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Now it's a weekly event and not just in the cities but also in quite rural areas have we as a society become desensitized to such violence in our communities as a reference obviously to the horrific deaths of three siblings, twins Christie and Chelsea Coley and their 18-year-old sister Lisa Cash. It happened in Tallah. Charlie O'Connor is a local funeral councillor in that area. Councillor O'Connor good morning. Yes good morning Charlie it's a question I suppose that it you know how what is the mood in the area like this morning and we can only imagine what must be like in Tallah today. What I mean yesterday was just one of those days that you think that would never happen in your life. I spent a lot of time in Rossfield Avenue in Brookfield here in Tallah yesterday you know listening to what was being said by neighbours what was being said by the Guardian and I can absolutely tell you there was deep shock and upset in the community and I made the point a number of times that obviously the family will need sympathy and support but the wider community will also need it especially the neighbours and you're probably seeing media reports which have emerged over the last day and certainly this morning about the horrific detail of what happened and some of the things that have come out even this morning are absolutely shocking and that will add to the upset, the shock, the grief that has been felt here not only in the community in Tallah but in the wider community and I can tell you I've been getting calls from different parts of the country from people who know me you know ask me as you have what's going on what has happened how are people reacting and you know there was a lot of attention on this story yesterday and there will be for quite some time and I have to say one of the things that strikes me this morning as I did yesterday that there are three school desks in the parish in Brookfield which are empty this morning and that's going to have a huge effect on the other children and people in the community and that really brings it home. And Tallah is a suburb of Dublin but it's also very much its own community and it's also a close knit community and you know people know each other in Tallah and maybe sometimes sometimes those of us outside the area don't appreciate the extent to which Tallah is its own local community as such. Well it's interesting because you know through my political life I've often taken the view that Tallah really has the population of a city but the status of a village and we are a suburb of Dublin and we accept that but it is a huge population of about 100,000 people and you know and still as big as it is as large as our community is you know it's a tight knit community and people I can tell you from my own experience and even talking to the public representatives yesterday and this morning you know people I do feel shocked over this in the wider area and you know we've a lot to face yet you know particularly as preparations and we'll take place for the funerals and that's going to be a particular challenge for those involved and so this story you know it's gone to linger in people's minds for a long long time and you know that's the experience I had yesterday in Rothfield and can I just make one point that the local Brookfield youth and community centre opened the doors yesterday to allow people to come in and relax and grieve and I was particularly struck by the young people the 89 year old friends of the twins you know who you know drew drawings and made little sketches and made little remarks about the friends and it was all very loving and at the same time so sad so horrific and it's going to be difficult to and it would be difficult too for the children's mother who's who's been discharged from hospital also the 14 year old her 14 year old son who you know is in hospital with as we understand that a leg injury we know he did actually jump out of a window to escape himself I mean what he must be going through but both physically and mentally at this point in time must be horrific yeah um it's like the people in the people in Tallah big name Brookfield will appreciate you know that the country's thinking of them and I think that's important yeah but it is what you lost it's a total tragedy yeah um Chancellor Charlie O'Connor thanks thanks indeed for speaking to us this morning and our thoughts are with you and with the people of Tallah and most importantly with the families thank you that's Chancellor Charlie O'Connor they're speaking to us from Tallah in Dublin um let's go back to a local issue that was very much in the news late last week uh Klon Mani school bus we know there was an issue with up to 10 children not having bus transport to school on Friday it seemed things may have been resolved but that it seems isn't the case this morning I joined online by Deputy Podrick McLaughlin now Podrick good morning good morning Donald um the situation in Klon Mani Podrick as we understand that again 14 uh pupils not brought to school this morning because there wasn't capacity on the bus yeah no it's it's it's really totally unacceptable um uh we thought that there might have been some sense of solution so what what you have is one bus showing up uh every morning it doesn't have the capacity for the number of students who have tickets um so what they have is another uh bus provider on standby uh and that bus provider has been called in now on a number of occasions last week that means that kids are delayed getting to school um parents are having to stay on until the other bus gets there which is called as a backup not to be there can't get me head around that at all um so on Friday it worked okay but again this morning you're back to square one and my understanding Donald is that the issue is is that bus airing have put in for additional capacity be it's the the core provider and in fairness there's no fault on their behalf it's McGonagall's bus service no no fault on their behalf that they would have the extra capacity but it has to be sanctioned by the Department of Education we have been in contact with the minister again and again last week from my office I understand over public representatives have been raising this too and uh we absolutely need a solution urgently now at this stage what I can't get my head around and I suspect you can't get your head around this either is if there is one thing that is static if there is one thing that's constant it's the number of children in a school and it's the number of children in a class so it isn't as though they're going to school on Monday they're not going to school on Tuesday they might go to school on Wednesday they'll probably go to school on Thursday but they will go to school on Friday they will be going to school every day so how can we have a situation where if the backup bus is needed on Thursday someone somewhere thinks it's not going to be needed on Friday I can't get my head around it and you know you know basically what they have is exactly that they have a backup additional small bus available mini bus to come over and pick up any extra kids rather than having a bus that's the appropriate size or two buses there to pick up all the kids you know inclin mani and take them on to car and donna and you know this is about as I understand it now this is about the department of education school transport department that they sign off on the extra capacity so what sort of stands out about this one is across Donegal you have a situation this year where parents who would have been able to get a school bus and would have paid for it under what's called the concessionary so they're they're not more than 4.8 kilometers away from the school but they could there was capacity in the bus they were able to get a ticket every year they thought this year right that's great they're going to save maybe up to 500 euro but instead they don't have a place in the bus so that's what the problem has been across Donegal with a large number of families in different places across the county but what's unique about this is my understanding is all of these kids and their parents have tickets and that is known to bus air and that is known to the department of education and they haven't put on the buses and it's just outrageous that this has gone on for a second week and so I'm speaking out about it again again hoping that our efforts through emails are not being dealt with our phone calls are not being dealt with so maybe speaking out on highland radio might have the desired effect and we know we do have a school and I was chatting to one of my colleagues last week and you know I passed a comment right it's time for the school bus stories to start and and and they did and we have this discussion every year but usually it's people unable to get tickets and as you said the big difference this year appears to be that people who have tickets people who thought they were sorted are now being left on the side of the road because somehow somebody seems to think that they needed a backup bus yesterday but they somehow might need a day so they're not going to put it out until they're called um I really don't don't understand this and and it seems that I mean if the extra bus was needed on Friday it's going to be needed on Monday yeah and another thing you know from speaking to some of the parents is that like obviously for the parents it's a bit inconvenient because they have their own time they have their own work arrangements every day but for the kids it's quite distressing and and on different days you the situation where they eventually got them to car and donna but the same problem is going to be on the way home so it was like first come first served on the bus and that was the concern every day so like this is unacceptable for kids who are going about their education for their parents and and like again I have to appeal to the minister will you bloody sign off on this extra capacity this bus there's no problem the the bus providers are told us there's no difficulty they'll provide the extra capacity they just need the green light is this partly because Minister Norma Foley announced that there were going to be special concessions this year and that um transport will be free and that the level of applications just snowballed as a result well my understanding the situation in Climani was that you know it was well known that there was going to be more capacity more more kids that needed that bus this year that was well known regardless of the free transport being offered but there's no doubt about across Dunnegal and all the other instances that's the the the free transport has understandably encouraged a you know a large number of extra families to try and apply for it and what it has done rather than provide extra places for free it's actually nudged out families who were getting the service every year and it's left them in great inconvenience you know in some cases making impossible choices some of the parents have contacted me so you know the big picture is not sorted we're trying to get the minister for education into the iraqtas committee as soon as possible along with her senior department officials just to try and get a grip on this mess that they've made unfortunately around the country and finally we now have a situation where people with tickets found themselves having to scrabble to get to school this morning and we will find themselves standing tomorrow morning at a bus stop wondering if a bus is going to come that's the infuriating thing is i mean that those kids now have a dilemma at the end of their school day today they don't know where they're going to stand tomorrow their parents don't know so i mean i can't stress this like we have just every single day being on to obviously boss erin being on to the department of education on to the minister and we just cannot get a clear answer we understand the department have to sign on the extra capacity and for god's sake will they just get it done debbie public mclaughlin thank you very much indeed for speaking to us this morning uh debbie