COVID-19 vaccination in the Republic of Ireland

The COVID-19 vaccination programme in the Republic of Ireland is an ongoing mass immunisation campaign that began on 29 December 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland. Ireland's vaccination rollout has been praised as one of the most successful rollouts in the world and was ranked number one in the European Union in terms of its percentage of adult population fully vaccinated, and was also ranked number one in the EU for the number of booster vaccines administered.

COVID-19 vaccination in the Republic of Ireland
Large vaccination centres were put in place nationwide to administer COVID-19 vaccines
Date29 December 2020 – present (3 years, 3 months ago)
Location Republic of Ireland
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic
Organised byHealth Service Executive (HSE)
Participants
  • 12,744,694 (doses administered)
  • 4,107,865 (at least one dose)
  • 3,819,227 (second dose)
  • 4,817,602 (boosters)
Outcome

85% of the Irish eligible population (5+) are fully vaccinated

   


77.1% of the Irish adult population (18+) have received a first booster dose

   


27.7% of the Irish adult population (18+) have received a second booster dose

   


8.5% of the Irish adult population (18+) have received a third booster dose

   

Websitegov.ie
As of February 2023

As of 20 February 2023, 12,744,694 vaccine doses have been administered, of which 4,107,865 people have received at least one dose, 3,819,227 have received their second dose and 4,817,602 have received a booster dose.

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