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8,000 Spectators Permitted In To Croke Park On Saturday.

Tuesday, 29 June 2021 09:34

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

Stock image: Pixabay

Its for the Leinster senior hurling semi-final double-header.

Croke Park will host its biggest crowd in 16 months on Saturday.

8,000 fans will attend the Leinster senior hurling semi-final double-header.

Up to now, only 200 spectators have been allowed to go to games in the Republic of Ireland.

Anthony Staines, a professor of health systems in DCU, says the risk of Covid-19 will be low in GAA headquarters on Saturday.

Leinster GAA have announced their provincial senior hurling semi-finals this Saturday will now take place in Croke Park with 8,000 spectators permitted to atttend. #GAABelong
— The GAA (@officialgaa) June 28, 2021

Prof. Staines says he wouldn't go to Saturday's games for fear of catching Covid.

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