public mclaughlin there and uh that situation has has said very much unfolding it's the night on new show on highland radio oh it's six 60 25 000 for your text messages or 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for both the students and parents deputy podrick mclaughlin says this is simply not acceptable it's really totally unacceptable we thought that there might have been some sense of solution so what what you have is one bus showing up every morning it doesn't have the capacity for the number of students who have tickets and so what they have is a another bus provider on standby and that bus provider has been called in now on a number of occasions last week that means that kids are delayed getting to school um parents are having to stay on until the other bus gets there a local bus owner has a local business owner has expressed his disappointment at having to close his petting zoo due to flash flooding ergo view pet zoo located at anchor hotel in good work will remain closed for at least the rest of the week due to flood damage the west of the county was badly impacted by flooding over the weekend with roads washed away and family homes impacted owner of the zoo connie galler says it was badly impacted by flash flooding at least once a year and he has not received any support we had to close yesterday we couldn't open due to the the flash flooding we had on Saturday night around five o'clock to roughly around about eight o'clock in the morning it's kind of eased off again but it had washed away all our paths our pathways are all gone there's not much left of them yeah i have to ask the question i mean i take it all the animals are okay there there hasn't been any damage in that respect no there's no damage the animals are quite safe processions later and the flooding would not come near them no matter how they're on high ground like yeah to johnny gall coastal areas feature on a new nationwide survey out this morning on littering at dot at ireland's beaches and harbour's and johnny gall bundoring was once again ranked littered and was the worst performing beach surveyed kelly begs harbour was also found to be moderately littered the littered survey by ibl shows that beaches which were claimed during the last survey have deteriorated and the litter levels in various coastal areas are on the rise spokesperson with ibl connell horgan isn't happy with results and called on people to be more responsible increased litter levels across the country in our coastal areas and we found fewer areas receiving the clean status only eight of the 33 areas surveyed were deemed clean and unfortunately for dunny gall it was the same as last year bundoring was littered it was the worst performing of the beaches we've surveyed and kelly begs remained moderately littered by the majority of areas across the country host mortems will be carried out today on the bodies of eight-year-old twins killed during a violent incident at their family home in dublin chelsea and christie collie were stabbed to death along with their 18-year-old sister lisa cash at their home on reichfield avenue in tala just after midnight on sunday the post mortem on lisa cash was completed last night the sibling's 14-year-old brother managed to escape what was seriously injured and is being treated in hospital a man age in his 20s who was known to all of the victims is now in custody at tala garden station the pro of the mica action group has slammed recent comments from the housing minister who said the government's housing for all plan is working in dunny gall the department of housing released a statement last week claiming that housing for all has delivered in dunny gall in its first 12 months with over 500 new homes built here and almost 20 increase in housing funding to dunny gall county council however the statement did not include any reference to the defective block scandal or the government's further revised redress scheme the mica action groups michael dorday said the claim housing for all has delivered for dunny gall couldn't be any further from the truth anybody in dunny gall knows that that couldn't be further from the truth that might wash down the country and that might wash in his own constituency when he's trying to convince the rest of the nation and maybe parts of the world as to what this government has done for dunny gall but everybody knows it's done nothing for us it's disingenuous specifically and i think what we're up against here is what we have been up against all along if every attempt government can to put a spin on something that is far from the truth the one thing that our campaign has been from the very very start it has been honest and what we're seeing here today even though there has been a lull over the summer they're still trying to peddle something that is supposedly been done for dunny gall in the reality couldn't be further from the truth to other now largely dry this morning with sunny spells however cloud will build during the afternoon and surely rain will spread gradually from the south towards the evening highest temperatures of 17 to 20 degrees that's all the news for now we'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock but until then good morning oh by train notices for monday morning september 5th the death has taken place of mc dordy talla clon mani funeral arrangements to be confirmed later the death has taken place of patsy patton a hanagati remelton remains were opposed at his home from 7 p.m. this evening house private two family and close friends recrim mass on wednesday morning at 11 a.m. in st mary's church remelton barrel afterwards in st patrick's cemetery drumking funeral mass can be viewed on church services tv st mary's church remelton family flowers only donations if desired to the alzheimer society care of the patrick sweeney funeral directors the death has occurred of mary donahey knee mc nally valley lin remelton and in a scheme monaghan mary's remains are opposing at her residence removal from there at 10 20 a.m. tomorrow morning going to st mary's church remelton for 11 a.m. recrim mass burial in the adjoining graveyard rosary at 9 p.m. tonight family time please from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. and on the morning of the funeral the funeral mass can be viewed on church services dot tv family flowers only donations in lieu to the dunagall hospice care of any family member or macketeer funeral directors the death has occurred of aamon strain gardener ski born fucked his remains are opposing at his late residence removal from his home tomorrow morning at 10 15 a.m. going to st mary's church spawn for recrim mass at 11 a.m. followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery aamon's recrim mass can be viewed on church services dot tv family flowers only please donations in lieu if desired to co pd support our land care of any family member or murphy funeral directors the death has taken place of georgina sterrett knee steward kasey dunfana hey her remains are opposing at her late residence funeral service in the presbyterian church dunfana hey tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. burial afterwards in bali graveyard family time please from 10 p.m. to 11 a.m. and on the morning of the funeral family flowers only please donations in lieu if desired to the dunagall hospice care of any family member or james harkin funeral directors the death has occurred of an macketeer knee bar garrison ish gahin removal from her home this morning at 10 30 a.m. to st patrick's church ish gahin for a recrim mass at 11 a.m. followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery and recrim mass can be viewed on mcn media ish gahin the death has occurred of edrian donnelly 32 castle park eglinton house restricted to family and close friends only please recrim mass will be celebrated in the star of the sea church bohan bale today at 12 family flowers only please donations in lieu of flowers if wished to the alzheimer society seven oaks dairy the death has taken place of paul mcfaden paul sam umar afad creasler his remains are opposing at his late residence funeral mass in st michaels church creasler this morning at 11 a.m. burial afterwards in dole cemetery mass can be viewed live 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perhaps a podiatrist is more medically oriented where a corruptist is more sort of foot care oriented i'm not sure what the difference is to be honest but i think maybe they would be either a corruptist or a podiatrist really would be the person you'd need to be speaking to to get to get proper advice but i know and my understanding of it is it can it can ease it can be really serious if you wake up and it's horrendous you get this stabbing horrible pain in your heel and and then it goes after a while um but uh with regards to any and in long term advice i i would suggest maybe seek um as i say a corruptist or a podiatrist for some advice there uh farmer increased the says the same place flooded last year he lost three sheep he got onto minister charlie mcconnellough donningall county council was meant to organize extra drainage pipes along the road that never happened he was flooded again this weekend but thankfully didn't lose any more sheep sheep uh color says regarding school transport the reason there are more children and students on the road this morning is the school had a phased return so last week they weren't all back whereas all years are back as of today and uh i certainly take that point i i thought in most places everyone was going to be back by sort of first day i thought sort of first of september was the cutoff but thank you indeed color for putting me right on on that particular one um color says i think it's ridiculous that the ukrainian community are being brought here while our young people are heading off to america australia and canada for work and i think the key word there is work um people are are emigrating um some because they feel they have no choice others because they want to advance their careers ukrainians are being brought here in order to flee a war which is ravaging their homeland and in order to keep them safe from danger they are by definition refugees they are people who are fleeing their homes i have no doubt that the vast vast majority of ukrainian people who are in donnie gall and every other county in this country at this point in time would much rather be at their homes in ukraine but sadly the situation with the russian invasion in their homes is at this point in time for many of them their homes are not safe they're worried about family members they're worried about relatives who may be serving in the armed forces they may be worried about relatives who are on the front line they are people who are not here because they have made a choice to come over to ireland and try and get a job that is not the reason they're here and i think it's it's an unfair and it's a wrong comparison to make to draw a comparison that somehow suggests that irish people who have emigrated for work purposes to the us of australia or canada are in somehow in the same situation as ukrainian refugees are here i think it's it's not a it's not a valid comparison at all on any level in personal feeling okay look it's 19 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into my own hands and you did make the point of error that you know for people who have a mobile phone many of us will have a protective cover on the phone we'll guard it with our you know we guard it yeah but yet with something in the insulin pump which is vital medical equipment and very expensive medical equipment very often it is just left on on protect correct and and that is really why i um started looking at what options were available to protect my own insulin pump um and i saw the options were very very limited they were sort of medically focused whereas pump skins are really fashion focused they allow people to to really personalize their devices actually take yours out because there is a you are on camera for those who are watching on facebook youtube so if you yeah if you just hold that that's that's