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Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Hails “Day of Freedom” as Restrictions Are Partially Eased – but Hotels, Pubs and Restaurants Will Remain Closed Until June

by Michael Curzon
10 May 2021 4:17 PM

Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has branded Monday a “day of hope and freedom” following the partial easing of lockdown restrictions.

This is a Day of Hope & Freedom. We can travel, meet friends & family outdoors, worship, get a haircut. 12k businesses reopen and 100k people back to work. Thank you HSE for running such a good vaccination programme and thank you Irish people for getting us this far

— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) May 10, 2021

A number of businesses have been able to resume service. But much of Ireland’s society – including hotels, pubs and restaurants – will remain closed until June at the earliest. BBC News has the story.

The Republic had been at the highest level of restrictions – level five – since Christmas.

But close-contact services, such as hairdressers, are now reopening and click-and-collect retail has resumed.

People are now also able to travel across the country.

They can move outside their own county for the first time in more than four months. Sports training can also resume.

Mr Varadkar told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland programme on Monday that 12,000 businesses were due to reopen this week and 100,000 people could return to work.

He said the current financial support for businesses would be in place until the end of June…

The easing of restrictions in the Republic of Ireland is part of a phased relaxation of the country’s strict Covid lockdown announced by Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in April.

Libraries, museums, galleries and other cultural attractions are also opening…

The measures permit people to travel for non-essential journeys outside their county and up to 50 people can attend weddings, funerals and other religious services.

Three households, or a group of six people, can meet outdoors, including in private gardens, and a vaccinated household can meet an unvaccinated one indoors.

Some dates have been laid out for when (“all being well”!) lockdown restrictions will further ease.

From May 17th, all non-essential shops in the Republic of Ireland can reopen to customers.

From June 2nd, hotels, guest houses and self-catering accommodation will be permitted to trade.

All pubs, regardless of whether they serve food, along with restaurants can open for outdoor service on June 7th.

The summer relaxation is premised on containing new variants and accelerating a vaccination programme that is well behind Northern Ireland’s.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: HospitalityRepublic of Ireland

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nickbowes
nickbowes
4 years ago

Amazing how these failed often hugely unpopular “great reset” supporting politicians remain in positions of power.

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Rowan
Rowan
4 years ago
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Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab are happy to keep Varadkhar, in the Irish Government, as he is one of their men.

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RickH
RickH
4 years ago

… and Eire never had anything resembling a ‘crisis’ in the first place.

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Hugh
Hugh
4 years ago

down with this sort of thing!

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scuzbert
scuzbert
4 years ago
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Ah you don’t believe all that, do you Ted?

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Nottheonly1
Nottheonly1
4 years ago

The notion is quite worn, but has only gained in relativity:

“Two things are infinite. The Universe and human stupidity – wheras I am not sure about the former.”
Einstein allegedly said. But it matters not who coined this notion – its validity is a given.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/05/11/652422/Kill-the-Bill-UK-protests-License-to-Kill

With great glee did I read this article, that has its issues but stands to show just how gullible the people of the so called UK are. Fully deserving what is coming to them – easily intimidated by a non-existing virus to allow the queen’s fascist regime to strip the people of any rights they had previously and allow for the installation of a fascist dictatorship under a queen that should be decapitated in public.

Brits however must keep fighting the good fight against so called “Trans” people and begging their oppressors to be allowed to take a piss in their own bathroom. It’s payback time for these good Christians – Karma will show them what a bitch it can be.

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