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Ian Mangan

RTE star Ryan Tubridy channels the nation's mood as he weighs in on vaccine rollout

RTE star Ryan Tubridy has weighed in with the nation's frustration with Ireland's slow vaccine rollout.

While the country was celebrating yesterday after it emerged that the one millionth Covid-19 jab had been administered here.

However there has been some understandable anger about how the vaccines are being distributed as the Government has changed the order in which people will receive jabs.

And broadcaster Tubs echoed the nation's gripes with the rollout plan particularly recent reports in relation to people abusing the system and jumping the queue for a jab.

Speaking to his listeners on his RTE Radio One show on Friday Tubs said: "Is there a bit of Skulduggery going on about the vaccines.

Presenter Ryan Tubridy in his radio studio for the Ryan Tubridy Show on RTE Radio 1 at RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin (Gareth Chaney Collins)

"You can't take it back out of their arm. So if you get it you get it. Somebody contacted me yesterday after the programme about my comments on the British.

"They're all over their herd immunity and they got the vaccine. And they said 'yeah but they got it by spurious means and it wasn't very nice what they did in terms of exporting and importing.

"I understood the point entirely but I think ultimately the Great British public don't care about imports and exports they just want the vaccination.

"And it's beginning to happen here. I'm hearing hypocritical stories of 'so and so got it'.

"Then it seems to be if you can [get the vaccine] you can. It's an opportunity knocks situation for some people and yet there's a queue. There is a system. But like all systems there's a way around it.

"I don't think it's distinctly Irish to find your around the system but I'd say every country is doing it."

Then people who have the vaccine don't want to admit they have it because they shouldn't have it. It's interesting to watch sociologically.

"There's the order, there's the system, there's the prize. Do you want to play ball? Or do you want to game it."

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