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  • #6512
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,359 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    At least they are providing a goal for people. Perhaps it won't be met. But people need goals to focus and stay sane. If I thought I could have a pint in my local by 17th May per above, I'd find it a tad easier to get through the next 8 weeks!

    There are no goals here, only despair.
    Exactly , no plan , no way out which is leading to more and more throwing in the towel and doing what they think is right


  • #6513
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,708 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    Exactly , no plan , no way out which is leading to more and more throwing in the towel and doing what they think is right

    and the media shaming of the general public is not helping anything


  • #6514
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,905 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    iamwhoiam wrote:
    Exactly , no plan , no way out which is leading to more and more throwing in the towel and doing what they think is right
    They are telling you there's no end so you look at them as the good guys when they ease restrictions in early April, that's after Easter.
    The reason they'll relax them then is because there is no other gathering event in the near future. I'd expect us to to go level 4 or level 3+ in early April and if numbers continue to drop you'll see restrictions ease more by the May bank holiday.


  • #6515
    hynesie08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    and the media shaming of the general public is not helping anything

    Another made up scenario.


  • #6516
    Sweet.Science
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,227 ✭✭✭Sweet.Science


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Another made up scenario.

    They shamed a woman in front of the whole country for going to her brothers funeral


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  • #6517
    Boggerman12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭Boggerman12


    Rosita wrote: »

      Implies that Level 5 might be working after all.

      Five months of level 5 and its been a roaring success


    1. #6518
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      Sweet.Science wrote: »
      They shamed a woman in front of the whole country for going to her brothers funeral

      The media? Or a guest on a radio show?


    2. #6519
      Sweet.Science
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,227 ✭✭✭Sweet.Science


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      The media? Or a guest on a radio show?

      Sorry im talking about NPHET . Which the media then reported


    3. #6520
      Sobit1964
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭Sobit1964


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      The media? Or a guest on a radio show?

      Does a radio show hosting a guest not count as 'the media'?


    4. #6521
      Jim_Hodge
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,599 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


      Sweet.Science wrote: »
      Sorry im talking about NPHET . Which the media then reported

      You'd blame the media if they didn't report things. You can't have it both ways and still lay the blame on the messenger.


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    6. #6522
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      Sweet.Science wrote: »
      Sorry im talking about NPHET . Which the media then reported

      Media in reporting news shocker.....


    7. #6523
      Sweet.Science
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,227 ✭✭✭Sweet.Science


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      Media in reporting news shocker.....

      Are you genuinely saying the media haven't shamed anyone ? They are literally doing it everyday


    8. #6524
      paddyisreal
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      The media? Or a guest on a radio show?


      That Whalley doctor from nphet was a disgrace the way he talked about that lady yesterday. There is no qualms his behaviour and tone yesterday was actually
      reflective of the nphet "do not question us"


    9. #6525
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      Sobit1964 wrote: »
      Does a radio show hosting a guest not count as 'the media'?

      An opinion expressed by an independent guest is not "the media" no.

      Does the letters to the editor section count as journalism?


    10. #6526
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      Sweet.Science wrote: »
      Are you genuinely saying the media haven't shamed anyone ? They are literally doing it everyday

      How are they doing it?


    11. #6527
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      paddyisreal wrote: »
      That Whalley doctor from nphet was a disgrace the way he talked about that lady yesterday. There is no qualms his behaviour and tone yesterday was actually
      reflective of the nphet "do not question us"

      Is ray walley a member of nphet?


    12. #6528
      Sobit1964
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭Sobit1964


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      An opinion expressed by an independent guest is not "the media" no.

      Does the letters to the editor section count as journalism?

      So they read out a letter from a crank, or did the 'media' provide an unquestioning platform from which an 'expert' shamed someone?

      Similar ballpark, different sports old chap.


    13. #6529
      paddyisreal
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      How are they doing it?

      George Lee does it every bloody day when he regurgitate nphet stories with his horror stance on them


    14. #6530
      Happydays2020
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


      https://twitter.com/xruiztru/status/1371814003715014656?s=21

      Disgraceful scenes ....


    15. #6531
      Jim_Hodge
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,599 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      Is ray walley a member of nphet?

      You mean Dr Walley as referred to by RTE and at least two newspapers as
      Dr Ray Walley, a GP in Dublin, ...
      and
      Member of the National COVID-19 GP Liaison Committee,


      No, he isn't part of NPHET.


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    17. #6532
      paddyisreal
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      Is ray walley a member of nphet?

      He is a member of National Covid-19 GP Liaison Committee and was reporting at the same press conference as nphet so I'm sure they talk. Don't be so pedantic


    18. #6533
      Jim_Hodge
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,599 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


      paddyisreal wrote: »
      George Lee does it every bloody day when he regurgitate nphet stories with his horror stance on them

      So, again, RTE should censor the comments made by NPHET and any others that say something that may annoy you? And it's not just George Lee; all media reports the same material,


    19. #6534
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      Akesh wrote: »
      I'd say Doctor Walley shares a lot of the same views as you. An apt name, if there ever was one.

      I doubt it, he seems like a doom monger.


    20. #6535
      PTH2009
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,708 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


      Happydays2020 wrote: »
      https://twitter.com/xruiztru/status/1371814003715014656?s=21

      Disgraceful scenes ....

      That's living right there


    21. #6536
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      paddyisreal wrote: »
      He is a member of National Covid-19 GP Liaison Committee and was reporting at the same press conference as nphet so I'm sure they talk. Don't be so pedantic

      So he's not media or nphet......


    22. #6537
      paddyisreal
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


      Jim_Hodge wrote: »
      So, again, RTE should censor the comments made by NPHET and any others that say something that may annoy you? And it's not just George Lee; all media reports the same material,

      No they should just report them in a proper manner and with a little balance like they do in other countries.


    23. #6538
      Jim_Hodge
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,599 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


      paddyisreal wrote: »
      No they should just report them in a proper manner and with a little balance like they do in other countries.

      Read many foreign newspapers today? And what balance was in the piece being reported that was lacking; because every outlet seems to have missed it? Even watching the press conferences I can't see what the reports missed.


      BTW I'm not agreeing with what he said but I have to support reporting his comments whether we liked the content or not.


    24. #6539
      hynesie08
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


      paddyisreal wrote: »
      No they should just report them in a proper manner and with a little balance like they do in other countries.

      Wouldn't the balance to people saying stick to restrictions be someone advocating breaking restrictions?


    25. #6540
      paddyisreal
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      So he's not media or nphet......

      Did I say he was in the media?


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    27. #6541
      paddyisreal
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


      hynesie08 wrote: »
      Wouldn't the balance to people saying stick to restrictions be someone advocating breaking restrictions?

      Ah stop ffs, lol. Ignore


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