So what are the positives surrounding the Covid19 coronavirus?

JP Liz V1

I'd say less nose picking

fryup

the purple tin wrote: »

The stars have been really bright this last few nights. Has anyone else noticed this? Look up tonight and you can see them beautifully bright and clear, could this be because of the lack of air pollution?

beautiful sunset tonight

There is some good coming out of this crisis in that now there are slightly more rental properties available due to the downturn in tourism and landlords are no longer able to rent out places on a short-term basis using Airbnb.

Rise of 64pc in rental properties across Dublin in midst of coronavirus crisis - Daft report

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/rise-of-64pc-in-rental-properties-across-dublin-in-midst-of-coronavirus-crisis-daft-report-39061809.html

JP Liz V1

GBX wrote: »

If there's one good thing coming out of the Coronavirus, its getting so many emails from companies who have my email that I haven't heard from ever. Likelihood being I gladly handed it over in the hope of winning something from them or their associates. Alas I didnt.

Unsubscribe me!!

riffmongous

Big queue down at the blood donation centre where I live today, the staff were flat out dealing with the constant stream of people wanting to donate literally out the door thanks to the distancing

shenanagans

Distilleries across the country diversifying into producing hand sanitiser given current high demand. Given pubs closed and demand for drink plummeting.

fiveleavesleft

History Ireland have giving free access to their archive, nearly 30 years worth. They also have lots of fantastic podcasts.
https://www.historyireland.com/archive/

Cambridge University Press have also opened their library, free to anyone till May. Unfortunately the demand has broken their site but they should soon get it fixed.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks#

Suckit

the purple tin wrote: »

The stars have been really bright this last few nights. Has anyone else noticed this? Look up tonight and you can see them beautifully bright and clear, could this be because of the lack of air pollution?

Possibly, and the lack of light pollution.
I've noticed it too for the past week.

I remember hearing that WWII fighter pilots used to shoot at neptune (or mercury) thinking it was an approaching aeroplane.
I have seen one of those very prominent this past week, and I don't ever remember seeing them that visible in my life. I can now understand the mistake, but previously couldn't.
I tried to quick search there which planet, but no luck.
But one of them has been very prominent this last week.

Irish_peppa

shenanagans wrote: »

Distilleries across the country diversifying into producing hand sanitiser given current high demand. Given pubs closed and demand for drink plummeting.

I saw this on the news but where is it being sold? I havent seen any in the stores. Is it being shipped to hospitals or something?

Gods Gift

riffmongous wrote: »

Big queue down at the blood donation centre where I live today, the staff were flat out dealing with the constant stream of people wanting to donate literally out the door thanks to the distancing

Sperm bank was very quiet.

LoneWatie

No refugees coming in is surely a plus as the system is being milked and as a nation we must prioritize ourselves.

Gods Gift

Beautiful sunset last night. Red sky at night shepherds delight.
Btw. The really bright star in the southern sky is Venus.

peddlelies

Turas Nua not being able to hassle people. It's bad for the employees I hope they're covered but that company as a whole have no problem harassing many mentally ill people on a weekly basis.

TheQuietBeatle

lucalux wrote: »

Drive-in movie theatre at Leopardstown, so we might see a surge in them in future. I'd much rather these than cinemas though i know thats not for everyone


They just had a feature on RTE Radio 1. (Sean O Rourke show)

Book online, no contact with anyone outside your own car. Tune in your radio for audio!

Shows at 12, 3, 6 and 9pm.

https://www.retrodrivein.ie/

We used have one in Cork, it was great to go when our daughter was a newborn and we wanted to get out of the house.

I'd love to see more of them pop up.

Gods Gift

The leeches of betting shops loosing money.
Very good thing.

the purple tin

Gods Gift wrote: »

The leeches of betting shops loosing money.
Very good thing.

Hopefully some gambling addicts will be able to go cold turkey and beat the addiction in this downtime.
I had an uncle who was hooked and it's a curse, pure and simple.

the purple tin

Deleted User wrote: »

Hopefully we will see a big push both in China and globally to improve the standards in which farmed animals are kept and a complete and permanent ban on the disgusting wet markets unless we improve our animal farming standards. It's only a matter of time before we have another pandemic caused by a virus jumping between species.

We need to take a serious look at factory farming and CAFO globally, especially in america, not only are they incredibly cruel but they are a perfect breeding ground for diseases.

It was poultry factory farms in south east asia that caused the avian flu outbreak.

Snow Garden

Gods Gift wrote: »

Beautiful sunset last night. Red sky at night shepherds delight.
Btw. The really bright star in the southern sky is Venus.

Venus! I meant to look that up. It's been very bright for weeks. Thank you.

Harry Palmr

Mend and make do will make a come back, back garden and shed self sufficiency for the win.

StefanFal

Working from home is definitely a positive for me. I haven't done a tap in 2 week except working on the house. Drylined the hallway and wallpapered. Starting on the bedrooms from Monday.

Icepick

Cruise industry scaling down significantly
Sea World going bankrupt

fryup

if you're an undertaker you'll be coining it

Steve F

the purple tin wrote: »

Hopefully some gambling addicts will be able to go cold turkey and beat the addiction in this downtime.
I had an uncle who was hooked and it's a curse, pure and simple.

