St. Phelim’s Nursing Home receive Covid-19 vaccine today
St. Phelim’s Nursing Home in Dromahair, Co. Leitrim are to receive the Covid-19 vaccine today. The rollout of the national vaccination programme has been sped up with those most vulnerable to the virus receiving it over the coming days and weeks. However the drug company Pfizer is confirming there will…
HSE should maximise the public relations value of vaccine
A Donegal GP as called on the HSE to take advantage from the positive PR that should surround the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine. Ireland will be the second-last EU state to start vaccinating against Covid-19 even after the HSE said it would start ahead of schedule. …
Bishops clear catholics to take vaccine
Irish Bishops have said Catholics can take a Covid-19 vaccine if it contains foetal cells. In a statement, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference says it is ‘morally permissible’ for people to accept a vaccine. Most Covid-19 injections are NOT being developed using human cell-lines. The ICBC is…
Teachers & Students should be prioritised for Covid vaccine
A leading north west teacher’s union official says school staff and students should be prioritised once a Covid-19 vaccine is available. Two vaccines have proven to be 95 per cent effective in trials so far. Ireland is set to get over 2 million doses of the Pfizer…