the pump yeah and there's a nice multicolor sort of cover that you have over it yeah it's that's what it we're like and it changes the conversation don't you know people often would have looked at my insulin pump and said oh what's that you know is it a pager is it you know they didn't know what it was whereas when you've got a colorful or a glittery cover on it people say oh what's that you know and then it opens up the conversation it allows you to educate people about type one um and what life is is like living with a chronic illness because often there's a lot of misconception about really what living with type one diabetes entails and and from your own point of view then you can put designs on so i might go and say i want a rush logo on it somebody else might go and say i want a man united logo on it and somebody else might say i'd like a picture of my dog on it correct and that that that's the plan you know um the business has really developed over the last couple of years um and in the coming months we're going to offer options for personalization to really allow people to put their own images and logos and and and do you do that the manufacturing of the cover itself as well in donnie gole or do you just do the design and and contract out the manufacturing of the actual silicone cover itself so we had to contract out the manufacturing because in the early stages obviously we were a small startup um and businesses um were requiring huge minimum order quantities that obviously we couldn't afford so we had to go overseas for the manufacturing but ultimately it's our goal to to have um the manufacturing much more local now the reason that that we have you in this morning um is that you are a spokesperson as it were an ambassador shall we say for the ambition program which is an initiative to develop female entrepreneurship in in the county here correct and it's it's really an incredible program and for me that the first i was on the first cohort of the ambition one um and it couldn't have come at a better time because i'd launched my website in um late 2020 um and i knew a lot about what i was making i knew a lot about the niche that i was in but i realized i knew absolutely nothing about being in business so when i saw the advertisement for ambition i thought this sounds like something that would be really beneficial now two years down the line i can't tell you how beneficial it's been um the taking part in the program gave me that a platform to really grow the business from so one of the most important things about being on ambition is that it makes you question everything about your business so i went in there thinking that i had you know a really good product i i thought i knew my market um but i really didn't and one of the most significant things about the ambition program is that um customer the customer discovery process is is really an integral part of it so in that you speak to the people that you think are going to be your customers but you really have to shift your thinking from finding out not what you think is a good idea but what other people's problems are and about focusing on the problem and not the solution um but one of the other really important things about being on the program is that being a startup being an entrepreneur is a lonely journey um you know you're often doing everything by yourself and you know with the best will in the world there's only so much support you can get from family and friends before they start thinking oh here we go again so when you um a part of a a group of like-minded people um the support is is incredible um and also um Helen Fulham who coordinated the program uh was really you know exceptional in being constructively critical um but also being your your biggest champion but helping you to look at every aspect of the business did it give you an edge the fact that because you had the challenge yourself you you had an idea of of what people might need you certainly knew what you needed now whether you can extrapolate from your need and assume that's what everybody else needs is another question entirely but presumably that gave you some kind of at least a starting edge that you as you had the challenge yourself you knew something of of that market you weren't going in there blind absolutely and I think that that is something when I started the program I had an idea but it and I was trading I had sales but I think it's really important for anyone who is thinking about applying um to ambition three that you don't need to be trading all you need is a really strong idea and if you have something uh an idea that you think is globally scalable if you think that you've got a strong business idea then absolutely apply because there is no better environment for you to to develop this business idea I guarantee if you go in with just an idea you will come out the other side with a a business plan um to help you find the way forward does the name suggest that if you go in and say I want to make a product and sell it in Ireland they'll say to you why not look at the UK if you go in and say I want to sell a product in Ireland and the UK they might say why not look at Europe and if you say I want to sell a product in Europe they'll say why not look at the world absolutely and I think that that is that the name of the program is ambition um and I think often I mean for me I could see that the global scalability of my idea um but I think from speaking to some of the other um women who have been on the program they didn't see that they saw um that they had potential but they didn't see quite how it could be scalable but through the support from the local enterprise office through the support from the program manager um and their expertise you know they've got a wealth of business knowledge so through all of that then they are pointing out the additional potential that a lot of these businesses had um so I think I think absolutely you know it's that network it's that group that really will help you to to grow your business and grow your business idea and it doesn't matter what stage the business is at as you say you were up and running you were trading in other cases it may be someone who has an idea and hasn't actually begun that sort of process yet so it isn't as though you have to be at a certain point it isn't as though somebody want to say oh I'm too late I should have done it last year if if someone has an idea or if someone is at the early stages I mean is is there a point where it's too late or is is anyone who's established you know able to get involved as well because presumably you know wherever you are with a business at this point in time there is potential there absolutely I would encourage any any any woman whatever stage they are at if they have confidence in their own business and that that's what's really important if they have confidence in their idea confidence in their business then being part of the ambition program will place you in a network of incredible expertise incredible support um and in fact that's one of the the biggest things that I took away from the program was the support and being part of a group of other women who were at the who understood where I was coming from we were all in the same boat you know a lot of us had families we had other commitments we were trying to grow and start a business um and having someone at the end of an email or at the end of a text message um to help you know that that was really invaluable and that that was such an important part of the program as well the closing date for applications is Wednesday the 7th of September midnight now that's obviously two days time so there isn't maybe enough sort of time so I mean is it that someone goes in and just makes an initial application and then the process starts or do you have to apply with pages and pages of accounts and details and business plans and forecasts and everything else no absolutely not um it's it's a very simple application process actually um and and don't be concerned you know about things that you may not understand just get your idea down on paper um and the people who are assessing the applications um will will read through those and and give you feedback on that and then hopefully you'll get on to the program yeah um from your own point of view you're now exporting to 16 countries as you said you've secured CFS investment from Enterprise Ireland you're on the up you have as you said expansion plans and hoping you know in in time to actually bring manufacturing state's business success for yourself um from the point of view of of your own success I mean you know it's it's perhaps not fair question were it not for ambition would you be where you are now absolutely not I mean not at this stage it would have taken me years um to to get to where I am now but one of the most important things that I came away from ambition with was um a pitch deck that I can take to investors anywhere um I've used it countless times over the last year or so um and the thing I will say about the ambition program is that it's at a very high level you know you're really thrown in at the deep end but you're given the support um to develop a business plan to develop your pitch deck um and given the resources to really come out the other side with a very strong platform to to grow your business from and as I said this is being coordinated by the local Enterprise Office and Dundee Gold presumably they're the ones that are taking the uh the applications call in or email or get in touch with the Ario and take take it from there absolutely and I have to thank the Donegal Leo and Helen Fulham um the coordinator of the program because they have really uh this is the first program of its type in Ireland they've really taken a proactive approach to supporting women entrepreneurs um and this is a program which is is really invaluable and will make an enormous difference to to Donegal and its economy going forward Catherine all the best with pumpskins and uh continued success to yourself and success to to all and uh every participant who gets involved in the ambition program certainly worked for you you're a great advert for us um have to say I mean you know you and I will know each other evolved because uh previously you were a journalist with the Donegal news and you'll be well known in the council chambers and the various business meetings and so on I mean you know are you glad I mean it's a complete change in intact and it must have been a difficult move for yourself to actually hand in your notice and say right that's it I'm going to leave this uh comfortable job that I know and I know I'm good at and I'm going to go into this brand new pasture absolutely I mean it was the the at the time that I started the business I had actually been off I was quite ill with type one diabetes um and at that point I decided to turn a negative into a positive and I thought well I need to to do something and that's how the business came about um but had I not had the support of the ambition program down the line perhaps I'd be in a very different situation now um and you know I I think it's it's really important to have um something like that yeah because it it's it's frightening to give up um you know traditional nine to five employment where you know that you're going to get paid at the end of every month to then think right hang on I'm in charge of this you know what I'm making every month is down to me so yeah it's a big leap but for me it was very definitely one that I don't regret um and when I get the feedback it's the feedback from my customers that really is the most overwhelming thing you know when you have um a parent of a child in South America who's sending you a message saying thank you for for making my child feel really cool you know thank you for um you know I've had an adult adults contact me you know I had a woman in Australia who grew up by the coast all of her life and she said that she'd always been frightened to have her insulin pump on display at the beach so she bought one of our covers it was a bright rainbow color and when she sent me a picture of her with her