Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Gaelic Grounds to open as Covid-19 test centres

Croke Park and Nowlan Park are also being repurposed as drive-thru test centres.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020 - 12:50

Stephen Barry

Páirc Uí Chaoimh and LIT Gaelic Grounds will be used by the HSE as coronavirus test centres.

Croke Park opened as a drive-thru testing facility for the Covid-19 virus on St Patrick's Day after a request by the HSE, with work currently underway at Nowlan Park to establish another test centre in Kilkenny.

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Courts Gaa Coronavirus Place: Croke Park Place: Nowlan Park Place: Páirc Place: Kilkenny Place: Limerick Place: Cork Place: Gurranabraher Event: St Patrick's day Organisation: Covid-19 Organisation: HSE Organisation: Cork GAA Organisation: LIT Gaelic Grounds Organisation: St Mary’s Health Campus

<p>ROADBLOCK; Róisín Black of Galway meets Keeley Corbett Barry of Waterford with a shoulder during the Centra National Camogie League Division 1A final match between Waterford and Galway at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile</p>

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