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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: watty on September 26, 2020, 07:14:44 pm
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Possible disruption for Cork traffic as taxi drivers plan to take protest to the streets (https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/possible-disruption-cork-traffic-taxi-18996564) (Cork Beo)
Cork taxi drivers will take to the streets next week to protest what they say is unfair treatment from the government since the start of the covid outbreak. Drivers across the city are set to take part in a protest on Monday morning to raise awareness of the way they have been treated and also to ask for certain measures from the government.
The planned protest will be overseen by the Gardai and will start at 10am on Monday morning at Ringmahon Rangers soccer pitches. The drivers will then make their way passed Mahon Point, down to the Jack Lynch Tunnel, up the Tivoli dual carriageway then up Horgan's Quay, passed the bus station and down Patrick Street before finishing on South Mall.
Bobby Lynch. Chairman of Cork Taxi Council explained to CorkBeo how the pandemic has affected drivers. "At the start of the covid outbreak we weren't given any proper guidelines for how to operate and six months later we were just told to wash our hands and clean our vehicles which we were doing anyway. "We were driving the front line workers to and from work and people to the test centres to get tested so we are on the front line too. "If the drivers who are over 70 wanted to keep their plate and their business they had no choice but to stay working, nothing was done for them."
Bobby told us that there are various things they want from the government to help support drivers in these difficult times. "We want the NTA to stop issuing licenses and the vehicle age of cars to be extended from 10 to 12 years because people can't afford to change their cars. "We also want a financial package to help drivers who are going back to work and a buy back scheme for the pensioners who want to leave the industry.
"We are protesting because we are forgotten about, the last government did nothing for us and now it is the same with the new government."
Drivers have also said that they have not received as much support from the government as other transport operators. "None of the serving ministers have any interest in helping us, they are scared to mention the word taxi. "Mick Barry, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Thomas Gould have all been on our side but we have had no response from Micheal Martin on the issue. "It is hard when we see other people getting help and we don't get anything". It is likely that the protest will cause some traffic disruption however Bobby says taking it to the streets is the only way to do it.
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Nothing we didn't know already....the NTA being my biggest bugbear...useless shower of wankers....is Anne still having the feet massaged under the TAC table by FN....another shower of shameless arseholes during this pandemic!!
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Buy back scheme again...you'd swear they paid big money for their plates,same bollox different unions.The only ones who benefit from a buyback are the MPOs that can't keep their plates active during a downturn.
There shouldn't be anyone driving a taxi at 70 anyway.I've yet to meet a 70-year-old who is in perfect health.All the unions are doing is drawing attention to these OAPs in charge of two-tonne vehicles.
Did yis know you can't even get a school run over a certain age?
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Buy back scheme again...you'd swear they paid big money for their plates,same bollox different unions.The only ones who benefit from a buyback are the MPOs that can't keep their plates active during a downturn.
There shouldn't be anyone driving a taxi at 70 anyway.I've yet to meet a 70-year-old who is in perfect health.All the unions are doing is drawing attention to these OAPs in charge of two-tonne vehicles.
Did yis know you can't even get a school run over a certain age?
A little off topic i know
but the busses that bring the kids to skool are subjected to a 20 year rule usually driven be pensioners on walking sticks, well they are down my way inanyways.
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Possible disruption for Cork traffic as taxi drivers plan to take protest to the streets (https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/possible-disruption-cork-traffic-taxi-18996564) (Cork Beo)
Cork taxi drivers will take to the streets next week to protest what they say is unfair treatment from the government since the start of the covid outbreak. Drivers across the city are set to take part in a protest on Monday morning to raise awareness of the way they have been treated and also to ask for certain measures from the government.
The planned protest will be overseen by the Gardai and will start at 10am on Monday morning at Ringmahon Rangers soccer pitches. The drivers will then make their way passed Mahon Point, down to the Jack Lynch Tunnel, up the Tivoli dual carriageway then up Horgan's Quay, passed the bus station and down Patrick Street before finishing on South Mall.
