Confusion as children told they cannot pass basketball to each other under Covid safety regulations

Basketball Ireland were told that those children cannot pass the ball to one another during  organised sessions as the ball is deemed to be ‘sporting equipment' 

Ryan Holland of Maree Basketball Club, Co Galway, in action against Mia Murtagh Donaghmoyne, Co Monaghan, in the U11 mixed basketball event of the Aldi Community Games May Festival. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

As Irish sport is discovering, level 5 lockdown brings plenty of terms and conditions.

The central theme in all communications from sporting organisations is that all outdoor training for underage players and children is to be non-contact in pods of no more than 15.