A quarter of a million doses are expected to be administered this week, increasing to between 260,000 and 280,000 next week

Fall in detections of 'variants of concern' has taken place since late March, when mandatory hotel quarantine was introduced

The Irish Epidemiological Advisory Group has projected a number of models of the progress of Covid-19 in Ireland, the most likely being a six-month period during which cases peak in summer and reduce back by the end of 2021

Despite pressure from lobby groups to relax the mandatory hotel quarantine requirements, public health figures are happy that the measures to reduce Covid infections are working well

Professor Kingston Mills has warned that the new rules mean higher risk groups are getting less effective vaccines

Advocates for global access to coronavirus jabs are calling for a more radical approach to their rollout by waiving intellectual property rights to the vaccines

HSE scrambles to reorganise ongoing rollout amid disruption to over-50s plan while IBM and Salesforce are hired to develop vaccine passport app to restart travel sector

Delivery schedules and vaccine restrictions make it highly likely HSE will have to administer over 400,000 vaccines a week by June

With first doses for the over-65s and at-risk groups almost completed, new guidelines on vaccines should not greatly disrupt the programme

Things are looking good for a reopening of the economy this summer, but firms are calling for more clarity from the government so they can plan and prepare

Taoiseach expected to reveal details on Thursday of restrictions and reopenings to happen from May onwards if certain conditions are met, including a continued decline in Covid cases and the successful rollout of the vaccine programme

Despite hiccups in the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, some 17 per cent of the population have received their first dose

If the British 12-week delay strategy were applied to Ireland, it could result in 80 per cent of the adult population being vaccinated with a first dose by the end of May

Despite a rollercoaster week, the June target of vaccinating 3 million Irish adults is still within grasp.

When the incidence of Covid-19 is low, the potential harms to 20-29 year olds from the vaccine outweighed the benefits of preventing ICU admissions through vaccination, the MHRA found

New data has led to a change in policy across Europe on which age cohorts are safe to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports emerged of rare blood clotting events. Will it affect Ireland’s vaccine rollout?

HSE says failure to record cohort of vaccine recipient may be due to poor record keeping or a technical issue

The head of the IRHA has said delays caused by the stranded freighter Ever Given could put some exporters out of business

Revamp of rollout priority groups coupled with projected vaccine delivery dates mean early autumn will be a key benchmark in the public health campaign, according to a Business Post analysis

Some argue that Ireland’s prudence in suspending rollout over the blood clot issue will boost public confidence in vaccination. Others say it may cost lives