Covid vaccine portal will open on Sunday for those aged 35-39

People aged 39 can register on Sunday and it will work downwards every day based on age

People aged 39 can register on Sunday and it will work downwards every day based on age.

Meanwhile, the Higher Education Minister says it’s regrettable that Ireland is an outlier with its views on antigen testing.

Minister Simon Harris says the constant rows over the use of the rapid tests need to stop.

"The argy bargy, in terms of rapid testing going on between academics needs to actually stop and people need to actually start putting an evidence base behind it. The evidence base that I'm talking about is not something we're asking people to wait for months and months I'm talking about it kicking off now, and nobody else has actually gotten around to doing one of these"