Easing of Restrictions from 10th May

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Inter county travel ban is to be lifted on 10 May under plans agreed by the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 tonight.
Three households can also meet up outside from 10 May.

Places of worship - 50 attendees permitted at normal services, as well as funerals and weddings.
However, six people can only attend the wedding reception indoors or 15 outdoors. This will increase to 25 in June.

House viewings in person will also resume on 10 May, as will driving tests.

Construction:
Full construction work will open earlier than most industries on 4 May, having been partially reopened in recent weeks.

Retail:
On 10 May, hairdressers, barbers and salons are due to reopen, as is click and collect shopping.
Full retail will resume on 17 May.

Hospitality to re-open from June:
The Journal has learned that among the major changes, is the reopening of outdoor dining and beer gardens on 7 June, after the bank holiday weekend.
There will be no distinction between restaurants, pubs or other food outlets and the €9 meal measure will not return.
Hotels and B&Bs can reopen on 2 June and will be permitted to serve residents indoors it is understood.
There is no fixed date for indoor dining, but it is set to be some time in July.

Gyms and Sports Matches:
Gyms and swimming pools will reopen their doors on 7 June, but will not be permitted to hold classes – it will be individual training only.
On that day too sports matches will resume but no crowds will be allowed to attend

www.thejournal.ie

Hairdressers and inter-county travel due to reopen on 10 May, while beer gardens and outdoor dining set for 7 June

Government will give a detailed roadmap today after a full Cabinet meeting.
www.thejournal.ie www.thejournal.ie
 
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odyssey06 said:
Inter county travel ban is to be lifted on 10 May under plans agreed by the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 tonight.
Three households can also meet up outside from 10 May.

Places of worship - 50 attendees permitted at normal services, as well as funerals and weddings.
However, six people can only attend the wedding reception indoors or 15 outdoors. This will increase to 25 in June.

House viewings in person will also resume on 10 May, as will driving tests.

Construction:
Full construction work will open earlier than most industries on 4 May, having been partially reopened in recent weeks.

Retail:
On 10 May, hairdressers, barbers and salons are due to reopen, as is click and collect shopping.
Full retail will resume on 17 May.

Hospitality to re-open from June:
The Journal has learned that among the major changes, is the reopening of outdoor dining and beer gardens on 7 June, after the bank holiday weekend.
There will be no distinction between restaurants, pubs or other food outlets and the €9 meal measure will not return.
Hotels and B&Bs can reopen on 2 June and will be permitted to serve residents indoors it is understood.
There is no fixed date for indoor dining, but it is set to be some time in July.

Gyms and Sports Matches:
Gyms and swimming pools will reopen their doors on 7 June, but will not be permitted to hold classes – it will be individual training only.
On that day too sports matches will resume but no crowds will be allowed to attend

www.thejournal.ie

Hairdressers and inter-county travel due to reopen on 10 May, while beer gardens and outdoor dining set for 7 June

Government will give a detailed roadmap today after a full Cabinet meeting.
www.thejournal.ie www.thejournal.ie
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Lots of kites flying, eh? I don't think the official announcement will be made 'til 6pm today. Best wait 'til then.

odyssey06 said:
Inter county travel ban is to be lifted on 10 May under plans agreed by the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 tonight.
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But, may as well get tongues wagging by saying that according to the Cork Examiner this ban will be lifted for the vaccinated only.
 
I thought this was the official announcement in the age of Twitter!

If anyone spots discrepancies between what's been announced in the media today versus officially confirmed please post here so I can correct.
 
odyssey06 said:
I thought this was the official announcement in the age of Twitter!

If anyone spots discrepancies between what's been announced in the media today versus officially confirmed please post here so I can correct.
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Everything you posted is fine and matches up to other outlets .
The only thing different might be if the passport office will reopen as there is 90k backlog.
 
