 Lovely, yeah, I thought we were going for a little paddle, but we ended up Db sore after that. Do you know your biceps and trying to out my bum your bum sores my back Could you not wear cycling shorts? Do you know that we padded boys? I don't have the legs. No Might have a question someone said the clowner's seat on the kayak. I wore a pair of shorts once and someone said to me I'd like like like chipsticks. You scared the fish So no, you've seen the fish would jump out of the water. Have you been hanging your toes in the water? Hang hanging out of a nest so I have to do some I have to do some leg work That would be a picture. We don't see them pictures on Facebook. No, you don't want to see my milk bottles. No, you're all right All right. See you Lee That's Lee good share back with you tomorrow morning, of course 6 30 on what will be and we know a bright and sunny morning because that's the way it's going to be for the next week At least okay, let's get a news update and it's crossing over now to Michaela Clark Thanks, Greg. Good morning The man killed in a fatal workplace incident in Dunnegol has been named locally as Stephen Montgomery from the Dunfanahe area Investigations are continuing today into the explosion outside Bumbag yesterday afternoon Ellen Butler has more Gardie and the health and safety authority are trying to piece together what exactly led to Mr Montgomery's death. It's understood he was clearing rock in the bloody Forelands area of Bumbag in West Dunnegol He was operating machinery at the time of the explosion Emergency services rushed to the scene including the defense forces bomb disposal experts and the area was evacuated Condolences were relayed at a meeting of Dunnegol County Council yesterday where a minute silence was also held Investigations are continuing The man remains in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in monarch conning him yesterday evening Gardie and emergency services attended the scene of the collision Involving a car on the motorcycle shortly after quarter past five at galdonne The motorcyclist who is in his 30s was taken by ambulance to letter kennie university hospital While the driver and passenger in the car were also taken to hospital for medical assessment Gardie say inquiries are ongoing Dunnegol County Council has been told that it is absolutely crazy if a proposed wind farm development in west Dunnegol receives planning Clohoracore wind farm limited has submitted an application to embore planala for the wind energy development in the Guibara area There's fears that the go-ahead could result in a repeat of the mean-bought landslide with concern also raised over the potential risk Post to the drinking water supply and the development impeding on nearby special areas of designation Cantermari trezgal her says there are many unanswered questions also around how the building of the development will work logistically People need to know that the application that's in there It's the blade one of the blades is 165 meters It's 500 feet, you know, and it has to be transported You know, they're talking about building You know roads up the sides and mountains and through sac's and and all of this here A lot of those things weren't in the submission by the council So what we've asked is that it's strengthened We've had assurances that it will be and all of those issues will be raised Some parents are paying a voluntary contribution of up to 550 euro a year to schools A new survey from Simvince in Nepal has found 87 percent of parents have had to cut back or delay spending in order to pay it The average amount is 140 euro per child with skilled principals saying they're forced to rely on them because of a lack of funding Director of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals Paul Krohn says regulating how much schools asked for could be something to look at I spoke to one principal last night asked, did you do your charge in the school? Do you charge a voluntary contribution? And she said to me under no circumstances would I charge a voluntary contribution The parents wouldn't have it, they'd be putting them under pressure So in reality, yes, I'd say that there probably is a need to have that discussion Whether or not I dry today with warm sunshine and a little patchy cloud Highest temperatures off between 18 and 23 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 Mmm, the Mcplant What? 100% vegan even the cheese? But how? Can't be Can't? It really is the Mcplant from McDonald's with melt in the mouth vegan cheese, a delicious sesame seeded bun, vegan mayo and a juicy beyond meat patty It's our iconic taste plant based Served after 11 a.m. Subject to availability the county's number one talk show The 90 noon show on Highland radio and now it's time for the talk of the northwest The 90 noon show with greg hughes on Highland radio. Hello and a very good morning to you four minutes past nine tuesday the 30th of may 2023 How are you keeping you're all well? Are you roll call good? Good. Good. Good. I hope you are anyway And I hope you're with us now for the next three hours in the 90 noon show loads coming up different stuff Of course, we'll be across all the main news stories. We're going to be talking to about Uh barbecuing we talked about it yesterday We have a chef coming on if you any questions about barbecuing or You know something a little bit different to whatever it might be making cold slow. How do you make cold slow? I don't know. I'll buy it. I'd like to make it. How do you do it? I don't I might ask the chef that who's to save or remember potato salad that would be nice too, wouldn't it? Anyway, we're going to be talking about all things outside culinary Uh and you can get your questions in too now, by the way on 08 6 60 25 000. What's apps and texts? That's the number for all of your interactions