 from the 90s. It is indeed, Lee. See, I'm being more selective. Could have finished with a good Donegal song though, because you know what today is, don't you? I still have two minutes, where you go? Love Donegal. I know, and I love the t-shirt, John. Isn't that how it is? This is my second one, because I wore the same one yesterday, but I've got two of them. Do you? I'm one of the very few people. Thanks to the crew at Donegal Canada Council as well, I'm one of the very few people that I have two. You're just bragging now that you've got a free t-shirt tonight, isn't it? Well, it's not, nothing's for free, Lee. You can give me the second one, and I'll wash it. It'd be too wee for you. Come here, what do you love about Donegal? What? I love the mountains. Love the mountains. Love mountains. Love the fresh air. People. People are nice. What's your favourite part of Donegal? Because what we're going to do is, actually, if you want to text in now, you can, 086625000, because it's all part of hashtag Love Donegal Day. Tell us what you love about Donegal, whether it's the people, what about them, or if it's the area or a particular part. And we have, Lee, a mug and a shirt, Highland Mug, 9th & New Show shirt. So, text in, by the way. Lovely. And we're not going to pick which one's best, we'll just put all the names in the hat and draw them out. Good, I've got a couple of pictures in this morning. But back to your question about... I used to play a lot of music down Ghidor and Fulcara area years ago, as the Gooch brothers, right? And I haven't been down for years. And me and Lee went down to buy a secondhand front door probably about six months ago. And I just loved being down there, and I took Lee around all the little pubs that we played and stuff, and we called into calls. I mean, Lara, and it's no longer a pub, it's a lovely restaurant down there, we're in there. And I met the owners that I hadn't seen for years in that, and I was just meeting up with the people again and just the area, and it was just lovely. It was a lovely day, and I went down to the pier and all of that, it was just nice, you know. So, what made you like Donegal too, is you see, you can go to different parts and it's very different. So, Innershow and Donello. Correct. Ironmore, in and around, Vanad, Donegaltown, Philly Bay. All of these places are all kind of different. Yeah, I was seeing that guy yesterday, right? A work guy, right? Marie O'Donnell on Facebook says, good morning, Greg and Highland Radio. Up Donegal, the canny beat the best county in Ireland, God's land. Yes, God's country. Marie, you're in for the draw, in the draw. But you know the accents as well, changed so much. I was seeing that guy yesterday, and I was seeing, and I says, he knew me from the radio, whatever, knew the voice or whatever. And then I was saying, I says, you're from Falkara. And he says, how do you know that? And I says, what's your know by the accents? And I says, I used to play, and then when I got on the big rant, and I used to play all them pubs in Falkara and stuff, and he was in, oh, you played the, I was in the anchor when you were playing on the anchor bar. And so we had the crack, you know? Wow, OK, brilliant stuff. All right, mate, go and enjoy Donegal for today. I'm away with Osh and Kelly for a nice cup of tea. Good luck. An amulet. Oh, well, I had cornflakes today, so Osh might have something. That's between you two. Enjoy it. It's lovely for you, isn't it? All right, we're going to continue to work here. It's the 9 till noon show now, and it's still 9 o'clock, and it's over to Michaela Clark for a news update. Good morning, Michaela. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. The Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed it is liaising with Shunninggal County Council and the LOX Agency after a major fish kill in Donegal. The EPA says they were informed by a revoked consumer foods limited in Killy, Gordon on Tuesday afternoon of an accidental release from the facility to the crossroads stream at Tributary of the River Finn. Investigations by the EPA and LOX Agency have been continuing over the past number of days, and samples have been gathered for further analysis. Immediate action needs to be taken to install traffic calming measures at a number of points on the Meanderi to Bunkrana Road. That's the view of Councillor Jack Murray, who says the area of Church Brae and Fawn has become an accident-black spot. Meanwhile, he's calling for works to be carried out to facilitate the crossing of pedestrians into being close to a national school. Councillor Murray says plans were in place to carry out works in conjunction with the Greenway project. However, he says that needs to be revised in the wake of the development being stalled. It's been said in the past that we would wait on the Greenway before we would do such measures. That's clearly been stalled, so I think the time for waiting is long past. It's too dangerous, and we have to act on this straight away. There's calls for a complete overhaul of Ireland's climate action plans. Advocacy group Friends of the Earth believe it's necessary after a new report by the Clean Air Task Force showed many European countries will miss their climate targets this year. The report urges EU member states to promote investment in clean technologies and renewable energy projects in order to reach 20-30 goals. CEO of Friends of the Earth, Oshin Cochlan, says the plans made in 2019 are already out of date. This report is a really useful milestone in what happens next. On the one hand, yes, this is alarming. On the other hand, it's weirdly a normal part of the process. As in, it's not surprising that plans made four years ago need to be revised, and actually, that's the whole process that is happening. There's an EU requirement that all the countries revise them, send them to the European Commission to be checked, and then they'll be adopted by each country later next year. Donegal County Council is being urged to carry out urgent repairs on a bridge in Liskule as local residents live and fear their homes could be flooded if there were to be a repeat of the flooding scene in East Donegal in July. There's serious safety concerns over the Mahara Boy Bridge that it could be washed away if there is another flooding event. Nearby landowners have expressed their willingness to allow Donegal County Council access to their land to facilitate works. Cancer Gary Dohorty says it's volatile, the bridge is a top priority for the council. We can't see a repeat of what happened in July where people's homes are being threatened by floods and indeed are affected by floodwaters coming into their house. That's simply not on, and we have to do what we can to try and prevent that. Whether or not I'm mainly dry this morning with bright or sunny spells, high as temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with news again at 10 o'clock. Until then, good morning. Why is it this hard to save a bit of money on simple car or home insurance? Well, getting a quote from Ampust Insurance is never this hard for car and home insurance that's a little more human, call 0818 22 22 22 or visit onpustinsurance.ie. The driveway's gonna win a prize, man. Acceptance criteria, terms, conditions apply. One direct Ireland Limited trading as onpust insurance is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. One direct Ireland Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ampust, home insurance underwritten by Aviv Insurance Ireland DAC. Best prices online. The county's number one talk show, the 9 till noon show on Highland Radio. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, the 9 till noon show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello, good morning to you. You're very welcome along to the 9 till noon show here on Highland Radio. It is Love Donagall Day, and we are gonna be focusing on that a little bit throughout the program. Our friend of the show on Highland Radio, of course, Kevin Fury is out in the west of the county, one of my favourite parts of Donagall. He's gonna be joining us after 10. And as I say, we're gonna give away a couple of shirts, a couple of 9 till noon show mugs if you wanna tell us what you love about Donagall or why you want to visit here, maybe if you're listening or return here if you're listening from outside the county. How do you get involved in the conversation and to send us the reasons as to why you love Donagall? 086 6025,000 WhatsApps and texts, 086 6025,000, or give us a call on 07491 25,000. If you're watching on social media on our YouTube channel, Highland Radio Ireland, feel free to leave your comments there. It's not about which one is best. It's not a competition as such. We'll just throw all the names into hat and draw two out and two lucky winners will win a lovely Highland shirt and an 9 till noon show mug. And don't forget if you are on social media, share your pictures or your stories of Highland Radio, be it on threads or X or Facebook or wherever you are and use the hashtag love Donagall and do your bit because often, you know, what can we do to try and help each other and help the area? Do your bit to spread the love and the message of love Donagall. It really is a relatively young initiative, but it has proved hugely successful and hugely beneficial in spreading the word about Donagall. So you can imagine the beautiful scenery that sometimes we take for granted that is just outside our window. Take a picture of it, put it up on social media, Instagram as well or wherever it might be, hashtag love Donagall. And then you get love Donagall trending and people all around the world see it. It's simple, but it's really effective. And as I say, we will be talking about that a little later on, but as I say, feel free to send in what you love about the county, maybe even some pictures if you want. I can throw them up for the live stream as well as sharing them on our social medias. It's a busy morning for newspapers, obviously, because it is a Thursday and we'll start with the Chicano Tribune this morning. The EU's decision to impose new derogation cuts in Ireland from January is seen by many farmers as the first signal that the battle on the nitrates directive has already been lost and at best it can only be construed as the very worst of news. IFA president Tim Cullinan said farmers are of the view that the derogation suits the government agenda as it reduces count numbers by the back door. A staunch number of members and defenders of the EU mandate, the Irish government might, if they had any balls, follow the Germans who've decided to block the final approval of EU legislation to ban the sale of all except electric cars from 2035. All Germany wants is to protect their precious car industry and stuff everyone else. So that's, in other words, another derogation. An example that the Germans are using there is in relation to cars. So why should we be ashamed of ours in relation to the raring of cattle? The Finn Valley voice this morning, householders affected by the battle of face, and all our 10T priority rude have this week received letters updating the state of the project. The letters issued by DCC and the RPS forward slash BT indicates that phase four government approval and the publication of compulsory purchase and environmental impact documents is about to begin a stage at which many projects have come to grief. More on the front of and inside that paper today. The Donegal News this morning, around 380 staff in Donegal County Council are taking industrial action as part of an ongoing dispute to achieve job evaluation in the sector as part of the industrial dispute. There's a ban on council workers engaging in all non-statutory political representation, verbal email and written with councillors, senators, TDs, including ministers and MEPs. The industrial action, which is being overseen by Trade Union Forza, began on Monday. And as we heard from Forza, they have effectively a mandate up to and including full strike action. So this is the first volley and it will escalate if they don't get what they want. The Donegal Democrat this morning, a man rescued from a sea cave off OE Island on Sunday evening has told of his living nightmare. Maliki Doyle, who lives at Critch Island, went for a wee trip to OE Island in his kayak on quiet waters. But he told how he feared for his life after encountering difficulty in a sea cave amid choppy waters. Such was the perilous nature of the situation. The 69-year-old writer says that only for a ziplock bag to keep his phone dry, he would still be there on that tiny ledge, frozen solid at around 3 p.m. Maliki was able to raise the alarm, his difficulty began when having decided against entering the cave due to the churning sea inside a freak wave, hit him from behind, overturning the vessel and coping him into the water. Man and boat hold deep into a cave. The Derry News this morning, crippling air bee and bee-ism impacting on Lawrence Hill residents, creeping air bee and bee-ism. A residents association is determined to maintain the community family balance of one of Derry's oldest residential streets in the face of creeping air bee and bee-ism, speaking to Derry News, the spokesperson for Lawrence Hill Residence Association, said families in the streets had been increasingly forced to negotiate the challenges presented by living alongside a highly transient population. Back to the nationals now and RTE all over the papers today. Of course, a group of them were back before an Arachtis committee to answer further questions. I'll watch some of it. It amazes me that they should know what questions are coming but not have the answers to. Like, for instance, one perfect example would be this private members club in London. They had a, for reasons which I don't really buy, but they had a membership to this exclusive club in London and one of the first questions was, do you still have that membership? No one knew what, do we have it? I don't know, do we have it? Well, we haven't paid the invoice yet, but do we still members? I don't know, do you know? Crazy stuff. You would have known that was coming up again. Why did they not have the answer to that? But anyway, that's just one example. With all the brains that were there, you would think they would have the basics covered, but they didn't. But the Archer Independent tells us that a call of staff through targeted and voluntary redundancy, a potential sale of Montrose and reducing programming are all part of brutal cost cutting plans at RTE. Workers at the National Broadcaster have been put on alert about a wide range of slimming down of the organisation, including a potential sale of assets and less investment in digital. The sale of 2FMs is also expected to be put into the equation, according to senior sources at the station, desperately seeking to restructure and raise funding. I don't think the public in withholding the licence fee necessarily want regular workers on 25, 30, whatever they're on to be sacked or have you to be let go. I think what the public want, they want to see those who are making an absolute mint whilst preaching to us to get reasonable wages and for other measures to be taken. But hitting staff right across the board, I'm not sure that's exactly what the public want. Selling 2FM makes perfect sense. It's not public service broadcasting and it competes with... I mean, this morning on The Breakfast Show, they have the ability to give away 10,000 euro. Just give it away like that there. If they want to, through competitions, they're very well resourced to compete with iRadio, FM104 and all the rest. That's not really fair. RTE, perhaps you can argue more strongly, has a public service remit to FM, it doesn't. It's a commercial radio station in a commercial market and really doesn't need our taxpayers' money going to 10,000 euro competitions, I would argue. But anyway, the sale or part of all of RTE's Montrose campus worth an estimated 500 million is now flagged and valuations are currently being conducted on the side. RTE bosses have to come up with a plan of cutbacks in the next month to avail of a bailout in the budget and get reform of the licence fee. And again, you know, don't send Keith Duffy over to get his... to look at people getting their teeth done in Turkey. Spend that on the iPlayer. You know what I mean? Buying that programme from my TV too, it's nonsense anyway. Again, that's just a little simple thing that perhaps they could do that the public might go, all right, OK, maybe I might consider paying my licence again. The national broadcaster's already looking for 35 million and projecting a further 21 million shortfall from people not paying their television licence. The government will not be giving RTE the full amount requested. So what would you, genuinely, what would you like to see? And I can't just say I will scrap it or get rid of it, but what would you... What would be a good first step for RTE where you might consider, if you would consider? So we're talking hypothetically here, paying your TV licence again. Like, what would be enough? What is the thing that bothers you the most that you would like to see changed or that you might say, right, well, if you're doing that, I can meet you halfway. Please, let us know. 08 660 25000, what's up in text? Or call us an 07 491 25000. The Irish Times tells us that guard and commissioner Drew Harris is described as a kick in the teeth and a heavy blow. The vote by rank and file guard to express no confidence in him by a majority of 99% but is insisted he'll not resign. He's got the backing of the... He's got the backing of the... Justice Minister, he's got the backing of the government, but he doesn't have the backing of regular guard. 