Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Acting Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn at Covid-19 briefing in Government Buildings
This evening.
At Government Buildings.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces that the county of Donegal will move to Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions as of midnight tomorrow night for three weeks….
Watch live here.
Meanwhile…
Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD announces that Donegal will be moved to level 3 restrictions for three weeks, the county now has an incidence rate of 148 per 100,000, which the highest in the country. Wet pubs in Donegal will be allowed serve up to 15 customers outdoors #iestaff pic.twitter.com/pB2JjLRnOw
— Elaine Loughlin (@Elaine_Loughlin) September 24, 2020
Wow! The vintners have really gotten to govt.
Donegal Lockdown will still allow wet pubs to continue operating, in spite of NPHET advice 👇 https://t.co/gWIRxsNsRl— nwl (@nwl88444048) September 24, 2020
Meanwhile…
Information provided to us by NPHET, we have seen a deterioration over the last week… 7 and 14 day incidence rates, hospital and ICU figures have all increased. Deaths thankfully remain low but are rising.
Louth Waterford Wicklow Cork Kildare and Galway also vulnerable
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 24, 2020
Meanwhile, Virgin Media One‘s Gavan Reilly asked Mr Martin about the rationale for the announcement that wet pubs in Donegal, on Level 3, can remain open, for serving 15 people outdoors, but wet pubs in Dublin can’t.
Mr Martin said the Government accepted advice from NPHET.
Mr Glynn said:
“NPHET recommended today that Donegal be moved to Level 3 of the framework which Government published and so the recommendation, or what will happen in pubs in Donegal is consistent with Level 3 of the framework.”
Mr Reilly asked Mr Glynn a further question which was not audible, but Mr Glynn replied:
“No, but there was a, there is a specific set of circumstances in relation to Dublin which the pubs have never been open, so…”
Anyone?
Previously: Sitting On A Tinder Box
and to act decisively
But you can still buy a pint
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In the northwest, only allowed outside, when the weather is precarious. Sounds grim
When this thing broke into the news last January
Radio 1 had an expert – well they were all experts then too,
on
And he said then that the safest place to be was outdoors
And ideally somewhere along the Wild Atlantic Way
Just saying
It’s safest to be outside somewhere windy alright, and Donegal folks are fierce tough, more than my chilly westbrit posterior. But the only option being outside is a bit depressing
Midnight on Fri, why not midnight tonight?
Because Friday’s when the boys of Killybegs come rolling home.
The virus only knows about Fridays.
Anti maskers must be pleased.
Donegal: Up Here We’re Different
Five levels, with extra sub levels. More flip flopping.
Looking at Nphet’s ‘minutes’ (still almost a month behind) it’s clear that those meetings cannot allow every member to have a say in each meeting. There isn’t time for 60-70 people to do so. Membership seems to change, and some regular members don’t attend in any format sometimes. Then there are many sub groups, whose minutes are many months behind.
It’s a joke at this stage. It’s spreading the ‘responsibility’ to many so that the few can do a Bart Simpson.