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Lovely wee lump sum backpay arrived in the post this morning there
That just might push smurfy and trailer over the edge.

Although I do hate the fkn  tax and NI deductions !

They do develop into very good / outstanding inter county footballers and hurlers. I'm not sure were they get the time to be so good at their job and play inter county, but they are greatly admired in the 32 counties.

Our club  is littered with them!

I believe that it is the preferred profession for inter county players  , or working in the bank !

They do develop into very good / outstanding inter county footballers and hurlers. I'm not sure were they get the time to be so good at their job and play inter county, but they are greatly admired in the 32 counties.

US Treasury officials sent $1.4 billion of its pandemic rescue funds ,( $2.6 trillion ) to dead people!

4873 cases
547 deaths

And the schools are closed.

Madness

Trailer ..hope all is well with you and your kids.
Would you consider that the fact that schools were closed was a contributory factor in these statistics and the fact that the lockdown was taken seriously by everyone

Did anyone see the images of Trump coming of the chopper at the Whitehouse? Must've hit the drink !

Would kitting out portacabins not be an affordable temporary solution? Its going to cost money either road.

Seriously,  you think the dept of education would spend money on that idea ! There are over 1 100 schools in the North , where would you like them to be positioned,  boss.

I'm sure Mc Evoys could work flat out between now and next year putting them in. A second hand portacabin would be between £500 - £700   a week.

Like I said before, put your idea on an email to Peter Weir , he needs all the help he can get ...

Delgany why won't it happen with the 1 metre rule in place?

For the 10th time  a 60 sq metre  classroom , cant have 30 kids in it with 1m socialdistance for the children and staff. Why would you continue to question this point, do you think we are making it up.
If the R rate is zero in August / September , then full school return .

No I don't Jim but some do want this to continue
As I said yesterday the Union should have come out with a positive statement instead of this crap about we can't do it
And every single Principal was the same
Find a way for Christ sake

How many ways or times do we need to explain that without a lorry load of new classrooms and extra teachers that it ain't going to happen in respect of a 1m distance .

No social distancing , ram them in and bin the online stuff , I haven't spoken to any teachers who prefers the current situation

No reported cases .is a good sign , let's hope it lasts to 24th August and everyone can get back to school as normal.

Sin e

Would it not have worked with
Hurling Leagues followed by Hurling Championship .
Football Championship followed by football league .
Suits dual clubs and respective county teams campaigns.

It is easy to sit on the outside, looking in and comment on schools. No two schools are exactly the same in terms of size and each school has it's own circumstances to manage.
Ultimately , DENI have abdicated responsibilities to each individual school. So , BOG and Principals will make the call, having responsibility for 30 kids/ 4 adults in the smallest schools to 1500kids /200 adults in the largest , has the biggest impact on any decisions being made. Schools should go slow and steady at the start and ramp up quickly , if everything stays in a good place.  There will be local agreements in place , so that all schools start with a similar starting point @ 40% in/60% out , then moving to 60/ 40, then full attendance.
DENI have been a shitshow.They have left schools to fund all additional costs from their current budgets that are in general fkd in the first place. Yet handed £8 million to sub teachers with no conditions attached , like the situation for summer camps and extra staff in schools in Sept.
A full attendance for my place  , would entail  7 extra rooms and 5 extra staff.!that isn't going to happen - but DENI didnt figure that out very well at all  !

6 or 7 league matches during inter county season .
No relegation or promotion

SFC   3  teams in  3 GROUPS , 4 in another  Qtr , Semi & Final
IFC     6 teams in 2 groups ,semis &   final
JFC    as IFC.. 5 teams per group

Home matches and away matches

And why can't we make an exception regarding social distancing with the confines of a school?
Every single kid should be back at school by September whether social distancing is 2 metres 1 metre or 0.5 regardless
That's what has to happen and I think it will
Come October I would be shocked absolutely shocked if emery school child was not back
Shocked
And they will be

So you are accepting that there is likely to be a phased start to school in September , with things ramping up to full attendance by October.

You should drop Peter Weir an email to confirm that

Doctors in England are demanding that Boris gets the kids back
1600 Doctors can't be wrong
The cure now worse than the disease

1600 doctors? There are over 301 thousand doctors in the uk ya muppet

"The letter notes that the governments of Scotland and Wales have published plans for children returning to school at the end of the summer.
"We call on the UK government and the Northern Ireland executive to urgently publish clear plans for getting children back to school; and for all UK governments to deliver recovery plans for children and young people."
Two key points
1. END OF SUMMER !
2. IT CALLS FOR CLEAR PLANS .....

The Govt.s are yet to publish these plans and that is the real issue. They are due to be published next week , if we are lucky. Teachers should not be taking the flak for the faults of Government , direct your ire to the MLA''s , who over see the shambles .