with us today If you want to give us a call. It's 07 491 25 000 07 491 25 000. As I said to me there We were at kayaking yesterday beautiful Did you do anything nice that you want to share with us any recommendations for people who Want to do something anxiety If you know what I mean whilst the weather is good and if they're in good enough health to do so You can give us a call to an 07 491 25 000 07 491 25 000 and email us on comments at highland radio dot com Right, let's look at the newspapers for this morning. Let's start with the donagol democrat and castlefin Councillor gary doherty has written to the minister for justice simon harris in relation to mandatory Sentencing for criminals and the herd of the Monagol family and the wider community are feeling at present Who is reacting to the sentencing of richard burke to a 14 to 14 years? Following his conviction for the manslaughter of mother of two jasmine monagol on january 4th 2019 at forest park kiley gordon at the central criminal court last monday his letter May makes it clear that there's a lack of confidence in the current system of dealing with cases Like this and calls for mandatory sentence and guidelines for the judiciary To ensure that any person who takes another person's life will face the sentence that they deserve And I would say if you put that out to a poll of some description Uh, there's very few people would disagree with that. I think the dairy journal this morning over 50 individuals Groups businesses public representatives and clergy in boncran and in is shown have shown their support and extended the warmest welcome To all new residents to the area Following the recent success with their welcome event in the boncran or in boncran a local group Boncran for all has been engaging with local public representatives community groups and businesses To address the recent tensions which they say are created by a very small minority local organizer and Antonia Smith said boncran has experienced some very serious instances in the town recently With one successful arson and another arson attempt coming within a few days of each other And I think we're talking about that a little later on in the show this morning On to the irish independent now and apparently 200 000 cows must be called to hit climate targets Startling government documents reveal that dairy farmers may have to be paid 600 million euro to call up to almost 200 000 euro cows In a bid to meet arlands emission targets It comes after agriculture minister charlie mcconnell ogan announced plans earlier this year to launch a controversial voluntary dairy actors xx Dairy exit scheme for farmers the figures for the plan revealed in an internal department of agriculture paper And obtained under freedom of information by the farming independent warn that the tougher measures Would be needed if the farming sector is to reach its 2025 emissions reduction targets the paper says that 65 000 cows must be called over the next three years At a cost of 200 million euro annually the suckler beef herd Is already in decline but a 30 percent sorry a 10 percent reduction in the dairy herd is now needed after successive government Encouraged expansion. So what's the feelings amongst the foreign community about that? I mean, obviously they're pricing compensation for it 200 000 less cows And and is that then milk that we export? And milk products that we export are we going to be exporting less is that what is consumed internally? So are we going to be importing more like if you take 10 percent of the dairy herd out of the equation in this country It's going to affect the market So does this mean that we're going to start importing milk now to meet our emissions targets? Or does that mean we're not exporting our produce anymore? And what's the benefit in that? I mean, obviously there's the climate benefit, but every action has a reaction. So what are the ramifications? Where is that 10 percent of productivity going to go? If you know 08 6 60 25 000 08 6 60 25 000 Onto the Irish Times now and an average of 88 Ukrainian refugees continue to arrive in Ireland every day senior officials Will tell an iraq this committee today with arrivals expected to continue as the war continues More than 83 000 Ukrainians have now been granted temporary protection orders and more than 61 000 of these have been provided with Accommodation around the country officials will tell the iraq this committee on equality and integration that this is the equivalent of the population of County Carlo every person who is asked for shelter from our department continues to receive it With daily average arrivals presently standing at 88 as the conflict develops We expect arrivals to continue officials will tell the committee according to opening statements circulated last night So there are currently 83 000 Ukrainians that have come here since the war began 61 000 of those have had to been provided with accommodation and a further 88 on average arrive into this country per day Onto the irish daily star now And housing minister Dara O'Brien has reminded homeowners that legal action can be taken against them If they do not have adequate permission to rent homes out on air b&b now as we mentioned on this program before a quick search of Properties available for rent on daft.ie. We'll show you there are a handful of houses effectively To rent in Donegal, but if you check out air b&b for an example There are Over a thousand properties available for short term rents now I think it's fair to point out that a lot of those would not be suitable permanent accommodation Some of them are mobile homes. Some of them are little chalets. Some of them are rooms in homes You know what I mean? So it's not I don't think a direct comparison of the two figures Is actually accurate and there's perhaps a little bit of fake news I