Inter-county GAA games can go ahead despite level 5 restrictions

The GAA themselves had also been primed to suspend activities upon the country going into level 5 prior to Tony Holohan’s letter

Clare's Eoghan Wallace is tackled by Gearóid O'Connor of Tipperary during the Bord Gáis Energy Munster Under 20 Hurling Championship quarter-final at Semple Stadium on Monday night. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The GAA inter-county season, elite/professional sports, and horse racing have been permitted to continue during national level 5 Covid-19 restrictions.

As had been exempted by Chief Medical Advisor Tony Holohan in correspondence to Minister for Health Simon Donnelly earlier this month, fixtures such as the All-Ireland senior football and hurling championships, the Six Nations fixture against Italy, and the Uefa Nations League game against Bulgaria are allowed go ahead.