Government announces post Christmas restrictions

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An Taoiseach is to announce post Christmas restrictions in an address to the nation at 1pm today followed by a press conference with coalition leaders.

Here’s what the Taoiseach is expected to announce later this afternoon following Cabinet decisions, according to Christina at Government Buildings:
  • People can travel beyond their county until midnight on 26 December
  • They can stay where they are after that point and travel back to their own home at a later date
  • No inter-county travel after that, until restrictions are reviewed in several weeks’ time
  • From 27 December, household visits down to just one other household (from the current two)
  • Restaurants and gastro pubs to close 3pm Christmas Eve
  • Hairdressers and barbers will also have to close on Christmas Eve
  • The travel restrictions between Britain and Ireland will stay in place until New Year’s Eve
  • (from The Journal)
 
Under the new restrictions to be announced today, gyms will stay open but only for individual training.
Golf and tennis will remain open.
Non-contact sports training in pods of up to 15 will be allowed outdoors.
 
Hotels to remain open for essential travellers only.
Except for guests due to checkin up to and including St Stephens Day.
 
Guidelines to have no visitors to home after 1st January, except for essential family reasons
 
From Christmas Eve to 12 January, the Government has agreed to return to Level 5 restrictions with some changes, said the Taoiseach.
Schools, early learning and childcare centres will remain open.
Greyhound and horse racing will be allowed continue behind closed doors.
 
Weddings

Up to and including 2 January 2020:

Weddings can have up to 25 guests

From 3 January:

Weddings can have up to six guests
 
Religious services

Christmas religious services may take place, but will move online after 25 December when places of worship may remain open for private prayer
 
I doubt anyone will be surprised. The usual blame game has probably started, but if people do not comply with the guidelines what can the Government do?
I can't see this finished by March, unfortunately.
 
Exactly . I do not see why people would be surprised either. While most of us are doing the right thing there are always the people who want it every way but will not give back anything. It is because of selfishness that has us with the tough restrictions. And if people do not waken up soon to this reality that is Covid it will be another miserable year ahead , unfortunately for all of us...
 
Paul O Mahoney said:
I doubt anyone will be surprised. The usual blame game has probably started, but if people do not comply with the guidelines what can the Government do?
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I agree in part, but for example I think the government have been terrible on travel for the get go.
Travel restrictions between island of Ireland and Britain.
But they are repatriating Irish residents on flights and ferries... and presumably sending them on their merry way.

And nothing to stop airlines flying London to Belfast, and bussing people to Dublin - yes it's happening.

So I think our travel restrictions are just a fig leaf to try to avoid us getting hit by same restrictions as Britain.
The new strain must be already here.
 
odyssey06 said:
And nothing to stop airlines flying London to Belfast, and bussing people to Dublin - yes it's happening.
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What airline is flying people from London and Belfast and bussing people to Dublin??? Aer Lingus refused to use Belfast as a base from day 1 of this pandemic to get around travel restrictions in the South even though they could have sent extra aircraft there. If people are using Belfast and then travelling South, that is down to them. Blaming Airlines is unfair unless you have an example of an Airline that is doing this?
 
Sunny said:
What airline is flying people from London and Belfast and bussing people to Dublin??? Aer Lingus refused to use Belfast as a base from day 1 of this pandemic to get around travel restrictions in the South even though they could have sent extra aircraft there. If people are using Belfast and then travelling South, that is down to them. Blaming Airlines is unfair unless you have an example of an Airline that is doing this?
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Anecdotal interview in Irish Times:
www.irishtimes.com

Travel ban? Passengers come to Ireland on multiple flights today

People arriving in Belfast and Derry with, in one case, over 100 continuing on to Dublin
www.irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com
 
Sunny said:
What airline is flying people from London and Belfast and bussing people to Dublin??? Aer Lingus refused to use Belfast as a base from day 1 of this pandemic to get around travel restrictions in the South even though they could have sent extra aircraft there. If people are using Belfast and then travelling South, that is down to them. Blaming Airlines is unfair unless you have an example of an Airline that is doing this?
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BA put on extra flights too, widely reported both here and there
 
Sunny said:
What airline is flying people from London and Belfast and bussing people to Dublin??? Aer Lingus refused to use Belfast as a base from day 1 of this pandemic to get around travel restrictions in the South even though they could have sent extra aircraft there. If people are using Belfast and then travelling South, that is down to them. Blaming Airlines is unfair unless you have an example of an Airline that is doing this?
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Rte reported this and most refused to be interviewed, allegedly there were a lot of Southern registered cars in the carpark
 
odyssey06 said:
Anecdotal interview in Irish Times:
www.irishtimes.com

Travel ban? Passengers come to Ireland on multiple flights today

People arriving in Belfast and Derry with, in one case, over 100 continuing on to Dublin
www.irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com
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One story from an individual about an overbooked flight is hardly an example of an effort by airlines to circumvent the restrictions that you seem to be implying is happening. Those 100-135 people could have been transiting passengers using London or people who got stuck over there. All who are allowed fly in.

People are using the North to get into the South like they have from Day 1 but lets not feed the conspiracy theorists that airlines are somehow trying to get past the restrictions.
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Paul O Mahoney said:
BA put on extra flights too, widely reported both here and there
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Paul O Mahoney said:
Rte reported this and most refused to be interviewed, allegedly there were a lot of Southern registered cars in the carpark
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What extra flights have been put on since the restrictions were announced??

Of course people are using Belfast to get to the South but that is not the same thing as airlines organising extra flights and bussing people to Dublin to get around the restrictions.
 
Sunny said:
What extra flights have been put on since the restrictions were announced??

Of course people are using Belfast to get to the South but that is not the same thing as airlines organising extra flights and bussing people to Dublin to get around the restrictions.
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Sunday night I think it was over over 400 people accommodated by BA putting on extra flights from Heathrow. Im not making this up btw
 
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