From Dingle and Granard to Tullamore and Ballymun: Why some towns are winning – and losing – the Covid-19 fight

A GP practice in the Dingle Peninsula went nine months without having a single patient test positive for Covid-19.
While isolation has been one of the most difficult aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, rural areas have been reaping the rewards as the latest data from the HSE shows Granard in Co Longford and Corca Dhuibhne in Co Kerry are the only two electoral areas with no recorded cases in the two weeks up to February 22.
Doctors in the country’s most-infected and least-infected areas have painted very different pictures.
Dr Peadar Ó Fionnain, of Clinic Cois Abhann in Dingle, Co Kerry, is due to start the vaccination roll-out at his practice today. Despite “the whole of the country” travelling to Dingle for a staycation last summer, cases remained low.

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