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Relaxation of Restrictions, Part X *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

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  • #8972
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,035 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    11521323 wrote: »
    Please don't start with the absolute comparisons to India. It's all relative.

    We should not complain about our unreasonably slow reopening because of a situation in India and we could have it worse? That's a ridiculous view.

    You wouldn't make absolute comparisons inversely. I.E. you don't consider yourself a failure in every aspect of your life (at least I hope not!) because on every spectrum, there's always someone who's way better than you in every way. So stop making absolute comparisons when it comes to adversity, we don't do it in any other scenario.

    Relatively, we should be back to complete normality by September and there is no logic or reasoning that could rationalize that not happening.

    You live in a country (presuming that you do reside here) that gives you a fantastic standard of life, all told.

    And yet you state in the original post i quoted that people are essentially oppressed here.

    My point to you is that we are not. We are a few weeks behind some countries but that won't matter next year or the year after when this is hopefully over.

    As i said, perspective.


  • #8973
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Corholio wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1387527857056911361?s=19

    Surprise surprise, it was too good to be true. The trademark bait and switch, watch pubs get continually pushed back like last summer. And Paddy shrugs his shoulders, "at least I can get the mop tidied". High fives all round :rolleyes:


  • #8974
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,458 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Surprise surprise, it was too good to be true. The trademark bait and switch, watch pubs get continually pushed back like last summer. And Paddy shrugs his shoulders, "at least I can get the mop tidied". High fives all round :rolleyes:

    Looks like a week's delay to bring in line with hotels. Irish times reporting hotels to open for the Bank holiday weekend, opening 4th June


  • #8975
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,586 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Looks pretty much nailed on now.

    Barbers & hair dressers pushed a week from what was being discussed earlier. To be honest I'm not surprised. My mother's hairdresser said she wouldn't be in a position to open next week at short notice, stock etc.

    Outdoor hospitality, doesn't bother me too much that it looks like being delayed a week or so. Would make sense that hotels could open at the same time.

    Overall quite happy, intercounty travel is huge

    https://twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/1387525428861145089?s=19
    Intercounty travel would be amazing.
    I had hopefully booked June in Belfast for my other halfs birthday...fingers crossed


  • #8976
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    11521323 wrote: »
    It's discrimination if that is introduced before everyone has had an option to be vaccinated.

    Not allowing someone to do something because they haven't been allowed to be vaccinated yet is medical apartheid.

    Eh?

    If It hasnt been introduced yet - so its not a problem then?

    Or we can solve that problem by not introducing it in the first place yet until we do have vaccines / have everyone vaccinated. Would that be a solution?

    But eitherway if we don't have vaccines for everyone at this moment- how do you propose we vaccinate everyone at the same time so we don't have "Medical apartheid" (whatever that is)


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  • #8977
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,235 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Looks pretty much nailed on now.

    Barbers & hair dressers pushed a week from what was being discussed earlier. To be honest I'm not surprised. My mother's hairdresser said she wouldn't be in a position to open next week at short notice, stock etc.

    Outdoor hospitality, doesn't bother me too much that it looks like being delayed a week or so. Would make sense that hotels could open at the same time.

    Overall quite happy, intercounty travel is huge

    https://twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/1387525428861145089?s=19

    I'd say that pesky June bank holiday weekend out paid to outdoor dining in the last week of May.

    I'll take the intercounty travel not being illegal again though. That one has annoyed me for a long time now.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #8978
    Andrew00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Imagine following the so called inter county ban in the first place


  • #8979
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,458 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    JRant wrote: »
    I'd say that pesky June bank holiday weekend out paid to outdoor dining in the last week of May.

    I'll take the intercounty travel not being illegal again though. That one has annoyed me for a long time now.

    Actually looks like outdoor dining is penciled in for the 4th along with hotels for the bank holiday weekend


  • #8980
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,235 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    gmisk wrote: »
    Intercounty travel would be amazing.
    I had hopefully booked June in Belfast for my other halfs birthday...fingers crossed

    The North is going to be getting a lot of visitors over the next 6 weeks.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #8981
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,235 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Actually looks like outdoor dining is penciled in for the 4th along with hotels for the bank holiday weekend

    I had the 10th of June in my head for some reason. The 4th would be lovely.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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  • #8982
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,586 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    JRant wrote: »
    The North is going to be getting a lot of visitors over the next 6 weeks.
    I don't doubt it!
    Er I visited it yesterday to get my first vaccine lol..

    Indoor dining etc in Belfast cannot wait!
    Hotel and train already booked.


  • #8983
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,458 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    JRant wrote: »
    I had the 10th of June in my head for some reason. The 4th would be lovely.

    Guess we'll find out tomorrow but IT reporting 4th so businesses get the bank holiday


  • #8984
    Micky 32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,627 ✭✭✭Micky 32


    Sammy2012 wrote: »
    What's peoples take on foreign travel this summer? Do you think quarantine and tests will be required in August?


