This morning.

Merrion Street, Dublin 2

Taoiseach Micheal Martin (above), Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly (pic 3) and Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan (pic 2) arrive for a cabinet meeting where they are expected to sign off on new public health recommendations from NPHET regarding the Omicron variant.

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Earlier: Staines On Humanity

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11 thoughts on “And Relax

  1. Mr.T

    Nothing to do with the virus being significantly weaker (or the restrictions put in place being far in excess of what was needed), no

    1. Frank

      Just one second Mr. T
      They are not ‘relaxing any restrictions’ they have imposed. Instead they are changing the ‘rules’
      – Asymptomatic close contacts who have received the booster jab should no longer have to restrict their movements for five days
      – Close contacts who have not received the booster jab should restrict their movements for five days
      – People who test positive for Covid should isolate for seven days
      – Positive results from antigen tests should no longer require confirmation with a PCR test

          1. bisted

            …NPHET are an advisory body which has been consistently ignored by the decision makers…the decision makers are also the law makers but they have been consistently exposed as law breakers…despite the donkeys leading the country, the vast majority of people have tried to do what they thought was right…when the history of this horrible time is eventually told, among the true heroes will be NPHET…

        1. Frank

          I’d say there are a lot of people in public sector jobs that slavishly follow this tripe. Trying to figure out the best way to get a few days off. Thats what it’s all about, isn’t it?

    2. Cú Chulainn

      Does Donnelly get his driver to buy him a coffee, then drop him 250m from the entrance, so he can walk in looking like he is a man of the people..?

    3. Ben

      All to do with the hospitality closed down
      Thank god people did not drink at home attended mass sporting events or decided to take to the skies
      I believe omicron originated from omagh

  2. johnny

    ….is there LIFE after McKillya (stevie’s old shop) hell yes.

    ….The Commonwealth brings this action against McKinsey for the consulting services it provided to opioid companies in connection with designing the companies’ marketing plans and programs that helped cause and contributed to the opioid crisis. McKinsey sold its ideas to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, L.P. (“Purdue”) for more than fifteen years, from 2004 to 2019, including before and after Purdue’s 2007 guilty plea for felony misbranding…..

    https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-mckinsey-complaint/download

    was Steve in ‘health’ or as its now know deathcare at McKinsey.

    yet another lawsuit filed yesterday,is he still a partner ?

    https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/01/10/massachusetts-cities-sue-mckinsey-opioid-crisis

  3. GiggidyGoo

    Ah yeah. Follow the science.

    I’m wondering too, what section of the course to get qualified as a doctor would relate to placing 5 year olds into a room in the middle of winter with the windows open and a draught going through the room as safe, health-wise.

    The Government / NPHET method of dealing with this is ‘make it up as we go along’ and is dependent on the ‘input ‘of likes of The Vintners and IBEC.

    We’re told that 500,000 people are reckoned to have caught Covid last week. Another makey-uppy, pie in the sky figure? Or if correct, then at that rate of the virus in circulation, everyone would catch it by the end of March. Herd immunity?

  4. Ben

    All to do with the hospitality closed down
    Thank god people did not drink at home attended mass sporting events or decided to take to the skies
    I believe omicron originated from omagh

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