'I feel very privileged': 79-year-old becomes first person in Ireland to get Covid-19 vaccine

Ms Lynch said: "I feel very privileged to be the first person in Ireland to receive the vaccine." Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

A 79-year-old Dublin woman has become the first person in Ireland to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Grandmother of 10, Annie Lynch from the Liberties area of the city, was administered with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at St James Hospital this afternoon.