🚨 THE ENTIRE CABINET IS SELF-ISOLATING AND THE DÁIL IS ABANDONED FOR THE WEEK
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 15, 2020
This evening.
More as we get it.
UPDATE:
Breaking: Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn is now restricting his movements @rtenews
— Laura Hogan (@LauraHoganTV) September 15, 2020
FURTHER UPDATE: The government might be okay with this but the Dáil authorities don’t seem so sure. Top bods meeting as we speak
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 15, 2020
Earlier…..
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly (left) with acting Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health last month
I understand that Health Minister @DonnellyStephen felt unwell this afternoon. After speaking with the acting Chief Medical Officer, the Minister is to contact his GP with a view to arranging a test for #COVID19 @rtenews
— Paul Cunningham (@RTENewsPaulC) September 15, 2020
This afternoon.
Short circuit in the Donnelly mainframe or the lurgy?
It’s a waiting game.
At least he gets sick pay
So there’s that
No he doesn’t.
Myxomatosis I heard.
His wife has rash
He’s going to get docked is he C!an?
I’d say he gets paid while sick. Probably no facilities for a TD to claim sick pay, so they just give it to him anyway.
As long as he doesn’t appear in a ‘wooden shed’ to give us the next installment.
Could be worse
He could be working for Larry Goodman separating racks of bodice all day
And sleeping in a wooden shed
No. He gets paid his normal salary. Its not ‘sick pay’
In the same way that a female TD that has a baby gets paid.
If she doesn’t get “maternity pay” – like you said yesterday; then he doesn’t get “sick pay”. They get paid regardless of what they do work-wise.
no wonder they do shag all :)
So it’s full pay
So where did the bould Stephen pick it up (if it is actually Covid)? Did he not practise what he’s been preaching?
Make sure to blame the victim if he has in fact contracted a highly-infectious disease – nice.
or foot in mouth.
Well some good news then.
Amazing how politicians who are in trouble seem to catch this .. remarkable..
Free Gaff !!!!!
I just heard an interview with Donnelly on Matt Cooper.
God, it was dire.
Maybe the Cabinet are just gone into hiding?
just when the sun came out
Sick with embarrassment after he called Varadkar Taoiseach earlier. I laughed.
Ah lads
C’mon
our entire Government ?
And their Special Advisers
And what have yas
Out sick?
Stop
Just Stop this now
Open up
Take your dose
And let us at least try and stop ourselves from going under here
Yis have had 8 months now to try and get a grip
Its not going to happen now
and tis worse ye’re making it
Eh?
My daughters school had a case last week.
School is still open. Why is the Dail off?
Same with the school I work in.
Drill down through the tweetings and you come across something like this….
https://mobile.twitter.com/philipoconnor/status/1305555527477481473
Will they be self-isolating though? The Examiner.ie reporters need to get out there and follow them around.
Yep – big announcement with a colour coded….sorry…..five point ‘plan’, but to avoid any ministers having to answer any questions on it, off they go on a weeks sabbatical, and herd out a few junior lads to be blooded at leaders questions or whatever.
Now we know the real reason the quarantine limit was reduced to 10 days
I honestly doubt if they even thought that far ahead- the problem with brain cells is that you assume everyone else has the same amount.
Your head starts spinning into conspiracy when it is just an ass employing a PR company to represent him or her as a race horse.
Sure the Dept of Health just hired a new PR company – Teneo
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40047419.html
Which is run by Declan Kelly, brother of Labor leader Alan Kelly
JOBS FOR THE BOYS!!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_Kelly_(businessman)
I just have this image in my head now that all od the Dáil will turn up with remote presence devices!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWfur9at2s
“Dr Ronan Glynn is now restricting his movements”
Oooooh… he’s going to get very backed up doing that. Not gonna end well Ronan
Pray for Stephen
Ha Ha! Negative
BACK TO WORK THE LOT OF YA!
Also, that was a very quick test Stephen
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/minister-for-health-stephen-donnelly-tests-negative-for-covid-19-1.4355489?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fminister-for-health-stephen-donnelly-tests-negative-for-covid-19-1.4355489
Jesus Christ. He tested negative. Could he not just have gone for a test and then, if positive, told the Dail and put it on notice to close.
What company/ organisation in the whole world closes when someone thinks they feel unwell..
I get the hysteria but please. My mate works in a pharma company – 1 person felt unwell so they rapid tested all 50 in the unit – all negative no big deal, no closure. In the Govt however they send everyone home…….
This is what happens…