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

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

I’m neither public sector nor retired and I am massively in favour of restrictions, I’d have no issue with another country wide lockdown as we had in March to June.

Nox would you be happy with a Chinese level of control on the citizens of Ireland? You seem very in favour of heavy handed authoritarian approaches to everything.

Nermal wrote: »

Out of interest, what’s the legal basis for pub & restaurant closures? Masks/PLF completion are mandated in law for the general public, but everything else is totally advisory. Has legislation actually been passed regarding the various rules businesses face?

Martin said regulations would follow during the press conference this evening. He didn't say WHAT regulations, but he did dodge the "will the Garda get powers to restrict travel" one twice.

IFI and Lighthouse closed anyway.

uli84 wrote: »

My friend’s son communion was meant to be this Sunday, guests from abroad arrived yesterday ( communion now cancelled 2nd or 3rd time I believe, people are literally bewildered

The guests from abroad weren't going to self-isolate then?

ElektroToad wrote: »

They bottled it. Guess all the leaks were as bad as we feared.

Dublin city centre is gonna be a deserted wasteland yet gain for the next few weeks.

Seriously, I haven't been this dismayed towards an Irish Govt since the dying days of Brian Cowen's stint as Taoiseach. This is economic vandalism...

100% new government, same shambolic **** !

CruelSummer wrote: »

Why? We had an election campaign in February and not one word of Covid 19 was mentioned by a single politician. I don’t actually know how all of the parties would approach the current crisis given the opportunity of being in power. Who would you vote for?

I'm not registered to vote.

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

End of society? Oh ffs the hyperbolic bs is getting beyond stupid at this stage.

I notice you did not answer my question though, you must be a politician.
So I'll ask it again, what exactly do you think they should do about a growing trend?

dalyboy wrote: »

Problem is NPHET etc still won’t accept that lockdowns are beyond useless and even with all the egg on their face will probably seek a country wide lockdown by then .

Why should they accept something that is not true? Lockdowns work fine as various places from Wuhan to New York show.

uli84 wrote: »

My friend’s son communion was meant to be this Sunday, guests from abroad arrived yesterday ( communion now cancelled 2nd or 3rd time I believe, people are literally bewildered

People travelling from abroad for such gatherings is one of the reasons we are where we are today. I presume these people were coming from a country on the green list or were they just planning to ignore the quarantine?

Restrooms wrote: »

Meaning?

Sorry I'm not up to speed

Travel for work wasn't affected by today's announcement so deliveries will be fine

Deleted User wrote: »

No, they wouldn’t

No issue so

Charles Babbage wrote: »

People travelling from abroad for such gatherings is one of the reasons we are where we are today. I presume these people were coming from a country on the green list or were they just planning to ignore the quarantine?

Sigh. You’re NPHET’s dream citizen.

If these people were coming from a non-green list country they could still go straight to the gathering.
The same way someone returning from Tullamore could attend the same function.

There is no quarantine. There never was. People didn’t get the wordplay by the government and just blindly followed their ‘advice’

In their attempt to humanise the idea of locking one’s self away for 2 weeks, the government changed the wording to ‘restricting your movements’ Soothing.

Are you aware that I could fly to Germany tomorrow for beers and whatnot, return to work Monday and not quarantine. Yet I can’t go to a pub in Dublin. Kildare is fine. But you despair at people not following the ‘advice’, from the people who brought you those^^^ rules, to ‘quarantine’?

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

There isn't much point voting really.

Its not a democracy at present, NPHET have assumed power and implemented a nanny state.

The 1947 health act needs to be removed from the constitution at all costs.

Or at least amended that it can only be implemented under genuine causes, not something thats not dangerous for those under 80 and outside nursing home's

Right

Ryan Tubridy (covid survivor) is very lucky according to himself that he didn't need hospital treatment.

The staggering number of people who don't understand stats is not limited to those not on TV.

Zebra3 wrote: »

Most likely saying what he thinks people want to hear.

I miss Ivan Yates from media.

He was the opposite of populist.

A bolix perhap's, but he was easy listen to in comparison to the current media echo chamber.

He is badly needed heading into Winter

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Ryan Tubridy (covid survivor) is very lucky according to himself that he didn't need hospital treatment.

The staggering number of people who don't understand stats is not limited to those not on TV.

I heard that even after extensive testing they still couldn't locate a personality.

JRant wrote: »

I heard that even after extensive testing they still couldn't locate a personality.

So he actually has immunity to a personality?