Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

Electric picnic would have been packed out with Dave down the road playing the ukelele, if they were given the chance. They didn't need the time to lock in a world class line up though pretty sure Liam Gallagher tweeted about it the day it was cancelled so presumably they had some artists lined up. People seem to be pushing this weird idea that EP went hell for leather on a media run to get a festival they couldn't actually set up, approved? Bizarre line of thought. When there's a will, and cash, things can be organised very quickly.

Yep, I do.

People need to get some new material. 😴

Northern Ireland hospitals starting to struggle with Covid-19 patients. Army might get called in.

What else are most bands currently doing that makes you think they wouldn't be available?

Maybe we couldn't have expected the big stage lighting shows etc but I'm sure plenty of big acts would have been happy to perform.

I absolutely refute those other comments. Utter bs .

It is people saying " look at the UK they are open and having a great time " , when there situation healthwise is miserable and has been all along .

When people stop saying how wonderful Boris and the UK are doing and how " svxt " we are doing and maybe get the heads out of the sand , then I and others will stop showing you the reality .

No competition . I feel sorry for every normal person over there

We have missed the summer . We have been uber cautious . We should really be fully opening up next week or so at this stage , but we are in a much better position, having avoided major death and disease , not completely I know , but a lot better than many other jurisdictions .

Our caution was down to our completely crvp health service capacity , but we were never going to be the bull in the china shop like Boris and his Tory mates , thankfully .

And really , NI and Scotland opened up 2 weeks after UK . They had no choice because Boris had opened up .

The UK have made a mess of things so many times we've lost count but if "Freedom Day" is your only measure then they are heroes. Very odd way to describe what we are doing in the face of a virus that may make people extremely sick. Equally odd it's so intemperate four weeks from the end of all this. Our hospitality and entertainment experiences aside we are far less put upon than some countries.

Why exactly would you feel sorry for anyone in the UK??? Seriously

In the UK they do feel sorry for us in Ireland I'm sure, now that we have medicalised the actual parts worth living for, out of our lives.

We are petrified of returning to normality, as can be seen be those who are still afraid now that 9 in 10 adults are vaccinated.

Also the situation health-wise in the UK is nothing got to do with the health service or restriction's. They have 12 million citizens over 65(over 90% of deaths are over this age), and they have a large BAME population (disproportionately affected by Covid) due to the commonwealth situation.

Ireland has about 690,000 vulnerable citizens. Our never ending restrictions didn't save anyone here, there was just less vulnerable people to be saved

If you want to live a life the UK really are the gold standard, if you want to be reminded of human mortality on a daily basis and reasons not to live your life, Ireland is the place to be.

Usual rubbish about whatever Borris did. Trump, Boris, whatever rubbish to not talk about Ireland's failures.

If the UK ever has to go back into lockdown we will too. Our overly cautious approach has never stopped waves from hitting us when the rest of Europe gets his thus far.