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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
over a year ago

Tipperary

How do you see things panning out from here? Current lockdown due to end Tuesday week...

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

Be grand sure..

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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
over a year ago

Tipperary


"Be grand sure.. "
in 2022.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think there will be a very slow gradual release on restrictions. Nobody knows what the future holds as we currently know little about the virus, and have essentially nothing to combat it beyond trying to minimise spread. It could return in a few months in a more virulent form.

I would expect a minor loosening of current restrictions with a review two weeks after that,repeated several times. Its a balancing act between trying protect the vulnerable, allowing the population to have some kind of life,and minimising the long-term damage to the economy, the latter isn't "just about money", it affects everyone's mental and physical health at the end of the day.

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By *etergemmaCouple
over a year ago

South Dublin Area

Theres a definite switch last few days.

More people out more cars on the road, my local pub apparently was open yesterday, the locals went around the back and knocked and were let in.

Teddys Ice Cream was open according to a pic i saw on facebook.

Things will need return to some sort of normality soon, people will take theirs chances.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’ll be extended again, people cannot adhere to the current restrictions so we’re not getting out of this anytime soon

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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
over a year ago

Tipperary


"It’ll be extended again, people cannot adhere to the current restrictions so we’re not getting out of this anytime soon"
no point extending it unless you put stricter measures in place. Since monday gone I have noticed way more vehicles on the road etc. People are getting cabin fever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’ll be extended again, people cannot adhere to the current restrictions so we’re not getting out of this anytime soonno point extending it unless you put stricter measures in place. Since monday gone I have noticed way more vehicles on the road etc. People are getting cabin fever. "

Oh I agree. They need to stand up and be counted for here now. Enforce it. Get rid of this madness. We could have managed this so much better

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By *etergemmaCouple
over a year ago

South Dublin Area

Its going to be relaxed. Some things will reopen and the 2k limit will be changed.

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By *etergemmaCouple
over a year ago

South Dublin Area


"It’ll be extended again, people cannot adhere to the current restrictions so we’re not getting out of this anytime soonno point extending it unless you put stricter measures in place. Since monday gone I have noticed way more vehicles on the road etc. People are getting cabin fever.

Oh I agree. They need to stand up and be counted for here now. Enforce it. Get rid of this madness. We could have managed this so much better"
We did for most part. Unlike the United Kingdom who have a made a complete fook of it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’ll be extended again, people cannot adhere to the current restrictions so we’re not getting out of this anytime soonno point extending it unless you put stricter measures in place. Since monday gone I have noticed way more vehicles on the road etc. People are getting cabin fever.

Oh I agree. They need to stand up and be counted for here now. Enforce it. Get rid of this madness. We could have managed this so much betterWe did for most part. Unlike the United Kingdom who have a made a complete fook of it. "

Yeah. Blind leading the blind. Absolutely horrific handling of the whole thing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He’s already come out and said if people don’t adhere to the lockdown that it will have to be extended. Sounds like he was preparing people for the extension because we all know people are starting to venture out

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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago

on the hill NordWest of


"Its going to be relaxed. Some things will reopen and the 2k limit will be changed."

The 2k rule is a joke, especially on the countryside. We all pay the price for being too lax at the beginning, Cheltenham etc.

Government communication is terrible and incomprehensive, I haven't seen anything that would provide an overall perspective how we're doing on this thing. Daily figures on its own are pointless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It will be extended. Even coming out yesterday and saying if today was the 5th they wouldnt be lifting it.

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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
over a year ago

Tipperary

When are they( the government) announcing what will happen after may 5th?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"When are they( the government) announcing what will happen after may 5th?"

Leo said last week he would hope to make a public annoucement before the 5th but who knows. If he has one before and lifts rescrictions people will be out the gaff quick as a flash. If he extends them people could get restless and say fuck this. They are not really helping themselves either to be fair. The guards saying yesterday that they have no power to stop people coming from the north or on ferries but people living in the country are essentially housebound wont sit well with an extension. It will be harder for the govt to use the Irish people not staying in and adhering to guidelines as an excuse for an extension when people can cross the border and go where they want no questions asked

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By *lavemale66Man
over a year ago

Carlow


"When are they( the government) announcing what will happen after may 5th?