pump on display at the beach so to be able to really make people feel confident about life with chronic illness is my motivation yeah and and it seems such a simple straightforward idea that it's amazing nobody else thought of it but you did well I have a few competitors you know everybody has competitors and that's one of the reasons that I really enjoyed being on the program because I did so much customer discovery and like that don't know when I came up with the idea I thought why is no one else doing this um and I think it's because a lot of times unless you understand type one diabetes unless you're connected with it directly you don't understand what a burden it can be and how time-consuming managing the condition is so I was just fortunate to be in a position where I was able to have the time and the space to start this business um and I think that's why um you know I I'm doing it differently as well to the others because I saw the gap in the market from things products that I couldn't find so that's why I knew what I wanted to make unfortunately it's what you know thousands of other people are wanting to buy as well so and if there is anyone out there who is interested in in the product pump skins spelled really cool with a Y and a Z is I presume that there's a website that they can look it up on absolutely pumpskins.com so that's P-U-M-P-S-K-Y-N-Z.com Catherine it's been an absolute pleasure um a continued success with the business and as we said uh the ambition program if you're wondering well you know would it be any good I think the evidence of uh the fact that it can be very very good indeed is sitting before us as we speak Catherine thank you very much good morning thanks very much the night on noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union digital loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account do you know how 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p.m closed on thursday and friday and on saturday 8 30 a.m to 4 30 p.m now if you have electrical items with a plug there is the charge called we which is w e e e waste electrical equipment something um and under that you pay a charge when you buy a product and part of that charge allows you to bring an old product with you to the shop and if you're buying for instance um if you're buying say a new air fryer and you have an old air fryer that that's no longer functioning you can go to the shop you can buy your air fryer wherever it may be and you can hand the old air fryer in and they are obliged to take it at the point of sale now whether that extends to the recycling centre to be honest i do not know i cannot answer that question if anyone cannot answer it for me please please do let us know but certainly it's uh monday wednesday and saturday 8 30 to 4 30 a is the opening hours of the centre in caron horror says next time we're speaking to the management of the letter kenny university hospital can you please ask quite a few people have to pay three euro for parking for a half an hour visit i have a visit every evening and i think it's just crazy um i would have thought there'd be some way of regular visitors being able to buy some sort of a weekly pass or something like that um it is certainly a steep charge i know i think it's the first 20 minutes is free but after that it is a heavy and that is a fairly heavy charge absolutely and with regards to a planter fascitis caller says the person needs physiotherapy their gp can refer them for that which they absolutely can so that may be the way to go school transport a caller says school transport a joke when you try to contact bus air and there is nobody answering the phone i do know bus air and have been under severe pressure with the number of calls they've been taking another caller says we have 15 children with most of them granted tickets and no bus on our route it's a primary school route for scullwere in quiesla the bus runs with 16 empty seats but struneller insists it's a problem for the department of education to change the route by four miles the inspector insists the state's collection point is swally brim where there is no bus passing it was in fact a misprint in dublum and we've been advised to make schools where we've been advised to move schools where there is no bus either and always at this time of the year bus transport is a major issue but these issues really should be resolved when we thought now i'm going to go to roshin clark who is the interim ceo of mental health reform they have just made their pre-budget submission as many organizations are doing roshin good morning good morning donal how are you very well indeed thank you very much indeed roshin in terms of the money being spent on mental health services you're calling on the government to make an investment of 100 million euro in the forthcoming budget how do you foresee that money being spent absolutely we are and thank you very much for having me and just to say mental health reform we're actually a coalition of organizations and 81 member organizations that work across the voluntary and community sector and mental health services and supports and we are calling on the government to prioritize mental health in budget 2023 we need an additional investment of at least 100 million in this budget and that's to deliver urgent reforms across the mental health system 25 million of that is for maintenance of existing services and 75 million is for the development of services to address a massive unmet need now we know we've had debates obviously about the child and adolescent mental health service there's been a huge debate and it's a big debate obviously the focus nationally has been on kerry but there's a major debate on waiting lists and waiting times in dunny god as well as i'm sure there isn't every county in the country and also on on other services and and the funding for them you're making the point that covid put very much a spotlight on several of these services and whereas covid has to a certain extent receded certainly in our immediate thoughts the importance of mental health supports and the importance of mental health services hasn't and it remains as pressing an issue as ever donal i i could not i could not would not be possible to state how the impact of covid 19 is still very much with us we in fact don't know the true extent of the impact or indeed how long we might be dating with it first so i acknowledge that you know as you as you put it it seems that it may have receded and the immediacy of the pandemic may indeed appear to have receded and i know we are facing again into challenging times but we have figures and we have information that shows that we are really at a point of crisis and mental health services now you mentioned cams there's been a 60 percent increase since 2020 alone in in waiting lists for cams and as you can imagine delays in accessing care extremely harmful for children and young people particularly when they require urgent mental health services but outside of that there are studies a study that took place in june actually just this year reported that 5.5 percent of women and 40 percent of men and this between the ages of 20 and 22 are classified as depressed but perhaps most shocking is that an additional lawyer study a collaborative with the number of universities highlighted that over 40 percent over 40 percent of the population experience a mental health difficulty and these are staggering figures and the other need to keep mental health at the top of the agenda for budget 2023 something that i was surprised to see toward the end of last week was when i read a story that suggested a mental health problem can cost a person over 13 000 a year and in these times obviously of cost of living and so on there's been a big focus on it i mean there's very few of us can easily just lay our hands on 13 000 a year and we also do know that in many cases mental health issues can be particularly felt by people who are struggling because of the economy who are struggling because of their personal services so very often people can be in that position partly because of money pressures already and if their mental health problem is going to cost them an extra 13 000 euro a year i mean that's going to pile pressure upon pressure so we're all really concerned about the cost of living and mentally reform we absolutely recognize the impact of economic adversity on mental health and that's across the board and we we are aware we're looking into a winter that couldn't be very challenging but i have to point out that that figure that you've mentioned the 13 251 that in fact does not even take into account the drastic inflation rates that we are seeing since that figure was first reported and it really is a very serious situation for people when you couple that as an existing figure in advance of the economic stress and diversity and then if you compound that together it really needs immediate attention and the reality too is in many instances mental health issues it can literally be an issue of life or death absolutely absolutely you can and that's why we are saying that people simply cannot afford to wait for these services what sort of political reaction are you getting when you've made your pre-budget submission are you getting any indication that there is a political will to address this because the reality is pascal donahoe and um michael mcgrath are both going to say we have every organization in the country and every public body and every private body telling us we need more money telling us we need to spend x y and z we have the fiscal advisory council telling us we can't afford this we can't afford that we can't afford to do the other you believe that the money you are asking for isn't some form of luxury isn't a some of money that would be handy this is something you believe absolutely vital to the very mental health of the nation absolutely and you know what donal i do think perhaps there has been a bit of a sea change in attitudes and a greater awareness indeed that was brought about through the pandemic but we have had we have a very positive engagement across parties and we will be engaging with minister mary buckler as well over the course of the coming weeks so we are positive and very hopeful that we will have a strong and good outcome from our budget campaign um this year and as i say we have had very good cross party in particular as we launched our our submission earlier this week and there is a recognition on an acknowledgement at government level at the importance of this and the situation that you know to use a turning phrase and we could be breaking a bigger cross if i may by addressing this now roshine tarka interim ceo of um mental health reform thank you very much indeed for speaking to us this morning thank you so much donal thank you roshine and i will be watching with interest to see how the allocations go in budget 2023 later in this thank you donal thank you our hashtag is cost of waiting and we'd be delighted if if people could engage with us on social media and give us some support it'd be wonderful thank you absolutely so hashtag cost of waiting for that particular campaign that is roshine tarka as we say she's interim ceo of mental health reform i see emma in studio getting ready for the 11 o'clock headlines we're going to take a short break and after that we'll go straight to her join me this monday for the dl debate your weekly g radio show and podcast as our championships hit crunch time we'll round up all the action of the weekend in the company of dunagall new sports correspondent ryan ferry and two championship winner managers brennacle coin and gaye mcdade will also feedback from the master sheen final as our dunagall adds to go and go away that's the dl debate just after seven p.m news this monday and podcasted on 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having to close his petting zoo due to flash flooding egg of view pet zoo located at anchor hotel in guidore will remain closed for at least the rest of the week due to flood damage many parts of the county was badly impacted by flooding over the weekends