Vaccination portal for 30-34 year olds will open towards the end of next week

The HSE has also confirmed 18 to 49 year olds will have a choice of vaccine

he official advice is those age groups should be offered an mRNA option - but can go for a dose of AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson if they want an earlier vaccination. 

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said the impact of new NIAC recommendations on the vaccine roll-out are not fully known. 

He added it's not clear yet what the impact of the Delta variant will be on hospitalisations:

"There is a question which the entire scientific community are watching the UK for, which is, how does that translate into hospitalisations and how does it translate into death. So, with, with the NIAC advice with more information coming in from the UK, as we as we learn more at the models are regularly updated that will of course be the case with the NIAC advice as well."