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Use of Covid-19 passes extended to cinemas and theatres

A vaccination or recovery cert will now be needed to get into these facilities.

COVID-19 CERTIFICATES WILL now be required for access to cinemas and theatres under new changes announced by the Taoiseach this evening. 

Vaccination or Covid-19 recovery certs have been a requirement in different areas including indoor hospitality for several months.

From midnight on Thursday, they will also be required to get into cinemas and theatres. Some facilities had already brought in this measure prior to the new mandatory requirement. 

Last week, the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said he would be in favour of using the certificates for places like gyms and hairdressers. 

“There’s nothing to stop organisations as part of a responsible set of measures requiring the pass as part of their activities, whatever they may be, to protect their customers or staff or members or whatever,” he said at a press briefing

“Yes, of course we would be in favour, the more we can see assurance around measures in place in different settings the better.”

However, this is not among the requirements announced by the government this evening. 

Micheál Martin confirmed a number of other updated Covid-19 measures this evening including a midnight closing time for pubs, restaurants and nightclub from this Thursday onwards. 

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    Mute Toby
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    Jul 28th 2023, 8:06 AM

    Every country France colonised is a mess now, recent coups in Mali, Burkina and Niger. Even France is a mess. Do we want to be in Europe as a bit player in their club?

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    Jul 28th 2023, 8:51 AM

    @Toby: Yes.

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    Jul 28th 2023, 8:53 AM

    @Toby: cause the ones other countries colonised are all fine and dandy?

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    Jul 28th 2023, 10:12 AM

    I would expect no one here realises that France is still has the biggest colonies in Africa. They countries they used to directly control, they now control their finances. Ie these countries reserves are stored in the French central bank. The French keep them poor and the enrich themselves with their resources. When a leader comes in they don’t like, they are removed. France is far from a democracy. In fairness to the British at least they left.

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    Jul 28th 2023, 11:16 AM

    @Washpenrebel: In fairness the British left? Yes the British left after drawing lines in the sand that led to the deaths of millions between India and Pakistan. The mess they left behind in the Middle East is still going on to this day. The British Empire was just as bad as the French Empire. A legacy of murder and destruction.

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    Jul 28th 2023, 12:37 PM

    @Donal Desmond: 100% agree with you. But the way the French still control former colonies is horrendous. There is a reason why the French foreign legion are still active all over Africa. Africa is still used as a resource to plunder a pillage from. The Congo being a perfect example with all its rich minerals.

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    Jul 28th 2023, 10:31 AM

    Washpenrebel.
    For anyone starting to read his comment just skip down to the last sentence.

    It’s handy when commenters make their agenda so obvious.

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    Jul 28th 2023, 3:04 PM

    The British left did they? How come I still see them when I go to Enniskillen?

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