 This week have a great St. Patrick's Equinoe and have a great four-day weekend I will talk to you bright and early Monday morning 6 30 a.m. Up next Greg uses here with the 9 till noon show Greg He all set for the big draw big holiday give away big holiday so professional playing Madonna holiday Holiday being given away between 11 and 12 box well and truly ticked enjoy your long weekend I wouldn't know plenty of jobs to do around the garden very boring that nice well if you get the weather for it It's great. We have the weather. We've been negative not me for a while. So yeah, that's what I'll be doing What about yourself something similar good except not in a garden? I'm going to London, but very similar. Oh God love Yeah, I have to do a program. It's work. Right. Okay. Yeah, you're still not getting any sympathy from it Right. Well, we'll tell that people wore about that little ledger and joys to or you too Okay, it is the 9 till noon show here in Highlands radio at 9 o'clock time for news update It's over to Catherine Gaffney. Thanks Greg. Good morning. Ukraine's president has described Moscow's demands as more realistic Following the latest round of talks between the two countries the Russian foreign minister says neutral status is being discussed for Ukraine Ukrainian capitals now under a 35 hour curfew because of concerns about attacks Intensifying elsewhere local authorities say Russian troops have occupied a hospital in the city of Mariupol taking 500 people hostage The finance minister says the government cannot cover all of the extra costs being faced by people and business this year We're being warned household energy bills could rise by around 700 euro per family After a price hike was announced by Borgash They're ending their winter price pledge from the 15th of April and raising gas tariffs by 39% and electricity prices by 27% It's expected other energy suppliers will follow suit Minister Pascal Donahue says why people will soon feel the effects of the energy rebate and the reduction in Exis on fuel the government cannot meet all of the costs We've brought in additional payments as well such as the hundred seventy five euro Which has been made available to those our families to pensioners who will be particularly affected by these changes But I do want to count you all by do acknowledging that even with the changes that we have made or Other you know measures that the government has to put in place to deal with other challenges that we are facing at the moment We can't cover all of the cost Hospitality bosses are being asked to offer staff a four-day working week or alternate weekends off in order to keep them a Study by the Southeast Regional Skills Forum has recommended 18 measures aimed at attracting and securing workers in the hospitality industry Ongoing training upskilling and providing clear career pathways are also recommended Manager of the forum Edmund Conley says with staff shortages right across the country All employers can benefit from the recommendations they've made it was reflective of the situation right around the country the Hospitality sector in recent years prior to the pandemic was very busy growing and expanding and As the respondents to the study would attest themselves they put they didn't pay enough attention to the welfare of their staff And a letter Kenny in Milford district councillor says he wants to see more commitment from Donnie Goll-Candy council to promoting and developing the letter Kenny to Burton Port Greenway Consular Michael McBride says this was one of the first projects in the county to be progressed largely because a large number of people Attached to community groups right along the route put in a lot of work to get the ball rolling However, consular McBride believes the council could and should be doing more Get it done for the pipeline. I've had walking groups approach me and say they were down first. It's been coming on board So I want to see the plan and I want a time frame on it I think if we deserve that at the stage of the game whether now a mainly dry day with sunny spells and well scattered showers Temperatures nine or ten degrees back with more ten o'clock until then. Good morning Your mental health is important and now it's easier than ever to find the supports and services closest to you You can free phone the your mental health information line at 1 800 1 1 1 8 8 8 any time Our team will tell you which supports and services are near you where they are located and how you can access them You can also visit your mental health dot ie for more information on mental health for you or for people You know your mental health dot ie from the HSE The 9 till noon show with letter Kenny credit union now offering mortgages from 40,000 to 600,000 euro with no hidden fees or transaction charges letter Kenny credit union 9102127 and Now it's time for the talk of the Northwest the 9 to noon show with Greg Hughes on Highland radio Good morning to you five minutes past nine Wednesday the 16th of March for a lot of us It's gonna feel like a Friday ahead of st. Patrick's Day tomorrow, of course an extra bank holiday this week Yeah, but also to keep in mind of course a Lot of people still have to work and we'll be working in a very busy environment and thinking on those two and hopefully They get looked after down the line. It's a busy show today We're gonna be crossing to London to preview our Saturday show live from there We're gonna be talking business matters with Kier. We've got live music from Schnee black we're gonna hear calls to have our bugs Reopen we're gonna be getting an update on the progress on the free school campus in Bunkrana and so much more besides Also, we're inviting you if you're involved with or organizing a st. Patrick's Day parade in your area And you want to give it a plug on the radio and let people in your area know Maybe everyone knows at this stage, but maybe there are those that don't so if you're behind St. Patrick's Day Parade or event in your town or village and you want the rest of the Northwest to hear about it and maybe get even more people out Getting contact with us now give Carolina call an 07 491 25,000 and later on Hopefully we'll get a few of you on just to describe what you've got planned for tomorrow and why people should attend and all that type Of stuff so a call out to you if you have an event planned for tomorrow a st. Patrick's Day event Obviously, they've been in hiatus for a couple of years and you want a free plug get in touch with us now 07 491 25,000 will be more than happy to get you on and give it a mention and give it a plug You can text them in too as well if you want to oh wait six sixty 25,000 because an awful lot of efforts gone in in an awful short amount of time and I know the big towns They're hugely important and they get a lot of the attention and rightly so there was lots of stuff happening around the region That we also want to make sure they get a plug as well and they get Recognized for their efforts so oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand to let us know via text or if you by the way know Someone is involved that may not be listening. Let them know what we're at Give us a call as I mentioned Caroline back on the phone back producing 07 491 25,000 the papers today Some of that the regular locals that come out in different days out a day early as you might understand The Treconal Tribune tells us that disagreement between public reps and Executive officials in Lyford about the need for a housing and infrastructure development in letter Kenny south of the River Swilly remains a work in Progress with no obvious agreement on a way forward this week a former member of letter Kenny town council who is involved with a Project seeking planning for a multi million euro housing and infrastructure plan Said the draft proposals put forward by officials on the northern fringes of the town are in opposition to the views of the elected representatives and the general public plenty on that in that paper today The inner shines tells us that families in a show no longer have any incentive for domestic recycling following increase in waste bin collection prices It appears Logan waste the boncran a base waste collection firm servicing the peninsula last week informed its customers of an increase in waste bin collection charges due to increased fuel costs the increase which came into effect on Monday March 14th means a 40 kilogram bin Containing recycling will cost 15 euro to lift as will a 40 kilogram bin containing compost However, a 40 kilogram bin containing non recyclables will cost 14 to lift one euro less in addition the excess charges on bins has risen to 35 cent per kilogram. I wonder is it more expensive to Recycle than it might be to dispose of other types of waste The Donegal post today a watch with green for first st. Patrick's Day parade since 2019 Donegal's expected to be a wash with green tomorrow as the county hosts multiple st. Patrick's Day parades for the first time since 2019 to be a welcome respite for the county and its people to properly celebrate its national holiday Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic this year There is the added bonus of a one-off second bank holiday this Friday March 18th This is a if you want to plug your event for st. Patrick's Day get in touch with us now 07491 25,000 to call 08 660 25,000 to text or WhatsApp And the Finvali voice tells us that staff at McElhenney store in Balaba Faye have raised over 22,000 euro in a sleepout for the people of Ukraine on the front steps of the store on Saturday night Which is a remarkable figure. I mean, I didn't give it much thought but I when I heard this was happening I certainly didn't think they'd be raising over 20,000 euro amazing Generosity from the public as Russia invades Ukraine. They committed to helping the individuals and families seeking shelter security and peace and the first Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn country arrived in Donningall yesterday I believe it's the first and if I'm wrong let me correct me into Bondor and the arrived yesterday the first families probably the furthest distance they'll travel from Their home to take a refuge a hero one of the furthest if you know what I mean on the west coast of Ireland But if there's other families that have arrived let us know 08 660 25,000 so as you've been hearing your energy bill It's gonna go up to 700 euro this according to the Irish Daily Mail now I don't really understand how all of this works. It's way above my pay scale. There's a few things that I do know Oil was at over 140 euro a barrel Over the last couple of days yesterday. It was at under 100 euro a barrel now I know gas and oil and there might be differences and I get that right But you see we saw a Huge decrease a 40% decrease in the cost of oil on the markets yesterday Do any of the companies absorb any of these increases at all? Like are we the only mugs that end up paying the price of war or whatever it might be like as we've said before We know the shell and BP in those companies. They've made record profits We heard of huge profits from the ESP now. I know they reinvest their money But we heard of huge profits from the ESP last week Like are we the only Egypt's that are picking up the price here? Is anyone else absorbing any of the cost here and even in the rebates that the government might try and award us Trying to do as much as they can but they can't cover all the costs. It's us that's doing it We're paying for that like How is this all acceptable? That's what I don't get the oil companies are making massive profits The electricity suppliers are making massive and none of them prepare to absorb any of these costs Do they not care that there are people literally freezing in their homes? Could they not do something themselves some sort of a wartime? You know not being dramatic, but you know what I'm saying it meant some sort of a wartime initiative to say for this period of time We aren't going to make the same level of profits or target those who might need the help the most But no it always comes down to us as soon as there is a sniff that they could be out any money at all See your price lock in for winter forget that that's out the window No one seems to be even batten an eyelid about that people switched suppliers Thinking that we're going to get some sort of security on the price That's just ripped up and thrown out the window because they don't want to lose money and that's fine It's just read as a headline as if that's what you do You know you make a winter price pledge you get people to switch over to you in good faith or stay with you in good faith And then when the going gets tough you just rip that up and bang up the prices and again everyone just goes Well, it's terrible. Isn't it? What about the government the government the government? Yeah, the government have a huge role to play But what about these companies where they're loyal customers everyone has to pay bar the shout and everyone Electricity or gas or oil and yet they will not absorb or seemingly not absorb any problems themselves They'll pass it on to us straight away to maintain their profits and as I say are we going to see that 40 euro? per 40 dollar Fall in the cost of oil are we going to see that no we're not that's going to be more profit I'll be maybe you know four or five days of them making extra profit because I'll be able to get all cheaper Energy cheaper, but they won't pass it on to us. It just further swells their coffers It's it's it's like a bookie, you know They have they have all the odds are stacked in their favor and we have no power and no one advocating for us No one standing up for us Well hard-pressed families are facing a 700 euro a year hike on their energy bills as the cost of living spirals further out of control Board cash energy one of the state's largest utility Companies with around 730 customers announced yesterday was raising prices after a winter long freeze and bills Maybe that winter freeze was already coming to a conclusion. I don't know. I'm rambling because I'm so angry But the unexpectedly steep increase will see electricity bills up to 27% and the average gas bill rise by 39 percent starting in a month's time But as charities pleaded for the government to make a pandemic-style financial intervention as we heard yesterday from alone T-shirt me how Martin warned the state will not be able to shield citizens entirely from the shock caused by the war in Ukraine and that's the front of the Irish Times Ukraine may not join NATO says Lenski is Russia bombards Kiev the there is a increased optimism Particularly those on the stock markets that a resolution may be found to this war in Ukraine Not immediately some are saying maybe April some are saying may but the language is changing the language being used publicly is changing and there are those that feel a Breakthrough could be in sight Some way down the line yet, but we're moving into a space where possibly there is an outcome To this that would end the war Ukraine president of Vladimir Zelensky has suggested that his country may be willing to temper its NATO membership ambitions as Russia intensified its shelling of Kiev and an Irish cameraman and his local colleague were killed while working near the city at least Five people died yesterday when Russian artillery fire hit residential areas of Kiev Where Moscow forces appear to be preparing for a major attack in only three weeks Into an invasion that has claimed thousands of lives and prompted more than three million people to flee to the European Sorry to the Union European Union states, okay Some criticism from Ryan air today in the inside of the Irish independent Ukraine's ambassador to Ireland has written a letter of protest to Ryan air after she claimed the airline had raised ticket prices for Refugees fleeing the war Larissa Grasco said she had written a letter to Ryan air a week ago However, she'd yet to receive a truck a reply and is currently waiting for a meeting with Transport Minister Raymond Ryan to discuss the issue Speaking at the rockers committee on European affairs Ms. Grasco welcome suggestions made by Sinn Fein deputy John Brady earlier that charter flights be officially arranged from Poland Would be very grateful for that because it is very difficult to buy tickets from Warsaw or from Krakow to Dublin she said and Onto the Irish Daily Star today, they've got more of a focus as all papers have but The on this particular sad story of an Irish cameraman He was killed in Ukraine after coming under fire in a vehicle while he was working for US broadcaster Pierre Zagresky who's 55 was traveling with his Fox News colleague Benjamin Hall on Monday in Harenko, which is on the outskirts of Kiev the pair were struck by Russian fire in the incident which claimed Zafzavsky's life and left Hall seriously injured at hospital His he was an Irish passport holder and his belief to have it was found amongst his belongings on a subsequent examination of his body It's understood he was born in Dublin and went to st. Connors College in Ballsbridge in the south of the city and was in the class of 1984 and Onto the Onto the son finally Facebook there are 17 million in the red now Not in total, but they've lost 17 million they've been fined that by an Irish board for breaching GDPR privacy laws The Irish data Protection Commission held an inquiry into 12 notifications They received between June 7th 2018 and a date in December 2018 They found that Facebook's parent company Meta platforms did not have the appropriate measures in place to protect users data across the UU they said their investigations found they had breached articles 5 and 24 of the general data Protection Regulation and imposed the hefty fine on them 17 million That's a steep one, isn't it and lastly in the mirror It's a bit of a sports one I suppose a lot of Manchester United fans out there might be disappointed for themselves and Ronaldo His glorious return to Creaky old Trafford is going to be Trophy-less Manchester United's trophy drought will extend into a sixth season After athletic on Madrid sent them tumbling out of the Champions League last night Renan Loddy's 41st minute header earned Diego Simone street-wise Spanish scrappers A win at old Trafford as they went through to the quarter-finals and the home fan showed the frustration by hurling missiles at Athletico boss Simone as that he went down the turn the tunnel at full-time lovely Um, I wonder will Manchester United go down in history sort of as a one-man era club to isn't I will particularly Alex Ferguson is that going to be the the reputation? I wonder oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand If you've got a comment on that or anything that was in the papers or to raise your own issues We've got plenty coming up to keep you entertained and informed. I'm sure Just to let you know that if you want to finally be in with the chance to win a trip for two to Turkey You need to get on to Highlands radio.com now because the competition lines close at 11 o'clock It's not competition lines. It's the competition portal for Turkey. Okay, so we've got two great prizes The first prize which will be announced at a later date is a ten thousand euro holiday voucher plus five thousand spending money That's fantastic, but to incentivize you to enter early. 