I’ll start this by saying that I am totally fed up. The level 5 restrictions have been extended until March 5th. Numbers are very slowly coming down here. I know it needs to be done and my anxiety level over Coronavirus has been really high since before Christmas, especially knowing that there are several more transmissible variants here in Ireland.
I am really angry at the Irish government. Allowing the country to open up on December 1st and relaxing restrictions over Christmas was utterly reckless and has led to the situation we find ourselves in now. It could and should have been avoided. I am also angry that the extended restrictions have been written about in newspapers and in the media since last week. The cabinet meeting took place yesterday. Not good enough. I want to hear the Taoiseach make these announcements at the time the decusions were made.
I am also sick and tired of hearing the Tanaiste running his mouth off. You agreed that Micheál Martin be revolving Taoiseach first so get back in your box and keep your mouth shut. I am incandescent that he was having an ‘oul chat’ with Claire Byrne on Monday night and basically cancelled summer holidays and Christmas 2021! I made the decision not to travel to see my family at Christmas 2020. I don’t regret that decision at all but to hear that I might not be able to see my family this year because of the fuck up made by the government was too much.
The borders should have been closed in March 2020. Mandatory testing and quarantining before entering the country should also have been introduced last year and it wasn’t. You are now closing the stable door nearly a year after the horse bolted and those of us who have followed the rules are going to suffer again.
I am annoyed at myself for being naïve enough to be hopeful for 2021. Hopeful that vaccination would make a difference. Hopeful that by sacrificing Christmas 2020 with my family that in 2021 we would be able to be together and celebrate safely. Instead the EU and Astra Zeneca are at loggerheads over vaccination supply…it just feels neverending. Rant over!
