 Alarm clock for this week. Thanks to everyone who got in touch with the show. Thanks to Don and Marie and Caroline for their help as well. I'll talk to you next week. Up next is Greg Hughes with the Ninetal Noon Show. Morning, Greg. You're not here tomorrow, no? No. Oh, I believe. Enjoy it. You're not getting off by to me this week. No, I want six days out of stuff. Ah, here. Come on. All right, enjoy your weekend then. Well, Alarand, OK, it's the Ninetal Noon Show. Our Friday panel has joined us. We'll be introducing them to you and of course the rest of Friday's Ninetal Noon Show after we get a news update now. And it's good morning, Donal Kavanaugh. Thank you, Greg. Good morning. There is a flicker of optimism that issues around the Northern Ireland protocol can be resolved according to Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney. He says he believes the British government is acting in good faith in reaching out to Dublin and Brussels. The minister met his British counterpart last night and will co-chair the British Irish Intergovernmental Conference in London today. Minister Coveney says there has been an improvement in dealings with Britain. So I think we've created a, you know, a flicker of optimism that both sides can work towards resolving some of these outstanding protocol issues that have been outstanding for far too long and, of course, have caused enormous polarization of opinion in Northern Ireland and a lot of tension as well. The Environmental Protection Agency says the quality of drinking water from public supplies remains high with over 99.7 percent of samples nationally compliant with bacterial and chemical limits. However, it's critical of Irish water after incidents in Gory and Ballymore Eustis were found to have put over a thousand people at risk. There are now three Dany Gold supplies on the EPA's remedial action list. Milford, Glendysar Drah and Ledger Mac Award, where a boil notice remains in place. Minister Simon Harris is in Letherkenny today as part of a conference exploring the potential of the Northwest. The event at the ATU's Letherkenny campus will hear from Minister Harris. He'll outline the government's commitment to supporting educational collaboration on an all island basis. With more, here's McKellet-Lark. Today's conference will examine cross-border activity taking place in the region and hear about plans for future collaboration in terms of employment and education with partners working in collaboration to provide leadership, opportunity and the development of a talent pipeline for the Northwest and beyond. The event has been organised by the Northwest Territory Education Cluster comprising of the ATU, Dany Gold ETB, Ulster University and the Northwest Regional College. The cluster was established with the aim to bring about real and positive change to the region by supporting enhanced economic prosperity and social benefits through education and employment. Over 150 delegates will hear remarks from Minister Simon Harris and renowned economist David McWilliams who will share his views on the best practice for transforming the Northwest into a growing economy. And the meeting was held last evening to discuss safety measures at Ineloch in Derry following a double drowning tragedy over the summer. The meeting, called by the mayor, Sandra Duffy, agreed that Derry City and Stubborn District Council along with statutory agencies and the local community will liaise with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to explore the possibility of them carrying out an initial scoping exercise with more details on that. Here's Donna Marie Daherty. The meeting was convened in response to the tragic passing of Reuben Simon and Joseph Sebastian who died after getting into difficulty while swimming with friends in the law in late August. The meeting of politicians and community representatives was organised to examine what possible additional safety measures could be made to the immunity. The meeting heard that Wild Council has no statutory responsibility for waterways and water safety or any ownership of the lands at Ineloch. It has taken a proactive approach through engagement with a range of stakeholders and interested parties to carry out exploratory works to help identify roles and responsibilities at the law. It was acknowledged that ownership and responsibility for Ineloch is fragmented with several different landowners owning various parts around the edge of the law and some of the bed and soil of the law. All partners agreed that a joint multi-agency approach was the best way forward with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents being asked to assess the law and provide a report with recommendations on water safety. Sunny spells and scattered showers today that rain heavy or thundery at times becoming isolated toward evening, feeling cold with moderate to fresh and gusty west to south-west winds afternoon highs today, 10 to 15 degrees Celsius. And that's Island Radio News. We're back with news again at 10 o'clock. Thinking about joining AIB? What if, by changing your bank, you could also change the way you bank? At AIB, we don't make technology for you to bank. We make it for you to live with all your everyday banking needs at your fingertips. Joining AIB takes just a few simple steps. Discover how to become a customer by visiting aib.ie. AIB, we back doing. Allidaris Bank's PLC is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. The county's number one talk show, the Ninetal Noon Show on Highland Radio. The Ninetal Noon Show with Letter Kenny Credit Union, now offering myCU current account and debit mastercard, bringing full banking features delivered with the same local trustworthy service of your credit union. And now, it's time for the talk of the Northwest, The Ninetal Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. All right, good morning to you. Five minutes past nine, Friday, the 7th of October, 2022. It's the last show of the week, and you're very welcome along to it. Our Friday panel with us right now. But before we introduce them, just to remind you that we wanna hear what you have to say to get your views as well, your input, 086625,000 WhatsApps and texts to that number. Give us a call, please, on 0749125,000. Caroline and Donna Marie taking your calls there. Or you can, of course, email comments at highlandradio.com. If you choose to watch the program, if that suits your lifestyle and where you're at, go on to our website, highlandradio.com. Click the Watch Live button, or go on to YouTube, Highland Radio Island. Don't forget to like and subscribe, please. And Facebook, and you can hit the bell. You'll know when we're going live. All right, let's say hello now to Rosa Glacken, regional president of St. Vincent de Paul Northwest. Good morning, Rosa. Morning, Greg, and good morning to your listeners. It's good to have you with us. Also, Patty Rooney. It's good to have you, Rosa. Patty Rooney, PRO, friends of Vatican University Hospital. Good morning. Good morning, Greg. Fantastic, thank you. And Councillor Mary Therese, Gala Hirshen, Fane Councillor in the Glent East Municipal District. Good morning to you. Good morning, Greg. Right, okay. We'll start with you, Rosa, if that's okay, as regional president of St. Vincent de Paul. Just a question for you, in terms of the amount of contacts you're receiving now, the level of support that's being required, are you seeing an increase? Yes, Greg. Even before the budget, we had an increase of 20% nationwide, and we have no doubt that that will rise. Now, with regard to the budget, initially I thought there were quite a lot of benefits coming the way of people with the double payments now in October and December, double children's allowance, and so on. And then in the new year, then there's a 12-year increase in weekly benefits. However, what would concern us is when you get money altogether like that, if you don't manage it properly and plan ahead, in the purpose for most of that would be towards the winter fuel, and in the lead-up to Christmas, people might be tempted to use it unwisely, should we say. So we would be concerned also with the rising costs, as you know, of the cost of living and fuel, and the weekly allowance, the weekly fuel allowance, would not even cover one bag of coal now. And as you know, a lot of people around the Northwest use an open fire or depend on a back boiler. So if we have a bad winter, I reckon there could be a huge surge in demand. Yeah, and you can see it's a notable increase in the amount of people, say for instance, used in social media to try and source the likes of turf and wood, clearly trying to avoid the steep cost of coal and trying to keep their houses warm for the winter. Yes, it's a great concern, because it's already turned very cold. And then from the oil point of view, if we were helping a lot of people with oil, we wouldn't be able to do it because it's gone so expensive. But I mean, even half a tank, 500 liters is about 600 or 700. So... Yeah, 620, I think, at the moment, but they know it's going up the way because of the recent announcements as it relates to oil production. Yes, so we always hoped that people would use these new benefits that are coming along, use them wisely and stock up on the fuel and prepare for all the winter. So that's sad. I mean, for a lot of families, so that's a choice of, and I'm choosing my words carefully, that's a choice over, you know, money management, like you say, or Christmas. Yes, absolutely, Greg. So what I'm saying is that going forward into the new year, I don't think people will be a lot better off because we had, you know, we have a social justice group who lobby government and they did ask for at least 20 Euro a week to keep people above the poverty line. And by our reckoning, there will be more people sinking into poverty because there are so many other costs. And I'm also always very concerned, as I said, for the Northwest because so many are dependent on their car, not only to go to work, but for hospital appointments, shopping and so on. So they need their cars and added pressure on families, especially families on low income. Yeah, and just one final question before we bring the rest of the guests in then. I mean, we have been seeing it, I think, for some time, but are we seeing more of it that people, perhaps who are working, even both people, if there's two in the house working, are now trying to access your services. There was a trend, are we seeing that ramp up, in other words, effectively the working poor? That's exactly what I've been told. Okay. With our head office in Ruffol and around the country, there is an increase and we're glad to see people who've never come to us before accessing our service. But it's indicative of the times. These are people who are working, but as you say, low income and the income isn't stretching to cover costs. Paddy Rooney, is it realistic to have an expectation that a government or a budget could announce a budget that would solve a lot of the problems that we're facing now, particularly given the national and global situation? I don't think so because the problem is inflation and this apparently is a result of the markets sort of correcting themselves after all of the money that Western countries in the Western world put into the economies during COVID. We now have a situation where there is too much money chasing too few goods. And I think that anywhere that has ever been tried where governments have tried to get ahead of inflation or tried to caution people from it, it just can't be done because they end up making things worse. I think one of the sad thing about all of this is that the average industrial wage now, apparently I've seen it recently, is about 32,000. And you still have to pay income tax at 20% on that, even though you'll have tax credits offset, some of that. And you have universal social charge and PRSI. And there's absolutely no way in the wide world that I think that people are going to have the same standard of living. But I think also to, I'm not crying for a mouth or anything, but I would be very surprised if the average wage in Donegal would be 32. I can imagine that might be a national figure and you're correct there, but I mean, we have notoriously low wages here. There is the average wage which is about 48,000 and there's the average industrial wage that takes into account about a bottom of about 17 or 18 certain scale trades people and all of that deal. But you're right because there are people then that are in a wage a lot lower than that. And many people then of course will be able to apply for income supplement in the Department of Social Inclusion. But I don't think that the people are going to be able to manage. I wish that the government and all the political class would be honest with the people and tell them it's straight rather than putting measures in place in the budget that they say, look, we're giving you all these things. Here we are, happy days. Because there is no way in the wide world that many, many people in this country are going to have the same standard of living next year as they had two years ago. It's not going to be that way because things is probably going to get incrementally worse. There is a role that will know this much better than me, but every single household regardless of their income Greg, have a hierarchy of expenditure. And the first thing is the rent has to be paid because the funny thing is banks don't like us not paying the mortgage. They come knocking in the door if we don't do that. Landlords don't like us not paying rent. They want to throw us out on the streets. So those are the very first things that most families have to pay for. And the next thing is food. Just from a personal experience yesterday, I had to put on two tires on my car yesterday that was on planned expenditure. Okay, there was a puncture in one of them. Tire couldn't be repaired. So the other one wasn't in good shape either. That was two. And when I got home then there was an email to say that my TV license was up. And those are the kind of bills that are coming through the door that are going to cripple people because planned expenditure is one thing about your rent and your food. You can actually plan for that. And you can cut your plot accordingly. But it's the unplanned bills that come and they keep coming and that's what's going to cripple people. So with all of that in mind, there was an 11 billion euro budget announced. A lot of people who don't fall into the categories that we're talking about are going to benefit. Do you think the government should have put more emphasis on a targeted approach so that we found out those that need the money most and diverted it towards them? And then those who can title them their belts and still survive, you know, they might huff and they might puff, but they will survive. But we ensure that as much of the money that we have to help goes to those that we genuinely no need the help. That seems the right thing to do, Greg. So why do we resist doing so, buddy? Hold on, we've had a discussion now on numerous occasions about children's allowance in this country. So it's paid to every mother in the country who has children up to 16 years of age or whatever it is. And the argument being put forward about why it's not targeted is that it would cost so much to administer the targeting than it would to just pay it to everybody. So I don't know, EC, is it possible to target people that easy? If it's possible to target them, why shouldn't we be doing that? But being able to target people, there must be a mechanism to do it. I can't give you the answer to that right now. And it seems the right thing to do. But we can target people with the double welfare payment, for example. You know, there are databases of people that are on benefits, their income is declared, their situation is stated. You know, I think that the majority of them perhaps would be already covered by, you know, special payments, for example, fuel allowance. We know who has fuel allowance. We know who has children. We know who has children, but also receive other benefits. You know, I just think, I wonder how the department sat down and analyzed, you know, an alternative budget where money goes to those that genuinely needed. You could, but remember this concept now, the squeeze to middle, you could be on an income would say, for instance, a household income of 50,000 euro a year. And there was a time when that was a very good salary. It's not now, if you're paying a mortgage of about 11 or 1200 a month, if you're paying a thousand euro a month for childcare, you've all the other associated costs, you find out that, you know, you have no money to save or a rainy day or whatever. So the people that are on, are getting state benefits, yeah, it's easy to target them. But there are a lot of others that you're moving up then, up the social classes, up to this famous squeeze middle, you know, that's what the parties keep talking about, that they have the appearance up being well off, but they're not, they're actually treading water and they're just living from day to day with all the, with the huge cost that they have out there. Yep, and the two Tars. All of that and the two Tars. And the two Tars and the TV license. The TV license and all of that, yeah, yeah. That's the problem. Murray, Therese, obviously, you know, you would be dealing directly with the public as well and you'd get a very good sense of what's going on out there. Are you seeing a change? Yeah, Greg, and I suppose the one thing I have noticed is that people are talking about it. It's very open. You know, I'm sure in every household, all the time, you know, between ourselves, we would say, well, that bills and all that bills and you meet people now everywhere and did you get the bill, you know, and there's a thread of everything, any bill coming through the door. And I agree with what Patty was saying, you know, anything that goes about, like so that if the washing machine breaks down, you know, what do we do? We just don't have the mechanism to feed ourselves, house ourselves and get a new washing machine. And those are the kind of things that do cripple people. Yeah, okay. I'm going to come back after we take a quick break. I have Therese Gallagher's connections. That's not fantastic though. 