Leo said last week he would hope to make a public annoucement before the 5th but who knows. If he has one before and lifts rescrictions people will be out the gaff quick as a flash. If he extends them people could get restless and say fuck this. They are not really helping themselves either to be fair. The guards saying yesterday that they have no power to stop people coming from the north or on ferries but people living in the country are essentially housebound wont sit well with an extension. It will be harder for the govt to use the Irish people not staying in and adhering to guidelines as an excuse for an extension when people can cross the border and go where they want no questions asked"

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By *cottybear74Man
over a year ago

kilkenny

There was so many people in town on Friday, I think they are getting stir crazy

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By *anKinkyMan
over a year ago

Carrick on Shannon

19th of May has been mentioned a few times today with regards to enhanced testing and easing restrictions. Drip feeding us again for another continuance of lockdown I'm thinking.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It has pretty much already been admitted that the health service is not yet in a position to be able to provide the level of testing that would be required to monitor the probable increase in infections if restrictions were lifted, so I think the best we can hope for next week is the easing of a couple of minor things.

I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June "

I'd agree with him....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June

I'd agree with him.... "

It's not as if it will have magically disappeared then,we have to learn to live alongside it,and be prepared to react quickly to an increase in infections while allowing people to live some kind of life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

But the health service needs to be up to speed,and it simply isn't.

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By *owandthen321Man
over a year ago

dublin

Will be extended to 17 may

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By *olinjxMan
over a year ago

Dublin

Switch on your TV or pc and go to HSE.ie

The government and HSE are doing an incredible job....all the stats are there if you want to get them.

So, what do you think they should have done differently?.

I’m really interested in your views.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Switch on your TV or pc and go to HSE.ie

The government and HSE are doing an incredible job....all the stats are there if you want to get them.

So, what do you think they should have done differently?.

I’m really interested in your views. "

I think you'll find that Nursing Homes Ireland wouldn't agree with you there, they have been quite vocal about how they feel they were and are being let down and abandoned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Another serious shortcoming is the failure to restrict,test,or monitor the movement of people into the country.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick


"

I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June

I'd agree with him....

It's not as if it will have magically disappeared then,we have to learn to live alongside it,and be prepared to react quickly to an increase in infections while allowing people to live some kind of life."

Testing has to ramp up to something simulating an effective detection monitor until we get somewhere near the 100,000 tests a day we are at nothing and the only way of knowing that we are in a position is to have that volume of testing in action for some time

But along side this i think we need to lock out the world and that means closing the borders. look at the example New Zealand has shown us a strictly enforced lockdown resulting in 19 deaths and something like 5000 infections amongst a population of around 5million within 5 weeks opening up again

People have to double down and stay home and stay safe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June

I'd agree with him....

It's not as if it will have magically disappeared then,we have to learn to live alongside it,and be prepared to react quickly to an increase in infections while allowing people to live some kind of life.

Testing has to ramp up to something simulating an effective detection monitor until we get somewhere near the 100,000 tests a day we are at nothing and the only way of knowing that we are in a position is to have that volume of testing in action for some time

But along side this i think we need to lock out the world and that means closing the borders. look at the example New Zealand has shown us a strictly enforced lockdown resulting in 19 deaths and something like 5000 infections amongst a population of around 5million within 5 weeks opening up again

People have to double down and stay home and stay safe "

We definitely missed the boat (excuse the pun) on closing the island off, the two jurisdictions pursuing different strategies is ridiculous anyway.

But beyond closing off the borders and testing,contact tracing is another area where we are nowhere near where we need to be.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick


"

I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June

I'd agree with him....

It's not as if it will have magically disappeared then,we have to learn to live alongside it,and be prepared to react quickly to an increase in infections while allowing people to live some kind of life.

Testing has to ramp up to something simulating an effective detection monitor until we get somewhere near the 100,000 tests a day we are at nothing and the only way of knowing that we are in a position is to have that volume of testing in action for some time

But along side this i think we need to lock out the world and that means closing the borders. look at the example New Zealand has shown us a strictly enforced lockdown resulting in 19 deaths and something like 5000 infections amongst a population of around 5million within 5 weeks opening up again

People have to double down and stay home and stay safe

We definitely missed the boat (excuse the pun) on closing the island off, the two jurisdictions pursuing different strategies is ridiculous anyway.

But beyond closing off the borders and testing,contact tracing is another area where we are nowhere near where we need to be."

I agree but contract tracing goes hand in hand with testing, every positive test needs to be followed up but the contact tracing used up to now only contacts those who were in close proximity to the positive person for longer than fifteen mins. This needs to change now knowing that not just coughing or sneezing spreads this virus

Look at that we have come so far from out first interactions

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June

I'd agree with him....

It's not as if it will have magically disappeared then,we have to learn to live alongside it,and be prepared to react quickly to an increase in infections while allowing people to live some kind of life.

Testing has to ramp up to something simulating an effective detection monitor until we get somewhere near the 100,000 tests a day we are at nothing and the only way of knowing that we are in a position is to have that volume of testing in action for some time

But along side this i think we need to lock out the world and that means closing the borders. look at the example New Zealand has shown us a strictly enforced lockdown resulting in 19 deaths and something like 5000 infections amongst a population of around 5million within 5 weeks opening up again

People have to double down and stay home and stay safe

We definitely missed the boat (excuse the pun) on closing the island off, the two jurisdictions pursuing different strategies is ridiculous anyway.