99% effectively all guard have no faith in their boss. It's hard to believe that can be ignored, isn't it? We're going to be speaking to the GRA a little later on, but it is hard to believe how someone can consider, can continue on in their position, and I'm not suggesting you should go a lot, but how could you continue on in that position when 99% of the people that work under you have no faith in you? Well, he believed the vote by members of the Guard of Representative Association was deliberately personalised. Minister for Justice Helen McIntee echoed that view saying Mr. Harris had her and the government's full support. She said the GRA must now get back around the table for talks on new guarder rosters, but said the rostering row was an internal guarder matter that she could not intervene in. The policing authority, which recruits senior guard officers and is the force's main watchdog agency, also issued a statement of full and unwavering confidence in Mr. Harris, the leadership team of the guarder, which is comprised of its most senior officers and civilian managers issued a statement to all guard members saying it had full confidence in Mr. Harris. On to the Irish Daily Mail now, and a motorist could face additional penalties for speeding through at-risk zones, such as for road works and schools, a new report to the government has outlined. The report which sets out the proposed speed limits was published yesterday. Among a range of proposals, the report said higher penalties should apply for at-risk routes, such as for road work, schools and shared use zones. A spokesperson for the government confirmed that it intends to seek legislation passed to reduce speed limits by the end of March next year, after which work would commence with local authorities to implement the reduced speeds. Now, as I say, not all roads will have their speeds reduced. The good roads presumably will retain their current speed limits, but the report said that its recommendation should be implemented within two years. So you could see, you could see tougher penalties in certain areas. On to the Irish Farmers Journal now, and the Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme will reopen for new applications in mid-October. However, the exact number of farmers to be accepted will depend on the government's purse strings. Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConnelog does not yet know what budget he'll have to cater for farmers applying to the scheme. That's something that will be part of them in the mix now in terms of engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Pascal Donahue. McConnelog said ahead of crunch talks about budget 2024. Mary Lou MacDonald has been going through a medical situation which required an operation, and she released a video on social media to say she's back at work as leader of Sinn Féin this after a summer operation. The Dublin TD, who boxes in her spare time, is fighting fit and has posted a video on Twitter to announce her comeback in the video. She prioritises housing as the one area where Sinn Féin will concentrate on if the people elect them to lead after the next general election. Miss MacDonald warned Fina Follum, Finlay Gale that Sinn Féin are now ready to lead. She said, as some of you know, I had an operation in June and I've been recovering over the last number of weeks, and then she went on to say that she is now fully recovered and was sort of seeking to rally the troops. A bizarre, well, I'll get to that story in a moment. Firstly, we'll go to the Irish son, and the frantic mother of a teenaged girl who went missing on a family trip to Disneyland, Paris has declared, I just want her home. Mom, Magdalene Palm, said it's been hell since Amber Victoria vanished on August 7th, telling the paper no one has heard from my baby. In a month, the 17-year-old disappeared on the last day of her holiday with Mom, Magdalene, 39, Dad, Dennis, 44, and nine-year-old brother, Gino. Amber struck snuck away from Disney's Hotel Santa Fe in France as her family slept at 3 a.m. before meeting a young man at a nearby petrol station. After reporting her missing to French police CCTV was retrieved, showing the girl being driven away from the garage by the man whom I believe she met online, but she's missing now since August 7th, and that family who are now Irish-based are up to high dough of fear of their daughter's safety. Now, this is the story that's been a strange one. The US tourist, as you would know, do you remember it started all the big hu-ha around Dublin? He was assaulted and severely injured and spent quite a bit of time in hospital. He's on the road to recovery and he's back home, but a GoFundMe page was started and his two sons came over to see how their dad was to check on him. But anyway, there's a bit of a row about a GoFundMe, a GoFundMe account that was set up. Assault victim Stephen Termini's son has denied his father's claim that he stole funds raised by him or for him by the public. The US tourist who has recovered from a brutal attack in Dublin in July said he hadn't seen a cent of the 120,000 euro raised by Mike Rizzuto and on the website, GoFundMe. Mr. Termini, who is back in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, said, that GoFundMe, my son set up. He stole all that money. He didn't give me any of that money. My heart's broken. He won't answer my calls. He won't call me back. I'm planning to file a complaint of fraud with GoFundMe. I'm going to get GoFundMe to give all those people their money back and then I'm going to hopefully set up one for myself. I can't believe he did that. In my heart, I was so thankful for what the people did and I was going to use that to buy a house and just be where I wanted to be in Ireland. When I found out what happened, I was devastated. Even after all that I've gone through, I thought I had a way, a reward for dealing with that and just wanted to buy not a mansion or anything but a cozy little place. When I found out it was no, you're not getting that, I was like, wow. And now the sun's saying, well, we thought the money was for us to travel over there and pay our bills and pay our accommodation and if dad needed care in the future, we'd look after him, but dad's fine and the money's ours and that money's yours. I don't know if anyone listening to this show donated to it. But anyway, the family are rowing over that 120,000, I mean, there's a lot of money, 120,000 euro. I think it's going to make people think twice about donating to such things. There does need to be a little bit more accountability on some of the money's raised. There's no doubt about that. Right, OK. That was a run through Thursday's newspaper. Just to remind you, it is Love Donegal Day. Take your pictures, send your messages about Donegal, what you love about it. Use the hashtag love Donegal across all your social media and you'll be doing great things to get the county trending and to spread the love around the world. We're giving away a lovely mug and highland tea set for a couple of you out there today. All we want you to do is just message us and tell us why you love Donegal. What is it about love Donegal? What part of Donegal do you love? And you can also comment on our social media and we'll enter you in that competition as well. The newspapers are courtesy of Kelly Centra Mountaintop Letterkenny, the 2022 Seastore National Off-License of the Year. 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Our bumper magazine has everything you need, including exhibitor listings, site map, event programs, close directions on how to get there and where to park. Don't miss your free guide to the plowing. Inside this week's Irish Farmers Journal, you can't afford to miss it. Highland Radio, time checks with Expressway. Travel Route 32 from Leta Kennedy, Dublin when you book online and travel for less. Expressway, bringing you the time asked. Times 25 minutes past nine. Now, the fallout continues from the reduction in the nitrates' derogation on the Irish Farming sector. And it's covered extensively, as you can imagine, in this morning's Farmers Journal. So we invited Aidan Brennan, a dairy editor on, just to see where we're at and where we are, I suppose, in terms of that fallout. Good morning, Aidan. Good morning, Greg. There's no doubt, and perhaps it shouldn't have come to us as a surprise, there's no doubt that farmers are very, very angry about this and angry with the agriculture minister. From your perspective, do you want to give us an outline of how we come to this point? Yeah, so basically every farm animal in the country has got an organic nitrogen excretion rate. And for dairy cows, that ranges between 80 and 106 kilograms. And across the European Union, the maximum stocking rate you're allowed to have is 170 kilograms per hectare. But in Ireland and a number of other EU countries, we've been allowed, given permission, to increase that up to a maximum of 250 kilograms based on the grass growing, the long grass growing season, the high nitrogen uptake of grass. So we've been given this exemption, our derogation, as it's known as. And that's allowed farmers to stock the farm higher. But it's important to say that permission or that derogation is hinged in the fact that water quality does not deteriorate as a result of getting that derogation. But the European Commission have come back now to say that Ireland's derogation has been reduced from 250 to 220 kilograms. And that has farmers up in arms because farmers that are stocked greater than 220 kilograms now have to reduce their stocking rate or find extra land, all of which are very unpalatable. Plus what's really angering farmers is that Chagosk and other independent research centres and organisations are saying that reducing this derogation won't actually improve water quality. So that's really why farmers are so angry at the moment. We're not really sure, are we, as to the breakdown of the polluters? I mean, we've had an awful polluting incident in Donegal in the last couple of days. Thousands of fish killed, nothing to do with farming. But really, do we have a system of monitoring our water pollution that can sort of distinguish between, I don't know, commercial, maybe state-owned versus agricultural pollution? Well, the EPA, who monitor water quality, do say that they can differentiate the different sources of pollution, and nitrogen pollution is largely to do with agriculture. And that's the fact, but it's large, you know, and there's different impacts upon that. And one of the greatest impacts on nitrogen levels in water is actually the weather. And in the free draining soils, you know, where nitrogen is a bigger issue, you could have no farming activity at all, and you could still have elevated levels of nitrogen just because of the nature of soil type weather. And nitrogen is a naturally occurring nutrient anyway. So you're going to get higher levels of nitrogen pollution, no matter what happens. But I suppose the thing is, we need to reduce our nitrogen levels within the waterways and groundwater in Ireland. And farmers are doing that. And steps that are taken in the last, even in the last year or so, has been shown by Chagas to have a greater impact on reducing nitrogen losses than reducing the stock price. But the European Commission haven't given enough time for these measures to come in for, you know, that are coming in to have the impact on water quality. So that's why farmers are also angry. But I mean, there's no doubt, I mean, farmers are willing to take on board the anything that's necessary to improve water quality. Once it doesn't, you know, take them out of business. Well, they would argue that they have actually been doing that. But not enough time has been given to see the fruits of their labor. So, you know, they're trying. They have been trying, particularly down the Southwest, I think. And, you know, they feel that they're being punished before. Sort of as I say, the fruits of that labor have been shown. Yeah, that's exactly it. I mean, what the farmers are calling for a prior to this announcement was more time for the existing measures that are taking place in farms to have an impact on water quality. But, you know, that wasn't listened to by the European Commission. And I suppose that blame now on the government and our own minister, McConnell, for not listening to farmers well enough and not fighting the case of farmers at the European level. He'll argue back that he fought hard, that, you know, he negotiated as strong as he could, but the European Commission weren't for bending. But on that point, that's pretty much what he said in his statement published afterwards, that they've made the decision and they're not going to change their mind. Is that it? Do we, are we really that strongly dictated to by the EU where we have to put our hands up and say, well, they've made that decision and those are the rules that we have to live by. I mean, there's not negotiation that. Is it, that's, I don't mean it in the strong words of dictatorship, but they're dictating to us. Yeah, so, I mean, that's, that's the rules, you know, that there, that's the legislation that Ireland signed up to when it, you know, and that's the reality of it. But for me, the issue is that the horse has bolted in this case. What happened is that the European Commission come out with the terms and conditions of the derogation in March 2022 and the Irish government accepted them at that point and that's where the mistake was made. They should have fought harder not to accept those terms back in March 2022. You know, at that stage, the Commission said, oh, if water quality doesn't improve between 2021 and 2022, we're not going to grant you the 250 again and we're gonna bring it back to 220. They accepted that then and that's really flawed because you shouldn't compare water quality in one year versus the next. Water quality should be compared as a trend over time. The EPA look at water quality over a minimum of three years. Yes, we have this huge economic impact on farmers. That's all dependent on just one year and that's why, you know, farmers are angry with the governments for accepting these, what they would say as flawed terms. So what next? Like, what do you think this means for Minister Charles McConnelogue? Because the farming groups, at least the IFA, let's talk about them for certainty, they refuse to meet Minister McConnelogue and then kind of met his boss along with him which perhaps wasn't a great look. We had the head of the IFA on this programme which was he wouldn't respond directly whether or not he fully supported the minister in his job, if you know what I mean, he says, we'll have to work with him but he had an opportunity to say, yeah, no, we have confidence in him. He didn't say that. He didn't say he didn't have confidence in him either. So what does this mean? Do you think in relation to the relationship between the major farming groups, the farming community and the Minister for Agriculture? Well, it's very poor at the moment. You have to accept that. There was a meeting then last week where the IFA decided that they weren't going to attend. ICSA did attend that and there was more issues there. Certainly, there's been a breakdown in the relationship between the Tim Cullenan and the IFA president and Minister McConnelogue. Look, it remains to be seen where that's going to end with the politics that play here as well, of course, in the sense that the IFA needs to be seen to be taking a very proactive stance on this for their members. There's an IFA election coming up at the end of this year as well, of course. So there's a bit of politics to play. It's hard to know where it's going to end up, but at the end of the day, everyone will eventually come back to the table. That always happens in these things, and it has to happen, because while nitrates is the issue at the moment, another issue will present itself in the next few months where dialogue will be required. Is the solution to this that the farmers are going to have to swallow this, obviously, because it seems to be a fate to complete, but the government, the way they might try and to appease farmers is to try and however they might do. So compensate them for the gap between where they were and where they're going to be. More money. Yeah, but potentially, I mean, there is a significant gap there, though, and I can't see the government funding that. I mean, in worst case scenarios, there could be a loss of up to 30% in profitability for farmers that are affected by this nitrates' irrigation change. The real battleground really would be to retain the 220 if the next time that it doesn't go any lower, because it could potentially, and this is the threat the government is saying, that it could potentially be down to 170 kilos next time, which would be absolutely disastrous for the dairy industry. Funding is one option. I mean, as I say, it's going to be very difficult to adequately compensate farmers for the losses involved. There is another issue, of course, as well, in the sense that not all of the country could potentially be asked the 220 kilogram mark. The EPA published a map showing the parts of the country where they suggest that the derogation should be reduced. So not all of Ireland is currently under that. It remains to be seen as whether the government are going to impose a blanket measure of 220 or will they have a certain part of 250 and more parts of 220? I suppose the IFA are saying that if some of the country is still at 250, that leaves the door open for more of the country in time, depending on what quality results to come back up to 250, which would obviously be a good outcome to this fiasco. Well, when will farmers know about that? Because that sounds really quite complicated and could be another controversial point. So when will we know any variance in that? Because, as I say, the reduction is just around the corner now. Yeah, so the minister says he'll have the final map published in the next few weeks in consultation with industry stakeholders. So we're waiting that for the next few weeks. But then farmers only have, as you say, a couple of months before this ban kicks in, that this reduction kicks in in 2024. And we won't know, you know, the full outcomes, you know, the certainly most of the country will be at 220. We know this for sure next January and that's going to run for the next two years. Who knows what happens then in 2026? All right, OK, but you would be confident that the minister is secure in his portfolio at the moment that the relationships, the bridges can be rebuilt? I think so. And I mean, I can see the minister falling on the sword over this issue. You know, it seems he is the full backing of the government, both the Tonsh and also the T-Shok. I suppose the other thing to say is that, you know, I know that I speak the Highland Radio and this is the nitrate is probably a greater issue in the Southeast of the country in the South of the country as opposed to the Northwest. So, you know, I think it's certainly in terms of scale. But I suppose it's it's it's also very relative as well. But I do understand exactly what you're saying, Aidan. Thank you. Our pockets, of course, putting all that are going to be seriously effective, but it's also, you know, the more intensively found areas. So it is an issue. All right, Aidan, thanks so much for your time. I really appreciate it. Much more on that and much more besides, of course, on the front of an inside, the Farmers Journal, which is out today. That's Aidan Brennan, who is the dairy editor. Now, we were covering the controversy of the gates being put back in situ at Ungreening of