Bobby Lynch. Chairman of Cork Taxi Council explained to CorkBeo how the pandemic has affected drivers. "At the start of the covid outbreak we weren't given any proper guidelines for how to operate and six months later we were just told to wash our hands and clean our vehicles which we were doing anyway. "We were driving the front line workers to and from work and people to the test centres to get tested so we are on the front line too. "If the drivers who are over 70 wanted to keep their plate and their business they had no choice but to stay working, nothing was done for them."
Bobby told us that there are various things they want from the government to help support drivers in these difficult times. "We want the NTA to stop issuing licenses and the vehicle age of cars to be extended from 10 to 12 years because people can't afford to change their cars. "We also want a financial package to help drivers who are going back to work and a buy back scheme for the pensioners who want to leave the industry.
"We are protesting because we are forgotten about, the last government did nothing for us and now it is the same with the new government."
Drivers have also said that they have not received as much support from the government as other transport operators. "None of the serving ministers have any interest in helping us, they are scared to mention the word taxi. "Mick Barry, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Thomas Gould have all been on our side but we have had no response from Micheal Martin on the issue. "It is hard when we see other people getting help and we don't get anything". It is likely that the protest will cause some traffic disruption however Bobby says taking it to the streets is the only way to do it.
come next election, if someone promises us quick delivery of a substantial and meaningful package, there's 20k drivers out there (I'm not sure of the exact figures) and their families, each with a vote. That's the difference in a couple of TD's for whichever party
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,^^^Tony I know an oul lad who was doing a school run and had to give it back when he got to 66(I think).Dunno if it's Bus Eireann or the insurance companies but there is an age limit.
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,^^^Tony I know an oul lad who was doing a school run and had to give it back when he got to 66(I think).Dunno if it's Bus Eireann or the insurance companies but there is an age limit.
Yeah 66 is the age limit but i know a lad in Crumlin that fighting it telling them they are ageist and stuff like that, he'll probably be dead before it gets to court.
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,^^^Tony I know an oul lad who was doing a school run and had to give it back when he got to 66(I think).Dunno if it's Bus Eireann or the insurance companies but there is an age limit.
Yeah 66 is the age limit but i know a lad in Crumlin that fighting it telling them they are ageist and stuff like that, he'll probably be dead before it gets to court.
You're allowed in employment law to carry on working as self employed even when drawing the state pension.
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,^^^Tony I know an oul lad who was doing a school run and had to give it back when he got to 66(I think).Dunno if it's Bus Eireann or the insurance companies but there is an age limit.
Yeah 66 is the age limit but i know a lad in Crumlin that fighting it telling them they are ageist and stuff like that, he'll probably be dead before it gets to court.
You're allowed in employment law to carry on working as self employed even when drawing the state pension.
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Ah I see. It's the school run was the issue, not the self employment
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Nobody said they can't work but maybe they shouldn't be in charge of a vehicle for ten to twelve hours a day.The concentration and physical demands are a safety concern especially when carrying someone's kids.
Some oul farts are putting in long hours because they've nothing else in their lives.
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There’s an anomaly in the bus eireann school run contracts, there is an age limit on getting or continuing a school run, but an older (vetted) driver can do one for someone else. Many MPO’s have multiple school runs which they “rent out” as well as renting out their care.
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Its simple to solve the oversupply of taxies .Chip the meter and introduce a tacko as soon as you reach your allotted daily time your meter wont allow another fare ..If groups keep complaining that they cant make coin because there are to many drivers then the NTA will put barriers in the way to reduce the fleet like WATs and 9 year rules .You say one thing they hear something different and impose their solutions .
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For the past 38 years, John Ford has been driving a taxi around Cork, getting to know the city’s people and its streets intimately.
The Covid-19 pandemic has no respect for such service, small industry and fraternity. John Ford is unequivocal - this is the worst it has been in all his decades of driving.
