1,300 People Will Receive A Covid-19 Vaccine In A Vaccination Centre In Cork Today

The centre is located at MTU campus

Over-85s will get their second doses, and 75 to 79-year-olds will receive their first doses, in the Munster Technological University. 

51 GPs and their practice nurses will administer the jabs, while a smaller vaccination centre will operate in Galway. 

Dr Mike Thompson, from the Irish Medical Organisation, says he looks forward to giving vaccines in the Cork centre: