Coronavirus is causing uncertainty to Gaelic football in South Korea, where the Government is sending emergency texts to people's phones alerting them to new areas infected with Covid-19.

The Korean Peninsula may be the most dangerous place in the world with the threat swapping between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un ratcheting up tensions in the region. Brian Keane is chairperson of Seoul Gaels GAA club which lies 35 miles from the border with North Korea. He tells Colm O’Connor about life — and gaelic games — in the Far East in these tense times

We gathered outside McDonalds, in Seoul Station, many of us bleary-eyed from the morning’s early rise. It was 6.50am and rather predictably some of our finely tuned athletes were already delving into McMuffin breakfasts to set them up for the long day ahead.

The Irish embassy in Seoul is urging all Irish citizens living in South Korea to register their contact details with them.