He said: “It is dire. We could barely survive on €350 a week as it was, but now being back at work, it is the worst I have ever seen it.
"We are working longer hours but barely scraping by. You come home and shudder when you see another bill coming through the door. This is what we are all facing. You wonder where it is going to end.”
John was one of hundreds of Cork taxi drivers who lined up in front of Ringmahon Rangers FC and drove in unison - slowly but deliberately and with the guidance of gardaí - into the city centre as part of a protest undertaken by the industry.
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They have been on the frontlines bringing older people to their homes from shopping and funerals, they have brought exhausted medical staff home and back to the coalface, yet they feel taken for granted, they said.
They honked their horns in a cacophony down Patrick Street, the South Mall and on to City Hall, highlighting their plight and pleas for government help.
There was poignancy littered with hope as they passed the striking Debenhams workers on Patrick Street, who held their hands aloft in solidarity with their working compatriots.
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Government urged to restore higher Pandemic Unemployment Payment rate
Derry Coughlan of the Irish Taxi Drivers Federation told the Irish Examiner that the industry wants fairness.
Mr Coughlan said: “Taxi drivers have no guaranteed income. They invest and support the national transport scheme at no cost to the State, they have to put money into the car and the service, they have to be available, they have to pay a tax, have to replace the car.
“The State supports Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Irish Rail, and all we are asking is to do something for taxi drivers because we run parallel with those.
Our taxi drivers have mortgages, families to send to school, car loans to pay.
Taxi drivers want a two-year extension on the car licensing for older cars, which means when the 10-year rule is up, they get another two to carry over as the pandemic recovery begins, according to Mr Coughlan.
“We want to stop the vehicle licence for a while, go back to our own taxi meter areas and have strict control in those areas, so we can survive, live, protect and contribute to the industry.”
Cork Taxi Council (CTC) chairman Bobby Lynch said drivers are angry and worried.
“I’m looking at people here who don’t know what it is going to be like by Christmas. They are going to suffer. We have nobody helping us, no guidelines. We have good people gone from the industry.”
Taxi drivers want a support package for drivers struggling to make a living income, a buy-back scheme for older drivers who now want to retire from the industry, free access to testing, and support with the provision of face masks and personal protective equipment, CTC said.
The 10-year rule must be extended to 12, Mr Lynch said.
“We’re not asking for special favours, just fairness.”
“I’m at this since 1990, you get to know your people, a lot of whom depend on you. A lot of those drivers won’t be able to continue. The fleet is dying.”
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There was an Indian/pakistani driver interviewed on TV3 earlier in Cork and he said he only earned €75 euro between 8pm and 2am last night.Still grossing more than a tenner an hour.That's alright money IMO and he hasn't even seen how bad it can get.
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I earned 27 euro between thursday friday and saturday nights .I am not telling you a word of a lie,so that fuker complaining that he only earned 75 euro INONE NIGHT.how fukkin dare he complain
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I earned 27 euro between thursday friday and saturday nights .I am not telling you a word of a lie,so that fuker complaining that he only earned 75 euro INONE NIGHT.how fukkin dare he complain
Coming over here taking our etc etc.....
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Dont forget Cork is not in Lockdown...............................YET .
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I earned 27 euro between thursday friday and saturday nights .I am not telling you a word of a lie,so that fuker complaining that he only earned 75 euro INONE NIGHT.how fukkin dare he complain
Coming over here taking our etc etc.....
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How many runs was that Daly
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I earned 27 euro between thursday friday and saturday nights .I am not telling you a word of a lie,
:o :o :o :o Sufferin Jayzus...
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Thats roughly my earnings for the last couple of weeks mark,but id like to think things will improve.it pisses me off though,when I hear a fukkin paki complaining he only earned 75 euro for the few hours he was out
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That fukin turbin complained he only earned 75 euro between 8 pm and 2-am last night.I gaurentee very few Dublin drivers even came close to earning that last night for those 6 hours.how fukin dare he complain.im really pissed off over this cunt
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He's probably one of them hero's dm. Either that or his doughnuts are tastier than everyone else's.
