'An important week in the fightback' against Covid-19 — Donnelly

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said his previous hope that everyone in Ireland would be vaccinated by September "will still hold" if vaccination deliveries come as expected.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of "an important week in the fightback" against Covid-19 the Health Minister has said.

Stephen Donnelly told RTÉ Radio's This Week programme that the beginning of vaccinations of over-85s tomorrow will mark the first time that vaccines have been made available to the general public en masse.