 But that was good. I want to get back in there. There's a word for it, and it just escapes me. So that is, that can happen then? Yeah. Yeah. When's the last time you talk to somebody that talks about dreams and that, you know, all the different things? We've... From time to time, we might do it again soon. I think Caroline had it planned anyway, so you've ruined that. Yeah, that's good, you know. When are you going to give a clue to the secret sand? What do you say, sorry? When are you going to give a clue to the secret sand? I don't have my headphones on, can't hear you. I remember that first clue you gave. That's... To that young fella. Do you want me to say it? No, do not. Get you out of that. I forget about that. I never give no clue to no young fella. Well, you did. It was on one morning, and you said... No, I did not say it. No, I did not. You did? You serious? No, I wouldn't give a clue out unless I would have to give... If I give one clue to one person, I'd have to give it to everybody. But it was on the radio. No, I don't think it was... No, you gave it to everyone, obviously. You never said it to him in a pub. Right. Right. You didn't say it on the radio. I don't be in the pub. But, yeah. OK. I'll take the putters. OK, well, I don't think so, actually. You see, because a clue ruins it. I think a clue ruins it, right? Because then what happens is, is people have two things to do. A, eliminate whether it's to do with the clue. Yeah. And then guess it, right? So that's two things. Yeah. And then, you know, if someone has that idea and they haven't been able to get through, and then you give the clue, that's unfair. So that's three things. Oh, God, you're over it. You're my brain bomb-boozled. But just on that note, but the clue's right, there's some people that would be cross if you give out a clue. And the reason why, because then I give a clue, right? And then somebody the next day wins at the thinking. Well, that's what I've just said, and you said I was overthinking about it. No, but you give me three options. I'm just giving myself one. Anyway. Oh, see, I have to go. I need to lay down here. Slang. See ya. Tamara. 9 o'clock or a minute passed at this stage. Let's get that news update with Donemary Darty. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. Kelly Beggs is to benefit from a total 50 million euro investment to future-proof the region's fishing processing sector, as well as maintaining and increasing jobs. There are hopes the investment will divert fishing vessels and catch to Donnie Gull away from other countries. Tara Duggan reports. Several companies are currently undergoing substantial developments, which will modernise seafood processing facilities and add cutting-edge energy efficiency initiatives according to Bordish Guwara. Galahar Brothers Limited and Kili Beggs Seafoods are both making substantial investments with support from the Brexit Process Capital Support Scheme. They've been allocated a share total of 12.1 million euro and spending a total of 31 million euro. The major investment hopes to attract more fishing vessels to land and discharge catch that might otherwise go to the UK, mainland Europe, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The first group of parents who undertook the My Child, My Vision programme celebrated a graduation event this week. The project aims to give the parents tools to support their children's transition from primary to secondary level. Erigal College in Lederkenny, Diel College in Ruffeau, Kyn Valley College in Strudnordler, Skolbrugja Warris, Primary School in Convoy and Skolwara Primary School in Strudnordler, where they're participating schools in the project, the fifth pilot nationally and the first in Donnie Gull, home school community liaison coordinator for Kyn Valley College, Ashley McGeehan, said for many parents, it can be daunting. You know, this process was a little bit daunting at the start for these parents because as you said, no formal education, maybe returning to education after a very long time. And, you know, that's what our role is as HSELs. We support the parents through this process. And the parents, they're inspiring their children, them to progress in education and to value education. And that's the importance of this programme. Donnie Gull communities are being encouraged to take the lead from a rural village in the west of Ireland, which stamped out pesticides in water supply. For years, pesticides exceedence were an issue for Newport's water supply in County Mayo, but a targeted team approached has seen the supply removed from the EPA's list of vulnerable water supplies. Michaela Clark has more. Bishke Aaron is encouraging people in Donnie Gull to follow in the footsteps of the community of Newport and consider the environment and alternatives to pesticides when gardening, farming and maintaining sports grounds. As a result, drinking water, they say, will be improved. In Newport, the local community worked with representatives from the local authority waters programme, Mayo County Council, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, National Federation of Group Water Schemes and Animal and Plant Health Association. Bishke Aaron and the MPDWAG are asking the farming community, growing keepers, groundskeepers and also domestic users of pesticides to consider in each case whether they need to use the pesticides at all. And looking now to weather, rain and drizzle this morning, which will be heavy and persistent for a time. The rain will gradually break up in the afternoon, but it will stay mostly cloudy, quite blustery as well with moderate to fresh southwest winds and highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees. That's all for now. The next news update is at 10 o'clock. In the meantime, keep up to date with the latest local news on our website, highlandradio.com for myself and the news team. Good morning. For unbelievable value, head to Aldi this Halloween with pumpkins in store now from 129. Children's Halloween costumes only $6.99. In store 1st of October, spooktacular snacks and tasty treats from $0.79. And devilish Halloween decorations from $1.99 in store the 1st of October. So if you want to conjure up something really wicked, it's got to be Aldi, Ireland's most reputable supermarket. The county's number one talk show, the 9 till noon show on Highland Radio. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, the 9 till noon show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello and a very good morning to you. Six minutes, six minutes past nine. It's Thursday, the 5th of October. How are you all keeping? I do hope you're very well indeed. And we welcome you on board for the next three hours here on the 9 till noon show. And you can just sit back in your car, in your office at home and just listen. But if you're so inclined and you want to get involved in the conversation, please feel free to whip out your mobile phone and WhatsApp or text us to 086-6025-thousand and keeping in mind that if you prefer to send a voice message to that number, then do so on WhatsApp. If you want to give us a call, Caroline, is chomping at the bit 07491-25000. We want to hear what you want to talk about too. And if email is your thing from anywhere in the world, of course, it is commons at HighlandRadio.com. And we've got a very visual show today. So if you want to hop on board and watch it, we have every day, but just today in particular, I think, feel free to open up the YouTube app on your smart TV or your Firestick and put in Highland Radio Ireland and watch us live there on your big screen. And you can watch us on YouTube and our Facebook page is Highland Hub, Highland News and Sport on your laptop, tablets and mobile devices. You know yourself, but we want you involved, whichever way you do, we really appreciate it. It is a Thursday morning, which means there's loads of papers out this morning. So let's have a run through what's making the headlines. The Chaconal Tribune leads with the farming story. As New Figure show, an increase of almost 40% in the number of dairy cows in Ireland in the last 10 years. Farming interests say there is a very real prospect of the nitrates' derogation being lost entirely. These concerns have emerged with the new stats from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation showing the number of dairy cows in the country has increased by 456,000 since 2013. Spokespersons say this increase is close to 40% and it poses real challenges for the industry in retaining any derogation from the EU. We're gonna be talking about that a little later on in the programme. In fact, quite soon in the programme, so stay tuned for that. The Donegal News this morning, the parish priest in Milford said he's been truly taken aback by the generosity of the local community who have responded to an appeal for help for essential repair works at the Tan St. Peter's Church. Parishioners in Milford were faced with a potentially chilly winter when the boiler at the church broke several weeks ago. Replacing the old boiler that was over two decades old was going to set the parish back over 10,000 euro and as Milford parish priest, Father Stephen Goleman told the Donegal News this was money that they simply did not have and he recently took to the altar and humbly pleaded with parishioners asking for donations to cover the costs and just three weeks after making his appeal, Father Goleman said the parish have donated over 6,000 euro, which is a very generous amount, no doubt. The Donegal Democrat this morning, Chrysler will fall silent on Saturday one year on from a tragedy that claimed 10 lives in the Donegal village at 3.17 p.m. on October 7th last year an explosion ripped through the Applegreen complex. 10 people including three children were killed, rescue workers and volunteers worked through the night. The rescue operation became one of the recovery as a grim reality took hold and on Saturday the first anniversary a memorial service and commemoration will be held on the site of the blast at 3.00 p.m. Saturday evening's vigil mass will take place at St. Michael's Church and will be offered in memory of the 10 and in thanks to all who responded by Father John Joe Duffy. And I just want to mention something posted by Father John Joe as it relates to that remembrance service. I'll just want to bring it up because it's important to just mention it while we're talking about it. The families are respectfully asking that this be a time for them, for our communities and for those who responded, all who responded on Saturday 7th in the days thereafter and since are very welcome to attend on Saturday at 3.00 p.m. and mass at 7.30 p.m. All who are from neighbouring communities, the services and all impacted by the tragedy are welcome to attend. And obviously here we're keeping our respectful distances as well as I hope you'd expect. The Dairy News this morning, Dairy City and Sturan District Council has been told by the housing executive it's run out of options and is placing children in the non-standard accommodation. Housing Executive Chief, Executive Egonio Long said it only seen as last resort option but has happened too many times. She was speaking at the Council's Governance and Strategic Planning meeting on Tuesday. Let's go to the nationals now and Minister for Media Catherine Martin has indicated that the government might be willing to reverse its decision to retain the TV licence in light of the Ryan Tauberty pay controversy and the rapid decline in RT's income since the summer. At a meeting of the Orctus Media Committee yesterday, Ms Martin said the change of fortunes for the national broadcaster had changed her mindset over the future funding of public service broadcasting. In June 2022, the government rejected the central recommendation of the future of media commission that the TV licence be scrapped and be replaced by direct exchequer funding. Ms Martin commissioned a technical working group and set out options for modernising and reforming the finance, sorry, the licence without scrapping it. It's reported its findings earlier this year but the government paused any further work on the issue over the RT payments controversy arose or once it arose. Now, just don't think for a second that if it so happens that the licence fee is scrapped that you won't pay for the services. What a hiss on my headphones. I wonder what that is, maybe it's just the headphones but I know it's slightly distracting but you'll end up paying it one way or other through revenue, collected charge or through direct taxation. We were speaking about gambling earlier this week. We dedicated Monday Matters to it. We recognise and have for quite some time that it's a major issue. It often goes under discussed, I think, under reported but it has a huge and devastating impact on the person who's addicted to gambling but quite often those around them as well. And just by coincidence this week the ESRI has published new research which shows one in 30 adults have a problem with gambling. One in 30 adults which is really quite significant. Problem gambling is 10 times more common in Ireland than previously thought with one in 30 adults suffering from negative experiences associated with betting. New research from the Economic and Social Research Institute found problem gamblers were each spending on average more than a thousand euro a month on gambling. A thousand euro a month. The research strongly suggests that the prevalence of problem gambling here is far wider than previously understood and that significant amounts of industry profits are coming from people who are struggling with gambling. The ESRI found that almost half of the 5.5 billion spent on gambling every year is estimated to come from people who are experiencing multiple negative effects from gambling. 