Are we there yet? Your second Travel Megathread (threadbans in OP}

Donald Trump · 01-04-2021 03:36PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I don't think they'd say that in the US to be fair.

You never know. The fellas at pre-clearance in Dublin might have been stuck there for the last 12 months or more and might be picking up the lingo

Plumbthedepths · 01-04-2021 03:38PM

acequion wrote: »

Yes Im well aware of that. But it doesnt make it in any way acceptable or excusable.The general public are ridiculously foregiving, apathetic, lethargic, timid.The people should demand better. The fact that MM is not only still there but leader of the country is quite astonishing.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but it is acceptable because we keep voting for the same gob****es from the same parties everytime eventhough we know their past fcukups. It is astonishing that the leader of the country is a member of the party that crashed the country just over a decade ago.

Van.Bosch · 01-04-2021 03:58PM

The green pass sounds great but I’d be worried about how the HSE would feed the app with your details - this is an organisation that couldn’t decide which of its own staff were front line or not.

ninebeanrows · 01-04-2021 04:09PM

Coveney on Radio saying we should not add.

At last some sense.

Micky 32 · 01-04-2021 04:20PM

ninebeanrows wrote: »

Coveney on Radio saying we should not add.

At last some sense.

Unfortunately “should” isn’t good enough. I think it will go ahead. By mid summer god knows how many more will be added. They are hell bent preventing travel for at least this year.

hmmm · 01-04-2021 04:24PM

ninebeanrows wrote: »

Coveney on Radio saying we should not add.

At last some sense.

It's time for the adults in the cabinet to get involved before we get ourselves into a mess which seriously damages our reputation.

Quarantining people from France, Germany & US, FFS, mental stuff entirely. Decisions like these should not be taken by Twitter or by Sinn Fein, we've elected a government to make these decisions.

01-04-2021 04:33PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

Unfortunately “should” isn’t good enough. I think it will go ahead. By mid summer god knows how many more will be added.

by mid summer (actually, well before then) the entire adult population of our two biggest tourist partners will be vaccinated. And the evidence emerging today is that the pfizer vaccine substantially prevents transmission. And LoN thinks that the AZ trials will show the same.

There should be completely unencumbered travel with both of those countries at that stage, but a reason will be found to not let that happen

ninebeanrows · 01-04-2021 04:44PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I'd have been fully behind the idea last year. At this point it seems absurd that it's even being considered.

Seems a run by Donnelly to try win back some support from the mob.

BobbyBolivia · 01-04-2021 04:50PM

Irish Times reporting that the USA or the EU countries will not be added.

SusanC10 · 01-04-2021 04:52PM

BobbyBolivia wrote: »

Irish Times reporting that the USA or the EU countries will not be added.

I wonder will.they remove Austria from the List?

Corholio · 01-04-2021 05:09PM

When county travel is permitted, will this have any effect on the 'airport fines'? Seen a few people mention they'd be travelling after then and wondering if I had missed something.

01-04-2021 05:44PM

Gael23 wrote: »

To avoid having to quarantine on return to Ireland

Do you think there will be quarantine required coming from England then?
I dont!

Anyway, even if there was this craic of coming through the North is just stupid. You're supposed to isolate at home, if you don't you're only fooling yourself.

BobbyBolivia · 01-04-2021 05:51PM

bubblypop wrote: »

Anyway, even if there was this craic of coming through the North is just stupid. You're supposed to isolate at home, if you don't you're only fooling yourself.

If the Irish government have a policy of having to quarantine even after vaccination then Belfast is a completely legitimate option to avoid this nonsense.

Given that the mandatory hotel quarantine still applies to people who have been vaccinated, this is certainly a possibility.

0lddog · 01-04-2021 05:56PM

I wouldnt be an FGer but Leo, Simon & Co made a much better fist of running the show

Micky 32 · 01-04-2021 06:04PM

BobbyBolivia wrote: »

Irish Times reporting that the USA or the EU countries will not be added.

The plans have been shelved “for now” but “ could be added later”

Ray Donovan · 01-04-2021 06:06PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

The plans have been shelved “for now” but “ could be added later”

They won’t.

01-04-2021 06:15PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

The plans have been shelved “for now” but “ could be added later”

USA will have vaccinated it’s adult population by that time. It will never be added

BobbyBolivia · 01-04-2021 06:18PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

The plans have been shelved “for now” but “ could be added later”

We are home to the EU headquarters of some of the biggest US multinationals in the world.

They provide 160,000 jobs directly and 128,000 jobs indirectly.

Quite clearly, key executives are going to need to travel back and forth.

