Health Correspondent
There are to be 37 Covid-19 vaccination centres around the country, with at least one in each county, according to new details published by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly.
He said that most of the centres are being constructed, some have already been completed and all are expected to be open before they are needed.
The centres are based on population density and will have different opening times.
At a briefing on the programme, Mr Donnelly said there will be five vaccination centres in Cork, four in Dublin and two each in Kerry, Tipperary, Westmeath, and Wicklow.
To date, 6,000 vaccinators have been trained.
The Minister for Health has confirmed the locations of Ireland’s vaccination centres, including the two bases in Kerry. Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on the Killarney Bypass and the Kerry Sports Academy at Dromtacker, Tralee are among the 37 nationwide centres. Last week, the HSE wouldn’t comment when Radio Kerry reported that these locations would […]
The Diocese of Kerry says it would look very favourably on any request from the HSE to use its buildings as vaccination centres. In the UK, cathedrals in Salisbury, Lichfield and Blackburn have opened as vaccination hubs. Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre and the Kerry Sports Academy at the Munster Technological University in Tralee are […]
Locations in Tralee and Killarney have been secured by the HSE to be used as mass COVID-19 vaccination centres. The hubs will form part of a national network of up to 40 centres. Fianna Fáil Kerry county councillor Mikey Sheehy, who is a member of the HSE South Regional Health Forum, says it is great […]