Health minister urges pregnant women and older people to get flu vaccine this winter

A nurse preparing to give a patient a vaccine. File Picture: David Cheskin/PA

Health minister Stephen Donnelly has urged those most vulnerable to get the free flu vaccine as the country heads into the winter.

Mr Donnelly called on anyone eligible for a jab to ensure they were protected from the flu and said that high uptake would also help ease the toll on Ireland’s fragile health system.