They won’t be dyeing the River Liffey green tomorrow so. Ireland’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn has warned the Irish not to meet up on St. Patrick’s Day. Glynn’s message is blunt. Having a bit of craic on Paddy’s Day will lead to deaths. Speaking last night he said;
“The reason we’re giving this message is not because we want to be killjoys. We’re giving the message because we know what will happen if people do meet up. And some of those people will end up in hospital and some of those people will die, and none of us wants that to happen.”
Glynn urged people not to go buying takeaway cans either. There’s to be no congregating, not a bit of it. The instruction is to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at home and only with those who live with you. 
While he acknowledged that people were tired of hearing the same public health advice, he pleaded with everyone to stick with it, as he said the level of disease “is still too high”.
“I would ask people to hold off on demonstrations and gatherings, please, until we get through this phase,” he said.
Over 2,500 Gardaí will be on duty at key locations and checkpoints in Dublin tomorrow to police planned anti-lockdown protests. Yesterday, Ireland’s Department of Health reported no Covid-related deaths and 575 new cases.
This morning, 360 Covid-19 patients are in Irish hospital’s. 85 are in intensive care. The situation in Ireland is farcical. Whatever covid is, it’s long gone. There’s no epidemic in Ireland. There never was.
A total of 360 people are in hospital, in a country with a population approaching five million, and the government is telling people not to have a party, because someone might become ill and die. “The level of disease is still too high” said Glynn.
It seems St. Patrick didn’t drive the snakes out of Ireland after all.
On demonstrations, Dr Ronan Glynn says the advice is to stay at home and within 5km. If this disease gets out of control in the next few weeks, it will impact us all, he says. ‘Hold off on demonstrations, hold off on gatherings.’ | Read more: https://t.co/imAv9upeGR pic.twitter.com/eCUPuyUges
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 15, 2021
