An open letter to those who've been vaccinated on what comes next - from Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer This pandemic has dealt each and every person in Ireland an unfair hand, in many different and diverse ways.
Everyone has made difficult sacrifices; everyone has had one of the most uniquely challenging years of their lives. In that sense, we are all in this together.
However, there are some of us who were faced with more difficulties than others: firstly, those of you who have been bereaved by this disease and have experienced loss in a way that has been cruelly constrained by this disease and the restrictions it imposes on us.