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

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  • #7352
    cbb1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭cbb1982


    Just wondering if anyone can help me - I was in a local reopened cafe / coffee shop today and a lady beside me was asked to leave as she had stayed longer than the 60 mins allowed under new guidelines? I haven’t seen this anywhere & wondered if she was asked to leave as nursing a coffee and working on laptop, it was after lunch place wasn’t busy nor people waiting on tables! I frequent the cafe quite a bit and often used to see people working on laptops etc


  • #7353
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    cbb1982 wrote: »
    Just wondering if anyone can help me - I was in a local reopened cafe / coffee shop today and a lady beside me was asked to leave as she had stayed longer than the 60 mins allowed under new guidelines? I haven’t seen this anywhere & wondered if she was asked to leave as nursing a coffee and working on laptop, it was after lunch place wasn’t busy nor people waiting on tables! I frequent the cafe quite a bit and often used to see people working on laptops etc

    Using a cafe as an office during a pandemic, this just gets better lol


  • #7354
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fr336 wrote: »
    Using a cafe as an office during a pandemic, this just gets better lol

    There is no pandemic. It’s over.


  • #7355
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Naos wrote: »
    So long as his pubs, cinema, gym and barbers are open, I really don't think he give's a ****.

    How can you seriously complain about the economic impact of the lockdown, reguarly post about the damage to the tourism sector in particular and then do a complete 180 when it comes to putting your money where your mouth is.

    Unreal.

    It's almost like these people aren't bothered about the economy, mental health, school kids etc etc. They just want everything to suit them again.


  • #7356
    cbb1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭cbb1982


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    There is no pandemic. It’s over.

    I just thought it was rude to ask someone to leave after an hour, who’s to say it was office work could be personal, college work etc


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  • #7357
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    There is no pandemic. It’s over.

    Thanks Maggie let's all get back to work...oh.


  • #7358
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    cbb1982 wrote: »
    I just thought it was rude to ask someone to leave after an hour, who’s to say it was office work could be personal, college work etc

    Are the libraries open? If not then maybe people shouldn't be clogging up cafes on laptops. It's very rude.


  • #7359
    Ginger n Lemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,447 ✭✭✭Ginger n Lemon


    Naos wrote: »
    So long as his pubs, cinema, gym and barbers are open, I really don't think he give's a ****.

    How can you seriously complain about the economic impact of the lockdown, reguarly post about the damage to the tourism sector in particular and then do a complete 180 when it comes to putting your money where your mouth is.

    Unreal.

    Putting my money where my mouth is? Do you see the weather outside? Staycation? You gotta be a complete idiot to do a staycation in this country.

    This is fkin mad isnt? 2020 at its peak. LETS DO HOLIDAY IN IRELAND YESSS GREAT WEATHER FANTASTIC SUNNY DAYS :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • #7360
    cbb1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭cbb1982


    fr336 wrote: »
    Are the libraries open? If not then maybe people shouldn't be clogging up cafes on laptops. It's very rude.

    Clogging up the cafe - there was hardly anyone in there - surely they should be thankful for customers after lockdown?


  • #7361
    cbb1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭cbb1982


    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Putting my money where my mouth is? Do you see the weather outside? Staycation? You gotta be a complete idiot to do a staycation in this country.

    This is fkin mad isnt? 2020 at its peak. LETS DO HOLIDAY IN IRELAND YESSS GREAT WEATHER FANTASTIC SUNNY DAYS :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Not to mention the cost of staycationing in Ireland 🙄


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  • #7362
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,339 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Putting my money where my mouth is? Do you see the weather outside? Staycation? You gotta be a complete idiot to do a staycation in this country.

    This is fkin mad isnt? 2020 at its peak. LETS DO HOLIDAY IN IRELAND YESSS GREAT WEATHER FANTASTIC SUNNY DAYS :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Very selfish attitude.

    All about me me me.


  • #7363
    Ginger n Lemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,447 ✭✭✭Ginger n Lemon


    cbb1982 wrote: »
    Not to mention the cost of staycationing in Ireland ��

    Its pissing rain here where I live for- Dublin, 3rd day in a row. This is June, July.

    Hasnt been sunny since last week... and even then sunny is probably too strong of a word. Casual 16 degrees "its not cold" weather.