5.5 billion euro gambled in this country every single year. Isn't that remarkable? Let's go to the farmer's journal now and forward store cattle are making upwards of three euro a kilogram this week. A 100 euro a head lift on the same week last year. The store cattle trade is being described as on fire with a combination of Northern Ireland buyers and Southern beef finishers competing for forward stores. Exports of Irish weanlings are running 40% ahead of last year with increased interest for cattle coming from North Africa and the Middle East. A disease outbreak in Portugal and Spain has forced North African countries to source cattle elsewhere. And it seems farmers in Ireland are benefiting. On to the nationals now and a really quite bizarre story out of the Irish Daily Star. A surfing garter is at the centre of a criminal investigation for allegedly harassing another member of the force including with bananas it's emerged. The stars established that the officer is alleged to have tormented the female garter with bananas after learning she had a phobia of the fruit. It's alleged he used bananas as part of an ongoing campaign of harassment and stalking against the female officer. The alleged harassment is of a very serious nature. A source told the paper and sources have told the paper that garter detectives began a criminal investigation into a complaint against the West of Ireland officer earlier this year. And the papers established that investigations are now preparing or investigators are now preparing a file to the director of public prosecutions for it to consider whether the officer should be charged with harassment of the female garter as well as with criminal damage. That relates to an incident in which it is alleged he broke into the female officer's locker at a West of Ireland garter station as part of an alleged campaign of harassment against her. Now the pair knew each other but the female officer did not want a relationship with the suspect and he is then alleged to have begun harassing her over a lengthy period pestering her. It's understood he regularly left bananas in garter cars that he knew the female officer would be using as well as in rooms at the station. At one stage, a more senior officer brought the garter into an office to speak to him about his alleged behavior. But he claimed he had a banana on his head the whole time the meeting took place. So he was harassing this female garter with bananas leaving them in the cars and just generally waving bananas in her face it seems. And then when he was interviewed about the incident he sat throughout the investigation throughout that interview with a banana on his head. Right, and that is literally a story in the newspapers today. It is bananas. It's a very interesting phobia though. I suppose there are people out there that have particular phobias. Most it's heights or spiders or rats or mice. Do you have a particular phobia I'm not making light of that story for a second but do you have an unusual phobia? Let us know 08 660 25000, do you have an unusual phobia? If you want to give us a call it's 07 491 25000 get involved in that conversation. The sun this morning, the Samaritans received an average of 1400 calls a day last year. 1400 people rang the Samaritans every day last year. Demand for their help rocketed by more than 10% in 2022, the Samaritans Ireland impact report for 2010 to two was launched yesterday. It revealed the number of calls answered rose by 45,000 last year with their volunteers spending some 65,000 hours on the phone providing support. So that is a huge level of demand for those services. And Euro 28, the footballing competition will be in Ireland. Ireland legend Ray Houghton is delighted Ireland and the UK are set to host Euro 2028. The player turned pundit who's 61 believes the news which is expected to be officially confirmed next Tuesday by UEFA when inspire a generation of young football fans. He also said the prestigious tournament will be an opportunity to showcase Ireland to supporters from around the world and could make the Emerald isle a go to holiday destination and the reason Ireland and Britain are going to be hosting it is because Turkey who were also in the running withdrew their application. Okay, look forward to that. Maybe, maybe even get down to CK. Wouldn't that be cool? Right, 08 660 25,000. What's up and text to that number or give us a call on 07 491 25,000. The newspapers are courtesy of Kelly Centra, Mountaintop Letter Kenny, the 2022 C store national off license of the year. 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I think there's three pockets of areas small enough, really relative to what's going on elsewhere in the country, in Donegal affected by this. So just to give us some context, why would we have these smaller areas in Donegal impacted by these cuts? Okay, well, Greg, we're now in our kind of our fifth nitrates action plan, starting back from 2005. And it runs every four years normally, with two-year reviews. And look, all of the time, I suppose fine-tuning what we're doing as farmers since 2018, we've had to, I suppose, farmers who are in derogation who are farming over a figure of 170. So I'm going to be throwing lots of figures at your listeners today, but everyone can farm up to 170 kgs of organic nitrogen per headtaker. If you wish to farm over that, up to 250, you have to apply for a thing called a derogation. So there's more stringent controls on you. You have to do considerably more measures on your farm. Upwards of 30 measures above and beyond what is requested of normal farmers farming under 170. So it's a very well scrutinized, I suppose, process. And farmers become very, very used to that. In order to allow you to farm between 170 and 250, you have to do these measures and have to try to improve water quality. And farmers have done that. So Greg, I suppose the question is, there has now been a view that some of the water quality hasn't been improving quick enough. Now I would dispute some of that because we do have, compared to the rest of our European counterparts, fantastic water. We have probably the fourth best quality water in the whole of the EU. Maybe 10 times less problems than other European countries, particularly the heavy industrial countries. But bring it down to the free pockets that are probably in Donegal. There's one fairly substantial one, probably just northwest of Lettacanee, and there's a couple in the Inichon Peninsula. And really at that stage, what have been highlighted is that they're now dropping to 220 from this 250. So will impact farmers in the area, there's no doubt about it. And just so for people outside the industry aware, so the areas then outside of those pockets in Donegal, what rules apply to them? So every farmer, so there is this new map. So this new map means that farmers in the shaded areas or in the purple areas on this map, they can only farm up to a maximum level of 220 kgs. So if they were previously farming at 250, they will have to take actions. Whether that's a moving of slurry from their farm to other parts of the county where they're able to receive that slurry, whether that's a reduction in herd size, and I would be totally against that, or other measures. Land acquisition presumably would be one of them as well. And in a country like Donegal where every square inch of land is farmed, that's going to create considerable pressure. You have a tillage sector up in Donegal and what we can't have is a competition from dairy farmers trying to gain land on the land rental market and push out other parts of the industry, particularly the tillage and particularly say the dry stock farmers who need a certain level of farmholding just to become, I suppose, economically secure and be able to give an income for them and their family. Yeah, so what will this, the majority of farmers that are affected, I presume, are small to medium-sized holdings. What impact will it actually have on them in terms of income changes? And we also have to be conscious that many of these farming families or businesses may have loans leveraged against their income. They may have recently bought new machinery, whatever it might be. You know what I mean? So it's not like they're sitting there with zero outlay on their assets and all that kind of stuff. This is like someone in full-time employment being told they're getting a 10,000 or 20,000 per year pay cut and wondering, well, how am I gonna meet my bills? It's the same really for farmers. So what kind of an impact do you imagine this might have on your average farmer in these shaded areas? My father used to say to me, and he was a very wise old man, farmers buy themselves a job. So you have to put money in to try to get a living back. You know, at the top of the show, Greg, you talked about 456,000 new cows, dairy cows, that are now in the industry that were not there maybe 10, 15 years ago. Once milk clove quotas became abolished or there was the signal from the European Union, that quotas were gonna be going in 2015. The industry stepped up. The industry was on handcuffs from the early 1980s. So there was always going to be a considerable pent-up demand. It was government policy at the time to drive agriculture and expansion, basically because the rest of the country's economy was down. We had come off the back of a very, very difficult period of economic. And we all know about the Troika and we all know about that. Agriculture was seen as the green shoots, the shining lights of the industry. So there was always going to be expansion of some shape or form. But I think the problem is, Greg, is that now we've been asked to put a handbrake on a Titanic. And this is the problem. You know, I would strongly dispute a lot of the figures that are coming from the EPA. I'm not going to knock them. They've been given a job to do by the commission, which would suggest you have to find a trend. You can't find a trend on two points of a graph. A trend is over a longer period. And I do think, Greg, that the problem that we have now is, is that we've been asking farmers now to completely, you know, have to redesign their farming models with only a few months to go and so they have to start designing this model. And it's very unfair on our farmers. The circle that people struggle to square in all of this is the fact that, you know, we could be important milk into this country. The fact that this is about the environment and we get that, but we could end up seeing beef being imported from as far as ways Brazil into Europe and then finding itself onto Irish shelves, the environmental impact of that. And your average person will look and say, well, right, okay, we all have to do our bit, right? But we are also still going to be consuming this produce and instead of it being, you know, grass raised and us actively working to farm in better ways and to protect our waterways as much as we can, without actually proof how much the farming industry is contributing to the problems that we have, we are going to effectively destroy an industry, as some would see it, I'm not saying that's the case, but at the same then, we're gonna start eating beef with, you know, thousands of air miles on it, trees cut down to accommodate its grazing, frozen, God knows, not knowing where it's from, not knowing its quality, we're gonna lose brand Irish. You know what I mean? Like you don't have to be in the farming industry to wonder how any of that makes sense. Other than maybe our sacrifice to the EU is our fishing industry, our sacrifice to the EU project is our farming industry and we'll become just really covered in solar panels and hosting big tech. Is that really our cut of the EU pie? Well, look, I'm very positive about farming and farming credentials. We have the most sustainable grass based system in the EU and that's recognized. We have the lowest carbon footprint for our dairy industry, CO2 levels per liter of milk with the fifth best for beef. So our credentials stand up to anybody, any scrutiny. If you do this thing and you're looting it to, it's called carbon leakage, Greg. So if you allow other countries to gain access to our markets who have less sustainability records than us, is that a good thing? Emissions go into the air and they're spread all around the world and they don't stay states or regions specific. They move around the world. So surely we should be encouraging our farmers to grow crops and produce beef and produce dairy and produce lamb and all of the good things that we do here. Surely we should be recognized for the work that we've done. I'm sure the argument would be made that that's why we have the derogation that is the reward and recognition because we're one of only three. Now, other countries have derogation on different things as well. Let's be really clear about that. But perhaps the reward for us being good boys and girls is that we get this derogation. But holding on to that derogation, I think is gonna be a serious problem over the next few years. But I was just about to say about our credentials. We do things very good here. We have to fine-tune things and we have to improve. As I said, these new 30 measures, they've only been there for the last four or five years. A lot of these measures are only really there for the last nine months, since 10 months since the start of this year. We don't know which one of those measures is going to be the silver bullet solution. So there's a lot of damage being done to this industry and the repercussions and the knock-on effects to other parts of our industry because of this decision by the commission. It's, I'm not gonna say idea, well, I am gonna say a certain amount of this is ideological thinking. You know, farmers are working hard, but you can only run a thriving business if you know certainty. And unfortunately, I do believe that this is going to create considerable uncertainty within our industry, and that's very, very unfortunate. No business would accept some of the concerns and conditions that in three months you have to drastically change. And I do think, Greg, our farmers, they work hard. They're very conscientious of our environment. They know that we have to improve water quality. They know we have to improve biodiversity. They know we have to improve our emissions profile, but they also need to live in. And we can't be green if we're in the red. And we need just transition to help us on this route to produce more efficient food going forward. Yeah, I mean, you would have, we have to wrap it up, but you would have heard yesterday the reports of it's going to cost Ireland 700 billion euro to get to net zero by 2050. And pretty much most of that, a quarter of it or a third of it being lumped onto farmers. So it's going to be tough times ahead. There's absolutely no doubt about that. Paul O'Brien, thanks for your time this morning. I do appreciate it. He's IFA Environment Chair, 086625,000 WhatsApps and texts to that number. Donegal is actually not too bad when you look at the map, indeed. Much of Donegal is not included in it. There's three parcels in and around Milfordy, Fanad area, and then up around Malin and another spot then as well. Chagos advised all farmers to push and increase, increase, increase until they start to tell us now to slow down, down, down. 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All right, a listener has a phobia of rain. When I'm home, I clean. Night rain. It's worst. I've tried therapy, okay. So they clean the house when it's raining. They find light rain worse. Have you got a phobia that's somewhat unusual? That's a nightmare for one, particularly in the part of the country we live in, and very little respite in the summer either. Greg, when did the maternity ward in LUH start making pregnant women go through the ED? A family member is almost eight months pregnant, ran maternity to be told she had to go through the ED, where she had to wait seven hours before she was sent through to maternity. And all this wasn't the case in January, as I had my baby at the end of January and needed to call them a week before it gave birth. I was told to come straight to maternity. When did this change? Well, it's been ongoing for a while, and it's not just if someone's seven, eight, nine months pregnant and they need to go in. Unfortunately, if someone has a suspected miscarriage, we've spoken to women who've had to go through ED, and it's a very difficult environment in any case, but particularly when you're not quite sure what's happening, you could be bleeding and having to go into the toilets or wait to get into the toilets. It's a horrible, shocking situation. And unfortunately, we've highlighted it on this programme on a number of occasions. We did get a press release, which outlined the reasons as to why, but it's been in place for quite some time. So when did it change? I can't put a figure on it or a date on it, but it certainly has been in that situation. It's been that way for a while. Gambling statistics, analysis, friddiots. I'm not quite sure what that means, but anyway, thank you for your text. We do appreciate it. Right, okay. We're joined in studio by our next guest as they take their seat, and it is a professional boxer, Jason. Quickly. Quickly. I'm going to have to do it twice. Very good, very good. Jason, good morning to you. Great to have you in studio. Likewise. Great to be in here. What's the story with you? What are you up to at the moment? Are you in training? Are you between bouts? What? Yeah, we're training now. We're obviously, we're always, I'm always staying in the gym. We're always between bouts. