Former athlete Michael Carton was in the hospital in Ireland after testing positive for coronavirus .
On 18 March , the GAA confirmed that its Féile na Gael 2020 hurling and camogie event ( jointly to have been hosted by Dublin , Kildare and Meath in early June ) , Féile na nÓg National football tournaments ( jointly to have been hosted by Donegal , Derry , and Tyrone in late June ) , the Celtic Challenge under-17 hurling development competition and every event intended to have involved academy squads , would be cancelled in 2020 as a result of the damage done by the virus to its other competitions .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Republic of Ireland