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APPOINTMENTS HAVE OPENED for people aged 55 and over to book their next Covid-19 booster vaccine.
This second booster vaccine will be available to those who have already received their initial vaccine course and one booster dose.
Boosters protect against serious illness and increase Covid immunity, the HSE said.
Those aged 55 and over can now make an appointment to receive their next dose.
People can book an appointment online for a HSE vaccination clinic or check with participating GPs and pharmacies to receive their dose.
People who are more than 16 weeks pregnant are also now invited to book their second booster dose at either a HSE vaccination centre or a GP/pharmacy.
The HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry said immunity “tends to reduce after a period of months following your last vaccine”.
“So this booster will give ongoing protection from serious illness, and increase immunity against infection from Covid-19,” Dr Henry said.
The HSE said children aged 5-11 who are immunocompromised will soon be able to receive their first booster dose if enough times has passed since they completed their initial Covid-19 vaccine course.
People aged 50-54 will be offered their second booster dose from next week and people with long-term health conditions will also be offered their next booster shortly.
A HSE statement urged people who haven’t yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 to consider attending a walk-in clinic or to register for an appointment.
559 positive Covid-19 antigen tests were registered yesterday and 388 positive PCR tests, according to latest figures.
More than 3.1 million booster vaccine doses have been administered so far in Ireland.
The HSE said to visit the Covid-19 vaccine section of its website or to call HSELive on 1800 700 700 for more information on booster doses.
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Sure gsoc find the gards guilty until inncoent. They dont trust them anyway
@O Hiongardail Collie: Garda don’t seem to trust Garda. Hense the growing number of whistle blowers.
@Daithi Ó Raghallaigh: so many of them know of the criminals within but
say what you want about the guards, but of all the main stories of a member being prosecuted, the majority have been prosecuted by a fellow Garda and not GSOC. The DPP also have to make a decision. so it’s difficult to hide. GSOC seem to constantly be complaining. They should look at their own behaviour. What about the poor sergeant in Donegal who committed suicide after they failed to tell him he was clear of his complaint!
No change in the GDA force, still the same corrupt,deceitful, culture going on.
@@mdmak33: all of them?
@Patrick James Walsh: typically from Irish politicians, they set up a garda ombudman purely for show, but gave no real powers to the office. It’s all for show to make it look as if we are doing something about police curruption
If there are criminal investigations then a file is submitted to the DPP’s office for recommendations,so how is there any room for interference, usually the DPP’s office recommend prosecution and allow the courts to adjudicate when a member of the gardai is involved.
This is a cryptic message from GSOC to the public about an Garda Corruptchána. Thank you for putting us on alert, although I suspect many will not be surprised. It seems that our national police force needs to be dredged to remove the filth that has been festering all these years. Has anyone an update on the missing phones from the Maurice McCabe case?
Guards covering up for their own surely this has never & will never happen in cronyism ireland
I currently have a complaint lodged against the Garda with gsoc the investigating superintendent has so far not investigated nothing only believing the Garda with whom the complaint is lodged just because he a superintendent doesn’t mean he not corrupt
@James Wallace: GSOC have more statutory powers than Gardai actually.
@Jumanji: but yet the Gardai can and do refuse to cooperate with them?
@James Wallace: because GSOC was never intended to have any teeth, it was always supposed to be window dressing. It was introduced by Michael McDowell in 2004 as Justice minister in the teeth of opposition from Garda management and the representative bodies, and now we know why. Every Police force in the world except those in `Police states`, have some form of complaints/ombudsman procedure.
But An Garda Siochana do not see themselves as being accountable to anyone. Bizarrely the legislation allows GSOC to hand the complaints made against members back to the force to investigate themselves! it could only happen in Ireland.
Do these people not know of the maxim thou shall not be a judge of self thus they are breaking Common law
What’s new with the gardai the constitution is also a joke with them
Well in fairness, of course they can be accused of a cover up. If you want it reported to the ombudsman, then make it more than a recommendation.
That ending to Line of Duty was rubbish, so disappointing
@Patrick James Walsh: they hand it back when they deem it appropriate to be handled internally. A minor infraction not involving the public. GSOC have plenty of teeth more invasive than Garda powers. The problem is that you just expected more corruption than there is, so you lash out and call GSOC corrupt or toothless
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