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Always between bouts. Always staying in the gym. Always staying ready. But yeah, we've got some, I think, exciting news today for Donegal and Donegal Boxing. You're not going to talk about your situation, then. That's quite weird. See, even though you're in the media game as well, Jason isn't writing off about me. I'll come back to you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll come back to you maybe, because we are talking about professional boxing, returning to Donegal. It's a big deal, isn't it? It's been quite some time, Jason. Yeah, I think it's 13, it is 13 years now since professional boxing has been in Donegal. And that was Paul McCloskey for a European title in the ARA complex. It's an EVU title, wasn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it was a fantastic night back then. I wasn't there myself, but I remember, I remember hearing all about it and I think I was away myself on the national team boxing. So, but an unbelievable night. So it was super atmosphere and that's what we're looking to bring back in here now again. And it's good to see professional boxing returning to Ireland, isn't it? I mean, there have been some activity in Northern Ireland, of course, as well, but we had Katie Taylor's big performances, a big, big shows, another one coming up shortly, another, a few other smaller shows as well. It's great to see this sport back live on the island. Yeah, definitely. You know, Eddie Herron actually came out recently there and says that Ireland need Katie Taylor for boxing. And that may be true right now at the minute, you know, in terms of like three arena, big headline shows. But I want to throw another few fighters into the mix for that. Yeah, for sure. And I want to bring Irish boxing back up to the level that it deserves to be. And I believe that it comes from the roots. You know what I mean? It comes from, you know, old school way of growing and building fighters is taking your base from you from the very start, you know, growing from where you're from and family and friends coming out to support you, buying the tickets, building your following along and let people come along on the journey with you to those stages where maybe you get to the States and fight for European world titles, whatever it may be. Did you feel you missed that, Jason? Obviously, you know, you'd great support through the amateurs, but you know, you saw what happened with the likes of Steve Collins, Byron McGuigan and others, you know, they had their big nights in our, and did you miss that a little bit that you'd have, you know, your family and friends and pockets of supporters, but you can't always really have to travel to build your record? Definitely, you know, looking back now on my career, of course, I don't know if I would change a whole lot in terms of like, obviously it was, it was a brilliant contract that I was offered and going to the States and learning my trade over there and being in the midst of fighting in the mecca of professional boxing from day one was great, but I would probably more of a business head on myself now and more of an experienced head on myself. I would have liked to maybe negotiated my contract, whereas I would have been guaranteed maybe one or two fights at home a year as well. And, you know, because it's not easy like for people to fly to the States and it's not easy to bring that fall on what you... And you have to make extra sacrifices as well. I know it's all about sacrifice, but extra sacrifices in long periods away from home. Yeah, without a doubt, it is a big sacrifice to make and it might not look like that to people, you know, when they see you over in LA and doing all this stuff and, you know, people don't realise the sacrifices that you do make and, of course, it was my passion. It is what I love to do. And just because it does form part of this conversation and about building fighters at home in their fan base, you talked about the contract that you received. Does any part of you wish that you'd went down sort of with Greensbury or Matt Truman's and got into domestic, you know, sort of got into a domestic kind of a rifle? You know, you see the likes of Ben and Eubanks Jr. and there's a big domestic fight coming up over in Britain on Saturday. Do you have any regrets in that regard? Or are you... No, you're not finished yet, but, you know, when you look back, do you know where I'm on about? Like, you know, your yoke holes and your, you know... Without a shadow of a doubt, that's where excitement comes from, you know what I mean? That's where the fan base and the following really does come from as well, is those fights where they know somebody from England that you're fighting, you know, it's not just like a Mexican that's coming in, they're not too sure of, you know. It definitely is something that... I can't say that I regret it because I did have a brilliant time over in the States and I learned so much over there and it was an unbelievable experience. You know, it really, really was. But yes, a part of me would love to have done the other side of it as well and that's where I'm looking at things. Because I think we as boxing fans were kind of robbed a little bit of the big box, you know, I mean, obviously you delivered them eventually, but you know, that sort of... You kind of, you need to buy into the story now, I think with boxing a little bit as well, and I mean, obviously Shane Mosley Jr. and that kind of stuff, you could because of the name recognition, but just not quite that. I wonder how you get on against a... We talked about Billy Joe Saunders, you know what I mean? Yeah, exactly. And stuff like that, of course. Because that's very relevant to the people here, like they know them, they see the people they know it's only across the water and different things like that. You know, it definitely is much more exciting. But anyway, this is what this initiative is about. And what's your involvement in it, Jason, in terms of putting these shows on? Yeah, so I'm stepping into the promoting and management side of things as well. And we as Sheer Sports, along with Elite Sports, we're going to be running this show. I'm a part of Sheer Sports in America, my management team, but I'm bringing Sheer Sports now into the promoting side of things. And this is going to be our first proper show now that we're promoting. And it's very passionate for me, you know, that I'm having it here in Donegal. It means a lot to me. There's a lot of hunger there to make this show a success. And there's a lot of nerves there as well. Like, you know, it's a different kind of nerves than actually fighting yourself. That, you know, you're putting on a show and promoting a show that never obviously done this before, but I have a great team around me that we have Robert Diaz there from the States as well, who has been, I think he's an icon in professional boxing, been with Golden Boy for years, worked with world champions throughout his career. Robert Diaz is going to be there on the night. He's going to be helping us put the show together as well. He's a part of Sheer Sports. And yeah, it's very exciting. And it's something that I really want to do now. Amateur boxing is kind of hitting a bit of a standstill at the minute. And there's a lot of negative stuff going on. A lot of toxicity there, isn't there? Is it in this? Is it not in this? Exactly. You know, and I really want to, I really want to lift boxing in Donegal again. And really, because this is where I came from, this is where I had my first fights and where I grew up like, so I really want to lift Donegal and inside amateur boxing and professional boxing. But I want this show to show young kids that there is possibilities out there. You know, it's not everything's happening over England and over in the States. I want to show them that it's here on their doorstep and encourage young kids to get into the gym and encourage young kids to get in there and get their license, get their medical in and give this sport a crack again. And that's where my passion is coming from. That's where this show is meaning a lot to me. And I really want this to be a big success. And there's future world champions out there, all contenders. It's just a case of how you bring them through. And also we know there's a huge boxing fraternity here in Donegal. We know charity boxing matches, white collar events are really, really well attended. This should be an absolute sellout, but that's a promoter now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You want to see the tickets go out the door. Of course. It will happen, but you just want to make sure that you're... Now, Joe Ward, former Irish amateur, he's 10 into his pro career. He's a hitter. He's knocked out more than have lasted the distance with him. His headlining the show on his first... Because it's a big night for him. His first professional fight in Arizona. Yeah, it's a pleasure to have Joe up here in Donegal headlining the show. You know, Joe Ward is... He probably is one of the most talented and successful amateur fighters to come out of Ireland. You know, he's a world medalist, European medalist and an Olympian for Ireland. And he is... He's an incredible talent. He's signed with Lou DeBella over in the States in New York, and they have been... We have been working together with Lou and Joe's team to bring him back to Ireland. This is going to be his first fight back in Ireland. He's good to see you made it easy for him. Yeah. You know... 11... His opposition, 11, fights 10 KOs. His... And this is... I don't think you need the final bell on that one. No, like, this is a fight for Joe Ward. Joe's at a stage in his career now. He's about 30 years of age, and he's at that stage where he needs these competitive fights. And this is the type of show that we want to put on here in Donegal. We want to put on competitive fights. We don't want boys just getting in there and blowing their opponent out in one or two rounds. We want to put on competitive fights because these fighters are world-class level. And also, you want to give people the opportunity, just like we've been talking about, to see fighters early in the career that they may see in really big fights later on. And James McGivans among them, I'd suggest. Yeah, and we just got great news last night that James McGivans is going to be fighting Josh Sanford for the Celtic title in the Aura Center as well. So it's going to be a crack and fight. James, you know, you have so many fighters on this card that you will see on the likes of D'Zone, on the likes of Sky Sports, fighting for major titles. You know, I have massive belief in these fighters. Their skill, their talent, the way that they carry themselves, they're incredible. Like they really, really are. And it's going to be brilliant to have that type of boxing here locally. And then for the people that come to the show, come to the event, seeing them then, being like, oh, we've seen them, no, in the Aura Center. And then going seeing them then live on D'Zone and Sky Sports and on the TV. You feel you've got a bit of direct involvement in their career. It's a funny thing. It's just when you've seen it live, you feel that sort of, do you see it even with, you see it even with people that go, who will get it is say, if you go to a concert of someone who you're not necessarily a huge fan of them, but by the time you walk out, you find yourself, you listen to them on Spotify. It's the same, but in sport. The Welsh Brothers, Liam and Paddy, both undefeated, both big prospects as well. Yeah, they're both brothers from Downing Care Day there. They're a great talent. They're both of them are national amateur champions and started out their career now as professionals. Very talented lads that can, they can go a long way in the sport as well. They bring a good following with them. They're exciting. They love to fight and they're going to be in cracking fights as well. Yeah, so it's, I mean, it's a card of prospects really there, isn't it? Yeah, we have, we have Tyler Jolly there as well. Scottish lad who's a, he actually holds the record for fastest knockout in the Commonwealth Games. He's very exciting, very talented. He can whack, he can punch very hard. So his fights might not go the distance, but he's a talented lad, he's exciting and I believe that he's definitely one to look out for on the show. Brilliant stuff. It's going to be a great night. And I think the Oral Azure Centre, that's where it is, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. It's laid out well for it actually. I can imagine where the ring might be versus where the seat might be. So everyone's going to, you're right in on top of it. It's a fantastic venue. I actually only went down there two weeks ago to saucer out and to have a good look at it. And you know, the people in the aura couldn't have been better with the help that they were giving us. But you know, there's tiered seating and everything that comes out from the walls and you're looking straight down into the ring. We're going to have a few new things in there as well. Maybe like a stage and the lights and everything for the ring. Well, we need a bit of pizazz. Of course, of course. There's no point in just showing up and going through the mill. We've got to put a bit of sparkle on it. Brilliant stuff. Right, so it's going to be, and boxing has to be, boxing shows now have to have that bit of razzmatazz. It's just the way it is, isn't it? It's all very, very exciting. What about getting tickets? Because, you know, there's not unlimited capacity here. They can seat 2,000, can't it? Yeah, I think. I mean, that's pretty impressive, so it's going to be some atmosphere. If people want a sense of what it's like going down to the three or whatever, you get 2,000 people into that room, you'll know what a big night of boxing feels like. It's going to be electric. If you've seen it on the telly, you'll get the sense of it. It's going to be like, you know, and that's the thing with the tiered seating and it looking down into the ring, you know, it is definitely going to be an electric atmosphere. It's going to be an exciting atmosphere. And it's going to have the quality fights to go along with it as well, you know? So, tickets will be on sale in the next week. We're just getting everything together there now, the tickets and we're released. Everything is just released today for the event and for the fights. It's fantastic to see you back. It's great that you're involved as well too, because you bring the star power there as well. Are you going to do the ring announcing, are you? I don't know if I'm going to do the ring announcing. I could get an Acer or a Toxedo there and jump on there. I can see you. I can see you giving me some... Maybe sing a song and a ring. No, no, no, no, no. Stick to the ring announcing. Just stick to the ring announcing. I'm going to go and tell you about this one. That's a good carry the way. Right, OK, so you'll let us know when tickets go on sale. I'd say they'll go out like hotcakes. It's a great line up, real prospects, people that you can follow the career then from here on. Would you like to have a scene or maybe future shows, maybe a little more sort of Donegal involvement, or what's the score there? That is the vision that I have now. You know, after this show, I would love to have a three, four event a year in Donegal, you know, and bring in big title fights to Donegal. And I want this to be the start of it. I want this to get the ball rolling now, get some exciting fights, get people talking about the show and understanding that it is a great night. It's a great event and it's one that they can remember and bring that on and right to next year and have a couple of shows. And it's an exciting, it's the beginning of a really exciting journey for you as well. Any idea when we might see you back in the ring, not with a microphone and a little fitting tuxedo? Well, obviously right now, you know, me as always in the gym staying ready. We've had a couple of talks about possible fights in the future, probably not this side of Christmas. And it kind of works out well because I really want to put everything into the show now and then November 18th. But yeah, maybe the start of next year, we could be looking to get the gloves laced back up. Brilliant stuff. Okay, well listen, it's great as you say that you can focus on this now and enjoy some time at home too as well, which is really, really important. All right, Jason, we look forward to it. Let us know when the tickets are available. We'll let everybody else know and I'm sure it's going to be just a fantastic night. And if people want to feel and you've seen it, if you've watched it on the TV, you want that sense of big time boxing. Well, it's back for the Rumble in the Hills. Jason, thanks very much for your time. Appreciate it. Lovely, thanks, have me on that. The Nine Till Noon Show with Letter Kenny Credit Union. Simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from Letter Kenny Credit Union. Call us on 074-910-2126 or apply online via our app or in office today. An emotion stirred. An idea accelerated. That's progress you can feel. And the very definition of the Audi 241 range. 