The Irish

and its not me being self serving to note that if you leave it to businesses and eg airport authorities to handle shit without direction, then yr lead becomes more important- leaving our non essential offices (400k odd ppl) open is no leadership at all

can i get assistance here pls

how to grade severity of a pandemic where

you close schools

yet

keep 300k ppl in your purview going in to work

even where the work is non essential

unless you can work from home

which you havent allowed nor set up until now so very few can

oh and also unless we just closed your kids school

in which case we will pay you to stay home and babysit

fuckin messing

Sorry deems. Seems like a mess waiting to happen. You’d imagine the Easter weeks are covered at least but people are probably going to have to sort themselves out cos the government clearly didn’t give a fuck.

i think closing schools was the right step, but you wanna see the head honchos flying around all over town today reacting

like.....lads ..... was this not discussed?

i havent been given access for remote working, so clearly im non essential. but somebody somewhere has decided that optics dictate that ill be commuting in during the pandemic regardless.

jesus waitll i get our useless union in front of me. palestine me hole lads.

You're a designated survivor for me Deems, that must count for something.

O'er here they decided the opposite: everyone should work from home but schools will not be closed. Lol.

and not to begrudge parents the time because theyve been dropped in it too,but....like....who is going to pay private sector parents to stay home?

optics are shite tbh, at least if they had told every possible non-essential officer to stay home they could have looked businesses in the eye and said- as an employer, we're leading here.

"palestine me hole"?

social movement union that isn't giving him enough bang for his buck I suppose?

(extremely union activist voice: you are a member of your union and the majority of the work done is voluntary ie it's ineffectual that's partly your responsibility, you're a member not a service-user, your union is probably hamstrung by the legislation etc.)

sher look, ffs i dont mind coming in. ive been fatalistic about getting it til now, im fairly healthy, i dont have relatives or people that i will be in contact directly that i cannot avoid

but when yr employer points at you and says ey non-breeder, yr more compromisable, yr time's worth less or you have to cover for those with actual responsibilities (an ongoing struggle tbh), yr health is expendable here, it comes to a fairly self-pitying tantrum like this one every now and again im afraid.

ah well.

ill come in and read. pricks.

our office has been shut for the foreseeable - "reviewed on a weekly basis"

jim- our union reps are paid to be so, and they block pretty much anything that would help productivity
on idealistic grounds- like work from home!- and spend most of their time generating basically a big issue but without the good bits either ito content or actually helping the needy

but that's another thread. im a big believer in being a member of a powerful union if only because it keeps a powerful employer in line

right im over it

im off to play football lol

Jim otm re unions!

I know how you feel deems, you might as well work on your novel at work cos there’ll be fuck all else happening. Think of Flann!

had a stormer in a miserable night at footy, got stuck with the fuckin bibs too so ive definitely got it now

but im calmed down and will engage constructively with my worthy union tomorrow to see what influence i can exert to get wfh as standard in our backward dept

Seeing as we're all going to be spending a lot more time indoors, I have created a folder with every single episode of Reeling in the Years, 1962 - 2009. Enjoy. https://t.co/s1o8wQipGE

— Evin Ryan (@youknowitsevin) March 15, 2020

ok everyone

covid is now Good

Tesco nearby went into over drive at about 8. Piece going about online that everything is going into lock down at 11 tomorrow and that there will be limited access to shops so heaps of people there again. Shur I'll believe it when I see it.

yeah ive seen that piece

its not that id be one bit surprised if it happened

its that anyone claiming to have heard it from anyone etc or whatever is an idiot

xpost well a couple of workmates have heard it from friends of theirs but I don't know how credible they are either

I spent most of the day listening to weird ass paranoid sounding Miles Davis albums and finishing up reading Solar Bones (which coincidentally has a virus outbreak in it too). Probably finish this bottle of wine and be up at 7 bright eyed and bushy tailed for work tomorrow. I work in a call centre so I'm not looking forward to that at the best of times. There's almost 100 people in a big office with bad ventilation. There's an opportunity to work at home alright but I've yet to see how that will pan out

jesus theres no fuckin excuse to have ppl still goin in is there

imo statement from govt should be clear

- if opportunity to wfh exists it should be taken to fullest extent
- if work is non essential staff should stay home
- if neither above is true then social distancing, flexible hours, reduced services, etc

this encouraging businesses and depts to look within their own hearts and make a call is fuckin nonsense

id wonder if the insurance industry isnt in their ear, whether a govt instruction has different legal connotations for claims vs a govt asking nicely etc

We were told that there will only be contactless payments in the canteen though! Nothing to worry about here move along

jaysus thats only the finesht so

You might be onto something about the insurance industry in their ear. Also the huge amount of social welfare payments that would need to be made for people off work

Thank you so much for that reeling in the years link, deems, that’s made a big difference to my family. 2020 is going to be insane. Pub closures and shots of people wearing masks in public to Dua Lipa’s Physical.

Not in a great way tbh, but stay safe out there people.

will report as i see it from ghost town northside

listen

dye know the fella sells the dodgy fags on moore st

surely ye know him

six three, eight stone, colour of a gravestone, directs operations from the junction

anyway, he was wearing a mask the last day and swear ta fuck that was when i knew it was end times

No, it’s end times when the auld fella that shouts HERALD near O’ Connell Bridge does it.

he'll still shout HMMFFLLFFDD tbf

actual garda has told my actual brother to go stock up early today

https://youtu.be/gk52cjSyUS0

lol i h8 reeling in the years so much

you’ll come to love it in time

SuperValu in Greystones doing a good job on social distancing 👍😊 pic.twitter.com/JX32zrUH3T

— Aengus Cox (@AengusCox) March 16, 2020

theres just no way ppl dont cut in

sure they'd run over you to get into The Happy Pear on a good day

*spits*

leo is really bad at these fireside chats

15k cases by end of month projected

cocooning

my god

im fine with it

stop with the "hand of history on my shoulder" clunkers

paraphrasing Churchill :/

I KNOW RIGHT

trolling the shinners, he knows fg get 80 seats after this

no big lockdown, but current measures will be in place months and those at risk will at a later stage be asked to fully isolate

supports for those without income, testing to be ramped up

is basically it

judging by the general response on my WhatsApp groups...tonight, Leo truly became president

three churchill nods, was it?

theres the pay talks fucked

15k cases by end of month projected

Wait

Was it ever established what they’re doing to protect Michael D?

hes too short to get it

They may have closed the pubs, they may have closed the schools, but nothing is stopping Big Bird doing wheelies up Rush main street on Paddy's Day pic.twitter.com/2jGFfzTT4d

— Robbie (@Robbie__Farrell) March 17, 2020

“And lastly to Big Bird. You were doing wheelies on the Main Street in Rush but simultaneously lifting our spirits. You are the backbone of this country, this economy and a light in the darkness when so many had lost their way” pic.twitter.com/qLuCN8AQOz

— Michael Fry (@BigDirtyFry) March 17, 2020

don’t start with me about xyzzzzzing because this is OTM as fuck and my 15 year old self would have approved

‘We come together by staying apart’ has big Buffy/Angel vibes, which I’m sure Varadkar intended.

— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) March 17, 2020