Leo Varadkar has revealed that hairdressers and barbers won’t reopen until July at the earliest.
An Taoiseach has updated the public on the roadmap for reopening the country, announcing that measures will be eased on a phased basis set to begin on May 18th. While Leo Varadkar delivered the news that many were already expecting – extending the current lockdown by a further two weeks – many were not expecting the news that barbers and hairdressers won’t reopen until July.
The fourth of five phases, barbers and hairdressers are considered to be higher-risk services and so will continue to remain closed until the latter end of July. Most have been trying to take the news in their stride, but there are quite a few people who have been rattled by the news – taking to Twitter to lament.
Three months until hairdressers re-open and four months until the schools do – three months!! #IrelandLockdown pic.twitter.com/3fguwqVklx
— Geraldine Herbert (@GerHerbert1) May 1, 2020
So barbers and hairdressers in Ireland reopen on 20th July…💈 💇♂️ Cool cool! 🥴#LockdownIreland #COVID19ireland pic.twitter.com/t8PcqMJTRa
— Glenn Polley (@glennpolley) May 1, 2020
July by the time hairdressers open, too late for me by then #IrelandLockdown pic.twitter.com/29ZC5FoEwf
— Ciara Nash (@Kiks31) May 1, 2020
https://twitter.com/LavelleIreland/status/1256299410365001728
Ireland to reopen hairdressers in JULY?!? 👀💇♀️ pic.twitter.com/IiPXBUVxKl
— Mr Hits (@darrenjl) May 1, 2020
*After noticing hairdressers won't open until the 4th phase*
I'll tell you what, all of us are going to be Cousin Itt when this lockdown is over. #IrelandLockdown pic.twitter.com/qjTIB33FxJ
— Adam Murphy is on other platforms (bid I remind u) (@Anonymous_Riter) May 1, 2020
Every woman in Ireland had a heart attack about 35.5 minutes ago when the Taoiseach announced that hairdressers wouldn’t open until, wait for it………JULY 20TH 😱 😱 💇♀️ https://t.co/kttcEkp9sU
— Bríd Stenson (@bridstenson) May 1, 2020
Fintan Marron hit the nail on the head with his tweet, predicting that Irish people will look as though they have Hairy Hands Syndrome by the end of this.
https://twitter.com/FintanMusicIRL/status/1256286791650467843
Oh, the horrors.
Pubs, bars, nightclubs, theatres, cinemas and casinos, on the other hand, have all been included in the fifth and final phase of An Taoiseach’s roadmap for reopening the country.
However, while August has been named as a possible timeframe for opening, the Government has reminded the public that the country will only move on to the next phase once it is considered safe to do so.
In other words, nothing is set in stone.
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