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The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Should Cheltenham Have Gone Ahead?

This year's Cheltenham Festival has been hugely controversial, as it went ahead despite growing conc...
Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

7:12 PM - 13 Mar 2020



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Should Cheltenham Have Gone Ahead?

Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

7:12 PM - 13 Mar 2020

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This year's Cheltenham Festival has been hugely controversial, as it went ahead despite growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19.

Thousands of Irish people are now due to return home, and there have been questions about whether they should be required to self-isolate.

Should Cheltenham have gone ahead at all?

Mark Boylan, journalist with the Racing Post, and Melanie Finn, journalist with the Irish Independent, discussed this in The Last Word on Sport.

Listen to the interview in full by pressing the play button on this page.


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