Small village completes Ireland's first Covid-19 community testing trial

A Health Passport Ireland medical team member processes a rapid antigen test. Picture: Eoin Healy/Athlone Photography

A small midlands village has become the first in the country to complete a Covid-19 community-testing trial with the Health Passport Ireland app.

Over a period of six weeks, 150 people participated in the rapid testing programme in the village of Lecarrow in Co Roscommon.