More than 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered at pharmacies across Ireland

Pharmacist Niamh Boden with Dorothy Fisher (age 68) in Dunville Community Pharmacy in Ranelagh, Dublin. File Picture: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall

More than 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered at pharmacies across the country, according to new figures from the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU).

In a statement, the IPU said more than 170,000 people between the ages of 20 and 39 had received a vaccine in a pharmacy to date.