Covid 19 Part XXXIII-231,484 ROI(4,610 deaths)116,197 NI (2,107 deaths)(23/03)Read OP

Beechwoodspark

Very good speech so far

Streets ahead of “influencer” Leo with his cringe worthy movie quotes.

mr_edge_to_you

Ah Michael, I'm not frustrated waiting for a vaccine or the 5k or the fact I was out of work for 6 months.

I'm frustrated that your government have done a pisspoor job over the last 3 months in particular and continue to make a balls of it.

fullstop

Well that was ****e.

Ace2007

retro:electro wrote: »

This is a complete cop out. After the level of sacrifice that the public have already given, and the level of sacrifice that they expect us to keep giving, this is just not good enough

What would you like him to say today?

So em the plan then...........

Coillte_Bhoy

PmMeUrDogs wrote: »

Load of rubbish.

So schools opening in a phased way, and childcare. That's good. Resumption of non-covid care is also good.


But otherwise absolutely nothing changes. Industries still being decimated. People still being isolated.

Surely they could have allowed people to meet a household outside for social activity? Just one? Id kill to meet my friend for a walk but I can't because I live with someone else

So meet your friend for a walk, nobody is stopping you

Atlantic Dawn

What a complete load of bollox.

Turtwig

seamus wrote: »

There's that hairdresser in Balbriggan this morning.

It's only the start of it, IMHO. Other businesses will start opening and will make less of a song and dance about it to avoid detection.

10km limit, non-essential retail; even putting these things on the map with a semi-firm date might be enough to convince people to hold fort.

"Level 5 will remain until at least 5th April at which point we will review", just won't cut it.

The problem for the government is that if they give an inch now it'll mean a longer duration of time will have to elapse before they can give any further inches. The infection is still at a very high incidence level. The increased transmissibility of the new variant complicates their dilemma even further. The sensitivity of the rate of infection to any relaxed measures is now magnified.

I wouldn't be surprised if like retail security they did an analysis on the cost of the security measure versus the cost of the loss from the theft. In this case the increase in infections through loss of compliance vs the increase infections through relaxation of measures. The latter would still have a more profound impact. That's ultra crap for the people who will comply with all of this as they'll likely end up being punished longer. I can't really see any alternative though.

We're in a sh1thole and our only way out of it is digging through a tonne of sh1t. Sadly some people will have far more sh1t to tolerate than others. It's not an even load but then society never was even to begin with.

Mam of 4

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

€20 million for mental health, wow.

It's a pity it took a pandemic for the MH services to receive funding like this .

UrbanFret

It's almost over. The end is near.

Coybig_

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Very good speech so far

Streets ahead of “influencer” Leo with his cringe worthy movie quotes.

You are deluded.

SusieBlue

marno21 wrote: »

No mention of the UK variant in the UK speech yesterday.

There is going to be a drop in compliance after this. The people have had enough.

Just more excuses to try to deflect and distract from the absolute shambles he has overseen over the last few months.

As always, they put us into these lockdowns at the click of their fingers but repeatedly make an absolute balls of getting us back out of them.
They are simply incapable of it.

Ace2007

SnuggyBear wrote: »

Who cares, look after ourselves

Well if we ever want to get out of this mess, we need an approach that everyone follows.

Your approach could lead to a situation of Ireland getting no Vaccines as other countries would buy them up. All these countries that produce the vaccine and the materials used could simple keep all vaccine and say F U to everyone else - and then what?

mean gene

anything abt the lads from brazil bringing in their virus freely

retro:electro

In the words of Phoebe Buffay, “that’s not a plan.. that’s not even a pla”

Thespoofer

Decided not to watch Mr Martin this time for my mental health. Going by the posts here on it I'm glad I didn't.

setanta1984

So the plan is - we might try and come up with a plan by the 5th of April.

*slow clap*

mean gene

martin now has lost the people with that tripe not a crumb for us

leahyl

Mam of 4 wrote: »

It's a pity it took a pandemic for the MH services to receive funding like this .

I thought it was a pretty poor amount tbh!

mean gene

retro:electro wrote: »

In the words of Phoebe Buffay, “that’s not a plan.. that’s not even a pla”

:pac::pac:

thecomedian

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Very good speech so far

Streets ahead of “influencer” Leo with his cringe worthy movie quotes.

Shill

Atlantic Dawn

Mam of 4 wrote: »

It's a pity it took a pandemic for the MH services to receive funding like this .

I was being sarcastic with the wow , €20 million is nothing near enough, crumbs from the table, completely inadequate.

retro:electro

Ace2007 wrote: »

What would you like him to say today?

We were promised clarity. That was about as clear as mud. Basically keep going until April 5th and we’ll see then but nothing is going to be reopening after April 5th.

Bigfatmichael

Disgusting from Mehole Martin and the government.

