Players from four League of Ireland clubs will begin Covid-19 testing on Monday as a return to training moves closer.
Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Derry City - all due to compete in Europe this year - are the clubs involved.
The rest of the league will start testing on June 28 ahead of their training ground return the following day.
The players tested tomorrow by an independent firm will receive their results on Wednesday or Thursday and will then be tested a second time later in the week.
Tests will be carried out at a drive-thru facility at the respective training grounds and players will remain in their cars throughout.
While Derry City and Dundalk have Dublin-based players in their respective squads, those individuals must travel to their clubs for testing.
Once training resumes next month, players will be required to take and record their temperature four times daily while maintaining their twice weekly Covid testing.
That was just one of a wide range of return to training protocols published by the FAI in a detailed nine-page document last week.
Meanwhile, Dundalk chairman Bill Hulsizer has called on League of Ireland clubs to do everything possible to return behind-closed-doors this year.
Clubs won’t be officially briefed on the FAI’s financial assistance package until next week at the earliest.
And with little movement expected until then, the Premier Division remains split down the middle over the viability of a safe and financially sound comeback.
The League of Ireland is the only top-flight ‘summer’ league in Europe without a concrete plan for a return to play.
Dundalk want a return to league action and their American chairman claimed: “The clubs and the FAI are more united than ever.
“If the health authorities and the government say that it’s safe to play, then I believe the clubs will vote to come back.
Hulsizer added: “I don’t know what’s going to happen but I do know that everyone; the clubs, the FAI, UEFA, FIFA and the government, want to bring football back safely.
“They are working hard towards that.”
