Jack Byrne happy with precautions as League of Ireland players undergo Covid-19 tests

Lu Kellett, Advanced Medical Services, conducts a Covid-19 swab test on Shamrock Rovers midfielder Jack Byrne at their training facility, Roadstone Group Sports Club, in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Ireland and Shamrock Rovers midfielder Jack Byrne has described the first tests of League of Ireland players for Covid-19 as “another step closer to training soon”.

Byrne was among the players and staff of the four clubs due to compete in Europe this year – Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, and Bohemians – who underwent their first tests for the virus this morning.