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Which has been condemned at the weekend for beheading? 81 people who weren't given a fair trial a country that can we will kill you for simply Being gay and is not behind the door when it comes to bombing the neighbors And I don't mean that in any way facetiously because it's a very serious issue But that is what Boris Johnson is doing Saudi Arabia also own a Premiership Club in Newcastle not necessarily directly, but the wealth of the the country owns now owns Newcastle The Premiership Club, so he's jumping out of bed with one country into bed with another all for the sake of oil Of course, and you know who's to say he has to provide for his people I suppose but it just you can turn it's just the fact that they've stopped doing deals with Russia to go and do deals with another country that is very similar in some aspects to Russia Anyway, that's the international scene. Let's get local now because a member of the Donegal Education and Training Board is warning the three school campus in Bonkrona is still some years away Last evening education Minister Norma Foley confirmed that the project has been given initial project approval Which means a design team can be appointed now ahead of the preparation of detailed plans and drawings But Chancellor Rena Donahue says there's still a long way to go By the way a compulsory purchase order has been approved for the site on causeway road with talks ongoing between the department Of education and the land owners. Okay, let's get the reaction of Kevin Cooley, who's good enough to speak to us on a regular occasion on this issue Kevin Cooley principal of Krana College, Bonkrana. How are you getting on Kevin? Nice to speak to you Good morning, Greg. Nice to speak to you as well. Right. Okay. So I think this is from all our conversations Over the path. This is positive. We have we have the end of the end insight Absolutely, Greg. And it was it was brilliant to get the news yesterday just before The press release went out that we're at the stage now of approving a design team All of the work that we've been doing so far has been get to this stage There's still more stages to go through but Every step forward and the process is progress as well. So At least we're going to get to kind of visualize what our new school is going to look like now before it goes to planning So yes, it is very exciting to be at this stage now Yeah, and and you can almost allow yourself to visualize life in a new school some way down the road Yeah, and you know Classrooms and schools is all about the environment that you're in We we all learned when we were teaching and learning online that You know, it's not ideal. This idea was was peddled many many years You know, what would it like if we moved to online learning? We tried it out and it did work for a few students But for most and for teachers it it wasn't ideal So the learning environment and the the spaces that you create in schools are so important So yes, we'll be able to visualize and get an idea of what we'll be moving into in a few years time now So for those from outside the area new to the story I think everyone The majority of people certainly in initial and perhaps further afield would know what we're talking about Can you give us a brief overview of what the situation is now and what this new school campus might look like? Well, the way it looks now is just like in your introduction. The the cpo has been granted and work and developing the How the the the the whole progress is going to work now has been going on since well before Christmas and November and December time The Department of Education have done their research into the long-term projection Enrollments for Bunkrana at primary school and secondary school level and they have They're going to provide a second level school For 800 students and that that will be divided up 700 for krana college 100 for college to kennel own And that will see us well into the future as well, too So it'll give us some room to expand but as we know too with a new school, it'll give us the the the new The new school equipment and environment as well Other than the practicalities of it. Is there any advantage to a co-location from a teaching perspective? It's it's something we're not used to I've been speaking to other principles and in schools or campuses that And the republican down south where they they have a few schools on the same site It is very new to us But anyone I've been speaking to does say that it that it works and that the principles and management do make it work So we were excited to get our new school. We'll see How the the the the day-to-day running of it will work And that will obviously need some tweaking to what we're used to now But whatever we're faced with whatever we're given we will make it work Even the traffic management plan Kevin, that's going to be a nightmare Yeah, well It's not get it's a nightmare for you not for you to put it in place. It's a nightmare for to get us parents to listen to it Yeah, I mean I live in the town as well too and and the the Cassie Road or the Cosby Road is That is a particularly difficult place, you know, in Bunkrana for traffic to get out of so to me It's kind of exciting as well and that this will Hopefully create a solution to what is a big problem at the moment as well Sorry Kevin, have you again given any indication when we might see Diggers on-site because the one thing we do know is these buildings do go up very very quickly, you know, if the will is there We have people expert and beating building these schools and as I say they they they can Look very finished very very quickly. But when Can you allow yourself to sort of predict when We might actually see work begin in terms of the physical stuff You know, it's how long is a piece of string, Greg? We just I don't know time-wise And all I'm been going on I'm asking the same question myself very really really often Um, it we go to the same team stage first of all then to planning then to tendering Four builders and then they move on site. Um, I'm told that, you know, it could happen within three years At the earliest But it could be between, you know more than realistic It'll be between three and five years before we're actually in the in the building All right, but still it's progress and it's real progress and we've talked many many times not just you and I but everyone Connected with this have talked many times and it seemed like there was never to be any process that progress That's how it felt. But we have seen that now and it is to be welcomed Kevin, thanks so much as always. Have a great day. Enjoy your longer weekend as well, of course Well-earned. Okay. Thanks very much indeed. Kevin Cooley there who is principal of crana college in Bunkrana, okay Greg, would you give a little mention please to our coffee morning? There's also a raffle and a bric-a-brac It's in glen bar school on st. Patrick's day from 9 30 that is tomorrow And runs all dates in aid of small animals. Thank you, Greg So if you have a love of animals and you want to help the smaller ones There's a coffee morning raffle and bric-a-brac in glen bar school on st. Patrick's day from 9 30 Maybe call in ahead or after your visit to a parade or something like that Where do we get the 200 euro for the electric? It is just give it's um You don't get it into your hand. I think those on prepay get to 100 euro vouchers. I think that's how it's working depending on the company So if you're on prepay you get two codes to import into your into your system worth 200 euro and you will Get your bill as normal. I presume for other Payment methods and it will just say minus 200. So if your bills normally 215 euro, it'll be you know 215 euro less rebate 15 euro or 400 less 200 200. That's the way we're not going to get it into our hands But as I said, I think with prepay it's being given as two codes and for Direct debit payments or you know, what do you call it paying for your electricity after you've used it? I don't know Post pay post usage having a clue. Anyway, we will just get it debited from our electricity bill keep an eye out for it It would be easy missed, you know Oil 100 dollars a barrel today 140 last friday should be a bit reduction in petrol prices next week You would think wouldn't you but I mean, I just think You know they Do they just pick a number like say right the height was 140 We're down at 100 now. Let's just strike rate at 130 and that's what we'll pass on to the customer And if it goes down to 100 it's extra a bit of cash for them. That's how it that's how it looks That's how it feels But there's such a lack of transparency and how our our money is taken out of our pockets We're left to speculate So look at the crack last week as it relates to the excise Reduction the government themselves didn't even understand fully how that whole system works And look at the confusion that caused very uh We just need I think things need to be an awful lot clearer for us The 9 till noon show with letter Kenny credit union now offering mortgages with life cover provided at no additional cost letter Kenny credit union 9102 127 Attention pet owners Do you ever wonder what is the best food for your dog organic grain free or dry and wet food mixed? Don't ask just anyone ask maxi zoo. 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Yeah, as I say I enjoyed it I couldn't notice any change because it was my first time there But I thought it was really impressive and it was just at the time where we were able to do something and the weather was great And I loved it. But anyway, uh, you've been there over the years. You had a recent visit Tell us what's changed. What's happened? What's your worry favorite parts of Donegal favorite parts of Ireland and yet totally was a very much a regular view visitor they're all the time up until the pandemic and This year when we went back my husband and I were up on saturday and I was just so Saddened whenever you go in and you go in through the orange ray and then you go into wall gardens The first thing that you're just waiting for is that whole um overload for the senses from the the the the wall garden and the whole first Here of the wall garden section has been sewn over with grass I What does that mean though because I'm trying to picture it in my head what that Right, whenever right if you go up in the summertime the wall garden is just a total experience for the senses It is full of flowers vegetables. Oh, right. I don't know what you mean by a walled garden. Yes Yeah, it's just it's just a you can walk around it and there's little as little a little house there Isn't there or a little old gardener shed or something and then there's a right I know exactly where we're talking about now. It's to the left of the castle, isn't it? So if you know where the tea rooms are yes, you go on through then you went to the orange ray like this like a big fabulous greenhouse sort of thing Yes, and then you go through that then into the wall garden So you're telling me that all those beautiful flowers that you can walk around and and and witness and that's not there any longer The wall garden is a huge wall garden. I would say it's probably one of the bigger It's definitely one of the biggest one in in Donegal. I don't know about Ireland But it's kind of divided into two sections You have the upper section and then you have the lower section The lower section the majority of it has now been all sewn over with grass and there's a few Intersecting where the main sort of garden wall section gardens would have been in it Have like there's some daffodils there and now there's one lone gardener there working away and we just got talking to her because Can I just be a wee bit careful with this because that person is identifiable Mary I'm just I know she is but I'm just in case that you say that she says it's because of this reason, right? And I just don't want to get anyone into if there was a thousand gardeners. It would be different, but I just don't want to Visit her with any problems. Okay, but So we can presume then that they they're not funding the level of gardeners that they once did I think we can presume that can't we? Yeah, that's what I would Yeah, that is absolutely what I would assume and for me as a Donegal woman and just Like glanvey is or or treasure For one for better word. It is one of our main tourist attractions Yes, if you have never been to glanvey before and you went to wall garden You will get an experience So compared to what it would be whenever the flowers the vegetables But you go to glanvey for people who don't have gardens So you go up in a town or you want to take your children You don't have the luxury of having this garden a beautiful garden You go to glanvey and you come away feeling totally inspired to even just Pot something up in your windows. So, you know, you don't get that now I I just think this is something that should not be allowed to happen It's too important. I wonder is it sometimes grasped over. I mean, is there a reason why maybe they do it for For other reasons like is it is this the first time sections of it have been grasped over? I've ever seen it. I have to go into glanvey since glanvey opened. Um, I don't know how many years ago from a young start I have been visiting glanvey I I I don't get it. I don't see why you would grasp it over because a wall garden is a working garden Um, you know, there may be another reason for it. Maybe you could get talking to them, but for me Personally, I just think it is something that it just stands out like a sore thumb The wall gardens are an intrinsic part of the the whole Glanvey experience And as well as that too people might sort of look at reviews Uh, they might go on the website, uh, you know Google images or wherever they might go and have an expectation When they pay at the door if if garden is if the garden is their thing to see something only Only only to be met by something Different too, so there could be a bit of a kickback Uh, particularly as the visiting numbers pick up heading into the summer For anyone that would go to glanvey for the wall garden experience Now there's just the whole thing as an an amazing experience But the wall gardens it was it was like it was just like the jewel was in the whole glanvey experience It's for me. It's just it's such a loss. Sorry. I know the upper half is still going to be there, but To me it seems like a very slippery slope slope And I just I really felt that um, it should be drawn to the tension of those who can actually make sure that It's brought back to its full glory We are going to get on to the national parks and we're going to find out what's going on In fact, we have of course, I mean obviously caroline has because caroline's super efficient We're waiting on someone who's super efficient in national parks to open that email and get back to us and And find out what's going on. Is it funding cuts? Is it is it what I don't know Uh, and I think we both can concede marry that on the wider scale of things. This isn't the issue of the year But it's uh, it's it's an important we think because this is the type of stuff people get a bit of relief from and enjoy And uh, we need to know why things have changed. All right. Let's see what we get back on that. Mary. Thanks for that Not a problem. Thank you. All right. Bye. Bye. Take care of yourself. Is that something you have a view on? I'll wait 60 25 000 is to say we are going to be getting a statement from national parks just to find out what uh, the story is there There's some more of your comments coming into us now Uh, Greg this government does not care about the people. They'll be well able to pay the extra costs for coal Now electric and diesel but the man on the street On his own to and we need to take to the streets so the government See we mean business. I don't really think that I mean it can be effective. Um, but just in this one I don't know Those schools have to go to dairy to swim Why not include a pool in the design if there is room? I know it's extra cost, but it will pay in the long run That's as it relates to the uh new school campus Another one here. 