What Username Guidelines wrote: » Any idea what types of businesses? I’ve been happy to see businesses in my area adapt really quickly and smartly and still operate. Hardware deliveries, etc. A cafe that we love moved fully to online and while a bit pricey, it’s nice to get good food delivered to break up the monotony of cheese sambos. As I said in a previous post I’m lucky to be still working and happy to support any local business that can adapt like this. It would be very helpful if the government could also support them with advice and standards/operating procedures to ensure full safety for them as well.
Down9194 wrote: » I think FG are happy to keep lockdown going as long as possible as it keeps them in power. They know their pact with FF & Greens is a non starter. Another election shortly after restrictions are lifted is my guess.
coastwatch wrote: » It nobody's fault, but the virus outbreak is taking a lot longer to "die down". The number of people in hospital with covid19 or suspected covid19 is still too high, 1066 at 8pm yesterday, and that was up 60 on the previous day. The total is still not far off the peak of around 1200 on 15th April. It looks like the acute hospital system is currently 50% for Covid 19, and 50% every other illness and treatment. Hard to see that changing much over the next few days, and painful as the restrictions are for everyone, it would be foolish to risk a flare up again, by making any more than only very minor changes for the next few weeks.
What Username Guidelines wrote: » But look at Spain’s plan. Yes it’s optimistic, and it’s weeks away from even starting, but there is lots of hope in it, with doses of reality. It starts slow but works until June when restaurants will be open, even mentions hotels. Dates and all. Italy’s plan even includes small groups being allowed to visit family. Even if we just had some hope, and some heavy reality... like phase 1 is X, phase 2 is Y. The reality is those that can work from home, etc, will probably be at home til September, myself included. Yet I’ve people in work talking about being in the office when the restrictions are lifted, thinking it will be soon. Radio silence from Leo for this long is a joke, with the odd dig to the public that we’re not doing enough. I’ve been at home since the start of March and count myself lucky I’m still employed and can work from home, and even still I find this infuriating even tho it will make very little difference to me and I’m here for the foreseeable. Can’t imagine the toll on others, even if an announcement doesn’t help everyone immediately, it will at least buy them a bit more patience. I hope. At this stage even if they levelled with everyone and just said we need testing in place before we can make a move. That Irish times article today was spot on, making the nation stay home and then blaming them is bull****.
GazzaL wrote: » There's a lot of "non-essential" businesses ready to open on Tuesday. People haven't been content to just sit on their holes watching Netflix. Businesses have been working behind the scenes, getting more hand sanitiser, PPE, planning on how to manage people's movements and use social distancing. Now Leo and Tony might think they're all very naughty boys and girls, but they're doing a hell of a lot more to protect people and protect jobs than NPHET.
Bobtheman wrote: » I heard an announcement will be made this Friday. We need a road map soon.
Tenzor07 wrote: » The figure was accurate:
cajonlardo wrote: » You just added a zero to the true figure there. 76 out of hundreds of thousands interactions with the public is proof that the vast majority are adhering to the restrictions
When asked whether his members were frustrated they could not enforce the 2km rule against people from the North, Mr Harris suggested people who were not complying with the 2km rule were also making other “poor choices” and this had resulted in the 760 breaches of the law being detected.
Rodin wrote: » No idea. But if the guards want evidence of indiscretion, Strava is a treasure trove of evidence.
pjohnson wrote: » 760 offences uncovered at the garda checkpoints. No suprise that some were so annoyed by the gardai doing their jobs!
Tenzor07 wrote: » How many of those 76 arrests were cyclists then?
kenmm wrote: » Have you anyone outside those mentioned here to talk to. These are dark days with potentially more to come, by to we will get through it. Might not seem it now, but soon we will.
gmisk wrote: » Everywhere? Not true is the UK loosening theirs? Plenty of others are putting plans in place to loosen but they had much stricter lockdowns and have had a much tougher time e.g. spain
GolfNut33 wrote: » I struggle mentally sometimes and I spend most of my free time outdoors, either playing golf, walking the dogs or out with the kids. I don't do well at home for extended periods of time. Christmas can be a nightmare for me. Golf is a huge part of my life, so yes, I would love a round. I'm also a father and business owner. My kids are doing reasonably well but the frustration is building. I've built up the business for the past 15 years and I'm currently looking at it slipping away as each week passes.
Archeron wrote: » I'm sharing a household with two family members, one of whom is a manic depressive and the other a violent chronic alcoholic. I've done everything ive been asked to do for the past seven weeks and have been so much looking forward to this Friday to see some light at the end of the tunnel. My only escape generally is to f*ck off to the mountains on my own every couple of weeks to get some respite. In recent weeks my job has fired 90% of my team and moved the workload to those remaining, meaning I now am expected to work a 16 hour day and I am questioned if I take a lunch break. I receive emails at 9pm with a warning that I have a two hour deadline to respond. And in addition I'm being threatened every day that my job is on the line if I don't do exactly what I'm told to do, and I should be grateful to still have a job, if I lose it, I'm the only earner in the house and will not be able to pay my mortgage. I have foregone some food shopping to try and squirrel away some money to an extra months mortgage. I have lost 15% of my body weight (I wasn't overweight to start so that's not a good thing) Despite everything I've stayed as happy as can be and been positive to any friends ive spoken to, in the hope, the ever living hope that this week would see some semblance of a plan and conscious that we all need to support each other through this. No apparent view of the future, no plan, no vision. I hate to say this on a public thread but on my solo inside 2km exercise today, I stopped at the river and gazed so deeply into its depths. As I walked awayfrom it, conscious of my family responsibilities, a passing jogger ran past me and coughed in my face. (Not intentially) I don't want the pubs to open, I don't care that I'm hairier than cousin it from the addams family, I don't care about most things but I want to know that our government have some idea what is going to happen. I need to see a plan to get through this and not a never ending, sure two more weeks and we'll see what happens. For me, every day in work is constant fear and every day off work means nothing more than additional sleep during which I have horrible, terrifying nightmares. I appreciate this is new to us all and we have to learn from others experiences, and i appreciate this is here to stay. But to all of those who say that were nothing but a bunch of pub missing hairdresser attending snowflakes, I assure you the reality for some is awful. As I saw on a recent meme, as I lie me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I die before I wake, good. I will continue to do as advised and continue to follow the rules but please stop being so dismissive of other peoples circumstances and the reasons why some are beginning to creak at the edges.
Spencer Brown wrote: » Do you have anything to add or is your only move to put down other posters?Feel free to report my post again.
pjohnson wrote: » So its never been in Ireland then this is just a cover up? Jaysus you fell hard into conspiracy drunkmonkey.
SusieBlue wrote: » Lockdown was never supposed to make the virus die off. If I genuinely thought another month of lockdown would get rid of the thing I would gladly do it & support the cause for the greater good of everyone. The reality is that the virus is here to stay until we build up antibodies, and find a cure or a vaccine. No amount of staying at home will make it go away. The purpose of the lockdown was to buy time to prepare the health system for the influx of cases, organise additional beds and implement social distancing protocol to the general public. That was it. That was the end goal and we have done what we set out to do. A startling number of people seem to believe the purpose of it was to ‘kill off’ the virus and won’t be happy easing the lockdown until cases go down to zero and that’s never going to happen.
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