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Join the team at Homeland Letter Kenny this Thursday, 5th of October at 7pm for a beef welfare evening with special guest speakers including Mara Langan from Norbrook and Tommy Doherty from Chagos. Chat with her experienced homeland and Nutrius teams with refreshments, goodie bags and exclusive offers on the evening. See homeland.ie for more. Looking forward to seeing you there. Keep out the cold, cold, cold and ring Fleming for their full range of garage doors, agri doors, insulated doors, milking parlour doors. Fleming, 91, 48, 234. Highland Radio Weather Updates with Ireland West Airport where you can now fly daily to London Heathrow with Eirlingus and connect via Heathrow to over 80 destinations worldwide including Boston, New York and more. OK, dull, cloudy and rather wet start today without breaks of rain and drizzle, which will be heavy and persistent for a time too. The rain will gradually break up in the afternoon but it will stay mostly cloudy, quite blustery too, moderate to fresh south-west winds and highest temperatures of, excuse me, 15 to 18 degrees. But things improving tomorrow into Saturday and Sunday and some talk on the island of Ireland of record temperatures for October will be briefly. We shall see. I think it's 25 degrees is the record, not up here, but further down the country. Thanks again to Jason Quigley for calling in. Great to see him, looking in great shape, looks ready to go himself. But we'll not see him lacing up till in the professional ring, of course, until after Christmas, but he's got that show to look forward to. I was watching Beckham last night and his OCD was interesting to watch. It really must be a very tiring condition to have. I feel, for your caller who said she had a phobia of rain, I'd imagine her mind is in a constant state of alert living in Ireland indeed. Yeah, it would be a really challenging phobia to have in this part of the world too and very frustrating and perhaps even debilitating. It's not one I've heard of before, but we are all different and have all our challenges and that's a particular one in terms of that phobia. Look, keep your texts calling in. We're going to take one final break before the news and obituary notes. Please stay with us. A very important and interesting hour coming up after the news. Credit Union 9102127. Creative landscaping works are the donning-all distributors of millboard cladding and decking. Thanks to its unique polymer resin construction, this decking and cladding doesn't deteriorate like natural wood and won't be beaten for durability. It also has superb slip resistance even when wet and every board is produced using recycled materials. Live life outside with Millboard At Creative Landscaping Works, listen in and letter Kenny. See creativelandscapingworks.com. 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With more, here's Tara Duggan. Northern Territory Police were called to a house in the Milner area of Darwin at around 6.30pm local time on Tuesday. They'd been called to reports of gunshots. They found the 38-year-old Mayo woman with serious injuries to her abdomen. She was stabilised at the scene by paramedics and later underwent emergency surgery. She's now in a critical condition in the intensive care unit of the Royal Darwin Hospital. A 35-year-old man who was known to the woman was found dead at the scene. Police believe he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and say there is no risk to the wider public. The woman is understood to be the mother of a young child. Kelly Beggs is demanded from a total 50 million euro investment to future-proof the region's fish processing sector, as well as maintain and increase jobs. There are hopes the investment will divert fishing vessels and catch Donnie Gull away from other countries. With more, here's Donna-Marie Daugherty. Several companies are currently undergoing substantial developments which will modernise seafood processing facilities and add cutting-edge energy efficiency initiatives according to board Aisgawara. Gala, her brother's limited and Kelly Begg's seafoods are both making substantial investments with support from the Brexit Process Capital Support Scheme. They have been allocated a shared total of 12.1 million euro and are spending a total of 31 million euro. The major investment hopes to attract more fishing vessels to land and discharge catch that might otherwise go to the UK, mainland Europe, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. 2023 is gearing up to be the hottest year since records began. As a fresh heatwave grips southern Europe, the EU's climate monitoring body says last month was the hottest September ever recorded globally, almost 1% above normal. The Earth's mean temperature between January to September has been half a degree Celsius warmer than average. The first group of parents wonder took the Mild Child My Vision programme celebrated a graduating event this week. The project is intended to give parents the tools to support their children's transition from primary to second level. Erigal College in Latterkenny, Deal College in Ruffo, Finvali College in Stranora, Skolveder Primary School in Convoy and Skolwera in Stranora were the participating schools in the project, the fifth pilot nationally and the first in Donegal, home school community liaison coordinator for FVC, Ashlyn Gihan, says for many parents it can be a daunting prospect. You know, this process was a little bit daunting at the start for these parents because as you said, there's no formal education, maybe returning to education after a very long time and you know, that's what our role is as HSELs. We support the parents through this process and the parents then they're inspiring their children then to progress in education and to value education and that's the importance of this programme. The legal communities are being encouraged to take the lead from a village in the West of Ireland which stamped out pesticides in water supplies For years, pesticide exceedances were an issue for Newport's water supply in County Mayo but a targeted team approach has seen the supply removed from the EPA's list of vulnerable water sources with more. Here's Miquela Clark. Ishke Aaron is encouraging people in Donegal to follow in the footsteps of the community of Newport and consider the environment and alternatives to pesticides when gardening, farming and maintaining sports grounds. As a result, drinking water they say will be improved. In Newport the local community worked with representatives from the local authority waters programme, Mayo County Council, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, National Federation of Group Water Schemes and Animal and Plant Health Association. Ishke Aaron and the MPDWAG are asking the farming community, greenkeepers, groundskeepers and also domestic users of pesticides to consider in each case whether they need to use the pesticides at all. And the British Prime Minister has been reported to police for a joke he made about Nicola Sturgeon during a speech at the Tory Party Conference. Rishi Sunak took a swipe at the former SNP leader. She was arrested and released in June and remains the subject of a live investigation. The complaint's been made by Christopher McEleni from Scotland's Alba Party. It's unacceptable that he wants to, you know, make crass jokes which potentially interfere with a live police investigation. If he had made those comments in Parliament he would have been protected by privilege but because he chose to make them at his party conference then he's now liable for a contempt of court under Scott's law. The obituary notices this Thursday morning, October 5th. The death has taken place of John McGeehan, Manchester and Upper Derry's Glentys. Reposing at Shovland's funeral home are dragged this evening from 6pm until 8pm. Removal from Shovland's funeral home tomorrow morning at 10.15 to St Connell's Church Glentys for rakeway and mass at 11 o'clock with burial afterwards in the local cemetery. Funeral mass can be viewed live on churchservices.tv. The death has occurred of Patrick Ryan, 16, Admiral and Parks, Drunorder, remains reposing at his late residence today from 5pm. Funeral leaving from there on Saturday at 10.30am for rakeway and mass at 11 in the Church of Mary Immaculate Drunorder and term it afterwards in Drumbo Cemetery. The rakeway and mass will be streamed live via the parish webcam family time from 10pm to 11am and on the morning of the funeral. Donations in lieu of flowers if so desired directly to the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland via the online link or care of any family member. The death has taken place of Jim Nallen, six-knocked pneumonia terrorist letter Kenny, formerly Knockmore Ballinac County Mayo. Jim's remains were reposed at his daughter's Katrina's home in the Stillion today and tomorrow from 11am with rosary both nights at 9pm. Funeral on Saturday morning going to St. Unan's Cathedral for 11am rakeway and mass, which can be viewed on churchservices.tv, followed by burial in Cornwall Cemetery. Family time please on the morning of the funeral. Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu of desire to the Donegal Hospice Care of Pasco Blake funeral director. The death has taken place of Margaret Elizabeth Miller and E. Hamilton, 94, Berry Hill Road, Balli Law, Artie Garvin. 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Apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account. OK, you're very welcome back to The Ninetal Noon Show. And we're joined in studio now by Majella McFadden, community links officer for Chrysler. Thank you very much for calling in to us. Well, you do appreciate your time, Majella. Thanks for having me, Greg. And it's Saturday is the one year anniversary of the Chrysler tragedy. And I can't even imagine what it must feel like for those directly affected by this. But it feels like it's yesterday and ages ago, all at the same time. That's right. It's been a really, it's been a difficult 12 months, but this week particularly is it's difficult. We're all reliving what's happened this time last year. And I imagine from talking to people that they're looking back at this time last year and thinking how good life was and how normal life was and to change so suddenly. Everybody's different. How they grieve, how they want to grieve, how they want to move on, when they want to move on. You know, we're talking many, many different people all dealing with life in their own way and at different paces. That's right. If you've experienced loss, which most of us have, you will, the grief will hit you at different stages and at unexpected times. And that first year, you know, you're still, you're still reeling from what's happened. And I really believe that it'll be from now on, Greg, that we will need the services here in Chrysler over the coming years to help people to deal with this. As I say, we're just, everybody's at a different stage at the moment. Yeah, and you even see differences within families. That's, we're all so unique as human beings and that's what we have to be conscious of. What is happening on Saturday? There's a commemoration for those who lost their lives in the tragedy and their families, of course, in Chrysler. That'll take place on 3 p.m. on Saturday and then there's a mass then in the evening. Yes, so we will have a service at three, the road will be closed from two until four that day. And the service will be for the families, for the community, for the first responders, those that were there on the day. And indeed, those first responders are just many of the locals that helped out that day and people that happened to be there are passing through Chrysler on the day. So they are all invited to attend on Saturday. But I suppose what I'd like to emphasize is that it's very much about the families. It's very much about the families on Saturday and respecting their privacy as they just try and come to terms with the first year anniversary of a terrible loss. Yeah, and I think we all have to be conscious and in the media and I don't think it's necessarily something that we have to be concerned with locally but certainly nationally that the people directly affected by this, it's very, very recent. They will hear and see what's being said. Do you know what I mean? And sometimes when something's far removed, the media seems to move past it very quickly but I think everyone has to be conscious that this is still current, this is still now, the tragedy is still now, do you know what I mean? That's right. It's not historic, Michela. No, it's not. And you're right when you say that people, I suppose, outside of the community and they do tend to move on, it's news for a while and then. But I think, well, this week is bringing it all back and I suppose with the influx of media and that towards the, into the community again, it is definitely, it's a heroin experience for everybody and in saying that though, the media and their coverage so far has been very respectful. No, I get you. Very respectful and very professional. I think there comes a point then though too that you have to leave people to try and move forward. And you talked about those affected by it being invited to the commemoration at 3 p.m. on Saturday and also the 7.30 p.m. vigil mass. And it's a lot of people because it's those that were directly, that have been directly bereaved by it, but it's the wider community and you know that community spreads far, far and wide. We had first responders that didn't know if someone that they knew was perished or was caught open it. It was just such a local charity, but they had local tragedy, sorry, but the ripples just went far and wide because of the size of our community. Well, that's right, Greg. It's not only Chrysler that's been affected, you know, and it's something that we don't forget about, that there are communities close to us now that are going to be forever entwined with Chrysler. They have lost their loved ones too by chance that were there in Chrysler on that day. And we just need to, I suppose, rally around them but give them that space as well to grieve and to remember their loved ones. It's 10 souls and the ripple effect of that is far and wide. Yeah, James O'Flaherty, Jessica Gallagher, Martin McGill, Catherine O'Donnell and her son James Monahan Hugh Kelly, Martina Martin, Robert Garwee and his daughter Shona Flanagan Garwee and Leona Harper. 