'I’m looking forward to going outside again': Grandfathers vaccinated from Covid eager to see family soon

Eamonn Hughes aged 75 from Cavan was the first person to receive the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park from Public Health Nurse Karen Kennedy this morning. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

"I’m looking forward to going outside again," said a grandfather who received his first vaccination from the coronavirus today. 

Eamon Hughes, 75, was the first resident of the St Mary’s Hospital in Co Dublin to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and is eager to receive visits from his family.