The MMR vaccine is safe, effective, and the best protection against measles 

Globally measles vaccination has prevented 56m deaths worldwide from 2000 to 2022 but the rate of people getting vaccinated is falling, writes Catherine Conlon

, the uptake rate for the MMR vaccine in Ireland has fallen below 90% nationally and in some counties, the rate is as low as 80%. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA

The MMR vaccine is so safe and so effective that we have almost forgotten what a serious illness measles can be.

Following weeks of speculation, an adult with a confirmed case of measles tragically died earlier this month.