Numbers taking part in Eid celebrations at Croke Park on Friday will be limited to 200 despite a request to Taoiseach Micheál Martin from Muslim organisers that the 500 who had booked be allowed take part. All places at the Croke Park Eid had been filled within two hours of it being announced on July 13th. However, on July 15th the Government extended the 200 restriction on attendance at public gatherings until August 10th. Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri, chair of the Irish Muslim & Peace Integration Council,which is organising the Eid event, wrote to the Taoiseach requesting that the Eid celebrations involving the 500 people who had booked a place be allowed go ahead on the pitch at Croke Park on Friday. He continued that “Eid at Croke Park can certainly accommodate 500 people while maintaining social distancing”.

Source: The Irish Times July 30, 2020 19:07 UTC