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29 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
❌ Literally in the last few minutes, the cinema reopening has been deleted from Gov.ie again
…or not?
Govt online advice does say one of the next steps is "preparation for the safe reopening of cinemas and theatres in June subject to public health advice"
[Passing observation: you know how sometimes journalists report stuff that they believe in good faith to be true, and then they turn out not to be true, and people think it's deliberate kite-flying or just poor journalism?

Sometimes these things literally just change on a whim.]

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29 Apr
Post-speech press conference is now underway...
Tánaiste says his two major themes for this evening are "hope" and "caution";
Varadkar says he has a sense of deja vu - it was the May bank holiday weekend last year when he announced plans for the reopening of the country - but the difference now is vaccines.

He finishes quoting Einstein: "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
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29 Apr
Taoiseach's speech live now on Virgin Media One
"The good news is that the strategy is working. Because of you hard work and sacrifices, we are now in a better place."
"By tonight, more than 1. 5 million vaccine doses will have been administered. That means close to 30% of everyone over 16 has received one dose of a vaccine."
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29 Apr
🚨 Government approves plans for gradual lifting of #COVID19Ireland restrictions.

The plan in emoji:
@VirginMediaNews
MAY 4:
🚧 Construction

MAY 10:
🏡 Outdoor visits (2 households)
👥 Outdoor gatherings (15)
🚙 Domestic travel
🚉 Bus/rail at 50% pax
🛍 Collection
💇🏼‍♂️ Personal services
⛪️ Churches (50)
🎨 Museums/galleries
🏐 Adult training
💍 Weddings (50 ceremony; 6 indoor afters; 15 outdoor)
MAY 17
🛍 Shops reopen

JUNE 2
🏨 Hotels, B&Bs (indoor dining for residents only)

To be considered from JUNE 7, pending epidemiological situation:

🏡 Indoor visits (1 household)
🍷 Outdoor hospitality
🏋️‍♀️ Gyms, pools
⚾️ Adult sports games, no fans
💍 25 at wedding receptions
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28 Apr
MAY 10
🚗 Intercounty travel
🏡 Household visits, 3 households - indoors only if vaxxed
💈 Personal services
⛪️ 50 at worship
🛍 Click & collect (full reopening later in May)
⚽️ Adult training

JUNE 2
🏨 Hotels, B&Bs

JUNE 7
🍷 Outdoor hospitality
🏋️‍♀️ Gyms, pools

@VirginMediaNews
With the caveat that Cabinet isn’t meeting until the afternoon, and these could still change - these are the other *proposals* going for approval today:
ALSO MAY 10:
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Outdoor gatherings of 15
🏛 Museums, galleries
👰🏻 50 guests at wedding ceremony
(6 at indoor reception, 15 outdoor)
🚎 Public transport 50% capacity

JUNE 7:
👰🏻 25 at receptions
🏨 Hotel bars and restaurants (residents only)
🏠 Indoor visits from one household
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28 Apr
Taoiseach doesn't tell Dáil whether Ireland will support a vote to invoke the '#TRIPSwaiver' - effectively suspending intellectual property rights on the manufacture of Covid-19 vaccines - at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation this Friday
Taoiseach said the idea would have to be examined "in some detail" - but seems to cast doubt on whether the pharma industry's co-ordinated response to Covid-19 (in contrast to SARS in 2003) would happen again in future if IP rights were suspended or waived - then his time elapsed
He was replying to a series of opposition TDs who wanted Ireland to back a waiver at this Friday's meeting of the WTO Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

They see it as necessary to help southern hemisphere countries increase vaccine production.
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28 Apr
Leaders' Questions: Alan Kelly points out challenge of meeting 82%-by-June vaccine target when much of the J&J inventory will not arrive until late June, and can now only be used for older population. Also points out that rollout must now hit 450k doses per week by end-June
Taoiseach tells Dáil that Ireland's highest delivery of Pfizer doses has arrived earlier today, containing 191,800 doses. @VirginMediaNews
Kelly suggests "the projections don't work out that way" - citing @Mark_Coughlan's sums on #rtept last night - and says the only way to meet 82% target would be to skip those between 50-60 for now, and come back to them when future larger J&J shipments come in
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