In a week that saw the rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine in Britain, Northern Ireland and the US, it was no surprise that vaccines were raised at this evening's briefing at the Department of Health.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will begin the week after its expected approval by the European Medicines Agency.
Today, there were 264 new Covid-19 cases reported by the Department of Health, as well as two further virus-related deaths. It brings the overall death toll to 2,126.
Here are five things we learned from this evening's briefing: Vaccines won't be end to Covid-19 pandemic The Chief Executive of the Health Products Regulatory Authority said that Covid-19 vaccines will not bring an end to