Covid-19: Health Minister announces who will get vaccine first

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has also announced that there "should be no barrier to people accessing a vaccine", and therefore the vaccine programme will be available free of charge to everyone in Ireland.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has announced the order in which different sections of society will receive a Covid-19 vaccine.

Details on what is being called the "sequencing" or the phases were announced today after being signed off by Cabinet.