St Patrick's Day Parade Poll

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Should it go ahead, given the risk of mass transmission of infection and potential loss of life due to coronavirus? The benefit is apparently €2bn in tourism revenue.

I think I might have accidentally hidden the result by accident.

Exclamation Marc

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Romina Mealy Theory wrote: »

Should it go ahead, given the risk of mass transmission of infection and potential loss of life due to coronavirus? The benefit is apparently €2bn in tourism revenue.

I think I might have accidentally hidden the result by accident.

Indeed you did. Be nice if others could see the poll results and all that.

Gooey Looey

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Don't care if they have a parade we've already decided to stay home

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owlbethere

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I voted and I voted no, they should not take place. I know it's early days in March, and the numbers for Ireland for diagnosed Corona is low, there is still a risk of the numbers growing, especially seeing other countries numbers climbing every day.

Also it doesn't seem right if we have a day of celebrations with this health crisis unfolding all around Europe and worldwide too.

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mikeecho

No

Why the hidden poll ?

No

The coronavirus will be over and forgot about in 6 months. It seems more like a handy news story for the media to replace some of the pages brexit filled up, temporarily.

Shouldn't be affecting events that much.

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mikeecho wrote: »

Why the hidden poll ?

By mistake.

Hopefully mods can change it in the morning.

Deleted User wrote: »

The coronavirus will be over and forgot about in 6 months. It seems more like a handy news story for the media to replace some of the pages brexit filled up, temporarily.

Shouldn't be affecting events that much.

Wasn't that the strategy they used with Foot and Mouth? I'm sure we'll be fine.

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Quantum Erasure

^over 80 votes, but only five people replied to the thread? I vote "we'll see" because shur, it'll probably be grand...

I might have accidentally hidden the result by accident.

are we in china now?

scudzilla

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i voted no, mainly because i'm a miserable bastard and think everything should be cancelled.....forever

Irish Guitarist

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Cancel the thing. Even the tiniest risk of anyone else getting this isn't worth it for the sake of a fucking parade. Admittedly I despise parades but even if it was something I liked I'd say the same thing.

lawrencesummers

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The people will vote with their feet. Parades are typically attended by families with younger children. Most parents won’t be interested in putting their kids in areas of mass gatherings.

whisky_galore

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I've never had an attention span sufficient to watch a parade from end to end. Mind numbingly boring entertainments.

minikin

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Cancel the parades and use the opportunity to move them to 12th July (or any less miserable time of the year... March is a lousy rainy month for marching... we deserve better than this for our national holiday)

AndyBoBandy

Maybe this could be the straw that finally kicked us to move Paddy’s Day to June or July.

Do it this year and if by some chance we are lucky and get a good weekend in June, the long term benefits will be huge. So many more folks would come here for a summer Paddy’s Day.

Irish Guitarist

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Years ago the Carlow parade (a shitty thing with a few tractors and a couple of floats) went past my house. My father ran outside and then ran back into the house saying "look what I got". A pillow had fallen off the back of one of the floats and he had picked it up. He thought all his Christmases and birthdays had come at once.

Fr_Dougal

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Maybe this could be the straw that finally kicked us to move Paddy’s Day to June or July.

Do it this year and if by some chance we are lucky and get a good weekend in June, the long term benefits will be huge. So many more folks would come here for a summer Paddy’s Day.

Move it to the 12th of July 😶

AndyBoBandy

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Move it to the 12th of July 😶

Planning ahead for the United Ireland we’ll have soon.

I like that.

whisky_galore

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Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Move it to the 12th of July 😶

Joint AOH OO gig?

Gods Gift

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Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Move it to the 12th of July 😶

The Orange Virus hits on that day.

The J Stands for Jay

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minikin wrote: »

Cancel the parades and use the opportunity to move them to 12th July (or any less miserable time of the year... March is a lousy rainy month for marching... we deserve better than this for our national holiday)

Move them to the 12th and send them marching north, where they will meet an orange parade marching south. Once the smoke clears and the battle is over, we shall know which tayto is best.

The ironic twist is that I'll stay at home eating hunky dorys.

Doctors room ghost

No

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Years ago the Carlow parade (a shitty thing with a few tractors and a couple of floats) went past my house. My father ran outside and then ran back into the house saying "look what I got". A pillow had fallen off the back of one of the floats and he had picked it up. He thought all his Christmases and birthdays had come at once.

Brilliant.they were simpler times and people seemed happier or easier pleased anyways.

Snow Garden

No

The Dublin parade is a borefest and too crowded but I think country parades are great fun with quirky floats.

I voted Yes and then we can pack the pubs and outdrink the virus. Cancelling the parades will only create a stupid precedent which will ruin the summer.

lertsnim

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Postpone it to the May bank holiday weekend.

ZiabR

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Not a chance the parade should go ahead. And why are we still accepting flights from northern Italy...

Loughc

No

ZiabR wrote: »

And why are we still accepting flights from northern Italy...

Because Irish people need to get home?

whisky_galore

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Loughc wrote: »

Because Irish people need to get home?

Keep them there unless they have a clean bill of health.

no.8

Loughc wrote:

Because Irish people need to get home?

..... and spread Covid-19 freely amongst us? They should have been put straight into quarantine for 2 weeks.
Flights to the region should not be operating in any case (imo it it reckless).

SEPT 23 1989

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The St Patricks Day parade aka The Disease Bomb

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Again, sorry about the secret poll. I still can't change it. Maybe a mod might, I'll pm them.

10000maniacs

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Loughc wrote: »

Because Irish people need to get home?

That is a crazy attitude and why we are fcuked. If somebody has the virus , they should stay in Italy and be treated there. Also, anybody in Italy wanting to travel anywhere should get documentation from a clinic proving that they are not carrying the virus before being allowed on a plane.

Thelonious Monk

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Voted no because I just don't see the point in the thing in the first place, it's absolutely awful. We just can't do these kind of events in Ireland.

Marcos

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Well the parades were cancelled in 2001 because of foot and mouth disease. So why should they go ahead this year when public health is at risk?

Beasty

You should be able to see the poll results now

whisky_galore

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Marcos wrote: »

Well the parades were cancelled in 2001 because of foot and mouth disease. So why should they go ahead this year when public health is at risk?

Cows more valuable than a few old people or people with poor disease resistance.

notobtuse

No

Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of St. Patrick’s Day parades happen in the United States every year. It’s big business. US citizens spend between $4.5 and $5 billion annually on St. Patrick’s Day. Around 33 million (almost 10% of the US population) people here claim Irish ancestry. I haven’t heard of a single parade being cancelled over COVID-19 fears. I think it would take WW3 to stop the parades.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

No

Let's take the 2billion. **** those that die. Surivival of the fittest. We need to cull the population a bit.

Seriously though, can we not postpoen Paddies Day until June Bank Holiday? Have a summer Paddies Day!!

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At this point, this poll seems so dated. The parade is just being bandied about currently as a distraction, an easy piece for the media to sensationalise to deflect attention from the actual data.

It will be officially announced as cancelled tomorrow, or maybe next week if the figures aren't as bad as they look likely to be and we don't need a major announcement to look like they're doing something.

The Chinese Ambassador suggested local councils take matters into their own hands and act as needed to contain it. Cork really aught to close down schools. There are nine schools within spitting distance of that hospital and its right in the middle of a busy shopping area.

I will most decidedly not be looking for provisions or supplies in that area in the foreseeable