The sheer thought of enforcing mandatory quarantine on these people, who are coming from a country who are leagues ahead of us in their vaccination program, is like something from Fawlty Towers.

Donnelly is an embarrassment.

01-04-2021 06:41PM

Is Donnelly really the best we had when it came to appointing a health minister to preside over a once in a century pandemic response?

It really is shocking when you think about it

beggars_bush · 01-04-2021 06:58PM

0lddog wrote: »

I wouldnt be an FGer but Leo, Simon & Co made a much better fist of running the show

How would they get on with multiple strains of covid and then a non compliant section of society

acequion · 01-04-2021 07:10PM

beggars_bush wrote: »

How would they get on with multiple strains of covid and then a non compliant section of society

This isnt the politics thread so better not drag it off topic.
But I would answer that theres very few in Ireland non

compliant.Maybe a noble trait that we respect our leaders so much.But the flip side is also very evident in blind,undisputed obedience.

And I have to agree with that poster. I didnt really like that FG govt but think they redeemed themselves a fair bit at the death. Harris was clearly born again by his role as health saviour. Donnelly is just utterly useless and comes across as unempathetic as well. I really feel that we were hugely unlucky to vote back in FF literally 5 mins before our hour of need.

VG31 · 01-04-2021 07:28PM

0lddog wrote: »

I wouldnt be an FGer but Leo, Simon & Co made a much better fist of running the show

I'd much rather have Coveney as Taoiseach. He's one of the best politicians we have and is one of the few competent ministers.

ninebeanrows · 01-04-2021 07:41PM

BobbyBolivia wrote: »

We are home to the EU headquarters of some of the biggest US multinationals in the world.

They provide 160,000 jobs directly and 128,000 jobs indirectly.

Quite clearly, key executives are going to need to travel back and forth.

The sheer thought of enforcing mandatory quarantine on these people, who are coming from a country who are leagues ahead of us in their vaccination program, is like something from Fawlty Towers.

Donnelly is an embarrassment.

Imagine the vacinnated corporates of US multinationals arriving into Dublin and been forced to do 14 days mandatory hotel quarantine:D

Donnelly is so out of his depth it's unreal and his latest play to win some brownie points from the baying mob is confirmation he is not fit for office.

Plumbthedepths · 01-04-2021 07:46PM

ninebeanrows wrote: »

Imagine the vacinnated corporates of US multinationals arriving into Dublin and been forced to do 14 days mandatory hotel quarantine:D

Donnelly is so out of his depth it's unreal and his latest play to win some brownie points from the baying mob is confirmation he is not fit for office.

Who were the idiots that advised Donnelly, no denying Donnelly is so far out out his depth the RNLI couldn't save him but he took advice off some fools who are clueless to EU law and the damage to our international reputation this would have done.

Micky 32 · 01-04-2021 07:46PM

I see they are still adding 26 states though. They are adding Israel FFS.

hogandrew · 01-04-2021 07:52PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

I see they are still adding 26 states though. They are adding Israel FFS.

Is there a list available of who they are planning to add?

normanoffside · 01-04-2021 07:52PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

I see they are still adding 26 states though. They are adding Israel FFS.

Where is the list?

fm · 01-04-2021 07:53PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

I see they are still adding 26 states though. They are adding Israel FFS.

Israel?how the **** did they decide that?

fm · 01-04-2021 07:55PM

normanoffside wrote: »

Where is the list?

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/b4020-travelling-to-ireland-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/#designated-states-mandatory-hotel-quarantine

normanoffside · 01-04-2021 07:55PM

hogandrew wrote: »

Is there a list available of who they are planning to add?

Found it

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/government-adds-26-states-to-hotel-quarantine-list-excluding-us-and-eu-1105398.html

Travellers from the below will have to book accommodation for mandatory hotel quarantine if they intend to arrive in Ireland after 4am on Tuesday, April 6th:

the Republic of Albania
the Principality of Andorra
Aruba
the Kingdom of Bahrain
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
the State of Israel
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
the Republic of Kosovo
the State of Kuwait
the Republic of Lebanon
the Republic of San Marino
the Republic of Moldova
the Principality of Monaco
Montenegro
the Federal Republic of Nigeria
the Republic of North Macedonia
the Sultanate of Oman
the State of Palestine
the Republic of the Philippines
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
the State of Qatar
Saint Lucia
the Republic of Serbia
the Federal Republic of Somalia
the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
The Department also confirmed that one state, the Republic of Mauritius, will be removed from the hotel quarantine list.

Are we there yet? Your second Travel Megathread (threadbans in OP}

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