Covid-19: Parents have their say on vaccinating young children

Clockwise from top left: Annmarie O'Neill and her eight-year-old son Luke; Robert Kelly and four-year-old Arya; mother of eight-year-old twins Edel Ryder-Hanrahan; and Emma and Ryan Long. Pictures: Denis Minihane

The decision by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to approve the Pfizer vaccine for primary school children immediately led to speculation on whether parents would want young children to be jabbed. 

Ireland is expected to follow the EMA advice and approve the Covid vaccine for children, aged five-11, and the rollout can potentially begin within weeks.