with road washed away in some areas owner connor gallagher says the zoo is impacted by flash flooding at least once a year and he has not received any support a man in his 20s remains in custody this morning after the death of three siblings in dublin over the weekend eight-year-old twins christie and chelsea crawley were stabbed to death along with their 18-year-old sister lisa cash in their home in tally just after midnight on sunday morning their 14-year-old brother managed to escape but he has been treated for serious injuries at tally hospital liz truss is to set to be confirmed as a new british prime minister at lunchtime today boris johnson's successor will be announced in the house of commons at 12 30 the new p.m. p.m. inherits a flagging economy with uk inflation at a 40-year high two johnny gall coastal areas feature in a new nationwide survey out this morning on littering at ireland's beaches and harbours in donnie gall bundoren was once again ranked littered and was the worst performing beach surveyed kelly begs harbert was found to be moderately littered and finally the p.r.o of the micah action group has slammed recent comments from the housing minister who said the government's housing for all plan is working in donnie gall the department of housing released a statement last week claiming that housing for all has delivered in donnie gall in the first 12 months with over 500 new homes built here and almost a 20 percent increase in housing funding to donnie gall county council however the statement did not include any reference to the defective block scandal or the government's further revised redress scheme the micah action groups michael dory said the cleat housing for all has delivered in 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your calls and producing the show as well of course and you can use social media at highland radio on twitter highland hub on facebook comments at highland radio dot com on email now last week greg was in uh rath mullen and brendan devaney was in studio and greg promised brendan faithfully that he would see him next week face to face greg then promptly headed off to london so uh brendan i'm afraid you're stuck with me good morning how you doing that lifestyle don't look that's great doesn't it oh listen glad to see you lad good morning to you and good morning to youtube brendan um a very very busy day yesterday with regards to the club championship um you were out and about yourself um four really important matches coming up after the uh the matches at the weekend no there's there's eight quarterfinals coming up isn't it four four yeah and then the four the the relegation playoff it's uh four teams four teams the bottom at the top yeah yeah yeah so uh it was a busy weekend any any particular shocks coming up do you know don't actually it was hard warm and we'd seen some uh real hammers unfortunately and in the way the pot was there was one side of it where most of stronger teams were and we hadn't seen a lot of what we call championship games but in fairness the four teams at the bottom which is malfred ardraah uh bummed thorn uh and sent noils they were all at home and they were all expected to be to be beaten by the teams was playing them but they they give it the they really give it a full chapel to push and even said this is not the game the one that I was up was a brilliant game real and the end stuff and and even though as I say some michaels were real favorites in there you know they gave it all and all the other games were close right down to a point and and and really the home teams really stepped up and I guess that backs the wall thing which we often see in championship though and it was great to see that you know and we almost had the the the first time ever the fact we could have five teams on zero points and it would have come a team actually couldn't have could have actually avoided a relegation playoff without getting a point which was never happened on our club championship before but glenn fun uh sorted that out that they actually won their home match which gave them their first victory of the campaign so we left the bottom four teams on zero points and they now are in the relegation playoff as they say i don't know but certainly they give it their all in that last game they went down fighting in fairness to them so fair play to them and as I say the top teams now you said unions topped the the championship grooving skill car next to a rio and eve connell against willy gedore kelly begs and said michael so they make up the quarter final uh parents of what happens is the top team plays the eighth team the second he plays the seventh and so on so that's how the championship set up now and the fixture list is a very interesting looking one yeah certainly this is going to be some cracking games there now you know if you look at those uh quarter finals unions at michael's skill car kelly begs a rio uh gedore eve connell against willy you know we were thinking we might not see any you know proper good championship games until then but really don't know the weekends games there was a lot of real close tough championship games in it where we had that excitement back which was great because of looking like doing because of the lopsided nature of the of the championship that we're going to have to wait for these quarter finals but we certainly got them yesterday so here's them teams about a heart gun into those relegation playoffs and and as i say we've got some great matches coming up now in the quarter final there's a few local darby's in there i mean the car kelly begs they won't be traveling too far for the game and even uh michael's against willy i mean you know they're uh eve connell sorry eve connell that's what i meant yes i think there's a lot of names to remember there don't you find uh yeah eve connell against willy they started off the campaign of course with the drawing game when a lot of people was begging eve connell to won that match uh and have too much for glens willy but particularly at home the home venue certainly proven important yesterday i think home crowd and that that we but a passion which was great great to see from those teams at the bottom though but yeah some some great games in there you know june eunice and michael's played last year so michael's gives the unions are they're full of it in the in the semi as well so yeah listen i think bandone's performance yesterday against calcare will give kelly begs a bit of hope a rua have have been brilliant so far in the championship and gi'dore i suppose we know we would have a dark horse now they were they were beating yesterday and looked like neve connell controlled the game gi'dore obviously with a huge amount of players on their injury list and lost a lot quite a few players this season so it means to see how many players they can get back for that but again glens willy have proven their championship credentials and i think their game and neve connell's going to be a fascinating one as well so great games you look forward and look back on and say i've got a stellar lineup donal and ryan ferre and brenda cooyne and cary mcdayd those guys know their know their football and yesterday actually caught up with brian mclaughlin he was down helping out by his and michael's back on team he had played for uh the masters yesterday so i got an interview from him they beat gallway and the masters she final on saturday so we have an interview for him couple next evening as well in terms of of the championship there's no firm favorites sort of starting to emerge there's no team running away with it this is very much an open championship in terms of who ultimately is going to come out on top i think there is a bit of an evening if you look at those quarterfinals i think every team will probably fancy it listen i would say in the not saying the unions but i think the unions are probably in calcare maybe just about look the the two better sides in there the two teams at the top now in fairness bando won't give them some game um yesterday no one's seen that coming at all of them so as in cydunans i think last year one in the championship it was as if the team has really stepped up this year would have seen them they're moving really well they've an unbelievable amount of talent forward line out there now so of calcare but i think maybe defensively cydunans are maybe a small bit more more solid than that so those two teams are probably slightly ahead of the rest but listen you're obviously not going to ride off neve carnell because they probably haven't played their best yet but they're certain a lot more to come with them and i think those teams maybe good or just talk down behind them uh people would think it's it's going to still come from from those four but listen they say on on those quarterfinal uh games i think in them i think they have a chance i'm sure uh mr murphy and those and let's see what you're thinking they are not just going to be turning up for the for the crack like you know listen look at that picture if anybody sees the paper there today that they don't think those people's press my friend likes he said to me yesterday michael murphy's catching a ball in the most big four or five hour drive boys and he looks like someone's giving them a leg up like the line out and rugby he's a way up you know it's a it's a fantastic uh picture so yeah michael i think every every game i'm looking at reports he's more or less mind the match or or or in the running for it so he's really rolling rolling back the the years there for for the glenn so yeah listen to them and neve carnell i think of all those quarterfinal games i think that's the most interesting one but i i presume with with michael murphy locally as as well as as happens now nationally in the all-erland championship in the national league being as soon as he takes to the field okay you five mark murphy the rest of you know and i'm sure it's the same locally he's got about four five people tracking everywhere yeah yeah but i i think probably the way he plays the game because of his physical presence and his dead ball kicking you can't take him out of the game you know there's probably certain players in the past where they could get boxed out and physically boxed out he is so powerful that he'll even flick it on the one of those guys it's free or his dead ball part and probably just his overall thing it's it's just he's he's a one of one sort of lifetime type player so i think that's that's the the trump that's uh character glens well they always have each day they go out and certainly that's uh it's it's do them well so far in the championship well i know i know certainly from from speaking to washington this morning i mean it was a really busy weekend in terms of covering all those matches that took place so i mean a really good way to just sit back take it all in and just have a breath and and sort of assess everything that happened over the course of the whole weekend no better way to do it than to listen to yourself and and and the team on the deal debate tonight that's it and you know what it as i say i've been giving off maybe the last few years or our championship has been very poor negative i've seen good changes in that don't i think people are realizing this and there needs to be more kick passing in our game and the game seems to be opening up you're seeing players leaving actual platforms inside you know would be one two three players at a time being left inside which allows the game to open up instead of what we're seeing this really negative 15 dropping in so i'm seeing a lot of good signs of that and a lot of teams now as i say hitting teams at least on the break and at least using the foot pass and i think it's making our game a lot more entertaining i say as you say it was phenomenal yesterday hearing all the games and the scores what was going on because we thought a lot of them would be walkovers but they went right down the wire uh nearly every game and and the championship so it was a great last day in the group stages yep so deal debate tonight after the seven o'clock news and uh podcast