Relaxation of Restrictions, Part IV - **Read OP for Mod Warnings**

Ginger n Lemon wrote: »

Are you serious?

A bit like 85 year olds with heart disease were in trouble before covid came?

Do you really think businesses operate with huge cash reserves and healthy profit margins?

Your complete lack of understand of ACTUAL jobs being lost is frightening. Why didnt you tell Monsoon employees to look for a new job last year? genius :rolleyes:

It was in the news last year they were close to folding. They shut shops down last year also.


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/monsoon-accessorize-cva-collapse-peter-simon-a9162006.html



There are a certain amount of shops that are in real trouble before covid came and even if they survive covid they be gone within a year.


Next is changing its whole model to the online model.


M&S is in trouble also and has been shutting down stories for the last 2 years


The high street as we know it is gone and it was gone before covid.


Online is the only way, get with the times or shut

Ginger n Lemon wrote: »

Excellent news to start off your day

Reopening of hairdressers and barbers set to be brought forward to June 29th

On Wednesday Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said hairdressers could be allowed to reopen earlier than previously planned, and he described as “too slow” the Government’s initial five-phase road map to reopen the country from the coronavirus lockdown by August.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/reopening-of-hairdressers-and-barbers-set-to-be-brought-forward-to-june-29th-1.4276398

Dont be cutting your own hair now, less than 3 weeks left

Invested in the tools so will do it home from here in. No more queues

average_runner wrote: »

Can you please start to do your homework before you post. These stores were in trouble over 2 years ago, like Debenhams and others.

That never matters to Ginger any business struggling in the next few months will be blamed on government/covid when they were already facing the chop long before.


Ginger even tried to blame covid for joe.ie struggling ffs :pac:

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Are you not in the slightest concerned to see the disappearance and destruction of the high street?

Not really, the high street is a place that over charges people, has no customer service and standard of quality is gone through the floor.


The shops that do have the quality will survive as people will go to them always.


But its time to get rid of the trash

manniot2 wrote: »

The scale of the job losses being announced internationally is beyond frightening. And its a tip of the iceberg compared to what is coming proportionally in this country. At least, according to the latest propaganda add by RTE and Ryan Tubridy, "you did it for Ireland".

All the people proclaiming that ****e are all working from home on full salary or working away as usual. If we were truly "all in it together" then we'd all be on the €350 per week regardless of profession or payscale. So no, we aren't in it together and never were.

road_high wrote: »

All the people proclaiming that ****e are all working from home on full salary or working away as usual. If we were truly "all in it together" then we'd all be on the €350 per week regardless of profession or payscale. So no, we aren't in it together and never were.

Feck if you want to do my job for 350 a week, off you go. I sit back and take 350 for something easier.

manniot2 wrote: »

The scale of the job losses being announced internationally is beyond frightening. And its a tip of the iceberg compared to what is coming proportionally in this country. At least, according to the latest propaganda add by RTE and Ryan Tubridy, "you did it for Ireland".

There was an economist on BBC last night going through each European countries expected contracting and expected grouth, surprisingly eastern European countries are excited to rebound quicker than western European countries,consumer and investment confidence have increased buckling the trend across the rest of Europe since easing or ending of covid restrictions.
Some of them are expecting to see marginal increase in employment.
The UK are expecting a mass exodus of eastern Europeans from there shores in the next 12 months,due to the handling of the covid crisis and Brit exit adding to the woes of the UK government who are anticipating the worst recession for them out of all of Europe

Ginger n Lemon wrote: »

Excellent news to start off your day

Reopening of hairdressers and barbers set to be brought forward to June 29th

On Wednesday Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said hairdressers could be allowed to reopen earlier than previously planned, and he described as “too slow” the Government’s initial five-phase road map to reopen the country from the coronavirus lockdown by August.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/reopening-of-hairdressers-and-barbers-set-to-be-brought-forward-to-june-29th-1.4276398

Dont be cutting your own hair now, less than 3 weeks left

Wish they would do the same for pubs not doing food.
I don't fancy having to reserve my seat and order food for three weeks just so I can have an early evening pint on a Saturday. Silly.

is_that_so wrote: »

That headline is largely down to one person naming 25 contacts.

Covid-slag.

crossman47 wrote: »

And that is a real worry. It leads to two conclusions about restrictions. Either (a) remove them all as some people are paying no attention like this person or (b) have stringent penalties. The latter is gone so we must all just take care of ourselves. I will work from home, avoid public transport and shop at quiet times. i will at all times socially distance. I will support restaurants through their take away offerings (many have been excellent).

That way I hope to keep me and my family safe. The only thing I will really miss is attendance at GAA games but so be it.

25 contacts per se is really not a huge issue with current demand, if they are all followed up and, as they claim, tested.
I'm inclined to go with this is the current message. That message has been changing and will continue to change as we move through the summer.

on the positive side its not a normal recession where the stock market drops for a year and a half, half built projects are dotted about the place. Half the population have more money now than they did 3 months ago. 2021 is going to be gangbusters , it will sill be horrible for smaller business owners, plenty may go to the wall while at the same time others might be getting loan and rent breaks because the buildings have no other use. Other positives, energy will be cheap, commercial rents will fall, new businesses will be created out of this and older businesses might see new ways of doing things.

average_runner wrote: »

Can you please start to do your homework before you post. These stores were in trouble over 2 years ago, like Debenhams and others.

But he bolded the statements!

At this rate there'll only be maybe 1, 2 words in each of his posts that haven't been.