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CoVid19 Part XI - 2,615 in ROI (46 deaths) 410 in NI (21 deaths)(29/03)*OP upd 28/03*

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  • #4592
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,187 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    Would that be the one which wasn't elected? Leo barely won his seat and Regina actually lost hers. It's an unelected junta.

    You know better than that.
    The Government is in place in accordance with the Constitution.


  • #4593
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 700 ✭✭✭kilkenny31


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    We will borrow. Every country will. Interest rates are low. There's plenty of money we can take from the future.

    Yeah thankfully (bad thing to say) this crisis unlike the 2008 banking crisis is effecting Germany, so the ECB will eventually start printing money for government to use to pay down this debt.


  • #4594
    Assetbacked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,969 ✭✭✭Assetbacked


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    +1

    People out running is not a problem.

    If anything, it is a necessity for mental health for some people. And to relieve stress.

    Not everyone is lucky enough to have an exercise bike or something like that in their home.

    It's parsnts bringing the kids out as a mob and younger people meeting their friends in groups that are the cause. Treating it like holidays.


  • #4595
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Very badly run all this given the list of non essential/essential jobs will not be published tonight, despite the new restrictions starting at midnight..
    It makes it all seem rushed, done in a panic.


  • #4596
    jackboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,259 ✭✭✭jackboy


    kingshankly wrote: »
    No doubt the roads will be filled of cyclist over the weekend

    No, the 2 km limit has essentially banned cycling.


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  • #4597
    CaoinDory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭CaoinDory


    How the hell can they say it's in effect from midnight but not release the "essential workers" list until tomorrow. >:(


  • #4598
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Remember those in each of your areas who do not comply with restrictions. They are not helping society.


  • #4599
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,545 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    Roger_007 wrote:
    These ‘extra’ restrictions are absolutely futile. Once you start making exceptions to the stay-at-home rule the thing falls apart. It only takes one person in any household to go out shopping or to work or for any other reason and they bring the virus back with them. All these measures are just window dressing. The horse has bolted long ago. All efforts should be concentrated on devising ways to protect the at-risk groups. The rest of us can just take our chances.

    This is the worst advice I've ever seen on Boards.


  • #4600
    CaoinDory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭CaoinDory


    How the hell can they say it's in effect from midnight but not release the "essential workers" list until tomorrow. >:(


  • #4601
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,192 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    lbj666 wrote: »
    The stricter the lockdown the sooner we get out of it the other end, the sooner things can go back to relative normality. Other countries were only starting to do this when **** really with the fan.
    Do you realise that these restrictions potentially go on for at least 18 months?

    This will not end in weeks. These restrictions are for months.

    There is no "normal" any more. We may possibly have a vaccine. Or we have to live with this thing forever.

    We can't all hide inside our houses for the rest of our lives. It won't be long before people start saying "screw it" and take their chances.


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  • #4602
    lbj666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭lbj666


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Very badly run all this given the list of non essential jobs will not be published tonight, despite the new restrictions starting at midnight..
    It makes it all seem rushed, done in a panic.

    You swear we were in an emergency or something


  • #4603
    Fart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭Fart


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Very badly run all this given the list of non essential jobs will not be published tonight, despite the new restrictions starting at midnight..
    It makes it all seem rushed, done in a panic.

    Maybe we can ask the virus to hold off spreading for a year so they can make more suitable plans.

    Perhaps that would better suit?


  • #4604
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,098 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Sounds like the penny has finally dropped with Trump


  • #4605
    Samsgirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭Samsgirl


    Would clerical.officer in a Garda station be considered essential I wonder?


  • #4606
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,187 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Multipass wrote: »
    Nope

    Don't worry too much.
    The dog probably won't.

    Seriously they will get by with the odd trip outdoors to toilet.


  • #4607
    champchamp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭champchamp


    It can't start until the essential list is released.


  • #4608
    sterz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭sterz


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    +1

    People out running is not a problem.

    If anything, it is a necessity for mental health for some people. And to relieve stress.

    Not everyone is lucky enough to have an exercise bike or something like that in their home.

    It's not one rule for one and one for another. I've been indoors for the past week and had plans to go out and exercise tomorrow but that won't be happening now. Everyone just needs to cop on, listen to the advice and realise that we're all in this together.


  • #4609
    sheepsh4gger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭sheepsh4gger


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Very badly run all this given the list of non essential jobs will not be published tonight, despite the new restrictions starting at midnight..
    It makes it all seem rushed, done in a panic.
    I agree. They also can't even run a website (gov.ie is down) even with Google offering free hosting to them.


  • #4610
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    I think we should stick Irish flags and bunting outside houses for this period of time, something is needed to rise the mood in the country.


  • #4611
    thund3rbird_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭thund3rbird_


    507283.pngpreview of leo's next speech where the movie quote theme continues ...


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  • #4612
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    I’m not surprised by the measures but they do feel a sense of dread.

    The figures today are from Wednesday.
    Those press conferences are generally an opportunity to be ahead of events.

    The data is 2 days old. That just serves to create illusion that they are proactive and not reactive.

    So basically I’m more worried than I was tonight based on what will occur in 2/3 days (that have already occurred)


  • #4613
    growleaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,095 ✭✭✭growleaves


    Remember those in each of your areas who do not comply with restrictions. They are not helping society.

    Ignore this advice. Don't start feuds with your neighbours or hold grudges against them.


  • #4614
    stockshares
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭stockshares


    hmmm wrote: »
    Do you realise that these restrictions potentially go on for at least 18 months?

    This will not end in weeks. These restrictions are for months.

    There is no "normal" any more. We may possibly have a vaccine. Or we have to live with this thing forever.

    We can't all hide inside our houses for the rest of our lives. It won't be long before people start saying "screw it" and take their chances.

    I would imagine that's when they will introduce fines


  • #4615
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,442 ✭✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Sounds like the penny has finally dropped with Trump

    what's he saying, watching Prime Time here


  • #4616
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Will home heating oil be delivered?


  • #4617
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    statesaver wrote: »
    FFS, they make medial equipment for sick people, of course they will stay open, Jesus

    Well...

    Zimmer in Shannon & Galway produce Hips & Knee's so not Essential

    Stryker in Limerick & Cork produce Hips & Knees so not Essential...But they do produce other products like Surgical Tools & Equipment so those may be Essential

    Fleming Medical produce a wide range of medical devices, some of their products are used for respiratory health as well as medical furniture so they are Essential

    That's just 3 medical device companies with different levels of "Essential Roles"


  • #4618
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    lbj666 wrote: »
    You swear we were in an emergency or something

    It would be good to plan things in advance, they knew this was a possibility but like everything with this emergency, they have been unprepared for it.


  • #4619
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,955 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Can you go for a family walk,


  • #4620
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,244 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    Samsgirl wrote: »
    Would clerical.officer in a Garda station be considered essential I wonder?
    I'd say it is.


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  • #4621
    forumdedum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭forumdedum


    That lady on Late Late sounding very blocked up. Hmmm


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