All-Ireland Revellers Urged to Get COVID-19 Test

The Health Minister is urging any hurling fans that socialised in "high-risk" environments for Sunday's All-Ireland final to get tested for COVID-19.

Large crowds were seen gathering without social distancing before and after the match, both in the vicinity of Croke Park and in Cork and Limerick.

Now Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is advising anyone who was involved in such gatherings to arrange a COVID-19 test.

Despite 40,000 fans attending the game, Donnelly claims the problems only arose outside the stadium.

"I think from within the stadium the event appears to have been well run," he said. "I was concerned at some of the footage I saw after the event."

"Certainly what I would say is that for anybody who was socialising after the event, who may feel they were in a higher risk environment, that the people were too close to each other for too long, the advice is to go and get a PCR test," Donnelly added. "The centres are open all over the country. It's a walk-in or drive-in service and it will just give people peace of mind."

Donnelly ruled out any change in rules ahead of the All-Ireland Football final on September 11th.

"We have no reason at this moment to suggest that there would be changes, either in reducing the capacity or if you were suggesting moving to a different model for fully vaccinated," he affirmed.