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The Taoiseach has announced that schools across the country are to close to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The decision applies to all schools and third-level institutions. It will also apply to other public facilities. All these measures will take effect from 6pm today until 29 March.
There are now 43 cases in Ireland. There are 20 cases in Northern Ireland, bringing the total on the island of Ireland to 63. Ireland recorded its first death yesterday.
A further update was provided by Tánaiste Simon Coveney, Health Minister Simon Harris and chief medical officer Tony Holohan at government buildings this morning.
Yesterday, the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic.
12 Mar 2020
5:39PM
That’s all for this evening with our liveblog, we’ll be keeping you up to date on developments over the next few hours on the site.
Some people around the country have been stockpiling things like toilet paper and non-perishables following the announcement of school closures this morning.
Professor Patrick Mallon told TheJournal.ie that people should look at what happened across the world before considering this measure.
“By Monday and Tuesday the supermarkets will be stocked up again and people do need to put a plan in place, but the people who really need to do that are those who have to socially distance themselves the most – older people, for example,” Mallon said.
“We don’t want a scenario where everyone has gone in and stripped the shelves in supermarkets bare and elderly neighbours are left with limited options of what they can buy. It’s time to take a step back and think of other people.”
People queuing to shop in Finglas today after Leo Varadkar announced government measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. RollingNews.ie
RollingNews.ie
12 Mar 2020
4:48PM
St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin has said it is seeking expressions of interest from healthcare workers to meet the rising demand in a number of areas following the Covid-19 outbreak.
The hospital said all areas will require support as the situation continues.
Types of staff required are:
Medical (all grades and specialities)
Nurses and healthcare assistants (all grades and specialities)
Support staff
Administrative staff
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Professor Patrick Mallon, a consultant in infectious diseases at St Vincent’s said some open positions will be immediately filled to meet current plans.
“There is no doubt that we will need to find additional staff judging by the way the situation has evolved in other parts of the world,” he said.
Staff get sick, they get fatigued, unfortunately they come into contact with cases and have to be removed for a period of time for their own safety and the safety of others.
You can read more from this story by Michelle Hennessyhere.
12 Mar 2020
4:22PM
The meeting of the Citizens’ Assembly on March 21-22 will no longer take place, the assembly chairperson Catherine Day has confirmed.
There will be an update provided on the resumption of meetings when possible.
12 Mar 2020
4:19PM
Fianna Fáil spokesperson on business, enterprise and innovation Robert Troy and the party’s spokesperson on finance Micheal McGrath have asked for emergency measures to be put in place to help businesses get through Covid-19.
Troy said: “Businesses are facing an unprecedented situation and need to know that they will be able to keep their heads above water.
Additional supports are needed in the form of deferral of VAT and PRSI tax payments where the businesses are experiencing cashflow problems. Banks also need to issue clear guidelines on loan repayment deferrals.
McGrath said viable businesses must be supported “to come through this period”.
The government announced a number of liquidity measures to help businesses affected by the situation today.
The government urged companies “as much as possible” to pay workers who can’t attend work due to Covid-19 illness or self-isolation .
12 Mar 2020
4:04PM
President of the Medical Council Rita Doyle has written to all registered medical practitioners to reassure them of the council’s support and to express her own support for the profession at this time.
In the letter, Doyle writes that “these are extraordinary times”.
“Amidst the increased workload, longer hours, additional pressure and stress, please take the time to care for yourself. Take breaks, eat regularly, and get rest,” Doyle wrote.
“All doctors are on the front-line, and the priority for doctors is to self-protect in order to protect and treat others.”
It was reported late last night that the US President is suspending all travel between the US and most of the EU for 30 days as he seeks to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
The countries from the Schengen Area to which the ban applies, include: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
The ban does not apply to US citizens, legal permanent residents and immediate family members of US citizens.
12 Mar 2020
3:10PM
The Irish Prison Service is now requesting that members of the public “carefully consider” any prison visits and exercise precautions advised by the government and the HSE.
Visitors who have flu-like symptoms may be refused entry to prisons for safety and security reasons.
The service stressed it is not putting in visitor restrictions at the moment, but reduced access might be brought in to prevent the spread of the disease.
The GAA has announced the suspension of all sporting activities for its member organisations until 29 March.
