WATCH: Mass vaccination centre at Páirc Uí Chaoimh opens

Some 1,400 healthcare workers are scheduled to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday and Friday

Aífe O'Connell (Mercy UH), lead co-ordinator at the vaccination centre, with colleagues Noreen O'Leary, CUH; Berni O'Sullivan, CUH; and Natasha Lewis, St Finbarr's. Picture: Larry Cummins

“This is a joyful occasion,” assistant director of nursing at Cork University Hospital (CUH) Noreen O’Leary said ahead of the opening of a major new Covid-19 vaccination centre in Cork today.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium, with its 30 vaccination booths, will administer up to 3,000 Covid-19 vaccines a day when it reaches full capacity.