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I hope people have to go look for help. But I think from listening to what Rosa has said, I think we need to come up with some sort of solutions to actually let everybody float a little bit. I don't know, and I'm frightened listening to Rosa of a 20% increase at this stage of the year and calls to St. Vincent and DePaul and how that's actually gonna progress over the rest of the year. And we need to all, because I think sometimes we look at each other and say, oh, well, they're getting double payment but they're getting pay pundit and I'm getting nothing. I can't feed my children and I can't keep my house. I can't pay my mortgage. And it's nobody's fault. And that, we shouldn't look at each other and we should really be trying now at this stage. I think to be coming up with solutions to where families are at. And also the other thing, Greg, and all of this is like you have the legs of schools now who all of their costs have gone up, their electricity, their oil. I don't wanna get it on the schools because schools at the same time. But at the same time, I know schools that are changing uniforms again. I know schools that are insisting on branded, it makes me rage every time I hear it. And I'm not being ignorant to your hope. But I know what you're gonna talk about. Can you just let me finish? Yeah, go ahead. The point is what has happened at the schools now is they're all creating like say a draw or a fundraising and all the rest which comes back on the parents again. And they're doing it for the right reasons. And I suppose that's the point I'm making is that there's another pocket for every penny that's coming in the door. For sure. And maybe the parents would have more money to contribute to the schools if they had to if they didn't have to spend a fortune on specific branded stuff. I read today that just three counties account for more than 40% of Ukrainians housed in temporary or emergency accommodations such as hotels figures released by the Department of Integration show. There are now 38,212 Ukrainians who have a status as beneficiaries of temporary protection being accommodated by the state. Donagol has the third highest amount of refugees at 1,971. I'm just at the same time and I'm sure it's somewhat connected. There's a motion before the council from Lee and Elena says that this council requests that the Minister for Children and so on and so forth Roderick O'Gorman suspend the introduction of any further refugees to Donagol until a full inspection and report takes place the conditions of accommodation for those currently here and analysis of services available to them including educational, health, social integration at community level. And we also know of course that GPS practices and a hospital are seeing an influx of numbers and that is being driven to some extent by a rapidly increasing population. So with all that in mind, Paddy Rooney is this something do you think that we need to look at? We know that we're helping people fleeing a dire situation because whilst not much of Ukraine necessarily is in active war we know Vladimir Putin at any moment could discharge his weapons or a tactical nuke or whatever it might be. So we know people are struggling but can Donagol do much more at this stage with everything else that's going on Paddy? Greg, we started off somewhere around March or April or a roundabout that time when refugees from Ukraine who were fleeing the war came to this country and it was given over to the Irish Red Cross at the time to be able to manage that. In a very short period of time that they got overwhelmed by it then local authorities weren't able to shoot it either. So therefore it was given over to the market here and that's what has happened here. So I'm afraid it's a bit rich of the political class now to be coming out and to be criticising about what's going on when they literally to all intents and purposes wash their hands with it here because the market has responded. And I'm not condoning anything that's going on here any sharp practices or whatever if they are taking place or whatever but somebody I can't remember who said in your program within the last couple of weeks he can't let perfection get in the way of good. I mean, we had a situation where in various places in community halls in Dublin and with the tents and gardens as college with us to where people were being housed to turn it to be one night then and then to two nights then it went into a week. At least people are being housed and their children in some conditions and their children are going to school in some conditions or whatever. And at least they're in a place of safety. I don't know enough about this because I've never actually been in a place but I actually know a gentleman who actually has people from Ukraine in the house of his and the fire authorities expected the local authorities come around to have a look at it. It doesn't, from the little bit that I know it doesn't seem to be a wheelbarrow and shovel job that there was some level of regulation to it. I mean, what did you say we haven't done at all? Is it about 4,000? Almost 2,000 now. Almost two, four, 4,000. Sorry, no, it is 1,971. That's as of, that's... Oh, that figure is actually higher than that. Greg, I'm afraid. And the chair called should be in his figure higher than that. Okay, well, I'm just going... But anyway, let's take the 4,000. Ukrainians based in emergency or service to accommodation. So there are different, you know, there's going to be different categories. So that's those that are in emergency or service to accommodation. See, I'm not to view that anyway, Greg, but we have to do this. And if it's not perfect, we have to do it. You know, I've been on your program before and I've given this before but this country turned their back on people in Germany and the Second World War and the Vietnamese people in the 70s. We can't, you know, do we learn nothing in this country? Do we ever change your mind on anything? This is something we have to do. If it's not perfect in the short term, so be it. A lot of these unfortunate people, Greg, are never going to go home. And the many, many more of them are going to be here for a very, very long time. So there's no point in saying this is going to be... Can I, can I? And I think with the period of time, these people will integrate and assimilate into society. But they have to be given time to do it. OK, is it possible, though, that... And I don't know your circumstances. I'm certainly not asking them, Paddy, but it's just to tease that. Is it possible, though, that, you know, if you were struggling to find a house yourself, that your views might be different? If you, you know, were on a lower welfare payment, for example, than the refugees, if you were maybe facing eviction because you can't pay your rent. And as I say, I'm not trying to paint you into a corner on this, but that's the experience of an awful lot of people out there. And then they see how another group of people could... We can understand that there may be, their view might not be quite as... Oh, I know. So how do we address that? That is a very, very valid sentiment to express, Greg. I mean, my heart went out to a couple of people that were given personal testimonies on your programme yesterday about the standard of their houses due to the mic, it's about to fall down. And their issue is the fact that how come that they're not being supported by the state the same way as the people that are fleeing the war? That is a very, very... But that is a totally different argument. There's no point in saying just because we don't 3Dex that we should abandon it. Why? I mean, in principle, you know, that's what we shouldn't be doing that. Councillor Mayer, Therese Gallagher, what's your view? Yeah, I was shocked, actually, when you read out the number of 1971, because I was at a meeting there two weeks ago, and every group in the county that's meant to be dealing with the Ukrainians had different numbers. Yeah, so just to be absolutely clear, and I should have been at the beginning, these are those that would be housed in the likes of hotels, you know, a house with multiple double bunk beds in that type of stuff, you know, that type of environment. But we can also discuss it in the context of a 4,000-plus figure because I'm sure we're still punching well above our weight. So let's go with the 4,000 because that's the all-in figure, Maritórez. Yeah, no, listen, this is a really divisive. Unfortunately, it has become divisive in our local communities subject. The services is the big one for me. I see people who are here through no fault of their own. Of course, we should be welcome, and everybody who is fleeing for more, I have, you know, that's a given. But to put people into smaller communities, all dotted around Donegal, and not to put the services and to support them, I think it's just wrong. I think it's going to create more issues than it's going to solve for these people. And like, you know, from half-four, five o'clock, Greg, in a couple of weeks' time, it's going to be dark outside. You know, you're going to, me and you can go home, close the door, put on the fire, watch a bit of television. You know, we're not sitting in a place, maybe with two or three bunk beds, three or four people we never met in our lives until a month ago. So what's the alternative, though? Because the premise is that, for the question, is they are fleeing a war-torn country. So if you're in a, you know, 12 of you in a house in rural Kilcar, you're not going to face the threat of a potential tactical nuke, for example. Do you know what I mean? Like, what do you do then with these people? Do you? I think the thing with the accommodation, Greg, and I would like to make this very clear, there are a few who are cashing in. I would say that, and I will be, there's no point in me dressing up any other way. There are a few who cashed in at a very early stage and who have been going around the county, looking for places to put as many Ukrainians in as possible, not thinking of, you know, the place that they're going, the services that's available, or indeed, even having a kitchen on site or anything like that. It was just, it's money. And then there are the majority, and I know of them here locally who kept families for months at the beginning. You know, never look for a penny. There are still people living in homes here from Ukraine that people have handed over. And the real goodness of the people of Donegal is there. There was a want to help. I know of a lot of people who had offered the homes who still have never got contacted. So what do you say? This recent motion is going to... What the department have done, what the department have done is they have just said, we need to get these people anywhere we want, put a price on it, and that's what we do. Yeah. So the people then who might take issue with that might look to the local representatives like you for some port or some guidance. This motion I talk of here is focused on the Latakini Municipal District Area, of course, but it might be brought to full council level. What do you say to constituents who are, all the situations I outlined, they are struggling. They're not in proper house and they're couch surfing. They're in a mica affected home. They can't get emergency accommodation and they look around them and, you know, there's various levels of accommodation for refugees, but they wonder, well, where is the help for us? And they look to people like you elected reps to say, well, what is the solution? What do you think? What can you say? I am not trying to pitch one group of people against another, but you know that people, and you know they're not racist, you know they're not anything, but they know there's a problem here as well. Do you know what I mean? So what do you say to them? That's the reality. I just, literally yesterday I had two people on to me, but they'd moved to the area at the prom here, but moved home and couldn't get a GP and they had to go to another small community where they got one. And how can we, why do we have to travel to get a GP and, you know, the GP? So it's not putting them in the services, Greg, is what's causing the issue on the ground. It's not having extra places, you know, within the GP. It's, you know, putting extra supports into schools. So was that, you know, that the language barrier can be dealt with, you know, all of those things. Do you want to come back and breathe in the funny there, but I don't know what it was. I do. There's two things, Greg. It's not fair and it's not reasonable to put people that are in unfortunate circumstances put it against each other, you know, people that are fleeing war versus people who are open for... Do you believe this is what this conversation is doing? Do you believe this conversation is doing that? It is, it's actually. And the second point of it is that it is, you know, the government agencies and the local authority has to take some response fully here. I mean, we don't do regulation in this country at all by the looks of things. So I see that motion that's down there and it's all about, you know, packing people into houses. That's not really the fault of the market who's actually doing that. Has the state washed its hands completely of this? Is there nobody coming around to say, this is what the standard is? If that's the square footage available, that's the maximum number of people you can put in there. I mean, has the state washed its hands completely of this now and just thrown it completely over to the market? Yeah, Patti, just in relation to picking groups against each other, right? If you have a lot of people, people listening to this program, okay, who see problems in their own family, family members themselves struggling, struggling to get accommodation, struggling to get help, okay? And then they see another group of people that we seemingly are doing everything we can to help, okay? Like, I can't ignore those emotions and not discuss this because it's being seen as pitching groups against each other. It has to be talked about. Doesn't it? It's best to talk about it publicly because that's what people on the streets are talking about. Yes, but in principle, what is meant to happen here is that this is meant to be a short-term solution to a humanitarian crisis, okay? So the current system that's in place for housing, we should stop calling them refugees. Human beings that are coming from Ukraine, this is meant to be a short-term area to accommodate them until