This happened in Ireland too and people are losing their minds! Reasons include…
Ryanair are national villains even at the best of times.
A shit-ton of people lost their jobs recently but it’s doubtful to me that very many of those people would be willing to pick fruit for minimum wage but I dunno, maybe. Probably a few. Almost certainly not enough.
The health and safety implications of 187 people packed on a plane and the risks to them and the airport staff that will help to process them.
It’s kind of a slow news month what with everything being shut down and Ireland’s Covid response not being especially catastrophic so people have had no reason to lose their minds recently
I worked on a farm for my summer job through junior high and high school, and I did a lot of different kinds of work. I can tell you that, even by the standards of farm work, picking strawberries sucks. I only tried that once. It might not be quite as bad as bucking hay,* on an hour-by -hour basis, but you usually buck hay for a couple days, and people pick strawberries all season long.
*I’m talking about being on top of the truck bucking hay, here. Being the guy who runs alongside the truck is way better than picking strawberries.
Iran military manages to keep a straight face while waggling miracle widget that ‘can detect coronavirus from 100m away’
Behold the collapsible radio aerial! A masked official also idly waves about what appears to be an unobtanium shield. Clearly some sciencing has been done this day.
Just like accident videos prefaced with “Everyone’s OK”, I needed to know this guy wasn’t going to have a heart attack by the end. I was a little nervous, especially midway through when he was heated enough to unzip his jacket.
Brazilian Army has sent document to city mayors in the state of Rio de Janeiro asking about the amount of graves available to victims of the coronavirus. Official letter was sent to several cities in Rio de Janeiro. The Army said they are gathering intel for an “hypothetical scenario”.
Coronavirus task force briefing: Trump can’t even be bothered to hang around anymore. He gives his mostly incoherent rant and then leaves while the grownups talk, with the promise of being back “later”.