Level 5 till April, what about then?

Beechwoodspark

thecomedian wrote: »

Shill

As someone with vulnerable family and close friends I will never forget or forgive varadkar for his smirking teen movie quotes when giving his speeches to the nation.

petulant puerile egotistical rubbish from Leo at a time of unprecedented stress and anxiety.

All for a bit of social media attention.

MM is a vast improvement on him

Thespoofer

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What a complete load of bollox.

Storm 10

Did he say 6k deaths at the start the actual number today is just over 4k RIP

Busi_Girl08

Is the press conference with the three (possibly 4) amigos going to be on rte news now?

Mam of 4

Can't multi quote on phone Leahyl and Atlantic Dawn , I know it's not enough , but being honest I'm actually surprised they gave MH services anything at all so twenty million is better than nothing imo.

statesaver

Storm 10 wrote: »

Did he say 6k deaths at the start the actual number today is just over 4k RIP

The whole Island he said

kwestfan08

PmMeUrDogs wrote: »

Load of rubbish.

So schools opening in a phased way, and childcare. That's good. Resumption of non-covid care is also good.


But otherwise absolutely nothing changes. Industries still being decimated. People still being isolated.

Surely they could have allowed people to meet a household outside for social activity? Just one? Id kill to meet my friend for a walk but I can't because I live with someone else

Go way out and meet your friend. A walk outside with one other person carries a tiny chance of anything happening. The boost it will give you though would be immense.

Busi_Girl08

Storm 10 wrote: »

Did he say 6k deaths at the start the actual number today is just over 4k RIP

On the island, so including the NI figures.

quartz1

Absolute rubbish .......Taoiseach telling us the vaccine will solve everything at the same time we find out Astra Zenical can only supply 50 per cent of contracted order for second quarter.

Bigfatmichael

Labaik

We have the highest total of work days closed on the planet from Covid by a ****ing mile, Brazilian variant and British variant rampant in the country, sending 300 thousand kids back to school in March and wants to drive down the virus number by April. Laughable stuff. Just vaccinate the old and vulnerable and let us get back to our lives.

MarkY91

That's me done (bar wearing a mask).

We have the barber coming out to the house on Saturday.

I did my part long enough. Time to resume my life.

mean gene

very least the 5km thing should of went especially with brazilians bringing their virus in after all our sacrafices

is_that_so

Bigfatmichael wrote: »

Disgusting from Mehole Martin and the government.

Level 5 till April, what about then?

They will review the situation in advance of that date. Even then it'll be construction, maybe 5km and being able to meet outside(officially!).

TheDoctor

quartz1 wrote: »

Absolute rubbish .......Taoiseach telling us the vaccine will solve everything at the same time we find out Astra Zenical can only supply 50 per cent of contracted order for second quarter.

Would still have all the high risk groups covered during Q2.

Atlantic Dawn

Storm 10 wrote: »

Did he say 6k deaths at the start the actual number today is just over 4k RIP

Yes it's 4k from where he governs but he likes to combine our total with a seperately governed area on this island when it suits for shock and awe.

quartz1

quartz1 wrote: »

Absolute rubbish .......Taoiseach telling us the vaccine will solve everything at the same time we find out Astra Zenical can only supply 50 per cent of contracted order for second quarter.

You do realise there's more than one vaccine? :rolleyes:

is_that_so

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Is the press conference with the three (possibly 4) amigos going to be on rte news now?

We had Martin doing a speech, there'll be nothing more.

shinzon

Interesting turn of phrase on the gov.ie website about leaving certs and March 1st. that mightnt be a done deal after all.

Final year Leaving Certificate classes to return to school subject to final agreement

Shin

Kha1993

Wow. The plan talked about for weeks was “schools”. That’s it.

5km bad, flights into the airport good. It’ll never be over, here.

funnydoggy

Is there a document uploaded with this plan yet?

I want to know are colleges still getting the shaft.

AdamD

How can we have over 60% of adults offered a dose by May, over 80% by June, but hospitality won't even be 'considered' until mid summer? None of it adds up

Coybig_

It's time for businesses to take matters into their own hands and reopen.

Hopefully we see protests and demonstrations over the coming weeks.

ninebeanrows

funnydoggy wrote: »

Is there a document uploaded with this plan yet?

I want to know are colleges still getting the shaft.

Details here

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/c4876-covid-19-resilience-and-recovery-2021-the-path-ahead/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/ThePathAhead/

landofthetree

Deleted User wrote: »

You do realise there's more than one vaccine? :rolleyes:

Unfortunately the same problems could happen with the J and J vaccine.

The contract with them may have the same vague wording.

Arduach

Storm 10 wrote: »

Did he say 6k deaths at the start the actual number today is just over 4k RIP

On the island.