Galway COVID-19, local news and discussion

Bullocks

I don't know how much covid is going around that halting site but I was going to the dump a few times two weeks ago and met them twice with with horses and sulky's. They were a disgrace, the first day there were a couple of kids up beside each "jockey" out in front of traffic not giving a crap.

Discodog

Bullocks wrote: »

I don't know how much covid is going around that halting site but I was going to the dump a few times two weeks ago and met them twice with with horses and sulky's. They were a disgrace, the first day there were a couple of kids up beside each "jockey" out in front of traffic not giving a crap.

According to the Galway Garda Checkpoints Facebook there were Sulkie races on both the Tuam & Headford Roads - oh & a party at Menlo castle.

inisboffin

Discodog wrote: »

According to the Galway Garda Checkpoints Facebook there were Sulkie races on both the Tuam & Headford Roads - oh & a party at Menlo castle.

There's been parties in the 'usual' spots since the lockdown. Don't know if I'd be connecting all these events and people having them as the one.

flazio

Drive in theatre experience coming to connemara in August.
https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/the-show-goes-on-irelands-first-drive-in-theatre-show-to-take-place-in-galway/
Nice to see someone accept and adapt to the current situation rather than demand aggressive measures against Irish residents to try and put everything back the way it was quickly.

inisboffin

flazio wrote: »

Drive in theatre experience coming to connemara in August.
https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/the-show-goes-on-irelands-first-drive-in-theatre-show-to-take-place-in-galway/
Nice to see someone accept and adapt to the current situation rather than demand aggressive measures against Irish residents to try and put everything back the way it was quickly.

There's lots of initiatives and people constantly talking in many sectors, some are shut down some getting a green light. Great to see the theatre event happening.

Discodog

inisboffin wrote: »

There's been parties in the 'usual' spots since the lockdown. Don't know if I'd be connecting all these events and people having them as the one.

This one had Sulkies going in & out apparently

biko

Discodog, stop with the gossip. Thanks.

This thread should be much less of "apparently" and "I heard" and more of "This source says"

inisboffin

Discodog wrote: »

This one had Sulkies going in & out apparently

Of Menlo Castle???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mynzbmrtp9I

at1withmyself

Thanks for adding this, sorry I meant in my post that they were gearing up for phase 1 on the 18th.

zell12 wrote: »

18 May is the day
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ad5dd0-easing-the-covid-19-restrictions-on-may-18-phase-1/

also outdoor spaces and tourism sites (for example: car parks, beaches, mountain walks)
public sport amenities (for example: pitches, tennis courts, golf courses)

thecretinhop

are we allowed tell truth or just ignore what i just seen

Bullocks

biko wrote: »

Discodog, stop with the gossip. Thanks.

This thread should be much less of "apparently" and "I heard" and more of "This source says"

I have a picture of the boyos on sulkies , is it alright to put it up ?

inisboffin

Bullocks wrote: »

I have a picture of the boyos on sulkies , is it alright to put it up ?

I have pictures of a spaceship over Taylor's Hill, I think there was a checkpoint there too, can I put that up. It is timestamped and you can get a geo reference from The Plough.

Bullocks

inisboffin wrote: »

I have pictures of a spaceship over Taylor's Hill, I think there was a checkpoint there too, can I put that up. It is timestamped and you can get a geo reference from The Plough.

Is it Bunkers spaceship ?

inisboffin

Bullocks wrote: »

Is it Bunkers spaceship ?

Now there's a name I haven't heard in ages.

Bullocks

inisboffin wrote: »

Now there's a name I haven't heard in ages.

He's still going

Discodog

The Curleys & Clonboo checkpoints are still there according to Google.

New Home

Would you have a link, please? Or did you just type checkpoints in google/googlemaps?

Mrs OBumble

New Home wrote: »

Would you have a link, please? Or did you just type checkpoints in google/googlemaps?

You need to look at the traffic layer, for unusual red lines.

In this case, the two red bits in the picture were red for hours on end yesterday too.

Discodog

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

You need to look at the traffic layer, for unusual red lines.

In this case, the two red bits in the picture were red for hours on end yesterday too.

They are black now which means the traffic is stationary.

Whereisgalway

I’m very confused on why there are two covid threads. What goes into each? One is for news and the other is for chat?

Where do I post if I want to chat about the news?

Arghus

The chat thread, I would guess.

amandstu

Discodog wrote: »

They are black now which means the traffic is stationary.

Is there a legend explanation on that page ?

What do those (orange/red /black/green )colours signify?

biko

How fast traffic is moving.

ben.schlomo

We went through the checkpoints just there, one is around Regan's and the other is city side of the halting site. Every vehicle is being stopped and asked the purpose of their journey.

Discodog

ben.schlomo wrote: »

We went through the checkpoints just there, one is around Regan's and the other is city side of the halting site. Every vehicle is being stopped and asked the purpose of their journey.

So no discrimination The gardai hardly doing their bit to quell rumours.

Fozzie Bear

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Seems unlikely they'd be there 24/7 doesn't it?

The checkpoint at Curleys Fruit would appear to be 24/7 for the past week. I live in the area and I am also working odd hours because of splits shifts / Covid. So in the past week I have started work at 6am on occasions and the Gardai were there at 5.15am as I was leaving. I have also finished work at 12am on other occasions in the past week and again Gardai were there at 12.30am as I was coming home.

Fozzie Bear

Wompa1 wrote: »

Yeah, in fairness that's odd. There must be some sort of logic to it. They were just past Cunniffe's in Cloonboo and the other side of the halting site too. Could think of many other spots on the N84 to be to get people who might try to turn off to avoid detection.

Cunniffe's were fairly busy from people turning in to slyly get petrol and turn around again :pac:

Ya I noticed this too. The road I live on is a dead end one off the N84 and the amount of random traffic driving up it and turning in my gateway in the past week has gone through the roof.

Lot of people getting lost it would seem...

Discodog

It's certainly a lot of resources for one road.

Wompa1

Also, just to back up a claim from a different poster. I met two young lads Sulkying..is that a word? That was over 2 weeks ago. Had thought it was a bit sh1te since it was clear disregard for recommendations.

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Whereisgalway wrote: »

They’re not releasing official figures, I have sent in a FOI request. Considering the resources the creditable source says the state is giving the travellers it’s pretty clear there’s a cluster

Can you share why you felt the need to go to the extremes of making an FOI request on this? Are you conducting some kind of study on the prevalence of illness and disease among the traveling community due to sub-optimal living conditions? Or should I be making an FOI request for the number of Covid-19 cases present in a housing estate in Knocknacarra, for instance? There I was thinking I had enough to worry about right now but do I also need to worry about the presence of cases in random parts of the community with which I have no contact?