Irish Examiner View: Final warning

Hurling fans told of Covid risks ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final

Fans react during Limerick's semi-final win over Waterford in the All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park. Picture: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

As the second anniversary of the arrival of Covid-19 looms just over the horizon, it is reasonable to acknowledge that the last 20 or so months have been very difficult. So much of the script seemed a perfect fit for killjoys and, just occasionally, cranky officials ruling out one pleasure or another.

Now that over 6.4m vaccines have been administered, and now that 82% of the adult population is fully vaccinated, while 90% are partially vaccinated, another round of killjoy advice might be, well, unwelcome.