Door open if vaccine rate 100%
GAA dressing-rooms will be open to teams who have 100% vaccinatoon rates the Association has said.
Croke Park has updated its guidance on dressing rooms after issuing their latest Covid-19 guidelines.
With winter fast approaching and club Championships taking centre stage, the GAA had been under pressure for some time to reopen changing rooms.
In Northern Ireland, dressing rooms will also be reopened with no restrictions based on immunity status.
However, time in the dressing room and showers has been encouraged to be kept to a minimum and half-time and full-time team talks have been encouraged to be held outside if possible.
In a lengthy statement, the GAA also confirmed that in the case of mixed immunity groups, pods of six will be allowed in dressing rooms at any given time.
In other changes, there will no longer be a requirement for pre-game or session health questionnaires, but a record of attendances is advised to aid contact tracing if required.
Face masks are “recommended” as the association moves to increase capacity at games to 100% in the coming weeks.
There is no longer a requirement for participants to complete health questionnaires before training or games. However, records of attendance must be maintained for contact tracing.
And the GAA has reminded clubs that “it is important to remember that individuals should not attend training, games, meetings or any other activities if they are displaying, or have had within the previous 48 hours, any of the possible symptoms of Covid-19”.
Water breaks will remain in place for all games for the remainder of the 2021 calendar.