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01st Apr 2021

New walk-in Covid-19 test centres to open in Ireland

Alan Loughnane

No appointment is necessary.

Seven new temporary Covid-19 testing centres are set to open in a number of areas across Ireland on Thursday and Friday this week.

The temporary testing centres will allow people without symptoms of Covid-19 to get a free test without having to organise it through their GP.

The HSE is opening the centres in areas where there are a high number of cases.

Five test centres were initially opened last week as part of the programme and a large number of people attended the centres.

People over the age of 16 can attend the walk-in test centres providing they don’t have any symptoms, live within 5km of the centre and have not tested positive for Covid-19 in the last six months.

Opening from 1 April

  • City of Dublin Education and Training Board, Cappagh Road, Dublin 11, D11 AY65 (open for seven days)
  • Quay Street Car Park, Balbriggan, Dublin, K32KD57  (seven days)
  • Navan O’Mahonys GAA Club, Navan, Meath, C15 V383 (five days)

Opening from 2 April

  • Naas Racecourse, Naas, Kildare, W91 ED00 (five days)
  • Crumlin GAA Club House, Crumlin, Dublin D12 NX33 (seven days)
  • Athlone Regional Sports Centre, Athlone, Westmeath N37 W3W0 (five days)
  • Town Hall/Library Car Park, Ballinasloe, Galway H53 F2K3 (three days)

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