10 people, very, very greatly missed. And then, of course, those that have been injured physically and those that have been scarred emotionally as well, they have a process to go through and it must be very, very difficult. And I've spoken to people who have post-traumatic stress, difficult sleeping, things that trigger emotions because it's, as I say, a year is nothing. It's a blink of an eye and it's still very, very recent. In a way, we know what we have to do to support people but, again, then there's some elements of any tragedy that's unprecedented. In terms of the support the families have received, there's been a lot of it. There has been a lot of support over the past 12 months. In fact, we couldn't but acknowledge the support that Chrysler has received over the past 12 months. It's been overwhelming, it's been humbling, actually. The supports are there but I suppose in my role now, it is to continue those supports and to ensure that, as we know ourselves, it'll be after the first year anniversary when the reality will really sink in. And when, as I know, the injured are already living through a pain and a nightmare. The families that have lost their loved ones are living through this and this will be years of ongoing supports that we will do our best to provide to the community. Yeah, indeed. And as you say, it's ongoing. In terms just of Saturday, sorry, and I'm sorry to skip back to this but just to be clear for people who are texting in, the N56 road through Chrysler will be closed on Saturday from 2.30 to 4.00 p.m. Diversions will be in place and they're pretty well established now at this point. And in terms of stewards, respect what the stewards are saying, in terms of parking and all that type of stuff, that's what you're asking, calling on people if they are attending to do so. That's right. So it will be the road will be closed as it was last year and we will have Marshalls in place and Father John Joe, he has taken the lead. He has to be mentioned here. Father John Joe has been, he's been such a massive support to the community and it's quite an undertaking. We've never experienced anything like this. And so he has to be thanked for the support that he has given to just not only Chrysler but the wider community. And personally to myself, since taking on this role, it's quite a new role and it will have its challenges. And he's been an incredible support. Yeah, because he has to be there to offer people religious support, emotional support, has to operate sometimes as a firewall, particularly in the early days between the community and the outside world to some extent. And just because you have a faith which is incredibly important, it doesn't make you bulletproof either or invincible. It takes great inner strength and I'm sure Father John Joe derives much of that from his amazing faith. But as you say, everyone directly involved with this, it's not a walk in the park by any stretch of the imagination. It's incredibly difficult. It's very difficult. It is and really Greg, it's day by day. And this week is, I just know from the feedback that I've been receiving, the families as I mentioned had requested privacy around this time. But even just to listen to the stories of people that were there on that day, it's definitely bringing back memories for them. And you could sometimes tend to forget until you're speaking to these people, just how traumatic it is for them. So we really just want to be there to show our respects but to let the families grieve. And over the last year, and it happens organically in the community. And I mean, obviously I'm not from the community but was aware of certain things that were going on and how things were progressing. And it was like some really early on understanding that there was some very special moments for children, for an example. Do you know what I mean? Be it through sport or to see tractors or whatever it might be. And that was all accommodated. So was that obviously they can't be completely insulated but I thought people were really brave in recognizing that in a terrible time of sadness and darkness that you have to let in the shots of light and have those experiences for the community. And that started really quite early on and has continued, isn't it? And it's a balance that has to be struck but I think the people of Chrysler and surrounding areas and all those affected by it have done really well in that regard if I've phrased that correctly, Magella. Yeah, you have, I mean, Chrysler before this tragedy, we, Chrysler was a village that like many rural villages suffered a lot after the recession and the Chrysler Community Association was formed and it really was a community that, they wanted to see that community thrive and you can see it now more than ever after the tragedy that we realize that we'll never forget, life will never be the same in Chrysler and- You don't want to be defined by either eternally. We won't be defined by it, but as I say, we won't forget but we're on a journey, Greg, it's a journey. You couldn't say that we're moving forward. It's a journey of healing, it's a journey of regeneration and it's really just about, honestly, it's just about togetherness and creating that community. We are, we have a great, and it might sound like a cliche but we've always had a brilliant community spirit in Chrysler and Chrysler has suffered a lot of tragedies over the years and particularly with young people and so we believe that we have a, we've been a great example, I think, myself to what community resilience is all about and community spirit and it would be my goal to continue that. And you have to create an environment, as I said earlier and where everyone moves within their own pace comfortably within that. A community hub is being established in Chrysler. At what stage is that at? It's, I think it's been green lit at this stage and what will its function and purpose be? So the community hub, we, as I had mentioned earlier, we've received so much support from around the nation and within that support there was funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development to develop this, what we'd call a resource centre. So out of that, we received funding and the funding would cover, I suppose, pastoral care to continue with our small key community development and future infrastructural projects that would be in the pipeline for Chrysler and one of those projects now or this funding I suppose was granted to develop a community hub. So we have developed, we've secured a premises on the main street in Chrysler. It was a derelict building and it has since been developed, not quite finished yet but should be hopefully ready by the weekend just to offer a drop-in service really after the service. And what we'd hope to achieve from that Greg would be to link people to the services that are available. Not everybody is aware of the pathways or who you need to get in touch with. So we will provide drop-in services, which is already being provided in Chrysler but we will keep that going. So counselling services, social work services, psychology services and we'll also have citizens advice maps. We hope to have some health and wellbeing programmes, educational programmes and once again, I can't stress enough, it's really just about keeping the community together and this resource centre I think will be vital to do that in the years ahead. This is a matter really for the people of Chrysler and those outside Chrysler affected by this but in terms of the site of the tragedy, has the decision been made on its future or is that an ongoing piece of work and obviously that's going to be a very sensitive area for someone which I'm not getting into but just some people asking themselves as to do we know what is or isn't happening there. Right now, no, there would be no information at all in that Greg. OK, that's no problem. It was just a response to a few people messaging in. I take it that the people affected by this got the sense of the impact that it had on many, many people. How do you say, and feel the support from around the county, around the country and far beyond? Yes, the support, I mean, the nation, the support's been from around the world even just when it comes to messages of support and the thoughts and the prayers that are with everybody. It's just overwhelming. There's no other words for that. It certainly would keep a community going and it's comforting. It's comforting for us and it will continue. Just if you look back at the recent 25th anniversary of the OMA bombing and we looked at that and I listened to people being interviewed and I realised that 25 years on to many of those people it's still like yesterday. So we have to remember we've a long road ahead and that we need to continue the supports and we're thankful for the support that we have received. Yeah, and definitely you can see that and everything that you would hope to be done is being done and to address the consequences of the tragedy but also to use the opportunity through the hub to generally lift the area and support people which I think is fantastic. It's, I mean, as I say, it's only year and it's for different people, they're at different stage of the grieving process but I think to a person Saturday is going to be very, very tough and we hope everyone finds the strength they need to get through it and gets from it what they will. It's not just those directly bereaved or injured but it's lots and lots of people. I think everyone has a memory and I've been affected by that tragedy and we'll remember them all on Saturday, Magellan. And not just one day, obviously. That's right but Saturday will be more poignant. It's bringing it all back for people not that we'll ever forget and as I say, it's affected not only the community of Chrysler but far and wide. OK, Magellan, you've a very important job and it's clear they've got the right person for it. Magellan, we really appreciate you calling Dan to us today. Magellan McFadden, Community Links Officer for Chrysler. Thank you very much. Thanks, Greg. Thank you. 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They have an incredible selection of over 40 colors for kitchen work tops. And guess what? For a limited time, they're offering a 40% discount on any electric fire when you purchase a work top there. 40%? That's an amazing deal, Grace. Absolutely. And trust me, if the discount alone doesn't sway you, they're a huge selection of fireplaces, stoves, wood pellet burners, beams and stone cladding, certainly well. Contact made to measure fireplaces, Chrysler on 074-91-38-365 on Facebook, Instagram and on mtmfireplaces.ie. Okay, you're very welcome back to the program. We welcome on to it now, Dr. John McCardle, area director of mental health nursing. John, thank you very much for your time. I greatly appreciated. John, sorry if you could just unmute yourself there if you don't mind. I just can't quite hear you. John, good morning. I can hear you loud and clear now. So continuing with this topic, what services are available for the community? Because of course, some would access them immediately and others may yet do so, have done so. Everyone, as I said to our previous guest, everyone is different in that regard, John. Yeah, certainly, Greg. Just to say that the HSE is very conscious that everybody's journey to recovery is going to be different than individual and moving at an individual rate. But the HSE also are mindful of anniversaries and other events that will come up that will trigger that recovery. And for some people, it may be forwards, it may be backwards, or it may stimulate them to want to come at the services when previously they weren't in a position to do so or didn't feel they could. And that will happen, as Majela said, over the next few years for people at a different rate. So the HSE is here and available for anyone who is at that point in their journey at this time. We have a range of services. The mental health services in Donegal is continuing to be available and people can be referred in there via their GP. We work in partnership with primary care. So we will, if the GP flags that up, prioritize those cases. We also have the National Counseling Service who are available in Ballerina and they are continuing to see people on a regular basis. And they would be particularly concerned to highlight, particularly to the families of the bereaved, that they have in Lederkenny a dedicated traumatic bereavement counseling option. So they would particularly want to reach out on this opportunity to those families on the anniversary to make contact with them. Their number is 07491. 