By Cate McCurry, PA The chief medical officer has urged those who have been vaccinated to “get back out there” once restrictions begin to ease from May 10th. Dr Tony Holohan said the Covid-19 vaccines have given people most at risk of the virus an opportunity to regain many freedoms that were taken in the last year. In an open letter to those who have been vaccinated, Dr Holohan said people can have faith that the vaccines work. Dr Holohan said that the pandemic has dealt every person in Ireland an “unfair hand”, in many different and diverse ways. A mural at Dublin’s Grand Canal Docks by the artist CHELS (Chelsea Jacobs). Photo: Niall Carson/PA