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Apart from that,he gave an interview to the tv station and gave out that figure of 75 for 6 hours.people watching that will think to themselves ffs them fukin taxi drivers are not doing to bad,we thought it was much worse then that.will somebody keep them fukkers away from interviewers
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Apart from that,he gave an interview to the tv station and gave out that figure of 75 for 6 hours.people watching that will think to themselves ffs them fukin taxi drivers are not doing to bad,we thought it was much worse then that.will somebody keep them fukkers away from interviewers
I hope he told them by the time he took his diesel, insurance, repairs/services, Nct, suitability, tyres, income tax, accountant fees, and all the other unaccounted shit that appears out of the blue that he has about a fiver left out of his 75.....coming over here taking our women and jobs etc. They can have the women though.
Paddy goes into an injun corner shop.
"Have you any deodorant" sez he.
"Certainly sir. Which type, ball or aerosol?" sez the injun.
"No it's for me armpits" sez Paddy.
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Apart from that,he gave an interview to the tv station and gave out that figure of 75 for 6 hours.people watching that will think to themselves ffs them fukin taxi drivers are not doing to bad,we thought it was much worse then that.will somebody keep them fukkers away from interviewers
€25-€30 after exs for 6 hours. Cop on!
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Apart from that,he gave an interview to the tv station and gave out that figure of 75 for 6 hours.people watching that will think to themselves ffs them fukin taxi drivers are not doing to bad,we thought it was much worse then that.will somebody keep them fukkers away from interviewers
€25-€30 after exs for 6 hours. Cop on!
Trolled!
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There was an Indian/pakistani driver interviewed on TV3 earlier in Cork and he said he only earned €75 euro between 8pm and 2am last night.Still grossing more than a tenner an hour.That's alright money IMO and he hasn't even seen how bad it can get.
Last night was the beginning of freshers week, which in previous years was a bumper night.
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Apart from that,he gave an interview to the tv station and gave out that figure of 75 for 6 hours.people watching that will think to themselves ffs them fukin taxi drivers are not doing to bad,we thought it was much worse then that.will somebody keep them fukkers away from interviewers
€25-€30 after exs for 6 hours. Cop on!
the viewres dont do breakdown of expenses bob,all they hear is 75 euro .thats all they hear
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€75 isn't that bad, all things considered. That Mehaul cunt has cut my puppy dole down to €36/day. Dr. Leo was great so he was.
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Cork will be in Lockdown next week Dublin mini lockdown to be extended from 3 weeks to eight .Things will get even worse a Santy Shooting Contest to be arranged and Rudolph to be Diagnosed with Covid 19 .
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Well if that happens,we'll have to get big Dommo to deliver the kids pressies
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Cork will be in Lockdown next week Dublin mini lockdown to be extended from 3 weeks to eight .Things will get even worse a Santy Shooting Contest to be arranged and Rudolph to be Diagnosed with Covid 19 .
One part right so far ....The Acting Chief Medical Officer has dampened expectations that Dublin will move from Level 3 to Level 2 of Covid-19 restrictions next week.
Dr Ronan Glynn said the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) would need to see a "significant improvement" in Dublin if it were to recommend an easing of the current restrictions.
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Well how does anyone know that we WONT see significant improvement ?
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Well how does anyone know that we WONT see significant improvement ?
Remember Forrest Gump - "Stupid is as stupid does". People have been acting like idiots the past few months. They ain't gonna stop now.
Wash your hands, wear a mask - how hard is that? For some people, obviously too much >:(
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Dont think its quite as simple as that watty.yes of course to do what you say is a simple task,but I think its the politics behind it thats the problem.by NOTwearing a mask,and NOT washing hands certain people seem to be expressing a particular political view point of the whole situation,and how they view it.Gemma O Docherty,and John Waters being one example of what I mean
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Well how does anyone know that we WONT see significant improvement ?
