Coronavirus (COVID-19)

shawki

Augeo wrote: »

The annual fee is wonderful value, fingers crossed they can open soon.... The 5km thing is the issue.
Once countywide travel is an option they should be OK with a booking system or something perhaps.
It's such a unique wildlife park.

They have a booking system with a 30 minute slot to arrive.

The park has also been changed to one-way which worked really well.

Cape Clear

Augeo wrote: »

The annual fee is wonderful value, fingers crossed they can open soon.... The 5km thing is the issue.
Once countywide travel is an option they should be OK with a booking system or something perhaps.
It's such a unique wildlife park.

They stayed open during Oct /Nov level 5. Great set up and couldn't fault them for their implementation of social distancing guidelines. We got there twice since last June and will head there again once we are allowed. One of the best attractions in the region.

Gaspode

Id imagine Fota is closed for the safety of its staff more than to cause inconvenience to the public. Someone would have to man the ticket office, cafes, etc and clean up all the crap that the lovely public scatter everwhere they go. I'd imagine if it was open people would travel well outside their 5k to get to it.
Just an educated guess, but perhaps the moaners are right and its closed simply to inconvenience us.

namloc1980

Gaspode wrote: »

Id imagine Fota is closed for the safety of its staff more than to cause inconvenience to the public. Someone would have to man the ticket office, cafes, etc and clean up all the crap that the lovely public scatter everwhere they go. I'd imagine if it was open people would travel well outside their 5k to get to it.
Just an educated guess, but perhaps the moaners are right and its closed simply to inconvenience us.

Fota is closed because of the government restrictions. They have been on the media, along with Dublin Zoo, saying they can open safely as they did last Autumn with proper social distancing and crowd number controls but are being stopped from doing so. Meanwhile Fota Gardens next door, which has a café, is fully open and very very busy with no restrictions in place. Makes no sense other than the Gardens are run by the OPW, a State agency.

Gaspode

Gaspode wrote: »

Id imagine Fota is closed for the safety of its staff more than to cause inconvenience to the public. Someone would have to man the ticket office, cafes, etc and clean up all the crap that the lovely public scatter everwhere they go. I'd imagine if it was open people would travel well outside their 5k to get to it.
Just an educated guess, but perhaps the moaners are right and its closed simply to inconvenience us.

I'd imagine you are wrong. Your spiel reads like a very uneducated guess tbh.
What moaners are you on about btw?
If it was open whilst the 5km restriction was in place there would likely be AGS checkpoints there if it became a spot where folk "would travel well outside their 5k to get to it".

Gaspode

I disagree. We are still in a pandemic, so looking to go out to a wildlife park is nonsense imo. Its a pain but people should be staying at home. I understand the impatience but like it or not we're still in level 5.

namloc1980

Gaspode wrote: »

I disagree. We are still in a pandemic, so looking to go out to a wildlife park is nonsense imo. Its a pain but people should be staying at home. I understand the impatience but like it or not we're still in level 5.

The Gardens in Fota are open because it's run by the state. Do you not think those should be closed so?

Mardyke

Gaspode wrote: »

Id imagine Fota is closed for the safety of its staff more than to cause inconvenience to the public. Someone would have to man the ticket office, cafes, etc and clean up all the crap that the lovely public scatter everwhere they go. I'd imagine if it was open people would travel well outside their 5k to get to it.
Just an educated guess, but perhaps the moaners are right and its closed simply to inconvenience us.

Moaners? Who?

Very strange post you made there. Fota are closed because of the government guidelines. Its simple enough?

At this stage, though, anywhere outdoors should be opening back up.

Be right back

21 cases in Cork today.

TheDriver

Gaspode wrote: »

people should be staying at home. I understand the impatience but like it or not we're still in level 5.

With consistent low numbers in Cork, level 5 is starting to feel unnecessary.

ACitizenErased

Gaspode wrote: »

I disagree. We are still in a pandemic, so looking to go out to a wildlife park is nonsense imo. Its a pain but people should be staying at home. I understand the impatience but like it or not we're still in level 5.

Nonsense argument, no risk in an outdoor wildlife park ffs

Away With The Fairies

namloc1980 wrote: »

The Gardens in Fota are open because it's run by the state. Do you not think those should be closed so?

Makes no sense to have the gardens open but not the park. Tropical house at Fota wildlife park should remain closed though as it's indoors, but don't see why the rest of the park should be closed.

Widdensushi

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Makes no sense to have the gardens open but not the park. Tropical house at Fota wildlife park should remain closed though as it's indoors, but don't see why the rest of the park should be closed.

