Taoiseach told UK not in position to give surplus vaccines to Ireland

Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Martin said: “The British prime minister has made it clear to me that obviously his first priority is to vaccinate his people."

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been told by Boris Johnson that the UK is not in a position to give surplus Covid-19 vaccines to Ireland.

Mr Martin said that the British prime minister’s first priority is to vaccinate people living in the UK.