Watch: The gift of the jab...country's oldest man vaccinated on St Patrick's Day

Michael O'Connor, aged 107, from Muckross in Killarney, got his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from Dr Ken Keohane at Deenagh Torc Medical Practice in Killarney.
Watch: The gift of the jab...country's oldest man vaccinated on St Patrick's Day

Strike for Freedom on St.Patrick's Day...Ireland's oldest Man Michael O'Connor, 107 years, from Muckross, Killarney, received his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid19. Michael survived the Spanish flu, the Irish Civil War and two World Wars in his lifetime. 

Ireland's oldest man was among the steady parade of people into GP surgeries today as the Covid-19 vaccine programme continued through the national holiday.

Michael O'Connor, aged 107, from Muckross in Killarney, got his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from Dr Ken Keohane at Deenagh Torc Medical Practice in Killarney.

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