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Gardaí must be given priority in receiving Covid 19 vaccinations, according to Fine Gael Galway City Central councillor, Eddie Hoare.

Mayo hurling stalwart Cathal Freeman believes that having Keith Higgins on board full-time with the county hurlers in 2021 will be a priceless addition for the team.

The chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals in the west and north-west, says he would like to see greater quantities of the Covid-19 vaccine become available and for there to be more certainty around weekly deliveries of the product.

Irish workers working from home have put in 300 million overtime hours since the start of the pandemic, with growing concern over increasing workforce burnout in new research from laya healthcare. As the country faces another month at least of Level 5 restrictions, laya healthcare’s Resilience Rising: Shaping the Future of Work and Wellbeing research, one of the largest research studies among Irish employees and employers during Covid-19, reveals two in five (43%) workers are experiencing frequent stress.

Patients aged 70 and over will now be vaccinated in the hospital setting following a policy change by the Government.

More than 2,000 Galway healthcare workers have been innoculated against Covid-19 in less than a week at the mass vaccination centre at Galway racecourse in Ballybrit.

“It was the best day in my working career that I can remember,” Dr Paddy Meagher says about last Saturday when Covid vaccinations were administered at Merlin Park.

All UN Peacekeeping soldiers, including members of the Irish Defence Forces, will now be vaccinated against Covid-19 prior to their departure for duties.

The Irish Wheelchair Association has called on the Government to prioritise people with disabilities in the Covid vaccination plan, amid concerns over vaccine supplies.