The HSE has missed its target to administer 100,000 Covid vaccines last week, falling over 18,000 short. A deferral in a delivery of 25,000 doses from Astrazeneca has been blamed. Also family doctors have rounded on aspects of the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, criticising shortcomings in communications and inconsistencies in delivery schedules For more on this we were joined by Roisin Shortall Co-Leader of the Social Democrats and Monaghan based GP Dr Illona Duffy.

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