Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Asked if we’re into Level 5 restrictions until at least after Easter, Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD tells @MorningIreland ‘We are looking at a continuation of high levels of restrictions to the easter period. That remains to be determined by Government.’ https://t.co/Ym4sl7FSeM pic.twitter.com/pDbOIyg0Po
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 11, 2021
This morning.
Via RTÉ News:
On international travel, Mr Martin said the arrival of a new variant has given an added momentum and importance to the issue of border controls, which are important to delaying variants entering the country and reducing their transmission.
He said that with the move towards a mandatory quarantine, countries will be added to the list, and later today 20 other countries, including sub-Saharan Africa and the UAE, will be considered with regard to mandatory quarantining.
Mr Martin said people should not be undertaking non-essential international travel, which is a breach of Level 5 restrictions.
He added that Ireland has to think beyond mandatory quarantine as “otherwise in the medium- to long-term we end up as prisoners in our own country”.
Asked about the ban on inter-county GAA matches, he said this will be looked at again.
Govt looking at high level of restrictions until Easter – Taoiseach (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Templeogue, Dublin 6.
Thanks Halfahead
Meanwhile…
One side of M50 we have Irish EU citizens being stopped by Gardaí & hit with fines. On the other side of M50 coming from airport thousands of EU citizens are just left free to do what they like. Thats not normal. @vonderleyen @EU_Commission #lockdown
https://t.co/j41izb6Pe5— Politics Watch (@PoliticsWatch14) February 11, 2021
Um.
And Paddy pack animal continues applauding.
Well done lads!!!
Let the blaming of the day begin.
Giving Catholic 1970s Ireland a run for its money in the shaming game
We are all to blame, we are all sinners, and we all deserve to be punished (locked-down)
If Portugal isn’t on the list of restricted countries, then the list is meaningless
and here you are once again with the portugal-bashing, andrew
eh? Portugal bashing? Do I have a history of this? News to me.
Mot flights to Europe from Brazil go to Portugal. Brazill is a hot spot for the virus. That is all.
eh? Portugal bashing? Do I have a history of this? News to me.
Mots flights to Europe from Brazil go to Portugal. Brazill is a hot spot for the virus. That is all.
Anger the ‘Logue crew at your peril. Lord knows what these tennis die hards will be driven to.
I noticed that the Seychelles is on the UK’s red-list of countries that they won’t allow travel from.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-travellers-from-red-list-countries-will-have-to-pay-1-750-for-10-day-hotel-quarantine-12213267
Anyone any idea why. They have only 7 Covid deaths and 1700 cases?
Why are the on the list?
I don’t know whether the Irish government do this but the UK publish the rationale behind their decisions – https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/seychelles/coronavirus
Thanks H
yeah, but what does Leo have to say?
This drip-drip planning, blaming, penalising and communicating from Government is infuriating. Where is their detailed strategy for tackling the pandemic in 2021? Or is Leo ‘Minister for Beer Gardens’ and Luke O’Neill the Covid oracles steering public information?
There is no plan at all. They’ve been winging it for a year now. Cases go up, lock everyone down (except people who want to come and go via Dublin airport); cases go down, give us a little bit of essential freedom back so they can abruptly pull the rug from under us again.
Look at the rest of Europe, we’ve had the strictest lockdowns considering we haven’t been able to leave the country in a year and we’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time under “level 4” and “level 5” comparatively.
The fact is the government is completely incompetent and the healthcare system is a shambles and hasn’t been upgraded in the last year to accommodate covid cases. So as soon as we hit about 600 cases, the country goes into lockdown because there wouldn’t be medical capacity to deal with hospitalization. Meanwhile, door’s open if you want to fly in.
‘Looking at’
The usual Micheal Martin Half-way up/half-way down answer
He’s nearly putting his fingers together in that pic above – Mr Burns style
“Excellent…”
Until Morals Improve.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/if-im-invited-i-will-go-taoiseach-expects-vaccine-to-be-required-for-white-house-visit-on-st-patricks-day-40078783.html
Martin has no qualms about visiting the US in March. The only thing that will stop him is that he doesn’t get an invite. His last chance to be there as ‘Leader’ before Varadkar expects to be re-instated.
If Martin goes to Washington will there be a fine going out and coming back, as carting
Shamrock to America is hardly an acceptable defence, if so we could all use it.