This afternoon.
Guidelines for indoor dining are out.
Via Sean Defoe (Newstalk)
– Max 6 people over 13 (and some extra kids) at a table
– 105 minute rule
– no live music
– no multiple bookings
– 2m between tables
Um.
Meanwhile…
These guidelines are an EMBARRASSMENT. Citizens will act responsibly but it is an insult to our intelligence that govt would tell us how many mins we may sit in a restaurant. This level of micromanagement of a restaurant’s policies is UTTERLY inappropriate in a free society. https://t.co/fzzXYWYNj1
— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) May 26, 2021
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It says 1m if you’ve adhered to Appendix 1…whatever is in there. I’m fine with 2m though, hate restaurants that shove tables on top of each other so you can’t have a proper conversation.
Does anyone really think that wearing a mask while walking to and from a table is going to make a blind bit of difference?
Everyone knows that when you’re sitting down you’re too busy inhaling pints and spuds to exhale and spread germs
people can’t be trusted. a few oul pints and they’ll be laughin and spittin and lickin the face off of each other out the back, blowing smoke all over each other. and home for a ride – are they going to be wearing masks, huh? huh?
The required distance is not between tables it is between people at the tables. There’s a big difference and one metre is allowed. 1m between tables means basically no social distancing at all.
Ehh, no it’s not, it’s between tables. You seriously thought they were implementing rules where people sitting around the same table would have to be 1 metre/2 metres apart from each other??!!!
They define it as “back of chair to back of chair”.
Yes, back of chair that person sits in.
Ergo minimum 1m distance between people sitting on those chairs.
Theyd hardly measure chair to chair when they are tucked under the table
The point is these two hypothetical chairs would be at different tables. There isn’t a rule for distance between chairs at the same table.
In other news today most people probably got the pox in December 2019 and never noticed. If you did you possibly have antibodies for life. And if you don’t and get very sick from this you still got a minimum of 98% chance of surviving even if you are old. But ignore all that….NO LIVE MUSIC!!!
What science is being followed for this load of nonsense? Is Ireland of particular risk compared to other countries?
Yes with the almost complete lack of push back from the public compared to other countries we were always going to be at increased risk of those out-of-control control freaks foisting yet more of this infantilising pseudo-scientific nonsense upon us ;)
The 105 minutes rule is particularly stupid. In what way would risk be increased by staying longer?? The only thing it encourages is people moving from establishment to establishment.
It’s similar to the way the guards have been moving people who are sitting outside at the canal. Then they all just relocate to someone’s gaff.
105 minutes, no multiple booking; but if I book 105 min slot, and my drinkin buddy books another sequentiallyunder his name, result! 210 minutes of scoops!
Hic!
What a farce.
Its absolutely nuts. It just shows a complete lack of evidence based decision making.