LiquidZeb wrote: » Glad to see she's doing well but people are facing destitution and unemployment. People might lose their homes and businesses. Telling them to smile comes across as utterly tone deaf.
road_high wrote: » https://www.facebook.com/518620081515968/posts/3356570704387544/ This is what you’re up against with the “foreva lockdown” types. Absolutely mind numbingly idiotic people out there going by those comments. Granted it’s journal.ie layabout types but still gives a flavour. Clearly never worked a day in their lives or in any remotely responsible business capacity
poolboy wrote: » Absolutely people are thinking about it and rightly so but Principals have not been told anything more than us that's all I'm saying.
never_mind wrote: » I’ll vouch for this. I’m close to people on roles like this and no one knows more than the rest of us.
GoneHome wrote: » But really it doesn't, jesus if you or a member of your family were in ICU in hospital dying from Covid-19 then you would realise that work/the economy etc means f-all, perspective needed here brother
alwald wrote: » Be careful, Norman and his followers might blame you for breathing nevermind living in a house.
easypazz wrote: » Agreed. It is good to see most people that matter, from principals to publicans, reading between the lines and trying to get their head around what is required into the future. The stainers on Monica's dress around here are a tiny minority.
JoeA3 wrote: » Oh Jesus... wish I didn't click on that. Its pornhub for CorkBoy and Bandit :eek:
GoneHome wrote: » This puts it totally in persective, jesus people it's not that difficult, myself and OH have been off work with a month now and we're really relishing it, we've got all those long finger jobs done around the house and garden, reading all the books we never had time for before, watching great tv series, listening to music, going for long walks, cooking and baking nice food and all the while getting €350 each from the government with nothing to spend it on only €100 once a week in Dunnes on food, relax people and stay at home.
road_high wrote: » I was expecting the brain-dead comments given the publication. Think they’re an extension of Journal.ie. Many readers even enjoying the lockdown- heaven i suppose if your idea of “living” is eating junk all day watch Netflix and sky evidently
timmy_mallet wrote: » And when you go out to replenish your stock of 2l bottles of coke and a jogger a JOGER ON THE PATH, risks destroying your health, then you go back home and pour another glass and rant about them
Smegging hell wrote: » Says the fellow who has spent the entire day posting on boards.ie?
road_high wrote: » How long do you think the €350 per week is going to last?
LiquidZeb wrote: » And what happens when that €350 inevitably gets cut? A lot of people relishing this are in for a very rude awakening when that happens.
LiquidZeb wrote: » Well apparently we can borrow as much money as we like and never have to repay it so I guess there is your answer.
JoeA3 wrote: » When the €350 a week of free money dries up, these neanderthals will be in a real pickle. I cannot believe 500k people "like" Liberal.ie. I never heard of it until 5 minutes ago. There's a whole world of space cadets out there... the few on here are only a tiny proportion of them it seems.
GoneHome wrote: » Even if it goes down to the €203 per week each we'd still survive, we live a rural area 45 minutes - 1 hour from Limerick city where we both work, small mortgarge for a lovely house and an acre of garden. There's a lot to be said for living in the sticks, we were just talking about it today and we were saying jesus imagine being above in Dublin stuck in a small 1 bedroom apartment, no thanks.
JoeA3 wrote: » When the €350 a week of free money dries up, these neanderthals will be in a real pickle.
road_high wrote: » So it seems. The money markets will of course keep doing this because we are special and must wait to see if other less important countries die off first. If not we may or may not decide to get back to work. But better wait another few months. Just in case
LiquidZeb wrote: » I'm glad you can last in that situation but many people simply can't. Also thousands of people losing their jobs is depressing to both the economy and people themselves. It's a kick to people's self esteem and especially so if you're in the hospitality, restaurant or pub sector where it looks as if you'll be shuttered for the rest of the year.
SNNUS wrote: » I have no problem complying with the restrictions until 5th May, plan was to lockdown to get R0 below 1 it's now 0.5 or so and little community transmission.
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 48%, close contact accounts for 48%, travel abroad accounts for 4%https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/6e638a-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-saturday-25/