Covid19 Part XIX-25,802 in ROI (1,753 deaths) 5,859 in NI (556 deaths) (21/07)Read OP

castletownman wrote: »

I do wonder if they introduced a 'covid tax' for all airline travel would it deter people enough.

Like I dunno, double the price of the ticket if you can't prove your journey is essential. Or increase insurance premiums come renewal time.

Something that will hit people in the pocket tends to make people think twice.

We're gonna be paying for this for a long time, never mind the bailout that it is costing us more than we get
Don't be giving them anymore ideas to tax us even more

Eod100 wrote: »

Talk about mixed messages:

''The Pandemic is not over and the public health advice remains the same. The safest thing to do is not to travel.''

https://www.thejournal.ie/green-list-publication-cabinet-5156156-Jul2020/?utm_source=twitter_short

To be honest, I think the advice is pretty clear: don't travel.

The green list is an attempt to appease some people and holiday operators/airlines etc. But, the bottom line is don't travel unless you really have to.

The media have made a bigger issue about this than there actually is and the supposed confusion is being partly stoked up by them. It's a bit of controversy.

And the likes of SF too. Louise O' Reilly was banging on at length on the TV this evening, sounding very dramatic and hysterical. The green list showed the CHAOS at the heart of government, so she says. Time to whip up the fury lads. Whatever the government did she'd be on blasting it. Interestingly enough, SF don't have many useful suggestions themselves.

Not saying that the list isn't newsworthy or that the messaging has been 100% spot on, but the media have been losing the run of themselves a bit about it today and have given the minute details of this list a lot more coverage than is really warranted. The EU summit which is actually far, far more important, took up far less breathless airtime today.

Sometimes, as much as I make use of them, I kinda hate the silliness of the media in Ireland. Their propensity to overly focus as a whole on one issue is pretty apparent. Back in March they were obsessed with the fate of the Paddy's day parades for a good week, even though it was plainly fcking obvious that they would get cancelled and were, ultimately, the absolute least of everyone's worries. Then it was the leaving cert, which everyone knew would get cancelled. Lately it was Barry Cowen - days dedicated to coverage of that shyte, which then just vanished instantly when the story became about the pubs not opening.