Coronavirus - Here come the variants

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Fascism by another name

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The reply are great to see

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Best of luck lads. See ye in a few years

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You’ll be back for All Ireland #15. “La decimoquinto” will be off da chain

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ISAG basically want to turn the border counties into a glorified internment camp. With papers required to travel between zones.

I thought they were losing influence once the vaccine roll out commenced and the fact that neither the UK or EU are pursuing a zero covid policy but they obviously have the ears of someone in government.

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We are not far off North Korea now

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I thought Paddy didn’t want a border?

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For the greater good

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Ireland is finished as a country.

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Same old tune

It will be over soon, the vaccine is being rolled out everywhere, why are we still hearing that it will never end? Shocking pessimism

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Pessimism? There’s vaccinated people locked up in hotels.

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Give it a rest you daft cunt

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I know, it’s mad.
But it’s nearly done, it won’t go on forever which is what I’m reading here, numbers will fall everywhere and the ‘need’ for quarantine is gone, thats pessimism.

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It’s fairly obvious that people will be pessimistic when the government aren’t giving any indication of when a return to normality is possible, or what needs to be achieved for that to happen. Even when they release these roadmaps the lowest level is still miles away from what was general every day life

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455/14

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How far is @Batigol willing to go to save his country?

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Passengers arriving into Cork and Shannon must travel to Dublin for quarantine

Passengers arriving at Cork and Shannon airports are currently being transported to Dublin for their mandatory hotel quarantine due to a lack of capacity in the Munster region.

People arriving into Cork Port, Cork Airport, and Shannon Airport are being met by Defence Forces personnel upon arrival and then chaperoned to their quarantine facilities in the capital.

The Department of Health has confirmed that passengers entering via the south of the country are currently being accommodated at either the Crowne Plaza or the Holiday Inn Express at Dublin Airport.

“Facilities in Cork or other regional locations have not been stepped up for the purposes of mandatory hotel quarantine at this point,” a spokesperson said.

Demand for hotel quarantine facilities is expected to rise sharply in the coming weeks as last night the Government added 16 extra countries to the hotel quarantine list. Among the additional countries are France, Italy, Turkey, Canada and the US.

The Defence Forces acknowledged it has been designated as the State Liaison Official in support of the new quarantine system, which went live on March 26.

A spokesperson said that passengers arriving into the southern ports of entry are transported to their quarantine facilities by bus, though it is understood that the vehicles in use are not official Defence Forces equipment.

“Upon arrival into Ireland, regardless of whether you arrive by sea or by air, after immigration and customs processing you will be met by members of the Defence Forces who will ensure you are safely and securely transported from your port of entry to the location in which you will complete your pre-booked mandatory hotel quarantine.”

“The vast majority of incoming passengers arrive through Dublin Airport, with a small number coming from Shannon, Cork and seaports,” they added.

It’s unclear exactly how many passengers have been transported to Dublin from Cork since the mandatory hotel quarantine system became operational on March 26. The Department of Health declined to confirm what that number might be.

The State contract for mandatory quarantine was awarded to Tifco Hotel Group. In addition to the Crowne Plaza and the Holiday Inn Express, the other two hotels currently in use are the Clontarf Castle Hotel and the Hard Rock Hotel in Dublin city centre.

There are currently 654 hotel rooms available for mandatory quarantining, but it is expected that capacity will at least double as more countries are added.

Department of Health officials have been in regular contact with hotel provider Tifco this week.

The standard rate for mandatory quarantine, for one adult in one room, is €1,875 for 12 nights service. Non-adherence to quarantine is punishable by a €2,000 fine or a prison sentence of one month.

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A lack of capacity and every hotel in munster empty. They are so dangerous we’ll lash em on a bus together