Can we have some fcuking control on the airports from high risk countries please?

normanoffside

munstergirl wrote: »

Read what the article says, they have 3 double beds in TWO hotel bedrooms interconnecting, if you flew to Australia you would have to quarantine in hotel too. If they tidied up their suitcase spread on floor they would have more room. 1st world problems.

Forcing them to quarantine in a Hotel at all is ridiculous.
They're coming from a country with no covid into one that's riddled and yet they must be locked up to keep us safe.

Hopefully more stories like this will show what a sham the whole thing is and get it scrapped.

ninebeanrows

Yea it’s exactly that, the system is so flawed that you just have to be smart and try be as cautious as you can

But when it boils down to it, you have to look after yourself and your family, nobody else really gives a damn and one has to do what they must to protect their family and their health

These rules are outrageous but with some planning you can get to where you need to and work with them

expectationlost

normanoffside wrote: »

Forcing them to quarantine in a Hotel at all is ridiculous.
They're coming from a country with no covid into one that's riddled and yet they must be locked up to keep us safe.

Hopefully more stories like this will show what a sham the whole thing is and get it scrapped.

how did they get to this country?

boetstark

normanoffside wrote: »

I find this story quite ridiculous and to be honest disturbing. A family of 5 quarantined in a room with 3 beds. They were coming back from a zero Covid country to work in healthcare in Ireland but were forced to quarantine because of a 45 minute stopover.

How is this right?

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0327/1206518-coronavirus-quarantine-ireland/

Yawn can't read details or ignore details. 2 rooms, 3 beds. Two doubles one single.

gmisk

normanoffside wrote: »

I find this story quite ridiculous and to be honest disturbing. A family of 5 quarantined in a room with 3 beds. They were coming back from a zero Covid country to work in healthcare in Ireland but were forced to quarantine because of a 45 minute stopover.

How is this right?

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0327/1206518-coronavirus-quarantine-ireland/

Disturbing? Come on...

Tough, if they don't like it they should have stayed in australia

normanoffside

gmisk wrote: »

Tough, if they don't like it they should have stayed in australia

Lovely

mandrake04

gmisk wrote: »

Disturbing? Come on...

Tough, if they don't like it they should have stayed in australia

Maybe their visa expired, didn’t have a choice.

Beechwoodspark

If this is the same case as on the radio yest They passed through transit in one of the counties on the list

gmisk

mandrake04 wrote: »

Maybe their visa expired, didn’t have a choice.

Zero mention of that in story...so doubt it.

It is not "disturbing"...other countries do it.
Couple of weeks in a hotel....how will they ever cope...lol

AlekSmart

normanoffside wrote: »

Forcing them to quarantine in a Hotel at all is ridiculous.
They're coming from a country with no covid into one that's riddled and yet they must be locked up to keep us safe.

Hopefully more stories like this will show what a sham the whole thing is and get it scrapped.

Is Ireland riddled with Covid ?

Beechwoodspark

gmisk wrote: »

Zero mention of that in story...so doubt it.

It is not "disturbing"...other countries do it.
Couple of weeks in a hotel....how will they ever cope...lol

The hotels look quite nice from tv reports

For Forks Sake

gmisk wrote: »

Zero mention of that in story...so doubt it.

It is not "disturbing"...other countries do it.
Couple of weeks in a hotel....how will they ever cope...lol

Wait till they find out what they'll have to do when they head back to Australia...:rolleyes:

Rodin

I couldn't care less about their "plight... "
They knew the rules before they flew.

gmisk

AlekSmart wrote: »

Is Ireland riddled with Covid ?

Nope, one of the lowest 7 day incidence rates in Europe
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139048/coronavirus-case-rates-in-the-past-7-days-in-europe-by-country/
Far from riddled.

hotmail.com

Looks like we'll have a campaign now to end the mandatory quarantine.

Irish people can be irritating at times.

normanoffside

AlekSmart wrote: »

Is Ireland riddled with Covid ?

Compared to Australia, Yes

For Forks Sake

normanoffside wrote: »

Forcing them to quarantine in a Hotel at all is ridiculous.
They're coming from a country with no covid into one that's riddled and yet they must be locked up to keep us safe.

Hopefully more stories like this will show what a sham the whole thing is and get it scrapped.

Indeed, the United Arab Emirates, which has over 50,000 new cases in the past month, would be classified as riddled alright. Probably best to quarantine someone travelling from there in the interests of Irish public health.


https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/united-arab-emirates/

No excuses for ignorance.

https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/uae/news-and-events/news-archive/covid-19-travel-frequently-asked-questions-.html

What requirements are in place for those travelling to Ireland from the UAE?
The UAE is considered a high-risk ‘category 2’ country. The following requirements apply to anyone travelling from the UAE to Ireland, including passengers who transit through the UAE, even if they remain airside:

Evidence of a negative or ‘not detected’ result from a COVID-19 Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test carried out no more than 72 hours before arrival into Ireland.
From 4am on Friday March 26th - Completion of 14 days of quarantine at a designated hotel - regardless of a negative PCR test result.