    “”Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told a meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party on Wednesday evening that the Government must have a plan in place by the end of May for the phased return of international travel.””


  • #8985
    marilynrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 791 ✭✭✭marilynrr


    Is there any indication about when indoor training/non contact fitness classes will open?


  • #8986
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,235 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    gmisk wrote: »
    I don't doubt it!
    Er I visited it yesterday to get my first vaccine lol..

    Indoor dining etc in Belfast cannot wait!
    Hotel and train already booked.

    I hope you have a wonderful time and get to enjoy that sweet taste of normality.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #8987
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,235 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Guess we'll find out tomorrow but IT reporting 4th so businesses get the bank holiday

    You are probably right, Ive read the 10th of May for easing of some restrictions and my brain just added a month for the outdoor dining in June.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #8988
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    11521323 wrote: »
    We should not lift restrictions when we're leading Europe in Covid suppression statistics because of what's happening on the other side of the world?

    We are lifting restrictions.


  • #8989
    kwestfan08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭kwestfan08


    gozunda wrote: »
    Eh?

    If It hasnt been introduced yet - so its not a problem then?

    And we can solve that problem by not introducing it in the first place yes?

    But eitherway if we don't have vaccines for everyone at this moment- how do you propose we vaccinate everyone at the same time so we don't have "Medical apartheid"?

    Pretty sure the poster isn’t suggesting you can vaccinate everyone at once just that having proof of having had a vaccine shouldn’t be introduced to participate with wider society eg restaurants, bars etc.


  • #8990
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,586 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    JRant wrote: »
    I hope you have a wonderful time and get to enjoy that sweet taste of normality.
    Ah thanks for that :)
    Kept to the restrictions constantly tbh as other half is in healthcare not been easy at times, so lovely to see things getting back to some normality


  • #8991
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,458 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    JRant wrote: »
    You are probably right, Ive read the 10th of May for easing of some restrictions and my brain just added a month for the outdoor dining in June.

    Looks like it's clarified. Dates still subject to change though at cabinet tomorrow

    https://twitter.com/Jennifer_Bray/status/1387533001081462784?s=19


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  • #8992
    Sharpyshoot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 452 ✭✭Sharpyshoot


    Coppers open by June. It’s happening, Tony is the man. Is feidir linn.


  • #8993
    JRant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,235 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Graham wrote: »
    We are lifting restrictions.

    I must say, I'm looking forward to seeing what they have to say tomorrow. It's the first time in over 4 months that we may actually get some really positive news. Let's hope it is as we've all been through an awful lot this past year.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • #8994
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 56,885 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    marilynrr wrote: »
    Is there any indication about when indoor training/non contact fitness classes will open?

    https://twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/1387530835084054530?s=19

    There ya go :)

    Moderator: Current Affairs/IMHO, Soccer, Pro Wrestling



  • #8995
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Graham wrote: »
    We are lifting restrictions.

    And not before time. Unnecessary damage has already been done and those who oversaw and supported it will need to answer for it.


  • #8996
    Feria40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Feria40


    Sammy2012 wrote: »
    What's peoples take on foreign travel this summer? Do you think quarantine and tests will be required in August?

    While nothing is a given with this crowd, provided it is EU travel I suspect a PCR test may be all that is required. Perhaps with home quarantine but hopefully less than the current 14 days.

    The above assumes you haven't been fully vacinated yet


  • #8997
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,515 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Looks like it's clarified. Dates still subject to change though at cabinet tomorrow

    https://twitter.com/Jennifer_Bray/status/1387533001081462784?s=19

    Residents in hotels getting indoor dining while we get drenched outside

    Will places be charging something like €20 a room so people can use it for the indoor pub ?


  • #8998
    Hulk Hands
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,024 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Hard to understand people getting excited about intercounty travel from mid next month. Just go now. There's been nothing to stop you for a good month


  • #8999
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    kwestfan08 wrote: »
    Pretty sure the poster isn’t suggesting you can vaccinate everyone at once just that having proof of having had vaccine shouldn’t be introduced to participate with wider society eg restaurants, bars etc.

    What like Israel did? Or do you mean don't remove restrictions on things like indoor restaurants bars whilst people are still unvaccinated?


  • #9000
    11521323
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭11521323


    Degag wrote: »
    You live in a country (presuming that you do reside here) that gives you a fantastic standard of life, all told.

    And yet you state in the original post i quoted that people are essentially oppressed here.

    My point to you is that we are not. We are a few weeks behind some countries but that won't matter next year or the year after when this is hopefully over.

    As i said, perspective.

    And as I said, pointing to how good our general standard of living is, isn't usable evidence to justify us being months behind every other country in Europe. It's farsical.

    If it's a few weeks, I agree I'm being a bit dramatic but it's not a few weeks, it's going to me months.


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  • #9001
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,586 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Sharpyshoot wrote: »
    Coppers open by June. It’s happening, Tony is the man. Is feidir linn.
    Jesus when it does reopen its gonna be like the last days of Rome!....With added superdry jackets and check shirts


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