Alja so that people once they've made the way up to Ungreenon into the entrance, they couldn't get into it because gates have been installed there. There's a big debate about it. Obviously, it restricts people seeing sunsets and sunrises now. But also, there was concerns expressed that people can get in any way. What you might see is people dangerously clambering over walls to get in there. And a lot of criticism of the OPW. We got in contact with the OPW for a response from them. So you may or may not be satisfied with what it has to say, but I'll read it for you that reads as follows. The OPW recognises the importance of green and alia not only as a heritage site, but also in its context as a prime tourism asset for Donegal in keeping with our remit of preservation, protection and presentation of the national monuments in state care. OPW provides public access balance with the requirement to ensure the protection of the monument. The site on which Greenon of Alia is located is in state ownership. The car park and adjacent enclosed ground is not in state ownership and has been maintained by Donegal County Council since it was opened in 1955. Supervision by a caretaker during the hours of during the hours the Greenon of Alia is open, supplemented with security assistance is essential to both safeguarding the monument and ensuring the safety of visitors and OPW staff. The closing of the barrier at the foot of the access lane outside opening hours has been effective in reducing antisocial behaviour at and damage to the monument. This action is dependent on a security company attending the site at the closing of the barrier every day. So this is the barrier at the foot of access. So this is down at the car park, right? Or down just as you before you access up. And then it goes on to say, in light of the considerable cost to the state of the attendance of a security company and through ongoing engagement and mutual decision with Donegal County Council. So a lot of talk has been about, well, what's the OPW doing? Why is the OPW doing this? Apparently, they've made a mutual decision with Donegal County Council in regard to on Greenon. It was decided to trial the 24 hour opening of the barrier. OK, the pedestrian gate into the casual was reinstated. This had been stolen a number of years previously. This regime is designed to discourage easy access in the hours of darkness when the security of the monument and the safety of visitors cannot be supervised. Please note, the site is opened and closed at the advertised hour, similar to many of our heritage sites. Access to green and a value outside of opening hours can be facilitated by contacting permissions at OPW.ie. So it seems, if I'm reading this correctly, that Donegal County Council and the OPW decided to allow 24 access, in other words, the barrier at the bottom and instead have installed this pedestrian gate. So it's not just an OPW decision, seemingly. It's also a Donegal County Council decision, which is news to me. I didn't know that if that is the case. So they say it's a trial, but it's also to reduce costs as well and to reduce anti-social behaviour and so on and so forth. So that's the up to date position from the OPW as it relates to access to green and of Alia. Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at HighlandRadio.com. The 9 till noon show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union with monster loans available up to 60,000 euro for all occasions. 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We're joined on it by someone. I'd say they feel they're a lucky, lucky man, Malachi Doyle, who was rescued from Owey Island. He's a kayaker. Malachi, good morning to you. Good morning, Greg. How are you feeling? Oh, yeah, well, you're right. I'm incredibly fortunate. I'm feeling enormously grateful to everyone who rescued me. They were amazing. I'm feeling ridiculously lucky to have come through that unscathed but from a few little cuts and bruises. And I'm feeling somewhat embarrassed. You know, to have caused such trouble and expense on putting others at risk, you know, for my rescue. So, all those things together, yeah. I think our amazing rescue teams that we have try and discourage those emotions because they're in the business of saving lives of Malachi and that's what they did. In this case, I think we can all agree. So, how did the day unfold for you on that day? Yeah, it was Sunday. It was, I thought, oh, it was a really nice day. I thought, oh, I might take a wee trip over to Owey, which is only, you know, it's only 10 minutes over the water from Crypt Island where I live. And I might go and have a little look at the caves, which I've done many times and they're really sort of spectacular and exciting thing to do. So, yeah, about, I think about 1.15 hours in the water and about, and got over to Owey. Decided to go up the right-hand side, which is the cave side and then to go up to the sort of the last cave and then maybe have a little look in there, depending on how it looked and then wiggle my way back along the coast. I could see the further I did open, see, you know, was rough as it usually is. So, I never really go around the back of Owey, you know, I'm a fair weather kayaker. So, when I got to the end cave, I went towards the opening, had a look and I didn't like the look of the water inside. It was really swirling and, you know, because there's a side cave comes in as well. The water was just, just, and I didn't like a look of it. I thought, nope, not going in there. I'm going back. I went to turn around and as I was sort of broad side to the cave and also sideways, this massive wave came out of nowhere because it had been really calm. It just came, it just hit me from behind. I didn't see it coming. It just, it's just a sort of freak wave. It just, suddenly I was out with a boat. It just knocked me right out of the car, turned the car over and from then on, it was, you know, it was a nightmare really. So, you were knocked out of the kayak in the cave. I was at the mouth of the cave, but the wave was such that it knocked me and the kayak well into the cave. Right, okay. And luck, you know, all sorts of luck then held in that I held onto the kayak. Well, I didn't want to let go of it, you know, obviously, and I managed to turn it out of the kayak and the paddle and I managed to turn the kayak back over. I could see it was sort of half full of water. The, you know, the waves then the, the sea in the cave was really rough and I don't think I'm getting back into this guy. I could know the way it is now. So I'm looking to hang on to it, you know, for buoyancy. Obviously I had a life jacket as well, but, you know, so I was, and the waves was pushing me about, about the cave, knocking me up against rocks all the way around it. It was pretty much sheer sided, you know, as caves off and on. So I thought, oh, you know, how am I going to, how am I going to get out of this? I was, I was bashing against rocks. I was, I'm so lucky. You know, I swallowed a bit of water, but I actually stayed calm. I don't quite how I managed it, but it was like I was looking down at myself, thinking, nope, you're going to get out of this malachite. Stay calm. What do you need to do? And then. But I presume in holding the kayak to you, it left you more vulnerable to the aggression of the sea in terms of, you know, it's going to be like the inside of a washing machine in that cave at this point. You've got one handle, both hands on the kayak. It's obviously going to be more affected by the swell and the waves and the rush than you are. Did the point where you had to, you know, cut it loose? Well, you're right. Yeah, I was thinking, do I let go and do I swim for it? Because after a while, I spotted one part of the cave where there was a big rock sticking up and a ledge, sort of a ledge above it. And I thought that's where I need to get to. I was scared to let go of the kayak, you know, because I thought I'm going to need this kayak and it's floating, so I want to float with it. And I thought what I really hope and the waves were knocking me one side and the other side across this very big, open mouth cave. You know, it's a big cave. And I thought if it takes me over there, I'm going to stay with the kayak for now because I was worried if I let go of the kayak that I'm not the strongest of swimmers. I thought I'm not sure I'll get over to that rock, you know, I just don't know. And I thought at the moment, I know I'm okay. So, and luckily after a good while, it took me over to those rock. And it was at that point, I grabbed the rock. I thought, right, I need both hands to make sure I hang on to this. Grab the rock with both hands, which point of course the kayak went away from me, but it was me or the kayak. And I pulled myself up and then clambered up onto a sort of a ledge, a standing on ledge, which was about eight foot above the water. I mean, it didn't stay extra above the water because, you know, the tide was still coming up and the way has gotten worse and worse and worse. So at this point now, Maliki, if you say, for instance, had your mobile phone in a pocket or just sitting in a kayak with you, and with everything that's happened right now, you're on a ledge in a cave on this island. Realistically, your chances of recovery at that point would be really slim because God knows if the kayak mate did out of the cave where it might end up, who's to say? So it's at this point, really, the critical part of this story in that you had your phone around your neck, and I've one of these as well, and they are absolutely fantastic, around your neck in a waterproof bag. That's right. And I think that really is the pivotal part of this entire story, other than the great bravery of those that rescued you. But without that, I mean, you wouldn't even want to think what the consequences of this could have been. Absolutely. That's what saved me. I had fully charged it before I went out. I had it around my neck. Having been 20, 30 minutes in the water, I still wasn't totally sure. I've never tried it on the water. You know, I got out, and I thought, oh, yeah, I've got my phone. Here it is. I turned it on. Well, yeah, and it came on, and it looked pretty blotchy, and I thought, oh, I hope this works. And I was pressing away, and I was pressing, basically, you know, 99999, I just went over and over 999, I couldn't even remember what the other number was, the number was, you know, I mean, obviously I was a bit panicky, but trying to stay calm. And it kept saying, 999, it can't accept, it doesn't, can't read your location, so it can't connect. And I thought, oh, no. You know, surely it can connect anywhere. But I thought, well, don't give up. And I was just pressing sort of almost everything that came up on my phone in the hope that I'd get something. And then I heard a woman's voice. And, you know, I said, you know, she said fire, because I'd obviously pressed fire, and she says the fire service or something. And I just said, I'm in trouble. I'm in a cave, I've come out of my car, I've fallen out of my car, I've been in the water, I'm up on the ledge. I'm very cold, and I need rescue. Yeah, and it's an important thing to remember too, with mobile phones in the case of an emergency, it doesn't matter what network you're on, it'll, an emergency call will connect to whichever network is available. At that point, how long had you been in wet clothes on this ledge, Maliki, trying to dial 999? I mean, how long at this point had you been in that situation? Oh, I don't know. I've probably been on the ledge for, I don't know, 15 or 20 minutes maybe, so not very long there. Well, long enough to know what it might have been like if you were there for another eight or 10 hours, I would imagine. Oh, well, I ended up there and nearly four hours anyway. You know, I got very, very cold, very shivery, because it took, you know, that long for them to locate me and then to be able to come in because the sea got way so much rougher that they couldn't bring a boat in even once they knew where I was for a long time. They had to wait for the tide to turn. So, but yeah, for, having made that call, it was just sitting there thinking, I really hope that was a real person and that they understood and that they'll pass the message on, you know, I'm just thinking, I don't want to spend a night here. You know, I understand. I know about hypothermia. You know, I know I'm cold. I'm not in a wetsuit or not a mistake. And let me short, so I was very cold. I'm shivering and I, you know, I was thinking this, you know, I was thinking, yeah, I'm totally reliant on this message. And it's kind of like, nobody knew I was out there, you know, nobody. It's kind of a complicated rescue because obviously, you know, the boat can't go in just to assess you and just sail in, take you out. The helicopter, of course, can come to the scene and I can only imagine what it was like when you heard that going. So it's still complicated. They have to figure out how to get you out there and locate you. And that's where a bit of modern technology came into things that they sent a drone in. Is that right? That was brilliant, yeah, yeah, yeah. So about an hour from that phone call, you know, as I say, really thinking, oh, I'm totally reliant on that work, having worked. About an hour later, I heard the chopper and I thought, yes, you know, I had this massive noise above me, oh, yes, the rescue's on. And I knew the chopper wouldn't see me because, you know, I was totally invisible inside a cave and the kayak was just going round and round below me in the water. If it had floated out, it would have been easier to see where I was, you know. But I knew if the chopper was around that the Coast Guard, the lifeboat, Aaron Moore would be on the case and that eventually, you know, I was very confident eventually they would get to me. I could tell already that the Seaward got so much rougher that they were gonna have massive trouble getting the boat into me for, you know, until it calmed down. So I knew I was in for a bit of a long haul, but I was pretty calm once I heard the chopper. And it was an hour then, actually, before I heard a loud halo, because they were searching all over the place. You know, even though I'd said, oh, you know, there was no sign of me on the way and nobody had gone in the cave because they couldn't and I'm not sure. Maybe the word cave didn't come through to them. I'm not sure, but they were all over, you know, the chopper was flying everywhere. Everybody had done the gold and knew it was out. And the boats were all over the place. You know, I mean, Bungbag, it was out. Mulroy was out. Aaron Moore was out there and rescue on 1-8. It was incredible, you know, the brilliant service, you know, that they all put together for amazing work. So eventually, the conditions settled to a point where one of the smaller boats could come in. You got into that boat. What happened, actually? Yeah, what happened was Oscar Duffy, who's a local man, him and some friends were out in a couple of ribs. And they know that area really well. They know the caves. They were going up and down the caves. They'd done it a few times and they thought, well, take one last look at that top cave. They put the loud halo on, you know, and I heard the loud halo. I didn't hear what it said, but I heard it. And I just yelled. I just yelled, yes! Like that, really loud over and over to make sure they heard me. And that was it, you know, they went and then told the RNLI the boat was coming back from Gola, I think at that point. And they said, he's in there. He's in here. And then, yeah, took another hour and a half or something before sea conditions were enough that Aaron Moore could put in what they call the little Y-boats, a little two-man inflatable. Because, you know, anything bigger wouldn't have got in safely. And even that one, I mean, those guys were heroes. JJ and Evan O'Donnell, I think they were called, yeah. Well, finally, because we're out of time almost, it's just a remarkable story. You got rescued, they took you in the helicopter, flew in seven minutes, believe it or not, and you got monitored to your home and you feel good now. And I think it's just a big thanks to everybody that was involved in that rescue. They are amazing people, aren't they, Maliki? Absolutely massive gratitude to everyone involved and a big, big warning, you know, that's why I'm happy to spread the word, even though I'm embarrassed, of course, and much trouble. You know, I really want to spread the word, take care at sea, tell people you're going out, don't go out alone, you know, all those things, you know, a lot of things I didn't do right, but bring a phone with you, which I did do right. And yeah, and try and stay calm. But yeah, absolutely, the rescue services were phenomenal. Phenomenal, they saved my life. And that phone saved you life. Brilliant, Maliki, thank you so much. And those zip bags are handy, God, and essential for anyone out in a kayak or any out in sea at all. Just a few euros or so. All right, take care, Maliki. Glad to hear that you're well. Thank you so much, Maliki Doyle there, who was rescued from that cave at Oe Island. It is the night till noon show. We're going to be out on the road as part of Love, Donegal, hooking up with Kevin Fury, that and so much more besides after the news at 10. The night till noon show with Letter Kenny Credit Union. 