Nenagh vaccination centre moving from hotel to hospital

The North Tipperary COVID-19 Vaccination Centre is relocating from the Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh, to the outpatients department at Nenagh Hospital, where it will open for business on the morning of this Saturday, April 2nd.

The decision to relocate has been taken as the vaccination programme enters a new and steadier phase nationally. In common with hospitality businesses across the country, the Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh is resuming its regular business activities, and we wish them well and sincerely thank them for providing UL Hospitals Group with the space to deliver a large scale vaccination programme for the population of North Tipperary and the Midwest region.

The relocated centre at Nenagh Hospital has the capacity to comfortably meet demand for booster doses in this latest phase of the national vaccination programme.

So far in the Midwest, there have been more than 515,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered by vaccination teams in UL Hospitals Group and HSE Mid West Community Healthcare (not including the work of GPs, pharmacies and the National Ambulance Service). This is part of a national vaccine delivery total in excess of ten million doses.

The COVID-19 vaccination centre at Nenagh Hospital will open on Saturday morning, April 2nd, to run alongside the centres in Limerick City (Scoil Carmel) and Co Clare (Ennis Hospital). Nenagh Hospital is well served with free car parking, including car parking spaces for people with disabilities.

Noreen Spillane, Chief Operations Officer, UL Hospitals Group, said: “We’re very grateful to management and all staff at the Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh for all they’ve done to assist our vaccination teams during the pandemic. The Abbey Court has been a social landmark for the people of Nenagh and North Tipperary for many years, and will now also stand as a symbol of recovery, where thousands of people of all ages attended to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

"As the hotel prepares to resume its regular hospitality operations, we wish them well, and thank them for their assistance.”

All three vaccination centres are offering walk-in clinics for Dose 1, Dose 2 and Booster vaccines for the 12-15 and 16+ age groups, as well as Dose 1s & 2s for 5-11 year olds. The Nenagh centre will run every Saturday and Sunday; Ennis on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; and Limerick on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Check the HSE website at this link https://bit.ly/3e0gtRj regularly for walk-in clinic times, and please note that if you’re eligible to attend a walk-in clinic, there is no requirement to attend a centre in your county of residence.

It is also possible to book a Booster dose appointment online here: https://bit.ly/3qfRcbs

For scheduled primary Dose 1 vaccinations, the online portal is open at https://bit.ly/3JFIQmt for parents/guardians to register children aged 5-15 years, and for anyone aged 16 and older,

Please note that those attending for vaccination at any of the three centres should wear a face mask, in line with infection prevention and control guidance for healthcare settings.

UL Hospitals Group vaccination teams will continue working to ensure that everyone who is entitled to a vaccination will receive it. We urge anyone who has yet to be vaccinated to check the times of walk-in clinics at the links above, and get vaccinated in order to protect yourselves, your families, friends and communities against the risk of COVID-19 infection