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1. #BOOKING: The online booking system for Covid-19 vaccines will open from Wednesday for the 40-44 age cohort, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed.
2. #OUTDOOR SUMMER: The Minister for Housing and Local Government has told councils to put more bins in areas where people are known to gather, but Dublin City Council’s director of city recovery raised concerns that more bins and toilets will “only drive more footfall and create more of an issue”.
3. #COURTS: A former payroll administrator at Virgin Media Television has been sent forward for trial accused of stealing more than €870,000 from the broadcaster.
The vaccine portal will open for those aged 40 to 44 from Wednesday
Vaccination of this age cohort is set to begin in the middle of June. By Hayley Halpin Monday 31 May 2021, 2:58 PM 1 hour ago 30,277 Views 28 Comments
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THE ONLINE BOOKING system for Covid-19 vaccines will open from Wednesday for the 40-44 age cohort, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has confirmed.
“Delighted to be able to share that the online registration for a Covid-19 vaccine for those aged 40-44 will commence this Wednesday, June 02 – starting with those aged 44 that day and those aged 43 on Thursday and so on,” Donnelly said on Twitter this afternoon.
Updated: 22:08, 29 May 2021
IRELAND’S restaurant owners are pushing ahead with a legal challenge in a bid to force the Government to allow them to serve indoors at the same time as hotels.
Hotels are set to reopen for normal business from June 2 with pubs and restaurants due to reopen on June 7 but for outdoor service only.
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Restaurants and pubs must wait until July 5 before they can serve customers indoors.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland claims that only 25 per cent of eateries will reopen for outdoor service with 75 per cent of businesses remaining shut until indoor service is allowed in July.