GAA championships in doubt as top HSE doc says 'uncertainty' reigns over summer gatherings

"Why would we beat that curve down, hopefully crushing it in the coming weeks if we all buckle down, if suddenly we all decided to congregate on beaches and football stadiums or matches?"

Dr Colm Henry, the Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE and a member of the National Public Health Emergency Team

Summer gatherings, including the GAA championships, have been cast into doubt by one of the country's leading doctors.

Dr Colm Henry, the Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE and a member of the National Public Health Emergency Team said today that there is "uncertainty" over how Covid-19 will spread after the peak and past the lifting of social distancing guidelines.