Today Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he believes the Delta variant has changed the "balance of risk" when it comes to using the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for younger people. 

To tell us more about how the vaccination rollout is going, GP in Cork City, Dr Phil Kieran joined Mark Cagney on the show.

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