they can either do one or two things, until they go home or they assimilate into our society because lots and lots of these people are never going to go home because they're going to get it. And that's what it's meant and we should be treating it as such, not turning it into something else because we've two significant accommodation developments, okay? That were, for right or wrong, people had been looking on thinking, okay, this might sort out some of the issues in our area, two significant developments of accommodation that come to mind. Now, a decision was made by private individuals and they're free to do whatever they want to do with their private property, okay? The decision was made instead to make these available to home refugees. Now, it's obvious that that is going to cause a great deal of upset. There's no communication, there's no explanation, there's no talk of short-term, there's no talk of, you know, this is why we're doing it. And those concerns are there and they have to be addressed either by a conversation like this or the local council or the department. I know, Greg, but some, yeah, and I know that one of the developments you're talking about is only about a 15 drive from your office there, right? But some arm of the state, as in the Department of Foreign Affairs or the Department of Children or whatever it is, they're actually made a decision, though, to fund putting families into those houses. And so there's no point in saying that some individual who owned those in the market did that. Some arm of the state has actually trumped or disarmed the Donegal County council or whoever was going to put those houses forward. So government are actually complicit in this too, because they're actually bonding it and they're agreeing with that and they're supporting this. Rosa, thanks for your patience. I'm very interested in what you have to say as well. Well, I'm listening very carefully and I think these points are extremely valid and you have mentioned that risk of divisiveness. And one of the things we've come across is a lot of our members are very conscious of, and Mary Trace possibly knows this as well, where you have direct provision and we have people in direct provision and they don't have the same entitlements and but they are also fleeing strife in their own countries. And they're not allowed to work. They have to wait, it seems to me in an ordinance length of time and they're on very, very low income. They also have difficulty getting their children into schools. So that's a third strand to it, but I appreciate what you're saying. If you have family members who are looking at their home crumbling from Micah and other people are coming in and getting housing, surely that is causing strife in the community. And we have to be very careful and very conscious of that. But having said that, we find the Ukrainian people very, very gentle and a lot of them are anxious to work and some of them are already working and they're very, very appreciative of the benefits they have received. I did hear a reading article that it was yesterday where a spokesperson from Kerry, a Ukrainian lady, said that she wanted to make sure that the local people were aware that they were anxious to work and they didn't want any difference made. So it underlines that they, in some cases, may be conscious of that. But as Mary Trays and Patty said, there is that opportunity, opportunism, but I think that'll always be there in any given situation. That chink comes in. It's an important thing you mentioned too because the Irish Refugee Council, I believe it's the organization that referenced, and not those words, but a refugee hierarchy that's dependent where you're from. You are rushed to accommodation or you end up lying on chairs for weeks on end in a hotel in Dublin. It depends on what part of the world you're fleeing from. That is correct, so I believe. So that's bound to cause difficulty. And who decides what that hierarchy will be and what the urgency is. And of course we are extremely sympathetic and as Mary Trays said, very welcoming, very good to the Irish people, very, very good. But I do feel that perhaps the time has come maybe to put a cap on the numbers we have coming because we're only a small island with a very small population compared to other European countries who have much more facilities and room for them. I do feel that must come. Mary Trays, Gallagher, do you think that maybe it is time to start discussing a cap which really probably is the thrust of Chancellor Blaney's motion, which I don't want to put words in his mouth, but effectively it could lead to such, I don't know what your party's policy is, but I mean, you're free to speak obviously from your own opinion. I don't know what my party's policy is either, but from my own point of view, Greg, I think until the system is sorted, until the services, the accommodation and the amount of people that we as a community and as a county can service, I think that that needs to be put together. So it's not about numbers, it's about investing in the services, investing in the schools, investing in like even in a social center for the evenings, where they could throw a dart or play a game of pool or do something like that. And a lot of the communities that are in, that isn't even there. Just before we leave this subject, I think it will be very remiss of us not to acknowledge the voluntary organizations all across the county who are working day and night with the Ukrainians, and Patty rightly said, are human beings and welcoming them and get sourcing food or sourcing prams and it's all been done voluntary and without that voluntary organization. And this is kind of the point I was making in Rosa's sentence. The one or two bad elements of this, that's what people focus on, but the goodness and the charity that is out and the goodness of the Ukrainian people too shouldn't be lost, but we, as I said, the rumor or the one or two bad elements. I think it's beyond that as well. And as I say, you know, the reason I'm trying to have this conversation and in a sensitive way as possible, in the vacuum of this conversation, either happening on a local or national level, you are going to start seeing people putting flags upon their Facebook profiles, how's the Irish first and so on and so forth. There is something happening, a movement is happening in this country and it's all different types of people. It's starting to resonate with them. And if we ignore it or don't address it, I don't know, Paddy, do you want a final word on that? Do you understand my motivation? Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely sure. I mean, the government, there was an article on the front page of the Sunday Independent, all it must be the good part of about three or four months ago. Apparently all the government departments have war-gamed this to see about the, to assess the level of division within society. I mean, we all have the Ukrainian flag set in March and the appropriate to see as things went along then, all of this, they're competing, these people now are competing for accommodation and services with what's called the indigenous population. So yeah, because does anybody on this conversation think that the war is going to finish? So no, the war is actually going to escalate and it could get really dirty. So there's two things in this, you're right, this is probably going to go sour on us and there's going to be a lot of division over this, but there's the same time that something in my heart says that if the war goes wrong and there's nuclear weapons shot off, we think that they never will be, but the way things are going there, you didn't know what would happen and there was a hundred thousand people killed and they were there. See, if the only goal makes the decision to take no more Ukrainians and every other county makes the decision, that means the country can't take anymore. And that means that there's going to be all of those people left on the edge of pearl then. And what are we going to think then in the event of maybe or likely, maybe likely I don't know of a nuclear war out there and there's a hundred thousand people killed. Well, President Joe Biden himself overnight suggested that that is a real possibility. And a lot of people are centering their focus on the 15% of Ukraine that is at war, but it's very possible that Putin against a wall might say you've got 24 hours to leave Kiev and flatten it. Do you know what I mean? It is, that is, he is losing on the battlefield. So he either loses and can seize defeat and withdraws or he escalates his activities where he can win, which is from the sky. He does because he has manipulated the geographical and the constitutional position of those three regions. They're now Russia as far as he's concerned. So NATO keeps supporting Ukraine. They're now attacking Russia. It's not a war on Ukraine anymore. And he said he'll utilize nuclear weapons of Russia to pack. So it's tricky. It's not easy this, Greg. There's no point in saying that it's easy. We have all these competing demands, but it's just a problem and I agree with my two colleagues. I think it will get sourer and nastier before it gets better. Yeah, unless you say the government has a report on its desk, which was indicating that would be the case it's been referenced before. Okay, listen, thank you very much. That's the voice of Paddy Rooney there. You're listening also to Rosa Glackin and Chancellor Marie Therese Gallagher. More after these. The 9-Till Noon Show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union, offering low-rate car loans with fast approval. Apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today. If you have magic moments or great memories sitting on your phone or in the cloud, have them printed at McGee's Chemist in Letter Kenny. 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Their lives destroyed also. I think it's worth pointing out and I'll put this to Paddy Diver. The accommodation that's being provided for people fleeing Ukraine is not the accommodation that people who are affected by defective concrete blocks are looking for. It's not like if a hotel was made available and this is the point I put to Paddy Diver. If a hotel was made available in any show and lots of people affected by Micah would go into it, it's a different type of accommodation. Greg, relying on the Red Cross was a ridiculous government decision. The RC passed it on to the councils leaving the mess locally. The people want a cap yet the government and the opposition don't want a cap so much for doing the will of the people who voted them. But we can't dip it in and out of sort of... I'm not sure what the terminology is. People elect governments Paddy or put it to you. People elect governments and in doing so they give them some reign to make decisions on their behalf. We can't have a referendum on every decision a government makes. No, and I suppose the government is trying to do the... I suppose the government is trying to do the right thing. Government isn't easy, Greg. I suppose the government is trying to do the right thing. We have all these competing demands and we're never going to get to a place of affection where the tide is going to lift all boats. And we have a classic example here of the government that accepted I don't know, 50,000 people from Ukraine and their needs have to be met and then there are other Irish citizens and their needs are not being met. I mean, this kind of stuff comes up all of the time and it's really difficult and it's almost impossible for all boats to be lifted here. Okay. Rosa, as it relates to the crisis that people are finding themselves in now and you made the point about budgeting a caller says do you think it would be a good idea that rather than giving a fuel allowance or whatever that it was replaced with actual fuel be it coal or oil or something would that be a practical solution to your concerns, I wonder? Or do we try and avoid going down that road? Well, that's actually a very good suggestion and that could work because if you're giving people as I had said earlier a large amount of money there's no guarantee they're going to spend it on something that is required so that is one possibility I could say the logic of it. Okay. Paddy referenced it a little earlier on we've been speaking to a lot of people again this week who have been affected by the defective concrete block scandal many of them are in homes now that are almost uninhabitable or indeed they are very frustrated with the inaction as they would see it of the council all of the problems that we've been talking about today a lot of the people have those problems and also a house that's falling down around their ears and a lot of people Rosa in that situation they're not being helped they feel hopeless we heard Sharon yesterday say she feels like she's a burden on the council and the state and yet there seems to be no forward motion on this issue That's what all this may Greg it's very very slow and I know a number of people in this situation it's a very very slow process why is it so slow I mean you have to get planning permission when you've gone through all the preliminaries and you have to get plan permission to have your house demolished you have to get permission to build a house you have to find storage for your furniture and items you have to get accommodation and it's very very slow I don't know anybody I know very very few have moved on to that stage where they're starting to rebuild as you say many many of them are still in their homes falling down around them I mean it's just beyond belief the stress that these people are suffering and as you say not only are they worried about that then they have cost of living and bills to cope with as well it's a huge huge issue and it does not seem to be progressing Chancellor Maria Therese Gallagher I mean this is a humanitarian crisis we have this is the biggest scandal the biggest issue ever facing Donagall at least in modern memory with that in mind and I know maybe the west of Donagall not quite as affected as others but do you think this is being treated with the urgency and the importance that it deserves I know it's been discussed at council level but this is an emergency this is a crisis facing hundreds of people thousands if you take in their families but maybe I'm missing something it doesn't feel as urgent locally it should feel there's the way I've spoken about this and you're right I don't have I'm not affected by making myself but I do speak with people who are affected by it and you're right we've all failed everybody who is an elected representative everybody who is the executive of the council everybody we've all failed together and we have we've been told you have to go through this process you have to go through that process you have to go through the minister the department's doing this the department's doing that the department's doing the other and then a new scheme will come and honest to God as I say I'm not affected by making I'm angry and I'm mad about all of how this process has developed I believe in saying that when we hear how desperate families are and that nothing is moving they're physical and mental health we don't know how many people we have lost to the defective concrete block crisis we simply don't know should there not be more urgency amongst elective members emergency meetings a boss to Dublin to the department of housing something to emphasise in a united non-political way the dire emergence of the humanitarian crisis and living in this council it just seems absent to me I'm not trying to be populist but where is the urgency Greg if you remember back last year when there was a new scheme agreed it was people welcomed us and we thought we're getting somewhere but legislation has to go through the houses and legislation has to be done and legislation and all the rest of it and we're known for nine months I don't care what anyone says if the political wall is there if we are all wanting the same thing it can be done and people can start a process but the one thing if there's a scheme tomorrow morning have with the services, have with the people have with the task force set up people need the 15 grand for alternative accommodation people need the 5 grand for media works I know exactly what you're talking about but even the basics of this aren't working we're failing Paddy I'd love ten minutes from you on this we have