The decision was taken “in line with the government announcements on Covid-19″, the GAA said in a statement this afternoon.
Earlier today the O’Connor Cup and Giles Cup, third-level Ladies football competitions, were cancelled due to a “higher than average” number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the regions of the competing colleges.
You can read more about this in the full story from The42.ie here.
Orla Dwyer here taking over the liveblog from my colleague Dominic McGrath.
We’ve had a few updates in the past hour or so, including in Northern Ireland where two new cases have been confirmed.
279 tests have been concluded in NI with 20 positive cases identified as of 2pm today.
This is a rise of two more cases since yesterday.
As of 2pm on 12 March 2020, there have been 279 concluded tests in Northern Ireland, of which 259 were negative, and 20 were positive. For more visit https://t.co/fmM1IsdqLPpic.twitter.com/qgi2A48O3Q
Breaking: St Vincent’s University Hospital has said it is asking for healthcare workers to apply for jobs in the hospital to “meet the rising demand in a number of areas” as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The hospital said it’s looking for full-time or part-time staff – medical, nurses and healtcare assistants, support staff and administrative staff.
Like everyone else in society, farmers are responding too.
IFA President IFA President Tim Cullinan has stressed that the “agricultural community will play its part” to keep the supply chain operating.
He said the organisation will suspend all meetings at branch, county and national level until 29 March.
IFA President Tim Cullinan with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in January. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie
Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie
12 Mar 2020
1:49PM
To return to the subject of food, the Freight Transport Association Ireland has responded to the government’s announcement.
Here’s the key line from Aidan Flynn, general manager of the association: “FTA Ireland are advising the public not to panic as supply chains are operating as normal and there is no need to stockpile foods or other products.”
We are calling on all in the supply chain to continue to work cohesively and constructively together to protect the welfare of our employees, subcontractors and drivers to ensure goods and services are provided and they are not unnecessarily negatively impacted.
The association wants the government to prioritise liquidity funding for all businesses, to provide personal protective equipment as well as hand sanitiser to the businesses who need it.
He also called for a “derogation on working time for drivers”.
All of the above is to ensure, Flynn said, that “important services like home heating oil and delivery of goods can continue unhindered”.
Journalists in Northern Ireland are making a valid point on Twitter at the moment. All along it’s been obvious – and repeatedly stressed by officials – that the coronavirus doesn’t respect borders.
So what does the Department of Health in Northern Ireland do now?
This is from the BBC NI health correspondent.
Coronavirus will not stop at the Irish border. This is becoming an all Island problem @BBCNewsNI what @healthdpt does next is the big question.
You’re going to – and might already have – seen photos or heard stories of people rushing to shops in the wake of this announcement.
The government was clear earlier – there is no need to stockpile or panic-buy.
Simon Harris said that he understood that “people in our country are worried and they want to make provisions for themselves, and perhaps vulnerable relatives”.
“We should all continue to buy what we need to provide for ourselves and families and loved ones [but] we shouldn’t stockpile.”
And Ibec, which represents Irish business, has said it supports the government’s measures.
Ibec CEO Danny McCoy said he acknowledged that there would be “severe disruption to enterprise” and asked the government to be “flexible in supporting the cash flow needs of businesses to avoid large scale job losses”.
Employers must do their part to actively support the Delay Phase of Covid-19. Practically for companies, this means the implementation of remote working and flexible working, insofar as possible, and to support employees to operate in the best interests of public health advice in order to limit and slow down the spread of the virus.
The Licensed Vintners Association, which represents Dublin pubs, has got in quickly to ask for clarity for how pubs should respond.
“Following on from the Taoiseach’s statement, there is a lot of confusion amongst publicans across Dublin as to what action they now need to take,” said LVA Chief Executive Donall O’Keeffe.
By their very nature pubs are social hubs where people deliberately congregate close to one another. Implementing a one metre gap between tables for example might be one step that we could take, but that won’t stop people from grouping together or congregating in other parts of the pub, for example at the bar.
As the country responds to the government’s unprecedented announcement earlier, we’ll be bringing you the latest reactions.
In the last few minutes, the Defence Forces said in a statement that it has notified personnel “of the impending change to our force posture and all non-essential activities have been suspended”.
