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  • #52
    Black Bart
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭Black Bart


    Can somebody tell me why the 'steam' clothing that has been tried on by customers in some shops?


  • #53
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,034 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Black Bart wrote: »
    Can somebody tell me why the 'steam' clothing that has been tried on by customers in some shops?
    It's been seen as effective, but not conclusive, in killing viruses.

    Typically, it's recommended where detergent cannot be used as far as I'm aware.

    For retailers selling clothes.. it's probably a combination of speed (to get it back on display) and material (depending on clothing, washing not recommended).


  • #54
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,309 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Anything happening in relation to lock downs following the outbreak of Covid that has affected up to 14 people in the same family in Sligo? The rumour mill was on overtime here in Ballybofey where people were saying that Sligo had gone into lock down. Thought Id ask so as to get the right version of events.


  • #55
    Satturnfalls
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭Satturnfalls


    Lol. Sligo isnt on lockdown.


  • #56
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Nah, load of bollix. No lockdown over a handful of cases.


  • #57
    Lizardlegz
    Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭Lizardlegz


    Self isolating is not getting home and going for dinner with his parents! And if he was told to self isolate the brother who collected him should have also been self isolating. No symptoms of Covid.... then why go for testing the next day. The stupidity of some people is astonishing. The mind boggles....


  • #58
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,309 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    Nah, load of bollix. No lockdown over a handful of cases.
    Thats what I thought. :)

    My son was down at the local supermarket earlier today and one of the workers there was saying that quite a few people had come in saying Sligo (or parts of) was in lock down.


  • #59
    Black Bart
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭Black Bart


    So much for pulling together during this Covid-19 pandemic, a well known pub in the suburbs of Sligo town this evening drew the attention of three Garda patrol cars and one paddy wagon complete with eight Gardai. No social distancing, no allocated time, and no proper food service available.

    Of course it didn't help when two of the local thugs decided to assault one of the Gardai that was present, any wonder the Covid-19 cases are rising, the sooner this pub is closed down the better. :mad:


  • #60
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Black Bart wrote: »
    So much for pulling together during this Covid-19 pandemic, a well known pub in the suburbs of Sligo town this evening drew the attention of three Garda patrol cars and one paddy wagon complete with eight Gardai. No social distancing, no allocated time, and no proper food service available.

    Of course it didn't help when two of the local thugs decided to assault one of the Gardai that was present, any wonder the Covid-19 cases are rising, the sooner this pub is closed down the better. :mad:

    You'd like to think that come licence renewal time that it wouldn't be renewed. But this is <mod snip>. Methinks there'll be no hassle there.


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  • #61
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    I passed there yesterday evening about 6.00 and there were at least 10 people outside smoking. They weren't all waiting for chips.


  • #62
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    sligojoek wrote: »
    I passed there yesterday evening about 6.00 and there were at least 10 people outside smoking. They weren't all waiting for chips.

    Fairly Standard in there tbh


  • #63
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,309 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Guys, just a reminder that we cant name and discuss individuals (or businesses) particularly when you are making claims that they are in breach of regulations. If they are in breach then report them to the relevant authorities.

    Cheers. :)


  • #64
    worlds goodest teecher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭worlds goodest teecher


    Where is the best source of daily case numbers for Sligo? Thankfully Sligo normally falls into the "and #no. cases in #no. Counties" but I am still interested to know the numbers.


  • #65
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,309 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    worlds goodest teecher wrote: »
    Where is the best source of daily case numbers for Sligo? Thankfully Sligo normally falls into the "and #no. cases in #no. Counties" but I am still interested to know the numbers.
    You can view the Government daily briefings here. Its usually updated every day around 6pm give or take half an hour.

    Follow that link and then click on the latest news for that day and it will give you 2 figures for the daily cases. The first is the up to date list up to midnight the previous night. It will state where all the highest number of new cases are county by county. You can then view the list of counties but the figures there are for the previous 24 hours.

    It is a wee bit confusing but the figures they release today for example (per county) will appear in the county list tomorrow.