I know your understanding of English Language is not great .Significant Improvement means we wont be reopening soon .I told you 8 weeks according to the man who hires casual labour .
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I can see the mood turning on Dr Ronan.Bring back Dr Tony before there are more protests.
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& Dr. Leo. Dr. Leo was great so he was.
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I can see the mood turning on Dr Ronan.Bring back Dr Tony before there are more protests.
I say bring back DR Leo,he was great so he was
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Ah fukk ya rat,ya got there before me.I wanted to say dat
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getting slow in your old age dalyer, rat got you there.
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Man who employs casual labour says Mick from Cork is out of the country NEPED are meeting this morning to decide if Cork should move to stage 3 .He recons its about 70%/30% that Cork will move into stage 3 this weekend .and the big deciding issue is culshie kids in college holding gaff parties .
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There was a problem with student parties in Cork before the virus. Remember the locals sued the landlord about the parties.
Cork must a kip if they have to have house parties instead of heading downtown rofl
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Man who employs casual labour says Mick from Cork is out of the country NEPED are meeting this morning to decide if Cork should move to stage 3 .He recons its about 70%/30% that Cork will move into stage 3 this weekend .and the big deciding issue is culshie kids in college holding gaff parties .
kenny wont like that.his beloved FN will suffer
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Cork is a Buzzy City great vibe but students from rural Ireland paying rent and food cant afford to gargle in pubs so Gaff Parties are their thing .Man that employs casual labour says they wanted to go to level 3 in Cork last week but Mardike Michael and Master Mc Grath didnt want to as it would effect their voters they hoped the China Cough might not spread in far far Down the Country . Mardike Michael is out of town at an away fixture in Bruxcells so Dr Leo who is great will have to go on the TV box on Radio Eireann and tell the Leesiders no more booze or dirty weekends in cheap hotels for a few weeks .
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You know the new way they do test results like the leaving cert is not based on the leaving cert but on some other exam .If you think thats the only test they are fucking up how about the REAL COVID numbers if they ignore some results then the results are wrong ....Cases of Covid-19 detected by private rapid diagnosis tests are not being entered into the national tracing system, the Irish Independent has learned.
The process of verifying positive cases detected via the LAMP (Loop-mediated isothermal amplification) method of testing is leading to concerns over delays in tracking and tracing the spread of the virus.
Express tests being offered by companies that use LAMP diagnostics to detect the virus rather than the HSE-preferred PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing technique, are "not recognised for diagnosis" according to the HSE.
So Big Dommo pays for a test out of his savings and learns he has the China Cough .I have the tracker app on my phone but I wont be alerted because the Government dont recognise the test results on their system .You couldnt make this shit up for a two pound paperback novel nobody would believe you .
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Keep your fingers Crossed if your in Cork ...The health minister has signalled that other counties could be moved up to Level 3 restrictions later today.
Stephen Donnelly has said he does not expect Nphet to ease restrictions in either Donegal or Dublin when they meet today.
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NO MORE COUNTIES TO LOCKDOWN THIS WEEK .
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Fukkit I wanted to go to stage 5
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My hand are at stage 6!!
https://youtu.be/XV_CQrHKna8
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Be interesting on Monday when the Doc Houlahan returns .Man who employs casual labour says Nefed wanted to go to level 3 in two counties but were over ruled .Donegal is septic a bottle of Listerine wouldnt be safe on a bathroom shelf up there and Cork is spreading as bad as Dublin was before lockdown .The Boy who was in charge was afraid of the Politicians Holahan wont be .
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You could see Dr Ronan getting a pain in his rocks getting asked the same stupid questions every news briefing.
There's one fella from Newstalk and all he ever asked about was when will the pubs reopen.Every fukkin briefing.They should have just given Dr Ronan a Hurley to smash off the table when he got browned off just to intimidate the cunts.
