Nothing wrong with thatBut my very active retired neighbours still have their adult children and grandchildren visiting.
"No visitors are permitted in private homes or gardens except for essential family reasons such as providing care to children, elderly or vulnerable people, or as part of a support bubble.
To support those who risk isolation, you can form a bubble with 1 other household (of any size) in certain situations.
You can then act as one extended household.
You must still keep physical distance from people outside your support bubble.
Who can form a support bubble
You can form a support bubble with another household if you:
- are living alone with children under the age of 18
- live alone
(...)"
No traffic this morning. M50 nearly empty. It was great!Nothing wrong with that
And yes traffic will be significantly down due to school closures and closure of most of the shops.
That surprised me as well. We have to stay open as we are catagorised as essential but way more other places open than in April.One thing that surprised me yesterday was that offices and factories in my industrial estate that were empty in April all seemed to have some staff on site this time round. Traffic is not that much quieter either. Are we all "essential workers" now?
60% of new cases are of the B117 variant.And secondly, we have a headwind in the form of an increase that prevalence of the B117 variant [from the UK], and because that’s more transmissible, reproduction number is going to drift upwards, even we keep our levels of social contact constant.”
Which regulations? Do they mean S.I. No. 448/2020 - Health Act 1947?In a further bid to dissuade unnecessary travel, gardaí could be tasked with increasing their checks at airports and ports and fining people found to have breached regulations for going or returning from a foreign holiday.
If I have a reasonable excuse as per listed in above regulation I am not bound by the 5km exercise rule.
And how will they verify what is necessary travel abroad (work, medical appointment, training, family - we both have close family living abroad) and what is holidays - one can and will combine both.
I am not dissuaded.
Not a problem
for others the things you have listed might be problematic - for me not necessarily
Yes there can be more to it - "attend to vital family matters" is a valid reason.
Also I can schedule medical appointments abroad stating to any Garda truthfully that is not possible to get an appointment within a reasonable timeframe here.
I am also in the Reserve Forces (I am not Irish) and the several exercises which are scheduled for this year are so far not cancelled, some Reservists are volunteering to do contact tracing for two weeks, etc. etc. so I can provide a valid document stating that I am called for an exercise or service.
The government can make travelling unattractive and difficult for many by e.g. the tests, mandatory self isolation, etc in order to discourage it. Doubtful travelling can and will be completely stopped though.
Coming summer we will see if I can travel or not - I definitely believe I can and I will travel - in a legal way.
E.g. as stated via travelling abroad for a short training with the armed forces and/or for work or for vital family matters - and then just extending my stay...
E.g. as stated via travelling abroad for a short training with the armed forces and/or for work or for vital family matters - and then just extending my stay...
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