  • #66
    Phantom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Phantom


    As at 6pm on Wednesday 7 October Sligo has had an increase of 7 cases in 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 218 in Sligo county.

    Source for 07/10/2020
    https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/4e25b-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-wednesday-7-october/

    Latest updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
    From Department of Health
    https://www.gov.ie/en/news/7e0924-latest-updates-on-covid-19-coronavirus/#

    HSE - Covid-19 daily operations updates
    https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/coronavirus-daily-operations-updates.html


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  • #67
    BronsonTB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭BronsonTB


    They keep saying you should work from home unless essential, which is annoying for those of us who don't have reasonable employers.

    They don't seem to take into account that some private sector employers insist on coming into the office even when not essential.

    There is no incentive or punishment for them not allowing thier staff work from home.

    My boss is no longer facilitating any staff member to work from home no matter what the government recommend or advise.

    He has said only if it becomes law will he then consider allowing it again (In April & May he allowed all staff work from home)

    www.sligowhiplash.com - 2nd & 3rd Aug '25



  • #68
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    BronsonTB wrote: »

    My boss is no longer facilitating any staff member to work from home no matter what the government recommend or advise.

    He has said only if it becomes law will he then consider allowing it again (In April & May he allowed all staff work from home)


    How can they possibly keep an eye on you and make sure you're working as hard as possible if they're not looking over their shoulder at you?

    Some people are just wankers


  • #69
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


    Is there anywhere in the town offering private non-GP referral Covid tests?


  • #70
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    Zymurgist wrote: »
    Is there anywhere in the town offering private non-GP referral Covid tests?

    I'm open to contradiction, but AFAIK there's only 2 ways to be referred for a test 1) By a GP (if they are satisfied you have symptoms) 2) You are listed as a close contact of a person who already has tested positive i.e. contact traced


  • #71
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,034 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Plazaman wrote: »
    I'm open to contradiction, but AFAIK there's only 2 ways to be referred for a test 1) By a GP (if they are satisfied you have symptoms) 2) You are listed as a close contact of a person who already has tested positive i.e. contact traced
    There's a few private testing centres being setup in which you don't need GP referrals.

    e.g https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/healthcare-group-rocdoc-to-open-three-private-covid-19-testing-centres-1.4396916?mode=amp

    But none around Sligo as far as I know.


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  • #72
    EmptyTree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭EmptyTree


    Was in Tesco easier this morning, 2 workers in one aisle not wearing a mask, one wandering around not wearing a mask. Unbelievable:mad:


  • #73
    DenMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,068 ✭✭✭DenMan


    EmptyTree wrote: »
    Was in Tesco easier this morning, 2 workers in one aisle not wearing a mask, one wandering around not wearing a mask. Unbelievable:mad:

    That's truly shocking, the day before Christmas Eve. :mad:


  • #74
    whatswhat
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭whatswhat


    DenMan wrote: »
    That's truly shocking, the day before Christmas Eve. :mad:

    Truly shocking on any given day in the latter part of this year really. Given that since late Summer we were all advised that wearing masks decreases chances of spreading/catching the virus, sadly another example of how some folk think/believe/act as if they are immune.


  • #75
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Few positive tests have been confirmed for Penneys employees, and a few more off work sick and awaiting results.


  • #76
    dakar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭dakar


    Basq wrote: »
    There's a few private testing centres being setup in which you don't need GP referrals.

    e.g https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/healthcare-group-rocdoc-to-open-three-private-covid-19-testing-centres-1.4396916?mode=amp

    But none around Sligo as far as I know.

    Randox have a centre in the Clayton now. We got everyone tested before going back to work for peace of mind after people had been in various parts of the country and mixing with family etc. Not 100% guaranteed obviously, but hopefully will keep everyone safe.

    €99 and next day results.