think if you're going to look at those figures you would need to strip out air b&b properties that aren't Suitable for long-term rental and we I don't know what the figure might be at that point. But anyway, there is apparently Legislation, which means you must get planning permission. Nothing's ever really come if it has it I think might have been one prosecution or have you but anyway, the housing minister's reminding people that that legislation there Is there it comes after? It was revealed yesterday that there are eight times more homes available for short term lease than there are for long-term tenants An analysis of air b&b showed more than 8100 full properties suitable for families were available Around the country, which is good because on a national level they have looked at those figures And I think that just it's important to distinguish between the different types of property But that being said too There is a housing crisis in this country and it's because not enough houses have been built And then when we start talking about what people can do with their own property Is it an overreach? You know, I mean if you Decided that you don't trust banks and you invested in a property and then you want to sort of get some sort of a return on that Should you be told what to do with it by government? Who is responsible for actually providing houses? They're trying to tell you what to do with your house to to To fix a problem that they should build more houses to fix now I'm not saying that's an opinion of mine But just want to read this when we start talking about what people can actually do with their own properties Now I don't by the way just for absolute certainty. I don't Have any additional properties or income by the way. I'm just saying there's nothing no interest in it for me I'm just saying, you know, if I can imagine if I were in that situation We're going to talk about this a little bit later on But I want if you don't mind you to share your real life experiences as well And it's one we've talked about on this program numerous times before and it's voluntary contributions at school Now, I think we all know don't we that they're not voluntarily Voluntary at all really and certainly when they're being demanded dependent on which school you're dealing with they're not really phrased as voluntary They're called charges or whatever it might be. I haven't received one of the texts for quite some time But you don't really feel do that you can opt out of them And clearly many parents don't because 90 percent of parents cut spending to pay school fees Nearly 90 percent of parents say they had to cut back all delay spending in order to pay School voluntary contribution charges for their children research from the society of st Vincent de paul found that the annual fees average from 30 euro to 550 euro per student with an average of 140 euro per child the findings were published In the close in the gap What is needed to end voluntary contribution in post primary school reports? So is that something that's a problem for you? and also to You know when you get into transition year, which I think is beneficial It is beneficial for students, but it's expensive, isn't it? And it's hard to say no And I wonder do people Sort of try and skip transition year to try and avoid those avoid those extra costs. I don't know If you want to share in confidence your real life experiences, as I say, what's up in text 08 660 25 000 Just to remind you to by the way that shortly I have one more paper to go and then a quick break We're going to be speaking to the guys at Coleman legal To find out any if there's any progress in relation to their Class action. It's not a class action because one doesn't exist in this country, but it is really effectively a class action as it relates to Compelling certain individuals and groups certain groups certainly authority and what have you to To to pay the full cost of repairing people's defective concrete affected homes So if you have any questions for Coleman legal because it was mentioned on the program yesterday I committed to get answers for you. We're going to do that. So get your questions into us and I'll wait 60 25 000 But finally some good news if you like drinking tea and who doesn't Not that I get tea on this program But anyway, I have to beg for it drinking two coppers a day Helps protect the memory as we age scientists have found which is good news naturally occurring chemicals in tea Called flavonols boost brain power and help with recall The effect is the same if the tea is taken black or white So it doesn't matter if you put milken experts arrived at the findings after studying how flannables Also found in apples and berries affected the memory of over one and a half thousand healthy over 60s So you don't have to drink your tea an apple a day Helps your memory as well. So tea and apples. That's the future folks. All right, so eight six six two twenty five thousand WhatsApps and texts. 