“Our focus now is to maximise our preparedness to respond to requests for assistance from the Civil Authorities. Protecting our personnel is our priority and is key to maintaining our capability to provide support to communities and civil authorities, when requested,” the statement says.
“For operational security reasons, we will not comment on specific dispositions of troops or on internal unit procedures at this time.”
12 Mar 2020
1:17PM
My colleague Orla Dwyer has compiled a guide to what exactly government advice means for workers.
As a reminder, the government announced last week measures for sick pay benefits for Covid-19:
The current six-day waiting period for illness benefit will not apply to anyone who has Covid-19 or is in medically-required self isolation.
Personal illness benefit will increase from €203 to €305 per week for a maximum of two weeks.
Normal social insurance requirements for illness benefit will be changed and illness benefits will apply to the self-employed.
What does this mean for sporting events? Well, Dublin GAA has already said that it is cancelling all club games and training sessions.
Nationally, decisions will likely be taken today but our colleagues over at The42 have written, Irish sport looks set to be facing a blanket shutdown.
“The Football Association of Ireland will make an announcement on plans for all footballing activities under its jurisdiction after a meeting with Government, Department of Health officials and other national sporting bodies this afternoon,” the Association said in a statement.
From a purely sporting perspective, a blanket shutdown of Irish sport would have significant implications.
Health minister Simon Harris has just published – as he said he would at the briefing earlier in the interests of transparency – the advice he received from the National Public Health Emergency Team on what measures the government should take.
I have written to @MurphyEoghan raising concerns re renters & those in homelessness arising from Covid-9 - will those unable to pay rent have access to rent supplement? - can pending NTQs & rent reviews be suspended? - are those in emergency accommodation fully protected? pic.twitter.com/binmglV3K6
Earlier, Simon Coveney said that there are currently no plans to “close airports or shut down ferries”.
But government advice regarding travel advice will be updated throughout the day.
“We don’t have any plans to close airports or shutdown ferries but we will be looking at how we can communicate more directly and effectively as people use those services,” Coveney said.
Coveney says throughout the day today government will be updating travel advice further.
“We don’t have any plans to close airports or shutdown ferries but we will be looking at how we can communicate more directly and effectively as people use those services,” he says.
Simon Harris and Simon Coveney head to the press conference this morning. Brian Lawless / PA
Brian Lawless / PA / PA
12 Mar 2020
12:37PM
More on the restaurants too, which will now face a difficult few weeks and months.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland has urged all businesses to comply with the government advice.
In a statement, Adrian Cummins, the CEO of theRestaurants Association of Ireland, said that “safety of the public is the number one concern right now, and I am appealing to every business owner to step up to the plate in this moment of national solidarity and do the right thing”.
“All indoor gatherings of over 100 people are cancelled by The Restaurants Association of Ireland. We will comply fully with the Taoiseach’s wishes and have cancelled our two upcoming Regional Awards events in Munster and Connaught”, Cummins said.
We will be asking for an emergency meeting with the Taoiseach as soon as he is back in the country, and will be lobbying for the survival of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry.
Media reporters at the briefing – which is still going on – have been asking about everything from pub gatherings to weddings and stockpiling.
It’s the question about stockpiling that prompted the strongest response from minister Heather Humphries.
She was adamant – people should not rush to the shops and panic: “I met with the retailers, I met with the distributors, and they have assured me that there is sufficient in the supply chain. If people go out and buy products that they don’t need to stockpile them they’re going to cause a problem.”
When asked about “panic buying”, Humphreys says if people go out and buy products to stockpile that they don’t need they will cause a problem.
She stresses that there is sufficient products in the supply chain.
And here’s a tweet from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on the announcement this morning.
For the record, school closures have not yet been announced in the UK, our nearest neighbour – although there has been much expectation that this could be announced today or in the coming days.
For the past few weeks, the Government and our public services have been focused on the impact of Covid 19. In that time, we have taken several important and unprecedented measures to protect public health. We have been preparing for all eventualities.
More on the schools closure – probably the decision with the most potential to cause knock-on disruption across the country.
A statement from the Department of Education states:
All pupils and students, from pre-school to third level are urged to practice social distancing, and to minimise physical contact with each other, to help avoid the spread of Covid-19. This should include minimising social contact, avoiding meeting up and keeping physical space between them. Parents and guardians are urged to support their children to maintain this approach.
