Holiday home owners in Connemara (and elsewhere)

Red Alert

There seems to be a universal vilification of anyone with a holiday home here, even if they went down there before the movement restrictions were imposed.

If someone went down to their own holiday home before the movement restrictions were imposed, with a plan on staying there for the duration of the crisis, I don't see the problem. It would've been the intelligent thing to do on a personal level for someone healthy who could work from home.

As long as they stay there now for the entire duration and treat it as their primary home.

And I don't have a holiday home.

Sono Topolino

Saw my next door neighbours packing up the car to go down to Wexford yesterday afternoon, just before the announcement. Himself is working from home, and herself is a housewife, so they’re going to stay in the holiday home until restrictions are relaxed.

Apparently little Niamh and Conor really, really, really want to be by the beach and have been pestering mummy and daddy for weeks about it. This takes precedence over public health guidance, naturally.

I hate people.

Feisar

maestroamado wrote: »

These people may be stranded in the countryside for months.
I wonder can they be penalized if they get pulled over on return journey as saying i did not fallow guidelines a bit embarrasing especially for people who should know better.

Going to holiday home is fine, being forced to stay there?
I expect these people who are not at "home" will get plenty of attention from local Gardai over weekend.

Also is there an actual penalty? public flogging at Athlone Bridge.

I don't know about that but definitely a national register naming and shaming, should be read out on the news or something.

IAMAMORON

I can see the pub talk in Dingle and Tramore being awkward this September.

3 am leap frogging is definitely off the table again for another generation at least, a pity really I will miss it.

degsie

Feisar wrote: »

I don't know about that but definitely a national register naming and shaming, should be read out on the news or something.

Or read from the pulpit like the good ol' days (over 'tinternet of course)

Sono Topolino

Sono Topolino wrote: »

Saw my next door neighbours packing up the car to go down to Wexford yesterday afternoon, just before the announcement. Himself is working from home, and herself is a housewife, so they’re going to stay in the holiday home until restrictions are relaxed.

Apparently little Niamh and Conor really, really, really want to be by the beach and have been pestering mummy and daddy for weeks about it. This takes precedence over public health guidance, naturally.

I hate people.

You have fierce detailed conversations with the neighbours you hate.

Doctors room ghost

Ralphyroo wrote: »

The people who allowed the bookings are just as bad

I never met a connemara yet that didn’t like money.

degsie

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

I never met a connemara yet that didn’t like money.

Is that a species?

Doctors room ghost

Sono Topolino wrote: »

Saw my next door neighbours packing up the car to go down to Wexford yesterday afternoon, just before the announcement. Himself is working from home, and herself is a housewife, so they’re going to stay in the holiday home until restrictions are relaxed.

Apparently little Niamh and Conor really, really, really want to be by the beach and have been pestering mummy and daddy for weeks about it. This takes precedence over public health guidance, naturally.

I hate people.

All Ireland curtain twitcher champion 2020 and bookies favourite for 2021

IAMAMORON

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

I never met a connemara yet that didn’t like money.

Connemaranian. Be careful the Grammar Nazi's have been lurking this thread for days now.

If they live east of Maam's cross they switch to Connemarwegians, officially.

Seamai

Fieldog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1247444108819476480?s=20

Those rich feckers from Meath travelling to Fermoy for the spin sure...

What the actual f*ck?

....and to Fermoy of all places, you'd think they'd pick somewhere a bit more glamorous.

Antares35

Feisar wrote: »

I don't know about that but definitely a national register naming and shaming, should be read out on the news or something.

:D

That'll show'em :pac:

Doctors room ghost

degsie wrote: »

Is that a species?

Yes.a rare breed easily identified by their love of bacon and cabbage, and home distilled beverage and their hatred for anything non Connemara besides money

Sono Topolino

ecoli3136 wrote: »

You have fierce detailed conversations with the neighbours you hate.

They don’t know I hate them. Or maybe they do. There’s feck all I can do to stop them anyway, and no point in telling them I think they’re a shower of selfish expletives.

There’s a number of people in this country who, to varying degrees, think that their personal wants trump the needs of society. They can only be stopped by coercion. My neighbours fit right into that category.

If they tried it today, I would have no problem calling the Gardaí and giving them the reg number of their car. But it’s a pity this is needed.

Yellow_Fern

Sono Topolino wrote: »

Saw my next door neighbours packing up the car to go down to Wexford yesterday afternoon, just before the announcement. Himself is working from home, and herself is a housewife, so they’re going to stay in the holiday home until restrictions are relaxed.