about a minute what's your view well I think that my view is that there are two groups of people involved there are people who are directly affected there are people not those of us that are lucky enough not to be living in a house is not Mike in fact we need to engage in this really big time because I'll tell you what it's people with Mike houses today but it could be us tomorrow we've been here with polydemy drugs in the 1960s 1970s we've been here with the blood transfusion service in the 90s Bank of Ireland have refined 100 million last week and there are people that lost their homes people committed suicide as a result of all that light touch regulation absolutely minimum enforcement and no accountability no responsibility and the Mike situation is hitting all these marks and it's completely outrageous my final point on this Greg actually causing huge reputation damage to this country about how we're dealing with this because our response is collectively pathetic is the only thing I have to say thank you all a few for your time this morning I really appreciate it Rosa Glack and Paddy Rooney and Councillor Mary to raise Galahar you taking your time out of the morning it's not taken for granted and I really appreciate it thank you all of you all right thanks very much indeed okay we'll be back with the weather and then the news budget loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account weanling prices up 50 euro ahead week on week for more in your farmers journal here's Paul Mooney export is vital to fill Turkish weanling contract grain prices reach record highs planning permission for rooftop solar what does the budget mean for farm building works major farmer data breach 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would it ever be made public what the people facilitating refugees in this county are receiving we've heard figures that will make some of these millionaire they drop them into an area with nothing except the clothes on their backs and expect the local community to provide for them surely the facilitators should make sure they have the basic requirements I think there's something very wrong with all of this young people are leaving the country I hear my sons talking about how many of his colleagues are emigrating it simply too costly the Irish aren't being looked after just hopefully maybe they're going to places with greater wages so the gap between your income and your spend is wider but I mean you wouldn't be going to Britain at the moment would you or many countries for that matter because they're dealing with a lot of the same stuff we are is it Irish or European government that's paying the money out well there was a fund that was redirected to fund the response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis that being said now the taxpayer is funding the bulk of it I believe it is Roderick O'Gorman isn't it he's looking for a supplementary budget of 850 million euro for this year I believe 2 billion of money from the Irish state from the coffers if you know what I mean 2 billion with a B 2 billion has been set aside for 2023 to deal with the Ukrainian crisis there the refugee crisis so that answers that question I hope let me see more coming in all the while I just want to make sure I don't sort of hop skip and jump between too many issues here fair play to Mary Tarray speaking up about the greedy landlords should we do like Scotland have done a rent freeze or cap on rent but isn't there rent caps and rent pressure zones and they're talking about maybe introducing it's quite interesting the conversation that's been having at government level because they're talking about introducing a moratorium on a moratorium on evictions over winter and there are some within government that are saying right that's okay but we're only really deferring a problem that we'll have to deal with in spring so it seems that the government is expecting or anticipating whatever they're doing about it a large number of people being evicted from their accommodation because they can't pay their rent okay Caller says that he paid for the drill tests and was found to have 4% mica but the house is deemed for total demolition because of pirateite can't avail of the scheme because the mica level is too low where pirateite reacts similarly to mica it's not eligible for the scheme don't have a leg to stand on this is extremely rare case and a caller is wondering if anything else anyone else has the same problem and what did they do I presume the IS is being examined at the moment and the hope is that it'll be widened to take into account other minerals hopefully you would be caught into that scheme then but I don't know as much as everyone out there knows those affected by this let me know what the story is is mica's at 4% but his house is crumbling due to pirateite why doesn't the counter-cancelor who contacted the government about the mica issue when he didn't get a reply regarding his inquiries pick up the phone and keep the pressure on until he gets a satisfactory answer instead of saying I haven't heard from them that comes in from Mary Daugherty I think that's referencing Councillor McBride we don't know if he did or not chase up with phone calls when are the people of Donegal going to wake up to the fact that right I'll come back to that I just want to read through that one just because there's individuals mentioned and I just have to be sure that I just check a couple of things in that text I don't understand how we can house so many instantaneously however nothing can be found for those these home owners who by being sold defective blocks have to live in an accident waiting to happen what will it take maybe someone to be killed before the powers that be 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them for shamers to 08 660 25000 before we do just a follow up I suppose on a story we've talked about on this programme it's a case that caught the public's imagination both in Britain and here and it is Wagatha Christie trial at Rebecca Vardy now she's expected to pay an estimated 1.5 million pounds towards Colleen Rooney's legal costs this after losing a defamation case earlier this year court document show Ms Vardy has been ordered to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney's legal fees an initial payment of 800 pounds must be made by the 15th of November the court document said that is a hefty hefty bill I wonder if she regret it yet well yeah it is it's 800,000 by the 15th of November a good and interesting question though maybe is this will she will she recoup that from TV rights that will follow documentaries I think ITV already it's been mentioned Channel 4 and different media outlets which I think are going to certainly maybe make even a mini series of this and therefore there could yet be a big payday for both the ladies concerned but as it stands it certainly is a case that she will be wondering as to how she got into this situation in the first place the tweet that she actually went public that whenever Ms Rooney went public with the tweet was something near up to 400,000 engagements with that and went right around viral around the world and that was basically when she was outing Vardy as such as being the snitch for releasing certainly private information about her which only she had access to it now how it was so interesting for people to know whether Ms Rooney was going to Mexico for a gender selection procedure or return to television and she was outing in her home is a bit beyond me and how that could now cost upwards of like the 1.5 million per side Greg so we're talking maybe in the region of 3 million pounds but it certainly caught the imagination of people right across the world I have to say that this was being watched and people engaging with it the judge has certainly because it's on the basis of what's called an indemnity level so Ms Rooney is entitled to recover nearly 90% of her costs but she would also have had to pay a significant sum even before now herself and they estimate that that may be being upwards of 350 to 400,000 that may not be recoverable because that was pre-trial so an awful lot of money at stake big reputations at stake is there an appeal in it that would be really a few weeks ago when the judgement was initially given there was this point about the costs everybody was wondering will there be an appeal by Ms Barney afterwards well she probably has been thinking about that and then when she looks at the tariff at the end of this particular hearing this is only seven days now in the High Court in London keep that in mind seven days in the High Court in London and we're up to somewhere a figure in around 3 million and she's considering an appeal well the judges summing up of it was quite stinging you know she was saying while Ms Barney was honest and reliable while the other lady she was saying was manifestly inconsistent, evasive and implausible now that's a very heavy hurdle to get over if she's considered an appeal and then you'll also have to remember it was fascinating as they were running this trial by the described very nearly comically as the unfortunate incidents that happened during it the phone that ended up in the bottom of the sea at one stage was more like some of the pirates of the Caribbean there was forgetting there was forgotten passwords as well so there's a lot of issues broken laptops I think was mentioned too that the information could not be retrieved the credibility went west considerably for Ms Barney and those would be big trouble to get over if she was considering an appeal how she would remedy those unless she gets the trawler out and gets down on the beach looking for this phone I'd say she's in serious difficulty Just in relation with a case like this and costs are going to be high given the setting and the nature of the case does someone bringing it have to give any guarantees that they can cover these types of costs you know what I mean like I mean obviously there's going to be an initial outlay for their own defence team which is also having to compensate journalists who were supposed to be witnesses and ended up not being witnesses do you have to give any guarantee of your ability to meet a judge's findings it's a very interesting point it's a very interesting point because there is a procedure though and I think what you're hinting at if somebody was taking for example a frivolous action a person maybe of straw in respect of assets against another person of means and let's say it could be considered or could be argued to be considered frivolous but in that situation a party could make an application to the court for security for costs to be put in so that if some money would have to be put up front by the person making the claim that they had the wherewithal of the means to meet an order if an order for costs was to be put against an event that they were unsuccessful it wouldn't arise in this situation because of this you're dealing with two of well two of Wayne Rooney two of the biggest names in football and these are the two lives in this situation that's providing they're prepared to bankroll a couple of such I appreciate that but in this situation where there would be a certain presumption or I assumed that there wouldn't be an issue on that however however it is a Miss Farley who has lost the case it basically the tweet of Miss Rooney was found to be true in the main and therefore the costs follow the event it's her personally and I have no means as I said it's assumed that she does have the wherewithal but if she does not then that has to be pursued and you could have a situation where if they were not successful in recovering that and let's say she declared herself bankroll just for example if she so did Miss Rooney would be in a sticky situation too because her legal team would be looking for payment and principally the first party they would be as the client would be responsible for the costs and then they would be recovering those from Miss Farley so I think it may be unlikely because I see another payday down the roll on this whenever the big TV stations get stuck in and we start watching it on some of the big media outlets that's if they do it licensed because you could probably make a docuseries on that without actually accessing without actually dramatizing it one other celeb area if you don't mind before we get to listeners questions I note that the likes of Prince Harry if that's still his title Elton John and his partner and a few other celebrities have come together to take action against the Daily Mail claiming that the cars were being bogged private eyes were being investigated phones were being tapped it's going to be a big one huge media organization which does it does operate through click bay, celeb stories and all that kind of stuff I mean if this is successful celeb gossip could might well be a thing of the past if it's not already but what do you think of a big a group of celebs coming together like this to take on a media giant it's a class what we would call nearly a class action by a particular people of notoriety let's say they are taking on a giant the giant of the paparazzi we would call it and who would have very deep pockets who would be resisting this action and for very obvious regions just what we were after speaking about for the last few minutes that type of trial the type of sales that follow on from that so the amount of money that's invested in this type of journalism for what regardless of what we think of it it's what sells newspapers so they will want to defend it and protect their patch because without it some of these titles that you've mentioned there may not even exist and may not have a commercial reason for being in existence so the interesting point is I think that the celebrities coming together are trying to add weight as in it's all a common cause here and this affects us all and it will also help for sure in the funding of it because they will all probably have as a representative action and they'll all be making a contribution towards the cost of it and that will as it were maybe limit it and limit the exposure of the actual individual not having to fund it all so that does make some sense but any male Greg are not going to roll over are they likely to have to fund the defence of this themselves or would they have some sort of an indemnity and insurance indemnity against these types of actions I just think in the space that they operate and with the phone tapping scandal and all of that it's hard to imagine an insurance company for whatever premium would offer them some sort of protection for these type of actions I wonder that's just my own curiosity I'm not sure if the listeners are interested but anyway we're not professing to be authorities on insurance indemnities but one of the covers that I think that you would have in place in the media world nearly essential is that for defamation and that's fairly obvious the premium that is placed on and the level of risk that it's assessed at would be one for the underwriters and what type we're quite sure it would attract a very very hefty loading on the policy itself but I think it would be foolhardy to think that they would not have indemnity for this type of action to be part and parcel of it OK, you never know what we might end up talking about but we're going to be talking about our listeners questions and queries and what have you after we take this break, Seamus is going to stay with us, stay right where you are too Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at HighlandRadio.com The Ninetal Noon Show is brought to you by Letterkenny Credit Union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval. 