The Irish Islands' Federation has described as a "very unsatisfactory situation" that on offshore islands where there are not resident medical facilities or dispensaries, islanders are being required to travel to the mainland for Covid 19 vaccine injections.
The Secretary of Comhdháil Oileán na hEireann (the Islands' Federation), Rhoda Twombly, said this showed a lack of foresight and consideration and particularly affected older islanders who had been isolating for a year.