Coronavirus (COVID-19)

titan18

You'd probably have a hard time prosecuting on protests being illegal when they've let many go over the last year.

Away With The Fairies

Quantum Baloney wrote: »

It creates the impression for anybody on the fence that what these people are doing is uncontroversially dangerous and wrong and that just being in attendance may present some risk for your wellbeing.

The helicopter is over the top. Everyone knows it is there to intimidate. There are plenty of guards on the ground. Sure didn't forty or so of them arrest a musician earlier.

That's not the role of the helicopter at all. It's not flying above to intimidate people at all.

And just being in attendance is a risk. Because, you know, a large gathering of people. In case you haven't noticed yet, there's a pandemic going on.

ACitizenErased

titan18 wrote: »

You'd probably have a hard time prosecuting on protests being illegal when they've let many go over the last year.

Yeah they'd only be able to realistically prosecute if the Gardai requested them to leave. The Gards have catered for it though so it's allowed.

Pen Rua

https://twitter.com/fiona96fmnews/status/1368214349274300419

Seems like they're wrapping up.

igCorcaigh

Pen Rua wrote: »

Seems like they're wrapping up.

I wonder will they try to storm the GPO lol!

Stark

Seemed to go relatively peaceful in the end? Not much social distancing on view unfortunately, hopefully there's not a spike in cases afterwards.

igCorcaigh

Stark wrote: »

Seemed to go relatively peaceful in the end? Not much social distancing on view unfortunately, hopefully there's not a spike in cases afterwards.

Fortunately, cases are so low in the community (due to the lockdown, ironically), I would think it highly unlikely.

Stark

Have a far-right acquaintance who keeps exhibiting the summer BLM protests as "proof" that large outdoor gatherings don't result in spikes in cases despite there being single digit case numbers for the entire country at the time so very high probability no-one at the march was carrying it.

the beer revolu

Pen Rua wrote: »

https://twitter.com/fiona96fmnews/status/1368214349274300419

Seems like they're wrapping up.

I dunno, I left maybe 10 minutes ago and there was no real sign of wrapping up.
The national anthem didn't appear to me to be an ending.
Someone also sang our father as gaeilge

Their pa was terrible. I couldn't hear a word of the speeches. Was able to just about discern the tunes of these songs.

TheBetsy

Glad it went well. Would be very happy to attend a future one based on how it went today with the lack of idiocy compared to dublin and I know many other people who would be in the same boat.

Whatever happened to dealing with this on a regional basis? Nonsensical to be lumping Cork with our incidence rate now below 60 into the same category as the dubs and the border counties where the virus is much more prevalent

igCorcaigh

the beer revolu wrote: »

Someone also sang our father as gaeilge

Oh, that brings back memories.
*shudders*

sporina

Stark wrote: »

Seemed to go relatively peaceful in the end? Not much social distancing on view unfortunately, hopefully there's not a spike in cases afterwards.

mental eh?! people out protesting against the lock down and then no doubt some of them will be running off for a covid test or worst case scenario, to a hospital looking for medical intervention... huh

Away With The Fairies

Stark wrote: »

Have a far-right acquaintance who keeps exhibiting the summer BLM protests as "proof" that large outdoor gatherings don't result in spikes in cases despite there being single digit case numbers for the entire country at the time so very high probability no-one at the march was carrying it.

If these people are anti-everything, would they even go for a test? Because they're just adding to the numbers and they don't want that.

namloc1980

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Don't think our numbers will stay low after this unfortunately. Not a mask in sight.

Pen Rua

namloc1980 wrote: »

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Don't think our numbers will stay low after this unfortunately. Not a mask in sight.

We said the same thing when BLM protested and tbf, numbers didn't jump considerably.

Granted, there were few masks & little distance, but we're also coming from an exceptionally low base in Cork. Our incidence is something like 60/100,000. I know it only takes a couple for it to fire back up, but we need to be realistic here.

namloc1980

Pen Rua wrote: »

We said the same thing when BLM protested and tbf, numbers didn't jump considerably.

Granted, there were few masks & little distance, but we're also coming from an exceptionally low base in Cork. Our incidence is something like 60/100,000. I know it only takes a couple for it to fire back up, but we need to be realistic here.

Let's wait and see. The fact there was no social distancing or masks makes this very different to BLM. A lot of "Covid is a hoax" sentiment in that crowd I think.

Pen Rua

namloc1980 wrote: »

Let's wait and see. The fact there was no social distancing or masks makes this very different to BLM. A lot of "Covid is a hoax" sentiment in that crowd I think.

I know. I said that.

titan18

namloc1980 wrote: »

Let's wait and see. The fact there was no social distancing or masks makes this very different to BLM. A lot of "Covid is a hoax" sentiment in that crowd I think.

Compared to Blanchardstown it was a lot better and we didn't get any reports of that leading to a mass spread

ACitizenErased

titan18 wrote: »

Compared to Blanchardstown it was a lot better and we didn't get any reports of that leading to a mass spread

Theres very little risk outside masks or no masks, thats scientifically proven. The issue today was the risk of violence but that hasn’t come to pass.

shtpEdthePlum

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I wonder will they try to storm the GPO lol!

Feck I've a load on important letters I posted on Friday

.red.

Pen Rua wrote: »

https://twitter.com/fiona96fmnews/status/1368214349274300419

Seems like they're wrapping up.

It's kind of ironic that of the good few thousand people who are marching for Irelands freedom, about 10 of them knew the national anthem.

Pen Rua

RTÉ putting the numbers between 400 - 500.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0306/1201276-cork-covid-protest/

the beer revolu

.red. wrote: »

It's kind of ironic that of the good few thousand people who are marching for Irelands freedom, about 10 of them knew the national anthem.

I'd say it was in the hundreds rather than the thousands.
600 ish, I'd say.
(not claiming any accuracy, here)

FishOnABike

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'd say it was in the hundreds rather than the thousands.
600 ish, I'd say.
(not claiming any accuracy, here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f6YPyc_OuI

ACitizenErased

Pen Rua wrote: »

RTÉ putting the numbers between 400 - 500.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0306/1201276-cork-covid-protest/

Prendeville put “upwards of a 1000” on twitter ffs

Quantum Baloney

I see RTE or whomever didn't pay anyone to attend with mispelled reptilian hoodies this time.

very few protesting and no trouble thankfully.

TheBetsy

TheBetsy wrote: »

G......

Whatever happened to dealing with this on a regional basis? Nonsensical to be lumping Cork with our incidence rate now below 60 into the same category as the dubs and the border counties where the virus is much more prevalent

Indeed. We should go back to that.
I've west cork staycation booked for May :pac:

the beer revolu

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Prendeville put “upwards of a 1000” on twitter ffs

My estimate was between the two.

I was imagining the contents of a full Sir Henry's emptied onto the street which is around 600.

Pen Rua

Irish Times cites Garda estimate of 700-800.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/cork-anti-lockdown-protest-attended-by-hundreds-passes-peacefully-1.4503470?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter