Under the Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions announced last night, non-contact sports training can continue for school-aged children, outdoors in pods of 15.
For many families, those sessions have become increasingly important, amidst concerns about young people's health and well-being.
Before last night's announcement, we spoke to juvenile players at Fingallian's GAA club in Swords about how they are coping with "the new normal". "It was a relief knowing I could get back on the field and play the game.
There's not much else I wanted," says Cormac Dromgoole, 14, from Dublin. Cormac is one of around 1,200 juvenile players in Fingallians GAA Club in Swords, Co Dublin. "It’s been hard.