Last night.
Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown An Cathaoirleach Cllr Una Power beside The new Yuletide Yacht monument after officially switching the lights on at Dún Laoghaire Harbour.
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
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Ah here.
This morning.
Ranelagh, Dublin 6.
Thanks Kevin Quinn
This morning.
Three launched its horrifically manipulative emotive Christmas campaign entitled ‘Everyone’s a kid at Christmas’ which “shows us that no matter where you are this Christmas, you can still share those special moments and traditions with family and friends”.
Where’s dad?
Anyone?
Taoiseach Micheál Martin arrives at Government buildings, Dublin 2 this morning
“It will not be the same Christmas as last year, but we can have a good Christmas,” Taoiseach Micheál Martin tells Brian Dobson on RTÉ’s News at One pic.twitter.com/IJrUZb3hFb
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 13, 2020
This afternoon.
A good Christmas?
Beats every other year then.
FIGHT!
Meanwhile…
Hopefully, in the first half of 2021…we could start rolling out [Covid-19] vaccines, maybe earlier for the more vulnerable groups, Taoiseach Micheál Martin tells Brian Dobson on RTÉ’s News at One pic.twitter.com/JFlJfFdlWn
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 13, 2020
Earlier: Baby If You’ve Got To Go Away
Arrvirals
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Dublin Airport last Christmas
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar advises people not to book flights home for Christmas at present | Read more: https://t.co/AyMflXq8P3 pic.twitter.com/XnVch26wDA
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 12, 2020
This afternoon.
The Dáil.
“I think in terms of people booking flights for Christmas to come home, I’d advise them not to do that at the moment.
“I know that’s difficult, I know that’s tough, but Christmas is six weeks away and it is too soon now for people to be booking flights to come home”.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.
Meanwhile…
Mr Varadkar said there are dangers that international travel could reseed the virus here.
Visitors still welcome.
Good times.
Tánaiste advises not to book Christmas flights home yet (RTÉ)
This afternoon.
Stephen’s Green Centre, Dublin 2.
Christmas decorations hang in St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre as many retailers fear they may not be able to open in time for Christmas due to Level 5 restrictions. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association (ISME) has written to all TDs expressing its opposition to the ongoing closure of all ‘non-essential’ retailers.
This morning.
Aldi, Terenure, Dublin 6.
Karen Morgan writes:
Ho, ho, ho! Exciting news! Santa dropped into Aldito announce that, while we may not be able to visit him in person this year, during the month of November, Aldi is giving 100 lucky families the opportunity to win a virtual chat with the man himself in the run up to Christmas via SantaOnline.ie.
To enter, email your best Christmas cracker joke to santa@aldi.ie!
You may share them with us as well.
Or not.
Suit yourselves.
From top: Christmas homecoming, Dublin Airport, 2018; Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, at the Department of Health briefing in Miesian Plaza last night
This morning.
Christmas homecomings around the country’s airports are now in doubt as chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan warned the Covid-19 risks around international travel are still “very substantial” at this time.
Via RTÉ:
Dr Holohan also cautioned parents about the risks of children from different families getting together for Halloween parties.
Asked about people travelling home for Christmas and families in different countries reuniting for the festive season, he said no specific consideration by his team has yet been given to it.
“Our advice is that the risk of non-essential travel outside this country is simply too high at this moment.”
You’re too high.
Are not high enough.
Hard to tell these days.
Christmas flights home in doubt as Covid travel risk ‘simply too high’ (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
So NPHET now think their earlier advice about schools was… wrong?
When they said schools were only safe if there was low level of transmission in the community?
New NPHET position: schools remain ‘safe’ even when virus is out of control#COVID19irelandhttps://t.co/z3JP88lXuG
— Deirdre Gilhawley (@DeeGilhawley) October 28, 2020
Um.
Meanwhile…
Police will enter homes and break up Christmas dinners if families break lockdown rules, predicts police commissioner https://t.co/ajmkNyeZZz
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 28, 2020
Oh.
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Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Professor Jason Leitch
The idea of a normal Christmas is a “fiction” and Scots should prepare for digital celebrations, national clinical director Jason Leitch has said.
The government has insisted that the latest Covid-19 restrictions are having an impact on the spread of the virus.
But Prof Leitch told BBC Scotland there was “absolutely no question” of a “normal” Christmas being allowed.
Measures could be eased if case numbers fall, but Mr Leitch said people should “get their digital Christmas ready”.
Meanwhile…
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the government was making “really tough” decisions and would not “tell people what they want to hear to make it easier in the here and now”.