Taoiseach Mícheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, and the HSE have all apologised after hundreds of people were turned away from over-subscribed walk-in vaccination clinics in Dublin on Thursday. It comes after it was revealed people are getting multiple booster vaccine appointments because of a glitch between the HSE's vaccination database and the IT systems used by pharmacies and GPs. Tony O’Brien Former Director-General of the HSE and Columnist with the Business Post spoke to Johnathan this morning on the show.

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