Online registration for Covid-19 vaccination opens today

An online portal for people aged between 65 and 69 to register for their Covid-19 vaccine has opened for bookings this morning.

It applies to 69-year-olds and will be open from 10am on the Health Service Executive website, or by phone on the HSE Live number - 1850 24 1850.

Booking then opens for people aged 68 from tomorrow onwards, 67-year-olds from Saturday, 66-year-olds from Sunday and 65-year-olds from next Monday onwards.

People will need their PPS number, Eircode, mobile phone number and an email address to register online.

These vaccinations, which are expected to start in a little over a week's time, will be administered at vaccination centres rather than at GP surgeries.

The HSE has said there is no hurry for people in this group to register immediately, that they can do so at their convenience, and that registering first does not mean that a person will get vaccinated first.

It also said that from now on, most groups in the population will be asked to use this same online registration portal or call the HSE Live phone number to register for vaccinations when their turn comes.