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Montgomery was operating machinery When an explosion occurred the emergency services rushed to the scene while guardy sealed off the area The health and safety authority also confirmed that they were aware of the incident and had sent Investigators to the site as it was a workplace incident and members of the arish defense forces Explosives ordinance disposal were also requested to attend the scene now It's not really clear at this point exactly the circumstances surrounding this tragedy The parish priest in guido is father brane olfari and he joins us on the program now father Thank you so much for taking this call this morning. Um, but it's another dark sad day, isn't it? You're most welcome greg and thank you very much for having me with you. It certainly is it. It's a sad day for our community There's a blanket of sadness from the yesterday. Um, lunchtime and um, steven today is as it The news is Synthring through the name of the gentleman that lost his life yesterday steven montgomery Um, so that there's an era of sadness in our community. Certainly. Yeah And uh, father you were called to the scene yesterday I was um yesterday was um I started the day as i'm going to start here today as well I just I was going around visiting the sick and the elderly in the housebound and um In around the derri beg area and around but midday just shortly after midday I Did a phone call on my mobile phone to tell me that there was a an incident in croc folly in the area in the area of croc folly and That made if I would attend the scene there and I said I would certainly so I made my way I know where the locality is and I made my way through derri beg through karek brunelak into croc folly and um It was meeting them was greeted them met there by um by three workmen on site and um, they were visibly shocked and Sadness as well and they formed me that person had died and I did what um any Priest I suppose or any member of the clergy or any Any minister who do and that's I prayed my prayers and the minister of the last rites as best I could and um when I stood back at that stage and the in garden she arrived on scene and I knew then that That was my place to step back into allow the guard being to The fire obligator landed and the land and services to continue their work And it's it's it's awful news for steven's family and friends to Hear and have to process and it's really just right now. They're dealing with that as we speak but also You know friends and work colleagues and and those who responded to the scene Um, father brian or father brina beg your pardon. It is you know, it's It's a tragedy that affects so many people and of course too And the way it was phrased from on goddess your carna in terms of of this being an explosion at the location Though we don't know exactly the circumstances of that too. There's an awful lot of people affected by the creasler tragedy Where steven didn't live too far from of course that it affects. It's just one of those awful tragedies that that impacts so many You're right. You know, and I'm speaking with you this morning. I'm very conscious I'm conscious of the sadness that surrounds us here and get all but I'm equally conscious of um, steven's family and friends and colleagues and the Circle of family there that are just plunged into that all encompassing sadness because I mean What what we have here was a man who left home and I understand that he married man and a father That was a he left home. He left a wife. He left a family. He left His his people yesterday morning. Maybe But this time or a bit earlier whatever it was and he just left To go into a decent and an honest day's work and labor And he came to a very tragic end. Sadly And that he was working in an excavator machine And clearing the sites for house extension and so on and um, I don't I don't know How it occurred and it's not my place To say anything on that. I know that garden investigations are on ongoing and In due course they then they'll deliberate on those Those investigations that are under place and uh, can I just say as well that it commends, you know, the dedication and the um, the professionalism of agar the sheikh and all the emergency services that my witness there yesterday the national ambulance service the Brigade daughter and the door the turning all fire brigade um who attended at the scene of the incident that if they worked so professionally and with Great dedication as well as they always do And it was sadly and we have the the results that we have today and that's that's even uh died Okay, and father breed not easy for you to attend a scene like that So we'll include you in our our thoughts and prayers as well. Thank you for joining us this morning You're most welcome and thank you as well and and just to and I show sure that all your listeners will Will join me and join you greg as well and just offering a prayer for the happy repose of this own Of the disease but also the family that are affected because um, there's sadness and sorrow and shock and numbness in that family and And even though they're not from that, steven is not from get over here, but times like this You know parish boundaries fall into Insignificant and people Are supported and we embrace that family and going forward. We're there for them in whatever way we can Thank you. Okay, father. Brianna or farry. Thank you very much indeed for joining us and uh, as to say we are all thinking on Stevens family and friends today Okay, uh, moving on now and we're joined on the program by uh, david colman Founder and managing partner with colman legal. Thank you so much for joining us david. Good morning to you Right. Okay. Now yesterday, uh, we had um, a conversation with representatives from the mica action group It's off the back of a social media post that they had put out And and they're not discouraging people per se from engaging with um, the scheme and i want to pan off paraphrase this correctly But what what they are saying, I think is that they see the best opportunity For people to get 100 percent Redress is through the action, uh, which uh, colman legal is taking on behalf of many many Home owners and the question was uh, it was suggest the suggestion was made that they should contact your company Um And then some people said they weren't clear or not whether you were taking on new clients So let's just cut to the chase on that one a bit late for that though with that introduction But are you still accepting new clients, uh, Dave? Yeah, short answer greg is yes, we are um The the case is the only opportunity for people to achieve justice Through equality of arms and parity of esteem If we've put together world