In announcing one of many roadmaps out of Covid-19 restrictions on 30 March this year, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that over 800,000 vaccine doses had been administered in Ireland to date. He told the public: "These vaccines are transformative.
And they are our way out." Fast forward to September, and over seven million vaccine doses have been administered in Ireland and restrictions have eased, despite the consistently high number of daily cases of Covid-19. Such a large section of the population is now fully vaccinated, with over 90% of adults double-jabbed, that the talk has now turned to giving fully vaccinated people a third jab, or booster jab. In announcing the booster programme for people over 80 and for those 65 and older in