You've been looking in the wrong direction, the dangers are coming from the right.

But its not been the most dangerous pandemic we have lived though. For the vast vast vast majority it was nothing. Especially in Ireland. So much for the USA where people avoid medical care like the plague due to expense. Monkey pox was extremely transmissible. But fell of the news feed fairly fast. The lockdowns should have been for those at risk not the other way around. Total failure in nursing homes here. Anyway this has been dragged off topic enough just like another thread.

Do you see any difference between going to a protest about systemic racism resulting in someones death at the heads of those hired to keep people safe versus having a few drinks and listening to a band?

What systemic racism exists in Ireland to warrant THOUSANDS to take to the streets during "the most dangerous pandemic any of us have lived through." If Floyd had been "Oirish" then there may have been naw, fcuk that - "all the videos of hospitals being overrun with people suffering and dying from it" would have made anyone with a functioning brain cell stay 2km away from O'Connell Street that day.

I don't drink and drive, but if I had had a drink at home and my child became violently ill, and I was told the wait time for an ambulance was hours, I wouldn't hesitate to drive to the hospital if I was sure I could do so. And I wouldn't equate that with someone driving to the pub with the express intent to drive home after a skinful.

Most normal folk would ask a neighbour, a family member, or a last resort ring the Fire Brigade.

Wrong again masks did nothing why were not wearing them now. Social distancing very little affect. Were not even testing for covid now. It's rampant just not reported as such. Media realised it's a dead duck just another flu.

World moved on.

No People with covid still spread covid. Were not wearing masks.

Irish government Is not saying that. CDC can say what it likes. We have not been wearing them since Feb. Vaccines have tanked as I posted a link. Life is moving on. I had a vaccine if were interested did my bit. Healthcare workers even with good kit got covid common denominator enclosed space. And the CDC are saying testing positive nothing to do with health outcome.

What would you think a member of the travelling community would say to that question?

The travelling community are not a different race, despite what the folks who tell you that a man can be a woman tell you.

Pretty sure most people understood that in that analogy that such an option wasn't available. Are you saying that if you had only 2 choices, let your child suffer and possibly become seriously unwell/die, or drive while being over the limit, you would choose the former?

Thing is, there isn't just two choices. One advantage of being in Ireland is that you're never far from neighbours or services like the fire brigade who are fantastic first responders. A call to 999 is free and you don't even have to have a subscribed mobile plan to dial. If you're drinking whilst responsible for the care of a child then you ought to be asking serious questions about your maturity.

More than whatever the cause of that march, it was the class dynamics that saw it treated differently.

If it had been working class people marching for whatever reason,the backlash would have been severe, as would the Gardaí response.

The young well heeled being bored during lock down, that's different.