and down experts, we've nine people working on our legal team on this case We've access to specialist counsel for european law planning law It's free for everybody to join They don't have a cost risk. They did initially They did initially but there is no cost risk now So there's no downside really it's a unique and brown ground breaking case greg And as you know, it's private Yeah, it's fully funded on a not-for-profit basis and private in the sense that only those in the case Are entitled to benefit from the results of the case in the first instance And at some point we will close off. We we've just crossed 1800 in the case now And our view has always been that 2000 is a good number And having had discussion with mag and they were very thankful and grateful for their support We have decided that what we will do is we will then announce a sort of cut-off period So the people who haven't joined still have the opportunity to do so But we're coming to the time when unfortunately because our resources are finite it will have to close You mentioned how there's no risk now. This is in terms of people finding themselves You know, having to cover costs or what have you this is off the back of a recent ruling. Is it can you just give us Firstly what was said and the significance of that and maybe the context of the case Well, it's a unique event in Irish law what happened And it's this that if ever a a citizen or a person in Donegal wishes to take a high court case and they lose They they are responsible for the costs of the winner the loser pays principle However, in this instance, it was agreed between the defendants the nsa i Cassities and dcc Donegal County council that in fact They would not have to incur any costs and putting in an appearance to each claim And we wouldn't pursue judgment absence the appearance of each claim so that that agreement is holding in the main and What we what that means for people is that they have no downside risk on an adverse costs order against them Which is a huge weight of people's shoulders. It's been tough enough, Greg Without the legal bills that may or may not happen. They will not happen. That's the message Now some people were saying yes, but this doesn't include everyone because I didn't get my blocks from a particular supplier Or I am living in Derry or Toronto, whatever it might be. So is there anyone that Doesn't qualify to join this action Yeah, there are greg in one sense and in another not and I'll explain um the cases against as per as a Block suppliers against cassities and there are other firms out there supplying blocks And we we do have some people who are complaining about the quality of the blocks from these places And we're not quite sure whether there was an element of what we call quite labeling going on That in fact the quarries themselves have no problems with their blocks But that they may in in a short term arrangement have asked cassities to supply blocks Yeah, I think I can say with a degree of certainty that that did certainly happen. Yeah, what we did in one place. Yeah Yeah, so therefore Um, is it viable to start taking individual cases against individual quarries when this could well turn out to be the case? So what we believe people should do is that they should reach out again because our our knowledge is increasing all the time in this area And that if if they have had blocks from a another supplier and those blocks are affected Are they're trying their fault in some way and we will look at it again and we we don't want to leave people behind That's not the purpose of the case but can they join now and the second to that too There is a group of individuals who may be purchased a property or don't have any evidence as to where The blocks came from, you know, they didn't hold on to a receipt or what have you and i'm not trying to pick holes But i'm i'm it is it is the it is the sort of individual cases that might be more inclined to message in as we have this conversation So just in regards to not being able to prove where you got your blocks from or or you have no evidence of that Where does that leave you in this case? We've we've no trouble with answering that or dealing with this and the reason is this that It would be it's great when people do have receipts But honestly when you're building your house and and you're 20 years on So think that you capture block receipts Greg is is a stretch. That's number one But number two and more importantly the geological makeup of each block is unique to the area from which the stone was drawn So we we can show immediately even sometimes by looking at the asus that this is a Cassidy's block um Now how is it progressing and when i know from my last conversation with you that actually it is moving Perhaps slightly quicker than one might have imagined But this is a process that has to be gotten through and the wheels of justice can turn quite slowly Well, no, you're absolutely right Greg i'm happy to tell you that there is a timetable agreed as between All defendants and we are we are rigidly sticking to that timetable as indeed are most of the defendants and The great thing about that is that it's now incumbent upon all defendants to lodge their defense to the claim Now they have about six weeks within which to do it and that really is that this is a turning point in the case We we've had to set our case out. We spent a year and a half preparing it Yeah, and we're quite satisfied with what we're saying and what we're doing It's it's incumbent on the defendants now to reach out and and say how they intend to defend this case And i just if i could pause there for a moment, Greg because you know one has to ask Why is Dave Coleman on the radio? Why are we here? And this isn't a fight with the government, Greg. This is a search for justice for all And governments will come and