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Its got political .Leo was told to shut his fucking mouth and not to comment on other Ministers Gigs .The Politicians dont want any more lockdowns the people dont believe in them any more and nobody is sure how long this Cartoon Cabinet will last so looking after your constituency and keeping it moving is all that counts .See Donnolly a bit more on the TV he really shouldnt bother he is a fucktard at least the early school leaver knew how to Spoof .Paggo is in hiding somewhere IN OUR COUNTRY .I think by the second week of November there will be a Big move .Election,Lockdown part 2 Death by a 1000 cuts is not working or Ah SURE ITS GRAND and trow in the towel and unleash the Dogs and let us all get on with it .Things cannot go on the way they are nothing adds up or makes sense .
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Man who hires Casual Labour says Donegal and Corh will move to Stage 3 by tomorrow ?
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Man who hires Casual Labour says Donegal and Corh will move to Stage 3 by tomorrow ?
Unscheduled NPHET meeting being held as we type,something's got to give with the amount of cases in the last week.
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Err, Donegal is already in Level 3...
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Err, Donegal is already in Level 3...
Sorry Monaghan not Donegal most border counties are rancid with the Virus .He also says there will be news during the week about a load of Bankrupsy and insolvency applications .Government have been hiding the figures .Since they cut the wage subsidies a load of companies have filed for protection from their creditors for 90 days .The real unemployment rate is over 20% but the government have it at half that .I wonder how many Renters or lads with big car loand and Mortgages are on the brink .Another lockdown and a lot of lads will go under .Even the Man who hires Casual Labour has closed a few companies as there are no contracts to bid for .
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Keep this under your hat... strictly on a need to know basis... I heard a whisper that NPHET has recommended Level 5 for the entire country. Game over.
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Keep this under your hat... strictly on a need to know basis... I heard a whisper that NPHET has recommended Level 5 for the entire country. Game over.
That Houlihan Hoor is only back a wet day and he's putting us all back on the covid coin again.
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Keep this under your hat... strictly on a need to know basis... I heard a whisper that NPHET has recommended Level 5 for the entire country. Game over.
That Houlihan Hoor is only back a wet day and he's putting us all back on the covid coin again.
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Ah..i can't be doin with sitting at home again!!
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You wont be sitting around .I tiled a splash back Saturday fitted a kitchen Tuesday doing a stira tomorrow then changing over a boiler tomorrow all for our kid .Me knees are fucked but Ill never go hungry .Get a ladder go cleaning gutters .Easy coin if your not afraid of climbing a ladder .
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You'll never be idle doin freebies for your kids John!!
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You wont be sitting around .I tiled a splash back Saturday fitted a kitchen Tuesday doing a stira tomorrow then changing over a boiler tomorrow all for our kid .Me knees are fucked but Ill never go hungry .Get a ladder go cleaning gutters .Easy coin if your not afraid of climbing a ladder .
Couldn't compete with the guy that cleans gutters and chimneys for a tenner round here. Actually, I couldn't be bothered competing with him. If it's lockdown, so be it. The daily 10k walks won't do any harm. And as I showed herself the gate since the last l time, I'll have nobody wrecking me head this time around. I'm looking forward to it now, come to think of it.
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If you want a laugh listen to these...
https://youtu.be/SiUPOMGh-T8
https://youtu.be/UyVb2JypmHk
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Whole country going level 3 Taoiseach dosent know yet expect an announcement this evening .
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ad569-level-3/ (https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ad569-level-3/)
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There are more leaks coming out of meetings before any decisions are made .Funny how the GAA decided to go all level 3 before it was announced make them look concerned .So does anybody know are wet pubs still open or do you have to sell food outside on the footpath or what ?
Bars, cafes and restaurants (including hotel restaurants and bars)
Can remain open for take-away and delivery and outdoor dining/service to a maximum of 15 people.
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If you want a laugh listen to these...
https://youtu.be/SiUPOMGh-T8
https://youtu.be/UyVb2JypmHk
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rofl