as well of course on highlandvideo.com brendan thank you cheers all the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union do you need to switch your current account or loan we are now offering my cu current account and debit mastercard bringing full banking features and competitive rate switcher loans at hickey clark and langan insurance brokers they compare quotes from all the leading insurers so you get a great price home motor and van farm quality home travel and liability insurance they quote them all so if the worst 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for people listening around the world they expect irish music from a local irish radio station glad to hear that that was not my decision it was gregan carlines decision and a decision as i uh been intimated i absolutely 100 percent agree with and if you're a fan of irish music don't forget paul and jimmy's monday night sessions on tonight and jimmy's program on a thursday center stage as well all irish music and of course if you listen to john breslin around the northwest which follows this program you can always be sure that whatever john is playing there'll be an irish record coming very very quickly indeed john a huge supporter of irish music as well i'm glad to say that highland radio in general our supporters of irish music and we intend to keep that the case uh caller says could you talk about why private nursing home staff have not received their promised thousand euro for working over the covid pandemic it's like we're totally forgotten about i've sent two emails to the minister of health's office with no reply it's all very disappointing caller i mean all all i can say is the government is telling us it's coming i know a lot of hsc staff still haven't got it either so it isn't as though the hsc staff have all got it and the private sector has been left to one side um i think they're still working on protocols on how to pay it and i know it's going to be slightly more difficult when they have to sit down with the private sector to figure out how that money is going to be distributed i i know it's being done but it's being done really really slowly and many many people are frustrated about that caller bought a twin pack of bacon expecting to find five slices in each pack there was a circle around the 10 slices uh notification on the packet when she opened it it was three slices and two wee bits in one pack and four slices in the other when she went to study the packet it actually said approximately 10 slices now it's a minor thing the caller says you buy the double pack thinking you're getting a bargain and you're not it's just another way in how the customer is being done at the minute now my understanding is and this is my personal understanding i have no knowledge of the industry my understanding is when you buy items like that they are selling it not by the number of rushers or the number of slices of bacon they are selling it by weight so what they are telling you is there will be 200 grams of rushers or bacon in in that packet so it'll say approximately five slices the feeling being that you know now most most rushers are of uniform size one would have thought you know it would be uniform but their argument will be that they're selling according to weight not according to actual number of slices um and again another caller saying i i mean the private sector we still haven't received the pandemic payment i've spoken to the hsc hr department they said contact the department of health um i'm just frustrated and and we're getting that call from a number of people actually another issue that's been raised by a caller before we go to our next guest on zoom would you please take a look at the emergency department at letter kenny university hospital and ask them why they don't have some kind of calling sister or a tannoy doctors appear to be walking around looking for patients i've never seen that in any other emergency department i visited also in terms of bed management why are people not getting a bed until the middle of the night when there are often empty beds in the wards no one is discharged at midnight they're out by two o'clock normally why are gp sending non-emergency people to the emergency department when they should deal with them minor issues are not emergencies so says a caller certainly um you know we could always sit back i suppose and improve the the protocols in emergency departments and so on um now i want to talk about love dunny gall because love dunny gall is an initiative of dunny gall county council um and its economic development unit in particular which basically urges people to post pictures and stories about the county with the hashtag love dunny gall it's been done before and it's been hugely popular and hugely successful and september the eighth is love dunny gall day and uh to tell us more i'm delighted to say i am joined on zoom by elaine morski who is the assistant economic development officer with dunny gall county council elaine good morning good morning thank you for having me it's our absolute pleasure elaine how many years is this love dunny gall is this the third or fourth year this is i think it's the fourth year fourth year yeah i was i was thinking it was yeah and and the past couple of years it's it's been a major success in in terms of actually getting dunny gall trending on social media it has every year it's it's grown and grown and it's reached more people um last year alone um it reached over 17 million people worldwide and it was trending on social media for several days um and it actually won a local authority award as well so we were we were delighted with that so we're hoping this year it's going to be bigger as well now as as we were saying this coming thursday september eighth is love dunny gall day there is a particular emphasis this year isn't there on art and and culture and the contribution dunny gall has made and is making to the art and culture of ireland yeah well one thing that we all know about dunny gall is that it's it's a hub for culture and tradition and creativity and art and that's something that we really want to celebrate and showcase this year um so we're we're running a competition this year as well with um and we're delighted to have the sandhouse hotel um on board they've kindly offered um a one night stay in an ocean view room with filth and breakfast for the winner and what we're asking people to do is to send in their creative and artistic interpretation of what dunny gall means to them and based on the dunny the new dunny gall um place brand logo that's the dunny gall dna um and the what you're basically asking then is just use whatever people are posting be it twitter be it instagram wherever to use that hashtag love dunny gall or if they prefer um dunny allaboo exactly yeah so um what we're asking people to do is on that day is to showcase what dunny gall means to them whether you're in dunny gall whether you're in ireland or whether you're further afield abroad to showcase what what makes dunny gall special to you and to use the hashtag love dunny gall and hashtag dunny allaboo as you said and we're hoping that as many people as possible get involved and engage and participate and that we can spread the message further afield now we know that um you and and other colleagues in in council across departments will are monitoring the interest in dunny gall on social media how many hits the county is getting how many tags the county is getting and so how many people are coming out of the county's websites and and and you know viewing the council's online presence and i mean the figures are in the millions yeah the figures are um they're growing all the time um and what what we've noticed is that particularly on our own social media and our website is that more and more people are following us more and more people are checking on the website they want to know um what it's like to live in dunny gall to what opportunities are there to work in dunny gall and to invest in dunny gall and looking at all the different marketing campaigns that we're doing at the moment to can spread that message and yeah as you said there's more and more interest there's more and more people showcasing their interest in dunny gall and it's amazing to see and we know as well that um later on this month uh 20th and 23rd and 24th you have dunny gall connect the tiponil diaspora awards and and that whole diaspora focus that that that we get in in september so this this initiative the the love dunny gall campaign isn't you know operating in a vacuum it's coming very much just before that dunny gall connect event so hopefully the one will feed into the other exactly yeah because it it it spreads the same message it it um it spreads the word that there's opportunities in dunny gall to have this great quality of life and it's one of the main aims for the campaign and dunny gall connect um um linking in with the dunny all diaspora that'll that'll play a huge part in that and we really like we really want to kind of strengthen those connections and networks with their diaspora as well so it's that's kind of some of the main aims for that and fair to say that dunny gall's been very much ahead of the curve uh in in ireland with regards to that reaching out to the diaspora i mean you know the tiponil awards have been running for quite a long time now at this point so i mean the county has been very much the forefront and if anything the rest of the country is actually catching up with what dunny gall has been doing for a while yeah so we we've kind of um we we firmly believe that we've always firmly believed that the diaspora is so important to us and that connection is really important it's something it's not just the council but i think dunny gall people in general really like to keep those connections um with people who are broad and even generations of people kind of second and third generation people really like to keep those um connections and they feel it's really important to their core beliefs and i think the rest of the county is definitely or the country is definitely kind of seeing the value in that and seeing um just even just the reach that you can have by keeping those connections it's so important and yeah i think dunny gall is definitely ahead of the curve as you said in terms of thursday's love dunny gall campaign just remind people exactly what it is you'd like them to do because thursday september 8th is the day where people can very much make their own very definite contribution to to dunny gall's future and uh you know if if enough people do it as you say last year dunny gall trended across twitter and instagram for quite some time uh the same can happen this year but only if individual people like those listening today actually go and use that hashtag so what exactly is it that you want people to do um what we want people to do is we're trying to encourage as many people as possible to take part in in love dunny gall and to share what makes dunny gall so special to them whether it's visiting and traveling and exploring whether it's the people the coastline the landscape or the culture of musical arts or you know that the language and the girls have reached in or even with the business community and the working opportunities that are here and the investment opportunities whatever it is that makes dunny gall special to share it and use the hashtag love dunny gall or the hashtag doonalaboo in the social media post and and to tag us as well so that we can share those posts as well in our own social media platforms and to just spread the message of of why dunny gall is so special and what it means to us alien warsky assistant economic development officer with dunny gall county council thanks for much indeed we'll be keeping obviously a very close eye on how things are going on thursday i'm sure you're speaking to yourself and others from council over the course of the day as well but for now elaine thank you very much indeed thank you for having me it has been our pleasure that's elaine there from dunny gall county council's economic development unit so if you