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Covid 19 Part XXXII-215,743 ROI (4,137 deaths)111,166 NI (2,036 deaths)(22/02)Read OP

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  • #512
    magoo84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭magoo84


    I may have missed the answer to this elsewhere, but Eamon Ryan was asked a question about what's stopping someone getting on a plane to the Canaries, and he dodged it, going back to the restrictions on incoming travel. Are the guards fining people €100 if caught? Not sure that it is enough of a deterrent.


  • #513
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,629 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    landofthetree wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/McConnellDaniel/status/1354107249728348161

    He's not wrong, its almost impossible with another country on the same island.


  • #514
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    The press conference really doesn't inspire confidence


  • #515
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    The press conference really doesn't inspire confidence
    It's just a briefing on what we've already heard.


  • #516
    DraftDodger
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 284 ✭✭DraftDodger


    landofthetree wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/McConnellDaniel/status/1354107249728348161

    Weak weak governance


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  • #517
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,426 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    How they will determine if someone has been in Brazil or South Africa I can't get my head around, there's no direct flights from either country.


  • #518
    UrbanFret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,059 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    DraftDodger wrote: »
    Weak weak governance


    How so? He's right.

    I live along the border, out of curiosity do You?


  • #519
    SeaFields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    The press conference really doesn't inspire confidence

    Well matter the topic, if Eamon Ryan is there a press conference will never inspire confidence


  • #520
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    DraftDodger wrote: »
    Weak weak governance
    You should send him your detailed plan then!


  • #521
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,445 ✭✭✭mloc123


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    Yep, and could bring forward the Easter holidays also. Would minimise the school time lost, which everyone should be in favour of.

    But but but... what about the teachers holidays? God forbid they would be put out at all by this whole thing


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  • #522
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,295 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Does he think it's all a laugh or what? What an idiotic response from Martin. Is it too much to expect that businesses could be back open, workers back working and people able to meet friends in May in pubs/restaurants? Even if it there's ways to saying it without that sort of reply. Leave the stand up routine out of it

    https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1354112169558888448


  • #523
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If they are bringing in tighter checks for people quarantine at home after arriving from abroad, surely they would be better using those resources to ensure that close contacts of confirmed cases are isolating rather than going to work. They’re focusing on someone with a negative PCR rather than a close contact? Seems the wrong way round


  • #524
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    mloc123 wrote: »
    But but but... what about the teachers holidays? God forbid they would be put out at all by this whole thing

    Not suggesting any holidays are cancelled, just brought forward. It's not like you can go anywhere anyway :)


  • #525
    Morries Wigs
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 199 ✭✭Morries Wigs


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    How they will determine if someone has been in Brazil or South Africa I can't get my head around, there's no direct flights from either country.

    they might ask them when they arrive


  • #526
    DebDynamite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭DebDynamite


    Do the signers sign the Irish language? The lady behind Micheál when he was speaking Irish was only singing half the time.


  • #527
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,446 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    DebDynamite wrote: »
    Do the signers sign the Irish language? The lady behind Micheál when he was speaking Irish was only singing half the time.

    They sign from English into ISL.


  • #528
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Eod100 wrote: »
    Does he think it's all a laugh or what? What an idiotic response from Martin. Is it too much to expect that businesses could be back open, workers back working and people able to meet friends in May in pubs/restaurants? Even if it there's ways to saying it without that sort of reply. Leave the stand up routine out of it

    https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1354112169558888448

    gallows humour


  • #529
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,370 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    is_that_so wrote: »
    You can't actually put a timeframe on Zero COVID but we do know we can deal with 100-200 cases a day.That's likely achievable by March and it's only a month away.

    Do we?

    Show me a time when we had 100-200 cases a day and we just kept going without cases rising again.


  • #530
    JP100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭JP100


    SeaFields wrote: »
    Well matter the topic, if Eamon Ryan is there a press conference will never inspire confidence

    Could be worse! Catherine Martin could have been there. You'll be crying your eyes out for Ryan to come back when she becomes Green Party leader!


