Annie Lynch, the 79-year-old Dublin grandmother who became the first person in the Republic to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, is looking forward to a “turkey dinner and a pint of Carlsberg,” her daughter has said. Shortly before 1.30pm on Tuesday, Ms Lynch received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in St James’s Hospital. At the moment her mother was on a high protein diet to regain weight lost since the stroke, so she was looking forward to a “turkey, ham and pudding” dinner, she said. She was also looking forward to a pint of Carlsberg, “as she hasn’t had one in a while”. In a statement on Tuesday, Ms Lynch said she felt “very privileged to be the first person in Ireland to receive the vaccine”.

Source: The Irish Times December 29, 2020 16:27 UTC