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You're flying Okay, so any frosty and icy patches and that mist should be clearing soon To give a bright day with sunny spells well scattered showers highest temperatures of 9 to 10 degrees And a lot of you will be keeping an eye on the weather for tomorrow or the morning of st Patrick's Day mostly cloudy with sherry may rain though it will clear the region To leave the afternoon dry and brighter with showers becoming very isolated Though it will be breezy with fresh gusty southwest winds which will ease later on Right Paul Leonard is national lead with community Action on alcohol and joins us on the program now great to have you back on the show paula. Good morning to you Good morning. Greg. How are you? I am good. I'm good. Right. Okay, so um a new alcohol harm initiative which was uh initiated born in donningall it's being launched nationally and beyond Okay, so before we talk about where this is going tell us where it started and what is it? Well, um in my role in alcohol for my and I support um as you know the community action on alcohol program So I work with drug and alcohol task forces around the country And I suppose in the aftermath of the Irish government's adoption of the public health alcohol act A lot of communities across Ireland are becoming very concerned that there seem to be increasing activity and sort of creeping of influence by the alcohol industry at the community level and that was presenting itself Say in schools or in partnerships and CSR activity Um, and really we came together last year and said well, what can we do about it? Do we sit and wait for government to you know always impose new regulations or do we just you know Can you can you give us an answer of of of that type of marketing that the the industry's engaging in? Yeah, so I suppose With the eye mark there's it's huge. This is a huge conversation with eye mark What we tried to do was bring that huge conversation and bodies of research into Sort of six tangible things that people could easily get their head around So we're saying there's six key strategies that we're worried about in relation to the alcohol industry And so that's political lobbying. That was you know misinformation in relation to risk in of cancer Misinformation in relation to risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancy The responsible drinking campaigns that don't have an evidence base aren't scientifically Founded and you know in some cases have been shown to be a nudge towards alcohol consumption And funding and partnership activities at local levels and then finally the schools based interventions that we really are describing as a No-go area. Yeah, because I mean obviously Drink responsibly presumes everyone drinks or will drink Just even on the most basic level it just normalizes. Well, everyone drinks obviously it's just whether you decide to drink responsibly or You know booze to your blue in the face Yes, um a conversation probably worth having with st. Patrick's day on the horizon But yeah, I mean that's exactly what they found. I mean the word drink is always before the word responsibly And in fact that message is embedded into every positive image of alcohol that you see in the country It's on every ad it's in every marketing campaign So we then take that and bring that into our schools as part of a program So it's normalizing alcohol as an ordinary adult behavior Of course and the first thing we do and and these are the legislators The first thing they do if there is a foreign dignitary Visiting Ireland is get them up to pull a pint again So, you know get them into a pub to pint again as it's it's from the bottom up and the top down Yeah, so I suppose with iMark what we're doing is we're very much at the moment focusing on the bottom up And we're saying to communities that we're feeling really frustrated and disempowered Um and slightly in some cases under siege, you know where people who worked for Previously or currently with the alcohol industry. We're looking, you know to have membership on boards in charity organizations across Ireland and we thought well Here's a way of first of all making visible resistance So there's lots of organizations who don't collaborate with and won't take funding So it was made making that visible collectively and then having conversations with other organizations who'd never thought about this stuff before And in fact, we found that people are really interested in this and the uptake has been great Even in Donegal, you know, we have had early adopters even though we've just launched last thursday Yeah, and I suppose we need to get to a space too and and everything we've talked about probably leads to it I mean, I think anyone listening to this show that doesn't drink If they tell people that they don't drink when they're offered a drink There's just literal disbelief You must drink. Yeah Yeah, I think that's really, you know, the world health organization in the simplest terms talks about normalizing the choices of the non-drinker You know, so one in five adults in this country consistently say in research that they don't drink alcohol So I don't understand if it's one in five of them. Why we're always so surprised So they're the silent Minority of people who don't have visibility, you know, drink. You're not drinking tonight. You never drink. You've never drank. Have you ever drank? You know, it's like it's you hear the conversation over and over again So and for women, it's you know, are you pregnant and sick and driving? Can you not get a taxi? It's you know, so you're interrogated all of the time simply because of your choices, right? I'm Drifting all over the place here. So apologies for that So tell us I mark how it actually works though because you talk about people signing up and I know you have touched on it But I'm a bit slow on certain things Like is it organizations? Is it schools? Is it businesses? Or how is it? How is it actually working? In Donnie Gaul and what could we expect to see say on a national international level? That's kind of it's growing arms and legs very quickly. We do exist in the community and voluntary sector So our ambition or first modest ambition was that we would have it available to members of the community, the voluntary and the charity sectors in Ireland and the youth sector For example, the National Youth Council of Ireland just signed up last week Which is fantastic because that will have an impact on young people and young people Beginning to become consciously aware that they're being played for most by a very powerful very large industry um, so, you know That was our first goal Um, and that it was a brand a logo a commitment and a pledge that you could sign up to and say We are an organization that won't accept funding that won't collaborate with that won't share a stage with and if there is An alcohol industry funded schools based program in our area. We will challenge that or we will talk to the And we will tell them that you know, it's not okay for us as parents We weren't asked for permission. We were told that it's alcohol industry funded So that we would start to do that But the arms and legs of it is that you know people in the academic sector are now talking about I had a request from Connecticut this morning about whether or not we could look at having something for research scientists Um, we are now looking at possibly I mark for schools Um, I mark globally. We have the first meeting of a global steering group that's happening at the end of april Because I think what's happened is the evidence has existed for 20 years But within a small tight circle of privilege people Yeah, what is the aim of this though, Paul? I mean, you're not looking for the obliteration of the of the drinks industry You know, I mean people are free to make their choices and what have you we're not talking about banning alcohol or Whatever, right? So what is what is the aim of this? Is it to stop? Maybe the the soft sell early on or I don't know Yeah, it's got nothing to do with it. I mean legitimately the alcohol industry have a job or they produce alcohol They retail alcohol, you know, they sell it. They should sell it responsibly Their goal is profit they exist in the business sector So on the other side of the fence you have health and well-being and what we're saying is that the alcohol industry has no role In policy in relation to health and well-being not in ireland not anywhere It shouldn't have a role in relation to schools based education We weren't tolerated to have the tabacco industry coming in and teaching our children about smoking We just wouldn't do it. It sounds laughable. So alcohol is so normalized So let them do the job that they do which is sell alcohol But we want to take their hands off our health and we want to take their hands off our children's education I was sitting watching It was over maybe over saturday and sunday. I don't know Uh, but it was over saturday and sunday morning No lions, you know, you know the crack. Um, and it was between nine and eleven o'clock. I'd switched between the bbc itv Certainly channel four and possibly channel five and at one point everyone was sitting around drinking wine Now many of those shows were live. It's a tits to do with the cockery shows They were sitting around Drinking wine. Oh, that's the lovely wine that goes nice with this and goes and I'm thinking I remember in saturday morning I used to get up and watch tits was and stuff like that there, you know Or whatever it might have been and now saturday and sunday mornings is growing up people just sitting around Drinking wine no health warnings. No Nothing I mean, that's how far it is that's how far it is in terms of normalizing for the just general society I mean, it wouldn't be great if one of those shows took a lead and says look we can present our program But we're not going to sit around boozing at half nine in the morning I think I think this is a huge topic And what we were trying to do was make it into bite sized chunks. We're not going to fix everything And that's about you know broadcasting Sort of values and regulations and product placement. And you know, it's not just advertising It's that subliminal or ambient marketing as they call it Um, and I think that you know, what we're trying to do with iMac is say This is what we can do from the grassroots level up And now it's up to government to step up in terms of from the top, of course, and I get that I get that Yeah, you know and for us what we're trying to do is Denormalize the messages. I mean what people have been quite chapped about Greg. I mean, we've had 11 Oh, sorry 10 um Local and regional drug and alcohol task forces across the country have already signed up time mark. Okay So they're really leading the way and they're saying in the communities that we work with quite big areas um north county Dublin, Bali, Montalac, Lundok and Cork City the whole of the west You know, so huge numbers of them have signed off because they think it's really a really useful too Because what they're saying is that they now have something that they can go out and start to talk to Groups that they found or groups that they work with and say Do you know that what you think about cancer and the risk from alcohol has probably been determined by the industry? You know, huge studies have shown that they either minimize omit Or confuse the evidence in relation to alcohol is a class one person And anyone who's watched programs So I'm not I don't want to get anyone in trouble But anyone who's watched programs like dope secret any other shows like that there that see how the industry Can operate in the background and even if they say well, listen if we can keep this narrative going till 2030 That's another 18 billion in the bank. Oh, you know what? I'm on about us to say again. I'm probably so like I mean, it's clear the I think the medical evidence is clear there if you would look for but Everything is putting our way to see in a different way in a different light and the what what we want to hear Everyone wants to I would love to hear that something I'm drinking or eating doesn't give me cancer Because we're very receptive to that because that's positive. That's great It's positive. But look, it's really hard for people because there's so much evidence We live in an information age and how do we know what's robust and scientific and independent And how do we know what's funded by the industry? Well, we're relying government to help us with that though Yeah, but what Reacher's scientists are saying to us now is look if they stuck the iMac at the end of every published paper that they had We could trust yeah, but they're not being influenced by the industry So that visibility that of this little idea that we came up with that's now taking on job of proportions Um, and that's not to over talk it. I mean, you know seven countries in Africa and Asia contacted me in the day after Brilliant. It's fantastic. How do we do this? Yeah, and you know the chief advisor to the WHO and our policy has advised me in relation to the development of our toolkit And he said share This is the time iMac is an idea. His time has come where can we get more information on on it? You can get information on the alcohol form website Um, so we've just launched our new website. So there's little sections aren't completely, you know polished yet The legs and arms haven't quite extended in there yet Yeah, but we do have a lovely new website of the talks about the broader work about alcohol My relationship now works across the tavern monitor I'm well done to to to everyone involved in it locally because uh, although you're underplaying it Well, you're not underplaying it a little bit But you know, you can't blow your own trumpet too much But this is something that's uh, gonna be really quite significant right across the place Uh in time to come. Thanks so much for your time this morning. I appreciate it Greg lovely to talk you too, okay Paula Leonard their national lead with community action on alcohol The 90 noon show is brought to you by letter. Kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions Visit letter. Kenny. 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It's 10 o'clock donal kavna at the news desk the principal of krana college says the bank rana three school campus Has taken a big step forward But acknowledges the finished product is still a long way off A design team is to be appointed after the education minister gave the green light for initial project approval yesterday Talks between the department of education and landowners on the site on the causeway road are ongoing after a cpo Was previously approved Well the principal of krana college kevin cooly says being realistic It could be five years before they're in a new building. I'm asking the same question myself very really really often um It we go to the design team stage first of all then to planning then to tendering Four builders and then they move on site I'm told that you know it could happen within three years at the earliest But it could be between you know more than realistic It'll be between three and five years before we're actually in the in the building The finance minister says the government cannot cover all of the extra costs being faced by people and businesses this year People are being warned household energy bills could rise by around 700 euro per family after price hike was announced by board gosh They're ending their winter price pledge from april 15th and raising gas tariffs by 39 and electricity prices by 27 It's expected other energy suppliers will follow suit The minister pasco dinner who says well people will soon feel the effects of the energy rebate and the reduction in excise on fuel The government can't meet all the extra costs We've brought in additional payments as well such as 175 euro which has been made available to those Families to pensioners who will be particularly affected by these changes But they do want to count it all by do acknowledging that even with the changes that we have made or Or other You know measures that the government has to put in place to deal with other challenges that we are facing at the moment We can't cover all of the costs An Irish man who was killed in Ukraine yesterday has been described as one of the good ones Fox news cameraman pierce a chest keep died after the vehicle He was traveling in was hit with incoming fire in Horengka a village just outside Kiev LA Times foreign correspondent Marcus yam became close with pier when the pair covered the conflict in afghanistan Very fearless. 