Apparently little Niamh and Conor really, really, really want to be by the beach and have been pestering mummy and daddy for weeks about it. This takes precedence over public health guidance, naturally.

I hate people.

They are protecting you

IAMAMORON

plodder wrote: »

I wouldn't judge the state of the country by anonymous chatter on forums like this.

I would actually, never underestimate the power of anonymity.

s8n

Sono Topolino wrote: »

Saw my next door neighbours packing up the car to go down to Wexford yesterday afternoon, just before the announcement. Himself is working from home, and herself is a housewife, so they’re going to stay in the holiday home until restrictions are relaxed.

Apparently little Niamh and Conor really, really, really want to be by the beach and have been pestering mummy and daddy for weeks about it. This takes precedence over public health guidance, naturally.

I hate people.

name and shame

Riesen_Meal

gmisk wrote: »

I am not sure a dark room is the best place to setup a PC for work....


Plenty of checkpoint in Dublin anyway.

A dark room is all I have with 1 at home self isolating down the other end of the house unfortunately...

I've just opened the window and it is beautiful outside...

saabsaab

You're right. 'Informer' is a dirty word in this country but sometimes it's the only right thing to do.

JPCN1

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Great to see the country united at last, especially during these hard times.

A long overdue sequel to 'into the West' in pre production I'm hearing.

'Back to the East' The story of Tayto and Tir na nog after they are driven out of the West for being dirty jackeens. Starring Mylie O'Fookerty and a flea ridden Connemara pony called Saoirse.

Could be a belter.

whisky_galore

saabsaab wrote: »

You're right. 'Informer' is a dirty word in this country but sometimes it's the only right thing to do.

People who still bitch about a Black and Tan (sic) commemoration no doubt. Get over it, bigger things at play now.

AulWan

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Nobody wants to burn anyone out of house and home. That's just hyperbole. The same crap you hear from people who clamour for the death penalty for petty vandals and bicycle thieves.


But if you were to go to places like Sardinia and Corsica it's quite de rigeuer for the locals to dynamite your house because..well...you're not a local. And that's in both good times AND bad.


Fill your boots and send us a postcard.

PM me your address and I'll be sure to send that postcard on.

cbreeze

The Minister for Justice was saying on the Sean O'Rourke show this morning that the Gardai have now the power to knock on the doors of suspected holiday homes and to order the occupants to return from whence they came. He qualified this by saying that those who arrived before the rules were imposed could remain there.

upupup

Sono Topolino wrote: »

Saw my next door neighbours packing up the car to go down to Wexford yesterday afternoon, just before the announcement. Himself is working from home, and herself is a housewife, so they’re going to stay in the holiday home until restrictions are relaxed.

Apparently little Niamh and Conor really, really, really want to be by the beach and have been pestering mummy and daddy for weeks about it. This takes precedence over public health guidance, naturally.

I hate people.

The new garda powers allows them to send people home to their normal place of residence.They can send a car home and if needed they can knock on a holiday home door and send them home too.Charlie Flannagan just said this on the radio with sean o rourke

Plumbthedepths

Fieldog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1247444108819476480?s=20

Those rich feckers from Meath travelling to Fermoy for the spin sure...

What the actual f*ck?

Rich feckers, in an Opel Zaferia? lol.

Outkast_IRE

Plenty of english reg cars popping up in west cork the last few days. Local radio has had good few people on speaking about it.

BarryD2

Red Alert wrote: »

There seems to be a universal vilification of anyone with a holiday home here, even if they went down there before the movement restrictions were imposed.

If someone went down to their own holiday home before the movement restrictions were imposed, with a plan on staying there for the duration of the crisis, I don't see the problem. It would've been the intelligent thing to do on a personal level for someone healthy who could work from home.

As long as they stay there now for the entire duration and treat it as their primary home.

That's reasonable if they went down a couple of weeks or more ago and have stayed locally since.

The issue is with people flitting back & forth. Wanting their cake and eating it.

saabsaab

What about those who have blood links there? Would they send me back to the big smoke?

HeidiHeidi

saabsaab wrote: »

What about those who have blood links there? Would they send me back to the big smoke?

They'll send you back to wherever you've been for the last few weeks, which you're not meant to be travelling any distance from unless necessary.

The fact that your Mammy lives in somewhere 100 miles away is irrelevant.

Riesen_Meal

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Rich feckers, in an Opel Zaferia? lol.

Sarcasm didn't translate well there, hahaha