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Full lockdown is no one visits, leave food and medication ar door, completely impossible for folk with acute issues.

I'm not a big fan of O'Dowd or Sinn Fein in general, but it's hard to disagree with what he is saying. The British government seem to be content to have what will amount to a cull of the elderly and the sick. For all their faults, Leo and Co. are trying to save lives here in the south.
We need a joint approach on this Island, but unionists in the north just cannot see the bigger picture.

Fair play to O'Dowd.  Language was strong but hopefully it focuses the minds.

Schools should just uni-laterally close.

I understand and largely agree about closing schools but it needs to be appreciated how big a step it is and a number of ducks need put in a row first. They will close soon but it appears that it will last for a number of months. There are GCSE & A Levels to be addressed. These things determine university places etc. There will be some shitstorm to come when "our Ciara should've got into her course but they made a balls of it..." etc. Inquiry after inquiry and at the end of the day the gov will get it in the neck.
Now, is this more important than people's lives? No. Are they guessing how much time they can buy to allow them to have a look at solutions to problems such as above? Probably.

They'll go on predicted grades I say.

This will not, by all accounts, be over in a few weeks. In a few weeks, it'll be Easter.

They wont go on predictive grades, there is only about 4 weeks teaching left for GCSE students, Google classroom self study, exams in large hall well spread out.

AFM, it's probably best to forget your personal grievances with posters and just discuss the topic. You are only annoying yourself and will end up banned again.

Do you not see the hypocrisy, it's an open forum with rules or it is a invited group in which case, pardon the pun, lockdown registrations.

I gave up my fight with the mods a long time ago but I draw a wry smile when I see the faithful beaten.

Unaccountable and let mates say what they want, why publish the rules when they don't apply to mates.

You fair spiraled to abuse but you must be one of the old boys. if this forum and your ability to abuse folk and their mental health makes you feel good you go for it lad. Btw mods here are inept.

You're inept.

AFM, it's probably best to forget your personal grievances with posters and just discuss the topic. You are only annoying yourself and will end up banned again.

Do you not see the hypocrisy, it's an open forum with rules or it is a invited group in which case, pardon the pun, lockdown registrations.

You fair spiraled to abuse but you must be one of the old boys. if this forum and your ability to abuse folk and their mental health makes you feel good you go for it lad. Btw mods here are inept.

[Very aggressive as well,]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coronavirus-japan-bar-crawl-spread-gamagori-a9384541.html?amp

Some people...

Seen a video of people spitting on buttons in a lift and sneezing on purpose in a lift, purposely  spreading the virus. Some People are cnuts

Takes one to know one I suppose.

What was your last name in here? Possibly medical/mental  issues  I'd say.

It's just a forum don't get too wound up, none of it is serious, your views won't change anything. Very aggressive as well, are you like that in real life?

Just answer the question dickhead

Still not answering? You trolled someone about the flu and now you're avoiding a simple question? You're a dick

Just tell me, ya knob

Look it is what it is, we all have someone close to us (both parents for me) that fall into the bracket of vulnerability to catching and (heaven forbid) succumbing to a deadly virus earlier than expected, but the doomsday's carry on at the minute is out of or control, let's see it out, bit like brexit 

Didn't realise brexit was killing folk by the hour.

By the hour? How many weeks now? Christmas was 3 months ago? Death rate in Ireland is?

So f**k you Jack I am ok.

Wonder how many pages this thread will be before shes all over.....

Who knows but we'll all be micro biologists by the end of it

Least you will still be here well in with mods after calling me a dickhead a knob a Wally a dick and bringing my kids into your bigotry , yet when I reported this to gaaboard I was banned for 3 days for abusing posters. If this is an old boys club stop anyone but old boys posting, I see you weren't banned, sure its only the flu. 🙄

I'm not banned ya wally cause you start it, never been banned and never will and I'll react to knob heads who lose their shit on a discussion board, is that simple enough for you? And you wonder why you're banned and have to change user names

So you can abuse with impunity, buy gaaboard a pint from me.

Wonder how many pages this thread will be before shes all over.....

Who knows but we'll all be micro biologists by the end of it

Least you will still be here well in with mods after calling me a dickhead a knob a Wally a dick and bringing my kids into your bigotry , yet when I reported this to gaaboard I was banned for 3 days for abusing posters. If this is an old boys club stop anyone but old boys posting, I see you weren't banned, sure its only the flu. 🙄

[Wobbler you are wasting your time, anyone that thinks dealing with Covid 19 is the responsibility of the GAA is beyond rational argument]

Wobbler you are wasting your time, anyone that thinks dealing with Covid 19 is the responsibility of the GAA is beyond rational argument, a wry smile at the idiots and let them post their nonsense unmolested.

A ridiculous statement - who said it was!

Why on earth would the GAA have ordered a full shutdown when all its members are still mingling daily at school and work?

The GAA can now follow up appropriately and will do today.

Some of you are demanding. Some of you are just twisty and nasty. Most of you are just unrealistic.

It's called leadership! The GAA has a responsibility to look after the best interest of its members and players. Regardless of what other activities its members get up to there is an onus on the GAA hierarchy to give a clear direction for matches and club activity. I'm sure they will get their act together soon following the Gov announcement but I'd have expected it to be sooner.

Again, unrealistic, demanding, maybe even twisty.


As of this morning, every u7, u9 and u11 rural Gael in Ireland was sitting in a confined space with all other children their age.

Even the under 7s would have been able to point out the flaw in telling them the GAA club had stopped their training.

Did every u7 know where their managers / coaches visited lately, who they were in contact with, who had drank from the communal water bottles being fired around - stop trying to score points I know more than you and get the f**k of your high horse.

[Asked about the difference in the approach in Dublin, the spokesman added: "We follow our own advice, they will do the same."]

It is a joke that there are now two different approaches to this on the island. What happens National League games this weekend. Leo's announcement would mean these are off in the South or played behind closed doors but yet Derry v Longford (nothing against Longford - just the example I'm using) would mean people from the South can travel to a game in the North and congregate in a crowd? Doesn't make sense.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman was asked whether Northern Ireland would now be treated differently from the rest of the UK in response to measures announced by the Irish Government.

"We have been in regular dialogue with Irish counterparts," the spokesman said.

"In terms of our own response, we have said that we want it to be a UK-wide response and we have been working with the four chief medical officers and devolved administrations."

Asked about the difference in the approach in Dublin, the spokesman added: "We follow our own advice, they will do the same."

What a load of shite!

[CL surely to be cancelled now.]

Real Madrid in quarantine. La Liga postponed for 2 weeks. CL surely to be cancelled now.

PL will follow I'd say.

Does Liverpool keep Cup for another year. 

An Taoiseach is due to make an announcement on RTÉ 1 at 11am

Where is your source for this? I am at work but have not heard or read anything on mainstream media.

Just announced on RTE by Leo.

Ffs about time. That would have an effect on GAA

Gatherings over 500 cancelled outdoors so yes!