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Poll: Have you checked in with an elderly neighbour in this cold snap?

Give it to us straight. Be honest.

QUITE ASIDE FROM Armabreaddon, there are a few sensible precautions to be taken should you be hit by Storm Emma this week.

One of those – and a generous one – is to check in on elderly neighbours and see if they have everything they need this week.

Have you done this?


Poll Results:

No (2241)
Yes (1079)
Not yet, but intend to (783)

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    Mute Fr.Todd Unctious
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    Feb 27th 2018, 12:42 PM

    What cold snap?

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    Mute Jeremiah A Craic
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    Feb 27th 2018, 2:11 PM

    @Fr.Todd Unctious: i tried it with my nan bit she told me to shag off. She hates Facebook

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    Mute Deborah Behan
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    Feb 27th 2018, 12:48 PM

    I live in an apartment block. All my neighbours are young Polish/Indian families. Don’t have any elderly neighbours but there’s nothing in Dunnes to buy anyway.

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    Mute Mark Johnson
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:38 PM

    @Deborah Behan: Why did you have to specify that your neighbours were Polish/Indian…would you have specified if they were Irish or English ??

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    Mute Vincent
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:43 PM

    @Mark Johnson: because they are polish or Indian, stating a fact is not racism. If a slur was used then fair enough but there wasn’t.

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    Mute Mark Johnson
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    Feb 27th 2018, 2:12 PM

    @Vincent: i didn’t mention or hint at any racism

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    Mute David Dickson
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    Feb 27th 2018, 7:54 PM

    @Mark Johnson: well you are the only person that thinks that.

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    Mute Gary Casserly
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    Feb 27th 2018, 8:09 PM

    @Mark Johnson: Cos then we’ll know they aren’t Bolivian, jeez!

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    Mute shellakybooky
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    Feb 27th 2018, 12:44 PM

    Dont have any. Miles from anyone. Some1 check on me please. I need milk and bread. Oh wait

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    Mute BlueSkyThinking
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:04 PM

    Of course I checked in: to make sure my name is still on the will. I might have accidentally removed the fuse from the boiler on my way out though.

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    Mute Carina Clarke
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:08 PM

    @BlueSkyThinking: you’ll get that. Where theres a will, theres a family

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    Mute Dermot Lane
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:52 PM

    No because I AM the most elderly neighbour on my street!

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    Mute David Dickson
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    Feb 27th 2018, 7:57 PM

    @Dermot Lane: has anybody called in to you?

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    Mute noBankAccBertie
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    Feb 27th 2018, 12:49 PM

    This snowflake generation does not boder talking or checking on their neighbours anymore, let alone having time for the eldery.

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    Mute Kal Ipers
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:03 PM

    @noBankAccBertie: How would you know? Are you tracking a whole generation!

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    Mute I'm not wavy gravy
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:07 PM

    @noBankAccBertie: Because all other generations were paragons of caring right up until now? Come off it, whinger.

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    Mute artur filip
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    Feb 27th 2018, 12:53 PM

    This 10th snow/cold related article today

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    Mute Paul Somers
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    Feb 27th 2018, 2:59 PM

    Delivered wood to several neighbors yesterday as our roads tend not to be gritted. When we loose power its gone for weeks not days due to location. I seriously hope it does not hit as many families / people both old and young (Including me) have no easy access to shops. The house is now ready for stranded drivers as a Airbnb.

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    Mute Jengis O'Can
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    Feb 27th 2018, 8:27 PM

    Yes, checked them, four of them living beside me. I saw them doing grocery stock up this morning and will check in on them over the next few days.

    But spare a thought for the conscientious car driver in Dublin’s traffic lights-laden Dorset St this afternoon. He came up behind a lorry stopped at traffic lights. Saw stuff falling out the back of it, and doing a kind deed, jumped out of his car, ran to the lorry driver and said “D’ya know you’ve stuff falling out de back?” The driver rolled his eyes said “Oh, Ok, thanks”.
    The lights turned green, lorry set off and the car followed, still seeing stuff falling out. They stopped at the next set of traffic lights. Again the car driver jumped out and said to the lorry driver “Sorry but dat stuff is falling out very fast when ya drive”. “It’ll be ok, thanks” said the lorry driver.
    Off they went again and the same thing happened at the next traffic lights. This time the car driver jumps out and says to the lorry driver “Honestly!! Ya really need to check all dat stuff falling out de back all over the road!!”
    The lorry driver this time roars “Ah will ya go’way, ya fekkin eejit! I’m gritting the fekkin road!”.

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    Mute Californialov3
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    Feb 27th 2018, 1:18 PM

    What annoys me the most is in the west, we have shit weather all winter and all summer.
    Then when a bit of exciting shit weather comes, we don’t get it either. F&^% off

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    Mute Jackie Carvill Caruana
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    Feb 28th 2018, 12:48 AM

    @Californialov3: this comment wins!

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    Mute OCallaghan TP
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    Feb 27th 2018, 2:59 PM

    I did ..but was told shag off and mind my own business

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Mar 1st 2018, 12:48 AM

    @OCallaghan TP: Good, that saved them having to put the heat on for you.

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    Mute Pilib O Muiregan
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    Feb 27th 2018, 2:01 PM

    Its 6c at the minute and the sun is out. We are not under any warnings here either. If it gets worse I will however drop in on my way to town to see if anything is needed.

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    Mar 2nd 2018, 8:42 PM

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