Covid-19: Over 5,500 skip tests in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary

HSE data shows thousands have failed to show up for scheduled Covid-19 tests at pop-up facilities in Limerick, Clare, and North Tipperary

The Covid-19 clinic at Cusack Park in Ennis, where 1,301 people have not shown up for a test since June. Picture: Dan Linehan

Nearly 6,000 people have failed to attend their scheduled Covid-19 test at pop-up testing facilities in the Mid-West.

The figures, supplied from HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare, show there were 5,581 no shows at test centres in Limerick, Clare, and north Tipperary.