Michael Moynihan: Can schools and sport co-exist in a pandemic?

Midleton CBS players celebrate after winning the Harty Cup final against CBC Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn last year. Taking the competitive element of the Harty Cup out of it, just giving the lads a chance to play some ball with friends they haven’t engaged much with since last March — that’ll be a massive plus if it does happen, said Liam Cronin, GAA coordinator with Ardscoil Rís in Limerick. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach

As schools reopen and students flood back to classrooms, are they also flooding back onto playing fields?

There’s a variety of challenges involved, from the notion that students might have to wear sports gear under their uniforms because they can’t tog out in school to the need to disinfect chess pieces after games.