You couldnât make it up.
Leinster must travel to France to play La Rochelle in the Champions Cup semi-finals in three weeks, while in more pressing matters France are due to visit Dublin to face Ireland in the Womenâs Six Nations on Saturday.
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The French should tell Donnelly to go fuck himself
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So the Leinster goys would have to quarantine at home when they get back
They are already exempt from quarantine at home but were not exempt from mhq.
Ah ok. So what does this mean:
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he was in the process of âputting in place an exemption specifically for professional and elite athletesâ.
However itâs understood the plan does not involve a full exemption from quarantine
God only knows.
What heâs saying is: âMHQ is absolutely vital to protect us all. But we can give exemptions to it for sports people. But not full exemptions, because that might undermine the system. But we wonât tell you anything about what alternative arrangements we are putting in place, because they would show up to stupidity of our MHQ system, which as Iâve said, is vitally vitally important, and without it we will all die.â
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My father in law is a big GAA man, enjoys horse racing and occasionally would watch a game of rugby, soccer at a stretch.
He wouldnât have a clue who Messi is, or Ronaldo.
Heâd know Packie Bonnar and Roy Keane.
I think we can overestimate what a giant figure the likes of Messi is, he has no profile other than on the pitch, the likes of Beckham would have been far better known here.
Tommy Ryan may be a pain in the hole but I give him a pass on that
Countries that implemented proper lockdowns have now opened up. Retail, bars and restaurants are open,
even sporting events have crowds at them. If itâs done right it appears to work. Countries like Ireland that implemented a half arsed approach are always under some kind of restrictions. Important to differentiate between the different approaches. Otherwise people get confused and lash out.
Disagree, my father wouldnt be much of a soccer man but he knows who Messi and Ronaldo are.
What countries are they?
So your saying if he was asked whoâs Leo Messi he wouldnât guess heâs a footballer? I find that very hard to believe.
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It is important to differentiate between the different approaches, which is precisely the reason not to use a blanket term like âlockdownâ to describe all of them.
Look itâs quite simple. Countries that shut their borders in March, and implemented MHQ for anyone allowed in, have done exceptionally well. New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Finland and Norway. Countries that let hundreds of thousands travel in and out of the country have been stuck with lockdowns that donât work, as you admit yourself.
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Politicians and sports people donât carry variants apparently. Fully vaccinated people coming home in an emergency are a greater risk.
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If I put on four stone, let the dog chew my ears, and borrow my mates Blackrock blazer, can I get in?
Nah, The oul dog could have a variant of concern.
He might guess that itâs a footballer alright, heâs probably heard the name, Iâd be surprised if thereâd be much chat about Messi at the mart or in his local. In fact if you made me guess now Iâd say that he WOULDNâT know who Lionel Messi was.
Got around to listening to McDonkey there on Claire Byrne on the radio earlier. He said he could maybe see 10,000 people at Slane next year all socially distant sitting on their own rugs. All spaced apart. Iâd say Lord Henry will be doing well to make any coin from that set up.
McDonkey needs to be greenlit.
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Does he not believe the vaccinations work?