190 new cases, Ro = 26, 4th highest rate in EU

[watty]

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0818/1159742-cabinet-covid/

- Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced an additional 190 cases of Covid-19 today.
- Mr Donnelly said there were multiple clusters throughout the country in homes and workplaces.
- He said the 14-day cumulative cases per 100,000 of the population is now 26.
- Minister Donnelly also warned that we are at a tipping point, and he said Ireland's rate of growth over the past two weeks is the fourth highest in Europe.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/coronavirus-new-measures-and-restrictions-in-full-1014391.html

- All home gatherings will be limited to six people from three households.
- All sporting events will also be held behind closed doors, with no spectators permitted to attend.
- People are advised to stay away from public transport for all but essential journeys.
- People from different households travelling in the same car have also been asked to wear face coverings.

I guess the NTA will stick out a press release in 2 or 3 weeks about whether the 'strangers in a car' applies to us or not.

Looks like we're back in a lock-down of sorts.  Time to park up the taxis again?

[Theoneandonly]

People from different households travelling in the same car have also been asked to wear face coverings.

Yeah, that's a Taxi

[john m]

Fair Play to Mick from Cork and Eamo the cyclist they gave a great performance tonight really made the natives feel that the Government are in control .Mick from Cork says old people should not do old people stuff like staying in hotels with loads of other people .Im helping Big Dommo move Sheilagh O Flynns wardrobe over to her Mas gaff beside the flats and Dommo says to her .Dorris you will need your passport to get into the pub for Porter they probably wont let you in if your over 70 "fuck off you cheeky bollox "she says to Dommo im only 43 .then her friends grandaughter says "Ah now you will know what its like we have to show our passports to show we are old enough to get Porter now yis old fuckers have to do the same see how you bleedin like it .

So if there is somebody over 70 in the pub are we restricted to six only garglers ?

[Rat Catcher]

Mehaul is a cunt. All these restrictions and he's still going to cut our puppy dole.

It's all very well telling people not to use public transport but where are the alternatives? What happened to the much anticipated regulation of rickshaws? Where are the extra cycle lanes? When will main cycle routes be covered and protected? Why have we no electric scooter or electric bicycle rental schemes? Where are the incentives to promote car sharing? When will we see A to B car rental schemes? etc, etc, etc?

Dr. Leo was great so he was.

[Octavia1]

Mehaul is a cunt. All these restrictions and he's still going to cut our puppy dole.

It's all very well telling people not to use public transport but where are the alternatives? What happened to the much anticipated regulation of rickshaws? Where are the extra cycle lanes? When will main cycle routes be covered and protected? Why have we no electric scooter or electric bicycle rental schemes? Where are the incentives to promote car sharing? When will we see A to B car rental schemes? etc, etc, etc?

Dr. Leo was great so he was.

Seen group of electric bikes in clontarf cople days ago ....maybe these ....https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/up-to-1-000-electric-bikes-to-be-available-for-hire-in-dublin-1.4137549
How will they not be robbed by the tracksuit ferel fetel alcohol syndromed gicknaa's .......
Anyway.....the statement of ...." avoid public transport is a statement of " wer running out of ideas and tings to say because we cant pay the 350 anymore or subsidies and wer going have to let the old folk die an fuk the nurses an doctors we have to let the kids back or the parents wont be able to go back to work and the pubs need to open and yu dont need a mask but yu cant get on a bus even if you have a mask ....so does that mean a mask doesn't work on a bus but you dont need to use in the pub becausethe alcohol in the pub kills the germs or does it mean healy Ray's and the like have more influence in kildare street ? I wud of taut buses wer essential services and pubs wer way way down
the food chain of essential anyfukinting  .........
Now yu know that the place is completely fuked ..... octy is going predictions now that Ireland will be worser than first time around and the headline of Europe.......run by incompetence and inherited political career familys who should of kept at milking cows and sending ther retarded
Offspring to be nuns and Christians brothers ....
Verooka the bum boy indian got away with it cause they all had Stockholm syndrome an needed some cnut just to tell em everything be ok an it worked for a bit but now the imbecile meehole is havin a go an the whole dail is collapsing cause thers no leadership cause hes a fuking
Empty headed oaf ...........an mary loo the only hope of getting us out this shite was lockdowned in a political sense .....
Wer all fuked now
...its going be great telly all the same for me an the owlone next door

[Theoneandonly]

Mehaul is a cunt. All these restrictions and he's still going to cut our puppy dole.

It's all very well telling people not to use public transport but where are the alternatives? What happened to the much anticipated regulation of rickshaws? Where are the extra cycle lanes? When will main cycle routes be covered and protected? Why have we no electric scooter or electric bicycle rental schemes? Where are the incentives to promote car sharing? When will we see A to B car rental schemes? etc, etc, etc?

