Lockdown for Kildare (Aug 8th-31st)

Ten of Swords

Effective from midnight tonight (Aug 7th until Aug 23rd)

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/solidarity-is-strength-taoiseach-says-ireland-is-behind-kildare-laois-and-offaly-as-lockdown-restrictions-announced-39431259.html

Residents will be permitted to travel outside of Kildare, Offaly and Laois for the following reasons:

- To travel to and from work, where it is not possible to work from home.
- To attend medical appointments and collect medicines and other health products.
- For vital family reasons such as caring for children, ederly or vulnerable people - but excluding social visits.
- For farming purposes including food production and care for animals.

Update Aug 21st
Restrictions for Laois and Offaly will end on Aug 23rd but remain in place for 2 more weeks in Kildare (until Sept 6th)

Update Aug 31st
Kildare restrictions to be lifted with immediate effect

Mantis Toboggan

Absolute bollix, 48% of the cases are in Dublin, why aren't they locked down??

Man with broke phone

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Absolute bollix, 48% of the cases are in Dublin, why aren't they locked down??

Money I suppose, Dublin makes alot of it. Dublin could subsidise every other county being locked down Id say.

tiredblondie

link?

is_that_so

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Absolute bollix, 48% of the cases are in Dublin, why aren't they locked down??

50% of very recent cases from those counties.

MadYaker

RTE website:

Residents of counties Kildare, Offaly and Laois will not be permitted to travel outside of their counties except for in limited circumstances, including travel to and from work, under plans agreed by the Government.

Restaurants, bars, cinemas and gyms will be closed for the localalised restrictions, which are due to come into effect from midnight tonight and remain in place for two weeks.

But crèches will remain open and preparations for the re-opening of schools can continue.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0807/1157815-coronavirus-blog/

DopeTech

tiredblondie wrote: »

link?

New Covid-19 restrictions for Kildare, Laois and Offaly to kick in from midnight https://jrnl.ie/5170255

is_that_so

tiredblondie wrote: »

link?

Presser due up at 6.30, RTE etc.

Muahahaha

tiredblondie wrote: »

link?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-travel-ban-as-ministers-agree-tough-lockdown-restrictions-for-kildare-laois-and-offaly-39431259.html

People living in Kildare, Offaly and Laois will be put under a partial lockdown for the next two weeks.
Starting from midnight, those living in the three counties will have to restrict their movements and people elsewhere in the country will be banned from travelling to the counties.
Cafes, restaurants and pubs operating as restaurants will have to close from tomorrow unless they are doing takeaway service or have outdoor dining.


Cinemas, theatres, museums, galleries, bingo halls, casinos, betting shops and other indoor recreational and cultural outlets will also be closed. Gyms, leisure centres, swimming pools, exercise and dance studios, sports clubs and similar venues should close.

LuasSimon

The law abiding will adhere to it but plenty of criminals and general scumbags will ignore it making it a waste of time .

_Kaiser_

Well as someone who lives in one of those counties and is 2 hours away tonight and for the rest of the weekend, I'll be breaking the restrictions anyway

KiKi III

Partial lockdowns make a lot more sense than a full one.

If I was a publican or small business owner in Leitrim which has had fewer than 100 cases through the entire pandemic I’d be absolutely raging that my area is being treated the same as a virus epicenter.

Ludo

LuasSimon wrote: »

The law abiding will adhere to it but plenty of criminals and general scumbags will ignore it making it a waste of time .

But as long as 80/90% people act responsibly then it works. there is never going to be 100% adherence as there is always the 10% of assholes.

TheValeyard

KiKi III wrote: »

Partial lockdowns make a lot more sense than a full one.

If I was a publican or small business owner in Leitrim which has had fewer than 100 cases through the entire pandemic I’d be absolutely raging that my area is being treated the same as a virus epicenter.

Makes perfect sense. Probably the way of the future until a vaccine is found unfortunately.

Lundstram

Meh.. From Kildare but will not be adhearing to this.

Fcuking knee-jerking clowns in suits.

Man with broke phone

Lundstram wrote: »

Meh.. From Kildare but will not be adhearing to this.

Fcuking knee-jerking clowns in suits.

Not adhering in what way? Will you dine in a closed restaurant or swim in a closed pool?

VinLieger

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Absolute bollix, 48% of the cases are in Dublin, why aren't they locked down??

Well thats not true, 48% of total cases for the entire pandemic were in Dublin, of the current active cases its nowhere near that percentage.

