Nightclubs and Gigs..

Wonder are they gonna start calling off gigs again. Had been eyeing up Dara O'Briain in Castlebar in January

Reality is they won't be open, Martin himself admitted this effectively shuts them.

The government is really pissing off the young people with these restrictions. We have the same rate of infections as Poland now who only have 50% vaccinated and everything open most of the summer. Where is the payoff for getting so many people vaccinated? we should have opened everything earlier in the summer when the over 40s were all vaccinated, the same last summer, the UK is already passed their peak and numbers dropping off now.

The government and Nphet are all wrong now

Is Northern Ireland fully open with nightclubs? i want to head up a few times in december

Yeah but you need an antigen test result or covid cert to get in after 13th December.

@PTH2009 yes you are correct, they can't use the PUP this time because they have already spent so much on it and the ECB is about to raise interest rates next year with inflation roaring.

Last year they didn't care about money, now reality has dawned, also all the new tech companies in Dublin with theiryoung international workforce will be getting sick of Dublin with no nightlife. One of the big selling points of Dublin was its nightlife they are killing the goose that laid the golden egg with their stupidity and shortsightedness

rep of ireland fast becoming like one of those undesireable nations or regions of the world where most people avoid, north korea, rural alamabama , dodgy african nations, where theres all manner of odd ball regulations, defenitley not a place people would want to holiday to or migrate to. id imagine hse heads and nyphet would be happy enough if they could bring in curfews all year round, or a time limit or drink limit to hospitality.

the covid becomes more dangerous on the stroke of midnight, new cinderella variant from the Kingdom of Faraway

All political posturing. “Look at us, we’re alpha males, we’re in charge!!! We’re shutting down venues that under 30s socialise in while the hospitals fill with people over 70.”

And mugs buy it.

Have you seen the hospital numbers recently? That is what counts, is it not? Not bloody cases, Christ!

Some people are just plain miserable and wants others to be the same, very sad

Yeah cause closing the nightclubs and gigs really stopped the numbers rising.

Only 17,000 cases today.

Those dam nightclubs that have been closed for a month now to blame...

It'd be higher if they were open, you do realise that don't you?

We all want to get on with life, preferably without risking the lives of others.

Perhaps you're happy with a bit of collateral damage, or is acceptable wastage?

You'll live without the pub, kind of simple to do really. Good job you didn't live in the pre internet days I guess !

You don't seem to bothered about cancelled cancer screenings along with other important checks, mental health of people and kids education throughout this, that doesn't matter sure, long as it's not Covid related to hell with them, lovely attitude to have.

Completely untrue.

England has their nightclubs open since the Spring. Broadly similar numbers as us. Make no doubt about, closing at 8pm / midnight has done NOTHING to prevent the spread.

Once you understand that, you will see what the current restrictions are in a vaccinated and all vulnerable boosted country are - pointless.

fair enough thats your personal opinion that You don't need them to be happy, the point is that the closure of same is being mandated by government and the irish government is always on the extreme end of the scale when it comes to restrictions when compared to our contemporaries.

Your point is that I don't need them because I am probably a middle aged person that has already done all that years ago, its not fair though to impose your world view on 20 somethings that just want to dance and meet up and yes get drunk with the opposite sex , thats the joy of being young and you are denying them of that

Would that be the same England with over 10,000 cases in hospital, the same England that are building surge hospitals / hubs to cope with the ramping up increase in demand for hospitalization due to the incessant increase in case numbers and hospital admissions day after day?

If you can't grasp the logic where not having people gathered in large numbers in enclosed places reduces the chances for a virus to transmit and more importantly reduces chances for it to mutate further then I guess its a good thing for us all that more intelligent people with a better understanding are making these decisions rather than relying on personal responsibility.

Stay safe.

Stay safe? From what? I’ve had my three vaccines, I’m under 50, I’m struggling to understand what I’m staying safe from?

Everyone in the club is vaccinated too?

Yes, 10,000 people many of whom have nothing to do with Covid in the hospital apart from a positive test when they were admitted.

The fear factor game is up now. Time to move on, you’ve had your two years.

Stay safe from the virus that can mutate at every transmission and can be transmitted between fully vaccinated people, every mutation can reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine against a new strain, you call it fear if that makes you feel better about the scenario that we are in.

Kick back and fight against it if you feel so inclined, under 50 fully vaccinated & boosted, you're either old enough to know better, or have an underlying condition & should probably know better.

For the record I'd love to go for pints with my sister who flew 6,000 miles to come home for Christmas, not going to happen, she has a PhD in Biochemistry and is a VP in a major US pharmaceutical firm, so I'll kind of follow her judgment before yours if that's ok with you?

She flew 6000 miles to not see anyone?

To see our elderly parents my children and visit our brothers grave