Paul O Mahoney said:
The only thing different might be if the passport office will reopen as there is 90k backlog.
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I assume this backlog is with non-online applications?
I read a poster on Boards or maybe here where an online applicant got their passport the following day
 
EasilyAmused said:
I read a poster on Boards or maybe here where an online applicant got their passport the following day
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Here it is:

Passport application delays

Just because we cannot travel at this point in time does not mean that we should not be able to renew our passports. I feel your pain. I’m in a similar position as I’m trying to get a passport for our youngest in good time for any possible escape later this year when things calm down. One...
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RedOnion said:
According to some news outlets there's a proposal being put forward by Simon Coveney today to reclassify it as an essential service so that it can resume.
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That makes sense, it seems to have been an internal decision rather than government policy that led to their reduced service.
 
Why have they surprised everyone by actually opening everything much faster now, what has suddenly changed ?
The minister said that nphet gave a much more positive assessment this time , I doubt it sure Tony holohan was trying to add more countries to the mandatory hotel quarantine a few days ago only to be rejected by government.
Also havn't heard much from nphet only what the government said what nphet said.
I think in reality the government realised that people had moved on especially after last weekend, the UK and North are opening substantially and also the economic stresses of continued lockdowns is really weighing now. They need to get people off PUP and back to work as quickly as possible now
 
joe sod said:
Why have they surprised everyone by actually opening everything much faster now, what has suddenly changed ?
The minister said that nphet gave a much more positive assessment this time , I doubt it sure Tony holohan was trying to add more countries to the mandatory hotel quarantine a few days ago only to be rejected by government.
Also havn't heard much from nphet only what the government said what nphet said.
I think in reality the government realised that people had moved on especially after last weekend, the UK and North are opening substantially and also the economic stresses of continued lockdowns is really weighing now. They need to get people off PUP and back to work as quickly as possible now
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You sound disappointed Joe , the main change is 1.5m vaccines administered and the elderly and vulnerable protected and are now planning to vaccinate the population from 50.
It's been pointed out numerous times that Nphet advise the Government with data and recommendations and the Government makes decisions on that advice and that hasn't changed.

While there are economic consequences from the effect of covid the revenue/tax figures especially for income tax has remained robust obviously our spending has significantly increased in order to allow people to eat and take care of their families, PUP will be in place for a minimum of 2 months and there maybe a case to extend it further depending on the easing of restrictions goes.

I doubt very much what is happening in the UK or Northern Ireland was a major factor in the decision making .

You may as well resign yourself Joe to the fact that the reasons why restrictions have been eased now is down to people in general complying to restrictions and getting the vaccine into people even with the difficulties encountered and sometimes baffling announcements.

"Abundance of caution " has been replaced Joe with " Abundance of Hope"
 
joe sod said:
I think in reality the government realised that people had moved on especially after last weekend,
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I agree with you. As far as I can see people have moved on an are following their own rules rather then the official guidelines.

My son is cranky that he can’t go on play dates whereas many of his friends have had regular play dates in recent weeks.

I did allow him attend a kids birthday party on Tuesday. It was in a park next to the school. There were about a dozen households represented.

The week after the Easter holidays I noticed a neighbouring family not around. They were back the following week, overheard him saying to someone “but we had negative tests, so it was OK”, and she’s had hair straightened.

Then, of course, there are my neighbouring house extensions which continued all through Lockdown Three.

And that’s just local to me.

All through Lockdown Three (until the lifting of the 5km limit) the Gardai have had a well advertised 24 hour Covid checkpoint outside the Commons Bar on the N20.
Meanwhile there’s been a constant stream of cars on the Old Mallow Road and Redforge Road looping around the checkpoint.

As far as I can see the Government are following the public.
 
@Paul O Mahoney no I am happy that we are opening up , it's just the sudden change in tone and its unexpectedness judging from what they have been saying only a few days ago. I think nphet have been taken off the stage now and are now as you say back to advising the government. But I think it's all orchestrated too and the media are playing the game , something changed at a high level that made them completely change tact suddenly.

It's like that episode in Fr Ted where Ted kicks bishop Brennan up the ass and then pretends he didn't do it, and convinces bishop Brennan that he didn't do it because doing so would be so outlandish for Ted.
 
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