are indulging in any creative or artistic endeavors on thursday next the 8th of september get a selfie grab a quick picture get a little video whack it up on twitter or instagram and hashtag it either love dunny gall or doonalaboo link dunny gall county council and tag the council on the post as well and get it out there and let's get love dunny gall trending once again and make this year's initiative as successful if not more so than previous let's look at some of the comments that have been building up um i was a long and lengthy discussion last week obviously on the program with regards to bills and the cost of living color says it's only a matter of time people won't be able to pay their bills it's not that they won't pay it's that they won't be able to pay another caller says these marches always get taken over by socialists who don't represent the vast majority of the population it's unfortunate but that's the status quo that's a reference to the march that's taking place um on the 24th in dublin the cost of living coalition organizing that particular march yes there would be social socialist political parties taking place in that march but there will be others as well and it's an open march that anyone can participate in uh caller asking with regards to the replacement of electric car batteries for electric cars suggesting it's going to cost 21 000 euro to replace the battery um who has the money for that so asks the caller the caller says that you want to get one go at life one chance and the government are determined to make sure we're miserable living it pay what you can and spend the rest on making yourself and your family happy another caller says i'm with prepay power i find it great i can check my power level every day other caller says um people need to pay the normal price of their bill not the excess nothing can be done to anyone that keeps paying their bill that way companies are still being paid for their service or products and another caller says 500 liters of oil has gone from 620 euro on the 22nd of august to 720 at the end of last week so that was a 100 euro increase over the course of just one week it's half 11 well let's take a very short break back in a moment with the discussion on the cleanliness of our beaches hear that that's the sound of you saving when you drive 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currently on there's also a further increase expected in january 2023 however comparing us to france isn't compatible the french government own a substantial part of the country's main power company hence the nominal increase to their bills i'm afraid there will be drastic stories of people starving freezing and fatalities hitting the media in the near future that's a uh worrying perspective we heard on the news that two donnie gall marine areas bondoren beach and kilirex harbour were included in ibal's latest survey on beaches and harbours and littering on them and neither sad to say have come out of it looking very well indeed uh connor horgan spokesperson with ibal good morning good good morning don't connor as we said two donnie gall facilities bond board bondoren beach and kilirex harbour and sadly neither um are coming out of this covered in glory well um last year we did this survey donal and bondoren was branded littered kilirex harbour was moderately littered and we've seen no change 12 months later now i would say that overall across the country we've seen a deterioration in cleanliness litter levels are on the rise and in particular beaches that were clean last year have dropped to moderately littered status so we're seeing an overall deterioration only eight areas surveyed were clean and as i said kilirex wasn't among them it was moderately littered it wasn't improved performance from kilirex though and i'm reading the report from montasca here in front of me and it suffered from small litter accumulations mostly food and alcohol related uh along the promenade and in between the rocks chewing butts and chewing gum were pronounced also along the car parks the removal of litter bins along the promenade during the summer season was was considered perplexing um but it does say there were substantial improvements noted at the town side of kilirex particularly regarding new planters picnic tables and the seating area i have to say i was probably on a better end of moderately littered to be honest yeah i was actually i was i must say i was surprised at the kilirex findings because i was down at kilirex harbour for a couple of hours there just a few weeks ago and i actually thought it was very very well presented indeed and to a certain extent some of these can be a moment in time and sometimes maybe can towns be unlucky that when the inspection is done is a time that maybe it's not looking its best and maybe had the inspection been done 24 hours before or 24s after it might have been a different situation what there is that and i suppose uh like we do multiple visits now so there were visits made in june and july in this case also the inspectors are advised in the case of stormy weather or or whatever and like not to do the survey so we try to get a representative picture but you're right it is the case that with with any area it can be clean one day and not clean the next and of course we want it to be clean all the time and we do have areas that are consistently clean but clearly kilirex has improved year on year and when i read that report it's a it's a more positive report than most of the towns that are labels moderately littered bundoran as you say again deemed littered on on the beach there and that's going to be disappointing because i know certainly there was one late councilor used to always say describe bundoran as the hidden gem in dunny gall's arsenal of attractions and sadly what's being described in eyeball's report is not necessarily a gem no and again we're not necessarily talking about litter on the beach itself it was littered along the promenade on the car park which brought down the litter grade here it's described as so preventable by ontashka in their report there were overflowing litter bins along the promenade and there was a very heavy cigarette boat presence along the edges of the promenade there were plastic items along the tide line itself and you know i mentioned cigarette boats and people might be dismissive of them as not being important but from our point of view you know the cigarette boat is far from harmless it contaminates the water there's plastic in it and cigarette boats in their billions contribute to this problem of plastic pollution which is threatening sea life and and indeed threatening our very planet so we shouldn't dismiss cigarette boats as not important even if their visual impact isn't isn't high in terms of the future obviously dunny gold county council local representatives and others tally towns committees and so on are going to be reading the reports they're going to be hopefully taking notes on them and looking to getting the situation improved are you holding out any hope that we will see improvement in in the coming months and that maybe the next time the survey is done it'll be a different story well i mean i have a general feeling that people are getting better when it comes to litter i think there is a greater sense of personal responsibility and i think this was a busy summer a good summer weather wise that would have put a strain on some of these areas and and that might prompt the the local authorities to maybe rethink their bin policy and you know local authorities are tend to be reluctant to put out bins because they get used for for household you know dumping of household waste but i think there's a balance there and maybe if they haven't found the right balance in bundoren for example and i am confident that as a nation will get better it is down to per people's personal responsibility and i think people will be more mindful that in dropping litter it's not just about the visual impact it's about something more fundamental and it's important we acknowledge that because sometimes when we hear the results of a survey like this the conversation can very often go to the local authority go to the council go to you know what's the council doing about this when maybe the question i need to be asking is what am i doing about this what am i as a citizen doing about this what am i as a beach user doing about this because i think across the country more certainly in the last 10 years the councils have put in place an infrastructure that wasn't there at beaches and i'm talking about bins i'm talking about seating in particular so you don't have to have your lunch necessarily on the sand but there's dedicated areas for you to have your picnic so i think they're doing their bit and you know the people should follow Conor Horgan of iBall thanks very much indeed for speaking to us this morning thank you don't thank you Conor that's Conor Horgan there of iBall Bondoren and Kili Beggs they're featured in that survey of beaches and harbours and certainly a challenge there for all of us based on the findings of that report just some of your comments and a few of these comments actually left over from friday apologies but obviously it was a very busy show on friday uh not least because uh greg made one lucky listener 10 000 euro richer um but a couple of the comments left over for today uh Conor says i'm a mother of a child on the clan money bus uh there were eight children left standing on the side of the road on thursday last myself and three other mothers stay because you can't leave minors unattended on the roadside now today the inspector went to the yard to resolve the issue there still weren't enough children on the bus three were going to be put off the bus and put off the bus to stand and i made the bus stay and wait until the second bus came um one child had a panic attack out of fear of being late one boy you know it's just stressful for children and and the mother making a very interesting point yes we're talking about you know there were children left standing on the side of the road and let's think about that for a moment there were children left standing on the side of the road and you know i i mean you almost you don't need to add to that sentence uh to know this is a serious situation that needs to be addressed um another caller saying you know with regards to the bus um you know there's there there needs to be discussions between bus air and between the department between government between the bus provider and as uh deputy paul McLaughlin said look i mean the company providing the services providing the services being paid for and you know they cannot put more children on the bus than they have capacity for and this is an issue that does need to be resolved another caller says there's a problem with the school bus letter kenny to refold very stressful and it shouldn't be the school principal is doing everything possible but the reality is um you know it's a terrible situation for people to find themselves without a ticket and uh many people are finding themselves sadly in that situation we're going to take a short break and after the break we're going to be talking to a lady who is a very well known entertainer in this country and you'll know 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later this year is where you want to be november the ninth uh november the 19th excuse me november 19th at on green and theater in letter kenny sees the return of dirty dusting and tell us more about dirty dusting is one of its stars mary bern mary good morning good morning to you how are you very well indeed thanks now obviously most of our listeners will know you mary from your your stint on on the x factor and and several shows since then here in ireland and and indeed beyond and uh you know dirty dusting is a comedy unashamedly so and uh the reviews are in its laugh out loud it's the funniest show you'll see all year and if people are looking for a lift you're there to give it to them well as you know what it's it's one of those look it we've had a laugh two maybe two and a half years of of