GPs and healthcare workers receive Covid vaccine in mass clinics across Ireland

GPs line up to recieve the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 at the HSE National Ambulance Service HQ. Picture Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland 

1,800 GPs and practice nurses are being vaccinated against Covid-19 at mass clinics in three locations today.

800 of those will be given the Moderna dose in Dublin's Phoenix Park, while teams in Galway and Portlaoise plan to administer 500 vaccines each.