Covidhaveago

normanoffside wrote: »

I find this story quite ridiculous and to be honest disturbing...

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0327/1206518-coronavirus-quarantine-ireland/

Amongst their list of complaints they say they had to wait 90 mins before their rooms were ready, oh the horror! My heart bleeds etc.

Klonker

expectationlost wrote: »

Family says hotel quarantine facilities 'unsafe' https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0327/1206518-coronavirus-quarantine-ireland/

if they had come one day earlier they could have avoided this

how about they recognize its for other peoples safety too

Sure isn't this what the public were screaming for? Same people will be saying how unfair it is now after reading this RTE story. They probably think it should only effect Johnny Foreigner but not Irish people like this story.

My personal opinion is the whole hotel quarentining is a cod. I'd understand if a variant came about that was proved to be vaccine resistant but that's not the case yet. Also, over time virus's usually mutate into less deadly variants so as to spread more easily just be keep potential new variants in context. PCR test, antibodies or vaccine and in you come would be my way of looking at it. A lot better than last year when you didn't need anything at all to enter.

Atlantic Dawn

Covidhaveago wrote: »

Amongst their list of complaints they say they had to wait 90 mins before their rooms were ready, oh the horror! My heart bleeds etc.

The big question which the RTE report doesn't answer is whether this family had actually booked any accommodation at all.

Chris_5339762

That family, if they had any sense, would come from Australia a different way. Surely there are ways to do Australia - Ireland without passing through the UAE, even now.

AlekSmart

Covidhaveago wrote: »

Amongst their list of complaints they say they had to wait 90 mins before their rooms were ready, oh the horror! My heart bleeds etc.

Crikey,from reading Michelle's account I wondered if they had been brought to some premises in Kabul,or a B & B on Gardiner St.

No mention of what Mr O'Dowd think's of the setup.

Perhaps she'll get a refund or a voucher or something ????

AlekSmart

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

The big question which the RTE report doesn't answer is whether this family had actually booked any accommodation at all.

I wonder if RTE have managed to find other's in the same boat.

seamus

What a ridiculous story. Your family have beds, food, warmth and shelter. Oh no, your test was a day late, you only have two chairs for your table. The humanity!

It's 12 days, it's a pandemic. Just STFU and get through it.

Fvcking whining.

For Forks Sake

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

The hotels look quite nice from tv reports

I've stayed there a few times, you couldn't fault it.

I also noticed on the RTE report that she only videod one of the two rooms, which just happened to have all of their children and luggage crammed into it at the time :rolleyes: (I'd put good money on the second room being larger but that'd not suit her complaining narrative)

Scuid Mhór

normanoffside wrote: »

I find this story quite ridiculous and to be honest disturbing. A family of 5 quarantined in a room with 3 beds. They were coming back from a zero Covid country to work in healthcare in Ireland but were forced to quarantine because of a 45 minute stopover.

How is this right?

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0327/1206518-coronavirus-quarantine-ireland/

expectationlost wrote: »

Family says hotel quarantine facilities 'unsafe' https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0327/1206518-coronavirus-quarantine-ireland/

if they had come one day earlier they could have avoided this

how about they recognize its for other peoples safety too

Did this family and RTE conveniently forgot about a deadly pandemic happening in real time?

AlekSmart

For Forks Sake wrote: »

I've stayed there a few times, you couldn't fault it.

I also noticed on the RTE report that she only videod one of the two rooms, which just happened to have all of their children and luggage crammed into it at the time :rolleyes: (I'd put good money on the second room being larger but that'd not suit her complaining narrative)

I wonder if the lady in question is "known to" any personage in RTE ?

ninebeanrows

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

Did this family and RTE conveniently forgot about a deadly pandemic happening in real time?

The family could have easily quarantined at their home. People are at their worst at the moment. Everybody is the enemy.

Common sense is that people should be enabled to quarantine at their home and not shipped to a hotel escorted by the defence forces.

expectationlost

ninebeanrows wrote: »

The family could have easily quarantined at their home. People are at their worst at the moment. Everybody is the enemy.

Common sense is that people should be enabled to quarantine at their home and not shipped to a hotel escorted by the defence forces.

they've been away for 5 years do they have a home here?

AlekSmart

ninebeanrows wrote: »

The family could have easily quarantined at their home. People are at their worst at the moment. Everybody is the enemy.

Common sense is that people should be enabled to quarantine at their home and not shipped to a hotel escorted by the defence forces.

Mention of the Defence Forces,brings me to Coolmoney Camp in the Glen of Imall,far more suitable for hi-security quarantine and under the full control of the Military ( The Kids might enjoy it far more too ? )

https://www.facebook.com/thecadetschool/videos/were-on-the-road/673434296509319/

As another posted on the Deadly Pandemic aspect,we cannot let our guard down !