  • #531
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    gallows humour

    Made me laugh anyway. There's always a place for humour


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  • #532
    Crocodile Booze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭Crocodile Booze


    mloc123 wrote: »
    But but but... what about the teachers holidays? God forbid they would be put out at all by this whole thing

    Did a teacher hurt your feelings one time? Put you in the stupid corner or something?


  • #533
    DebDynamite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭DebDynamite


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    They sign from English into ISL.

    Only English? I wonder what she was signing then when he was speaking as gaeilge... She definitely wasn’t keeping in time with what he was saying.

    I know it’s a weird thing to be concerned about!


  • #534
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Arghus wrote: »
    Do we?

    Show me a time when we had 100-200 cases a day and we just kept going without cases rising again.
    You seem to imagine I said that, I didn't. I said we can deal with 100-200 cases a day. Add in the vaccinations and a health system far less under pressure it's manageable.


  • #535
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,439 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    The mandatory quarantine for SA and Brazil won't happen for weeks, if not months.


  • #536
    JP100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭JP100


    DebDynamite wrote: »
    Only English? I wonder what she was signing then when he was speaking as gaeilge... She definitely wasn’t keeping in time with what he was saying.

    I know it’s a weird thing to be concerned about!

    Probably more difficult for her to keep up and much more difficult to process what he was saying when going straight from thinking in English to Irish. This always happens me when I try to speak as gaeilge, always takes a few minutes to get going and warm up especially when transitioning straight from speaking English.


  • #537
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,446 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    DebDynamite wrote: »
    Only English? I wonder what she was signing then when he was speaking as gaeilge... She definitely wasn’t keeping in time with what he was saying.

    I know it’s a weird thing to be concerned about!

    Well, they are qualified interpreters from English to Sign. Why would they need to sign from Irish aswell?


  • #538
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,446 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    DebDynamite wrote: »
    Only English? I wonder what she was signing then when he was speaking as gaeilge... She definitely wasn’t keeping in time with what he was saying.

    I know it’s a weird thing to be concerned about!

    I don't know, I presume it depends on the fluency of the signers Irish. How do you know she wasn't keeping up if you dont understand ISL? Isn't there always a lag of a few seconds when interpreting from any language to another. The interpreter needs to hear and understand what's been said to translate accurately, especially for a complex language like Sign. It's not a 'word for word" type thing.


  • #539
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,304 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    Medical experts are urging people to take Vitamin D supplements to help protect against Covid-19.

    The group, from a number of Irish universities, have appealed to the Government to issue updated guidelines for all adults on Vitamin D supplements, which they say can significantly reduce the risk of infection, serious illness and death from Covid-19.

    However, to date there has been no action despite mounting evidence showing the benefits of taking supplements.

    full article:
    https://www.herald.ie/news/vitamin-d-helps-build-resistance-to-covid-40006095.html


  • #540
    D.Q
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    Eod100 wrote: »
    Does he think it's all a laugh or what? What an idiotic response from Martin. Is it too much to expect that businesses could be back open, workers back working and people able to meet friends in May in pubs/restaurants? Even if it there's ways to saying it without that sort of reply. Leave the stand up routine out of it

    https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1354112169558888448

    He really is everything that's wrong with Irish politicians.

    Uninspiring, parochial buffoon. Incompetent and spineless, completely lacking any semblance of leadership.

    At least Leo has the good grace to dress up his failings. Martin has the constant air of a substitute teacher that has lost control of the class.


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  • #541
    DebDynamite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭DebDynamite


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Well, they are qualified interpreters from English to Sign. Why would they need to sign from Irish aswell?

    Oh I agree, but she was doing *some* signing while he was speaking, so maybe she was signing as much as she could understand from whatever level of Irish she has, even though it may not be required. I was just curious!

    It’s been great so see the signers during this. It would be great if basic sign language was taught in schools so more of us would have it. With mask wearing, it’s been a hard time for those who have hearing difficulties.


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