Taoiseach: 46,500 extra Pfizer vaccine doses coming to Ireland

Ireland will receive about 1.1% of the four million extra doses for the EU, based on population.

Ireland will receive 46,500 extra doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine thanks to a new EU deal announced today.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed this, saying the doses will arrive in Ireland before the end of the month.