Online betting?

nelly17

My father in law said when we come out the other site of this we're going to have a hugging party. Makes sense when you have grandkids

Snow Garden

The April 1 jokes and spoofs should be interesting this year.

Gods Gift

Steve F wrote: »

Online betting?

Is there sport to bet on.

Rob2D

fryup wrote: »

if you're an undertaker you'll be coining it

No you won't. Corona deaths have to be cremated.

the purple tin

Tidy Towns scores will be sky high, all the houses and gardens being spruced up.


After seeing how hard it can be to buy food there might be a big increase in people growing their own vegetables.

freshpopcorn

I kind of like the fact that the people who are all hands and touchy aren't touching you now!

appledrop

Instead of spending two hours a day commuting, I get to spend that time everyday on a walk with my toddler! Now I will admit it very tough at times trying to work from home with a 3 year old but positives outway negatives.

Also got to hang out washing all week. A bonus instead of having them all hanging around the house.

shenanagans

Rob2D wrote: »

No you won't. Corona deaths have to be cremated.

I don't think that's accurate. Don't post false data.

There are churches full of coffins in Italy. If they had to be cremated they won't be left in churches awaiting burial.

Closed coffins yes. Mandatory cremations no.

JP Liz V1

peddlelies wrote: »

Turas Nua not being able to hassle people. It's bad for the employees I hope they're covered but that company as a whole have no problem harassing many mentally ill people on a weekly basis.

Telephone Calls Now

fryup

fryup wrote: »

if you're an undertaker you'll be coining it

Rob2D wrote: »

No you won't. Corona deaths have to be cremated.

is that government policy?

ruwithme

Rob2D wrote: »

No you won't. Corona deaths have to be cremated.

Even if thats true, the under takers will still very likely get a turn out of it.

I would imagine anyway that most even all crematoriums are owned by undertakers.

ruwithme

Me and 9 others had a game of 5 aside soccer today on the dublin road, whilst maintaining social distancing guidelines at all times.

As far as I am aware it doesnt have to be cremation, but you have to be buried very fast and theres no big church turnout and such (they don't advertise your burial to avoid crowds). So Im sure the undertaker is making money, but seen as no one is looking at the coffin, probably having a hard time upselling the better handles and decorative finishes etc.

blade1

Gods Gift wrote: »

Is there sport to bet on.

Two flies going up the wall

leavingirl

No positives. Absolutely none. Except if you are on power. When the greatest ever economic depression takes hold they will blame it on the virus. The number of suicides that results will far outnumber the virus numbers. It's a pity the Lemmings cannot see this.

blade1

leavingirl wrote: »

No positives. Absolutely none. Except if you are on power. When the greatest ever economic depression takes hold they will blame it on the virus. The number of suicides that results will far outnumber the virus numbers. It's a pity the Lemmings cannot see this.

That's the spirit!

fryup

Gods Gift wrote: »

Is there sport to bet on.

blade1 wrote: »

Two flies going up the wall

how many new cases each day is popular in my household

Snails pace

I work on the agri side of things. I hope people buy Irish produced food be it vegetables, dairy or meat or fish and see the standard that it's produced too. After seeing the videos of those chinese wet markets it's no wonder it started there.
Last summer Chinese officials visited all the major meat processing plants in Ireland to see how meat is processed and how animals are reared yet this virus started in horrendous conditions. It's great to see that this farmer bashing has stopped for a while and that emissions have reduced without but the amount of livestock stayed the same. I hope people will holiday within Ireland and see how beautiful our little country really is. Hopefully people's attitudes will change from whats new on insta to whata actually happening in the here and now.

SmartinMartin

blade1 wrote: »

That's the spirit!

LOL, needed to be said.

leavingirl

SmartinMartin wrote: »

LOL, needed to be said.

The truth hurts, unfortunately

SmartinMartin

I'd say you're a riot at parti..... social distancing small gatherings.

Eric Cartman

peddlelies wrote: »

Turas Nua not being able to hassle people. It's bad for the employees I hope they're covered but that company as a whole have no problem harassing many mentally ill people on a weekly basis.

Wanting to sit on your ma’s couch and smoke weed is not a mental illness, turas nua are only persuing people who are mentally and physically capable of working to try help them find work, im sure it feels like torture but they have your and aocieties best interests at heart.

freshpopcorn

blade1 wrote: »

That's the spirit!

For some people they are in there element now with being able to give out about the present and future.
So, that's a positive for some.

blade1

leavingirl wrote: »

The truth hurts, unfortunately

No Pain no Gain.

Atlantic Dawn

Brexit is out of the news.

fiveleavesleft

Beautiful scenes at the airport of the Cuban doctors arriving in Italy. Cuba have been fantastic during the crisis. Low cases, only 1 death, allowing the british cruise ship to dock, sending doctors abroad etc. Wonderful.

pure.conya

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I noticed shops are packaging there bakery products.
I hope it continues. I hate stuff being out on display for everybody to touch.

i seen a member of the irish minority group walk into lidl the other day and start pawing away at the loose bread rolls, the ignorant cow didnt give a second thought for anybody else, i told management why the rolls could be contaminated and they took them off the shelf immediately to throw them all out