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We're back with news headlines again at 11 o'clock The obituary notices for wednesday morning the 16th of march The death has occurred of mary mooney brachy ardraa Her remains are opposing and relate residents in brachy Removal from there tomorrow at 20 to 1 going to the church of the holy family ardraa For one o'clock funeral mass burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery Mary's funeral mass can be viewed on mcn media The death has taken place of holly hill late of 14 mil haven syon mills private family time from 9 p.m Service of thanksgiving for the life of holly will be held in syon mills presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon at half past two followed by interment in urney cemetery Family flowers only please donations and loo if desired to syon mills presbyterian church Care of any family member or to miss ashlyn henderson 11 mil haven syon mills The death has taken place of shon mcgee largan rea downings His remains are opposing at his late residence Funeral tomorrow going to the church of saint john the baptist carrie gart for requery and mass at half past 11 followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery The death has taken place of morade mcfay knee loog of 91 bali kelly road limavadi county dairy and formerly of maharad burn fit congy donny gall funeral from her home tomorrow morning at half past nine for 10 o'clock requery and mass in saint mary's church limavadi and termed afterwards in the adjoining cemetery The mass can be viewed live via the church webcam The death has taken place in her 100th year of margaret frail knee market here gordon a try carrie kelly donny gall margaret's remains will repose at her late residence from one o'clock today Requery and mass will be held on friday morning at half past 10 in saint columbus church mass mount Followed by burial in the adjoining graveyard The requery and mass can be viewed live via the saint mary's fanavolte and saint columbus mass mount facebook page Family flowers only please Donations and loo if desired to the donny gall hospice care of any family member or market here funeral directors The death has taken place of jone adeline mooney knee mckinley funeral leaving her late home at burrow house burt this afternoon at half past one Followed by a service of thanksgiving for her life in all saint's parish church newton cunningham at two o'clock burial afterwards in the adjoining churchyard Family flowers only donations and loo if desired to all saint's parish church hall fund care of mrs. worth hay funeral director The death has taken place of patrick daughty bali kerrigan clochan patricks remains are reposing at his home funeral leaving his late residence at quarter past 10 for requery and mass this morning in the church of our lady of perpetual sucker glen fin in term and afterwards in kilty vogue cemetery The requery and mass can be viewed on mcn media dot tv The death has taken place of john daughty bali argus red castle john's remains are reposing in saint columbus church drone quigley's point Requery and mass this morning at 11 o'clock followed by burial in the adjoining graveyard And the death has taken place of mora o'donnell nema glocklin craigna horna caron donna funeral this morning at 11 o'clock in the sacred heart church caron donna Travelling to the church via the mountain road In term and afterwards in the adjoining cemetery at the family's request the wake and removal to the church our private place For more details including any family health guidelines for wakes and funerals, please go to highland radio dot com Your mental health is important and now it's easier than ever to find the supports and services closest to you You can free phone the your mental health information line at 1800 111 888 anytime Our team will tell you which supports and services are near you where they are located and how you can access them You can also visit your mental health dot ie for more information on mental health for you or for people you know Your mental health dot ie From the hse with all the stories that matter across the northwest It's greg hughes on the nine to noon show on highland radio Okay, you're welcome back to the program You have one hour to enter our a big holiday giveaway competition If you also want to be in with an opportunity to win that week's holiday For two in turkey. It's a holiday of a lifetime competition. It's 10 000 euro Of a holiday voucher for you to use all in one goal or as you wish plus 5000 euro spending money You can go on to our website right now highland radio dot com want to get for a 10 or 6 for 50 Or 10 for 80 the closing date for those entries 13th of april so plenty of time isn't there But there's less than 50 minutes if you want to enter that competition and still be in with a chance to win a prize today of a holiday For two people in turkey for this october that draw is going to be made between 11 and 12 So you've got until 11 o'clock to enter the overall competition and still be in with a chance to win that sunway holiday One week holiday for two people in turkey for this october Okay, so if you're inclined to get involved The sooner you do so the better What about alcohol marketing on all the soaps and on the rover's return queen vic in the pub and on the rte All before the water shed. Yeah, I don't I understand that. I mean it's in a It's it's in a context kind of a thing. I I I agree with you But particularly I just find as I say and I'm no shrinking violet by the way I enjoy drink myself in case anyone thinks that I'm being all righteous. That's not my point But the whole notion of the saturday and sunday morning sitting around drinking wine That completely normalizes. I mean if you were 13 or 14 and sitting watching that and were wondering should you drink or not I mean you'd go well sure look at everyone does don't they they must do because there's adults just sitting there Having a drink and talking all fancy about it and food Hi, gregory the esp rebate if there isn't 200 on your bill will the rest be taken off the next bill. Thank you I'm not 100% sure how that works. I imagine that your bill will go into credit And that's how that will work. So if your bill if you were lucky enough to have a bill normally It'd be hard to get a bill under 200. 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It's part of an Islington Council month-long programme celebrating Irish heritage and as I mentioned we're broadcasting live from there and we are delighted to welcome on to the programme now in Islington's history the first Irish-born Mayor, Councillor Troy Gallagher, originally from Letherkenny in Donegal. Troy, good morning to you and thank you so much for joining us. Good morning Greg, thank you very much for inviting me. It's great to have you with us. Right, so when were you appointed as Mayor of Islington and how does that work? So I was elected Mayor of Islington last year by elected by the councillors. On May the 20th I was now graded as the first Irish-born Mayor of Islington which is fantastic Greg, great honour to be Mayor but really truly exceptional honour to be the first Irish-born Mayor given the amount of, given the huge Irish contribution towards London and Islington but also the fact that Islington actually Greg has the highest level of Irish-born residents living in the borough of any of the 32 boroughs across London. Yes and this is not in any way to take away from your amazing achievement but it's surprising it took this long. Yeah quite exactly indeed. Yeah and what is the role of Mayor, I mean obviously in this county people will be familiar with the role of Mayor, is it similar or in any way different? There are a lot of similarities but the difference would be in the level of promotion liaison with different stakeholders, the Mayor of the City of London across the boroughs and also being able to be the first citizen of the borough and people forget that about the Mayor, being the first citizen of the county is unlocked with responsibilities and as you would expect being involved in strategic discussions about the run of the council, budget sentence etc and being their political presence. And where did your interest in politics come from Troy? Well it started way back actually in Donegal, I'd always been interested in politics. My first bit of campaigning was going to have campaign efforts. So then Senator Sean Maloney and he used to be the first Labour senator for Donegal and I was out door knocking with him even on Eve of Poland and both Dad and his son Gabriel Maloney forgetting to do Manor Cunningham, Madrush at half year didn't have to do that in Manor Cunningham. And the excitement and speaking to people, building the personal relationships which I believe is really important in politics and having that listening. I'd have to say I'm probably one of the worst politicians because I do more or less than I do talking. You've got the balance wrong there but it's obviously working for you and you stuck to your Labour roots, you're a Labour rep on the council aren't you? I am yes, I represent Bonnell Ward. Brilliant stuff. Right so talk to us about the month-long programme celebrating Irish heritage. Is this the first time this has happened? Is this your idea or is this something that has happened annually previously? No, never happened before and I was very clear when I wanted to become mayor. I was deputy mayor obviously for two years because of the COVID years. All of the Irish people in the nation had said to me, look if you ever become mayor we need to have something that celebrates the Irish and sometimes it all seems that we can be forgotten about as we refer to it in the community. So I spoke to different people, probably about hundreds of years and that's no exaggeration over the course of two and a half years. Tell me what is it you would actually like? We can't always be just the stereotype, just have the crack and just be all focused on the pubs etc. So between different age groups, young and old, all contributed towards shaping this programme and you'll see there's quite a variety and a rich diverse mix in that programme, whether it be from the Kailes to the Gala Ball on Saturday night and then on Sunday we have the Family Funday with Irish storytelling, Irish music going on, we've got the Ghost on Shave playing live along with a band called Kila and various stuff for all age groups from the Sunday. Can I just also say, Greg, one of the thoughts throughout the whole month, I was very keen to get involved in schools and St Joseph's School particularly has a high level of Irish teachers and Donegal teachers that work there. So they helped to contribute towards what the schools programme would be involved and I had a great pleasure of going out to join the Boron classes in local schools and I got an email, Greg, which I think you and your lesson would be very interesting about, was that not only did the students enjoy learning the Boron and how much it helped people, but for people with special educational needs really found it a real good way of communication and a bit of therapy as well. And they actually asked, so apart from sending me the thanks and the organisers, they actually asked, the schools actually looked towards partial fund ongoing Boron classes as a legacy. So that's a special educational needs. Yeah, that's a wonderful achievement. And so in terms of, we're going to be talking an awful lot on Saturday about the Donegal Irish influence in Islington. It's cultural, of course, and it's political through yourself and others. But also, you know, people go over there and grafted and have helped build up the place as well, I'm sure. Yeah, absolutely. And actually, Greg, give me, I think two years ago, I was listening to Highland Radio and I remember on Patrick's week, you were saying you had an experience of working in construction over in London at some point. I worked in construction here, but it was actually in the hospitality industry in East London. Yeah, so. Yeah, but like yourself, people working in construction, but at one point, there was 85% of the Irish nurses that worked in the Warrington based in Islington. And there's currently quite a high percentage working in London National Service. But one of the key themes is about the change in role of the Irish immigrant. And that is no longer do we have the nurses in the navies, which was what our forefathers came and done, helped build Britain. But now the new immigrant themselves involved politics, IT, media and finance can help shape the future and build that new tomorrow. But we can talk about more about that on Saturday. Yeah, for sure. Your life now for the foreseeable is London based, is it true? Yeah, at the moment, but you never say never. No, of course. I mean, if you asked me 20 years ago, would I be the first Irish former? I would probably laugh at you. Yeah, but listen, that I think that kind of in a ways that is our story abroad, isn't it? We always surprise ourselves or can surprise ourselves. And I'm bringing the weather to I mean, I've managed to pull a few strings to ensure that we're going to have very nice weather over the course of the weekend in London. That's all I could do for you, other than bring in ourselves. That's fantastic. Can I just say, first of all, a huge thanks to everyone being involved in this here. I know a bit in the formal thanks on Sunday evening. But I do want to thank all the local people in London who've been involved in this programme. So, Pat and McFadden from Guidor, Sam McBride, Stephen Collins, Brian McBride, Damian Medardi, and of course, my uncle who, you know, had Nora Gallagher. I also want to thank Highland Radio. I want to thank you, Greg, and particularly Carly and Nora. Would you believe that the Merrill team now have been in contact so much with Carly and they now say to me, can they ask you a wee quick question before you go, Mr Merrill? They've got, she's put onto them so long they've got her twang now in her little brokerage site. And I want to thank Donegal County Council. Cairn Brogan, Gary Martin, Anne-Marie Conlon, and of course, Emin Brown. And I couldn't escape without saying there are people I forgot, but also can I just say hello to Mum here and Carrey while I'm on here. All right, listen, it's a wonderful achievement of yours, Troy, and just in our brief conversation, I can kind of see how it's happened for you. What do you think the highlight for the weekend for you will be? And I mean, you know, is it the ball? Will it be the family day on Sunday? You're just looking at the whole thing as just being a wonderful, enjoyable celebration. Yeah, it's not about me. Greg, it's about the Irish people who contribute here. You know, I think when we enjoy the whole lot and just have a great sense of pride and being able to do this and the huge collaborative partnership and relationship building that we have done to celebrate the success of the Irish the last 100 years. And I think people, and I think we look forward to the next 100 years where we can ship but the new society post pandemic and what that looks like between Ireland and England strengthen that relationship, not just at national level, but also at local level between County Councils. Yeah, for sure. And we're going to be doing plenty of that at the weekend. Right, all going well. We look forward to chat to you on Saturday and teasing out this a bit more and teasing out the links and speaking to those involved. And I really can't wait. And as I say, we look forward to seeing you in the flesh. Thanks so much, Greg. Take care of yourself. That's Councillor Troy Gallagher, a native of Letter County, of course, the first Irish born mayor in Islington's history, which as Troy pointed out, they're really quite remarkable given the amount of people, Irish people with Irish backgrounds over there. 