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You're still muted Seamus. Sorry, beg your pardon. Seamus, you're still muted. Thank you. Present as well as nightmare. Yeah, don't worry about it. There's something else going on there just as can happen. Yeah, well, this was a topic that we had a very good debate on Tuesday last. There was a big event locally in Chagosgrand and it was very well attended. It was a query that came up in relation to transferring of land and it comes under that same type of umbrella. It can be a very, very useful point and one that is well worth considering for families in a situation where maybe the entire properties are all held in one of their name or if it's a farming situation with a farmer's register in maybe the husband's name or the wife's name. And the big advantage that I would say is this that if you proceed with a transfer from spouse to spouse and then put the property in joint names, if one of them passes away, the survivor will succeed. There's also the added advantage of this that there will not be a stamp duty or a gift tax. It will not attract either of those because it's between spouses. So as far as the cost center concerned, you'll get valuations that whoever would be dealing with the matter for you would be able to give you an idea of what type of legal fees, professional fees would be involved and you could source that out for yourself. So what the big advantage is that the heavy taxes that these matters can attract when dealing in families and passing them on down the line, such as a gift tax or an event of a will inheritance tax and stamp duties, do not arise between husband, husband and wife, between spouses or partners and such under civil partnership. So that's a matter that I think that's a certain stage in life, definitely worth considering and avoids the necessity for probate later on as well if one passes away. That succession issue is a difficult one for a myriad of reasons which we touched on mostly on which we touched on on Tuesday ahead of that Chagascar run event. Understandably, it is because it challenges an awful lot of things that a parent's relationship with siblings, maybe some of the children or daughters and they're married into a different family or even not wanting to face your own mortality or whatever it might be. It's a tough one. I mean, you can try and offer advice and show people a pathway. It's an emotion. It's the emotional element of it's the difficult part, perhaps the legal element of it not quite as difficult as that sort of conversation when to have it. Who starts it? Is it a son or daughter? Is it the mom or dad? You know, it's complicated. It's getting that balance. And it's not and never is black and white. And no families are the same. And the children are not the same. And circumstances dictate really their lives and where they go. And if you're talking about plotting inheritances and situations where there is land and farming has been hand down for generations, it's obvious that the people might want to keep it within the family. But in the current day, maybe the children have developed other interests other than that. And that is where the hesitancy comes in naturally. And because at the back of it all, maybe this this farm, we're just talking about in that genre for a second has been handed down from from generations and they want to secure it within their own family. But nothing lasts forever. But in this country, there's there's very, very little land comes for sale, because it is retained within within the families that own it if they can at all. But as I said, nothing lasts forever. And at some stage, if there is no succession, obviously, well, those that do inherit it will probably and likely have end up selling it in order to get their interest out of it, because it doesn't suit their lifestyle or their lives or their occupations. And that's where the dilemma rises. And that's always where the delay creeps in because people keep putting it off. Now, to deal with that, firstly, they should make or have some arrangements in place by way of putting their own last will and testament in place. That's not going to shorten their day. But at least it is it is there if something happens, whenever they're trying to make this decision, which as I say, can go on and they want to see how the family develops, what interests to develop, etc. And then they have to be like Solomon then saying, Well, the farm has worked, you know, maybe maybe mega bucks, but there's no money there. And they want the other members of the family to get something as well. But to have that difficulty in that they don't have the personal state, I either finance inside of it, maybe to equally to try to give them an equal share of the holding. And there isn't any point in unless they're going to be around locally to maybe given them a site with the hope that they come home. But that, you know, that can work. It may work. It doesn't always it might be practical. So then if they charge it with a payment to the other siblings, then that saddles that person who had hurt is with a big debt. So it's very, very, very difficult indeed. You have to get out of the front, you have to try to get the balance. And I'll tell you, you know, and I don't mean this seriously, but sometimes there's an advantage coming from a background with no assets in the, in the family, so to speak, it makes it simple. And there are no, there are no hitches on a horse. Greg, remember that? That is quite true. Shame is for a couple who are separated and it's amicable. Can a deed of separation be drawn up between them without the need to involve solicitors that would need to be included? Can this deed then be made legal? What's involved in that? And of course, you're a solicitor and you would point out the important role of solicitors. But for the purpose of that question. Yeah, look at I have no, I have no issue with people taking it upon themselves to carry out their own legal work. It's when it goes wrong, I have the issue. And then it gets very costly, because it unravels and you still need a lawyer, maybe two lawyers and people have to be represented. And also when they do use a lawyer in relation to it, well, they have somebody to come back to tease out if there is a problem with it going forward. So it's well worth that investment. However, if they so wish to go ahead and have a legal separation between them and they reduce it to writing and it's signed off on properly witnessed, yes, they can try to enforce it and it may very well work. But what I'm saying is is also I think of importance in that if it goes wrong, it's going to cost money. It's the same thing as doing a homemade will. It can easily be done properly witnessed and it can certainly be admitted to probe it. But if there's a hitch or a glitch in it and then you get lawyers involved and you end up having to off to court with it, it can cost, you know, a substantial sum and can certainly eat into the value of the estate. So for for doing it correctly, for having the peace of mind, I think it's a no brainer. But look, it's a free country. If people want to do homemade wills, homemade separation agreements, they're quite entitled to do so. They do it at their own risk. All right. What's the situation with shops not accepting cash? Is it legal for them to say no to cash card only? And this is one that's coming. It's got, you know, there's a big what's what's happening here is there's a group of people who want cash retained and they see its importance for a load of different reasons. But you've got this natural sort of transition. People are switching from cash, they're paying for things with their watch, their phone, tapping their card. You know, there's a this is a tide that some people are trying to push back, but lots of people are the tide and they just want to go cashless because it's handy for them. It's almost generational, I think, but in any case, at the moment, some shops are refusing to accept cash. Is it legal tender? Is it legal for them not to accept it? Well, I have, yeah, I've been over and across the water a couple of times and yeah, quite shocked and refused payment by means of cash. It seemed very common across the water and it is creeping in here. I would not be in favour of it. I believe that as long as as long as pound euros are considered legal tender and sterling is considered legal tender and you have that available to pay for your goods, I think it should be accepted. I think it would be worth maybe checking the position with the officer officer of consumer affairs to get to just to see what their view is on this going forward. You asked me about the legality. A shopkeeper has it within their remit to run their business as they so see fit and if they put up the terms and conditions of doing business with you or me and they are well known and there may be a sign up inside and that's the way that's the only way that I am going to invite you in here to do business with me. If I'm going to send you something that's a legal contract, my means of enforcing the contract are by card or whatever and we don't accept we're not accepting notes or we're not accepting hard cash. So that's my prerogative. I'm not saying it's not good for business, but if I'm laying that down and it's open and it's up front and they're my terms of business and you accept them or you come in and you purchase something unless the terms of which I'm prepared to have a contract with you and so you have to abide by them or just walk. I'm not, I don't agree with that, but we're talking about a contract situation and the person who's running the shop saying those are the terms and conditions of sales within this premises and I don't think it's good for consumers and I certainly don't think it's good for business. There used to be an old saying the customer is always right and in this situation, I mean if the customer what if they say it costs a fortune but what if they say now it costs a fortune to lodge cash, we can offer a much better valued service by the transactions being digital. If you want us to start charging cash we'd have to bump up our prices. Yeah, I mean that that is that's a conversation without getting into the nitty gritty of actually putting that to the client or the consumer. They can have that tariff built into the cost of the product they're selling in the first instance. So if they don't have to, that should not be a feature at all of any discussion. That's just plain commerce as I say and the day that it'd be a sorry day, it may change again, inflation is going up, you know it's all it is all changing for some time back we were being charged, interest was being charged on interest being charged against your own deposits in the bank. Now that has moved on again so so because of inflation so nothing stands still doing away with legal tender just see it as being a slippery slope and it would be a very very sad day for for lots of for lots of people. Yeah and some big associations should take note they refuse or may refuse cash at the turnstiles. Okay a quick one here should who should hold the deeds of a property with no mortgage by the way the property owner, there are solicitors or the bank. Yeah well usually not and you were back to charges as soon as you pay off your mortgage, the bank or financial institution are likely to write to you to let you know and you take up a need discharge of the mortgage and have that removed from the title. Your title is then free, your title documents are then free. The financial institutions are not overly keen in having to warehouse them and keep them again down to cost so they let the people know that the mortgage is redeemed and they can return the documents to them. So the individual then can either retain them at home or decide that they want to have them retained by their solicitor. Lots of solicitors provide this service free gratis and that has been the custom anyway up to now in the practice. So if a person does not want to retain them at home or is not sourced out of the security aspect, I'm sure their own solicitor if they have that facility could provide it for them. It's worth they should consider it and talk to them about it. If you're asking me where their best kept, I would probably again vouch for the latter because at least then someone else has them has them indexed in and they know where they are and their family know where they are and they should be in safekeeping. The other thing though, I wouldn't get too uptight about about the actual title deed itself because nowadays with the move to registering all titles in the future at some point in the future, it will be all it should be all land registry title. That means it's on a folio so that if the folio goes missing, you can apply it to the PRA, the property registration authority and have it replaced and it's no it's no big drama. Yeah. What's the law around noise pollution? My child has a car which they drift on our land. Neighbours though are constantly complaining about the noise of this activity. If there are hours which are there hours where noise is allowed or is there a cut off time showing the fact that we are operating this vehicle on our own land and there's no danger to anyone, then it is our business. It's an interesting one. It's a constitutional right that you know if you're on your own property and you are not interfering with others, you should be able to enjoy your property as you so fit. No doubt about that. The interesting little point there is if it's not interfering with anyone, but this noise obviously is disturbing the comforts of maybe neighbours or other persons in the locality. But how do we assess that? How do we monitor it? How do we measure it? At what point would it become a nuisance to you and not to me? That's the real difficulty in this, but you're asking me is there not a law on it? I'm not aware of it. There could be certain circumstances where there are noise restrictions and noise pollution and you have to measure decibels etc. Probably bring in an engineer, but I'm not aware of any specific law on it. All right. My son was born in the US and lives there. He does not have a PPSN. How can I add him to my property tax record? Well, if he's born there and he's a son or a daughter of an Irish citizen, they will have to apply if they want to have them on the LPG. They'll have to apply to get them a PPSN number in this jurisdiction and there's certain procedures involved in that. They could either contact their solicitor would maybe able to help them on it, but the Department of Social Protection would be the main port of call for it. Complete the forms, they have to prove ID etc. and make a submission. You don't have to be employed here, have to say or be receiving any state supports to have a PPS number. You can make an application and obtain one and the Department of Social Welfare Family Affairs will be your port of call. All right. Sheamus, gone off McLaughlin, gone and company. They have offices in Letterkenny and Remelton, but it is 2023. So, you know, we've dragged Sheamus into the into the new century with the website. Sheamus remind people how they can access the services. Yeah. And yeah, all legal tender is accepted as well. Donegalslister.ie and gun.ie, Greg. Yeah. If I mentioned the word cash, I can almost see a twinkle in your eyes, Sheamus. It'll always be there. Listen, thank you very much indeed. Sheamus gone there as always. We really appreciate his time. The 9 till noon show with Letterkenny Credit Union. Do you need to switch your current account or loan? We are now offering my CU current account and debit MasterCard, bringing full banking features and competitive rates with your loans. Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at HighlandRadio.com. 