In order to minimise the impact on teaching and learning, all schools will be asked to continue to plan lessons and, where possible, provide online resources for students or online lessons where schools are equipped to do so. Schools are asked to be conscious of students that may not have access to online facilities and to consider this actively in their response.
Schools are being asked “to prioritise supporting exam classes to continue to prepare for State examinations.
In a statement, education minister – who was also at the briefing this morning – said that all pupils should take their books and learning materials home with them.
12 Mar 2020
12:20PM
Breaking: The entire St Patrick’s Festival in Dublin – not simply the parade and larger events, which was already cancelled – has been called off.
“We are acting in the best interests of public health and safety and in an effort to play our part in the nationwide efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus,” a statement from organisers said.
“While extremely disappointing, our paramount commitment is to the wellbeing of our artists and participants, our audiences and communities and our own Festival team,” the statement adds.
We’ll bring you a piece with more details on this soon.
After his breakfast with Pence the Taoiseach will have his bilateral meeting with President Trump at the White House at 10.45. I’m told the Speaker’s Lunch on Capitol Hill is still going ahead at 11.45
There will be a special cabinet meeting immediately after this press briefing.
There’s a lot to go over and we’ll be bringing you soon a comprehensive list of the guidance from the government and what it all means.
Simon Coveney today told reporters that the government didn’t have all the answers yet and there are a “thousand questions” for it to answer.
Simon Harris said something similar and acknowledged it would be difficult. “People can feel powerless at this time,” Harris said. “There is a collective challenge we’re asking people to rise to.”
Coveney confirms there will be a special Cabinet meeting immediately after this press briefing.
These measures, he said, “will disrupt every day connectivity, a connectivity that makes us who we really are”.
“The next days and weeks will be difficult,” he said.
“This is a phase we have been planning for for some time. These are the right measures, at the right time, based on the best public health advice,” Coveney said.
What does this mean for other organisations that aren’t schools, colleges or in the public sector? That all remains to be seen.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, only a few metres from the White House, did not take questions but you can expect some more information and guidance to filter out over the coming few hours.
His exact words were that “restaurants, cafes and other businesses can stay open”, but there is likely to be concerns from employers, already worried, about who will actually want to visit them.
Restaurants and cafes and other businesses can stay open but they should look at ways to implement advice on social distancing and people should reduce their social interactions as much as possible, according to the Taoiseach.
More pressingly, we don’t know how childcare is going to be handled. With children all sent home from schools until at least the 29 March, the exact arrangements for parents aren’t completely clear yet.
Niall Carson / PA Wire/PA Images
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12 Mar 2020
11:40AM
This liveblog is going to keep running, bringing you the latest reaction as the country prepares for an unprecedented shutdown.
Stay with us for the the updates, reaction and the answers to what all this means for you.
For now, here’s more on what exactly Leo Varadkar said today. Speaking to reporters for around two minutes, he said there will be more cases and more people will get sick and “unfortunately we must face the tragic reality that some people will die”.
He said we have “not witnessed a pandemic of this nature in living history and we are in uncharted territory”.
We have to work now to have the greatest impact on the spread, he said.
Here’s a piece – that will be updated – from my colleague Sean Murray.
The decision applies to all schools and third-level institutions. It will also apply to other public facilities. All these measures will take effect from 6pm today until 29 March.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was clear today that these measures were the government’s “duty” to protect vulnerable people. He said we haven’t seen something like this “in living memory”.
12 Mar 2020
11:29AM
Leo Varadkar has made his announcement. Here are the major details.
From 6pm today, schools, colleges and childcare facilities will all close.
Mass gatherings over 100 should be cancelled, according to the government.
As expected, things are running a little late. Around the world, the response to Covid-19 has been ramping up and we expect the taoiseach to announce a major update on our response here.
As a reminder, there are now 43 cases in Ireland. There are 18 cases in Northern Ireland, bringing the total on the island of Ireland to 61. Ireland recorded its first death yesterday.