KiKi III

Lundstram wrote: »

Meh.. From Kildare but will not be adhearing to this.

Fcuking knee-jerking clowns in suits.

Ooh, you’re such a badass.

Mental Mickey

Lundstram wrote: »

Meh.. From Kildare but will not be adhearing to this.

Fcuking knee-jerking clowns in suits.

Fcuking selfish pr1ck

Mantis Toboggan

FFGG making it up as they go along.

Glen Immal

Very surprised to read that some meat factory employees are in direct provision. If they are thus employed, why are they not on working visas and living self sustained in comunity. Are they in reciept of a full wage? Is this a source of cheap compliant labour, subsidised by irish state. Genuine questions...if someone can enlighten me.

Ludo

Lundstram wrote: »

Meh.. From Kildare but will not be adhearing to this.

Fcuking knee-jerking clowns in suits.

I refer you to my earlier post regarding the 10% who are assholes :-)

Muahahaha

It seems it all goes back to the meat processing plants. One of them had 80 employees out of 240 tested positive and they dont want to spread that into the community.

KiKi III

Glen Immal wrote: »

Very surprised to read that some meat factory employees are in direct provision. If they are thus employed, why are they not on working visas and living self sustained in comunity. Are they in reciept of a full wage? Is this a source of cheap compliant labour, subsidised by irish state. Genuine questions...if someone can enlighten me.

I believe people in DP were given the right to work last year.

VinLieger

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

FFGG making it up as they go along.

Well yes..... As is every other country in the world.

How do people still think they are making a valid observation and criticism when they say "they are making it up as they go"?

PTH2009

Best wishes to all in those counties

smelly sock

Absolute shocking decision. GAA has been back guts of a month a few if any cases. Yet stop playing. Joke shop country. NPHET and govt are a disgrace.

meeeeh

If those are all limitations I think we will be OK. What about beauticians and hairdressers? I have both booked in next two weeks?

Mantis Toboggan

Crazy that everyone in the 3 counties has to suffer because a group of refugees can't social distance.

Spanish Eyes

Can't see this being observed by many. North Kildare is a suburb of Dublin now anyway.

circadian

Ludo wrote: »

But as long as 80/90% people act responsibly then it works. there is never going to be 100% adherence as there is always the 10% of assholes.

Lundstram wrote: »

Meh.. From Kildare but will not be adhearing to this.

Fcuking knee-jerking clowns in suits.

That didn't take long. A look at the thread on masks highlights the noisy minority who don't want to participate with guidelines like everyone else.

No, it's not fun nor enjoyable. It is, however, beneficial. Get over yourselves.

KiKi III

smelly sock wrote: »

Absolute shocking decision. GAA has been back guts of a month a few if any cases. Yet stop playing. Joke shop country. NPHET and govt are a disgrace.

The point is there are already at least 80 new cases in a concentrated area, any one of those playing GAA would cause a further outbreak.

This isn’t complicated.

Assetbacked

smelly sock wrote: »

Absolute shocking decision. GAA has been back guts of a month a few if any cases. Yet stop playing. Joke shop country. NPHET and govt are a disgrace.

It's so easy to see how the health service in Ireland is one of the worst in Europe. The levels of incompetence and tolerance by the masses is shocking.

VinLieger

smelly sock wrote: »

Absolute shocking decision. GAA has been back guts of a month a few if any cases. Yet stop playing. Joke shop country. NPHET and govt are a disgrace.

Why would the GAA get special treatment to the rest of the county residents? Are they operating in a bubble system similar to the US sports leagues are? No! So they are just as vulnerable to community transmission as everyone else.

smelly sock

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Crazy that everyone in the 3 counties has to suffer because a group of refugees can't social distance.

Im not racist but this is true. Certain cultures and minorities dont give a ****. They show an ignorance and petulance toward the directions for face masks etc.

MadYaker

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Well as someone who lives in one of those counties and is 2 hours away tonight and for the rest of the weekend, I'll be breaking the restrictions anyway

Good man yourself. Will you cook your own dinner in the closed restaurants? Or go on a drive to another county just because they told you not to? It's time to grow up I think. Or maybe you're a teenager, if so thats understandable.

Muahahaha

Glen Immal wrote: »

Very surprised to read that some meat factory employees are in direct provision. If they are thus employed, why are they not on working visas and living self sustained in comunity. Are they in reciept of a full wage? Is this a source of cheap compliant labour, subsidised by irish state. Genuine questions...if someone can enlighten me.

