Limerick TD insists he is not 'anti-vaccinations' and says he will take Covid jab

Richard O'Donoghue says a video which purports to show him making anti-vaccination comments is a fake.
Limerick TD insists he is not 'anti-vaccinations' and says he will take Covid jab

Rural Independent TD Richard O’Donoghue, who says he is not anti-vaccination and that he will take a Covid-19 vaccination, once cleared to do so by his GP. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A Limerick TD has said he will take the Covid-19 vaccine, and claimed that a video which is being shared of him showing him to be “anti-vaccination”, is fake.

Independent TD Richard O’Donoghue had previously been quoted as saying he would not take the vaccine when it became available. However, he now claims this was a misunderstanding, and that he had said he would not take the vaccine “at present” as he was undergoing medical observation.

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