67250 and that's in Ballerina at their head offices. So that service is available. Other services that are linked to the HSE, such as Jigsaw, are also available and some young people may want to walk in there and initiate a discussion with them and that may lead to direct intervention or it may lead to signposting to other services. Greg, primary care counseling psychology and social work are also continuing to see people and the social work service is offering a drop-in. They've advertised a number of drop-ins dates for throughout October. The second, the ninth, the 16th and the 23rd from 1030 to 430 in the evening and that office is the back of Brennan's pharmacy. But if people want an individual appointment outside of those times, they can be contacted on 0749104721. Yes, and we are, Dr. McCardle, it's very important, isn't it, that people do seek counselling because we talk about mental health quite a lot on this programme and sometimes what we find we do as individuals, and I can almost speak as an individual on this, we accept a normal, which might mean that we're not sleeping very well or there are things that would trigger us or upset us or our moods or emotions have changed and we just sort of say, well, that's just the way we are. And it may well be, but it also may be that you could still benefit it from a chat to someone and to talk things through. You don't have to maintain where your status quo is one where you're not fully where perhaps you could be. Absolutely not. That's entirely correct. And there is a message that people may also want to come forward on more than one occasion. So it is important just if you have any doubts at all that you would come forward and have a chat with somebody and it may be that you'll not be entirely resolving your issues at the current point in time because there are factors that are sitting out there that haven't been resolved yet and people will have to wait for those. So we would encourage people to come now, safe in the knowledge that they don't have to wait to know everything following the awful incident that they can do a piece of work with their psychological health now and that can be built upon over the next few years by coming back once, twice, three times or however often is necessary for the individual, you know? Yeah, because we're talking about services that are there. We're not calling for them. They are there and available to be accessed and John, just finally remind us again how people can access these services, those who aren't yet aware. Well, the primary point of access is via their GP because of the need to sort of keep a connection with primary care. But there are direct queries can be directed to the National Counseling Service or the Social Work Service depending upon what the individual's actual needs are. And do you want me to repeat those numbers, Greg? I think it's worthwhile, John, yes, please. So the National Counseling Service in Latter-Kinney is 0749167250 and the Social Work Service is 0749104721. John, thank you so much for your time and the work of you and your colleagues. We really do appreciate it this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much, Greg. OK, John McCodill there, who is area director of mental health nursing. OK, we are going to have some music for you, which is from Matt McGranahan and Denise Roper. That's coming up after we take a short break. The Ninetown News Show is brought to you by Letter-Kinney Credit Union, offering low-rate car loans with fast approval. Apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today. Hello, Jadward speaking. Sorry, Edward speaking. Hey, bro, I'm glad you picked up. Who is this? It's me, John. I'm literally outside in the landing. I don't know any, Sean. Lose my number. Hello? Edward, don't hang up. I'm sorry for saying a handyman could fix the gas boiler. Please forgive... Always use a registered gas installer or you could risk everything. Find one at rgi.ie. So you're saying mental health difficulties can be smaller things? Yeah. Like trouble sleeping? Yeah. Or if I'm always stressed, like? Yeah. Or often anxious? They're all part of your mental health. Hmm. Thought those were separate? Nope. They're all connected. I hate to know all this anyway. Ah, sure, I've been there myself. Anxiety, ongoing stress, low mood or trouble sleeping, they're all part of your mental health. Make the connection and find support that can help at yourmentalhealth.ie from the HSE. 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Highland Radio Weather Updates with Ireland West Airport, where you can now fly daily to London Heathrow with Air Lingus and connect via Heathrow to over 80 destinations worldwide, including Boston, New York, and more. OK, let's have a look at that weather forecaster for you then, and I can tell you that today, Thursday, a dull, cloudy and rather wet start without breaks of rain and drizzle, which will be heavy and persistent for a time, but will be starting to break up now for the afternoon. It will stay mostly cloudy, though, quite blustery, temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees. OK, our next guest in studio, Matt McGranahan and Denise Roper. Both of you, thank you so much for calling up. Matt McGranahan, we really do appreciate you calling back in to us. Talk to us about the piece of music that you wrote following this awful tragedy. I think for those who aren't familiar with its background, Matt, it's important that they hear. Yeah, so the piece I wrote earlier this year, whenever the people of Cresla were being awarded only got a pass of the year. So I wrote this piece, and really it took inspiration, I suppose, from wanting to have Cresla at the very centre of it. So I linked the notes that we used for music, A, B, C, D, F, G, to the letters of the alphabet. So A was A and B, B, H became A and so on. And used that to spell out Cresla, and that actually gave me the first ten notes of the piece of music. And on that, that's the entire piece of music that has built on that. It's like the theme that the piece stems from. But also in the centre of the piece I wanted to remember the ten people, most importantly. So I did a very similar thing with their names and linked them. And so in the middle of the piece, ten individual notes ring out without any harmony, without piano. And that's to remember each particular person. And the identity of each of those notes is only known to the family members of that person. And it hasn't been revealed to the public, and I don't think it should be. It's a note for them and for their loved one. And it leaves it very individual then for each person at whatever stage. They see fit for this to be part of their lives. Probably everyone now at this stage, but you know what I mean, it was important, was it to have that? I mean, it's a public piece that you perform public, but it also felt personal to those directly affected by this tragedy. I think that's kind of what is important about it for each of the people involved. The piece is for the entire community. And it is a public piece, but at the very centre of it is a very private little moment and a very private section of music just for the families and for them individually. And you know, it's up to them if they want to reveal to their friends or to anyone else the identity of those notes. Okay, written in the memories of Leona Harper, 14, Robert Garwe 50 and his daughter Shona Flanagan Garwe, just five, Martina Martin, 49, Hugh Kelly, 59, 39-year-old Catherine O'Donnell and her lovely son James Monhan, Martin McGill, Jessica Gallagher, just 24 years of age, James O'Flaherty, all who very tragically and sadly lost their lives and we miss them all very much so, their families and friends particularly. And as I say, it's going to be, it's tough all the time, but Saturday particularly poignant, of course. And with this piece of music now, here is Matt McGranahan and on keyboard, Denise Roper. Denise Roper, Denise, thank you so very much indeed. And it's an exceptional piece of music, Matt. And I'm not just simply saying that, it truly is. Thanks so much for that. You also have written the music and the lyrics for a song in memory and inspired by Leona Harper. I'm singing on it Sophie Gallagher and Chris McLaughlin. Talk to me about this piece of music, Matt. And we're going to hear it before we get to the news. Yeah, so last year, just a couple of weeks after Kreisler happened, a cousin of mine, Ann Nichols, from there, Kenny here, asked me to write a piece in memory of her son's friend that was killed in Kreisler, which I later found out to be Leona. And I promised that I would do something, expecting maybe just to write a piece of music. I don't claim to be a songwriter or lyricist, you know. And because of writing Naldiv and performing it in Dublin, I had the honour of meeting Hugh and Donna that night. And actually that day that you invited me on back in April here I visited them afterwards. And I learned so much about Leona, the character that she was, the person that she was, the amazing, beautiful young person that she was, a real inspiration. And I told them that I'd been asked to write something in her memory, so I started working on it maybe a week after, and I just had a basic sort of structure, just something that I recorded on the piano working from it. And then towards the end of August, I was playing at a wedding one night, and later Kenny met, and I said, I know I need to finish that piece. So on the way home, I listened to what I had recorded on the headphones that I was driving. And by the time I got to Balbuffet, I had the melody in my head and had been thinking of different names for a long time. But this name popped into my head, Stolen Dreams. And I just thought there was something, there's something strong about it. So I thought with the title I got, I need to sit and write lyrics. So I went home and set up the computer in the piano, and at about six o'clock I had it finished and went to bed at seven that morning. And there are a couple of lines in it that are, I didn't write, and God knows I wish I did. But when I visited Hugh and Donna, they told me great stories about their own how much music meant to her actually in her life and for them as well. And she was into art and she was into all kinds of things, but they had this beautiful painting on the wall that Leona had bought the year before she died, Christmas before she died. Her and her mother were shopping online and Leona says, isn't that a beautiful painting? And before Donna could even say, I don't like the painting, Leona had it clicked and they got it framed. And it's a beautiful painting of two horses. But in the top right hand corner and the bottom left hand corner of the painting, only sometime later they noticed that there were words written. And the words are, though my soul may set in darkness it will rise in perfect light for I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. They told me about this back in April and I, it was in the back of my head I guess, and it was only that and it was only that night when I was looking for words I thought on that and they fitted the song that I had, they fitted what I had written. And those words come from I think it's just important to say, those words come from a poem written by an English poet called Sarah Williams back in the 1850s. She died very young herself. It's just important to keep her memory alive because there are not too many female poets that we hear about. So that's the song, Greg, and I give it to Hugh and Donna for them and whatever their decision to do with the song and I think they have been very courageous and given us the gift of wanting to share the song. So I think we're very lucky with that. And the three charities that are going to benefit from it are Critical Emergency Medical Response, Sardar, Ireland North and Canine Search and Rescue Northern Ireland. And we did a show last year on the Saturday afterwards and everyone was still completely raw about it and it's often come to my mind that at that stage they were still waiting for Leona to be returned to them. Unbelievable really. I'll tell you for technical reasons I have to take a break because I don't want to interrupt it and we're going to come back after 11 o'clock and play it in its entirety and watch the video that accompanies with it hop on to our because it's important as well hop on to our social media YouTube and if you want to donate, listen to it donate what's that mechanism So it's all through the video we decided that we would make the song free so anybody can listen to it but please consider donating and the video's had about 9000 views so far so I mean even if you don't know and so the charity's critical have set up the I Donate page and all the money is going directly to them there's no middle man or anything Well Link in our socials it's going to be on yours search stolendreamsonidonate.ie and you'll get it so we're going to take the break and come back after 11 o'clock with a full play of stolen dreams and we want to thank you Matt McGrannaghan very moving and not insignificant work of Denise 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relationships whatever it might be and Keely we appreciate your time in answering them so we'll hop straight in if that's alright to call a metagirl we're just friends i always knew i preferred the same sex the issue is because i had a year long relationship with a man she thinks i'm bisexual but i was really just finding myself how to approach the conversation in a drunken conversation one night she said i'm not going to be your experiment now i'm afraid to mention it again well i think you know we have to be mindful that when we're truthful with people they can also be truthful back to us and whilst she's been open about you know having explored her sexuality the reality is for some people they may not be comfortable with that and may feel that that person's trying to find themselves and so it results in them shutting down they are entitled to feel that that way and i guess it's for that individual to work out whether that's a relationship that's sustainable yeah indeed a very frank conversation sometimes we talk around things don't we when we actually really have to get down to the nitty gritty and talk about the the subject in hand absolutely you know the partner that she's currently seeing may not be comfortable with the fact that they've explored their sexuality and that's okay people are entitled to feel uncomfortable about whether somebody their partner's been in the same sex relationship they are entitled to feel that way and they can also elect to pursue or not you know and it's for the individual to work out whether that works for them too a family member with a child four years after breaking up with the father they are back together now the caller says it's clear to everyone around her that he's only there because he's got nowhere else to go but her daughter is building a relationship with him how do we advise her well firstly i presume it's positive if he's building a relationship with his daughter i don't understand how that comes across as if it's a negative element of it maybe they're afraid that he'll walk out on them again yes it feels like the people around her are suspect that there's another agenda which may not be genuine and that there is a building of a relationship with the daughter and they probably feel concerned that if that person has their needs met they may well then abandon the child the parent which for calls heartache the challenge is if you tell somebody that they don't usually warmly welcome to those insights as they try to build a loving relationship so the reality is it's about understanding that people have to sometimes go through certain experiences but also to check in ask how they're doing in order to make sure that you know isolation doesn't happen they're not totally alone and that they're still communicating with people you know personally when I've been in relationships that haven't been healthy and no family and friends haven't been happy that often can result in secrecy and it's having a friend who may not be judgmental that means that there is someone that they have supportive you know talking about identifying certain red flags if insecurities start to come up it's not it's not easy because it's almost like we could all grab the popcorn and watch a car crash about to happen and that you know can be very unhelpful to the person who might be being abused or used it's not comfortable at all but how can you endeavor to be there for somebody endeavoring not to judge because it's the judgment that means that the friend will recoil and there be much more secrecy and lies are not opening up do you have to sort of create the space then whereby you know you don't want to leave the person in a situation whereby they'd be afraid that if they reached out to you I told you so you wouldn't listen to me you know that kind of stuff and people especially with matters of the heart now unless it's a physically abusive relationship or coercive control or what have you you know you don't see all of it so you really a best friend or family member would leave themselves with the relationship whereby that person can still come to them and say things aren't working out for us but that