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Yeah, I suppose like many other artists, myself and my dad, Alex Black, we took to Facebook Lives to keep ourselves sane to... And I'm very glad we did because it was actually a lot easier transitioning now back out to gigging again. You know, I suppose if we would have took a break and not sang for that period, it would have been hard to get back into, but so we began a streaming live on Facebook, thinking not really anything of it and slowly it started to increase. Yeah, and you were still performing, but it's just a different type of performance, wasn't it? Yeah, but I began to realise that there was a lot of Irish abroad tuning in, and it really expanded, Greg, and it was from people all over the world, and they had Irish connections, Irish family, and the music made the connection, made the home... Well, I don't know if it made them more homesick or... But it helped people through difficult times, and it helped us as well. And does that kind of feed into your new single? Because there's a theme there too, isn't there? It's funny, you know, how everything here is linked. I'll briefly tell you, so... Take it out, we're in no panic. Oh, we're good, we've all day. Well, I wouldn't go that far, but I do have to get a flight tomorrow. So I feel very appreciated by the Irish everywhere. Like, I can't believe, like, to give you an example, 140,000 people are tuning into the show on a weekly basis, and it's just me and my dad in the shed. You know, that's what it is. But it's became so much more. It's became a little community, a bit like here, a bit like a show. And I wanted to deliver something a little bit special, especially for St. Patrick's Day. So I heard this song, and I thought to myself, yeah, there's something different about that. And it's a kind of a little reminder of what the shamrock and what being Irish is. And it links, I suppose, it's a grandfather who's away, and the little children are saying, what are you wearing, Granda? And he explains the shamrock, and although he can't be in Ireland, that shamrock brings Ireland to him. So I thought it had a lovely meaning, and especially for St. Patrick's Day. And like you said, it linked very much to listeners of the show. And in a way to your sort of being forced online allowed you to reach a much broader audience, because, you know, if lockdown hadn't happened, maybe you would have gone down the online route. But, you know, that's how you build your organic fan base too, isn't it? People say, right, have you seen Sinead and your dad, and all the new people tune in, and the next thing you can check where they're listening from, and you wonder, I didn't even know there'd be someone over there. It's crazy, like Tasmania, and all the places I don't even know. It's lovely. And so last Thursday, I shot a video for the song. That's kind of special too, isn't it? Well, it's very special, because I was thinking Wednesday. It was Wednesday, and we were shooting the video on Thursday, and I was thinking, as every girl would, what am I gonna wear? What am I gonna wear? And my mother actually rang the theater here in Lederkenny, and I have to say hello to Amri there. She was lovely. And she said, yes Sinead, we might have something Celtic-y, something different, stand out, come in. And the dress that I chose is actually Brydie Gallagher's dress. They have been donated 70 pieces of her clothing by her son. And like, it was such a link because Brydie's international fame came during the 50s and 60s she traveled, especially America. And it was people who were homesick and who had traveled because of the famine and who couldn't get home, much kind of like what I'm doing now. And again, it all kind of feeds in again, doesn't it? Yeah, in and all. So I was very privileged to be wearing her dress through the shoot, so that's very special to me. Well, between performing with your dad and your mum and jur, it's a family of... Don't be giving her that title. Why not? It's a mum and jur. Yeah, that's true, yeah. It's a family affair, it's nice. Yeah, and my sister sings with me. That's right, still is. And yeah, still, and actually the grandchildren tonight, you know, they'll all be on with us, it's lovely to share. Good stuff, yeah, exactly. And that's what it's all about. And again, it's kind of feeds into the same thing. Maurice Rourke on Facebook. Good morning, Sinead from Maurice and Anne in Edinburgh. Hello, Sinead, great to hear you on Highland. Well done, says Josephine Kelly. Good morning, Sinead from Margaret Conahan, and Harmony Recording Studios, very enjoyable lady to work with. Good luck, Sinead Black Music. Yeah, that's where I recorded, so... OK, so when did this start? This feels like it's all happening really quite quickly, hasn't it? In terms of the idea of the song to get in the video shot and get it out or is it...? Yeah, about a week, yeah. That's the way to do it, isn't it? It was a very tough turnaround. Gets rid of any worries and anxieties if you just pack it all into a tiny, short space. Like that, like I was thinking, what am I going to wear? Don't have to, you know, when it all fell into place? Lovely, so... OK, so the song is called... A We Sprig of Green. OK, and you're going to sing it for us live off a backing track here. Can I just tell you as well that the video will be released today? We'll talk about that afterwards. Oh, great. And also talk about... No, no, we'll do... And we'll talk about your performance evening as well, did you say? Oh, yeah. OK, we'll talk about that in a sec. No problem. Right, so if this is too loud, give me a finger up or finger down, Sinead, if that's all right. OK, this is Sinead Black performing live for you. All right, well done, Sinead. That was fantastic. Thank you very much. I wasn't fancy singing live on the radio, but you did a great job. Well, first thing in the morning, and I'm not used to... That's it, yeah, I know. It's not easy, is it? Because your vocal chords... What are you singing? You perform early. There's some of your gigs too, though, don't you? Yeah, well, I'm using it today. I know, great. OK. I'm using it today. Can we... So the video, it's a beautiful song, by the way. It's... I can see the relevance to St Patrick's. It is, it's really nice. The single is out, isn't it now? On what platform? It's on Spotify. It's great to get on Spotify. And the video available, when did you say? The video will be available on... The video will be available on... The video will be available on... The video will be available on... The video available, when did you say? The video will be released tonight. I'm hoping 6pm on my own Facebook. That's Schnee Black music, isn't it? Schnee Black music, yeah. And it was very special, you know. So we've used the grandchildren, you know, not used. The grandchildren of our family are in the video, which is very special to me. I'm very... Included. I'm the cool auntie, so it's cool to have them all in. And my dad has been in a lot of videos. So we went to the other side of the family. And the grandfather is named Charlie SUNY. He's from Flinttown. So we actually... And he met his late wife, Mary, in Flinttown, in the mountains, you know, and the song says that's where your granny went. It's real memories being made through this project as well. I think very important memories for members of your family as well, too, which is lovely. Yeah. Okay, that's Aunt Schnee Black music. You mentioned about performing live. Are you performing live tonight, did you say as well? Yeah, well, we started way back performing every Wednesday. And... It's Wednesday. It feels like Friday. I know. No, we can't get out of it. So every Wednesday night, 9 to 11, we go on singing a few songs. I'm sure you love it, too. Yeah, we do, yeah. Listen, well done, Schnee. It's great to hear you. Lots of positive reaction coming in, as you would expect. Well done, Schnee, from Margaret. Anne Clark, morning from Tyrone. Lovely listening to you singing. Well done, Schnee. Hello, Schnee. Beautiful coming in from Angela Gallin. Margaret again. Anne, beautiful. Schnee down there, McClurg. Hello, Schnee, from Glenis in Scotland. Love you, new single. We'll be tuning in tonight. That comes in from Glenis. It's really international now, isn't it? People can tune in for absolutely everywhere. Yeah, it's the best thing I suppose, as came out of the pandemic. Vic says, thank you, Schnee, and family. You've made these terrible times a lot more bearable, which is a nice impact to have on people, isn't it? Anne Black says, hello, Greg. You've still got a few hours to get your flight. We're all proud of Schnee, and love her, which is nice. Beautiful song, Schnee, coming in from Andrina Holmes. Thank you. And well done, lovely song from Angela, Margaret, to clapping emojis, but it all counts. Listen, that's the type of reach nowadays that music has, people enjoying it. Schnee, thank you very much. Best of luck with it. Thank you, and thank you to Highland for having me as always. It's all pleasure. It's all pleasure. It's great. Thank you, and safe flight, Greg. I've got to go. You haven't played yet, don't you? I know. That's the plan. We'll see you there. Yeah, we'll not do that. It'll happen sooner rather than later. You'll get your wings. OK. Thank you very much. Back with more on the Ninetal Noon Show after the break. Thanks, Schnee. The Ninetal Noon Show is brought to you by Letterkenny Credit Union, offering low-rate car loans with fast approval. Apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today. Call 074 9361924 or shop online at omsautoparts.ie. 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By the way, last call if you've got an event for tomorrow or a parade or something that you want us to announce for you or to speak to you about getting contact with Caroline 08 660 25000 WhatsApp or text but at this point you might be better calling her on 07491 25000. I just want to do anything we can just obviously to platform it, to recognise the effort and if it encourages a few extra people out all well and good. Okay, we're joined on the programme now by Guarded Detective Inspector Pat O'Donnell. Pat, thanks for joining us this morning. Good morning Greg. Right, now you are looking for the public's assistance as part of an investigation. What happened and how can people help? Well Greg, at about a quarter to five on Sunday morning a 50-year-old man was returning from his work to his home in the Long Lane area. When he was attacked viciously out to this house in his driveway by a young male we believe he was wielding a iron bar. Now this male, I mean, beat this 50-year-old man about the head and upper body and in a very savage way. There was a lot of blood loss and subsequently this man made his way to the hospital and he received over a dozen stitches to his head and he had some broken bones in his face and in his hand we believe and this may well have been a murder, Greg. The assault was that serious and that vicious. The young male then took this man's car which was a small Toyota car which was then driven, apparently, down towards Kirkstown and work was crashed and it appeared then that this male then made his way on foot to the Valley McCool area. So we're appealing members of the public in the Long Lane area, in Kirkstown and in Valley McCool on Sunday morning that may have witnessed and suspicious any individual that looked at a place that would have blood on them and that basically looked unusual where appealing people in those areas come forward and assist us on contact at Herkeny Gargostation, also 49167100 to assist us and this may well have been a murder, Greg. It was that serious. Yeah and I think it's in everyone's best interests even those that might feel inclined to protect this person that he's spoken to by Guardian, because this is a vicious attack as you say it's inevitable that his clothes were covered in blood and who's to say he might do it again. So that's why it's really important this person is dealt with by the Guardian. Yeah, this person needs to be apprehended quickly, Greg because this may happen again and the next time we may not be so lucky that the individual actually survived it. There was a lot of blood at the scene in the Long Lane area there was a lot of blood in the car and there was a blood trail down to so we believe this individual was injured as well either in the car accident or in the assault and that he injured himself. So we're appealing to people in Bally McCool and in Long Lane and anybody who's in the Kirkston Road and the early hours of Sunday morning between about a quarter to five and a quarter past five around that time or half five that is to help us to assist us and redefine this mail and bring them to justice. Yeah, I think we can say with some certainty given everything you've outlined that there's someone listening to this program knows who we're talking about and it's on them now to let Guardian know. You mentioned they can contact obviously Guardian locally it's possible maybe they themselves are nervous about getting involved in this and that's not to say by contacting the Guardian you would but what I'm getting to here is they want to avail of the confidential line that's okay is it? Yes, of course Greg the confidential line is always there it's 1-800-666 trouble one and we're not looking to basically to get their names if they don't want to get their names they can just give the information they have to assist us in locating this individual and bring them before the course because this was a very very serious incident Greg I can't emphasize enough. And it went far beyond what would be required to take this car so in other words this person totally unnecessary the violence involved these things are often not once-off so people need to if they have information to pass it on and I think the seriousness of it because in the initial reports it states that the injuries are not thought to be life-threatening clearly obviously now Pat that's not telling the full story as you have It's only by the grace of God it's just pure luck I wish them on a speedy recovery both physically and mentally as well because this is an awful shock to the system on both levels Hopefully you get some results from that Detective Inspector Pat O'Donnell I really hope you do, thank you Take care of yourself all right What a vicious, vicious assault You heard from Inspector O'Donnell there Detective Inspector we could very very easily be looking at a murderer who had themselves covered in their own blood or the blood of their innocent victim beta within an inch of his life it seems if anyone has information I think it might be in that individuals in their best interests on many levels to be off the streets for the time being at the very, very least You know the numbers there Leta Kenigarty or if you prefer the confidential line but I wouldn't hold back on that one Right Some of your responses to earlier topics here By the way, you have nine minutes to enter the holiday competition by the way What do you have until April the 13th to enter the overall prize it's a 15,000 euro prize effectively 10,000 euro holiday voucher 5 euro 5,000 euro spending money but if you buy your ticket in the next eight minutes you could also win before 12 o'clock today a one-way holiday for two in Turkey it's an early bird prize for you it's a reward for those of you who buy your tickets early if you have the money by the way and you have the spare cash and you want to treat yourself that's what we're talking about here a ticket to 10 or 6 for 50, 10 for 80 if you want to gift them out it's up to you as well but you get onto our website HighlandRadio.com click on win a holiday you have to answer a simple question we've got a holiday to Turkey before 12 o'clock today and at the very least you'll be in with a chance of winning that 15,000 euro holiday package in April we are going to take a quick break and then we have another guest to get in between now and 11 the 9 till noon show with letter Kenny Credit Union now offering mortgages with life cover provided at no additional cost letter Kenny Credit Union as we move into spring it's time that we look after what is precious to us are you struggling with your hearing your hearing is an essential part of your everyday living hearing is our social sense and connects you to friends and family at Connect Hearing, we are here for you with our clinics at Courtyard Shopping Center letter Kenny and Joyce's Sorobity Clinic in Dunlop our centres are open Monday to Friday where you can avail of our hearing test, wax removal and repair services Connect Hearing, connecting you to life do you need a little extra help staying in your home? at Bluebird Care we offer a wide variety of Q-Mark approved personalised home care services across Dunnegal and our fully trained and committed staff will always meet your care needs with kindness, compassion and dignity to get your personal home care assessment plan visit bluebirdcare.ie or call our care team today on 07491 29562 and bring care home Kelly's diner in letter Kenny now has even longer opening hours try Kelly's Ernie Bird Breakfast one of their great lunch specials or our renowned Jakes Burger Kelly's famous steak specials are available every Saturday from three with an eight ounce succulent steak and all the trimmings for just 11 euro new extended opening hours now in Kelly's award winning diner at Mountaintop Letter Kenny check out Facebook for details check out our website at Londonstownstead and also Edinburgh from May and save 15% boat before the 20th of March travel from the 4th of April why would we I wanna take gracious moments home or at Loganair.co.uk T's and C's apply subject to availability are you thinking of selling your home at Robinson Estate Agents we currently have clients waiting to buy properties benefits of using an estate agent with over 25 years experience. You can also avail of our free professional marketing campaign. Let Robinson estate agents maximize your sale value today. For more information, call our offices in letter Kenny and on family on 07491 to double 90 Robinson estate agents working for you. I think we all know at this stage that we live in a country and I'm not sure what it's like elsewhere but the less you have or the thinner you have to spread spread your resources. The older the car you drive and all of these factors you pay the most you are that's those are the people we are the people that are penalized the most. That's kind of a situation I think John finds himself in. I'm not talking to your income levels John or your output levels. I hope you don't think I am but you know you've decided that you need to or you want to try and save a bit of money and you've been put off haven't you? It's going to cost you to save money. That's correct