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Taking part in the service will be the chaplains and staff of Letter Kenney University Hospital with soloist Andrea Long. This service will be broadcast directly after the 10am news here on Highland Radio and I know so many of us have been affected by this over the years and it's something many people have an understanding of. So that's a special service of remembrance and support for parents and families who've lost children for a number of reasons there as I've mentioned. That service will be broadcast for you on this radio station after the 10 o'clock news on Sunday. So if that's something that you want to tune in for, make sure that you do. We might even try and get that podcast outside of the live broadcast for those who want to listen to it when they're ready or when it suits them. Right, OK. A call of say as it relates to the defective block situation. The only way to get this sorted now is to force an election. We're completely forgotten about in Donegal and they could not care less. I will watch with interest to see what happens if there is a change of administration and how quickly things move on because an awful lot of promises has been made and with the best will in the world, it remains to be seen if all of those promises can be fulfilled. We'll be keeping a very close eye on that on this program. You can be sure. Greg, they've tried campaigns and marches. They've achieved nothing. It's time to strike where it hurts. It's time to stop paying the banks. What would stop paying the banks? Achieve them. They just take your property off you. Then your homeless, your credit ratings through the floor. A lot of progress has been made, though, in fairness. A lot of progress has been made, but we're just not there yet. That's the issue and we'll keep at it. Text or WhatsApp your view to Greg on 086-60-25000. All right, it is the 9th of Noonshow heading into the last hour of the week. But let's get a news update first and say good morning at 11 o'clock once again now to Donald Kavanaugh. Thank you, Greg. Good morning, real and honest engagement is taking place between the EU and UK over the Northern Ireland protocol. That's the view of the Foreign Affairs Minister. Simon Coveney met with the British Foreign Secretary James cleverly last night. He is chairing a British-Arish Intergovernmental Conference today in London. Simon Coveney says there is a flicker of optimism that issues surrounding the protocol can be resolved. Just three counties account for more than 40% of Ukrainians housed in temporary or emergency accommodation, such as hotels in this country. Figures released by the government show just over 38,000 Ukrainians across the state, just under 4,000 of them officially registered in Dulligaw. That's the highest number in the state. That's led to the mayor of the letter Kenny Milford Municipal District, moving a motion to be debated next week, calling for a moratorium on acceptance of refugees until the accommodation standards in which they're being kept are fully assessed. Meanwhile, during a debate on today's 9th of Noonshow, the locals in Vincent de Paul spokesperson said there is a third group of people at risk of being further marginalized and that is people in direct provision. The higher education minister, Simon Harris, has told a conference in letter Kenny this morning that the government is fully committed to supporting education collaboration on an all Ireland basis. A new organization has been launched today. It involves the ATU in Donegall and across the Northwest, along with Ulster University and the Northwest Regional College in Derry. A meeting's been held to discuss safety measures at Inelok in Derry following a double drowning tragedy over the summer. The meeting called by the mayor, Councillor Sandra Duffy, agreed that Derry City and Sturban District Council will take the lead along with statutory agencies and the local community in a bid to bring better safety procedures into place in the area they liaise with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. And the Environmental Protection Agency says where overall the quality of drinking water from public supplies in Ireland remains high with over 99.7% compliance with bacterial and chemical limits. There were two major incidents last year, one in Kildare, the other in County Wexford. Hundreds of thousands of people were put at risk because of what were termed serious failures and over of people in Wexford had to be hospitalised. And we're back with headlines again at 12 noon. OK, Donal, thank you very much indeed. Now, Michael and Finula will be joining us so with that entertainment, but let's first take this quick break. 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Despite everything you say, Greg, it's always good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. Come here, I want to talk about Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney Plus because you have caught this, I think, Finula. Yeah, he caught us. I presume there'd be a great deal of... You're on form today. Might break that microphone again. I presume there's a lot of loyalty to original Hocus Pocus, so this is... That would make me watch it. I really enjoyed the Hocus Pocus. So then there's a great pressure to make it right. Yeah, and it came out at the same... The Hocus Pocus came out at the right time for me with my daughter being so... Was at the right age to sit down and kind of watch it as a family and that kind of thing. And it just really was kind of a fun. There wasn't too many scares in it, if you have kids that are a little bit scary. And now after 20... I'll take you, that was a bit of a slippy. If you've got kids that are a little bit scary. Well, I do. I think you meant that might be easily scary? Yes. I think we've all got scary kids. That's exactly what I meant. But some kids kind of take things on board. Of course, yeah. No, no, but that is exactly... Yeah, no. So that's what I always really liked, the original movie. I always had a fondness for it and it was just something really kind of different about it. So this is 20 years later and now they've suddenly come up and made the sequel. And you're kind of thinking to yourself, oh, this must be insane. Awesome. They decided to wait 20 years, particularly when the three main characters that are women, one would imagine that 20 years later they would look slightly different than they did. One would be wrong. Right, okay. They weren't, didn't use deep fakes either. Is that what you have? No, they actually had the... Yeah, they actually were in this role. It was slightly weird. They actually looked exactly the same. I was like, they may actually be witches, these women. We need to check that out further. Somebody needs to do a documentary on it. But look, if you've seen the first one, this one is a bit of a pale comparison. Right. And I don't know, maybe it's because the first one was so original to have these kind of a three sisters in it, sort of, because the last time it had a few scares in it, but it also had a few laughs in it. It also, because Bette Midler was in it, there was a song. You know, it sort of just had, it ticked a lot of boxes if you were into that kind of stuff. A real Disney kind of a feel good film. This one just sort of stepped back a little bit. It pulled up all the kind of old stories again. Suddenly, this young, as it is with all these things, the young virgin is tricked into lighting the candle and all of a sudden the sisters arrive and they want to exert their revenge over Salem for the way they've been treated over the years. And it was, it did have the three ladies in it. They did give exactly what they gave back in the day. They looked exactly like they did back in the day, which was every once in a while disturbing when you see them leaping around the place and think they're 20 years older. I mean, I don't know, Bette Midler must be in her 60s now, at least. She looked awesome, even as a witch. But it just was, it just lacked a little bit from the first one. But if you haven't seen the first one, I definitely recommend it. You want to sit down with your kids, tell your kids, you're going to watch like a little spooky story. It's more scary with a thunder and lightning kind of an idea rather than anything. Scooby-Doo stuff, is it? It's a little bit like that, you know the way. I watched an episode of Scooby-Doo the other day at the new incarnation of it. Now you would have been terrified if I was the only person watching it. So it all depends on the child, doesn't it? There you go. No, well, this one now, I think there's not really much jumping out at you as such. It's more kind of the kind of, you know, the way the music and that little bit, builds up a little bit of tension and that's where you kind of get it. So it's perfect for, if you, you know, I'd say if you have scary kids, if you have kids that can be a bit nervous, things or you're worried about kids they're kind of nightmares and that. This is the perfect movie to sit down now at Halloween and kind of snuggle in with a bit of popcorn. Did it go straight to Disney Plus or did it have a cinematic release? No, no, it was straight Disney Plus that made it and straight there. Did they make that decision after they seen the finished product or was that always the plan? Yeah, I don't know. I'm not as good at the research as my. I don't like talking about women's age but you've brought it up. Seventy-six spent Middle East. Oh my God. We should all see her GP. Unbelievable. Let's all go and see her GP. That's awesome. By the way, we have another very limited edition 9th London Holland Radio mug up for grabs this week. I know we've had two delighted winners so far. You can actually become the third person to own one of these. Just get involved in the conversation. Just have your say what you've been watching, what you're doing, what you're looking forward to. If you agree or disagree with Michael and Finula, get involved in the conversation through 86625,000 or comment on social media and we'll pick one listener at random by the way. So it doesn't matter how nice or cruel you are, it doesn't increase or decrease your chances at all, at all. Okay, so what are we then giving Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney Plus out of 10? Well, if I'm taking it as a movie on its own, I definitely give it a solid seven, seven and a half. Yes. It's only really when you compare to, you know, have them watch the first one. And sometimes it's hard to even know what that's of because you can be watching something at the perfect. Like I said, at the time the first one came out, my daughter was of that age. We could, we sat around and watched it kind of like as a family or whatever. And that can add to your nostalgia of something as well, which you don't necessarily feel them when you're older. So definitely as it stands on, I would put it a good seven and a half. Right, okay. Any of you out there either, by the way, watched a film called Lou, it's on Netflix. Alison Jannev plays Louis Del. I can't do this, so I'm not gonna try to review something or write, but I suppose the nearest thing I would associate to is like she's playing a sort of like female Liam Neeson. Do you know what I mean? A badass that you don't realize is a badass. Okay, yeah. Her neighbor's daughter is kidnapped. It's, you're the girl from the West Wing, is it? Is it? Because I do mean to watch it. Oh, Alison Jannev? Yeah, Alison Jannev. Oh, she's fabulous. Is that, do I get her name wrong? Well, Alison Jannev is the woman that plays. Jannev, Jannev otherwise missing because I've increased the size of the text on my phone. I said, Jannev, I went and got glasses. You just have to accept it. She's brilliant. Yeah, she's a coffee morning in Spec Savers coming up, by the way, if you want to support the Northwest Cancer whilst you reminded me of glasses. Yes. It turns out I don't need glasses, really, I don't know. So Jannev, yes, she plays, I mean, she's a standalone female character, but the nearest thing I could associate with would be sort of the Liam Neeson. That's what everybody, I've read a few reviews and they've said it's kind of a female taken. Yeah, so interesting to see what the views of the public are. That sounds pretty good. It's not, it's... Oh, no. No, it's not, because I think they could have made her far more kickass, if I can say that, if you know what I mean. Anyone out there watched that, what did you think, oh, wait, 625,000, L.O.U. It was enjoyable, but I just thought it could have been, I just thought she could have been, anyway, maybe I might have missed something. No, it's only the reviews I read next, because that's what put me off because I love her. She is amazing, I love her all the way back through it. She has, there's been some kind of very pluck sort of reviews about it, that it's a bit like Taken, which I was never a big fan of in the first place. And apparently the acting is strong in it, but the story and stuff like that. The story and then in the middle, it's kind of a little bit convoluted. I think the thing, I think people who like Taken might watch it and I think they might be disappointed. And you need to be watching it in HD too, it's very dark in terms of the cinematography, do you know what I mean, so you want to be able to see stuff. Lots of it's good, shot locally. It's kind of like a Wild West looking, but it's not Wild West, it's in the wilderness or something. I just think if Liam Neeson went in or your likes of the fella out of... Bob Odencroft did one, nobody, that one. Those guys were almost indestructible. Maybe it's more realistic the way she is. I don't know, but anyway, what do the listeners think that's what I'm interested in? Of course, that's what it's used to. Right, Quantum Leap's been on this list for so long, I want to get rid of it now. Yeah, of course. Don't say that, don't say like that comment it. I didn't mean it. Well, I mean, it has been, all right. So basically, Quantum Leap, it's not airing over here yet, but I've been able to see the brand new episodes. Well, I can sell you a forest to give you interested. Joke, joke. Jokey, and I know that there would be fans because the original Quantum Leap ran for five seasons in the early nineties. It was a big thing. Everybody was watching it. Everybody loved it. So I'm sure there are people out there who are interested in a take, my take for the sake of a take on the new show. So I'm watching it every week. I'm definitely not madly in love with this show and I can encapsulate without any spoilers what my issue is with the new show. What I like is the new guy is very good and all the stories so far have been the sort of stories that the original show would do. So I'm on board with all of that. It's exactly the same type of stories and I like the new guy. What they've done with this show, however, is they've given them a back room team in the present day and every week we cut away from the time travel to spend time with all these scientists and these people talking about the situation. Now, from a production point of view, I wouldn't imagine this is probably cheaper because it means they have a standing set to work off. It means that they have a control room and they have offices and they have five other actors who can carry the episode. And they get about a third, if not a half of each episode and they bore me. They don't care about the people in the present day. I just wanna go back and see Ben time traveling and find him like the same sort of thing Sam Beckett used to be in, like he's in a boxing ring and someone's punching him and he doesn't know what's going on. But it turns out he has to save his brother and blah blah blah and they're good stories but I'm bored by the present day. So I'm giving it a sort of a six because I wish there was more of the time travel. So if you're saying to someone that listens to this and they go, well, I might give that a go. Would you say, do you know what? Go to the first episode of the original Quantum Lean. It might be not in a 16-9 ratio and it might not be in full HD. But if you like the concept, what's the original maybe? And it's on, it's on every day on. Is it sky something? They have it on, it's on. They're in season two or three at the moment. I was checking it up. Another thing about the new American version is the ratings are not great. The show that it replaced from last season, which was canceled after 13 weeks, it's getting slightly lower ratings. So that bodes not well for it to last beyond 13 episodes. But I'm gonna stick with it for the 13 because it's Quantum Leap. And one thing I'll definitely say about the new show, it's not a bad show. I just wish that they had exclusivity focused on the past. I mean, the question I want to ask, but it's a stupid question. If you had never watched the original, would you be raving about this? But I mean... That's a really good question. The answer is, because I like time travel anyway, Doctor Who, coming up soon, because I like time travel shows, I probably would feel the same. I don't want to see those two words on any of these sheets of paper any time soon. Oh, but I would say I'd still be bored by all the stuff. I like, if you're telling the story... But they're probably saying, how can we make this different? Now, I haven't seen it, but say, well, what about if, you know, it was a wee bit coordinate? Like, in other words, can they direct where he goes or...? The original one did occasionally go back to... Very seldom, yeah, very seldom. But I would have taught with this one, they wouldn't have needed to do anything to make the story better, because the original one was made, like, I'm going to say graphics, but I don't mean graphics, like, you know, the way they could do this... Yeah, especially... Like, how they could bring him back, you