92% of adults vaccinated but children aged 5-12 'unlikely' to get their jab this year

Annie Lynch was one of Ireland's first Covid vaccine recipients in the progamme. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

Ireland has now fully vaccinated 91.4% of adults, aged 18 or older, according to latest figures published by the High-Level Task Force on Covid-19 Vaccination. 

90.5% of the total eligible population, aged 12 or older, has received at least one vaccine leaving Ireland's vaccination rate one of the highest in Europe.