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While there were some who were fans of Charlie Haughey, there were others who from the start of his political career saw him for what he was: a corrupt, arrogant, stroke politician who was power-hungry in the extreme. Many of those were his constituents in Donnycarney, good working people who saw the gimmickery and cant which won him elections. He deigned to make appearances there at elections time, blaring music and slogans from his vehicles, handing out “gifts” like a bottles of a brand of perfume called Charlie, to the peasantry. So, less of the “fiercely popular” and “revered” stuff of your piece. Fianna Fáilers loved him, the thick and ignorant ones particularly, but the cute hoors too. I hope The Journal is not becoming part of the FF rehabilitation plan, like it seems RTE and Vincent Browne have.
Good comment . In fact there are still blind sheep following these fellows who actually believe them.isn’t that astonishing! Haughey was the greatest trickey not to mention womaniser of them all , and we’ve had some beauties. We are in a political trough which we won’t get out of for years
and one thing that FF will never be short of is thick crooked hoors or out right crooks. Charlie is still widely admired and beloved by FF. What are the chances of Micheal Martin saying that Haughey was a thief, a gangster and that he left a poisonous legacy in Irish politics that is killing the country. Not a chance, Micheal Martin was a friend and admirer of Haughey and owes that cabal his rise to power. Until the cancer that is FF’s mindset and value system is destroyed, this country will always be at risk of another collapse.
As a relative newcomer, I have many questions on several different topics. However, the most pressing is this…. After undinable evidence against Charlie Haughey, how is it that you permit yourselves to be lead down the same path again? Bertie was of the same fabric as Haughey. Yet it appears that the people of this country rather be swindled, cheated and lied to by thier own than a foreigner. The fact that no one is in jail or sanctioned proves this fact.
In addition, to my above query… How is that you permit tax dodgers, blatantly corrupt and sorely unqualified people run this country? Collecting salaries that are higher than the average American politician? Collecting two pensions?
marlon as a new-comer it may be hard for outsiders to understand but actually its very common across the globe where there was a civil war and ireland is no different .You had two sides as in most civil wars and it takes decades and many generations removed from the event to break down the old die hard tradtions that stem form the civil war.No matter how corrupt or inept there guy is the will always support him over the other guy as he is not on the side the fought for or belived in, hence the support base for both finna fail and fine gael and until all the people wake up and realise the civil war is over and we should bury both these parties with the people who fought and died in it.it will happen im sure, maybe the next generation will be unwilling to listen to their parents on who the should vote for and of course we have to offer them an alternative
This makes sense! Our history books tells us in the United States that the people who profited from the Civil War was called Profiteers. They took advantage of the breakdown of society, laws and the ambiguity of all once known. What pulled the country through the hardship was a sense of pride for the nation. It took about 50 years for America to become united. Yes the United States still have nay-sayers who would prefer the United States break up and become individual entities… But the folks are relatively few. And tbe pride to be an American is strong.
I don’t feel the same strength of pride exist here. There appears to be more pride focused at a sports team than this wonderful Republic of Ireland.
And all the while the profiteers of Ireland continue to take advantage of the seperation of mind.
Any gift gave to you because you are a state employee. Belong to the state. If you did not hold that position you would not have got any of them. Simple as that.
Not true, if an item is gifted to an individual it is theirs and theirs alone. Most departments will allow gifting within financial limits (to the best of my knowledge) after which any public servant should be required to refuse the gift.
If we follow your logic it would lead to the expropriation of private property for state use. I know we have examples if this already, but they are limited in capacity and timeframe.
Do not any gift gave to a public servant ie TD ETC because of there position belong to the taxpayer public. And gifts gave to the UK Monarch belong to the people because she only got it because of her title.
After reading this title, i was disappointed that none of the things he was sent included loads of cash in brown sacks with dollar signs on them. Ansbacher my arse!
We must be the biggest shower or fools in the world to let it go on !, people were happy to vote FF when the promises and goodies were been handed out , so don’t complain now when the party has to be paid for , and for a long time to come
hi marlon your spot on with with the stuff you said, again it goes back to the civil war and the continuing fighting in the north of ireland when acts of national pride or flying of the tri-colour was seen as bad and you were asscocatied with beening a paramilatary so the only out let for national pride was a sports team. i notice we got loads of dislikes ,these must be the same ppl who vote for michael lowry, the healy raes and all the other tds and councilors who were named in the mahon and moriarty reports . i spoke the truth why else or how else can any one explain the fact that even after being exposed as corrupt the get voted back in???
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Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 82 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 39 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 43 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 25 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 87 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 97 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 69 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 51 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 85 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 65 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
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