Covid-19 vaccine news hints at windfall for Irish Pfizer shareholders

Aerial Photographs of Pfizers in Ringaskiddy., Cork. Picture: Tom Coakley Photography.

Some Irish workers and retired staff of Pfizer could have significantly boosted their nest eggs today after their employer's announcement of a promising Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough.

Pfizer has around 4,000 employees in Ireland currently, including around 800 in Ringaskiddy and Little Island in Cork.