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Immediate action needs to be taken to install traffic calming measures at a number of points on the main dairy to Bunkrana Road. That's the view of Councilor Jack Murray, who says the area of Church Brainfond has become an accident black spot. Meanwhile, he is calling for works to be carried out to facilitate the crossing of pedestrians at Tubin, close to a national school. Spencer Murray says plans were in place to carry out works in conjunction with the Greenway project. However, he says that needs to be revised in the wake of the development being stalled. It's been said in the past that we would wait on the Greenway before we do such measures. That's clearly been stalled. So I think the time for waiting is long past. Too dangerous and we have to act on this straight away. There's calls for a complete overhaul of Ireland's climate action plans. Advocacy group friends of the earth believe it's necessary after new report by the Clean Air Task Force showed many European countries will miss their climate targets this year. The report urges EU member states to promote investment in clean technologies and renewable energy projects in order to reach 20-30 goals. CEO of Friends of the Earth, Oshin Coughlin, says the plans made in 2019 are already out of date. This report's a really useful milestone in what happens next. So on the one hand, yes, this is alarming. On the other hand, it's weirdly a normal part of the process. As in, it's not surprising that plans made four years ago need to be revised and actually that's the whole process that is happening. There's an EU requirement that all the countries revise them, send them to the European Commission to be checked and then they'll be adopted by each country later next year. Donegal County Council is being urged to carry out urgent repairs on a bridge in Liskeley as local residents live in fear their homes could be flooded if there were to be a repeat of the flooding seen in East Donegal in July. There's serious safety concerns over the Mahara Boy Bridge that it could be washed away if there is another flooding event. Nearby landowners have expressed their willingness to allow Donegal County Council access to their land to facilitate works. Councillor Gary Duhorty says it's vital the bridge is a top priority for the council. I have asked Donegal County Council to make this a priority, that upgrading works are done to that bridge to make it safe for the people who live in the area and also to prevent any further instances of flooding in the area because look, we can't see a repeat of what happened in July where people's homes are being threatened by floods and indeed are affected by floodwaters coming into their houses. That's simply not on them. We have to do what we can to try and prevent that. A man rescued after being thrown from his kayak in a cave near Oei Island says he feels immensely grateful to everyone who helped him. A major search and rescue operation was launched on Sunday involving the Orneli, fire service, ambulance service, guard and local boats. Maliki Doyle managed to position himself on a ledge within the cave while awaiting the arrival of the emergency and rescue services. He told Today's 9-Till-Nine show that having his phone secured in his Ziploc bag saved him. That's what saved me. I had fully charged it before I went out. I had it around my neck. Having been 20, 30 minutes in the water, I still wasn't totally sure. I've never tried it on the water. I just said, I'm in trouble. I'm in a cave of Oei. I've come out of my kayak, fallen out of my kayak, I've been in the water, I'm up on the ledge. I'm very cold and I need rescue. Weather now mainly dry with bright or sunny spells today. Client will increase through the afternoon with outbreaks of rain developing by evening, highest temperature of 15 to 18 degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock. Until then, you can keep up to date with the latest local news on our website, highlandradio.com. Good morning. The obituary notice is for this Wednesday morning, September the 14th. The death has occurred of Danny Boyle, Mina Gion, Letcher Mac-Award. Danny's remains will be reposing in McGlynn's funeral home this afternoon from three o'clock with Rosary at eight o'clock, followed by removal to his own home in Letcher Mac-Award. Reposing at his late residence tomorrow from 12 noon with Rosary at eight o'clock. Funeral mass on Saturday afternoon at one o'clock in St Bridget's Church Letcher Mac-Award with interment afterwards in the new cemetery, highest private on the morning of the funeral please. The death has occurred of Paula Greedy, Kil'Alt Fulcara. Paula will be reposing at her home today from 11 o'clock until 11 o'clock. Rosary at nine o'clock. Funeral mass tomorrow afternoon at one o'clock in St Finan's Church Fulcara with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery, highest private on the morning of the funeral tomorrow. The mass can be viewed live on mcnmedia.tv or Swinney Funeral Directors and embalmers Facebook page. The death has occurred of Neil Hearn, Drum Lonahart, Donegal Tine, remains reposing in St Agatha's Church Clair. Funeral mass in St Agatha's Church Clair tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock with burial immediately afterwards in the adjoining graveyard, highest strictly private at all times. Family flowers or late donations in Leof So Desire to Donegal Community Hospital Patients Comfort Fund care of any family member or Faulkner Funeral Directors. The death has occurred of Joe McFadden, Kernsport Ghidor. His remains are reposing at his late residence. Funeral from there to more morning for 11 o'clock, requery and mass in St Colm Kil's Church, Knockfoler with burial afterwards in the adjacent cemetery. Rosary tonight at 8 o'clock, highest private after Rosary and on the morning of the funeral tomorrow. Mass can be viewed live on Gallagher Funeral Directors Facebook page. The death has taken place of Mary McGraw Mobile. Mary's remains are opposing at her home. Mary's funeral mass will take place to more morning at 11 o'clock in Sympires the 10th Church Mobile followed by burial in Balli Braque Cemetery. Funeral mass can be viewed live on movilparish.com. Family flowers or late donations if desired to be till Manor Patients Comfort Fund care of any family member. The death has occurred of Damien Blake, Kernsport Balli Buffet, formerly of the Meeple's Letter Kenny, reposing at his late residence today from 12 noon until 10 o'clock. Rosary tonight at 9 o'clock. Funeral from there to more morning going to the Church of Mary and Macklitt-Stranauwler for 11 o'clock requery and mass which can be viewed live on churchservices.tv followed by burial in Drumbo Cemetery. Family time please on the morning of the funeral. Family flowers or late donations if wished to the Donegal Hospice care of Pascal Blake Funeral Director. The death has taken place of Sister Patricia McHenry, St. Joseph's Convent of Mercy, Newton Kennedy Street, Straban and formerly of Kilray, Bunkrana, Derry and Dungiven reposing at St. Joseph's Convent of Mercy, Straban. Funeral from there this evening at half past five going to St. Patrick's Church Dungiven to arrive at approximately 7 o'clock. Requery and mass tomorrow at 12 noon followed by interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. The requery and mass can be viewed live on MCNMedia.tv. And the death has occurred of Richard Finney, Letter Kenny, County Donegal. Funeral mass this morning in the Church of the Irish Martyrs at half past 10 followed by burial in Commonwealth Cemetery. Family flowers only please with donations and lay of flowers to Pieta Huis care of any family member or Convicted Funeral Director. For more details regarding wigs and funerals please go to HighlandVideo.com. Parents teaching your kids about money just got a whole lot easier with Unpussed Moneymate a debit card and app for kids. Teach them savings habits set them tasks with jobs around the house send money instantly and set spending limits with handy parent controls. Plus kids can also save cash at their local post office. Unpussed Moneymate it's for kids, for life. Try it free download the Unpussed Money app today. Teases and sees apply available for children age 7 to 15 years after three months a monthly fee of two euro applies. 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So, winners will be announced on the Nintel Noon Show as we mentioned, we've got a Highland Radio T and a mug and we also want you to text in as well. But on our socials, Maria says, I love Donegol Day. What can I say about my home county? It's a beautiful place to live. It's so beautiful no matter the weather. People are so friendly, so many places to see and so much to photograph. Patricia says, has to be the first stop for Sam McGuire, coming to Glen Swilly National School 1992. Great day, great memories. Love Donegol. Akola says, I love Donegol for its people, its landscape, the Irish language, music and culture. Donegol people are proud of our sporting achievements and are supportive of our local radio stations. We also have a great sense of fairness and we'll stand with each other to fight our corner when that is needed. And on they come, keep them coming in. Another caller says, has to be our beautiful island, Aaron Moore. 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You look like you're in a different world over there, not just a different part of the canty. It looks like the middle of summer. Yeah, it's absolutely glorious. Well, when I woke up this morning, it was absolutely lush in the rain, so it was. And I thought we're going to be absolutely soaked today. But the sun has come out. I actually wish I brought my sunglasses with me today because we're trying to take a couple of photographs earlier and just my eyes was closed most of the time just with the sun. But yeah, it's an absolutely glorious day over here. I was just saying to Anya earlier when I was travelling down this morning, just as I was coming over where the moz in there used to be just the scenery there this morning as the sun was shining was absolutely glorious. It's just, it really just shows you when the weather is good, how much of a great county we actually have. But we all love Donegal. We don't even need the weather to say it's a great county. All right, so where are you? Tell us a little bit more about Dunlowe Riverwalk. So basically, if you look here, we've met this here fella earlier on. This is Store the Troll OK. He's originally from Norway. He was looking for a mythical island and he managed to make his way to Dunlowe and he was transported here, as you can imagine. I couldn't, you wouldn't fit that man into a van anyway but he was transported here in a lorry. He's ended up here in Dunlowe. But there's not just him, there's lots of other wee bits and pieces. There's ferry houses. There's also as well a dummy tree and if you pop over to our social media later on we'll be showing you some videos there and you'll see a lot more about that. So parents take their toddlers or whatever age they are and they can magically get rid of their soother and it's very, very popular in that regard, isn't it? Yeah, I was just saying, Tony, in about two years' time we'll be visiting that there, tree myself. All right, so come here. Are you in a tripod there? I am. Why don't you walk around a bit? Like do an OB. We're going to walk around. Live. There's too many wires here but what we're going to do is we're going to do a video so we are. So we'll go over to our social medias and you'll see what we're going to do a little bit later on. But as I said earlier, there's lovely little houses here. There's lovely little... There's lovely signs as well telling you what bits and pieces are about, you know. And it's just great to get out and about today and it's been blessed with the weather. And of course, I want to thank too our partners, Donegal County Council, because we wouldn't be here today, of course, without their help today, too. I see. Obviously, I'm wearing Donegal County Council's Donegal Ireland's DNA. It's in my DNA. I've got my Donegal County Council O'Neill shirt on here. I've got two of them, in fact. I know you're not wearing one. Why is that? No, I don't have one, but I do have my Highland radio branded... Yeah, but why don't you have one of these that I have? I've got two. I know. Well, if anyone from the council is out there listening, they can send one to me. Does Sean Quinn have one? Does Sean Quinn have one? I don't know. I know he doesn't. He doesn't have one either, but if you send them to us, we'll definitely wear them as pride, pride Donegal people. And people might make the mistake of visiting Dunlowe and not going on that river walk. A lot of money's been spent on it as well. And anyone who I've ever met from that area says you have to do the river walk in Dunlowe. It's really turned into one of the most popular attractions around what it already is, is a beautiful part of the world. And you're only, what, five, ten minutes away from Burton Port, hop on the ferry, go over to another part of the world that people are saying is beautiful. Aaron Moore, there's an awful lot to do in the west of the county, Kevin. Yeah, awful lot. Obviously, like yourself, I'm from south of the county and you have a tendency to kind of, maybe go to Letter Canyon, maybe go as far as Glanty or something like that there. And you would never, like as I say, when we're traveling on an S-adventure, the first thing I have to do is get into the car, is pop it into the sat-nav because I don't know where I'm going. I really don't know the geography of the county really, really well. But it really is beautiful down here today. And this is actually my first time. I'll be honest, I didn't actually even know this place existed. We've only kind of come in here. We just came in and met our friend here, stored the troll. So I'm really looking forward to going down. There's a little bit of slipways and different bits and pieces as well. So we're looking forward to seeing more of those. And you can see all of them too, as I said to you earlier on our social media. Check out our Facebook and Instagram and also TikTok too. So you won't miss a minute of the action. Yeah, and indeed. And that walk and store the troll that you talk of, it's part of a story that you can take yourself on or take your children on to and me and do your way through it. As I say, even now it looks beautiful. And look, there's no such things as weather either as we head into autumn, winter. It's just, it's just not having the right clothes. So you will be a return visitor. No doubt. Oh, definitely. Absolutely. And as I said to you earlier, even if you just, you know, you've never been here before and you just see this, the troll here and you think you haven't a clue what it's about. There's lovely wee science, which is a great idea, which tells you all about it, tells you all about the history and everything. So everything you see here, you know, you're not thinking, oh, what's that? You'll know exactly what everything is. It's really, really brilliant. Everything's well-signed, posted and really, really informative. All right. And is there any seats there? Store the troll. Can you sit down there? Well, you can. Yeah. You can sit here on his, on his thumb, actually. A thumb that big. He can sit here. Will your cable reach as far as his thumb? It won't, unfortunately. Could you not have done this so that you could walk around? I'd love to see you walk down the path, Kevin. Well, we were going to, we were going to, that was the plan, but unfortunately just... You'd be like Annika Rice on that TV show, just running around on low. We could do it, but I'd have to take off my headphones and it wouldn't be fit to hear. Go on. Do it. Take it off. We do it. Go on. Yeah. Just give us one sec. Right. And come here. I'll just cut you off and say goodbye. That's fine. So just, yeah, give us a walk around. Come on. Let's go. Oh, this is... Oh, yes. This is live radio. This is outside broadcasting. This here is the sign here. Store the troll. So tell you everything, but it even has it free in Irish as well too. So if you're fluent Irish speaker, look at that bridge. That looks beautiful. Look at that bridge. Yeah. It's really, really nice and you can see all the trees and everything here as well. The leaves look really, really nice on it too. And you can also see, there's also little things here on the trees. You can see here Spring Fairy. Yes. So you've got loads of these here. And also people that have been here before too have put their names. I think I've seen Amber and I've seen Evine. So there's lots of different names. You're just looking like a dragon. What am I going to do baby? So if we scroll, this is the famous dummy tree. Oh, cool. I don't know. Maybe do you need to visit here? No. Maybe not. I'd like to visit here in the other meanwhile. Yeah. So it says it here in this little sign here as well. So it says the dummy tree boys and girls do not fear. It's not an ogre that lives here, but a little dummy fairy. Wow. So mums and dads go down there and they take the dummy, the soother or whatever they call it, hanging up on the tree and that's it then. They don't need it any longer. And I'm actually just realising there's actually some names wrote in these here too. There's Owen. Cool. I'm trying to see, is there a demo after knocking one off? Yeah, I've got to put that one back on. I know. Not now. They come back up and forth. You can do it after. So if you scroll, come on down here as well too. You can see these are the little houses here that it was on. But there's lots of different shapes and lots of different sizes and colours of different houses. So it looks really well. And Go on down that other bridge. That other bridge. Let's have a look down there. What's down there? Yeah. We've got a bit of a bit of a crossroads here. Fantastic. We've another bridge over this here direction as you can see to my right. And I haven't been down here, right? We haven't come this far yet because we says we'll do a video down here later. But you can also see we've got more houses in here. We've also got another hidden one in there. You can just about see the red roof on that one and there's more houses as well. Thank you. Thanks to Arnie for being good sports because we've got a really good sense of what it's like. And yous are going to hang around there, make a couple of vids of course for our social media. And then do you continue your travels then, Kevin? We do. We're going to be heading further north a little bit later on. So we are going to be connecting with John Bresson a little bit later on. We're going to be heading to a lighthouse. I'm not going to tell you where, but we're going to be heading to a lighthouse. We're going to get teasers on our social media. Oh, sorry. Well, no, there's other lighthouses as well, of course. You could be going to St John's Point. Well, it could be. Yeah, yeah. And a little bit later on, may as well tell you, but during the jive time show, we'll be live at Fort Donnery. So we're going to be going really north. Oh, cracker. A load of money being spent up there to really enhance that. So you are literally going to be as far out as Fanad Lighthouse a little later on and it just means they're on with John. Brilliant stuff we look for. That's it. And even just to tell us just why they love Donny Gall or what's their favorite thing about Donny Gall or even just tell us where they're from and why we should visit their area. Because, of course, that's what it's all about. Today is a supporting Donny Gall and showing our love and appreciation for Donny Gall. And of course, using the hashtags love Donny Gall and the Nalaboo as well. Brilliant. And what a brilliant place the Donalaw River Walkers kids that can sort of run and run through when it looks beautiful. But even if you don't know it's just wonderful. So well done to all involved