go as you know, but the problems in dunigol are only going to grow Both the state through the nsa i and dunigol county council and the people of dunigol are destined to have an Epic clash in the courts in ireland of which it's certain there'll be no winners The people we believe will get what they're entitled to that's not a victory That's just getting what you're entitled to and the state They'll have to watch as years of regulation and are publicly paraded throughout europe and beyond Like the listeners not involved in this case who have no skin in the game They they do not wish to see ireland ink throne under a bus like this because people are taking sides There are no sides here. We want to be very very clear That the ideal outcome is that jojo here is better than war war and people should talk Do you think that this is being taken? We'll just use the government for an example of the state or however It's phrased. Is this being taken seriously to the point whereby they could be brought to the table at some point And What the way the way we're running the case break is unfortunately to fight it And no lawyer should ever take a case unless he's willing to have a judge or give an opinion on the rights and wrongs of it And we are doing this and we will continue to do it And the state know we're heavily funded and that they know we have the right experts And they know that we're we're heading for a clash and i i'm not calling out the state to say that they're wrong But what i am saying is that they should be negotiating there was previous negotiations with civilians without legal our technical representation which led to a government and dare I say a certain service led A grand scheme not a redress scheme. It's a completely different thing redress applies to everybody Grant is who you who qualifies and who is told qualifies. It's a whole different ball game and we're not we're not trying to I suppose we'll try to win this on the airwaves But it's a clear clarion call for logic to prevail here rather than we all have a boat one another On the floor of the high court. Well, it is fascinating because even I have no No legal background whatsoever, but it would be fascinating to see how On behalf of the government to defences put forward and on what grounds And because you have to be very careful. I presume in they would have to be very careful. I presume in how How they position themselves because of who we're talking about and the the potential consequences or the ramifications or admittance in certain areas or whatever it might be Well, that's just it. We have looked at what we've looked at from the other side as to What are they going to tell us? We fairly know what they're going to write their defense And you know, it is sort of betting the house on this defense because if if they're wrong here They're wrong in so many other aspects of their relationship with their citizens And it's a defining moment for the poor citizens and the relationship of government and regulation And who's entitled to what level of care because we were told I mean, you know, we were told at the time of the the first scheme that I want to say we I just use that as a term That you know, you better accept this you really need to accept this because if you don't We're going to have to change legislation and if we change legislation that's going to take five or six years That was the public defense for not giving 100 percent redress Now I presume no one's going to stand up in the court of law and say that but it'd be very interesting to find out How you would defend that position now, and I'm not saying even that might come up in this in this But do you know what I mean? That's what People were being told they were saying if you don't take this you might not get anything Yeah, that's right. And and you know, it comes down to the two things equality of arms and parity of esteem You know when somebody's telling you you get a grant if you qualify and if you don't like it to not get much That's not equality of arms. That's not parity of esteem. This case is both We we we can match them toe for toe on any of the legal or technical expertise that's required here And it's a different ball game Now we don't want to win. We want to have a proper The system of justice and put in place here would redress for all and that's not a win Because if you have winners and losers great, it's it's more difficult to deal with something Like we have to engage engage maturely and objectively and we need to put the past behind us Um question marks have been raised and have been sent in to us here again about the legality of third party funding And contingency fees in arland. Could you address that for us? Absolutely. Yeah, so it's it's a bit of an old trope at this point bregg where we're millions spent down the road The the states are engaging with us in a very very objective and reasonable way For example the drop box for appearances saving people money and risk So, you know, if there's something to say to us about uh legal funding, they would have said it That's the first thing the second thing is that well before we embarked on this action We took our own views in relation to the type of funding we were doing and what's allowed by law in ireland and you know The proof of the pudding is in the eating and that we have had no issues Nobody's raised there once and we firmly believe that nobody is going to raise the funding here because it's not for profit It's for the public good the courts have been we've been in now to say 15 times into court already And the judge has not has not been appraised of any issues and this is not going to arise in this case and you would imagine it would have been suggested at this point to Put an early end to the whole thing if it were If if if the defendants thought there was a court Greg, they would and