More than 54% of the adult population now vaccinated

Dr Fiona Moynihan injects Dr Louise Jackman, GP with Grand Canal Hanover Medical Practice, with the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 at a vaccination centre in Dublin (Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland/PA)

The head of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that more than 54% of the adult population is fully vaccinated.

More than 221,000 vaccines were administered in the first four days of the week.