Outdoors GAA facilities in Laois, Offaly and Kildare can reopen but no matches will take place, with the Covid Advisory Group satisfied that incidents of positives cases of coronavirus remain "miniscule" among those participating in Gaelic games within the affected areas.
It follows today's Covid-19 committee meeting with officials from three counties present. On Friday, the government had confirmed that Laois, Offaly and Kildare would return to a partial shutdown after advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).
The GAA, Camogie Association, and the LGFA subsequently announced that no matches would take place for a period of two weeks and that all GAA grounds in the affected counties were to remain closed until further