in developing that fantastic facility. Anya on camera and Kevin as well. Thank you both very much. We look forward to hearing and seeing yous if those for those that want to log on on our socials a little later on. Thanks guys. Take care. Save this dummy back in the tree now. Please do. I recognize it. Bye. Okay. That's Kevin and Anya out and about. And let's just say they're heading north to Lighthouse a little later on. Some more of the places that you love about Donagall. This is hashtag love Donagall Day where if you are on social media you can share your images, your memories, your videos across all of the social media platforms. Just use the hashtag love Donagall and we do this like nobody else in this part of the world and you can have us trending right across the world and we've been inviting you to send in your recommendations to us here. A caller says you can't beat lox salt so breathtaking. It stirred me to get to where I am. I'm going to show you a little bit of the history of the area that comes in from Jim. It is a remarkable place Jim and it's got a remarkable history as well. It is by some accounts the deepest lake in Ireland. But also there's fantastic stories as to the construction of it and the road through it and to it. If you are on YouTube you can search you can search Creasler Highland Radio or talking history Highland Radio. I had Dr. Joe Kelly on and we talked actually next door and intertwined with lox salt as well. So we talk a little bit about the history of that and look at it it's the type of place that may be worthy of its own podcast. There are so many fabulous places to visit and seeing Donagall say to this listener it's impossible to pick just one favourite Donagall really is a piece of heaven. Everything from the scenery to the fantastic friendly people is an asset and so proud to be from Donagall. Another I love Donagall was in Harvey's point for an afternoon tea had a walk around the area what a lovely spot no matter what the weather that comes in from Sadie indeed Sadie it's lovely isn't it. Greg we had a family wedding last week and a lot of Swedish visitors came here before they loved Donagall they brag about the views the beaches the friendly people and they were blessed with the great weather none wanted to go home that comes in from Mary and Mary I hope you had a lovely day all round then. I love especially Love Ned's point on the sea nearby I've swam and dived there since my youth also I love Port Hall Beach further on the best place to sunbathe on a sunny day better than Spain lovely water to swim in also small beautiful beach that comes in from Liam another best thing about Donagall lots of stunning beaches people scenery couldn't single one thing out and that's a theme that's coming in people are struggling to say right you know that's my favourite alright maybe it's a song as well do you have a favourite idea as well what is the song that you attribute to Donagall that you say right that's Donagall get them into us as well 08 660 25000 08 660 25000 send in your suggestions as what you love about Donagall or what song you associate most with Donagall all of you that contact us go into a hat and we'll draw out a couple of you and you will win a lovely Highland Radio T with collars and all the while whilst we also have to talk about what we need to improve here we also 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is president of the G.R.A. and joins us now Brendan thank you very much indeed good morning Greg I mean this is commissioner 99% yes quite overwhelming and quite almost unanimous and something that they even surprised ourselves I mean the feedback we had from our members was that there was a lot of interest in this and it felt very strongly obviously the very fact we were taking this vote an overwhelming response and a very clear and very defined message there from women and men that provide the police and service just show though a difference of opinion as I mentioned the policing authority the justice minister the government they all are giving him his full backing where does that leave us I suppose it leaves us in a position where we just have to try and find a way forward but obviously the establishment is very much backing the commissioner which is understandable but I think the institutions of state if they choose to the reason we're at this this very different situation is because the members that I represent have been ignored and the representatives have been ignored so if we continue on this road of denying the reality and putting our head in the sign and pretending that there isn't serious issues in relation to the organization that they're replacing but it doesn't bode well for the citizens who rely on policing and the service provided what would you like to see from this I mean is it the G.R.A.'s view that now the commissioner's position is untenable and he should he should actually consider his position is that what you want well we haven't actually we haven't come to that conclusion yet we have a special delegate conference in two weeks time where our members from across the conference would meet and I know that that would be a topic for discussion so at this time we're just trying to digest the result sit back and see what is the response our members have spoken very clearly and very loudly so official Ireland and the government have to come back and see what is their response but all the indicators are that perhaps they're going to dismiss the device of our member so we just have to meet and strategize and see where we're going to take it from here but obviously you want him out I mean if you you pulled your members they voted overwhelmingly that they've got no confidence in him the logical progression from that is that you want him out well that would be a logical progression but as they were not had that position yet so what we should need to see if the situation is to be remedy is I mean commissioner and the minister have to try and air and back that confidence whether that can be done or not it's not for me to surmise but certainly it has to be a change of mindset and approach and the GRA are very much a problem-solving organisation we'll sit down and discuss things we will try to resolve them and try to come to some sort of resolution to the situation but closing doors in our face and making statements like that to say that our members didn't understand what they were being asked is they're not helpful and there's a very kind of understanding and dismissive of the very people because to be honest with you maybe I would have thought what they were being asked is do you want Drew Harris out of his job and now you're saying well that's not what this vote was about we still have to decide that so what were the members actually voting on then the fairness to the commissioner just whether they have confidence in his leadership of the organisation and where the where the garish economy is going and how he manages the force so as the figure head of the there's only one person I suppose it would be a case of personalising and what we say is we can't both personalise it's not about his personality or his character but it's about the organisation and him as CEO he's the CEO of the garish economy our members are very dissatisfied very disillusioned with how the organisation is being run the direction which it's going these are people who have dedicated their life and their careers to policing and they feel that they're not being listened to and we see changes and we see the job that we love being dismantled and changed and not for the better so is it possible that this could backfire on the GRA because there was the greater in numbers they are the liar as I said this across the minister followed behind effectively giving him a vote of confidence the government the same the policing authority which recruits senior guard officers the AGSI have not taken any such votes this leaves kind of the rank and file out on their own I don't think so I think from the GRA's point of view one of the accusations that have been thrown out as in the past is that the we make in relation to problems are not accurate and what this is an absolutely resounding endorsement of what we have said our members are completely unified there's no ambiguity there's no split they are very much focused and very much aligned with each other and they're very much back in the strategy of the year in calling this force so certainly where we might be and we could be described as outliers within the the the overall police and picture we have a very strong mandate going forward and we have a very unified voice so I think it's actually a positive for the GOA all right okay everyone now wants everyone to get back around the table for new talks or for talks on new garter rosters I presume the gira won't be found wanting in that regard do you believe a resolution can be found because let's face it there's a the way the way people are leaving the force at this point something's going to have to be done whether it's the gira that drives it or the commissioner or the the or the justice minister something's going to have to be done yeah it's very simple and you break it down as you say people are leaving in their droves our members are telling us that they're quite happy working the current roster pattern there's a lot of younger guards who have never walked anything other than the current roster when they go back to the system that would be the most senior cars are used to they will find that it is it's not conducive to the work by balance so we have as you say dropping numbers so the time when we have a workforce who are under pressure who are depleted who have been asked to do more who is acknowledged are working in a very difficult circumstances are being assaulted in on preset level and our management and the government decides well you know what we'll do we'll put you on a shift pattern that just despise and force it down your throat and we'll tell you that your voice doesn't matter it doesn't bode well so you know the the auto just way that you know that the organization is interested in the welfare of its members not the focus the the reality and experience of our members is quite the opposite and I suppose the reaction from the police mentality and the government and the senior leadership team would indicate that yet again people are choosing to say no the voice of frontline members and say that their their opinion doesn't count and that they're wrong and you know it it's it's certainly not conducive to finding out and again but we have a ready-to-go proposal we have established roster that have delivered service in some of the most effective units in and out of the economy and I suppose it's I don't know why but it's not being given we believe due consideration it's cost-efficient it would bring harmony and perhaps the few some of the times in the situation it doesn't address all the issues but the roster one was the proverb is thought of both the cameras back so solving that would be a huge step forward and a huge gesture towards the members who are disillusioned and disaffected I've spoken in such high numbers now obviously Gardie can't strike in an organized way you've pulled out the big one now I suppose the vote of no confidence perhaps was the the strongest tool in the armory so so what next if the talks don't progress us the gira and its members once what options are open to you now if you as I say if you've exhausted all your options well we that's what our conference will decide and we will look at that and see what the mandate is from our members usually so we were prudent from taking industrial action but you know we've spoken many times Greg about the lack of resources and the general underfunding of Fongarashi Khan the lack of training so basically the police and service in this country it's entirely reliant on the goodwill and the flexibility of our members and when we've seen that goodwill and with a flexibility told in our face and our members will probably take a different attitude going forward and to such matters so what's how exactly that will manifest out is something that we don't know on time okay it'll be interesting it'll be an interesting conference thanks very much Brendan I appreciate it thanks Brendan O'Connor who's the president of the God of Representative Association speaking after that 99% of rank and file Gardie stating that they do not have confidence in the guarder commissioner uh Drew Harris everybody else seemingly um i.e. the police in board the government the the defense minister not the defense minister what's that tightly I'm struggling with that one today justice minister um Helen Mcinty they all do seem to have it so in a way they've kind of forced a lot of the big guns to sort of come out and back him uh O'Connor says just on a relation in relation to uh that we as a council unanimously passed a motion against Drew Harris's appointment at the time that comes in from councillor uh Micheal McGill and Aspig uh when a manager loses the dressing room he has to go Drew Harris has lost the dressing room says a listener another will everyone take the blue flu again uh well I think they're gonna wait to see how the conference goes any word on what caused the pollution on the finn tributary too often polluters get away with a small fine which makes no impact on them whereas the impact on the river can be very big and take years to recover uh full coverage of that on our website HighlandRadio.com Minister Mcconnallogue has finished big time in Donegal believes a listener a lot of people said that the last time and he did very well in the election so I certainly wouldn't be writing anyone off uh another caller says you see these young ones puffing on these vapes on the street corners and other enclosed spaces why is the government not addressed these vapes and the proper use of them more non-smokers will be feeling sick and nauseated we shouldn't have to breathe unnecessary fumes well those disposable vapes and the sale of them to under 18s have been promised for a long time now they are making some inroads on it but as it stands they're still not illegal on your question about RTE I asked at the start of the show like what would it take from RTE for you to consider if you've stopped repaying your TV license even if you say I'll never pay it again but look at it may be it may be revenue that's collecting in the not too distant future so let's ask what would it take you know is is is laying off low paid staff the solution I don't think it is but anyway this listener answered and says I'll never pay my TV license again until the ludicrous wages are addressed Joe Duffy on 300 000 euro plus how can anyone justify that yeah indeed and it's kind of a funny it's a funny old situation because you have people on incredibly high wages and some might say get the listeners off the back of those that are struggling the most that have the least another message on vapes Greg please can the government be clearer in the use of e-cigarettes vapes indoors and in enclosed spaces the amount of fumes that's given out of these is just not fair and non smokers environment health should be in place to smell these smells within bingo halls etc can these people not want wait till half time to have their fix these smells and fumes are causing headaches and sore throats is there anybody else out there who feels the same and how is our young school going children getting these vapes they're going into the shop and buying them they're not they're not illegal at this point the government have dragged their feet in regulating that area I'm not sure what the rules are in terms of vaping inside you will see different levels enforcement in different areas but I'm not sure if that's one listener that is very you know wants this address and has texted a number of times or many of you out there who want to see tighter regulations Greg a dog came into our garden and bit our young child's face guardian the dog warden both say they can't force the dog to be put down is there any way we can enforce this wow that's scary was it a neighbor's dog the dog came in bit the child's face this sounds like there's more to that story I mean who was who's responsible for the dog I mean 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as has come before and that is a lot of spending and didn't seem to be much restraint from rte on some of that spending and i suppose a real lack of transparency because a lot is being drift fed to the public so um that's what i would take away and obviously there are there are little no good stay or that um that everybody will will focus on such as you know 240 000 on soap and things like that but um i guess the real issue here is is the reform now that has to happen in order for any more um funding to go to rte is reform that'll have to happen and that that's what and kevin backhurst um has signed up to and what do you think the nature of that reform should be because i think it's really really important and i'm not sure enough emphasis is being put on the public will the public here are speaking and they're speaking in their droves all over arland from all different backgrounds for their own personal reasons there's no organized campaign this is happening organically they are saying we are no longer going to spend our hard-pressed money on rte but i don't really think the measures that are being taken are speaking to the public's concerns so far well i mean i suppose there are two independent inquiries and um the future of media commission which which was set up um last year that advised that um we really look again at um the licensing because it's it's not fit for for current and future media we know that media comes in all different forms now that you might have a television in your corner but you might not be using it for rte for instance but i think what's really important to remember in all of this is that you know a license fee isn't just for rte that license fee is used for independent broadcasting and you know for community radio for for all kind of thing well in fairness now for currently the license fee is not used for independent broadcasting there is a small there are small revenue funds for a a documentary or you know a show on the environment but the independent sector are overwhelmingly funded by themselves yet they serve their they serve their public service uh they serve as a public service but to say that independent media is funded by the license fee with all due respect senator is a big big reach well i mean i'm i'm only giving you the facts as i understand them and and that is and it may not be it's nowhere near what rte is funded but there