you. There's a few days ago there I was to change over for say for my electricity and it was electricity Ireland if that's okay to mention the name. I went to change to see if I get a better deal because of the high increase of paying every month on electricity and the bills now. So I contact another supplier which is SAC Electricity and they gave me a good deal and I took on the deal enough that I know the contract of Electric Ireland was just about just about a couple months just wouldn't be much off near the contract of it but I went to change over. Electricity Ireland automatically contact me from the next day without me even just contacting them and they have said that because of you know you're moving on to SS Electricity that not only the 50 year old of leave is going to be pound highs of 100 year olds for breaking the contract for breaking the contract which never before it was like. Do you think SSE had a role to play in telling you that you might face a penalty for switching mid-contract to wonder? No. Okay so obviously then this 150 year charge this leaving charge would wipe out any any saving you might make with SSE I had imagined. Yeah I mean listen there's people listen gonna say because we're in certain circumstances that people should be able to move there's others going to say well look you were in a contract but either way you're being punished for wanting to switch. You made a point too about car insurance John. Yeah car insurance is another thing as well. I changed over car insurance there on February and contacted already over different places as well and then I went in contact with the one I was with and they said to me listen I will do a deal and you'll like to get to reduce it but I thought so I said to myself okay I will use I'll take it on. I thought I'll take on the insurance office. Now what they have them done then with them say it must be just couple weeks I got an email and checked through my emails and I see them that come up on the email it says on it not only if it says on it like if you're penalized if you lost say for instance taking that direct debit has been must that we will charge you 30 euros now they didn't even say that and they were telling me or anything you know on the the deal at the time was to get the insurance but such a hype a pay click for for any person it was too much and then the bank would be charging like a 1275 so I'm not all together look at this that's a 50 euro before even if you missed a payment and the reason you'd miss a payment is because you might have to spend that money elsewhere now some lenders or they will go back in two or three days later and not penalize you but this insurance companies obviously taking the decision to to let you know that you'll be hit with between it's in the bank 42 75 if you happen to make a miss a payment even if you ring them up and say look you know I've got the money together kind of pay by card it's making it very difficult to live isn't it when you're trying to spread that money John just as far as it possibly can go yeah it's very very difficult where everything is at the moment we waste our fuel travel even if we had to go to work on that and for a tank of a car you're chatting about 80 euros there to 100 euros now for a car and I'm sure of all the people maybe a bigger vehicle maybe hold a bigger tank but it's very expensive yeah all right job even to work it isn't unseemingly it's going to get worse John listen thanks for your time this morning okay coming up in the next hour we're gonna be giving one of you lucky listeners a trip to Turkey for two people so stay tuned for that there's that and so much more besides but it is 11 o'clock which means it's time for us to get a news update and it's a very good morning again to Catherine Gaffney thanks Greg good morning many factors are leading to a perfect storm at letter Kenny University Hospital that's according to the chairperson of the regional health forum West counselor Jerry McGonigal who was speaking after another night of significant overcrowding at the hospital it's understood that seven ambulances were backed up at the ED at one point meanwhile latest figures show that there were 84 COVID patients being treated on site at the facility as of 8 o'clock last night a guard the inspector has described a weekend assault in letter Kenny as a savage attack that could well have been murder the incident happened in the long lane area of the town in the early hours of Sunday morning the victim a man in his 50s lost a substantial amount of blood after being beaten about the head the government can't completely insulate us from rising prices that's the view of the finance minister in response to a price hike announced by board gosh the Ukrainian president says negotiating positions with Russia have become more realistic while Russia's foreign minister says a neutral status for Ukraine is being discussed the principal of Krana College says the Bunkrana three-skill campus has taken a big step forward but acknowledged that the finished product is still a long way off a design team is set to be appointed after the education minister gave the green light for initial project approval yesterday and a letter Kenny in Milford district councillor says he wants to see more commitment from Donnie Golcanti council to promoting and developing the letter Kenny to Burton Port Greenway councillor Michael McBride says this was one of the first projects in the county to be progressed largely because of a large number of people attached to community grips right along the route but in a lot of work to get the ball rolling that's it for now we're back with more at 12 noon all right Catherine thank you very much indeed traveling soon get your travel money completely securely sorted with on post money both 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Nellie it's a girl she'll just sniff around and then so basically Nellie is a two-year-old fully bred Labrador and we got her at the end of January and she's basically just to help my son walk better so Jason can walk but he's quite wobbly on his feet but when he walks with Nellie she is a harness on he holds the harness and she actually brings his feet together and makes him walk like everybody else it's amazing and how long has Nellie been in the family for so we only got her so we went to Cork for a week on the 23rd of January for a week five days and we got trained with Nellie so we have her since the 23rd of January she's nosy oh yeah she's like everyone up in Donegal so she'll smell around now she's just trying to feel her way and then she'll come over and she'll just sit and you'll be like god that's all you know now Nellie's been specially trained to match your son's knees yes which is remarkable isn't it it's almost like otherworldly until you see it oh yeah to think that a dog can do it it's amazing so when Jason's walking he's quite a toxic so he would have a wide gate yes but when since Nellie's come along when he is walking with Nellie Nellie actually brings his two feet together how does she do that she leaned towards so yeah he holds she has Nellie she has a wee harness on her there and he holds the cord that goes around it and basically then she knows when the harness is on her that she's at work and she will work for him all right and anyone wants to see Nellie uh we're streaming as we always do the show live here on Facebook and YouTube we're on our website you can see Nellie there beautiful beautiful dog in terms of uh maintaining that do you know what I'm on about does Nellie require updates in training okay because we could influence her into bad habits presumably yeah so no basically Nellie now so she has her own set command it's amazing so if I was to say let's go she knows she's ready to go so no matter where she is she's really good here and as soon as I would shout that she knows it's time to work so basically we just go for her commands weekly well every day Jason would be walking with her at the start it's 15 minutes a day so basically she her commands she's going over them every day anyway and other than obviously assisting you what's your son's name again sorry Jason Jason other than assisting Jason in his walking um I presume there's an there's an emotional bond there oh she's absolutely Nellie his best friend now oh yeah like uh he'll tell you that too and uh no she's so good even Jason would get thirst that's her now settled so that's her friend she's not as much fun now yeah yeah that's it like what's he up to she's so good she's explored everything around here realized not much going on and now she's just taken a seat by the door ready to go yeah no she's very good um she would sense to a couple of weeks ago he ended up in hospital yes and we couldn't believe it she was lying with him all day he was absolutely fine and the next thing he was rushed into hospital but she knew it's amazing to think the bond they have um Jason is six now um and he wasn't born with his physical disabilities oh no so basically when Jason was eight months here Nellie when he was eight months he um got sick he had meningitis viral meningitis he was well at the time thank god but we were going in for a checkup and he came out in the rash so within a few days then he went downhill really quick he uh we were admitted to hospital and we actually thought after the week that he was perfect it was only when he went to walk that we seen there was a problem so he physically didn't walk until he was nearly two and a half and then he never lost the wobbliness like usually when a new baby or a child of a year starts to walk they're quite wobbly yeah yeah but he never he never lost that yeah okay so that's when we knew there was a problem yeah and because when uh there's such a variance in when children start to walk you probably for months oh yeah he's finding yeah like at the start that's what we thought he was lazy or doesn't want to walk or you know you try all the tricks for you yeah of course i know yeah exactly um so in terms of uh Nellie's role in Jason's life is this to sort of um train his body or is it to to walk uh or is it long term or is it oh no basically no Nellie is ours forever or whatever so basically what Nellie will do is we're hoping Nellie will trick his brain into it starting a new walk or pattern because it's impossible for you or anyone around you to offer the same level of of of correction all the time that uh Nellie can that Nellie will so at the start it's 15 minutes a day but as he grows and gets stronger he will learn to go for longer with her and eventually now it would be the careless Berg one we would be hoping that he won't need the dog that he will have developed a whole new walking pattern but look we'll see how it goes she is amazing and since we've had her now we can see his walking pattern is started to change when he's with her it's amazing even encouragement presumably because it's a body up too isn't it as well as anything else okay that's great did you have any um i think for most of us we might uh we might um think of dogs like Nellie uh assisting those with you know visual impairment or what have you or maybe at an airport sniffing yes did you know when a that a dog could do something like this i'll be honest we had no idea obviously i don't even come up with the idea you know what i mean like there's a charity in cork i basically had googled one day dogs to help children with physical disabilities yes and this came up dogs for the disabled or whatever but they're the only charity in europe that actually gave a dog for free like we had not to pay one penny for Nellie like and it's only charity in the whole of europe that gives a dog to a child with a physical disability you know so they are amazing and um why i mean that's great to hear the story and hear about Nellie and Jason but like what are you in terms of speaking publicly and what have you what are you hoping to achieve what do you want to have to raise awareness for other parents like there's people out there and god forbid some kids can't walk we're lucky that Jason can walk or whatever but these dogs are there to help children and some kids that haven't been able to walk have had dogs which have actually led to them being able to walk so basically it's just a highlight that there is help there and there is a charity out there and they fully fund the dogs it's amazing from when the the dog is nearly inside its mother's belly or whatever they do the genetics they do everything so basically it costs them around 15 000 until we get the dog and it's all fully funded it's absolutely amazing it's a lot of money but then it's not a lot of money if that makes sense you know when we think of what we and when we think of what we spend money on and stuff like it's it's huge but to have such an influence on a particularly young person's life and that radiates through the whole family it's like it's it's it's almost why we're relying on charities to do it but anyway yeah we are and it's remarkable she's looking at the door now at what what what is she thinking about next she's just thinking about Jason now she's wondering where Jason is and why is she not with Jason it's amazing that's just how she operates and we have another wee boy Joshua and like the relationship that Nelly has with Joshua is so different to Jason as well like she sees Joshua as the more of a playful child you know he'll run about with her and he'll do all of this I don't know this is not about your son but it's like the most the annoying younger brother now I'm not saying he's younger brother but oh yeah that it's business time uh with with other members of the family yeah yeah whereas Nelly associates Jason has been the boss because she has to work for Jason whereas Joshua she can lie up and cuddle and just yeah play with him or or not whatever the mood may may take okay listen what is the name of the charity by the way oh yes sorry so there are dogs for the disabled yeah yeah that's the dogs and presumably they do much more they train dogs for much more than than what they've trained Nelly oh yes so basically all their dogs are trained now for kids or adults with physical disabilities like you know it's different to the guide dogs different to the autism dogs because these dogs here are actually trained to help the person walk you know so I can't get my head around it but were you surprised at the intelligence of the dog I mean I don't know what your view of dogs were beforehand and we know we're a country of dog lovers okay and but this is next level stuff this is this is a couple of levels above you know I mean I know people who use sheep dogs and all will know what we're talking about here but this is next level stuff because there's something happening more it's a it's a relationship on another level it's not just teaching a dog to sit down here this is a dog that is thinking a certain way yeah oh but that's her all the time like even how she's at the door wondering who's outside the door like and she's thinking oh I'm going to jump up and smell them or you know she's already working ahead of us yeah and poor Caroline's out there petrified for god lover and I was petrified to dogs I do a bit of running you know and I'm not talking to anybody that runs you know all about it you know that they'll run out and they'll bark or whatever but Nellie is totally different I'm telling you like she wouldn't they're actually trained not to bark so she will not bark it's amazing like you know and how does she communicate with you oh so she does the puppy eyes the doggy eyes yeah should we all do that and a lot of us aren't dogs she's so well trained her commands so if she is to do her business or that she'll go to the door like you know what I mean there's no accidents in the house it's amazing like how well trained she is all right can you bring Nellie over just so people have a look at her because there's a there's people have tuned in across our social media that want to see see Nellie there look there she is she's a beautiful beautiful dog it's a lab isn't it yeah it's a fully bred Labrador okay she's beautiful and you can already sort of see the impact on a number of levels with Jason to both in terms of his walking but also presumably it's making him feel another best friend as well as this little brother yeah and like silly things if Nellie goes to the door now it's really helped to speak she would never think a dog would do this he'll be like mommy Nellie wants out or Nellie wants this Nellie wants that like you know she's beautiful she is she's great I had a couple of Labrador so he didn't look at anything like that there some start to question if I actually put she's a lovely shiny coat I think it's to do with the food they're fed they're fed to do with the treatment or maybe the treatment Nellie is very well I bought two Labrador's and I thought they were males right I made a visual assessment that they were males and it turned out they were both females okay I what color were they one was black the other was cream but you think I would know at this stage to be able to do a female from a male but unfortunately I didn't but they were lovely dogs anyway okay listen if people want to support the charities well you know maybe people love animals and they want to help younger people and older people as well but maybe the charity wants more because it sounds like