Monkeypox: Why is Ireland lagging behind others in rolling out vaccines? 

A man receives a dose of an Imvanex vaccine used to protect against Monkeypox virus at a vaccination site in Lille, northern France, last weekend. Picture: Francois Lo Presti/AFP via Getty Images)

In June, striking black and pink posters flew up around pubs and nightclubs in Ireland, followed by an intense volunteer outreach programme. For many people this was how they first heard about the monkeypox threat.

Ireland's monkeypox poster, which was put up in pubs and nightclubs in June, has been recognised as best practice by the World Health Organisation and the European Centre for Disease Protection and Control.