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irishbucsfan

Oh lord she was awful

irishbucsfan

Fair play to the sign language interpreter in the background keeping up with that madness

Zzippy

Heard about it but haven't seen it, is it online? How did she even get in, she has no affiliation to any paper and quoted a non-existent one when she gave her name apparently...

thomond2006

That one was cutting a wrestling promo, not asking a question.

How on earth did she get in?

Stheno

Zzippy wrote: »

Heard about it but haven't seen it, is it online? How did she even get in, she has no affiliation to any paper and quoted a non-existent one when she gave her name apparently...

Rte player I think has it starts about 40 minutes in

[Deleted User]

Zzippy wrote: »

Heard about it but haven't seen it, is it online? How did she even get in, she has no affiliation to any paper and quoted a non-existent one when she gave her name apparently...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KLywqME8FY

irishbucsfan

Johnson saying they’re going to end the lockdown from Monday when they haven’t seen a reduction in cases yet?

Bazzo

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Johnson saying they’re going to end the lockdown from Monday when they haven’t seen a reduction in cases yet?

We'll see what exactly they lift, I've seen sunbathing and picnicing mentioned and to be honest living beside a big park I can tell you compliance with them has been absolutely abysmal anyway.

Clegg

Bit concerned by Holohan saying infection rates in the community are still too high. I've no doubt he's right, but how do we get out if this hole?

[Deleted User]

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Johnson saying they’re going to end the lockdown from Monday when they haven’t seen a reduction in cases yet?

Had a look at the morning papers yet?

It's borderline negligent. They are celebrating the end of the lockdown on Monday and a lot of people are going to misinterpret it as a return to normal.

It saves them from reporting on the record dead and keeps accountability away from the government but it just strikes me as incredibly irresponsible. I really hope they are basing decisions on sound, good quality advice but I wouldn't be surprised if they are looking at the rest of Europe starting to open up and don't want more bad headlines.

You'd have to feel very sympathetic to the voters in England who didn't vote for this Government and didn't vote for Brexit and now have to watch this horror show with a further crash to happen in a few months.

Former Former

Clegg wrote: »

Bit concerned by Holohan saying infection rates in the community are still too high. I've no doubt he's right, but how do we get out if this hole?

A stricter lockdown.

Like, we never really had a lockdown, not in the sense of Spain, France or Italy. There was essentially zero enforcement and thus even the pretty relaxed rules were widely flouted. Transmission was always going to continue.

Maybe that's not a bad thing either, who knows. But either way, there's no political will to tighten restrictions and the public won't tolerate even the current ones for much longer.

sydthebeat

It's a way they can hide the brexit economic hit amidst the covid depression

Buer

Clegg wrote: »

Bit concerned by Holohan saying infection rates in the community are still too high. I've no doubt he's right, but how do we get out if this hole?

Infection rates are dropping and he's erring on the side of caution for good reason. If you take the average at 3 day intervals for new cases, the average for the 3 days up to and including yesterday was 247. The previous 3 days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) was 298. Previous to that was 321.

We're seeing a consistent decline in new cases. It's higher than we want but any cases is higher than we want. Things are moving steadily in the right direction.

[Deleted User]

sydthebeat wrote: »

It's a way they can hide the brexit economic hit amidst the covid depression

They can't. Brexit is only going to be a no-deal now, there will be no trade agreement and a no deal Brexit will utterly crush them. It would be another massive, massive hit to their economy. There would be no divorcing the scale of damage the UK and Ireland would suffer in comparison to other EU states and the splash damage to Ireland could well scupper any good will they have on the international stage.

sydthebeat

only in an alternate universe should you see these two front page headlines side by side !!!!

sydthebeat

Deleted User wrote: »

They can't. Brexit is only going to be a no-deal now, there will be no trade agreement and a no deal Brexit will utterly crush them. It would be another massive, massive hit to their economy. There would be no divorcing the scale of damage the UK and Ireland would suffer in comparison to other EU states and the splash damage to Ireland could well scupper any good will they have on the international stage.

its what they are going to try to do....
when the dust settles on all this and UK has a longer recession than the rest of europe they will point to covid as the main reason, not the brexit clusterfcuk.

im not saying it will work, but its the "out" that they will cling to.

and we'll get fcuked in the cross fire

dregin

Deleted User wrote: »

Had a look at the morning papers yet?

It's borderline negligent. They are celebrating the end of the lockdown on Monday and a lot of people are going to misinterpret it as a return to normal.

It saves them from reporting on the record dead and keeps accountability away from the government but it just strikes me as incredibly irresponsible. I really hope they are basing decisions on sound, good quality advice but I wouldn't be surprised if they are looking at the rest of Europe starting to open up and don't want more bad headlines.

You'd have to feel very sympathetic to the voters in England who didn't vote for this Government and didn't vote for Brexit and now have to watch this horror show with a further crash to happen in a few months.

I'm angered by the fact that the ****ers are going to drag us down with them.

kuang1

Back to gardening for a sec...

I'm in the process of "cleaning" my back garden.
New build, moved in last summer.
"garden" is just over 80 square metres, and had never received any attention before now other than the builders jcb.

Made the decision to go at it with a pick, shovel and rake.
As something to focus on during quarantine, and a great way to exercise.

I'm about 60% of the way there. Very happy with the clean, level result so far, and the soil quality is v good as a consequence of me raking and re-raking to filter out the ****e.
I've estimated that it will be 36 hours of labour in total. (doing it in 3 hour stints to try to minimise the chance of back injuries!)

