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This afternoon.

Via RTÉ News:

The HSE has said it is currently offering booster doses to those aged 50 and over, those living in a nursing home or long-term care facility, healthcare workers, and those aged 16 to 49 with an underlying condition.

…If a person is 30 years or older they will receive a single dose of Pfizer or Moderna as their booster. If they are 29 years or younger, they will receive a single dose of Pfizer.

People can receive these vaccines even if they got an AstraZeneca or Janssen vaccine in their primary vaccination schedule.

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The HSE said those who are eligible for a booster do not to need to have received a text message before attending walk-in clinics.

“If you get a text, great, follow that text instruction“, Eileen Kelly, the Principal Clinical Lead at the vaccination centre in Swords, Dublin said.

“If you don’t get a text, you can still attend a walk-in.”

However, she is advising people to check the HSE website before travelling to clinics to ensure their eligibility.

“Currently, we’re over 50s,” she said. “Shortly we’ll be moving to the over 40s.”

HSE asks centres to facilitate boosters after 3 months (RTE)

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A Dog Is For Life (Dogs Trust)

My pet at Xmas to Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet At Xmas’.

This afternoon.

Leinster House.

Fine Gael Deputy Emer Higgins and Senator John Cummins hold a media conference on the plinth about restoring vacant homes and buildings for residential use through new and existing policy measures ahead of a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing.

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Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan said:

“The Government is failing to tackle the issue of vacancy. We have thousands of people who are homeless and thousands of houses that are empty. In some areas over 11pc of properties are vacant – that is after you exclude houses that are vacant for a known reason. This has to change. We have to turn these houses into homes.”

“A report commissioned from GeoDirectory shows that vacancy rates are as high as 11.5pc in some of our towns. In total, 19 Local Electoral Areas were examined in detail and vacancy rates ranged from 0.2pc in Clontarf to more than 11pc in Kanturk and Bantry. Another survey by local authorities showed that vacancy rates are 5.2pc in Mayo, 4.4pc in Waterford and 4.2pc in Limerick. These levels are far too high.

“There are clear solutions to addressing vacancy. The Government should immediately introduce a tax on vacant houses and stop stalling with vague promises of action at some future stage.”

Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews

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Minister For Health Stephen Donnelly

This morning.

Dublin Castle. Dublin 2.

Earlier: All Hands On Deck

A Roma fan was revived with defibrillator during the match against Spezia last night

Last night.

Via Italy24News:

During the match of the 17th round of the Italian football championship between Roma and La Spezia, one of the fans had a heart failure in the stands, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

In the 30th minute of the first half, one of the Roma fans became ill – the 23-year-old fan had a heart failure. He received urgent help, he was resuscitated with a defibrillator and taken to the hospital. On the way, he had another attack.

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On Saturday in Samara at the end of the Russian championship match Krylia Sovetov – Rubin one of the spectators felt bad. The doctors who arrived in time carried out resuscitation for half an hour, but could not save the victim’s life. According to preliminary data, a 50-year-old man suffered sudden cardiac arrest.

Roma fan revived with defibrillator during the match against Spezi (Italy24News)

Yesterday: ‘Breathing Diffculties‘

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This morning.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin arrives for a cabinet meeting.

Via RTE News:

Micheál Martin said they need everyone on board with “all hands on deck ” in relation to the booster rollout, as the new Omicron variant is of “serious concern.”

Speaking on his way in Mr Martin said there is ongoing engagement to get as many GPs and more pharmacies involved in terms of administering vaccines and boosters over the coming days and weeks.

“That is critical in terms of the booster campaign,” he said.

He refused to speculate on possible restrictions and said there is ongoing engagement with public health officials.

All hands on deck needed for booster campaign – Martin (RTÉ)

Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews

This afternoon.

House of Commons, London, England.

England’s Plan B Covid restrictions – including the introduction of Covid passports requiring all those seeking to access larger venues to show proof of vaccination or a negative test – will go to a vote of MPs this week, with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing a Tory backbench rebellion of “unprecedented scale”.

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