISAG seminar heard

The webinar heard that members of the Traveller community and those who were homeless were also among the groups most impacted by the pandemic but not often heard.

The INTO has said it has been assured that senior members of Nphet will communicate directly with the sector in the coming week over any plans to re-open schools

The present strategy of rolling lockdowns until a vaccination programme is implemented is an 'expensive' one that did not provide any certainty to businesses struggling to survive, said DCU Professor Anthony Staines