was an investment into um into um audio which was you know record funding but at the same time it's it's nowhere near what it should be i mean i'm not going to argue that that's why ten or twenty ten or twenty grand or something you know what i mean like for a year long a year long something or other you know what i mean and it is to it is for the commissioning of programming it's not to support a station because you have to prove that you've spent that money commissioning that program so again it just language is so important senator to say that the independent independent media is supported by the license fee i don't think it's accurate they will contribute to the payment of the creation of a program on a very very small scale but you have to prove that every centre that was spent in creating that so we couldn't repackage this show for an example you have to hire people you have to get equipment do you know what to mean but anyway we'll not spit hairs on that uh but i just think it's an important clarification but still yesterday i i i think you know i i do think i do think it's important clarification but i mean there is over 20 million that is going into audio visual and and lighting that hadn't been there previously but there's one there's a you know there's a manner of woman okay but there isn't money going so that's what i just want to i want to say that we have to take four or five pictures on the set of first city per uh per year that would be getting about probably twice what any independent radio station will be getting from the license fee uh so but anyway just in relation to the the tone of yesterday for me how it felt as a viewer only as a viewer the obvious questions that you were going to ask or would be asked there were still no answers for glancing at each other i don't know do they still do they still retain do do they still retain this membership of this exclusive club in london no one really knows has the invent been paid i don't know do you know uh you know answers about how people are paid extortionate amounts of money to take a few photos well that's a disgrace well we need to look at that everybody knew this was coming he's had eight weeks in the job there's been a full summer since the last eructus how is it acceptable that these people on their two and three hundred thousand euro per year can come in and play dumb in front of in front of an eructus committee that's there to represent us i mean they're the clock is ticking because budget will be coming up and so the understanding is that kevin backer has to come back with with what the reform is before any other public funding will be given and i mean i think that that's correct and so you know things where i mean obviously he's come into the job and he's uncovering all of the things that we're trying to uncover and there are two independent reviews on it but um let's remember that the vast majority of people who work for or t e do not get paid anywhere near those top stars and they are the people that we have to think of and their employment in all of this because most people just don't get paid those kinds of i don't understand why they were ever given those kinds of salaries um that that they have been given those stars because they where else were they going to go there was no other job opportunities and yet they were being paid almost a million in some cases now that's come back a couple of years but we also had like a lack of transparency then around the fact that we're only just hearing that um people took so that the top executives took a pay reduction and then put it back on again two years later and again it's you know the lack of transparency after lack of transparency so we have to see what kevin backer's comes back but that is his job that's what he's paid for and and you know but senator what i'm hearing what i'm hearing so far is uh no obs less investment in programming less investment in digital recruitment freeze all of those things actually affect the audience and actually affect the the the low paid staff and rt i've heard nothing yet and again completely unchallenged about executives pay about these crazy payments that've been being made that no one really knows why they're called certain things that the executive can take pay cuts and return it to themselves whenever they like all the top people are still completely and utterly insulated and yet it's us the viewer us the rt u player engager or the regular staff in rt that are actually feeling the impact of this where is the reform for all the people that are absolutely creaming it off the taxpayer 300 grand for an hour and a half show a day come on like when it when it when's backhurst who seems to really be endearing himself to politicians when is he actually going to stop making big decisions that affect the big earners well i don't know i mean i'm not entirely sure where the evidence for is endearing himself to politicians i'm just giving you the facts and the facts are that he has an obligation now or the funding won't be going to rte and we haven't seen that list of reforms yes we all know when we've been drip fed and here are the things that they're looking at but i mean i would absolutely expect that it would also impact on and on executives and that they would have pay reduced as well because they are being paid too much i'd also see and there's various claims about the about that club membership and so how what we heard previously was oh well that's being used for meetings and then we're hearing in the committee yesterday is no it wasn't ever used for meetings so again like i would see that a list of reforms has to come back to say no we are not and renewing any kind of club membership of any of these things and we're absolutely not paying 240 grand for a para soap you know and i mean there there were there were accounts there and and the executive the board of management signed off on accounts without actually knowing where the money was going and so so like kevin backer so i don't know personally it has a job to do but i the book stops with him if it's not done okay so and i think that's correct thank you so much for your time i do appreciate your accepting our invites onto the 90 noon show have a lovely day bye bye take care the 90 noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions visit letter kennycu.ie over recent months we've all been dealing with the reality of rising energy costs and we've all been making changes to reduce our 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in killie gordon on tuesday afternoon of an accidental release from the facility to the crossroad stream a tributary of the river fin investigations by the epa and locks agency have been continuing over the past number of days and samples have been gathered for further analysis local authorities staff are to escalate industrial action next week employees who are members of the force a trade union engaged in industrial action indefinitely from monday in response to the failure of local authority management to engage meaningfully with the union on the establishment of a job evaluation scheme staff are currently refusing to carry out engagements with politicians and from next week the industrial action will include a 24-hour email ban from one minute past midnight on friday september the 22nd the enterprise minister says it's vital the government delivers a strong enterprise focused budget in october simon coveney says the irish economy remains in a strong position he added that he wants to develop measures to assist with scaling irish businesses a median action needs to be taken to install traffic calming measures at a number of points on the mean dairy to boncrant a road that's the view of concert jack murray who says the area of church bray and fawn has become an accident black spot meanwhile he's calling for works to be carried out to facilitate the crossing of pedestrians and tubing close to a national school tonigal county council is being urged to carry out urgent repairs meanwhile on a bridge in this schooly as local residents live in fear that their homes could be flooded if there were to be a repeat of the flooding scene in east tonigal in july there's serious safety concerns over the mahraboy bridge that it could be washed away if there is another flooding event a man rescued after being thrown from his kayak in a cave near owee island says he feels immensely grateful to everyone who helped him a major search and rescue operation was launched on sunday involving the orna lie fire service ambulance service gaurdy and local boats and finally today is love tonigal day anyone living in the county or who has a connection or affinity to tonigal are being asked to take to social media to proclaim their love for the county those are the latest headlines we'll be back with an update again have you taken to the internet to proclaim your love of the county yet not yet i'm too busy working at the minute you know well there's always time for a quick hashtag and a post but i will what's your favorite part of tonigal mahari outside i don't know didn't have to think twice about that definitely not all right okay keep your suggestions coming into us we've had hundreds it's lovely thank you so very much indeed celebrating our beautiful county on this loved tonigal day right now in ireland one in six adults struggle with reading and understanding information and can feel locked out of life in areas like careers education and daily tasks add on post we're proud to support nala the national adult literacy agencies work to improve adults reading and writing skills to unlock opportunity for everyone if you need somehow okay a caller says people don't care and will never pay a tv license again arty's doomed get it off the air it's a government tv station that might be your view and it is your view not might be your view but all that being said all that being said you may have actually what is going to happen effectively is that you're going to end up you're going to end up having no choice but to pay it good morning greg all i love everything about tonigal the breath taking scenery the choices of places to visit and things to do the people of course and ireland radio it's an amazing county stretching from the west to the east coast across the top of ireland my favorite song is las vegas in the hills of tonigal by mike denver so please please play mike singing it thanks greg have a good day safe home from mary catherine and andrea nice to have you on board ladies um greg i had an auntie who's no longer with us but she lived in chicago often when she was homesick she would play my donna galsher by daniel o donnell it always reminds me of her and all the memories associated with her when she would visit us it goes to show no matter how far we are or how far away we are people will always be in your heart no place like home i hope she's watching down on us and i'm absolutely sure she is and there are a couple of leaders at the moment for our donna galsong which our listeners feel represent them one of them is my donna galsher and the other is uh let me see i had it here the hills of tonigal no it's not what was it called again oh i have it here in front of me homes of donna galsher yeah that's the other one back home to donna galsher mcflavin written by patsy cavena beautiful song great show great thanks filomena patsy cavena and lights of london has to be the donna galsher anthem keep them coming into us so we can get a consensus love donna galsher love everything about the county the scenery the mountains the amazing friendly people most of all the feeling of belonging to something special in being from donna galsher was so proud to be from this special place great show as always greg any donna galsher song by daniel o donnell from donna in donnellow paul brady's homes of donna galsher now i am not going to be able to maybe in some of these songs get into the specifics of uh artists because that can be really quite tough but anyway right uh let's see what should we do we'll go straight into the garden will we because we have paul mcgloughlin gardener at balak durr garden centre joining us how are you getting on not so bad greg how are you i am doing good right happy donna galsher day to you happy donna galsher day i am wearing my uh donna galsher crest actually you're wearing a drastic park t-shirt yes but i carry them all the time oh yes very good we have an aerugal tattoo and a muckish tattoo bit of a bit of ink yes that's a nice one actually i'm never going to finish because of covid all right salt might be around the lot salt mount that's around the back yes all right very good uh you're gonna have to get it quick done soon absolutely brilliant stuff i mean that's loving donna galsher wearing it on you uh right okay we're back in seasonal weather now and and and that week we had sort of through a spanner in the works uh for us as well i suppose in a good way for many uh and in nature's way as well pretty much how funny is what i go that suzerio sort of unexpected to be as good as it was basically so it was real heat and all that was that nice to get so it wasn't it yeah so it was and just give us that last we flourished exactly because as i said yesterday by the end of this month sunset and sunrise will be in and around seven so it's a 12 hour of sunlight but i think that the night's drawing in will really bring home the fact we're heading into autumn again but there's still lots to be done uh continuing to tidy up the beds uh layer of mulch yes layer of mulch helps this time of year it just keeps it fair and sort of keeps everything looking tidy as much as anything else sort of keeps the weeds down as well yeah so it does and there's a good time to give all these sort of the beds we trim back and any gaps maybe fill it in with some new new plants a good time to plant the new stuff and of course too uh with an eye on spring no sooner will it be halloween then it will be christmas and then it'll be spring now's the time to be planning for that as well yes very much now is the time for your spring bulbs so it is sort of easy the shops and garden centres of the month starting to get fold on them um very good plants for it very easy to grow pretty much throw them in the ground forget about them and up to come in the spring time absolutely so you do the bit of effort now towards the end of the summer and then you get this lovely surprise then come spring yep exactly outdoors in the ground or on pot yeah works perfectly so it does and very good value for money like you'll won't get to sort of as good a flower at that time of year for as cheap as the ones that we've got like i say not a lot of work to them just throw them in it's just a bit of planning isn't it pretty much um speaking of pots uh is it time now to give up on our summer flowers and maybe if either retire them or think about what to plant for winter yeah pretty much a lot of them are still going you see the sort of towns there like i was in bon crana yesterday and even Larry Kenny the towns are still looking amazing with all the flowers so they are so a lot of them still going if they are starting to flag about the sort of that good week actually brought them sort of spurred them back into life a bit but now if they are starting to flag about on you the stuff's kind of the winter stuff's coming available now in garden centres and stuff so if you wanted to redo around the door basically now is the time and they can still look pretty with a bit of colour absolutely you won't get the same sort of show as you would for the summer but you will get actually uh they can be lovely looking so for the over the more depressing water once i'm staying with pots um if they're on the ground you want to be lifting them up now do you pretty much from now on it's a good idea sometimes there's sort of drainage holes in the bottom can get blocked sort of we sort of just dirt on the ground and stuff like that so it's a good idea at this time you'd actually raise them up just an inch or so even you get sort of specific pot feet for the job but if you haven't got them just any wee bits of timber at all any just to raise them up we bit to allow the water to drain out of them more easily now for those lucky enough to have a lawn that probably have one eye on maybe the last cut of the year um but in terms of of maintenance what should people be doing now uh pretty much just maintain the cutting and see how you get on it should still be growing still quite milder so it should be growing quite well um i noticed yesterday the leaves are sort of starting to turn starting to come down a wee bit so just every couple of weeks if you go out and just rake the leaves off it'll sort of stop moss building up on the other problem with the lawns now though is whilst they're still growth it's harder to find a window particularly if you've got like a domestic lawn mower whereby the grass is you know dry that it's not a complete torture exactly now it gets tougher to mow with this time of year because it's just you don't get them that amount of dry days and spray hard to collect basically yeah all right and what about um keeping the lawn clear of leaves and all to prevent the moss but what about feeding the lawn for next year feeding the lawn now at this time of year you can use sort of a like be like more low nitrogen fertilizer you get autumn blends for this time of year but what it does it actually builds up the strength of the grass without growing it on too much so it's actually we'll just keep it green over the winter months i get you by the way just keep your calls coming in to us uh if you want to ask paul a question oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand uh what's up with texture if you want to actually ask him at yourself all seven four nine one twenty five thousand um in terms of the trends you know we do go through trends uh from plants and what have you uh so what's in trend at the moment and this is is this for the autumn winter season or heading in towards the spring and summer of next year pretty much autumn winter sort of gardens can be very fashionable sort of you look to like the chelsea flower show and that's for what's going to be coming for the next year or two very much in fashion but big grasses there's sort of had been out of fashion for a while it seemed to come back in now in a big way the sort of like fluffier grasses and that uh that there the likes of autumn plants you always get the dailies are always popular so they are and you get big flowery plants that got them and uh rubectia the but it cuts the black eye season very popular at this time of year so they are just for that wee bit of autumn color all right