  • #7364
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fr336 wrote: »
    Thanks Maggie let's all get back to work...oh.

    I worked throughout Covid anyway.


  • #7365
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I worked throughout Covid anyway.

    Me too. Maybe all those working from home should do the same.


  • #7366
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Putting my money where my mouth is? Do you see the weather outside? Staycation? You gotta be a complete idiot to do a staycation in this country.

    This is fkin mad isnt? 2020 at its peak. LETS DO HOLIDAY IN IRELAND YESSS GREAT WEATHER FANTASTIC SUNNY DAYS :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Do you go abroad every year? Even during recessions? You must do well.


  • #7367
    Ginger n Lemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,447 ✭✭✭Ginger n Lemon


    fr336 wrote: »
    Do you go abroad every year? Even during recessions? You must do well.

    Yes.

    A handy way to save money - dont piss away 500 - 800 euros on 3 night getaways in Ireland.


  • #7368
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Yes.

    A handy way to save money - dont piss away 500 - 800 euros on 3 night getaways in Ireland.

    So how long will you be away from Boards this year? :pac:


  • #7369
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,231 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Putting my money where my mouth is? Do you see the weather outside? Staycation? You gotta be a complete idiot to do a staycation in this country.

    This is fkin mad isnt? 2020 at its peak. LETS DO HOLIDAY IN IRELAND YESSS GREAT WEATHER FANTASTIC SUNNY DAYS :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    So you dont really care about the economy and job losses in Ireland then. What a suprise. All your "concern" for closed business that make no difference to you whether open or not :pac:

    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Yes.

    A handy way to save money - dont piss away 500 - 800 euros on 3 night getaways in Ireland.

    Not helping the hotel industry you were so concerned about Gingey


  • #7370
    CruelSummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭CruelSummer


    pjohnson wrote: »
    So you dont really care about the economy and job losses in Ireland then. What a suprise. All your "concern" for closed business that make no difference to you whether open or not :pac:




    Not helping the hotel industry you were so concerned about Gingey

    Where are you heading on your staycation pjohnson?


  • #7371
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,888 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Speaking of the Priory restaurant closing in Kildare, is it just me that is starting to notice similar announcements from cafes, pubs and restaurants? I've seen a couple now on social media over the last week.

    Very sad and very concerning. How many livelihoods will be destroyed by this? And most won't even get a mention in the media.

    Yes lots of them. One i know well in portlaoise called Tynans Stoneyard which was a gem of a place. Really nice homely kind of food. Said it was impossible to set the restaurant up for social distancing so they’re closing up. Probably at least a dozen jobs gone


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  • #7372
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,888 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    The staycation thing is looking pretty unappealing with all the restrictions and worsening weather. Plan to just wait and see and go abroad on the autumn.


  • #7373
    MickeyLeari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 917 ✭✭✭MickeyLeari


    fr336 wrote: »
    Using a cafe as an office during a pandemic, this just gets better lol

    People working and spending. Happy days.


  • #7374
    Ginger n Lemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,447 ✭✭✭Ginger n Lemon


    CruelSummer wrote: »
    Where are you heading on your staycation pjohnson?

    Is anyone in this thread doing a staycation? if yes - which hotel and how many nights?


  • #7375
    greensheep777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭greensheep777


    cbb1982 wrote: »
    Just wondering if anyone can help me - I was in a local reopened cafe / coffee shop today and a lady beside me was asked to leave as she had stayed longer than the 60 mins allowed under new guidelines? I haven’t seen this anywhere & wondered if she was asked to leave as nursing a coffee and working on laptop, it was after lunch place wasn’t busy nor people waiting on tables! I frequent the cafe quite a bit and often used to see people working on laptops etc

    The cheek of them. Give it a few weeks til they go bust and they'll be reminiscing about the days they had paying customers.
    fr336 wrote: »
    Using a cafe as an office during a pandemic, this just gets better lol

    Some people have to work. Someone has to pay for all these covid payments. The nerve of them to be trying to support a local business.
    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Putting my money where my mouth is? Do you see the weather outside? Staycation? You gotta be a complete idiot to do a staycation in this country.

