Niamh Griffin: Hundreds of thousands of 'high risk' patients still waiting for vaccines 

Out of an estimated 300,000 people in this group, just 2,910 were vaccinated by the time the HSE hack saw the health service's systems stop updating on a daily basis.

Of a group of some 300,000 people deemed at high risk from Covid-19, just 2,910 have been vaccinated.

The vaccine rollout has been a success for everyone with the jab in their arm, but one large group are slipping through that protective net.

The priority list has guided hospitals, GPs and mass vaccination centres from over-70s through healthcare workers to people in their 40s, with the portal for 40-year-olds expected in the coming days.