  • #77
    johnire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭johnire


    On my walk yesterday I walked through Finisklin Industrial Estate and couldn’t believe the amount of cars queuing to get into the Covid testing centre.
    Mind you I don’t know why I was surprised as on my way home I walked past numerous people standing on pavements talking close up without masks, I passed the cemetery and there was a crowd of people all standing around with no social distancing and few masks and then to top it off I walked past Markievicz Park which appeared to be opening up and again people standing outside on top of one another- no masks and no distancing. What happened to Sligo - the figures were so low during the Summer.


  • #78
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,673 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    Bear in mind hardly anyone was wearing masks during the frst few months of the pandemic when we were posting some of the lowest rates of infection in the state. The official mantra back then was that social distancing was the only effective measure in preventing spread of covid 19.

    Could it be that masks have actually contributed to a false sense of security in people?

    I've always suspected that Tony Holohan was wary of pushing for mandatory use of masks for that very reason.


  • #79
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,654 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    That's not a top 5 you want to be in.


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  • #80
    Victor Tall Cowboy
    Posts: 0 ✭ Victor Tall Cowboy


    Thanks For Forks Sake. Any chance you could post up the links. I've only been able to access out of date tables that aren't worth a fork.


  • #81
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,654 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Victor Tall Cowboy wrote: »
    Thanks For Forks Sake. Any chance you could post up the links. I've only been able to access out of date tables that aren't worth a fork.

    Here's todays, follow @gavreilly on Twitter, he updates each day as new figures are released (usually round 6pm)



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  • #82
    marvin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    Is there a reason Easons is open and allowed to sell books but Liber isn't?
    Seems a bit unfair.


  • #83
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,034 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    marvin80 wrote: »
    Is there a reason Easons is open and allowed to sell books but Liber isn't?
    Seems a bit unfair.
    They sell newspapers whereas Liber doesn't I reckon.


  • #84
    whatswhat
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭whatswhat


    Basq wrote: »
    They sell newspapers whereas Liber doesn't I reckon.

    Last time I thought Easons were allowed to open because they were classed as stocking essential items for schools but sure they are all closed this time


  • #85
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,841 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    wasnt the thing with the library closed because the virus can live on books and papers for up to 72 hours and if they got books back/returned they had to wipe them and put them out 72 hours later - and yet Easons and the like can let any tom dick or harry go in with god knows what on their hands and touch the books and read the papers and put them back on the shelves?

    I am presuming you still get the ones in there picking up newspapers from the shelves ... reading them and not buying them still, or have they stopped that now?


  • #86
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,309 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Guys I've moved the last 4 posts from the general chitchat thread to here where they will be more at home. Cheers :)


  • #87
    iamnotme
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭iamnotme


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    That's not a top 5 you want to be in.


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    Apparently No1 in world now! Stories in international media. Because all the Irish thought that, whatever about other people, my darling can come home from London for Christmas. because they're special, and important, and immune.


  • #88
    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭loki7777


    iamnotme wrote: »
    Apparently No1 in world now! Stories in international media. Because all the Irish thought that, whatever about other people, my darling can come home from London for Christmas. because they're special, and important, and immune.

    So where is now the deadly flu that people were taking vaccine for every year? Gone?
    Trust what you see in tv/papers and your life will be easier.


  • #89
    T-Bird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    The deadly flu has been dramatically reduced as a result of social distancing, using hand sanitiser and wearing of masks etc. Australia was one of the first countries to note this in their winter.

    A lot of people, including people in my family are saying that there is a conspiracy and this thing isn't real. There is no access mortality as flu has been replaced by covid deaths. I'd imagine that the deaths would be far higher if we were not taking any precautionary measures.


  • #90
    iamnotme
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭iamnotme


    loki7777 wrote: »
    So where is now the deadly flu that people were taking vaccine for every year? Gone?
    Trust what you see in tv/papers and your life will be easier.
    Everybody's life may have been easier if all the little darlings hadn't ran out of SE England and ran home to mammy. They self-isolated? For two weeks? Did they F. They were all Typhoid Marys.


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  • #91
    FamousDave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭FamousDave


    loki7777 wrote: »
    So where is now the deadly flu that people were taking vaccine for every year? Gone?
    Trust what you see in tv/papers and your life will be easier.