    This is fkin mad isnt? 2020 at its peak. LETS DO HOLIDAY IN IRELAND YESSS GREAT WEATHER FANTASTIC SUNNY DAYS :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Dr Hoolahoop wants 5 million people to spend their "staycation" indoors, breathing each others' air in, sitting in pubs and hotels all over the country all summer, watching it piss down cos it's too wet to go outside.
    But apparently going abroad and being outdoors in the fresh air on a beach or apartment balcony is too dangerous.

    Since we're so adamant that the Yanks must be allowed come in at all times, why not go full hog and encourage them to put their money in our tourist industry. They love coming over and getting misty eyed about "muh heritage".
    fr336 wrote: »
    Do you go abroad every year? Even during recessions? You must do well.

    Did you spend all your 350 a week funds already? No wonder you're dying to have the lockdown continue.


  • #7376
    Naos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Naos


    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Putting my money where my mouth is? Do you see the weather outside? Staycation? You gotta be a complete idiot to do a staycation in this country.

    This is fkin mad isnt? 2020 at its peak. LETS DO HOLIDAY IN IRELAND YESSS GREAT WEATHER FANTASTIC SUNNY DAYS :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Yes.

    A handy way to save money - dont piss away 500 - 800 euros on 3 night getaways in Ireland.

    You do get that you've been banging on about the devestation to the Irish economy and in particular tourism, yet when both need your support the most you are laughing in their face?

    Do you see the hypocrisy in what you're saying?


  • #7377
    growleaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,025 ✭✭✭growleaves


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  • #7378
    Ginger n Lemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,447 ✭✭✭Ginger n Lemon


    Donohoe says Covid-19 support demands could wipe out 2020 tax take

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/donohoe-says-covid-19-support-demands-could-wipe-out-2020-tax-take-1.4293688?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2Fdonohoe-says-covid-19-support-demands-could-wipe-out-2020-tax-take-1.4293688

    I am lost for words. I'd say if we google "decimate" Irish economy will come up. The worst minister for finance? where was this lad when 2 week extension was being announced 1 May? All he says nowadays is "we will borrow".....


  • #7379
    growleaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,025 ✭✭✭growleaves


    Christian leaders invoke Magna Carta and sue the government over church lockdown
    After the courts in Germany, France and the United States overturned the wholesale lockdown of places of worship, the UK government sought to prevent a similar legal challenge in the UK by negotiating with various groups of religious leaders in June. [..]

    However, a coalition of high-profile leaders of some of the largest, fastest growing, and most diverse churches in the UK, welcome this development but caution that the closure of churches should never have happened in the first place and the government needs to go further. “For the first time in centuries, the government made it a criminal offence to go to church on a Sunday. We cannot let this go unchallenged. We need assurances this will not happen again,” says John Quintanilla, the pastor of Hebron Christian Faith Church in Coventry.

    The group, led by the co-founder of Christian Concern Rev. Ade Omooba MBE, also includes the President of Eurovision Mission to Europe Dr David Hathaway, former Chaplain to the Queen Dr. Gavin Ashenden, and the President of Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali.

    The group first threatened legal action in its pre-action letter of 29 May, and provided the government with an expert report by an eminent environmental microbiologist, Dr Ian Benkharn, which described the government ban on church services as ‘bizarre’, ‘contradictory’, ‘perverse’ and ‘unreasonable’.

    The report concluded: ‘In light of the current knowledge of COVID-19 coronavirus infection, and the general principles of infection prevention and control, I can identify no scientifically valid barriers to reopening of churches for services as outlined here.’


  • #7380
    Ginger n Lemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,447 ✭✭✭Ginger n Lemon


    Naos wrote: »
    You do get that you've been banging on about the devestation to the Irish economy and in particular tourism, yet when both need your support the most you are laughing in their face?

    Do you see the hypocrisy in what you're saying?

    None. Why is me going to south of Spain, and some German lads coming over to temple bar - bad for Irish economy and Irish tourism?

    That can't happen because you dont wanna take a little risk welcoming foreign visitors?


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  • #7381
    greensheep777
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭greensheep777


    Ginger n Lemon wrote: »
    Is anyone in this thread doing a staycation? if yes - which hotel and how many nights?

    Not my parents anyway, they're going abroad as usual. They refuse to be cooped up in a pub or hotel on these miserable wet days, breathing everyone else's germs in, because Dr Hoolahoop claims this is the safest option.

    When I'm not in Germany, i hope to head to Greece at some point, and Asia towards the end of the year all going well.


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