Dr. Leo was great so he was.

Driving around Dublin you can see that the cycling infrastructure has been much improved, new lanes and new concrete separators, and some parking moved out centrally as a protection, all good stuff, some widening of pavements to allow for bus Q's, the council has been busy on the quiet roads during the pandemic, kudos applied

[john m]

Here you go Rodent according to your Mancrush Doctor V ...The stand-out comment at yesterday's Cabinet meeting, according to some, was not about the rise in Covid-19 cases or the new ­public-health restrictions.

Rather it was Tánaiste Leo Varadkar's comments via a teleconference screen in the meeting room in Government Buildings from his staycation in Co Mayo.

"If we keep doing business like this, we won't be doing business for very long," Varadkar insisted, according to three people who attended the meeting.


Now Rodent 10/1 another General election this year or 5/1 next year looks like great value .Dr Leo is playing a blinder .The Country is heading backwards and at yesterdays TV spectacular no member of FG was there 2FF 1 Cabbage .Leo pushed them under the Bus he couldnt even bother attending the cabinet meeting in person .As you say Mick from Cork will cut the Puppy Dole and the Girls and Boys down the Flats where Big Dommo lives will never Vote FF again .Leo is now trying to Destroy FF for ever and not really trying to run a country .

[Octavia1]

Here you go Rodent according to your Mancrush Doctor V ...The stand-out comment at yesterday's Cabinet meeting, according to some, was not about the rise in Covid-19 cases or the new ­public-health restrictions.

Rather it was Tánaiste Leo Varadkar's comments via a teleconference screen in the meeting room in Government Buildings from his staycation in Co Mayo.

"If we keep doing business like this, we won't be doing business for very long," Varadkar insisted, according to three people who attended the meeting.


Now Rodent 10/1 another General election this year or 5/1 next year looks like great value .Dr Leo is playing a blinder .The Country is heading backwards and at yesterdays TV spectacular no member of FG was there 2FF 1 Cabbage .Leo pushed them under the Bus he couldnt even bother attending the cabinet meeting in person .As you say Mick from Cork will cut the Puppy Dole and the Girls and Boys down the Flats where Big Dommo lives will never Vote FF again .Leo is now trying to Destroy FF for ever and not really trying to run a country .

In a nutshell johnny ....ther careers  and getting in power is more important than the country .....
Get a gun

[john m]

Read between the lines Occi when the star of the Show dosent turn up for a Gala performance you know the Curtain is coming down on the Production .Leo not Turning up to give a bit of confidence as he is second in command and a Doctor ,instead we got the Cyclist and the Beard from Bray and Mick from Cork more like a lineup for a debate at the Local Parish Council than the People leading a Country .I think Mick from Cork has been exposed the Job of Taoiseach is above his Talent Pool .

[mercenary for hire]

I can't watch yer man Ryan on the telly.He keeps butting into other peoples questions at the briefings then he blurts out some intolerant stuff and trails off into nonsense.He looks broken or like he's getting feck all sleep.Too many cooks..

Anyway it's all good from yesterday..Be happy they didn't tell the over 50s to cocoon like they were considering in the UK. The more times they tell people to work from home the less likely we will be kicked off the PUP.

[Theoneandonly]

What are the odds that the Erm will still be predicting the end to this Government in 4 years time, and will start predicting the end of the Government after this one the day after it's formed?

[john m]

What are the odds that the Erm will still be predicting the end to this Government in 4 years time, and will start predicting the end of the Government after this one the day after it's formed?

Roy did you see the three of them on TV yesterday .Mick does his bit then turns to Eamo to say something he freezes then the Bray Beard does his lines then Eamo the Bike standing with his arms crossed across his chest while standing up stutters a load of shite .If this Government stays in place we are in trouble .You know its fucked .Paggo.Mc Grath,the Early school leaver and the minister for Meat are avoiding the Cameras .There is no plan no direction no hope with this shower .I dont know what the alternative is but this government is non functioning .The quicker its gone the better .

[Theoneandonly]

Teething problems

[john m]

Teething problems

Poor Eamo and the Cabbages think they thought being in government was going to be all about bike lanes electric busses and house insulation ,none of them prepared to make the hard decisions and the FF crowd are pissed off they didnt get Company cars .They will be back in a few weeks then must pass a pre budget budget .Would you bet a tenner to win a pound that they will pass a budget ? I know I wouldnt if they dont pass a budget the Government automatically falls .At the moment I am fiscally opaque so dont have coin to invest if I had coin I would bet this government wont go two years .10/1 it fails this year and 5/1 it falls next year .

[Octavia1]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0819/1159989-covid19-ireland/
Nobody in charge....this ting is going to explode.....wit the cretin in charge