HSE may employ airport staff as contract tracers

Senator Timmy Dooley said that even before the pandemic Shannon Airport was already on the "backfoot" as the vast bulk of aviation went through Dublin. Picture: Eamon Ward

The HSE is looking into employing laid-off Shannon Airport staff as Covid contact tracers.

Airport management has met with the HSE to explore the possibility of employing staff, who have been temporarily let go or in part-time work, in contact tracing.