Unlocking Ireland - thread uimhir a seacht!

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A shiny new thread for us all to talk pure shite whilst we wait for lockdown to end

Hi Maebh the more the merrier!

There will be many tears when she does finally get back. Our Mam died after 8 weeks in hospital, sis couldn’t come back for the funeral as she had covid & quarantine.

Horrible time, We couldn’t see Mam for that 8 weeks & thought we’d get her home.

Nice sunny morning out. I've got a very exciting day ahead - car has the NCT retest so I have to go outside my 5km to collect it from the mechanics and then to the NCT centre. Are ye all jealous of me?!

I'm so very sorry MadamBatty

Welcome Maebh and good luck with the NCT too Joolsin. Enjoy the trip

@MabehOg welcome, it’s a lovely supportive community here as well as great craic!

@MadamBatty

There will be many tears when she does finally get back. Our Mam died after 8 weeks in hospital, sis couldn’t come back for the funeral as she had covid & quarantine.

Horrible time, We couldn’t see Mam for that 8 weeks & thought we’d get her home.

I'm so sorry to hear that, it's awful to lose a loved one, yet alone have it compounded by covid

So sorry for your loss @MadamBatty xx

Welcome Maebh

Good luck with the NCT @Joolsin I hope you've planned your outfit for your big day out

I'm torn between really wanting to go to work and needing another week off.
How am I going to get up early on Monday.

@fightingirish

Happy Easter from wales! I'm from Navan, would give my legs to be able to go home... so very homesick, my mammy passed away a few weeks ago and I just want to go home x

I grew up in Navan. Live in London now. So sorry to hear about your mum. It's so hard for you. I hope you get to go home soon and see your family. It wont make up for what happened but you will be able to feel a bit better. I speak to my friends at home every week, which is good, but nothing like being there and giving them a hug or just having a cup of tea and a chat. People say they u understand what it's like to miss home, but they dont "know' what it's like and the sort of small things that you miss. Anyway, take care,

MaebhOg welcome. The more the merrier. Carriemac named Craicnet and I suggested it way back in July 2016.
It's great so many are now involved. Unbelievable that one thread has reached Thread number 7.

I'm so sorry to hear of the deaths of parents of posters on here and the difficulty of attending funerals with all the restrictions. Heartbreaking.
💐MadamBatty

Sorry to hear that @MadamBatty that sounds so hard

With GAA training resuming at the end of the month I remembered this morning that DS has grown out of his football boots, socks, gloves, hurley. I managed to order boots, socks and gloves online and a got new gum shield so we dont have a last minute panic getting one in the garage. I wasnt sure of hurley sizes so couldnt order one. Its so hard not being able to go to the local sports shop.

His helmet is getting tight but at 70euro I'm gonna try and get another few months out of that.

DD is looking forward to her first ever summer term in secondary school, she's in 2nd year so missed it last year. She's a bag of nerves though. Must go and find all the uniform and pencil cases etc and avoid a Sunday night panic.

Ah MadamBatty, I'm so sorry. It's utterly heartbreaking.

My parents aren't in Ireland and it's been a constant worry for me they might get ill. I've not allowed myself to linger on the circumstances that might unfold if they had died. I've not seen them now for well over a year now. This whole situation is so dreadful in so many ways.

MadamBatty I'm very sorry to hear of your loss.
Loved ones need to be able to visit wearing PPE it is awful the trauma being kept from loved ones in their hour of need even worse if they've been hospitalised weeks beforehand.

I see tha there is a woman now bringing a case to the high court about her mandatory hotel quarantine. A different woman to the Dubai two.

It is interesting.

On one hand, she should know the rules before she comes in.

On the other hand, she has been vaccinated and has tested negative, and she should have a right to argue against it, I guess.

It is only two weeks in a hotel, yet people cannot seem to be able to bear it. I suppose it must be the feeling of having no choice and being made to do something that people cannot bear.

I don't think that the high court will side with her.

@MaebhOg

Good morning all, I'm a long time lurker, all the talk of takeaways gave me the push to jump in 😉 these threads are great, I've lost hours reading through them. just wanted to say hello and that I hope ye don't mind me arriving late to the gathering!

Hi Maebh. I have always loved the name Maebh

I like the name Maeve, Maebh, Meadhbh, Meabh,
But the variations in spelling it !!!
I never get it right. Invariably put the wrong spelling in.

@Sarahtrue11

I see tha there is a woman now bringing a case to the high court about her mandatory hotel quarantine. A different woman to the Dubai two.

It is interesting.

On one hand, she should know the rules before she comes in.

On the other hand, she has been vaccinated and has tested negative, and she should have a right to argue against it, I guess.

It is only two weeks in a hotel, yet people cannot seem to be able to bear it. I suppose it must be the feeling of having no choice and being made to do something that people cannot bear.

I don't think that the high court will side with her.

Being vaccinated doesn't mean you can't spread infection. It protects you from getting ill, but you still may be carrying a high viral load (that your body is in the process of killing off) that you can pass onto others.

So a vaccinated person coming into a country of vaccinated people = great. I hope the EU sorts out standards for international vaccine passports soon for that reason so Ireland can make use of it when our vaccinated % is high enough.

But a vaccinated person coming into a country of unvaccinated people = a risk to that country's population if coming from a quarantine list country. Israel was on the quarantine list at the time so it's tough luck, imo: her vaccine status is irrelevant.

Being vaccinated doesn't mean you can't spread infection. It protects you from getting ill, but you still may be carrying a high viral load (that your body is in the process of killing off) that you can pass onto others.

So a vaccinated person coming into a country of vaccinated people = great. I hope the EU sorts out standards for international vaccine passports soon for that reason so Ireland can make use of it when our vaccinated % is high enough.

But a vaccinated person coming into a country of unvaccinated people = a risk to that country's population if coming from a quarantine list country. Israel was on the quarantine list at the time so it's tough luck, imo: her vaccine status is irrelevant.

Yes, I totally agree with you.

I wonder why these people can't seem to bear two weeks in a hotel. It is a pretty easy thing to do, in the grand scheme of things, and we have so much technology to entertain us.

I saw people in the UK, in hotel quarantine, holding signs up to the windows saying that they were being held against their will.

Like, it is two weeks! In a hotel!

My dad is getting his first vaccine today. I’m so happy that he’s a step closer to bring protected. He’s only 69 but has cancer so in the vulnerable group. Feeling quite emotional tbh.

@Mayzee

My dad is getting his first vaccine today. I’m so happy that he’s a step closer to bring protected. He’s only 69 but has cancer so in the vulnerable group. Feeling quite emotional tbh.

I really understand that feeling. My mother, 73, has finally been called for her vaccine next week. I felt so relieved.

I'd like couple of days in a hotel, but I'd hate two weeks just in a hotel room. So I will not bother going anywhere.
I hate the travel restrictions, it is difficult not to be able to see people you need to see,and time is moving on.
I keep hoping I will wake up in the morning and the pandemic is gone!

New countries added to the quarantine list for Ireland:

Bangladesh, Belgium, France, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Turkey, the US, Canada, Armenia, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Curaçao, Maldives, Ukraine.

I'd quite like 2 weeks of peace and quiet in a hotel with no kids hanging out of me, just to recover from the last year of hell...

Not with the kids, though. All 4 of us in one room would just be moving into a deeper circle of hell!