It was Tuesday, February 16, 2021 – the day 89-year-old Angela Burke had been waiting almost a year for. The Covid-19 vaccination team had returned to the Sligo nursing home where she is a resident and as the second dose of the miracle elixir was injected into her arm, she felt something she hadn’t in a long, long time – excitement. “She had her suitcase packed, ready to go months ago,” her daughter Patricia told the Irish Independent this week. “She was totally fed up and asking, ‘When can I get out? When can I come to see you? I was saying, ‘Mum, as soon as you get the vaccine, just hold on for the vaccine’. That’s how I was holding her off and now that she’s fully vaccinated what excuse do I come up with? My mother is very much tuned in to what is going on and this was the big focus, getting vaccinated and getting some semblance of a life back.”