The HSE are pleased to confirm that the vaccination centre at the MTU Cork campus in Bishopstown will  start operation as a community vaccination centre next Monday.

The vaccination programme is currently at the peak of its activity, and we expect this peak to continue until mid-July.

The initial focus of appointments at the MTU vaccination centre will be second doses of Astra Zeneca and Pfizer BioNTech.

There will be 10 booths in operation at the centre, with appointments being issued between 9am and 5pm.

Staff have been working at the centre this week and preparing to issue appointments for next week. We’d encourage everyone who receives an appointment to attend in order to have the best level of protection possible.

We’d like to again thank Munster Technological University for their ongoing support of the vaccination programme.

Helen Murphy is the Administration lead for the centre, and the admin team have been hard at work at the centre in recent days:

We are all very proud of this vaccination program to date and here at MTU we are looking forward to welcoming clients to our centre to continue the safe rollout of the vaccine programme.

The centre has been used for a variety of purposes in recent months. With the support of the HSE, a number of GPs have used the centre to vaccinate their older and more vulnerable patients. HSE schools vaccination teams have used the centre for the schools vaccination programme (eg the HPV vaccine and other childhood immunisations).

Vaccination centres in Cork city and county are being run as a joint project between the South South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, with support and input from all parts of the health service including IT and Estates.

There are vaccinations centres open at Cork City Hall; Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork city; Mallow GAA club and West Cork (alternating between the new Bantry Primary Care Centre and Clonakilty GAA club).

As we move forward to a new phase of the vaccination programme, we will continue to provide vaccinations to our communities in accordance with the vaccine available to us.

Advice to the public:

• The community vaccination centre will only administer vaccinations by appointments.
• Remember to  bring photo ID and your PPS number to both your first and second appointment.
• Please bring your vaccination record card to your second appointment, but this does not replace the need to bring photos ID.

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