requires people to keep their nose out a little bit and to be a little bit selfish and we're just not really conditioned to that we want to get in it's very difficult you love someone you don't want them to be her and there's a real fine line the I told you so is so humiliating it's so humiliating because sometimes people have had their own suspicions and intuitions and gut responses that they've ignored it's like putting egg on your face it's not helpful the key is how can I be helpful how can I be alongside my friend and this is sometimes where the professional relationship comes in as a therapist you know this is what I I have to be alongside people who are sometimes making choices that aren't helpful to them endeavoring to put my judgment aside in order to be there for someone so you know sometimes it's not easy but that's the value is trying to be alongside that person and asking them the 5WH questions if they've said something to you what do you think you need to do about that why would that be important how does that make you feel so that we extract from them rather than superimpose our own opinion which humiliates and ultimately results in someone recoiling and if it's abusive when people start to recoil that's not a healthy sign I have 3 or 4 questions on this kind of the same way we might group them up if that's alright Keely and it's along the lines of people in longer term relationships and it feeling a little bit stale or you know it's gone off the boil a little bit everybody's different and everyone looks and wants different things but is there any advice you can give to people that things are going off the boil there seems to be a lot of love in the messages it's just the they don't describe it but you know what I mean it's a standard enough question absolutely I think there's an immense value because there's such a pressure on relationships to complete us to fulfill us I think what often can happen is a form of enmeshment where we have this super high expectation of fulfillment from another absence makes the heart grow fonder what are our aspects of your own identity that you might need to explore to give you a fuller sense of fulfillment that also means that you can come back with you know kind of work you're working on yourself you're looking after yourself and then as ever you know I'm always going to say sometimes we need to start to have the conversations you know what might be helpful you know what's kids kicking routine things can become mundane I think people will be afraid of pulling that curtain back though I think that's what's I mean it's the answer to everything isn't it really if you think about it whether it's a relationship or international war conversation is the only way to get to a resolution but I think sometimes people will be afraid of opening up that can of worms potentially but I mean it's always going to be constructive isn't it well absolutely we are afraid but the challenge is it starts to show up in our behaviors you know moodiness the slamming of cupboard doors the thing is we avoid it but it starts to show up in our you know also in our withdrawal so you know what can be done that's to remain curious about I mean as I'm an advocate of you know communication cards I've spoken about those before especially ones that are geared for relationships to start to open up a dialogue what are the things that you want to achieve even as a couple what would you like to do you need time away do you need time away from each other these are important things to reflect on because it's absolutely right that things can become stale stale in what way stale in the bedroom stale in your everyday communications you know they talk about date night and sometimes that can all feel very forced a comedy show last night and it's like well you know it's actually the phrase itself is like fingernails being dragged down a whiteboard to me I'll be honest with you because it's like right you know anyway but listen if it works for some people we're all different and you know we're talking about conversing and sometimes it's you know it's no harm to have another person in there a mediator dependent on where you're at and Keely to Werner is a psychotherapist author and coach and also it's available remotely as well Keely how do people get more information about the work that you do you can buy me at keepachange.com the number four F-O-R as we say every month great it's lovely having you on the show have a lovely Thursday God bless you thank you very much indeed Keely to Werner there 08 660 25,000 is the whatsapp and text number or give us a call on 07 4 at 9 1 25,000 07 4 9 1 25,000 okay we are going to say hello to our next guest now deputy podrick McLaughlin good morning to you deputy thank you for your time good morning Greg what's the reaction been to the alternative budget that's not what we're talking about I pierced on yesterday but you know there's the dust has began to settle now has it been received yeah I think what's been welcomed I mean when you talk to business groups employer groups when you talk to the unions who are working with teachers with health workers the massive issue is housing we have to deliver housing at the scale that our people require affordable housing so that's the big emphasis that's pierced as our finance spokesperson owner blend as our housing spokesperson has focused on you know if they were both ministers we would be saying the the biggest house building program social affordable in the history of the state and that scale is what's required Greg for the foreseeable future I invited we invited you on to talk about it's because of where you're from obviously being from from from north Donogorla Donogorla as a whole we have the defective concrete crisis but also you are your party spokesperson on fisheries and the marine and you've made an interesting observation on the regulation of one industry versus the other it's quite an interesting observation too yeah Greg I mean you'll know about this but a lot of our listeners today in Donogorla mightn't be aware if you have a fish factory if you look at the fish factories in Kelly bags for example where the people there through their dedication their ingenuity have built up an industry that has provided for a few thousand jobs now for many years what's happened there is that the sea fisheries protection authority are the regulator over both fishermen and the seafood sector and astonishingly not only do you have the fish being weighed on a flow scale so they're looking at the fish in real time as I went to see this I seen this for myself you also had CCTV cameras on the weighing system that the SFPA monitor 24 7 all the time no industry in Ireland would have a situation where they've CCTV cameras from outside of their business monitoring them round the clock so that's the level of surveillance of placing of the fishery industry and if you take on any fisherman from anywhere around Ireland and I speak to them all right around the coast of Sinn Fein's fishery spokesperson they'll tell you that they are the most policed regulated fishing sector in all of Europe way beyond the sea are we over as Alison enforcing EU regulations or is this an internal matter no we are clearly the best policeman in Europe about enforcing fisheries regulations no over country touches what we do in Ireland and of course our fishermen tell us that about 80% of the wealth from our seas that's in our waters from 12 miles to 200 miles and indeed from 6 to 12 miles 80% of the wealth in those waters is handed away due to unjust policies dating back to the 1970s that are never changed so our fishermen are watching our wealth being taken away and are placed way beyond you'd see any in any over European country I compare that Greg to what's happening with the quarry and construction industry and it's absolutely shocking Did we not make our own bed though with controversy as to how we handle our fish that's landed on these shores and that's why we have had to deal with the best policeman in the EU Yeah there's no doubt that there were some issues and nobody in the fishing community denies that back in the day and there needs to be regulation absolutely there has to be regulation but the level is insane I couldn't believe it when I went down to see I mean I don't know any industry that would tolerate CCTV on them from outside round the clock but even that wasn't good enough for the SFPA remember the whole madness where they weren't allowing fish to be landed at killi bags they had to take them around to the city of Derry port and then it was just crazy bureaucracy over-policing so what I want to point it out was here we have a situation with quarries with the construction industry where utter recklessness has devastated thousands of lives in Donegal I was at an Iraq disc committee and this is the oversight of the story now so we have one level of regulation which is really really mad for fishing the community for seafood but when it comes to quarries I couldn't believe after everything that we've been through that there was an audit done of the quarries by the national building control office the market surveillance office they carried out the audits of a range of quarries in Donegal and the quarry that is most closely identified with the vast majority of houses that are affected in Donegal would you believe that they told us in the Iraq disc they couldn't get access to that quarry to carry out tests now CCTV cameras round the clock on fish factories in killi bags and they couldn't get access to this quarry to carry out tests geological and petrographic tests that are required to understand what has gone wrong then you had a situation when the first draft of that audit report was submitted very mysteriously criticism of the whole regulation of the industry and criticism of the resources available to this building control office were taken away, were taken out this has been revealed by the Sunday Business Post and since that revelation we learned that the Maraid Phelan who's head of the national building control office market surveillance office is telling us she just doesn't have anywhere near the resources she needs now we're talking about billions of euro of damage in terms of the taxpayer we're talking about thousands of lives devastated and we cannot get proper regulation oversight of the quarry industry but obviously that's retrospective but we have to give people if they ever manage to get through a scheme confidence in what house might be built into the future or generally building activity you know we've got our defective concrete crisis we've seen what's happened over in Britain when there isn't proper oversight and regulation I mean it beggars belief and obviously I try and strike balance but is there anyone out there listening regardless of your background political party or whatever that would not think that we've had a multi-billion-euro wake-up call that's had a devastating impact on people's lives which will never be fit to quantify and yet we aren't jumping through absolutely every hoop and throwing every resource and ensuring as best as assumingly possible that this cannot happen again or at the very least we're replacing houses that won't be subject to the same problems again into the future I defy anyone with any background not to state that that's precisely what should we we should be doing and the fact that we're not doing is it's I was going to say criminal but it's it's beggars belief I beg I can't believe it but it's hard to believe you know what I mean yeah I mean I just can't get my head round why we're not throwing every resource at this National Building Control Office and as you say we've had revelations in our OCTIS committees in the last year where senior engineers stated on the record that there are quarries still producing defective concrete products in this country and one of them was a senior engineer called Aidan O'Connell and we said to him well you know if you have this evidence why are you not bringing it forward to the National Building Control Office the other thing to Greg is the emerging science tells us that perotite or iron sulfides are actually the cause of what we've seen in Donegal we call it mica because that was what the scientists told us about three four or five years ago now it's believed that perotite and the problem with perotite if you look at international experience like North America Canada Europe is that if this occurs in quarries they should not be making any concrete blocks whatsoever or any concrete products for that matter you see the problem I think what the problem is and it's the only explanation I can offer is that to some extent we speak in an echo chamber about this and that includes at OROCTIS meetings the laughable conversation that was had about a multi-billion euro scheme it was clear from the questions that were being asked that people sitting on OROCTIS committees that should know hadn't a clue about this really the most basic fundamental questions that you know in a very highly paid job you should at least have briefed yourself on that then we have how it's covered in the media some sections of the media doing fantastic work in keeping this to the fore but generally speaking I think if you pulled a lot of people in the media and general society they would believe it's a job done a scheme has been announced it's not for everyone it's multi-billion there it is and the people that are paid to make sure this can't happen again must surely know that that really in terms of general awareness of how big a problem this is between the media the public and even politicians it's not there so we are back to the points it feels that we're talking about this amongst ourselves and no one else gets it yeah I have to say it is very very frustrating and what happens at national level is people pay attention and then move on to the next crisis and problem and of course there was a sale a pitch made by government look at this the biggest redress a scheme in the history of the state billions of euro look we're giving everybody 420,000 euro which was a complete lie and when you speak to people down the country now we had their attention in 2021 thanks to the fantastic campaigners we have in Donegal people started to tell their story it was harrowing and there was a lot of solidarity from around the country but now there's this view which usually you're getting 420,000 euro 8 so it's an absolute lie and then just as bad is the fact that the very industry that caused this crisis the quarry and construction industry you know is getting like touch regulation still and fairness now I have to say the national building control office Maria feeling the people who are heading that up are fighting for more resources are looking to do their job but they need those resources from government so the question I ask Greg was how in the name of God can you have massive resources every year behind the sea fish use protection authority 24 hour CCTV surveillance of fish factories and you can't even get access to a quarry that was responsible for the destruction of thousands of families lives in Donegal to test to see if that quarry you know has deleterious materials for God's sake you know so I want to call it out I'm going to stay calling it out because the hypocrisy in the double standards is astonishing. Alright listen thank you very much for your time Deputy Podrick McLaughlin who is Sinn Féin's spokesperson on fisheries and the marine it is 1134 we'll be back