Was wondering the same myself. The law changed last year to allow them to work but AFAIR the condition was only if they could find a job paying 30k or more and meat processors do not pay migrant labour those kind of wages. Someone said on another thread that its possible for someone who has gotten refugee status to still be living in a direct provision centre if they cant find accommodation. But yeah it could also be some kind of three card trick to give meat processors cheap labour.

Assetbacked

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Crazy that everyone in the 3 counties has to suffer because a group of refugees can't social distance.

Disrespecting animals in China is suspected to have caused the virus transmission into humans, the murky meat industry and those that support it in Ireland are the cause of this lockdown. No better.

KiKi III

smelly sock wrote: »

Im not racist but this is true. Certain cultures and minorities dont give a ****. They show an ignorance and petulance toward the directions for face masks etc.

Yeah, definitely wasn’t anything to do with being housed in and working in close quarters.

Humberto Salazar

Cue all the Dubs laughing at KOL. The government should have done it countrywide. We're not a giant country like Australia.

Spanish Eyes

I doubt the meat factories themselves are the problem, it is more than likely many workers returning to lodgings and mingling with many others in a crowded house, and then going out in their locality and a possible spread in the community.

circadian

smelly sock wrote: »

Im not racist but this is true. Certain cultures and minorities dont give a ****. They show an ignorance and petulance toward the directions for face masks etc.

I'd hazard a guess that it's more likely the conditions they're currently placed in and poor communication that's causing it than something cultural.

is_that_so

Assetbacked wrote: »

It's so easy to see how the health service in Ireland is one of the worst in Europe. The levels of incompetence and tolerance by the masses is shocking.

It was mass testing by "the worst in Europe" that identified these cases.

eggy81

Glen Immal wrote: »

Very surprised to read that some meat factory employees are in direct provision. If they are thus employed, why are they not on working visas and living self sustained in comunity. Are they in reciept of a full wage? Is this a source of cheap compliant labour, subsidised by irish state. Genuine questions...if someone can enlighten me.

Because the government doesn't want the hassle of getting into these communities to sort out the can of worms their living conditions represent. This lockdoen is a joke, a sledge hammer response to a problem that needs meticulous planning and dealing with. It would probably feed back into the housing crisis and illegal immigration and direct provision and a host of other things that civid has distracted from for the last 6 months. We won't get a handle on this until a vaccine is available because we aren't capable or even trying to imo.

VinLieger

smelly sock wrote: »

Im not racist but

Classic

Assetbacked

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I doubt the meat factories themselves are the problem, it is more than likely many workers returning to lodgings and mingling with many others in a crowded house, and then going out in their locality and a possible spread in the community.

The IT had an informative Q&A on the favorites and covid.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/meat-plants-q-a-the-lingering-coronavirus-threat-1.4323976?mode=amp

_Kaiser_

MadYaker wrote: »

Good man yourself. Will you cook your own dinner in the closed restaurants? Or go on a drive to another country just because they told you not to? It's time to grow up I think. Or maybe you're a teenager, if so thats understandable.

See it's this idiotic nonsense from people like yourself that are so keen to show (and advertise) how compliant they are that has the fear and hysteria at the levels it is

I'm away with friends for the weekend. I couldn't even drive now if I wanted to as have had a few beers. But I will go home on Sunday and don't expect any issues - at most I'll be told to stay put when I Get there.

This is what happens when you have weak cowardly Government making knee-jerk reactions with short time frames.

Humberto Salazar

PTH2009 wrote: »

Best wishes to all in those counties

The giant sun blocker is already moving into place a la Simpsons. Or another analogy, Cohaagen cutting off the oxygen to innocent Martians. I'm getting cabin fever already and it hasn't started.

smelly sock

circadian wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess that it's more likely the conditions they're currently placed in and poor communication that's causing it than something cultural.

Ah yeh. Let me tell you, the minorites im reffering to are well able to speak English when it suits them.

circadian

smelly sock wrote: »

Ah yeh. Let me tell you, the minorites im reffering to are well able to speak English when it suits them.

Aye, dead on.

Assetbacked

is_that_so wrote: »

It was mass testing by "the worst in Europe" that identified these cases.

A lockdown based on new cases is so ridiculous. Hospital numbers absolutely minimal and age of the workers infected means there is an extremely low risk of them even needing to go to hospital.

Let's not forget that the death rate is so high from the NPHET failure to consider the risk to nursing and care homes. I have no respect for their supposed experts.