💬“I think it would reflect very badly on us if we were unable to open schools in August, when other countries that suffered much worse than us didn’t close them fully”
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is being quizzed on the Govt’s plans for reopening schools@GavReilly has the details⤵️ pic.twitter.com/ZUPtH6sStP
— Virgin Media News (@VirginMediaNews) July 23, 2020
This afternoon.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar urges a school re-opening policy that won’t make us look bad to other countries.
Fine Gael.
Never change.
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It reflects badly on us that so many of our schools are feckin’ prefabs, so maybe make the decision based on public health rather than how good or bad it looks. The Chargers and Giggys will still hate you either way.
I hates FG so I does
There, there, Giggy. We all do. We all do.
I don’t hate you Nigel.Pity is the word that spring to mind.
I bet you’re a dry old stick on an evening out.
” My round,I’ll get ’em in lads.Stinging nettle and compost heap smoothies coming up.Then I reckon another sing-song.I’ll start off with Kumbaya my Lord “
Shhh…. Stop talking about opening schools. You might wake the teachers.
Geeze, keeping the schools closed won’t be as embarassing as that statement.
Isn’t this guy a member of the government now? Did anyone tell him?
I know more people know Leo than our current Minister for Ed
But shurely it’s Norma Foley’s job to take questions about what’s going on with the schools, alongside the lads on the NPET team
Like parents need to know now, books uniforms, after school v work/ job share arrangements
WTF like
They’ve already made a hames of the leaving cert – students and their parents don’t know whether they’re going to UCD or Carlow IT
Christ t’night
Staycation tax credits isn’t going to plamaus anyone
Yes Alan Kelly was giving out stink today at leaders questions, to Varadkar, about the answers she, Foley, gave to Aodhan O’ Reardon, he insisted that she should be in the house next week for many questions.
imagine thinking what other countries think of Ireland being more important than the actual lives of Irish people.
Yes, it’s just like being more concerned about what goes on in another country than Ireland
Heh x WINKY-WOO
Perception is always more important than reality to psychopathic grifters and sycophantic boot lickers, not just in Irish politics. That seems to be the way of the world right now unfortunately – sigh
And there’s a free Junior Cert for everyone in the audience.
The man just isn’t a team player. Constantly goes on solo runs and undermines colleagues. He used to do this before he was Taoiseach and now he’s back at it.
The only way schools can be reopened is on an individual basis with an inspection of the conditions the children an teachers will be expected to work in! The appalling neglect and lack of investment in basic school infrastructure (hot water, adequate toilet facilities etc.) coupled with overcrowding in classrooms is coming back to bite us!
What other sector is being FORCED to gather without any safe distancing and without any respiratory protection?
Visions of the thousands of children being picked up by their grand parents come to mind.
If you want to compare the reopening of schools to other countries then look at the criteria they used and don’t just blindly ignore the safety of all involved.
Yes – open the schools but do it properly or pay the price!