they do brilliant work they're absolutely amazing and from where it go from the minute we arrived in Cork I have to say they were absolutely great even training us with the dog everything is done unbelievable so it's dogs for the disabled okay brilliant they're on facebook as well thanks for having us in no it's lovely and I think it's uh and I think there's people listening to this might think you know could this be a path a road we could go down to and I think as you said earlier on that's what you want to sort of and don't be afraid to reach out the good thing about the charity is there that it doesn't matter who you are they are willing to help once you have a child with a physical disability they're absolutely amazing and how old is Nellie sorry now so Nellie was two on the 11th of February so when we got her it was her birthday a week later so we had to have cake obviously any excuse but she's just turned you can have seven cakes a year isn't it dogs are like seven days from us okay listen it's been lovely having you in pass on our best wishes to Jason and the rest of the family Laura thanks for bringing in bringing in Nessa for us to to meet a beautiful beautiful dog doing fantastic work thank you so thank you very much all right so we'll be back with more in the show after these messages the 90 noon show 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when you could go to bonkran i mean what does turkey have on st patrick's day cancel in the cross and the bonkran it doesn't have i can't think of one single thing i i just have a note today struggling i can't see anything else we have got the sunshade we've got the beautiful scenery we've got a big parade coming up i can't think of anything else and sure this i'm sure one of the pubs could rustle you up a sangria if you wanted one of them as well no doubt cocktail cocktails galore for the people that like that or the traditional things it doesn't really matter from that from that cocktail we can deliver all in bonkran tomorrow okay so at relatively short notice because we know planning for these things is a year long event at relatively short notice we've been pulling together parades and fondays and all that type of stuff so we're going to start in bonkrana today what what can people look forward to tomorrow uh nicholas when do things kick off when does the parade start what's happening the parade starts three o'clock sharp and as i said there's only two things that start in bonkrana bang on type is the st patrick's day parade and the switch and on the christmas lights and the switch and on the christmas night i've been interviewing you too long you know me too well but it does start to three o'clock sharp and it does uh we have organized uh i think it's four marts and bands has promised to come down brilliant lovely music after the parade uh we have a viewing stand we have we committee ourselves have put in place what we can we have stewards in place we've got the emergency services we've organized a few floats not like that but we're asked to know the community and businesses and and sports groups scouts and schools to take part uh in our national day and come out and then join and then it's going to be special and nicholas tomorrow you know you talked about the live bands just to see live bands going down the street again and they're fantastic but we've we've missed it and it's going to be a wonderful day we've got the weather sorted and uh everyone who gets to bonkrana is going to have a lovely time thanks nicholas okay thanks good man take care of yourself we're heading now to uh the uh fin valley area ball of a face from all of to be more specific nula diva uh is it different or die for nula sorry it's different isn't it sorry it's actually deen glasby here and the manager in the base here oh right okay sorry uh what's your name again sorry deen glas deen good to have you deen of course nice to see you again right deen um the ball of a face uh strunaller chamber uh are involved in the organization of an event tomorrow not going with the parade but still a fun day for people to get involved in tell us all what's happening yes well we have uh we have a parade of sorts and it's a scaled down parade we have a tractor run for children you know we're going to start in the car park at the nav net car park and they're going to go out and we're going to go up and down the main street and back up onto that and back into uh the car park again which is a big it's a big thing for the children because the road's going to be kind of the traffic will be stopped and there's all the guards there and things and it's going to be all the wee tractors and they're all signed up you know so there's a big there's a big interest in that and we have a news one's coming we have uh public cars and car sales and things like that oh wow fun fair i cannot yes and we have a magician on the magician on stage as well for the younger people and we have like a we have like a treasure hunt around the town where the children have to go over and find stickers and the wonders of all the different businesses and take them back in the car and there's prizes for that if that magician can make a few uh a few bags of coal up here he'll he'll go down a storm well we're going to have uh we're going to have uh fancy dresses as well so the best the best dress in public or Patricia Patricia we're going to call her yet and uh it's good for people uh dressing up for that you know and then we're going to have for the stage up on the car park as well so we're going to have live acts we have uh a lot of different live acts on the stage and you can children and children dancing things like that and then we have uh we have stalls in the middle of the car park we have a lot of different crafts coming with um some very good craft fairs coming there's uh there's color there from later i'm coming with uh stuff actually he makes from from wood from his back garden wow you really pulled something really pulled it all together in in the relatively short notice didn't you well given the way things were we didn't want to go with the fall period and you know it's a good thing for the children i think the tractor runs can be a very big draw but the children that is remember that for years and years and years you know so and i i listened i watched a few uh uh tractor runs the last while there's some beautiful machinery and and the guys know how to go to town with it too right so what time does the tractor run start up these are all high tackers pedal tackers just for our children you know i've seen them too this is brilliant right so we're gonna have we're gonna have children on pedal tractors heading up the main street and turn back and up to the car but it'll be good for them remember for years to come as well you know yeah and you know what the image the pictures are gonna be amazing we look forward to seeing them in the papers uh it's gonna be fun look brilliant and the live music uh on stage what time's that starting that dean about no you start one o'clock i'll go from one to five o'clock well done okay we've got the weather uh all things uh prediction predicting the weather's gonna be good fantastic stuff well done dean take care thanks very much for coming on uh let's go to uh carer god uh the mevis st patricks day parade at one p.m and null mcbride uh joins us now high enough is it one at 130 well uh normally it's one o'clock greg but as opposed we have a bit of an unfortunate situation that uh shan mcgee a local man j a motor club former dunny gall county council employee passed away oh sad and uh his funeral's tomorrow at 11 30 in the chapel and carer yard and we the parade will be slightly delayed possibly 115 130 as opposed we we were going to cancel the parade because of the death and the megee family uh did not want to cancel they wanted the parade to go and in a way in a way it might be a nice way to mark the fantastic contribution of that man in a way you know uh the community being together and enjoying themselves i'm too that's what he probably would have wanted himself i shan made a huge contribution to the community during the years and uh you know he's uh he'd be sadly must he sadly must indeed may you rest in peace now thoughts with his family so it's a small town big parade hopefully go nice and slow big parade yet we are a small town as opposed number of years ago we were featured on rte and that's the way we were described uh we have a very interesting and joyful parade uh every year apart from the last couple of years there so what can people look forward to so the people can look forward to this of course from about 12 1245 dj john bosco on stage uh we will have um as well as our local definitely a school band uh we have various schools sporting organizations etc uh with floats uh vintage cars and tractors uh we have um many different attractions taking place in the in the village for the for the hour and a half or so and what are you going to you're going to dress up as st patrick or anything exciting no well no i don't really get the chance like i'll be as supposed to be a few of us would you stop giving me politicians answer to me asking you are you going to dress up as st patrick no you'll be busy doing you'll be busy doing other things i i thought it was away from all of that i don't know look we have we normally have a very very fun very happy day yes of course in the village and we have many many attractions and well a few local lads there that come up with some very different ideas for floats and that and they can be they can really cause a big attraction with floats coming from from fannet and from grandford and from our own parish and did this is vintage cars coming from various places you know excellent okay we have a good all day i suppose just to mention as well our our parade will start roughly approximately uh one fifteen to one thirty uh there's a parade and downings as well and that parade takes place at five p.m tomorrow tomorrow evening so it's all good same idea same idea you know a bit of fun a bit of crack for for all the visitors and the locals all right i suspect i'll be at both um as i don't get to make these decisions but i'm i'm delighted i'll uh so the what about parking what about parking to and access just just is there any sort of uh work needs to be on that regard well the well the parking restrictions are in the village and we'll have traffic diversions in place from about uh well the first movement 12 1245 okay just we try and keep the traffic flowing as best we can but once the once the parade starts and it starts over at the chapel of car park and carry yard once the parade starts we stop the traffic for it's only once a year there's only once in there's alternative routes okay so uh it's like one services as well like we're very lucky in that area we have a local voluntary fire service yes we have the monowai coast guard there as well you know and it's very very all very good modern equipment right now good stuff like to say it so and as well if i could just mention please quickly on this occasion the the coast guard have um what they call the rocket cart it's the old cart with ropes and equipment that the coast guard in years gone by used for various uh say life saving exercise and that that will be on show so the characters been all refurbished by leave a man's yet yes and it'll be put in put in display tomorrow right okay so um the the traffic diversion start at 12 15 the parade will start say say one for one 15 something along those lines all right and then you mentioned the Dannings uh parades around five in the evening there okay good stuff all right thanks very much indeed uh Noel McBride there just to let you know that Kerry Keele community group have organized a st patrick's day parade again this year which will be on at 3 p.m on thursday all floats welcome free of charge and they're hoping for a fun family day that comes in from Deirdre Crossen from the Kerry Keele community group uh if you've other stuff going on let us know we'll try and announce it for you uh the chair of the mill i'll pick you up on the chair of the Moville parade is Ayman McLaughlin he joins us now it's a big it's a big year for the Moville parade um Ayman that's indeed Greg good morning to you and all the listeners yeah this is our 30th anniversary uh we were founded in 1990 but uh we've had three plates cancelled two with COVID and one with foot and mouth which i think was back in 2001 or 2002 but uh so this is a 30th actual parade that we're going to be running all right it all starts off at 230 tell us what people can look forward to Ayman start at 230 on the dot on the dot and uh we have lots of floats going to be along there uh and we have various marching bands we also have a band playing live in the square as well from two o'clock and uh we have a bouncy castle in the Moville square as well which always is a great feature because it's in Patrick's day is a day for everyone and we want to make sure it's all the young children have a special day as well in the bouncy castle so um we're actually kicking off our celebrations tonight with a traditional night of music in the trawler man bar and uh all musicians and dancers more than welcome there that's going to be fun that'll be fun is right yeah and then on the day itself uh that more itself have passed through the parade starts and uh a special thing that we're doing this year to mark the 30th anniversary all organizations that and community groups etc that participate will receive a special piece of crystal oh wow on our presentation night which will be in the corner bar at nine o'clock on Friday the 18th we also have prizes for the best floats and uh we have an overall cup there for the winner and we also have a competition for the best window displays are you expecting a big entry a man all things considered you know short enough notice and what have you we definitely are expecting a big entry we had reservations earlier on in the year we weren't too sure if we're to go ahead with a prayer or not and we kind of felt maybe we shouldn't and then with all the restrictions and then with the announcement from tisha michael martin kind of lifting many of the restrictions we have to we have to get on with it at some point don't blame and it's a wee bit like that so we decided like we're really the architects of the parade the committee the people that participate are the builders so we decided well we'll do your part and uh get everything set up but organized and hopefully people participate and we've received lots of messages goodwill messages from people many people go along to say that that they're going to participate good stuff so when does the bouncy castle become operational in the band start again sorry oh the the bouncy castle will be operational from but half past one and the band in the square will be playing from two o'clock to five lovely and then the parade itself is half past two but we want to emphasize you know this is a family day out it's it's a day to acknowledge who we are and we're we're also making a sort of a i suppose it's more than a token gesture but we want to acknowledge the situation in Ukraine at the minute as well and so we will be flying the Ukrainian flag off our main stage as well and i just think this is going to be one of the first opportunities for us as a community grannies and granddads aunts and uncles moms and dads the young ones the teens to just all be in the same space as each other i just have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a particularly special day right across the region well done amen you're the man with the stop watch now you said 230 sharp i don't want any complaints i don't want to complain some monday now say it started at 233 as well don't start at 233 sharp and i i'm actually doing this in public so i'd be leaving it off okay whether the behind you're not you're going to leave off in 233 you know this as you say that Greg many years ago when we started this parade we weren't too sure what way it would work out but we said it would be punctual should only be myself and a dog but thankfully there was more than myself and a dog and there has been ever since but now we will be sharp on time are you looking forward to them i can sense that you can you're looking forward to it you're definitely i'm looking for it i tell you i'm looking for in a personal business but because of all the expressions of goodwill we've had about it and you'd be down the street and you meet people and they said to you all we're looking forward to St Patrick's day and there's a real buzzing excitement that's almost like the buzzing excitement you get around christmas eve you know that's fitting Greg and i think the fact that we there's there's a chance of the odd light shower but by the time you're getting ready to get going and everything we're looking at a day might need to put a coat on because it might be a bit breezy but it's going to be a lovely day amen well done yes that will not happen that will not happen in meville i can assure you i have a lady in the town here yes and every year she puts out the child of preg and it works out for a year walks every year never mind met air or anything like that there they've absolutely nothing to do with the weather or change the preg and my friend ann holmes will guarantee there will be sunshine in meville bring