With a one way system, open doors and social distancing no reason for any of it to be closed

Stark

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Makes no sense to have the gardens open but not the park. Tropical house at Fota wildlife park should remain closed though as it's indoors, but don't see why the rest of the park should be closed.

I guess walking around the gardens is classified as "essential exercise" whereas the wildlife park is considered "non-essential fun". Not saying that's not BS but it's how those in charge seem to think.

Like the 5km rule is irrelevant in the wildlife park's case as that rule only applies to exercise. You're either allowed visit if it's "essential" or you're not. (In this case not)

opus

Cause of a holiday to Japan a few years back I still get the odd youtube recommendation on the place. This impressed me no end, what the government sends people who have to quarantine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cueuCSJLJH8

I called into Fitzgerald park today to say hello to two friends who had their kids at the playground, spotted two outdoor birthday parties going on, one was a kid's party & the other was a 50th! Spotted some champagne at one of them, I'll let you guess which

JP Liz V1

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I'll be donating to Fota this weekend. Not a huge amount but I hope more people will too.

How?

Be right back

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

How?

You can do it on their website.

User142

Its amazing how there's a scheme that hospitality can partake in that lets them claim to be covid safe. The government even has a tax rebate for eating indoors at restaurants but not takeaway. They ran an ad campaign in December to get people out. Yet due to the same government saying Fota needs to stay shut then it must be too dangerous to open.

I guess thats how some people cope at the moment. It must be alot more comforting if you think there is a solid logic to the Level 5 restrictions.

User142

User142 wrote: »

Its amazing how there's a scheme that hospitality can partake in that lets them claim to be covid safe. .....

I remember Tony H saying just because the restaurants are open doesn't mean you have to go. Loads of folk, unmasked & indoors was nothing but lunacy.

User142

Augeo wrote: »

I remember Tony H saying just because the restaurants are open doesn't mean you have to go. Loads of folk, unmasked & indoors was nothing but lunacy.

My social media was bombarded with IBEC ads for how safe restaurants were. The Failte Ireland Covid Safety Charter was heavily leaned on. People get tax rebates for Christmas dining yet I get 0 for supporting local restaurants for the last year through takeaways.


https://twitter.com/TheRiverside/status/1336635453663932416

https://twitter.com/Failte_Ireland/status/1336649940718800897

Local media in November was absolutely freaking out about teenagers in town. The the restaurants were opened with no real ventilation requirements with 6 households per table. And here we are in February with local media back discussing gatherings in at the Lough.

Again, I wish I could be as trusting in the governments strategy as some of the people on here. It must be a much more comfortable place to be mentally right now.

I'm not comfortable with takeaways TBH as loads of them don't seem to mandate that staff should wear masks. They reckon the screens are magic :rolleyes:

igCorcaigh

Augeo wrote: »

I'm not comfortable with takeaways TBH as loads of them don't seem to mandate that staff should wear masks. They reckon the screens are magic :rolleyes:

Indian takeaway around the corner from me, staff never wear masks, I haven't been in, but I don't see any screens from the outside, and customers wait inside.

Cape Clear

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Nonsense argument, no risk in an outdoor wildlife park ffs

I'm not sure why you feel the need to pile on someone for having an opinion but different strokes for different folks I guess.

It sounds like Fota are not in receipt of on going support outside of the £1m they were awarded previously. Animals still need to be cared for so their costs probably haven't fallen by much.

JP Liz V1

https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1373537495481131011

Gascun saying many Covid19 variant cases coming from travel

A year on and still no control, we stay 5km to her home but come visit Ireland from anywhere unquarantined

Away With The Fairies

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1373537495481131011

Gascun saying many Covid19 variant cases coming from travel

A year on and still no control, we stay 5km to her home but come visit Ireland from anywhere unquarantined

We really don't want the Brazilian variant over here. What is the matter with these clowns running the country?

Shut everything but come on in without quarantine.

fin12

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

We really don't want the Brazilian variant over here. What is the matter with these clowns running the country?

Shut everything but come on in without quarantine.

The Brazilian variant was already detected here, it was contained apparently within a cluster. Ah to hell with them, I’m going to start bombarded them with letters n Facebook messages...

JP Liz V1

2 deaths RIP
769 cases (18 in Cork)

SleetAndSnow

Excellent figures considering the case numbers, don't think we can ask for better tbh

aisling86

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

2 deaths RIP
769 cases (18 in Cork)

All ill say is thank god the huge spike isn't reflected in cork numbers!

ACitizenErased

Cork still going strong. I referenced the 5 counties causing issues last week, just proven again today:
284 in Dublin, 67 in Donegal, 47 in Offaly, 45 in Meath, 44 in Kildare