But beyond closing off the borders and testing,contact tracing is another area where we are nowhere near where we need to be.

I agree but contract tracing goes hand in hand with testing, every positive test needs to be followed up but the contact tracing used up to now only contacts those who were in close proximity to the positive person for longer than fifteen mins. This needs to change now knowing that not just coughing or sneezing spreads this virus

Look at that we have come so far from out first interactions "

More to the point, contact tracing needs to take place promptly,not two weeks after the person has tested positive.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick


"

I get the feeling that if it were down to Holohan we would be locked down until the end of June

I'd agree with him....

It's not as if it will have magically disappeared then,we have to learn to live alongside it,and be prepared to react quickly to an increase in infections while allowing people to live some kind of life.

Testing has to ramp up to something simulating an effective detection monitor until we get somewhere near the 100,000 tests a day we are at nothing and the only way of knowing that we are in a position is to have that volume of testing in action for some time

But along side this i think we need to lock out the world and that means closing the borders. look at the example New Zealand has shown us a strictly enforced lockdown resulting in 19 deaths and something like 5000 infections amongst a population of around 5million within 5 weeks opening up again

People have to double down and stay home and stay safe

We definitely missed the boat (excuse the pun) on closing the island off, the two jurisdictions pursuing different strategies is ridiculous anyway.

But beyond closing off the borders and testing,contact tracing is another area where we are nowhere near where we need to be.

I agree but contract tracing goes hand in hand with testing, every positive test needs to be followed up but the contact tracing used up to now only contacts those who were in close proximity to the positive person for longer than fifteen mins. This needs to change now knowing that not just coughing or sneezing spreads this virus

Look at that we have come so far from out first interactions

More to the point, contact tracing needs to take place promptly,not two weeks after the person has tested positive."

Jayus yes within hrs of a positive result all contacts should be contacted

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By *anKinkyMan
over a year ago

Carrick on Shannon


"Switch on your TV or pc and go to HSE.ie

The government and HSE are doing an incredible job....all the stats are there if you want to get them.

So, what do you think they should have done differently?.

I’m really interested in your views.

I think you'll find that Nursing Homes Ireland wouldn't agree with you there, they have been quite vocal about how they feel they were and are being let down and abandoned."
also the measures that were supposed to be put in place by now are not

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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
over a year ago

Tipperary

In ways the health experts have to be praised, in other ways, not so much. They have put measures in place, if they weren't there, thousands more die. Some people comparing Ireland to New Zealand and what they did. Big difference is were a border country, new Zealand is a stand alone one. Cheltenham is been scapegoated also. Yes, it should have been cancelled but so should countless champions league games at the same time most notibly Liverpool v atletico in anfield, Spanish supporters coming over with the virus well kick-started in Spain. Big blunder here was letting those Italian fans in. No point finger pointing and criticising though. We have to fight this virus now as best we can.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"In ways the health experts have to be praised, in other ways, not so much. They have put measures in place, if they weren't there, thousands more die. Some people comparing Ireland to New Zealand and what they did. Big difference is were a border country, new Zealand is a stand alone one. Cheltenham is been scapegoated also. Yes, it should have been cancelled but so should countless champions league games at the same time most notibly Liverpool v atletico in anfield, Spanish supporters coming over with the virus well kick-started in Spain. Big blunder here was letting those Italian fans in. No point finger pointing and criticising though. We have to fight this virus now as best we can. "

There is every point in pointing the finger and criticising. Just not now. But when all is said and done there needs to be answers for alot of whats happened and is happening. Even as we speak people travelling into the country are not being forced into self isolation. Thats not right. Or the 115million a month they are paying private hospitals that are not being used. Or people waiting a week or more to get tested and then 2 or 3 weeks ( sometimes longer) to get results back. There are alot of things that need to be answered. And granted u cant compare with New Zealand because they dont share a border and are not part of the EU but what about the other countries that are in the schengen part of Europe that have mulitpul borders? Poland, slovakia, Denmark, Finland, Czech republic? The list goes on. They have all done much better than us. And we had the unique position of seeing what was happening. Our numbers for an island nation cut of from main land Europe are shocking. And that is without even testing properly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"How do you see things panning out from here? Current lockdown due to end Tuesday week..."

I try not to think to far ahead, i just live in the now. It works for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"How do you see things panning out from here? Current lockdown due to end Tuesday week...

I try not to think to far ahead, i just live in the now. It works for me. "

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