The free flu vaccine is being rolled out in over 1,000 pharmacies across the country - as experts fear a "harsher" winter ahead of us.
The news comes just hours after the warning from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation that there are now 669 people waiting on a bed in Irish hospitals as of Tuesday morning.
Pharmacists are advising that this year’s flu season is likely to be harsher and advise early vaccination.
