The Irish

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

heh its more than tweets, is xyxzzzzzzing

It’s posting calmly as you normally do

no longer the time for that tbh

excuse me deems did you not hear the man

I am still processing the fact that the Taoiseach used the phrase “Not all superheroes wear capes...” in an emergency address to the nation.

— ⭐ amy o'connor ⭐ (@amyohconnor) March 17, 2020

the message was good

the scriptwriter shoehorning in everything wants shooting

and his delivery is awful poor

but govt/public sector doing admirably and i think public in general are doing their part beyond the predictables (which were predictably overreported too)

So I’ve heard. I think institutional national memory makes a big difference to attitudes.

don't underestimate the motivational boost of doing a better job than the brits

I mean if we can’t run on spiting-the-Brits energy you might as well piss on, idk, any of the many graves they were responsible for

https://youtu.be/pifibs_q7ec

never not the right time to share

This thread is lovely and this one is making me homesick and emotional. When this is all over, I will go home more often. I’ve never been to this little wonder.

Offaly – St. Manchán’s Shrine, Boher.

Clonmacnoise is the obvious pick here, it is simply incredible – but I just love that one of the truly exceptional pieces of early medieval art can be found sitting in a local parish church in Boher, County Offaly. pic.twitter.com/MAMkO6ymRQ

— Neil Jackman (@JackmanNeil) March 17, 2020

Right, that's getting bookmarked, we have a long holiday just touring Ireland planned for (waves) the future.

It'll be for naught if we don't see someone resembling this fella in a pub though.

My son has a thousand gorgeous angles and the pic that gets traction makes him look like he was born playing darts. In 1957. Looking like he just got some bad news about a tractor trailer his nephew was minding for him. With a face like my dad's when I tell him about my podcast. pic.twitter.com/9snsYVjZFe

— Séamas It Ever Was (@shockproofbeats) March 17, 2020

Everything in @phlaimeaux's life has been cancelled so he decided to make a podcast. Join him in his car on Achill Island for your new favourite pod during the Dystopian Spring Break.☀️

Ep 1 is open for EVERYONE to listen to now on all our pod channels & https://t.co/uxcODKouWE pic.twitter.com/cAG4gx8ogb

— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) March 18, 2020

i need hardly even say it but

xxp pint baby reincarnated for the pandemic age

My "day we'll do a proper trip to Ireland" ambition is to go to Donegal and see all the Liam McCormick churches

I wanted to go to the Skelligs but obviously Star Wars has fucked that idea

I also want to go to Derry and see the hands across the divide statue

i want to do that boarded mountain lakeland walk in leitrim

I want to go to Glendalough.

Let us indulge in the scrapings of schadenfreude while we can.

AirBnb parasites offloading their properties onto Daft.

Rents are about to plummet. pic.twitter.com/wy5McRuX4f

— Revolution 57%🐊 (@Revolution_IRL) March 19, 2020

sea

My mam said to me yesterday that she was proud to be Irish and like
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETq4fSpWoAIwr4d?format=jpg&name=large
I can’t say she isn’t right like?

our pretty decent figures and the likes of the above are a really welcome burst given everything, yeah

the shops are well stocked, the ventilator place in galway is set up for 24 hour shifts and hiring, the govt are ahead of our figures so far and testing, isolation and treatment facilities are coming online quickly to keep ICU clear

40k volunteers with expertise to help out with HSE efforts

big redeployment to social protection and hse from public service over next week for admin work

medical personnel are contracting it at a rate of 1 in 5 which is a worry

and notwithstanding the numbers going up and the worry, etc, we're doing about as well as we could imo

two people who sit within a few feet of me at work currently awaiting tests - and have been for at least a week

“...we got colonised by these pricks?”

haaaaa

love a separate thread punchline

golly we were nearly not having this level of conversation but look

whomst amongst ust hasnt lapsed into faux hugh grant inst order tost instroduceth an awkward concepth

I don’t say it enough, but I love Michael D

The future that will come after this virus will be radically different from what we have experienced before. It is my sincere hope that we will be able to develop in parallel both an inclusive immediate response to the pandemic and an adequate, comprehensive approach to the underlying challenges associated with the growing inequalities and environmental devastation inherent in our current models of connection between economy, society and ecology.

The coronavirus reminds us that poverty, disease and climate change are global phenomena, which do not respect man-made borders. To address these global challenges, we need international cooperation and solidarity. Now is the time for more, not less, multilateral coordination and assistance, and for a reinforcing of our bonds.

As President of Ireland, may I thank all the members of the Irish community in Britain, whether by birth or by association, for their efforts.

I am particularly thinking of our elderly Irish at this time. Between 1955 and 1960, a quarter of a million Irish people left Ireland for the U.K. and again in the 1980s when, with others, I was associated with the Action Group for Irish Youth, at a time of social welfare and housing cuts.

May I also ask you all to continue to take the greatest care at this time, to follow advice, and retain a sense of patience and commitment to the core values of a shared citizenship. These are difficult times, but times that will pass.

now he's talking some big sense pic.twitter.com/h5LUd3USyV

— New Year, New Me (@JurassicArse) March 25, 2020

Sorry but

The Angelus but the bongs have been replaced with Cardi B and Michael D Higgins saying Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/SCHNWuOGYC

— Ciara Knight (@Ciara_Knight) March 25, 2020

A+

No need to be sorry.

no need to aaaargh, you

I posted about this initiative before but it’s seriously good

"It's a real feel-good initiative and one of the best things I've ever done."
A fundraising campaign to feed hospital and emergency workers in Ireland has raised more than €330,000 in just ten days.#feedtheheroes #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/paX6r0mKcP

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 26, 2020