    I suppose you've been 'doing your own research' on YouTube and the like?


  • #92
    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭loki7777


    FamousDave wrote: »
    I suppose you've been 'doing your own research' on YouTube and the like?

    No. I use my own brain - no one is dying from heart attack, diabetes and any other diseases.

    And I see You joined the forum just to comment on covid in different places?


  • #93
    ryanch09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭ryanch09


    loki7777 wrote: »
    No. I use my own brain - no one is dying from heart attack, diabetes and any other diseases.

    And I see You joined the forum just to comment on covid in different places?


    Of course there were deaths from other diseases, I found the official data in less than 5 minutes



    https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/fr/fr-ucd2020/analysisofunderlyingcauseofdeathdataincludingcovid-19januarytooctober2020/


  • #94
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,654 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    loki7777 wrote: »
    So where is now the deadly flu that people were taking vaccine for every year? Gone?
    Trust what you see in tv/papers and your life will be easier.

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  • #95
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,309 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    loki7777 wrote: »
    So where is now the deadly flu that people were taking vaccine for every year? Gone?
    Trust what you see in tv/papers and your life will be easier.
    There's an entire forum dedicated to Coronavrus here which is the place for you to post your comments. This thread is for local issues .


  • #96
    FamousDave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭FamousDave


    loki7777 wrote: »
    No. I use my own brain - no one is dying from heart attack, diabetes and any other diseases.

    And I see You joined the forum just to comment on covid in different places?


    You can’t even do proper research on Boards. How do you expect to survive in the real world? I joined the forum to ask a question in the Bike section. Taking the p*ss out of morons elsewhere is a nice side-effect.


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  • #97
    DenMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,068 ✭✭✭DenMan


    Whoever she is I hope they throw the book at her. Hopefully the lady that was taken to hospital will be OK.

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/young-woman-charged-over-serious-23333976.amp?fbclid=IwAR3vKyVC6utcvPVz0Ul_XVk0tJRweXc_ORheCTqQjFmENxz5IHMXwi4Ljg8


  • #98
    whatswhat
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭whatswhat


    DenMan wrote: »
    Whoever she is I hope they throw the book at her. Hopefully the lady that was taken to hospital will be OK.

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/young-woman-charged-over-serious-23333976.amp?fbclid=IwAR3vKyVC6utcvPVz0Ul_XVk0tJRweXc_ORheCTqQjFmENxz5IHMXwi4Ljg8

    Nobody should have suffer abuse like that and I hope the injured lady will be OK. Our store is closed and to be honest I am glad. The amount of verbal abuse the staff were getting was unreal. Our only aim was to keep everyone, staff and customers safe, by following P.P.E. guidelines yet some customers were just rude and aggressive towards us. Having worked in Retail for many years, I have never known anything like it. Thankfully, no staff were physically harmed but it felt like it could be heading that way just before we closed. There is no need for bad attitude and behaviour towards people just trying to do their job. Agree totally with Denman's comment and hope they throw the book at the guilty one!!!


  • #99
    BronsonTB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭BronsonTB


    Relating to the recent attack on not wearing a mask.


    Hard have faith in our judicial system....:mad:


    https://www.oceanfm.ie/2021/01/21/sligo-woman-appears-in-sligo-district-court-today-over-hammer-attack/

    www.sligowhiplash.com - 2nd & 3rd Aug '25



  • #100
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    My parents were telling me today that all the beaches etc were closed. Are they only doing that in sligo? I don't think it's a nationwide thing. Seems to me there would be very very little chance of transmission in open places like the beaches. Cant see the logic!


  • #101
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,260 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    BronsonTB wrote: »
    Relating to the recent attack on not wearing a mask.


    Hard have faith in our judicial system....:mad:


    https://www.oceanfm.ie/2021/01/21/sligo-woman-appears-in-sligo-district-court-today-over-hammer-attack/

    Why, because the case was put back? Did you expect a conviction already?


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