with more on the 90 noon show after we take this break watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook highlandradio.com the 90 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 9102 127 Christmas shopping just got easier with Erwin expert electricals layaway service now open secure those must have gifts from Ninja Apple Samsung LG Dyson or Sage with just a deposit simply the items you love and pay for them and convenient installments that suit your budget no stress no rush gifts smarter with Erwin expert electrical letter Kenny and Bong Khrana Charlie McLaughlin funeral directors serving letter Kenny in the surrounding areas for over 100 years Charlie McLaughlin funeral directors then our family take care of your family 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07491 25,000 let me see if I've addressed that technical issue can you hear me in the whole column hello no I'm going to have to kick you out and then bring you back in again stay where you are right okay so I'm going to go back to my usual fold right by the way just whilst we do that we've had a couple of calls along the lines of where is the guard investigation as to exactly what was the cause of the terrible Cree shot tragedy as I say a few along those lines we contacted guardie of course just to find out they said as this is an ongoing investigation on guardie she kind of has no comment at this stand that right is me hold column there can you hear me now no I can not hear you alright that's gone all together close and all that get rid of everything and we'll bring it back in trying to do too many things at the one time you see that's my problem right more comments here hi Greg I have little respect for farmers I live in a very rural area and the farmers cut hedges and spread slurry whenever they want they seem to think the rules do not apply to them slurry season we're in at the moment because of the weather it has been extended so we're not it's fine I just have to correct this issue anyway we can rejoin well we can go to line two good morning to you me hold column imagine my and I just show you the technology is brilliant when it works well yeah the problem is I try and I over egg the custard that's my problem shot three hits under the hurry an extremely old bridge chart take three you know we're talking about we're talking about the bridge in dookery me hold 1733 I mean what what a historic thing in the first place can you imagine being a fly in the wall as that was being constructed I love history and I love the notion of it and our ancestors at this crack but it is a beautiful bridge and we're looking at some video of it right now here for those watching the show talk to us about it well I'm not so sure if my dates are correct I know that some of the people in the dookery will be less than so they've been more better positioned than I am to give the proper dates there was for initially I was told 1733 and then later this morning I was told 1780 but anyway rounded with that period a very sad difficult time for Irish people considering the poverty and the occupation and then comes along Cunningham which was a planter landlord and built the first bridge across the Gibara that bridge then was added to it to actually a very beautiful bridge and anybody that goes through beautiful dookery you'd nearly forget you'd nearly not even realize that you're on the bridge but I would ask people to stop on the village and actually go off the path and see the bridge first what it really is and it's full beauty it's a double arch bridge and it's stunningly stunningly important and beautiful and it's a protecting structure isn't it me whole column yes it's a protected structure we have a couple of dozen protective structures within the county I do know that the minister who has advised that there should be a couple hundred and for one reason or another the council hasn't put the resources to it and that's something that I didn't realize until the last couple of days and I've actually emailed looking for a response for it but putting that aside and the main reason why I'm speaking today on radio is to draw attention on the failure of the council to act when reported that the stones on the bridge had started to move there's been an issue on the bridge for a long time in terms of the ivy grown on it there's trees going on it and there's a concern by the locals themselves I was in and shopper yesterday that's the wee beautiful shop that's in Duhuri anybody passing please do stop and shop there small village shops are really important but you know we were talking about it and the structure of the bridge there's some concern because that bridge would have been initially obviously a couple hundred years ago built to carry nothing heavier than a couple of horses and carts or what we would have had at the time would have been only donkeys and now with the heavy vehicles because it's our main route if you leave on Hohaliyah heading for Balin Afinye heading for Liscanela or Balbafe so it's a really important bridge to actually make sure that the bridge doesn't start giving way in any shape or form through time and what is the just for those who may not be aware because every day is learning day the coping stones are the stones that sit atop the walls effectively of the bridge and I presume if they are there and they're well fixed it stops anyone maybe pushing some of the bridge into the water or picking stones that have been created there looking at it in terms of that part of the work that needs doing and we can talk more about the general structure that might need work it just needs really the motivation to do it it's not for a skilled stone mason they wouldn't belong I don't think bringing the top part of that bridge into a good state of repair really quite quickly if the will was there yes look the thing here is and this is what's really important and it's a listed structure is that you have to have a specialised qualified team of people to carry out this work there are grants available for this up to I think some 80% available to the council so I can't imagine that that extra 20% would be that difficult to get but the problem here is that when I was initially reported there was only one or two stones and I believe that that could be them stones could have been retrieved but what's happened over this last couple of days or this last week and I'm not going to get into the time you're pointing it's happened and that's just the reality but as you can see from what I sent Caroline Orr and Orr earlier is that there's quite a lot of broken stones missing and it's like a broken windows syndrome once you break one you find the others will start breaking and it's disappointing it's not that I want to just use this opportunity just to have an athlete at the council but I think this bridge like many of our other structures that was built by the occupiers and the planners as much as we might not like it but they're important and they're historical and we need to maintain it and we need that investment and that's why stay where you are because Dr. Andrea Redmond do three development Tidy Towns also good morning Andrea thanks for your time today good morning Councilor Micheal and it's good to get this on the agenda but obviously this has been under the attention of the group for quite some time and we can go back to 2021 when you were calling on the council to I suppose really shore up what was there repair what was there because you's predicted I think really the damage that was to come so we've lost a couple of years from your first calls Andrea we did we raised this issue when we had a new committee formed and we took stock basically of our beautiful village and things like they I just tried to get a preservation order which again hasn't been put through but we had serious concerns about the bridge because there were stones missing at the top and we also had members of our heritage committee we shame it's cool had gone in underneath was concerned a bit Ivy and the impact that that may have on the structure but at the minute now Greg to see if you walk the bridge literally the brain just comes up your way so there's a serious health and safety issue that the issue that we had and we've had great support from me whole is to try and work through kind of the mire that is the council and council's department and to get the right hand speaking to the left hand or working in tandem because we would go to one department and they would say oh you have to get special stone maces and blah blah blah we don't have that expertise we don't have that money and we don't own the bridge it's literally owned by council and by road service and we believe it's their responsibility protected structure but the job of protecting that structure structure is not the local community or the local groups now we've talked about the top of the bridge Andrea in terms of inspecting underneath as you and me whole column also pointed out this was built really for horses and carts donkeys and traps but obviously we've been making some heavy vehicles now for which it wasn't designed for are we adequately and we've seen similar with the bridge at the bottom of the Kenny here are we ensuring and inspecting underneath to make sure that it's structure is sound and that we're not doing damage that will end up being irreversible well this is the major question that we have at the moment you know what is the time scale for regular structural analysis of these historic routes because if you stop and think of people now if that closes because of damage or safety issues how are people to get from Fentown on to their own low you know it's a major arterial route that needs to be protected so not only because it's a historic property or historic site but also because it's a major arterial route without it would severely impact residents schools tourism and that type of thing we're asking you know what is and I think there was a bridge survey done maybe was it 2006 or something and I was actually reading it and I think they propose to have a regular structure analysis of these bridges I don't know has it been done it's very difficult to get a straight answer they just seem to say one aspect of council will say well that's such and such you go and see such and such and then you go to them and they you know so we're not getting any further would you like to see obviously it assessed for its structural soundness but also you know the walls they probably have a name restored would you like to see the IV off it it pointed because it is beautiful now but I think it would be it would become a real extra special landmark if the IV was taken from it and it was pointed respectfully and appropriately where it needed to be looked after and is that the view of the committee yes yes we I mean the thing about IV undermines the structure because it works its way into the stone and you know we can't go out you know I could go out with a trowel a bit of cement and put in some of those capstones but we can't touch it because it's a protected structure you need specialist stone masons so I mean we couldn't go out and try to pull the IV off because you know we could do further damage so literally sit and watch the thing disintegrate in front of our eyes and we've raised the issue in 2021 you know and we we warned council look there's there's several stones loose now it just looks shocking at the minute and what's worrying to from a safety perspective it doesn't look like it would be very difficult for minded individuals to actually toss quite a lot of that bridge into the into the river without the the capping stones and what have you heard from Dr. Redmond the frustration that's there and Dr. Redmond a voice of the community we show many people sharing her frustration is what I'm saying effectively so how do you as an elected rep for that area progress this within the council well you know was Dr. Redmond has says in the big work that her shop and Jonathan all the doing in the area and I feel kind of a better bar if they're going to but embarrass this local councillor that steps hasn't been taken long before this and we shouldn't have to be forced on radio to bring attention to it but it's not just the idea for me in relation to the structure the structure of the building that or the bridge it's also that now we see not we can coaching on it as well and it's something that I think that the council should look to help to to to address because the not we'd itself will have a massive impact on the bridge and what I'll be doing is and is obviously raising with the council and continue to raise her with the council but the main thing and I spoke to senior engineer today and an unfairness the engineer was correct he says look it's not fair that a committee has to constantly write and myself constantly in contact to get the departments were on the council to actually co-work with each other at the end of the day I can't go and say this department and that department it's not their fault, it's their fault people don't care you're just the council get it fixed we're neglected enough as it is in Western Eagle Dury's a wee beautiful village that has been shockingly neglected over the years and now we have a fantastic committee who are capable and able and willing to put it up a notch put that village on a map and we as a council cannot continue to ignore them but in the response to you it's not really clear who's responsible the roads office might have an advisory role the heritage office though doesn't have the authority to take on the work but the heritage office can provide information on who might be able to do the work and perhaps maybe some money might be available from historic like I appreciate whoever put this answer together actually I know who it is and you know it would be in the right place but it seems to be falling between stools it's kind of frustrating well this morning this morning I did find out that there is a road central bridge design and maybe I don't have the right terminology for for that department but it does come under the remit of the road section of Coral Fonda, Leningau so we need to move now we need to find out I have got a guarantee today that next week meeting on roads that I'll have a more up to date answer and I don't believe for a moment that there's a lack of willingness on the local staff because our local staff are more than capable and able and willing but what we need to have done in 2021 when this was highlighted and raised we should have put our heads together and said let's move in this alright okay thanks very much Mihill Collam and finally Dr Redmond I'm sure you appreciate us raising this issue I'm sure you appreciate the work Mihill Collam is doing on this and I'm sure you appreciate we've kind of done talking now aren't we this is a beautiful historic protected bridge let's crack on and do something about it alright thanks so much for your time Andrea take care of yourself that's Dr Andrea Redmond and also counselling Mihill Collam McGill Lasberg Sarah moved back first and Steven moved in beside her with this new fibre broadband they can work from home so they don't need to live in the city they love being back of course and I suppose there's no harm that they have a free babysitter on hand whenever they want it National Broadband Ireland is delivering our high speed fibre broadband network to homes, schools and businesses across Ireland no matter how remote or rural Granny! 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