know, because they always brought him back to a moment in history. Yes. How often in the episodes did he look in the mirror and they did that, you know... Oh, at the start of every episode. I had to do it, I had to do it in every episode. I had to see his reflection in the beginning of every episode, because he could be a woman or a man, or he could be any race or anything like that. And the new show was doing the same, like... Yeah, yeah. Some big things in it. Well, somebody said to me, a friend of mine said on Facebook, or they had posted rather that it was woke before anything was woke, because it had... Woke is actually a word, a commonly used word, now that's completely missed. Yeah, probably, yeah. But it was a show that was aware, it was socially aware, it was a show that was very much... But you know what's the problem with the... In the last 20 years, much as I love CSI, the impact of CSI on television has been that so many shows that don't need to have an extended supporting cast are given. That means that there's a wacky scientist guy, there's a sensitive older man, there's like a young hot woman. Actor seeks coal of actors. Well, now they have to do... Sometimes I feel like they're looking for places to stick in diversity. Yes. And you're like, I fully appreciate what you want to have. We need that, we want to have diversity, but don't be creating places to drop them and say, oh my God, this is great. Yeah. Oh, I know, and I can understand why, I was listening to a bit of radio during the week, and I don't want to phrase it, because I don't want to phrase it incorrectly, but that was being heralded and celebrated, something close to what you're saying, and it was three white people sitting around going, this is great, do you know what I mean? And I think it was tone deaf really, but anyway. Okay, I can imagine. Yeah, I mean, we all want to see diversity. Of course we do. But there's no point in just dropping a character in for absolutely no reason. That's exactly. Or having a character there that's a completely edge, like on the edge of things, and then suddenly we end up in the middle of an episode, in the middle of nowhere, the series, having a 10 minute conversation about their sexuality, just so that we know that there's somebody there. Well, there's two obvious examples and one show that I, two shows that I watch, Star Trek Discovery does this terribly, and the Orville is so good. It's so good, it nails. I missed the Orville, I really enjoyed that. The Orville does it authentically, and it never feels like it's contrived. It feels like they actually have a point to make, whereas Star Trek Discovery is just like, we put this character in and we'll be able to do scenes about this thing. Dahmer's not in any of your lists either. Another big Netflix show, I know you have a lot to watch. Everybody's watching it. I missed the name of Dahmer. It's a 10-part, 10-part on Jeff, but it's not about him, it's about his victims, and I know that's great. It's getting quite a backlash about inaccuracies, do you see that? What's your backlash? What can it be? And we've seen so much stuff. I mean, we had the actual tapes, Netflix is obsessed with them. They have like the tapes of his actual interviews when he was arrested. There was another three-parter about how he was arrested and caught and the police officers. Then there was another thing about him being interviewed, like in the man-hunt type situation, you're like, in fairness, what's this man doing? It was horrendous, and they've made this kind of a, I just know it's a lot of people. There must be an audience there. There is, but you see the thing, the thing is is- All of my daughter's friends are all watching it because they just can't believe that it's true, and I'm like- But my son said to me, my son said to me, because I didn't realize, you know, when you don't realize your age, I think this happened in the late 90s, wasn't it? Early 90s, sorry. And he says, Dad, do you remember, what was the reaction to this story at the time? And I think, wow, I was actually of an age that I didn't even know about it and never heard about it. Maybe I wasn't watching or consuming news, but I don't really remember being- We weren't watching the BBC the way we watch it now or watching the news. The news wasn't as worldwide. I do remember him watching him on the actual news, being brought out, and I remember knowing about it I remember knowing about it, yeah. The thing I feel bad about it, it is, it's horrific, right? Horrific. But the focus is on the victims and the victims' experiences, okay? And to some extent, like, I like the sort of investigative stuff, getting caught and all that kind of stuff, and maybe I'm being a bit dispassionate here, but it goes on an awful, it goes on for a long time. I know it's- Well, I agree with you. I know what you mean. I also like investigative shows, and it does sound like, it almost sounds like they're just dwelling on the misery, is that kind of what they're doing? Yeah, well, maybe they might argue they're giving the victims a voice and giving the police a slap for ignoring the signs, and also maybe speaking out for the African-American community a little bit who would justifiably feel somewhat, you know, agreed by the investigation. But I just, I don't know, I just, I watched it and I watched it to the end, but I was glad it was over, do you know that sort of way? Mm-hmm. But anyway. Most people that have said to me that I've watched it, they're like, because I'm very full of lovely light and fluffy TV programs that I watch, and I keep getting texts, I've just finished Amher. What am I watching? Give me something that just cleanses the mind. Focus, focus, please. Exactly. But not if you've got scary children. Yeah, scary children. How is Evan Peters? I bet he's brilliant, the lead. He's- I don't know. He's a good actor. You see, if you watch a lot of the stuff about Dahmer, right, there was certain times he spoke the way the lead actor does, but the rest of the time he didn't always speak like that. Do you know what I mean? There was quite some variation in his character. He quite often didn't wear the glasses that, well, particularly in the court case, he didn't wear the glasses. But I just thought he got a impression of him and stuck through it all. Stuck through it all. Yeah. There is no variation in him at all. Right. Even in his, even during his horrible acts to when he's pretending to be happy, to when he's feeling- It's the same. But obviously- And apparently he was an extremely charming, attractive, you know, very attractive to people when people met him, even though he was, I didn't have a lot of close friends and stuff like that. Obviously, these type of people don't. But like, that's why, do you remember, they did one before and they put, I think it was Zac Efron or somebody in there, this like beautiful person playing him. Another Netflix one that they did. But apparently that was the thing with him, that even when everything was going on, even when they were digging up the pipes and doing everything, all the neighbors were like, no way, absolutely, no way. And then of course you had a huge fan base as a lot of these people do. Oh God, the ladies, oh yeah, the ladies are- Yeah, right. So would I recommend it? Akola wants to know really what they want as a mug. Would I recommend it? The answer to that would be yes, but would I recommend it to me? And the answer to that would be no. Because- That's deep. Yeah, you know, it is disturbing and you do get the horror of what his victims must have went through, but so yeah. Okay, I'm saying yes, I'd recommend it. Yeah, that's a good recommendation. Right, Lou was very good and I thought she was very kick-ass. Okay, yeah, I'm very conscious that sometimes my mood changes how I- Yeah, but we're all, no, I think we're all, like I'm very much like at a certain time, like later on in the night, I've said before I just prefer something light, like a Starsky and Hutch is my go-to. I don't want a heavy thing, the mood does affect. I can't explain why I feel the way I do without sort of giving it away. She, and there's a journey there as well, which I can't give away and that's done quite well. I just think she could have just been more brutally kick-ass, but anyway, Greg, I'm watching Star Wars and or at the moment on Disney Plus, just wondering if any of you've seen it, not only have I not seen it, I've never heard of it. Well, I'm well aware of its existence, but I- Oh, that's good. Yeah, but beyond that. Michael is aware of its existence. But I haven't watched any of the Star Wars TV shows and I don't see myself doing that anytime soon. Over to you, Finula. No, it lost me as well. I do love a bit of outer space. But in the past, would any sort of Star Wars film or program not have been massive that everybody's talking about? Oh, no, there's loads of them now. There's loads of them. Yeah, the thing about Star Wars is, and I think for an awful lot of your common fans, they kind of shot themselves in the foot. When he went back and he started doing the prequels, there was a cup of them, and then he went from the prequels to going back into the future again, and then he went somewhere in the middle, and then he went, and I just got, I was like, I don't know where Rogue sits. I don't know where, there was another one that came out. I've never seen that one. Someone read it and said, yeah. Then I spent an hour with my brother-in-law while he tried to explain it to me in fast detail. And I went, and I'm out. I'm still- I know some hardcore fans as well. And I haven't spoken to him since. Yeah. That's great. They've lost a lot of the periphery kind of people that work. They've lost me. Andor is getting good reviews, but it's not, I know that in the streaming charts in America last week, the number one show deservedly is She-Hulk. And I know that Andor is like number four. How do they say that to you? It's four. That's two and three. I think the Lord of the Rings one is two or three, and I think Dahmer was two or three. So I think it was like Hulk, Dahmer, Lord of the Rings, and then it was Star Wars Andor. Oh, don't. Oh, okay. But Disney- Texting numbers between one and 10. And you could win them all. You could win them all. Randomly, if you can answer it. So it's getting good reviews, but it's not the biggest thing on TV. And I don't think, I think they've saturated the market. How much would you say, sorry, go on for another one. No, no, the thing is that it's very difficult to jump in to their things. I find anyways, it's like they did Boba Fests and they've done all those, you know, they've done a few of them there. But like, if I don't know who that character already is. Yeah, I got you. You know, a lot of the characters. But I don't think then you're very loyal because if we talk about the Marvel stuff, isn't it Marvel? Yes, Marvel. You know, you could be your brother or was it your brother-in-law? Oh, God. And could describe every character. Oh, yeah. I mean, you guys talk about characters that are being just dropped. Yes. Four years away. Do you know what I mean? So I suppose it depends on which. Yeah, I'm passionate about Marvel and I'm passionate about Star Trek. And I watch all the Star Tricks. Star Wars Space. Yeah, Star Wars just isn't for me. Right. Let me see here. What was I going to say? Oh yeah, very briefly before we take a break. How much would you say Blackbird made in the British cinema since last week? Well, you had looked. Michael Flatley's film, do you know? Fadoula had, you had looked it up at the start and it was like two, two and a half million. Yeah, but how much did it get made last week? Did it have a big start? Probably half of it. It's probably dwindling. I took over a hundred grand. I think that's all right. That is all right. I was phrased in the report I was listening to as it was bombed. No. I think at this stage. But you're sorry for, it's been after a week. That's what I'm saying. I was wondering what you guys thought because you should be more cinema focused than I am. I thought, why? I did another hundred grand last week. That's all right. You thought it was pretty important. I mean, it's six or seven weeks out. He's definitely made by his, it wasn't a three million we saw at the budge. Not that he cares. And anyone who watched it last week is doing it on word of mouth too. They're not doing it off the back of pulse. I'm still putting the word out. I'm still putting this on response. I'm telling people, it's like it's great crap. I tell everybody this, don't see it. And in the cinema as well, because I think you cannot be distracted by going to make a cup of tea. I'm crossing my fingers for Blackbird 2. That's definitely happening. We'll get you a glass of water or something. Okay, we'll be back with more from Michael and Fanuda after the break. 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More from Michael and Finula in a moment, but I want to say good morning to a contestant on E4's The Big Blow Out, and it is Castle Finn's own Raymond Bryson. Good morning to you, Raymond. How are you keeping? Good morning, Greg. How are you? I'm good. Thank you. Congratulations on getting this gig and getting through the first round. Oh, thank you. How did you get in? Well, tell us, when did you leave Castle Finn and was it to pursue your career as a hairstylist? Was it...? So, I moved to London maybe 11 years ago, Greg, and I was to do hairdressing. I was in Dublin prior to that, but I was studying at university, and then I came over to London then to start hairdressing. And what's it like being involved in this show? It was a great experience, like I'm a lifelong friend. It was quite challenging at times, but overall it was quite a fun experience. And this is about a group of you, I think, 11 in total. And you are... Is it like, you know, the great bake-off, but you're doing hairstyles instead of cakes or something like that? Is it always like that? Yeah, literally, it was like the bake-off, but just watch out the cakes for a hairdressing and hair. Very good. And what was your first... Can you describe your first hairdo that got you through the first round? So the first... I mean, I would let you demonstrate it on me, but I mean, you don't have a... You don't have a great deal to work with. So they gave us a brief for our first week, and it was like we had to use a prominent item in our lives that was a reflection of us and they showcased our work. And so the first one didn't quite go the plan as much as I thought because we were still kind of trying to... The whole cast was trying to understand actually the whole layout of the show and what was going on in the production team. But it was basically like my... I used the reference from Alopecia, having Alopecia, and I tried to create this kind of quite conceptual, avant-garde, abstract hair. It didn't actually go the plan, but yeah, that was my original idea for the first week. And how... And I mean, we can talk a bit about how important... I don't think my partner's a hairdresser, so I understand how important hair is to people and I don't think... For those who it's not important to, they don't get it necessarily, do you know what I mean? But I think hairdressers and hairstylists certainly do. But then with your experience as a young person, with you having Alopecia for two years, was it important to you to try and incorporate that element of view into of all things hairstyling? Yeah, well, I thought like... Definitely, I was a great opportunity for me to be able to showcase that on such a white platform. And I thought like, now's the time when they asked us, when they give us this brief initially, I thought that it's fitted so well because obviously I'm a hairdresser. I had Alopecia, the two of them go hand in hand and just to kind of shine some light on it because obviously even a lot of hairdressers don't know a lot about Alopecia, so I thought it was like a great platform that I actually could bring that to light and talk about it and then use that as my theme for the initial episode. Yeah, exactly. And the more people have that conversation in public, it's more relatable to different groups of people. I mean, if I'm thinking about who's spoken out about Alopecia publicly in Britain in the past, you know what I mean? It's often females or people that are older or what have you and you sort of are going to be more relatable to a different cohort of people and the more that