and we were talking earlier on about planting your spring bulbs uh if you have a veg patch or you want to establish one uh what would you need to be looking at now um in in terms of you know for crops that will will flourish over the winter or yeah stuff that goes well over the winter um sort of there's members of the cabbage family you can stick in now now's perfect time for putting in your onions and garlic only good annual of a good sort of early march on them in the spring and even peas and beans work quite well at this time of year all right so if you get them in now again and you plant your plant your spring bulbs over spring your onion your garlic your peas your beans and then your flowers will start to welcome you into the late spring early summer you should be sort of starting your harvest almost and then you can plant more in the spring time and you have a more continuous supply if you know what I mean yeah I'd love to know when to prune my three-year-old pear tree it has got very tall in leaky it's still got a few pears that aren't ripe yet yes um I would leave it at the stage until the pears until you sort of take the pears off it and even you can leave it until it actually the leaves come off as well then you get a better idea of the framework of the tree so um pretty much from three years old now you could actually be pruning from now on all right but wait till the fruit is I would wait till the leaves come off it almost and just give you a better idea you can see the sort of structure of the tree and sort of if you google it even there are a few different good examples of how you prune them basically what's the best time to plant a whole thorn tree hot thorn tree um you plant what he called the hot thorn trees generally are available sort of in what's known as the bare root season which tends to be it's there's no exact date for it because it's after the first hard frost but generally you're looking from the first of December to about the first April and when's the earliest you can move roses once again the same thing more or less it's in that bare root season where the plants dormant you can actually dig them up and move them at that stage so generally like I say the dates aren't exact but generally around the first of December then but the first April how do you treat white mills you in a climber rose organically if possible and oh you tend to generate if you can favor the organic approach yes um the do climb rows first and climb rows have actually been affected badly with this year I think it has to do with the plant drying out earlier on the year which sort of the dry spell we had earlier on the summer probably is resulting just manifesting itself now almost but the best thing to do with it would be now coming into whenever finish flowering let's give it a good hard cut back and actually remove all the infected branches and leaves and take them away don't put them in your compost heap or anything just take them away and dispose of them far from the plant and if you want to do during the growing season one of the leaves it's on the reckon skim milk it's quite good at actually spraying on skim milk it's good at actually um getting rid of mulchew on a lot of plants especially in top hydronals and stuff that looks like someone figured that out uh Greg would you mind asking Paul where I could buy snow drop bulbs uh snow drops balladare garden center would be my first choice so it would be but generally generally any garden center around would would have them we have them down there at the manadoras yeah and why are they called so what what what kind of plant are they uh snow drops will we sort of spring bulb be sort of the first out right okay at least uh whenever you have a big mass and just it looks like ground leg snow uh what do you do with yellow patches on the lawn after mowing it uh is it moss should I rake it uh and then what should I do uh bring green finger jerry message that one yellow finger jerry at the moment but um the generally it can be a number of problems causing that it could be sort of it could be moss and probably the most likely one all right if you would um sort of otherwise sometimes some of the leather jackets that can be a problem as well but the best thing to do would be give it a light rake at this time of year remove any moss any debris on it and give it a good feed we're not okay uh would you trim a holly or just not cut it down I'll think that's coming back to me superstitions so it does have no generally a wee trim wouldn't be so bad so it would but no definitely wouldn't risk that either uh maybe it's just a being in autumn but how do I get rid of slugs and snails in my garden I hate them paul I hate them yes um slugs and snails at the moment probably vigilance is the one sort of remove them as you see them but some people can't act that in terms of the the squeamish nature of it um once you get to do it organically you'd be chatting uh probably your beer traps your milk traps it'd be quite good in terms of just put a like berry a saucer around the plant and hopefully they'll be attracted to the scent of the beer or the milk and falling and it's not really that's just like taking them out of the situation pretty much you can get organic pellets to kill them as well they wouldn't be as bad as the old toxic chemicals you used to get they just work and dry in them out but some people are pretty much they're organic they're certified organic so they should be perfect don't worry can you come in I put that note it's in the bottom of that box somewhere I'll never find it thank you uh no matter how much I cut back my wisteria it goes on the rampage any advice probably very near the bottom um wisteria first of all look at you a lot of people a wisteria can be quite hard to grow and a lot of people would be only too delighted to have that problem but in general wisteria is a quite it's a climate plant so it can be quite vigorous number gets established so generally we sort of light trim and spring not too late because you're risk of cutting off the flowers basically and after the plant is funny flower and give it a good hard cut back yeah okay what is it you like about donnie gall or love about donnie gall pole I suppose I'm sort of we're very lucky in terms of I do a lot of deliveries around the place now and you're getting to see lovely spots every so often so you are just just a scenery in general it is just nice I mean obviously you're doing for work it's nice if you get the space actually just to take off yes and explore right because you never know where you might end up do you yeah funny it was actually sunday was doing maternity there and looked out the window where we're staying there no big massive stag just sitting on the sitting out in the front garden and a lot of people a lot of people wouldn't like that I know but it's funny the stags we have a funny relationship with them because a lot of people like are you know leave the leave the deer alone and and you know better signposting or better fencing or whatever it might be you know what I mean I think we do have a lot of the deer I think absolutely I'd say maybe for for for town folk like me seeing them sort of novelty if you're sitting here if you're looking at them every day maybe it's a different story yeah perhaps perhaps all right thanks very much Donna Marie right okay to celebrate love donnie gall day where is it okay we have a 50 euro voucher to give away and a second place mug and t-shirt the 50 euro voucher thanks to you guys at Balak Derg garden center yeah okay that's a lot of money that's you get a lot of stuff how you get a lot of stuff a few all right that's all part of our love donnie gall day we also have mugs and t-shirts to go along with that as well so we've upgraded our first prize so send us what you love about donnie gall send us to what song you associated with donnie gall our prize package is a lovely highland t-shirt 9 till noon show mug and a 50 euro voucher thanks to our friends at Balak Derg you can fill your boots with that they're just down the road from us here and also we'll have another prize of a mug and a t-shirt shirt as well so thanks to you Paul thanks to the crew at Balak Derg garden center and we'll chat again soon thank you everything all right okay uh back with more in the 9 till noon show after these the county's number one talk show the 9 till noon show on highland radio the 9 till noon show with letter kenny credit union simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from letter kenny credit union call us on zero seven four nine one zero two one two six reply online via our 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says great you know if the installation of the esp smart meters affects the tv signals ever since they were installed in the car and on the area no picture on serve you know there's been claims of that um and uh the claims are that it does interfere with those signals but according to those responsible for installing them it doesn't but then again they say that your phones aren't listening to you as well so i don't know we'll dig into that a little bit deeper my donnie gall by daniel old donnell always makes me emotional for my hometown in donnie gall i love the area around and low especially uh hometown i think dan unless there's a big rush on something else um my donnie gall by my donnie gall home by or is it sure home anyway by daniel old donnell is the clear favorite at the moment rte has overpaid broadcasters it's a total joke when pat kenny was there he got 400 000 euro a year for god's sakes they say a lot of money isn't it uh the reason the rte saga is being drawn out is that they have a lot of information about government involvement with how we get fed propaganda an rte could leak to the public what kind of pressure was put on when they said the government wanted to show the public what they would not that they would not interfere look at i mean i'm not really quite sure about that and i respect your point of view and that is your point of view but everyone knows the way it works you know you don't have there's no conspiracy there it's it's there in front of you who gets good interviews who gets soft interviews he gets hard interviews um and what kind of stuff's put out there and the angle that's taken i don't think there's any i don't know what could be revealed in that regard uh enjoying your show love donnie gall daniel donnell has a beautiful song not sure of the name but it has the words my little piece of heaven uh my donnie gall my favorite place in the world is muck ross that comes in from katlyn sloey in our draw and katlyn actually you are in a beautiful part of donna gall yourself our draw and the drive into it beautiful gregg primetime referenced highland radio that you didn't get any funding from the license fee which we don't uh you do there is a small pot that goes around um as it relates to some some additional programming i'm not sure exactly of the figures but as i say it's not in any way um a funding from the license for the rte gets 270 million um i think there's a fraction of that split amongst 40 broadcasters or something so you can work that out yourself my homes uh the homes of donna gall by johnny mackavoy that comes in from kathleen coal in sesha in fannard thanks very much for that i love donna gall because of the beaches mountains sunsets and blue skies happy love donna gall day tracy lynch thank you so much at the flip side of it it just comes in after that love donna gall it's fantastic 179.8 for diesel this is madness it is madness and it's not gonna go up again it seems a lot of what we're seeing in terms of increase over the last wee while has been um has been government returning uh excise onto the fuel which is putting people under an awful lot of pressure it's amazing how your fill of a tank can go from like 75 to 95 do you know what i mean we talk about liters and now i know most people don't fill the tank but it's when you do that you really see uh how expensive it has become right 08 660 25 000 it's been a really busy day in the phones and we really do appreciate it that's open to you for all of the conversations we're having today whether you want to enter our love donna gall competition and you can call us as well by the way now some of you don't text 07 4 9 1 25 000 or if you just want to keep the conversation uh going with us on all the topics the lines are open for that as well right uh greg i'm an elderly person an elderly man living near st johnston i'm greatly upset with the amount of potholes outside my home i have two grandchildren who like most young ones love adventure and play but with the rate of the cars and the danger of the potholes they can no longer play outside i had a fence put up but this also fell down due to the state of the road i contacted the council recently four months ago and they told me they would be out to me that friday never heard also from them since they ignore my calls emails even go up to the yard as it's close but uh close by but i'm told someone will come out i understand they're extremely busy but i'm scared of an accident happening outside my home and an elderly man my garden is also now filled with stones i am just disappointed and worry especially for my children on my grandchildren now we have um we have uh made our inquiries in relation to that and i think you also have a local representative that's talking uh about that all right uh liam margine why how are you hello thanks for a guy i'm peeping fine it's a beautiful day here in bunkrana and you're a very proud bunkrana man liam i have to say i'm a very proud bunkrana man it's um a town that um i left it for a number of years but i returned in recent years and i've found a wonderful town to live on there's so much good going on in this town um i recently held um coffee mornings for charities and one was for the earthquake in turkey that's area way back and uh we realized 8 000 euro a great generosity in the town and i had one reason to therefore diabetes and that raised 1500 and uh you know the the people are very kind i find that i'm generous um no problem getting any support uh either by like offering a spot prize for a draw or any and supporting the day itself the coffee morning but in general run of things uh people are quite quite friendly you know chatty good humorge um to quite a number of people from outside the town living in the town and it tends from the end that the lord live in here and the lord the interaction they have with the local people and so on and it's a happy spirit really generally in the town um if you want to so that's the town that's the people uh in and around bunkrana what do you like to do where do you like to go well i i i do a lot of uh i've been involved with other groups here in bunkrana and involved in the swimming groups and i'm involved in uh rambling groups and involved in a wildlife group and a running group so so much you could take part in here in bunkrana uh you know i'm involved in all those groups uh and i find this a very busy um and i love the swimming in particular uh we have lovely beaches around here we'd love to reach a dead point for a group of us to go in swimming practically every day throughout the year um the point swimmers are called and uh there's also the swilly swimmers and it's a it's very lovely to swim there and there's a you can dive off the uh the little pier that's there and it will come and show you that was out very pleasant and then there's a lovely little beach further on called portals which is lovely place to lie down and if you want to sunday it's just it's i would call it my heaven and a lot of people would agree with me it's better than spain you say like living is it even better i i i think so if you get a nice day it's generally very quiet but when the weather improves crowds come and or not many crowds never that crowded and there's a love there's a bigger beach further on calls to gull beach and that's it people come there too and then there's more beaches further on out linsford beach leanin beach there's no one to lovely beaches nearby and uh so it's just a lovely a lovely place to live and the people walk out by hegodes rock which is a very very popular place to walk to as well around here and he's a he's a strand he's a strand park uh strand park uh swan park sorry as well and a huge investment a huge investment going into bunkrana as well huge investment is going into bunkrana that's a beautiful park swan park and people it's a very family friendly park families can go there and enjoy the park especially on a good and people fish in the river it's it's it was a marvelous job that was done recently with swan park schmidt's garden worked on there by the town gardener it really looks very very nice um lovely park lovely lovely park and uh it's the whole the whole area around here is very nice you know and uh so we don't have anything you know we're not lacking in in scenery or in facilities you know well it's clear that you are an incredible uh incredibly proud bunkrana man and uh we appreciate you coming on and spreading the love Liam oh thank you thank you very much you've sold a big time it is a beautiful part of the world more of them coming in here love donnie gall uh donnie gall is the best county it's people places and things to do bird watching canoeing cinema theater shopping great garden centers and swimming snorkeling on our beautiful beaches snorkeling indeed yeah uh donnie gall's the nicest place in the world glenn vay is our favorite place to be indeed i'm a recent relatively recent last few years visiting glenn vay beautiful love the staff out there too i love donnie gall because of the way we do our wakes and funerals when someone we love passes away it's so friendly and warm we support one another in time of need and are always there for one another that comes in from joce and joce that's a really good point you know and sometimes i think the way we do things we presume it's done the same everywhere but not always and i think particularly we are uh we are there for each other molly says my hometown remelton nowhere like it and if anyone's visiting there's johnny's ranch it's a must fish and chop uh fish and chips to die for you'll be glad you paid johnny's a visit and you'll get the personal touch that comes in from molly who might be johnny i don't know but anyway it's a great ad for the place uh bobby narn beach heaven on earth and mary says also aron moore uh all beautiful places all right keep them coming into us 086 60 25 000 086 60 25 000 watch the 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uh granja who uh went through an awful experience with her husband her husband is