West Waterford Councillor John Pratt has contacted the HSE requesting a Covid-19 test centre for the west of the county.

According to the Tallow native, he has received numerous phone calls from people in the area seeking a nearby test centre.

“People have to go all the way to the city at the moment for a test, and there should be somewhere locally doing testing,” he said.

For Tallow and Lismore locals, this means over an hour's drive to go take a test …

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