misery i'm never gone through a lot more than we thought we would so this type of play is what's really needed to get your belly really really laughing and it's about three elderly ladies um myself included unfortunately but anyway uh we we we are cleaners and we work in in an office building and we find out we're going to be let go because we're too old for the job so you know to get our own back on them we start up a thing now when i say these words do not think that it's a dirty play because it's not it's about dirty dusting but it's about a sex line we start up and it just becomes hilarious it's old slapstick that used to happen we used to watch the tv with us all the time everything is left to your own mind the way we speak the way we say our words it is hilarious and we were we were surprised when we first brought it out it just i think was 2019 the stand innovations the people just loved it they clapped with us they laughed with us and they sang with us at the end of it so it's it's something worth going to say and just to lift your spirits away from all the dead stuff that's happening today you mentioned singing and uh i'm i'm intrigued to notice that as well as the three ladies who are at the core of the program we also have the involvement of one mr jake carter who many people uh this content video will be very familiar with indeed poor old jake has no idea what he's in for he really doesn't he he's their boss right but he's a young man and he has this um he thinks he is the bee's knees in other words and he just cannot stand the three ladies he wants younger people in there so he gets some stick and gets this come up and it's so funny i mean he poor old jake has not he hasn't done this so he's just literally coming in he's a newer a newbie coming in to us so he's in for a treat but he's a great guy i've been talking to him a few times i've met him a few times i've met his family i've met you know the whole lot of them and they're all lovely people so yeah i'm looking forward to working with jake and it's gonna be fun because he's gonna bring a new element to the character that he's playing i'm getting a distinct nine to five vibe about this three ladies a rather nasty boss who gets his come up and i mean i'm i'm seeing i mean perhaps this is unfair but are there parallels there probably is i mean the only difference is we are all supposed to be in our 70s and you know it's it's it's set in in in a in a time where you know all the people are not being appreciated i suppose with nine to five women weren't being appreciated either so yeah there is a little bit of a parallel to it there but it's funny it is funny it's you know it's one of those things where i remember reading the script and i mean i left school at 12 and i never studied in my life and i remember seeing the script and the dialogue that was in and i was going oh my god i am not going to be able to do this and then i read through it and i read through it and i read through it and i couldn't find it funny because i was reading it so much but once we stood on the stage the crowd got the jokes they got the little innuendos that came out of it and you know when that happened and the crowd go to your heart lifts and you just put more into it so they're gonna enjoy it and and yes it is a little bit of nine to five the bad treating of women how dare you we'll show you how it's done you know that kind of way yeah and there's yourself there's Linda mccarthy uh nicole bannum uh you know i did three ladies and and obviously there's going to be a huge interplay between the three of you because as you say sometimes words on a on a script can be dead and it's it's what a cast does with those words it's how they're presented it's how they're it's how they're interpreted and it's how they're delivered it's what's going to make them funny and you know it is and i'm i'm sure at this stage the three of you have done this before yeah we have yeah but i mean we haven't done it in almost three years so we're we're uh getting stuck into our scripts now and try to remember everything that we said but linda mccarthy that the lady spoke about there she played Peggy and there's a particular scene in it with Peggy that then you're going to have the people rolling around the aisle she is the comedy element in the middle of the play it's hilarious what she has to do and when you get to know the characters when you're when you're watching the play you see that Peggy is quite shy and she's not she's happily married and and you know her and her billy are at the bees knees as well but then she comes into herself and it is just i mean she even has us laugh and i have to turn away many a time on stage away from the audience to laugh at what she does it's just incredible what she does the show did originate in the uk the writers ed wallon trevor wood i have no doubt and certainly haven't seen you on tv and you know i have no doubt that once you get your hands on it and once richard mansworth gets his editorial control over it i'm sure this is going to become very much an irish experience and something that will resonate very much with irish people i'm sure the accents the presentation it's it's going to be as it were you're not going to be putting on london accents and pretending you're in the uk this is very much i'm sure an irish story as it were it is and and richard has actually um he has taken a lot of the english stuff out and put in irish saying so people will get will know what we're doing like i remember as i said when i read it for us it was a lot of english stuff and i didn't understand half of the stuff and then richard took the script and did what he had to do with it and yes it is very irish and and they will get it they will get they will be able to relate to places we're talking about and stuff we're talking about more so than would with the english script excellent and as we said we know um we have a comedian here connell gallan who who does plays and uh he's been very successful this past few years and i think he's on the road actually shortly with his new one too and a former colleague of ours here at highland gary gambol also has his own sort of play like this gary yeah i went to see gary's you went to see gary's yes i'm i'm sorry i'm sorry he pulled us up at the end of the day and made me wear a pair of little tongs on the thing where we were all dancing i would expect nothing less from our gary i would expect nothing less yeah but i mean you know and again again and i think the success of gary the success of connell the success of others there's a an author i can't recall his name in mayo who has come some place on on the go as well um i can't recall the author's name suddenly and apologies for that but i mean it does show that there is a market for this out there and i think people do more than ever need a laugh yeah and people just need you know i suppose innocent laughter to take them away from all the stuff that's going on in in our in our world today and it's one of those players and ian's play was the same when we went to see that we were sitting there kind of just now i mean he he would kind of have a regency where you know don't you go all and stuff like that so but we were trying we had to listen more carefully to to dialogue that he was saying and then we got it you know so it people just and this was up in up in port lisa we went to see the play and the place was rolling around the floor laughing so it's going to be the same with dirty dustin when we go down to that part of the world the air part of the world your part of the world sorry it's going to be the same people will get the indones and they will enjoy it and we need it we need it after all we've been through really and truly i mean i haven't worked for two and a half years because of the cova and now we have you know inflation hitting hitting us all in every direction they can hit us so yes a light bit of laughter a group of l ones on the stage with one young man is going to have them rolling around the the floors laughing and this is in and great on the theater in donnie gall on the 19th of november if anyone is listening by the way down in the south of donnie gall it's on in the hawkswell the following night which is sunday's uh november 20th and i mean this is a fairly heavy tour between the 19th of october and the 5th of december mary urines castle bar mullingar drahudek el keny port liche monahan doubling the limerick awfully waterford tallot donnie gall slago dumdock carlo wexford hey that that is that is one big trip you see they don't care that i'm 62 and i have arthritis they're just going to get the whip out and make me walk but think of the money mary think of the month listen apart from the money is what we need badly but it's i i enjoy it i enjoy the group i work with there there are great group of people and you'll see that on stage you'll feel that on stage that we're all friends and we all get on and we really want to play a good play and and involve the audience and yeah i'm looking forward to it so much it's so good to be back out there and bringing a bit of laughter and smiles to people's faces and to our own faces and earning a few bob as well no point in lying about it it's about earning a few bob but it's also about the entertainment value of it mary burn thank you very much indeed all the best at yourself and the rest of the cast with dirty dusting as they say november 19th in letter kenny following day in the hawkswell in slago and uh all around the country for a two month period enjoy it and we look forward to seeing it thank you very much i hope to see you there soon it's you look after yourself and to all all your listeners god bless you all keep your chins up it'll all pass mary thank you very much indeed that's mary burn there you'll recall mary from the x-factor and she has lost none of the exuberance that she portrayed so well on that particular program that's nearly it for the night until noon show as we were saying to mary there a lot of depressing news out there at the moment and i'm afraid i want to finish with some of your comments so that's going to come back into a certain extent but uh remember that there is also comedy out there there is always laughter and uh we must take our enjoyment and our distraction where we can uh callers as i understand prices go up but the large-scale increase in prices for energy is incredible is there any objective way to protest about these prices so ask the caller uh with regards to school transport tickets uh one lady was on the program last week with greg and and sort of said you know that she assumed she would have a ticket because she had a ticket the previous year and callers says look you have to book your ticket every year i know it's the years since my crew started on school buses you have to go online every year to book the seat there is a closing data tickets in june another caller says i did have tickets issued i had bothered getting them if you ring 0579325465 that's 0579325465 it's an awfully school bus transport number they helped out so much and they will lodge queries and i was sorted within an hour so that's a suggestion by a caller there we'll keep that number at the top of our pile if anyone wants to make contact with this and that we can give you the number again but that's it from the 9 till noon show for today um thank you indeed to caroline ore for producing and for looking after me as always thanks to all our contributors and most importantly thanks to you for listening we'll be back of course with the 9 till noon show tomorrow morning 9 until noon when we do it all over again and don't forget of course directly after this program we're going around the northwest with john brezlin and as i said earlier our policy on the 9 till noon show is to play only irish music and you can be sure that john will always have a very high proportion of irish music in his playlist as well as we say uh until tomorrow from all of us on the 9 till noon show have a very good day the 9 till noon show with letter kenny credit union do you need to switch 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