really quite ill uh with cancer and they made the trip from the west of the county into letter kenny university hospital uh with the expectation i suppose that they would spend maybe a short time in ed and then be moved to the oncology ward but that didn't happen and they had to leave even though they were said you could wait in the car but that wasn't suitable because our husband michael i believe it was in was in so much pain uh so they returned home and then he had to then return by ambulance a few short hours later another prolonged wait before being put into a what seemed like a children's bed and eventually got a bed on a ward and it went on and on and on uh right so we got in contact with selta who over two paragraphs said they can't comment on individual cases we understand that but it says letter kenny university hospital deep regrets that any patient has to wait a long time in the emergency department like hospitals around the country we're extremely challenged by a sustained increase in demand and a lack of available beds the ed continues to be extremely busy with high numbers of patients attending many of whom present with complex needs requiring admission ed patients are waiting a long time to be admitted to a bed and we apologize to patients and their families for the upset this is causing it's not just upset but okay patient safety they say is at the forefront of everything we do and staff prioritize to ensure critical needs are met we regret that any patients has experienced long wait times every effort's being made to discharge patients who are ready to go home so that beds will become available for patients who need to be admitted at the earliest opportunity luh introduced an acute oncology services in february 2021 with the appointment of a clinical nurse specialist the service is available monday to friday 8 a.m to 5 30 unfortunately this service is not currently available out of ours patients who are actively on cancer treatment are given the alert card with the contact details with the mobile number bleep for the acute oncology clinical nurse specialist and advised to call if they are unwell out of our service patients are advised to contact the impatient ward this service can help with admission avoidance with early interventions but if patients are unwell and need to be assessed they may still require a visit to the ed for this it's just amazing that like that we have you know specialist nurses but if you get sick and they're doing great work it's not their fault but it has to be sort of monday to friday between 8 a.m to 5 30 and then yes you get this card but the two or three people i've spoke to uh about this card um they still ended up long waits in the ed so i'm sorry grinding that's not a satisfactory answer and we've even got past the point now where we even got past the point now where we pretend there isn't a problem there is a problem and it's uh and it's um just the way it is all right uh aimin is from uh donnie gall here he joins us on the program now hi aimin how are you getting on aimin are you there hello yes hello yes you are there right okay uh you recently expressed your views uh as it relates to comments made by roshine uh murphy she uh was talking about uh her disquiet with the use of puberty blockers being prescribed to children who are confused about their gender uh she's effectively apologized for those comments now but still is uh i think her songs have been banned from the bbc uh and others uh are you backing her to you agree with her do you disagree well i i do i well first of all can i say i'm kind of tanked on a marie for contacting me to appear on the show you know what i do the reason i'm sort of agree with her is because i do i mean we have a right to express our opinion you know in public now i mean there's lots of people's opinions personally that i probably wouldn't agree with but i i do believe people have the right to express their opinion now there obviously is some caveats to that i mean you wouldn't you wouldn't you condone somebody that was say inciting violence or something like that but in general the principle of it i would yes but um the reason i'm sort of uh sort of i was looking up about gender identity and stuff like that and basically can i can i discuss a bit about us or is that okay or because i have studies and stuff is that okay to mention yeah i mean i suppose it just has to be in the context of aim and this is a this is a platform where people express their opinions in the context that we already understand that the Irish government now is reviewing the use of puberty block blockers and in fact is going to go back the way in terms of of the availability uh but yeah sure um go go yeah well i mean yes sorry right well just for i mean just for your viewers i mean um basically um any child presents with gender identity obviously goes through gp generally speaking they're referred on to cams or you know to be assessed but there is no gender identity clinic in Ireland now there what it said only gender identity clinic in the uk is in a place called havoc stuff that's closed now havoc stuff yes that's closed yes but yes yes it is in the process of closing but um my point is is that there were serious concerns expressed to the hsc in 2019 about the service in havoc stuff that the irish patients are referred to you know um now basically there was a for people might can you know know this because it wasn't really it was mentioned in the news but it wasn't you know mentioned too much but basically there was an independent review um of this clinic no this clinic in havoc stock is um nhs ron you know um and as i said it's the only one in the only nhs clinic at the minute in england there is there is other another two clinics in the process of being set up but from the latest um information i have this will probably be next year before they're open but anyways there was an independent review done on this um place this havoc stock clinic by a doctor hillary to cast who was and basically there was issues reported to the hsc from a doctor moron in 2019 and basically the issues he was reporting on were verified in this report now some of the issues that were that in us was basically well they were understaffed because they only had the one clinic that's supposed to fair enough but there was issues over like basically with a whistleblower in the organization that called us to be investigated in the first place but it was issues like um you know like the staff couldn't question any child that was basically referred you know they were put on a pathway to maybe puberty blockers or you know further down the line maybe um gender surgery but it was the toss in the place that um that it wasn't um the word making clinical decisions based on sound evidence now that is verified if you could just maybe make the quick point that is verified by this doctor cast in her report you know her interim report and basically it says the current model of care was leaving young people at considerable risk of poor mental health and distress and it goes on to say um that the decision making which I've been discussing there was inconclusive evidence to back some clinical decisions now not them all but some of them so that is actually in a report and I mean anybody can read that report online but the point I'm making really is that um yes everybody has been trying to show their opinion but this in a way goes more than the opinion because it's actually fact-based yeah that's why it's closing down in March of next year um yeah it's March next year that's correct yeah and I think the plan is to have two regional problems then you know yeah yeah but I mean getting back to Roshi Murphy I mean like everybody is entitled to their opinion but like she was trolled on Facebook and social media and different things and quite a lot of file abuse being thrown at her you know like I mean I would defend anybody's right to freedom of speech you know but obviously if I said in the beginning there is caveat there's like amen I just there was a post put up today there was a post put up today uh by one of the girls that was involved in yeah we're going to go and come here and yeah yeah one of the girls that represented us in the four by 100 meter four by 400 meters a lot of the comments from from people purported to be men were sexual in nature uh you know she was talking about her career uh really quite vile uh sexual comments comments about the color of her legs and all that type of stuff I just think for anyone if you comment anything even about a wonderful career or a wonderful season as an athlete it seems that you are going to get vile abuse unfortunately do you know what I mean I do but I mean I mean yes there is Greg at 100 degree which is definitely but I mean in the main provided you're not inciting hatred or violence or things like that which I would condone but in the main anybody's opinion it should be sort of respected because it is your opinion you know what I mean it's it's you know but um then like another issue with this Tavistock clinic um as as we were discussed it is in the process of closing down um is that um there was a very large percentage now this was a referral to the HSE in 2019 the whistleblower and the BBC investigation was in 2020 so there has been concerns you know quite a long time about us but um what you call it basically it was saying that there was um a 90 percent of the recent referrals to it there's been a 90 90 percent of the referrals are children who are on the autistic spectrum disorder now to me um just give you a bit of background Greg I'm a disability nurse myself and I've worked I've nearly 30 years experience as a disability nurse now I would have sort of had my suspicions around this because of the work I do and you know things of what I heard but I mean alarm bells should really ring there in my opinion that if 90 percent of their children um being referred have autistic spectrum disorders surely there's something you know there's something now I took that was in that was reported in um grit now for the viewers grip to the very conservative type um news organization so I did a bit more digging and basically in that CAS review she mentions it too now she doesn't give a percentage to this doctor but she does say there is a high high volume of people presenting with um autistic spectrum disorder now you know so it is verified in two reports you know one as I said I mean grip is a place a conservative you know organically it has it grip has no more than some might argue RTE or whatever grip grip has its editorial policies and it doesn't stray from them I mean it is it is anti anti trans ideology anti puberty blockers do you know what I mean so yeah and I'm not saying listen that's not a criticism because that's a point of view but that's what it is but the thing about it is aiming because we could find ourselves eating into the time very quickly here and you're making very good points eloquently as well the issue though sometimes with someone like Roshin Murphy is or any of us for that matter your conversation your statements have been uh evidence backed uh they've been they've been nuanced right they've been nuanced uh and and what have you what Roshin Murphy the mistake she made perhaps especially someone with it particularly someone with a platform she don't jumped in with both feet first effectively and and didn't sort of articulate a point like you might be doing uh right now now again that's why I stay as much out of social media as I can now then all of a sudden it becomes people that think Roshin Murphy should be carried through the streets on their shoulders and others that think should be thrown in jail and that's a societal problem unfortunately but amen just to put it like this though what's important because we talk an awful lot about transgenderism and then puberty blockers and I'm not trying to put you on the spot but I would say you know like do you know how many young people at the moment are receiving puberty blockers in Ireland well would you be surprised would you be surprised if I told you it was less than 15 yeah well uh yes well if I just yes well I'm not surprised or I'm not I know but it's just sometimes I think we need to put things into context because these conversations are often had as if puberty blockers are being shoved down the throats of every second child it's less than 15 uh children that have gone through assessments and what have you and listen they also should be noted uh the early onset of periods puberty blockers are often used in that regard but in terms of gender identity this more if you're having want to phrase it it's less than 15 young people in Ireland are on puberty blockers it's not it's just well I mean I'm not surprised really Greg by that number because at the minute now this is from April this is in the Irish independent in April um 2023 an article by Elish O'Regan um it's about this Tabasco clinic that there is there's still is 72 Irish patients on the waiting list you know so I'm not really surprised you know by that but my point to apart from opinion I know I'm sort of getting off the opinion thing but I do have an issue there with the government to be perfectly honest because I mean if issues were raised safeguarding issues of children shall we say were raised by consultants and people very high up in the organization Tabasco and with emails on to the HSEs going from 2019 and then as I said the independent review commenced in 2020 by Dr Cass but I mean I would imagine I mean I would think to myself that if there was very serious concerns coming in by you know very um by doctors and stuff about obviously I know there is no other clinic at the minute to refer these children to I understand that but what is not in my own opinion I would have thought that the government should have stepped in there in 2019 and sort of cease preferring more patients but the actual the only stuff cease in referring patients back last November from what I've read after all these interim reports and have it have come out you know and they're all saying the same thing there isn't no there is very I can't haven't read anything of a positive shall we say slant on it from the reports everything is paid into very serious and there's also and I think it's broadly accepted and the government accepted to there is there is limited evidence so decisions are being made based on on limited evidence but I think aiming people are having are having a converse a different conversation now maybe for a couple of years I think what it kind of things accelerated and now maybe the retreating a little bit as people talk about this more and people need to talk about these things more because I think with we're all in agreement that we have to make sure that what we're doing is actually the right thing for the child and not what we think is the right thing for the child but as you say amen unfortunately in this day and age everyone's entitled to their opinion but if you say it publicly uh unfortunately now you can be hung drawn and quartered for it or you can be a hero and I know that I just don't you know and I feel for I feel for anyone expressing their opinions and getting cancelled um but unfortunately that's the world we live in and they gave that example of that uh amazing young athletes she posted a joyous post this morning and it's just people uh slagging her off sexualizing her and uh if I uh if I could give my children one piece of advice it's stay off certain social medias to be honest amen thanks yes yes so what you said there about that actually there's a hundred percent correct too what you've said but like there's loads of there's loads of um like generally speaking as we all know like um anybody like that in general now I know I'm generalizing but in general the media can be quite liberal in their ideas and generally speaking the ideas that are being not be that you're not supposed to have shall we say are not the correct opinion as I mentioned generally speaking are more conservative type opinion based you know things like I mean if I can just get off but just give you another example in 30 seconds amen if you don't mind I know we invited you but yeah yeah like there is a thing going through the door at the minute safe access zones and basically what it means is anybody protest we're now quietly protesting to not do anything criminal within a hundred meters of an abortion facility can be criminalized you know bought to court but like the guard commissioners on record are saying that there is no need for these laws but we don't want to hurt it but I just saw that on that one I get it's public space but we don't like whatever people are going through we don't want to hurt them like why not protest at the markets where in electric candy or outside the door where these decisions are being made rather than people who are going through a health care process whether we agree or not like is it like is there not like why would I want to hurt anyone yes I appreciate what you're saying Greg but these people are generally speaking most of right they might have placards or something but generally speaking most of them are praying generally speaking you know yeah I know what you're saying I do now I mean they're not preventing any woman from access and anything are they're not harassing them or like I mean everybody has a right to their I mean if I want to withdraw into more and more into so we say that or Kenny Hospital flung they're not obstructing anybody or causing any I mean I can really protect about anything I really want but if you were going in practicing your religion and I gathered up 30 people and every Sunday you landed for mass and this is a far less serious issue and we were we were praying a different religion or chanting or something with our placards up that you found upsetting like you're going to church and you're entitled to go to church and and you would not be long going would someone not shift those people on probably but maybe you wouldn't aim and and listen maybe we should taste this out again in another conversation thank you so much and I do appreciate it and uh of course because it's that soft subject subject it feels like I'm cut naming off but I'm not uh and um we have to take a break because we've pretty much had a time the 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union digital loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account for the biggest names and perfumes and aftershaves visit McGee's chemist letter Kenny Dior Armani and Hugo Boss Victor and Rolf Mark Jacobs and long com also Gucci Yves Saint Laurent Prada and many more from 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