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No, hasn't been opened up yet to over 40s.

GPs only for over 40s

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/1215/1266944-covid-ireland-latest/

Just to counter this - my GP who offered me (30s, no underlying conditions) an appointment for tomorrow is in a busy practice in Dublin 1

No, you just get a vax card

I'm no closer to getting mine. Tried my pharmacy and they are booked up til mid Feb. I called into Croke Park and was told it was appointment only but you can't get an appointment according to the man I spoke to. Drop in available next week for 2 days with quite restricted times. I was hoping to call in on the way to work but that's not going to work. He also told me to expect huge queues. I rang at least 10 pharmacies, checked Boots online and nothing this side of Christmas. I've put my name down for pharmacy cancellations and that's as close as I've gotten to a booster

Croke Park

Booster dose

50 to 69 year olds

• Tuesday 21 December, 1.40pm to 4.10pm, 5.20pm to 7.10pm
• Wednesday 22 December, 1.40pm to 4.10pm, 5.20pm to 7.10pm

Healthcare workers

• Tuesday 21 December, 1.40pm to 4.10pm, 5.20pm to 7.10pm
• Wednesday 22 December, 1.40pm to 4.10pm, 5.20pm to 7.10pm

After reading thread earlier I got an appointment for booster in a pharmacy tomorrow evening.

Which vaccine do they offer?

Got mine in the pharmacy this evening, Pfizer, easy as pie. steady flow of 4-6 people there, in and out with a 10 minute wait afterwards. There was a walk up that was looked after as well.

Are they doing the boosters now if you're less than 5 months post vaccine?.

I got a text with an appointment and I'll be about 5days away from 5 months.

I don't want to turn up and be told I was given app by mistake

Injecting virus? What?

So pharmacies won't actually start with the over 40s yet:

I booked an appointment for tomorrow after reading the news in the Irish Times, and now the pharmacy called and said that they won't be able to honor it.

So annoyed.

You would hope so, but I don't know. But a friend of mine who was vaccinated here got a booster in a walk in centre in the UK about 3 weeks ago. He doesn't live in UK, just staying with his daughter who lives there.

The whole approach seems rushed, panicked and I'm afraid completely incoherent. I got a migraine listening to reporting on it this morning.

It was clearly a cock up a week into it and instead of taking a deep breath, Government just throw more chaos into the mix.

My own GP has stopped doing boosters over a week ago and the practice has no intention of restarting such is the backlog on other GP service's, I personally got mine at my GP surgery.

Just looking at this absurdity, most GP surgeries had a list of the more vulnerable and certain Cohorts and dealt with them. They are now expected to start contacting more people on their practice list, some of whom may have already been boosted or have tried multiple times to get one. I am still getting texts over a week after getting boosted from the HSE, have tried to stop them and tried to make contact to no avail.

A chaotic situation is about to get a whole lot worse, absolute madness.

Was supposed to have my booster today but woke with tonsillitis so text back NEW to cancel today how long can I expect to be waiting for another appointment does anybody know ?