Bradywasking wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:17 am
There was a live Rugby League match on Sky last night..Seems a bit strange,obviously sporting bodies made their own choice. In Ireland the Government made the call,
blanket ban on outdoor gatherings of more than five hundred and indoor gatherings of over one hundred
The sporting bodies then announced that they were follow the directive with the GAA (Gaelic games) announcing a ban on collective training. The indoor gathering limit of one hundred people applies across the board from Churches to pubs. Many big city centre pubs and clubs in Dublin have closed. The Who concert that I was so looking forward to is also a victim.
Have to be honest and say that part is really fcuking me off - if outdoor gatherings of up to 500 people are allowed, then why cancel all local games and trainings ? Our local sunday league side wouldn't get 500 at them in total over the season so why call off our games ? Same issue applies to kids who now have no training or games for at least 3 weeks and with the likely prospect of that being extended - my youngest (14 years old) has been spending the last 15 months doing a three and a half hour round trip to Dublin 4 times a week to play in a league which may now be cancelled before he gets to play in it, and he is gutted.
Some of the "measures" introduced by the Irish government are laughable - schools are closed but the kids are not allowed to meet up around the towns or sports pitches etc, and I'm fcuked if I know how we are all expected to keep our kids housebound for 5 weeks
The real issue that is absolutely grating on me though is the refusal to cancel or restrict travel. The Irish government are "advising caution" for anyone travelling to Italy or spain - what the absolute fcuk does that mean ?? We all accept that they are high risk area's, so why allow travel to and from these countries at all ? If Ireland was serious about preventing the spread of this then they would have restricted international travel weeks ago - this week thousands of Irish people will travel over and back to Cheltenham and the risks entailed have been swept under the carpet
For the last few weeks a number of schools have gone on trips to Italy with blatant disregard for the risks in bringing back the virus
Despite all the bold statements about public health being the most important issue, I wont believe a word of it until they stop flights in and out of the country and start putting health above the money they would lose for doing so
