Wexford GAA deny players gave names of Clare close contacts

On the Irish Examiner GAA podcast, Anthony Daly said the designation of two Clare players as close contacts “sets a dangerous precedent”

Clare Players warming-up prior to the game at Cusack Park. Two unnamed Wexford players tested positive for Covid-19 subsequently, and two unnamed Clare players were deemed close contacts.  Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

The two Wexford hurlers who last week tested positive for Covid-19 did not give the names of the two Clare players subsequently identified as close contacts to HSE contact tracing personnel, Wexford GAA has said.

Wexford’s insistence that the two Covid positive players did not identify any Clare hurler when dealing with contact tracing personnel leaves unanswered the question of how the two Banner players came onto the radar of public health experts and their subsequent designation as close contacts.