Coronavirus Thread - Pause before - The Final Battle (Part 1)

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

I’d be inclined to agree here. Most of my family and friends are abroad and I’ve accepted the fact they won’t be home this Christmas but it’s very unfair in my opinion if people are flying home for Christmas and we are back in lock down in early January because of it.

Obviously there’s extreme cases where people would be coming home to elderly parents or maybe people who’ve been sick or whatever but I think common sense needs to prevail here.

Exactly. The sole focus has to be domestic issues until such time as this pandemic is over. The very, very last thing that should be countenanced is international travel. I might not get to Italy in the next two years but we have to make the country a better and less restrictive place to live in until such time as we’re through the other side of this.

@glasagusban has been actively campaigning for restrictive lockdown measures in Ireland while wanting to be able go on weekend breaks to Berlin and Lisbon.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@TheUlteriorMotive

We’ll had a 8 week lockdown and cases will be reduced to very low.

The strain of Covid in country is linked to Spain and Spanish holidays.

Those fuckwits that were returning home in streams in March and April are asseholes.

[glasagusban]

@Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy

Ireland are an island on the most westerly point of Europe.

Good point. International connectivity is fundamental to our economy and existence.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@glasagusban

Good point. International connectivity is fundamental to our economy and existence.

We don’t have an economy and hospitality industry when we can’t sort out our domestic issues.

The priority has to be domestic issues not your entitlement to a weekend break in Lisbon.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

But sure what’s the point of opening up for two weeks in December Then closing down for two months in January?

It makes no sense. We need to open Up and stay open this time.

[glasagusban]

You keep linking international travel to hospitality. How quaint.

Again, it’s not my fault you fail to understand the importance of travel.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

Our hospitality industry was actively thriving in the summer.

I spent a few nights in Bundoran in July and they said it was the busiest it had been in well over 20 years.

The hospitality and entertainment sector will survive on domestically generated income until such time as international travel does not pose a risk.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@glasagusban

You keep linking international travel to hospitality. How quaint.

Yes.

Because the vast majority of international travel is related to tourism.

Essential travel is still permitted.

It’s not my fault you are thick as pigshit.

[glasagusban]

@Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy

The hospitality and entertainment sector will survive on domestically generated income until such time as international travel does not pose a risk.

Tourism Ireland says the opposite.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@glasagusban

Tourism Ireland says the opposite.

They don’t.

Hotels were absolutely avalanced with booking requests during the summer months when they were open to the domestic market.

The problem is not international travel, it’s excessive lockdown restrictions imposed on them domestically which you are all for.

[glasagusban]

@Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy

They don’t.

Making up lies is not debating.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@glasagusban

Making up lies is not debating.

So why are you making up lies?

[johnnysachs]

Thats because there was a small window to take a break. Domestic tourism is not even near enough to sustain Irish tourism market. We got 11.2m tourists from overseas last year alone. Well over 2m are American who spend a lot more money here than the average tourist.

[glasagusban]

Ok if this is the level you’re at there’s no point in replying to you any more.

[maroonandwhite]

A bit of mental gymnastics on display from snowflakes.

Jacinta crushed the virus, yassss kween.

But she did it by strictly controlling travel and immigration etc. Sure Aussie citizens can’t go back to Oz without permission. Best ignore that.

What, Leo and or holohan say travel is not advisable, thats pure fascism.

[mikehunt]

People should be allowed return home from disease riddled shitholes so they can have a slap-up meal and make their annual (virtual) attendance at mass.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@johnnysachs

Thats because there was a small window to take a break. Domestic tourism is not even near enough to sustain Irish tourism market. We got 11.2m tourists from overseas last year alone. Well over 2m are American who spend a lot more money here than the average tourist.

Ireland opening domestic travel isn’t going to save the tourism industry. The tourism industry is fucked due to worldwide Covid restrictions. Domestic tourism will see it through as best it can in these times. The hospitality industry is fucked due to worldwide Covid restrictions, the aviation industry is fucked due to worldwide Covid restrictions, the pro sports industry is fucked due to worldwide Covid restrictions, the entertainment and arts sector is fucked due to worldwide Covid restrictions.

The tourism and hospitality collapse is not to do with a travel ban, it’s to do with the worldwide impact of Covid.

Personally I have no interest in travelling internationally even if I could because we live in a very restricted world at present. Across Europe you can’t go to a gig, a theatre, a football match, eating out and drinking experiences are completely sanatised, cultural hotspots have limited capacities.

These are the issues, the problems in societies across Europe, not a fucking travel ban.

How much has the hospitality sector missed out in this country alone on the All Ireland finals, 6 nations matches and barstool EPL fans not being able to watch these in a pub? All the stags/hens/weddings that have been cancelled?

International travel is the least of our worries domestically.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@glasagusban

Ok if this is the level you’re at there’s no point in replying to you any more.

You’ve conceded defeat because you have not got any valid points.

Your last post was a lie and now you’ve thrown the towel at it.

You’ve been utterly eviscerated here.

[Loko_Cove]

Can we get the government to define what is meant by the word “meaningful Christmas’. If I’m not allowed go for a couple of pints or go down home to see my family it’s particularly meaningful. In fact it’s pretty shite.

[glasagusban]

Sure pal.