Now is the time to see one another again: Tony Holohan's message to the vaccinated

Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan: 'Vaccination has enabled those most at risk to regain many freedoms that were taken from you by this virus.' Picture: Colin Keegan

“Now is the time to move forward, to go outdoors and to see one another again”, Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan has said, urging people who are vaccinated to begin a return to normal life.

Following a year of “difficult sacrifices,” Dr Holohan gave his most upbeat assessment of the pandemic yet, saying vaccinated people can “now get back out there" once restrictions ease from May 10.