So here's my question...
I'm doing all of this so that I can get roll out grass to lay on top. (I'll roll it out myself)

I know that you need to water the bejaysus out of it once it's laid for a few days, but what about beforehand?
Is a roller essential before or after or both? Should the soil be scuffed up before laying or flattened?

Anyone done similar? I've only got one quote so far which was about €6 per square metre...that about right?

thomond2006

If you have two hours to kill, watch this back.

The sport of hurling at its peak.

Stheno

Buer wrote: »

Infection rates are dropping and he's erring on the side of caution for good reason. If you take the average at 3 day intervals for new cases, the average for the 3 days up to and including yesterday was 247. The previous 3 days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) was 298. Previous to that was 321.

We're seeing a consistent decline in new cases. It's higher than we want but any cases is higher than we want. Things are moving steadily in the right direction.

It was interesting last night that they said the majority of the new cases are amongst younger people

I wonder do they think it wont hit them? Or is there a socio economic element to it? E.g. those who cant work from home?

Panda Killa

1/3 of people arriving into Ireland at Dublin airport aren't telling the authorities where they will be staying...
It's then impossible to check on whether or not they are self-isolating

[Deleted User]

kuang1 wrote: »

Back to gardening for a sec...

I'm in the process of "cleaning" my back garden.
New build, moved in last summer.
"garden" is just over 80 square metres, and had never received any attention before now other than the builders jcb.

Made the decision to go at it with a pick, shovel and rake.
As something to focus on during quarantine, and a great way to exercise.

I'm about 60% of the way there. Very happy with the clean, level result so far, and the soil quality is v good as a consequence of me raking and re-raking to filter out the ****e.
I've estimated that it will be 36 hours of labour in total. (doing it in 3 hour stints to try to minimise the chance of back injuries!)

So here's my question...
I'm doing all of this so that I can get roll out grass to lay on top. (I'll roll it out myself)

I know that you need to water the bejaysus out of it once it's laid for a few days, but what about beforehand?
Is a roller essential before or after or both? Should the soil be scuffed up before laying or flattened?

Anyone done similar? I've only got one quote so far which was about €6 per square metre...that about right?

If it was me I'd get a few bags of topsoil and I'd seed the lawn for a few weeks instead of putting down the rolls of grass. You need to re-seed and water regularly but in my experience you get a better lawn.

Squidgy Black

Panda Killa wrote: »

1/3 of people arriving into Ireland at Dublin airport aren't telling the authorities where they will be staying...
It's then impossible to check on whether or not they are self-isolating

I'm not surprised to be honest, the form isn't underpinned by any legislation and people aren't required to fill it out.

We've had a fairly soft approach to our borders in general.

Podge_irl

Panda Killa wrote: »

1/3 of people arriving into Ireland at Dublin airport aren't telling the authorities where they will be staying...
It's then impossible to check on whether or not they are self-isolating

Is there any checking of whether people are self-isolating being done anyway? It is not exactly an easy thing to track one way or another anyway.

Podge_irl

Squidgy Black wrote: »

I'm not surprised to be honest, the form isn't underpinned by any legislation and people aren't required to fill it out.

We've had a fairly soft approach to our borders in general.

Immigration is not required to let them in either, so I don't think it would need to be underpinned by any specific legislation.

Given we aren't going to be eradicating it a la New Zealand, I'm not sure the minimal number of travellers coming into the state are making much of a difference.

DGRulz

Stheno wrote: »

It was interesting last night that they said the majority of the new cases are amongst younger people

I wonder do they think it wont hit them? Or is there a socio economic element to it? E.g. those who cant work from home?

Was out walking the dog last night. On my way back I was coming round a corner and 3 lads about my age came towards me walking 3 abreast, made no effort to make any space for me and the dog on the path. Just before that I had met a group of about 5 little girls under 10 riding their bikes on the road. There's a definite air of complacency in the general public. People don't like being inconvenienced for a prolonged period of time.

awec

kuang1 wrote: »

Back to gardening for a sec...

I'm in the process of "cleaning" my back garden.
New build, moved in last summer.
"garden" is just over 80 square metres, and had never received any attention before now other than the builders jcb.

Made the decision to go at it with a pick, shovel and rake.
As something to focus on during quarantine, and a great way to exercise.

I'm about 60% of the way there. Very happy with the clean, level result so far, and the soil quality is v good as a consequence of me raking and re-raking to filter out the ****e.
I've estimated that it will be 36 hours of labour in total. (doing it in 3 hour stints to try to minimise the chance of back injuries!)

So here's my question...
I'm doing all of this so that I can get roll out grass to lay on top. (I'll roll it out myself)

I know that you need to water the bejaysus out of it once it's laid for a few days, but what about beforehand?
Is a roller essential before or after or both? Should the soil be scuffed up before laying or flattened?

Anyone done similar? I've only got one quote so far which was about €6 per square metre...that about right?

i laid mine on scuffed, flat soil. Not rolled flat, but flat enough that all of the rolled turf was in contact with ground that wasn't going to sink much.

kuang1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If it was me I'd get a few bags of topsoil and I'd seed the lawn for a few weeks instead of putting down the rolls of grass. You need to re-seed and water regularly but in my experience you get a better lawn.

I thought about that first, but when I priced it up, the roll out option was less than half the cost, and a quicker route to the finish line to boot.

awec

If you seed it now you won't have a usable lawn for months, versus about 3/4 weeks with the rolls.

My own lawn is mostly seeded, I just have a few bits of rolled turf where I used up some leftovers from the neighbour to cover some parts that I was really struggling to get to grow.

I've reseeded parts about 3 times and it's still not as thick as I want.

thomond2006

A decent drop in the number of new cases today, hopefully that continues.