A mass vaccination clinic has been constructed at the WIT Arena in Waterford.
It has the capacity to vaccinate 40 people every 10 minutes once it's fully operational.
University Hospital Waterford is running the centre and hospital staff have been tasked with setting up the facility.
General Manager Grace Rothwell told WLR News the facility will operate from 8am to 8pm seven days a week and she hopes that "in as short a timeframe as possible the people of Waterford city and county are vaccinated".
Ms Rothwell says she's pushing for the facility to be open on the 22nd of March.
Local media, Minister @MaryButlerTD + other #Waterford Oireacthas members, CO of SECH Kate Killeen White & CEO of SSWHG Gerry O' Dwyer in the @HSELive @SouthEastCH @UHW_Waterford C19 Vaccination Centre ready at @ArenaWit this afternoon pic.twitter.com/8483ypsR6P
— HSE/South East Community Healthcare (@SouthEastCH) March 5, 2021
Claire Tully is the coordinator of the mass vaccination centre she says up to 70 people will be working at the centre.
These include staff from University Hospital Waterford, retired doctors, GPs, the defence forces and volunteers involved.
One of those is Commandant Sean Hanley is from the Defence Forces in Stephen's Barracks in Kilkenny - he told WLR news that they will have six members on site daily assisting with the rollout and will continue their roles at HSE testing centres across the South East.
You can listen back to reporter Sinead Aherne's special report - on Deise Today this morning - from the new vaccination centre on Friday last by clicking below here...
Meanwhile, you can listen back to the full Deise Today from this morning, by clicking below here...