mitch cream well do you want to mitch cream okay tell ann to put that statue in a safe because there's going to be parade organizers all around the county looking for it right bring the mitch cream sunscreen tomorrow evening a wide brimmed hat um you know strings with corks on whatever is required for a beautiful hot day in my village costa delmaville take care right amen good man take care of yourself a man mcgloughlin there chairman of the mill mvill parade aka saint patrick the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union now offering mortgages with life cover provided at no additional cost letter kenny credit union 9102127 farmers you're built different one step after the other you don't see the rewards from months or years that's life on the farm or you could say that's life in rehab when you're learning to walk after 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holiday for two to turkey what do you think about that it's uh it's like turkey outside this morning greg is unshining phones have been hopping this morning uh last minute dot com which is great but it's great price and it's part of the the draw before the big draw so uh some lucky winner is going to be um winning a holiday for two people to turkey yeah okay uh tell us about the holiday what do we know about this turkey holiday it's an october isn't it's an october and it's in kusa dasi which is the main uh it's the main tourist area the hotel is the four four star golden days wings it's lovely i've seen pictures of it it's about a one mile or one and a half kilometers outside kusa dasi town uh you'll be on a one week and it's bed and breakfast excellent and uh it's thanks uh in association with our friends at sunway holidays sunway holidays and and also our partners of the of the draw atlantic travel as well so thanks to them it's great to have it right okay this is not actually the culmination because this is all part of this is like an early bird special uh so to speak a draw before the big draw uh because the lines are still open for the mega holiday draw it's a 15 000 euro package effectively it's a 10 000 euro uh holiday voucher which can be used in one go if you want the absolute holiday of a lifetime which you would get for that or you might want more uh than the one holiday and you can spread it out and 5000 euro cash we've called it spending money but it's effectively it's cash you're not giving people tokens are you well we might be at the airport to make sure they take it with them have you got your cash with you uh not at all so it's exactly so it still runs on but the lines of course now in terms of the turkey draw uh are closed but go on now book your ticket highlandradio.com if you want to be within a chance to uh in with a chance to win uh that holiday potential of a lifetime it's going to be it's amazing because you you know the world literally the world's your oyster it's a turn of phrase but we have the 10 grand voucher you can do whatever you like uh and it could be a family holiday lap land you know all the stuff that you want to do uh you know uh disney world whatever it might be stuff that's beyond most of our reach uh yeah there probably is nowhere you couldn't go with 10 000 you it's you every base should be covered you know it's it's uh or you can do loads of uh city hops for weekends since you know with whatever you want to do right we have the draw drum there trombola i think you posh people call it um and in tumbola uh yeah trombola so we're going to give it a few rotations i think and uh well it's going to be every time we do this i'm waiting for it to come off i'm nervous doing this okay me too right okay so you look at me john and get your hand in there give it a good wiggle around all right and just pick the one and the number is 1147 1147 is right all right 1147 now that's uh do you want to chop that back in now we will in a second okay we will in a second we'll just verify it okay uh so we are now reaching out to the name that's associated with the lucky number 1147 and someone now is going to be winning a one-week holiday for two people to turkey in october so you can take your partner your friend whatever and you'll stay uh for in a lovely hotel as shawn's been outlining there in the main resort of kusadassi uh when a lot of people talking about going to turkey that's the word i hear an awful lot i've said that's the one place i actually do know uh i've never been to kusadassi i've never been to turkey of course is there no well there is i'm do you know what funny enough i'm kind of thinking about it this year um and around about october time as well if there are any plans to do any redesigning um you want to get you out there early oh well i yeah i need to be out for about three months i would say when the when it's very nice weather you're guaranteed scooch around the week there sure yeah right okay so remind us then about the the the the big draw it uh you know how long people have uh when that competition ends and all that type of stuff yeah so the lines are back open again and uh you know if you haven't bought a ticket or you want to buy another ticket uh the draw will go right over into the 14th of april so we'll draw it um they would set the draw takes place in the 14th and we probably will run the lines till about 10 o'clock that morning um and your chance obviously is 10 000 euros and 5000 spend on money so like where would you go greg if you'd won 10 000 where would you go well i asked caroline the same question and she said westport and i says listen westport's lovely but we're gonna you don't have to be a little bit more ambitious there i don't know i i've always fancied sort of the you know a trip to new york or something or las vegas you know you know those sights and scenes that you see in the tv you know see what it's like in the flesh something like that maybe i might do that and then something that's completely culturally different i think i'd like to go you know i don't know where i haven't really thought about it because i can't buy one of these tickets no you're not allowed i'm relying on the lotto uh but somewhere that's really culturally different yeah if you know what i mean i think it would be nice to sort of broaden my horizons in that regard but i think definitely maybe the west or east coast of america or maybe you know um i like boxing you know so maybe there's a big box so much new york or las vegas wherever it might be you could use it towards that flights presumably yep yep so what's that caroline all right uh okay right so let's go to line one here and we're joined on the program by dorine mcfadden hi dorine hello how are you getting on did you enter the highland radio holiday draw draw before draw draw i sure did excellent well i'm delighted tell you that you and your friend or your better half or whomever is in your life are going to turkey for a week in a beautiful hotel flights and everything paid for in october two years for a week how does that feel you've won a pre-draw oh fantastic delayed isn't that nice oh what a wonderful prize yeah and it's yours so in october that's what you're going to be doing sunning yourself whining and dining beautiful hotel cocktail in your hand or a mocktail beside the pool on the beach sun beating down on you treated like a queen doesn't get much better than that does it and how many sorry sure one second and what and yeah well she's still in the draw for the big draw so you can still technically win our ten thousand euro holiday prize as well yeah okay well we're actually gonna put your ticket back in in a second dorine are you lucky normally do you do you win much because you just bought the one ticket too which is extra extra lucky i think no i would be excellent and of course we've not been able to go anywhere for a while i won't keep you dorian do you know at this point i'm not going to put you on the spot you don't have to mention her name do you know at this point who you might take oh my better half okay right there goes another opportunity for me to get to turkey down the train all right i thought we could have done that so i broadcast or i don't know what it would have been can we will be in touch with you congratulations and thanks for being a good sport and coming on the radio with us as well funny enough i'm about to say to you goodbye to you at eleven forty seven and the winning ticket was one one four seven isn't that strange well don't take care of yourself dorine thank you thank you okay congratulations dorine mcfadden so literally and shawne is telling the truth here one one four seven in his hand is going back in the trombola away okay shawne stick it in there good man there she goes all right and who's to say dorin could win again but there's uh lots of you entering um and uh it's brilliant and it's lovely shawne isn't it uh she she can't wait to get on holidays five and love's going on holidays and doesn't win much and you could make an argument for anyone winning but that's brilliant i'm delighted for her so am i and and and i can't wait till the 14th that we're doing it again because it's an amazing have you any surprises or just i'm not going to tell you anything but stay tuned stay tuned then maybe we'll see what happens is that a yes or no i'm not telling you but you say you're not going to tell me and then you'll be saying oh greg will you mention this so where's my exclusive actually i won't let's keep it exclusive let's keep it thanks very much grace and thank you very much indeed uh now it's beautiful to bring a bit of joy into someone's life as we have just done with dorin mcfadden congratulations to your dorin um and you're going to turkey for two weeks or sorry for two of yous for a week in october if you want to be in with a chance to win the big one and any other little surprises 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drivers showed over one-third of the drivers 38 percent are aiming to reduce the number of car trips they take per week the survey also found that 26 percent are inclined to give up private or care ownership for environmental reasons i'd love to see an urban rural breakdown on that because you know a lot of our drive drives aren't discretionary uh they're essential very much all right um the cope in burton port of the cell or cope in burton port yeah the former cope supermarket in burton port will go under the hammer via the iam sold online auction platform according to the cell and agents camber's auctioneers the property occupies a prominent commercial location along the main thoroughfare through the village and presents significant redevelopment redevelopment potential a starting price of 88 and a half thousand has been placed on the boat yeah i think it'll be snapped up right the donnago local enterprise office of a seminar upcoming yeah it will be on the introduction to the supports and service at its office and on the x explanation of the grant aid process and criteria along with that that's between 10 a.m and 12 noon on friday next march the 25th and the seminar is free and is delivered via zoom all right the international fund for arland made its announcements of its latest round of funding and some local uh some local services to benefit it seems yeah two donnago projects um 231 thousand and 83 thousand watered two donnago youth services and mulford and district resource center so good news for both those all right okay let's get on to the podcast itself and if we've got time for a bit more news we'll come back to it what can people look forward to to our business matters podcast which is available for listeners right now on this week's uh business matters podcast Greg i will be talking to Pamela Kearney and Nula McCool about a new business program being delivered at garam school koo aloo and balanamore and they'll also be reflecting on the quite remarkable life and times of the creasley born pioneering computer programmer kabic multi wow very interesting so buses in the community's sear and tail that translates into world of work program is being delivered to second-year students at garam school koo aloo and balanamore and partnership with aptum through the medium of irish Pamela Kearney is one of the business in the community's 18 coordinators who help set up and run the programs in conjunction with schools and businesses she says sear and tail program will provide students at the donnago etb secondary school with a wonderful opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes at aptum and the programs are in donnago there are 13 here in donnago and we have large corporates in donnago working with schools those businesses are marx and spencer's k and sear say optum galkers bakehouse we've got phillips medecines and many more so that's a wide range pamela of businesses it is and it's a wonderful opportunity for students to see behind the scenes students learn about careers and jobs that they haven't thought about before or that they were simply unaware of and with changes in working environment they get an insight into increasing advances in technology they also find out what jobs are like nuru be cool is a business studies teacher at garam school koo aloo and she explained what the students will be doing over the next six weeks i suppose they're going to be working on a lot of stuff to do with optum they're going to be learning all about optum they're going to be meeting up with staff members some of which are our past pupils and they're going to be able to interview them and they're going to do like a speed dating as such where they're going to go around tables and they're going to get to ask them all the questions about how they developed from being a secondary school student like them to go down to college possibly and then how did they end up getting a job in optum and what it is they do and they're also going to be doing soft skill program with them where they're going to be learning such things as communication skills how to do a presentation how to present themselves for interview how to communicate with people and that will be very useful for them when they go on to do their mrb which is their classroom based assessment and second and third year and third year they do an actual presentation where they actually have to speak to the whole class present an enterprise or an idea or whatever to their students in their class and they're going to have to do that for three minutes as part of their classroom based assessment so they're going to get the skills now developed during this program which is going to be really of use to them when they move on into third year okay now next guest on the show this week kieran yeah in the second part of this week's buzzes barris greg i chip to emma mcfadden from glass mountain digital media about the extraordinary career of creaselborn penuring computer programmer k mcnulty i asked the local follow maker what struck her most about the woman whose work literally helped change the world i suppose it in some ways um it was her humility you know she i think you have to understand too that it was a very you know for her back during the war years it would have been highly unusual for a woman to be leading maybe in technology a very male dominated world but k kind of kept very grounded on all this clearly she had a phenomenal aptitude for it um and i think that's that's a big part of it too that uh you know she just went on to you know develop it and and in her later years went on to champion woman in technology in a big way as well her and the other the other co-founders again there's a lot of nice footage of all these different talks that they would give and things like that so you know she was she pioneered much more than the early days you know she stayed true to kind of championing woman and uh stem subjects you know all all of her life um and that was you know so that was probably the humility of what they achieved i think um they certainly didn't seem to be looking for the kudos of it at the time okay and that is a very interesting story looking forward to the interviews with pamela uh nula and amen all available now on our website highlandradio.com and on Spotify and iTunes and the show's broadcast on there as well of course uh gearon yeah on sunday evening Greg after the six o'clock news and anyone looking to get in touch with the show how do they get in touch with you yeah just drop me an email please businessmatters at highlandradio.com all right that's available right now let me just see if we got uh time for no we've we've mentioned everything all right right before we go yeah go ahead i was contacted by ollie harvey uh readily described as the youngest president of energy a club in the country uh he's president of synduance if it's just about tomorrow and i know we're talking about st patrick's day about the float they're meeting at towbins at two thirty they're having a children's disco at the clubhouse from five to seven and the bar is open upstairs and i'll be it'll be easier to meet ollie after i've got that plug in for him you should not be on your phone at work thank you enjoy st patrick's day tomorrow uh re join us at 12 o'clock on saturday broadcasting live from ishington can't wait for that and also we'll be back with you here all being well monday morning at nine o'clock stay tuned john bresland's around the northwest after the news at 12 the newspapers are clear to see