Corona does not respect borders.
One island, two policies!!!!
Earlier in the day, scientists advising the British government were being put out on the kind of media rounds that normally await ministers.
And they face the same questions, no matter where they appear: Why is the British approach so different to what is going on in other European countries, where school and college closures, bans on big sports events or other public gatherings, transport restrictions and even border closures are becoming the norm?
The answer boils down to timing.
The UK scientific and medical advisers do not expect the infection rate to peak for another three months.
They believe that it is too early to take drastic measures, and that if they are taken now, they will have to be held in place longer than most people expect, and because of that they would lose effectiveness just when they were most needed, because people would get bored and stop practising the hard disciplines of "social distancing".
So to be a little more precise, it is timing, and what people will put up with. The view of government advisers, scientists, medical experts and behavioural economists, is that asking the public to do too much at the wrong time will make the problem worse.
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Why is your Glorious EU ("Who Can Do No Wrong" ™) closing borders?Corona does not respect borders.
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Aka "DUP still playing politics". They are following the incorrect UK line.Why is your Glorious EU ("Who Can Do No Wrong" ™) closing borders?Corona does not respect borders.
It was not the EU that closed the border or even fabricated it.
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Are the numerical analysts putting a letter together?! 
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It is difficult to find them (endangered species). The end of the Cold War stopped them in their tracks. Anyways, ML does the job just as well, just take enough training data and you are good to go.Are the numerical analysts putting a letter together?!
It's easier than that; it's just politics as usual up North.
And this is the most artificial border in history.
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Warning over 'squandering' advantage of living on island over differing Covid-19 policies
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0331/1127452-tanaiste-ni/
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0331/1127452-tanaiste-ni/
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Ireland's prime minister to work as doctor amid coronavirus pandemic
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/worl ... 952997001/
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/worl ... 952997001/
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Devolved nations reject Johnson's new Covid-19 message
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0510/1137530-northern-ireland-coronavirus/
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0510/1137530-northern-ireland-coronavirus/
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Having Boris issue decrees for England only feels rather similar to Trump announcing new rules that will apply to old Confederate states only.
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Don't know; let's start with a code reviews and see if we can reverse engineer it.Are the numerical analysts putting a letter together?!
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UK Supreme Court quashes Adams' Maze escape convictions
https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0513/1138082-gerry-adams-uk-supreme-court/
The UK's highest court has said Gerry Adams was imprisoned illegally by the British government when he was interned without trial in the early 1970s.
Internment without trial was the default back then.
https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2020/0513/1138082-gerry-adams-uk-supreme-court/
The UK's highest court has said Gerry Adams was imprisoned illegally by the British government when he was interned without trial in the early 1970s.
Internment without trial was the default back then.
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With acquiescence from the ECJ.And is the default for everyone now.
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Evidence of vast temple complex at Navan Fort in Armagh
https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2020/0716/1153651-armagh-fort/
"Our discoveries add significant additional data, hinting that the buildings uncovered in the 1960s were not domestic structures lived in by kings, but a series of massive temples, some of the largest and most complex ritual arena of any region of later prehistoric and pre-Roman Northern Europe."
On RTÉ's News at One, Dr Gleeson described the discovery of the evidence as "quite significant", adding that Navan Fort is an "incredibly important place" both archaeological and in relation to mythical history.
He said it is central to some of Ireland's most famous myths, such as Táin Bó Cuailainge and the story of Cú Chulainn.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2020/0716/1153651-armagh-fort/
"Our discoveries add significant additional data, hinting that the buildings uncovered in the 1960s were not domestic structures lived in by kings, but a series of massive temples, some of the largest and most complex ritual arena of any region of later prehistoric and pre-Roman Northern Europe."
On RTÉ's News at One, Dr Gleeson described the discovery of the evidence as "quite significant", adding that Navan Fort is an "incredibly important place" both archaeological and in relation to mythical history.
He said it is central to some of Ireland's most famous myths, such as Táin Bó Cuailainge and the story of Cú Chulainn.
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