do that, there's a great... There's a great comfort or support for people with Alopecia if it's more relatable, I think. Yeah, true, because obviously I see Alec and me lots of clients every day and see lots of heads of hair. And I didn't even have a lot of knowledge on it or any of me having it. So obviously then, now you post me having it, I've got a lot more in depth knowledge of it and just fucking people on a general basis. Yeah, I think Gail Porter is the only person that I can think of that was really sort of, you know, out there on this issue. So has it all been recorded yet, Raymond? I'm not going to entice you into giving anything away because that would spoil the fun for everyone. But are you still recording or is it all in the bag now and we just have to watch and wait and see? Yeah, it's all been recorded. It's all done and dusted with. So we filmed it all early this year. So you can watch it all now every Monday night. I have a few questions, I would like trick questions like, you know, how many hairstyles did you do or I'm not going to be like that. So it's on Monday night and E4 and then probably different times every other day on E4 as well, because you know, they tend to rerun things. And I'm presumed it's on all four as well. Yeah, it'll be on all four then. All four, sorry. Like you can watch it on catch up and stuff like that. All right, do you get home often, Raymond? I probably get home maybe a few times a year, maybe sometimes somewhere in the back of Christmas time again. Lovely, and you're loving life over there. Yes, great life. It's a busy life, but all good. Yeah, you like that. All right, good stuff. Well done, Raymond. Keep flying the flag for Donagall. Take care of yourself. All right, thanks, Raymond. The contestants on the big blowout. Unfortunately for Nula, they do not cut through there at some point and you have to guess whether or not it's a cake. But listen, like every time I try and take the you know what from you, it ends up being probably a decent idea for a program. That sounds like a great idea for sure. Yeah, I was going to say pitch that. Pitch that immediately. I'm fair enough. There's a news cake on coming to Netflix as well. I can't wait. I watched all the Marvel series with my teenage daughter. We both gave up on She-Hulk after two pitiful episodes, which I think is a sort of where for Nula's... I'm stuck with it now and it has improved a little bit, but I am losing you completely. I love it. I love it. 10 out of 10 for me. I love it. And as the top TV program at the moment. Number one, streaming show. Yeah, but that doesn't mean, you know, just because an awful lot of people believe something. It doesn't make it really very, very good. We can have a fax and opinion type conversation. That's deep. You know what? That's deep. It's quite true just because there's a mass point. Look, there's loads of people like me that just watch it because I could never not finish... A Marvel show. A Marvel show because... The big excitement for Marvel Heads is We're Wolf by Night this weekend. It's a one-off. It's getting rave reviews. Of course, just because reviewers say it's good doesn't mean it is good, Greg. We know that deep. But no, the reviews for this are amazing because I am counting the hours until I watch We're Wolf by Night. Right, okay. That's coming out. I'm surprised they didn't hold off for another week or two. Are we going to review Daniel O'Donnell's horror flick? I know. Didn't know it was coming out. Didn't know it was coming out. No, apparently they were shooting scenes on the streets of Dunlowe and there's a... For a video? Is it like another video? No, well, I don't know. He's worked with the same people who worked on the La Di Da. Oh, that was great. Wow, it must be a video. I don't know if it's a short feature or music video. That video is fantastic. So presumably the bar is... There's a lot of expectations around this one. Whatever it is, whether it's a short or it must be a video. Well, he does nothing that's not done well and professionally. Agreed. And what I was like about him is he doesn't mind kind of taking the mick of his persona. You know that sort of way. Which is always entertaining. He will defy the critics once again. You can be sure of that. Right, okay. What should we talk about next on your list? What about something on terrestrial TV? This England on Channel 4. Kenneth Branagh. Well, I started watching it because I haven't really been watching much this week and I said, oh, God, I better watch something. Always a good reason. I know, I know. I'm deep in my mills and booms at the moment. So I started watching this thing and I've kind of gone off Kenneth Branagh a little bit so I was reluctant to get involved in it. A lot of people kept saying, oh, I'm going to watch it because Kenneth Branagh is in it. He's done those two movies that he did for, I can't remember whether it was Disney or for the other one, but it was, you know, like Death on the Nile, the two Agatha Christie's that he did, The Orient Express and Death on the Nile. He upset me with Belfast because I really thought it was going to be awesome and there was a lot of bits and pieces that didn't work. That didn't work for me, much as people love it. So I was kind of, oh, God, Kenneth Branagh now doing this. But actually, he's not around to set it. Kenneth Branagh plays Boris Johnson in it. Oh, that's what this is. I just saw the trails for it, okay. Yeah. So this is Kenneth Branagh playing Boris Johnson. It starts in, like, probably November, December of 2019 when he gets elected as the leader and then they try to oust him shortly afterwards and then they call for the general election. He wins the general election. So Kenneth covers all that in which would have been sort of late 2019 if I'm thinking correctly. It's very much then, moves then swiftly into 2020 and he's like, oh, 2020 is going to be our year. Let's get Brexit done and all this type of stuff. And they're moving away, tipping away nicely at their Brexit thinking their lives could not be better. Dominic Cummins is walking around like a man who's won and it's all about them, all the whole thing and then all of a sudden, just kind of in the background, you can hear some of the staffers suddenly start going, what's the story with this virus that's going on there in China? Is this something we need to worry about? And then it just goes right kind of suddenly after the first episode, you're in the middle of the virus. It is done in a very unusual kind of a way because I expected this to be like, after Brexit the Channel 4 did one as well. And again, I only mentioned that because of the lead guy because it was Benedict Cumberbatch that ended up playing Dominic Cummins in it. But in this, in that, that was all just kind of very much acted and it was very much in, if anybody ever watched, BBC did a thing like the Olympics and they did, I think it used to be called CW4 or something like that, which is some area in London. And it was very much in that kind of a style. This is done completely differently. And so you've got Boris and he's going along there and it kind of gives you a little insight into his personal life and his time with his now wife, Carrie, and they're expecting a baby and you're kind of getting a little insight into his, I mean, I feel desperately sorry for their dog if it wasn't for the staff. Nobody'd walk that thing. But do you know how it's very recent history and even as you're talking, you almost remember the press conferences and then playing this down and that down. Yeah. And it's a lot of behind the scenes stuff as well. There were so many leaks from number 10 at that time and then we had Cummings speaking publicly and sort of outlining what was going on at that time. What does a dramatisation of this bring to it? Is it just the fact that it kind of presents what we know? If this... Well, the thing what they've done with this which is different is they also have different, different characters because it's supposed to be done like as if it's a documentary type of thing. Okay, interesting. But they have like a nursing home that they go to. They have two or three hospitals and they have some hospital staff. They have people who've actually just general people on the street who contacted COVID. They show their families and they're in their houses and they're afraid to leave their houses or trying to get to the GP and the GP wouldn't take you unless you had an appointment prior to that and people thinking, oh no, I'll be grand, I'll be grand and then suddenly being so ill and they talk about when they tried to... they built a nightingale hospital in the... which I couldn't remember whether they actually ended up using it or not. I don't believe they did. But it's a lot... So that's what I'm saying about it which made it different is instead of it just being like a yes minister type thing or whatever, just concentrating on the whole... Is it all dramatised or is there a mixture of...? No, it's all dramatised except then for bits of it which is the only bits I don't like about it which is they start going into... like when he's asleep he's suddenly dreaming about stuff and it's like flashes of... The thing about it is it definitely had an agenda, right? Now, not a fan of ours as I'd say that hands up straight out but this definitely had an agenda of not being a fan of ours. And how does Cummings come out of it then? Oh, Cummings comes out of it terrible. He's bullying everybody. He's firing them for any priests. They just did now where his wife got sick and he drove down to Dover or wherever he went that time in the car. But look, I started watching this and I was like, oh, I wouldn't watch this. It's too close to it. And now I'm four into it. And there's only six in it. And it is heart-wrenching to watch just when they do general... the general members of the public. You see people working in nursing homes having to leave their kids all kind of clubbing in together. They're the only people there to hold hands with the other. I definitely think this is worth it. Had this been done closer to COVID or had it come out around that time there may be a lynch mob outside number 10. I think it would be detrimental to the Conservative Party. They've ever been hoping there isn't going to be an election in my opinion after this. There are chances of re-elections if that vote's already selling. But if you are somebody who was personally impacted by COVID this is a tough watch. And I'm just going to give people their heads up with that. It does delve into a lot of loss. It does into that idea of people not being able to be with their loved ones. Things like that that happen. If you don't think that COVID was a real thing keep this a watch and see how you collect the other side of it. People have opinions on lots of different sides. I didn't get that from the promos for it interestingly. Just thought it was Branagh doing a... 100% and actually he's not in it as much as you think. That's why I kind of watch this. There's a lot more to it than there was with the Brexit one which was very much just how do we do it. But when you see them sitting around in the middle of all this crisis trying to come up with the catchphrase that's really going to work that's going to make it sound... If you were somebody that's actually lost somebody I can only imagine and then bits of it is just heartbreaking. And you know what? You don't have to necessarily go to Britain to see stuff that went on too. No absolutely. I'm sure if they did it for the Irish government we'd all be... There'd be a lot of similar conversations. Yeah for sure. Well done Raymond from Ann and Paddy Foy. All of Castle Finn must be so proud of you Raymond is a real winner. I'm not only finished watching the American office and I think it's brilliant for the fact it's just silly and all weird things you only wish you could do and get away with when working in an office. Quantum Leap brings me back to my younger years. The reboot is pretty good says the caller. Watching House of Dragons absolutely brilliant says another. Yes I watched Lou. It was fantastic. Well worth watching that comes in from Bernie. Another text of those says yes watched it not great at all. We are really quite different us humans aren't we? Don't bother watching all this big screen stuff. Watch Simon a bloke in the woods or the outdoor boys in YouTube and show the children how to go camping and enjoy the outdoors. Well listen there's very few people under 20 watching scheduled TV. YouTube is their channel of choice. Rogay Jenta movie was already done on Netflix based on a true story of conman Robert Freeguard. Alright keep them coming. Yes. Okay let's take a quick break back with more in a moment. The 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60,000 euro for all occasions. Visit letterkennycu.ie Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at highlandradio.com Have you bought your NCBA radio bingo book yet? Contribute to this fantastic charity and be in with a chance to win. 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Ursula Rabbit Hall is begging for Mug on Facebook. The dignity is at the window at the stage. I told her she has to wait until Sandy comes. OK, and maybe then, maybe. If she's good. I think one with your two faces on it for Ursula. Exactly, I was just going to say that Ursula is Fenula's cousin, a lovely lady as well. Yes. Right, OK, we have a minute or two. Satan Schools... When is Halloween, by the way? We don't need to do Halloween films yet, do we? No, we don't need to know. There aren't so early, though. Yeah, well, these are old. I am a big fan of American TV movies of the 70s and 80s, and there's a new streaming platform that's legal, 100% free and legal, called Filmsy. And they've got some of these old movies. I watched Satan's School for Girls. The reason I watched it is it's a pop culture thing, Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd. A couple of years before they were both in Charlie's Angels. They were in this TV movie, which is a very old-fashioned, not really a horror, more of a thriller. A woman, her sister, dies under mysterious circumstances. She goes undercover at this exclusive boarding school. Is this the second girls' boarding school thing you've recommended in two weeks? Is it? Oh, you're thinking of Mallory Towers. Yeah, well, these are all in their 20s. These are all older ladies. Oh, I'm not. Sorry, I was not... I totally was. I totally was. No, Phyllulah's been giving me grief on here, but I'm going to ignore both of you, and I would say that this is a very old... Conveniently landed on a school guard TV program. Even one of my housemates, I mentioned that I watched Satan's School for Girls, and he started sniggering. He's like, what's this? I was like, it's an old-fashioned thriller. It's a big old building. There's Baywatch now. I'm ignoring you. There are power cuts, and she spends a lot of time with a lantern going around this spooky building, and the students start dying one by one. It's a TV movie. There's no blood. There's no gore. It's not like that. It's just the tension of what's going on. And if you're into old TV shows like Charlie's Angels, you get to see Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd. You get to see Roy Thennis from The Invaders and Falcon Crest and stuff. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I give it 6 or 7 out of 10. It's old-fashioned, as I say. No blood, no gore. And it's only an hour and 15 minutes, and it's like lots of creepy wandering around this place at night. And if you're interested, then Filmsy, which is brand... Well, it's not brand new. It's actually been around a couple of years, but it's new to me, and it's free and it's legal. And it's just F-I-L-M-S. F-I-L-M-Z-I-E. Why do they do that? Name something that you have to spell it to get people to find it. Why? I'm going straight, Filmsy. That's exactly what I'm doing. I was putting S-Y at the bottom. Filmsy, okay. It does look to have... I only give it a quick cursory examination. It does look to have a... It says itself in its own... He writes the story. He does. I'm not ignoring you. Mostly... Mostly independent warrior. Michael is a good friend. Listen. Thank you so much, Michael, as always. And thanks for being a great sport. Michael, Leddy, writer and blogger. Finula, Rabbit. Thank you so much, as well, for your input. And thank you to all of you who listened.