Today, the government announced that people going to nightclubs would have to wear face masks except when eating, drinking and dancing.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin said that while sector-specific guidance would be issued in the coming days, he could pronounce on nightclubs.
“What traditionally happens in a nightclub will continue to happen in the nightclub,” he told the press.
This was one take on it.
“What Happens in Nightclubs will continue to happen in Nightclubs…” the Sign Language girls reaction to this class!! pic.twitter.com/wuMIqfiHhl
— Daragh Mulligan (@DazmanOnline) October 19, 2021
And another.
This is the first rule of nightclub. https://t.co/4dSOc6JHXJ
— Karl Brophy (@KarlBrophy) October 19, 2021
There was an upside, some thought.
Masks on the dance floor???
In fairness that probably would have increased my chances of scoring in the past! 😂
— Tom O’Hanlon (@TomOHanlon17) October 19, 2021
You’ll have to dance to the bar apparently – since mask removal is only permitted for dancing, drinking and eating.
Dancing to the bar for a drink in the nightclub from the 22nd oct pic.twitter.com/PYPxecU4En
— Joanne Mc Guirk (@GuirkJoanne) October 19, 2021
Gript Editor, John McGuirk, questioned the madness of it.
Nightclub uidance (not a joke) "Facemasks must be worn except when eating, drinking, or dancing".
These are the people we trust to manage an €87bn national budget.
— John McGuirk (@john_mcguirk) October 19, 2021
While another commentator wondered if we were still following “the science”. “In Ireland you can go to the bar to get a drink in a nightclub but you’re not allowed to go to the bar to order a drink in a pub.”
https://twitter.com/MarkGermaine/status/1450434950566645765
https://twitter.com/Woolberto/status/1450444224919482378
The upside? It’ll keep you fit, y’know.
me constantly dancing in the nightclub so i don't have to wear a mask pic.twitter.com/KaIaPcvgwC
— Eoin Ó Catháin (@EoinKeane101) October 19, 2021