GAA president dismisses 'irresponsible' report on inter-county return

“I'm kind of aghast at where this story has come from.”

Plans to introduce extensive testing of players so as to allow inter-county panels return training have been described as “irresponsible” by GAA president John Horan.

It was reported over the weekend that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is considering the establishment of a stringent Covid-19 testing regime - which would see around 2,000 players, managers, and backroom staff subject to regular swabbing - in a bid to allow county teams return inside the whitewash at some point this summer.