they know they can't and won't If your house isn't isn't I can't this list or can't afford to test their house But you know yourself that I think they've come to the conclusion that they must have Micah can they Sign up with Coleman legal even if they haven't had a test on yet Oh 100% if if you have a fear that your house is contaminated sign up You're not going to be forced at your own expense to get a test done There's going to be a system in place if we win and we believe we will or if we settle and we believe we will That you know that that it's taken out of your hands It's it's impossible to ask an ordinary citizen who may have given his life paying his taxes doing his job to become now A building contractor and to to ensure his house is built to a certain standard But has to be a proper system in place. It's not very great. It's not even slightly there Caller says when you send in your form to the county council for defective blocks now You have to state whether you are on with Dave Coleman Or another representative and states that you that you won't accept any additional money apart from what the Government gives you is this correct? Have you no no that that that's either a misinterpretation by the council or by the caller And of course nobody's entitled to double compensation And we were very clear about that when when the legislation is the shortfall or talk again, isn't it? Yeah, exactly We're only claiming for the shortfall. So if the grant is given the grant is subtracted from any redress scheme that's available And this is a question I was I was very keen to get an answer to yesterday and I'm glad to have the opportunity to ask you today Would the beer if successful is there would there be a retrospective element to this because If there were not I can see people not wanting to necessarily progress in this scheme until such time as There is an agreement to re ruling So do you expect that someone who may be has had to dig into their savings or or to borrow Say for an additional 14 50 000 euro and they're currently paying that back now if you're successful in this action Would they be compensated retrospectively? Do you think? Well, let's say for example Homeowner had to replace their outer leaf Greg because clearly that was the dimension The the the wisdom at the time was replace the outer leaf and it'll be fine Of course we'll be claiming for the outer leaf and that that one of our lead cases the odarity case is just that It's an outer leaf and a problem and and the defective block case So of course we're we're looking for all out of pocket expenses and and there are many elements to that including You know the house rental The storage costs General damages for people have to go to I mean their houses are destroyed their lives have to be rebuilt in some ways Yes, this could end up if successful far more expensive for the government for an example than an actual 100% redress scheme Because this would catch more stuff than perhaps Broadly welcome 100% redress scheme might I know you might feel i'm splitting your ear Greg, but it's not a hundred percent redress. It's a hundred percent No, but it's not like either We say that you know what I mean. Yeah, I get you Oh, no, I don't know what you mean Greg But you know even in the door they call it a redress scheme and they know well It's a grand scheme and it replies to few So, you know, it has to change and it will change We'll have to go to Europe to change all right language is important though, so I appreciate the clarification No, no, you're perfectly right. I know I'm not I'm not precious I like being I like to be able to use the right words going forward Um negligence by surveyor regarding mica house was bought a few years ago. So veyer said there was no Deleterious material. Is there a timeline to take your case? Does the two homeowners have to consent to such a case? I think this is this is not part of the action that you're taking. Sorry. I read that believing it were But do you have any advice for them just whilst I have to do Greg? And in fact, we are seeing some surveyors In inside bar actions and other professionals for their their efforts or lack of effort in relation to advice is given to homeowners I mean, it's tough enough for people to have the problem that they do But when they rely on professionals who give them poor advice, of course, they have rights Now they would want to be careful of the time, Greg. You have six years from the date of I suppose discovery of the problem and if you're if you're a second talent homeowner It's more complex than if the first if the first damage is done You know by the previous owner if you know what I mean are their advisors So each case has to be seen on its merits, but most certainly they are They should be doing something about that. Okay, just another couple more questions Then I won't hold you very much longer What rights to cancel tenants have where the house has severe issues with defective blocks and the council Um are all correspondence, but but I know I but just up to that point Where do people in in in social housing fall into this? Well, the housing act of 1966 says that the that the local authority has to provide an accommodation That is safe and fit for human habitation Once the property falls below that benchmark the owners is on the council then to rehouse repair or Make good whatever the issues are so the BS people do have rights that they're not sitting Sitting ducks are sitting tenants not at all. All right. Can you ask Mr. Coleman? We're selling our house and had to get it tested. It came back 17 percent mica But we can't get on any scheme as there's no actual damage to the property there And that's an awful catch 22 there. It seems Is there's yes, there's a lot of that and what what they ought to do is uh So they have a test which says 17 percent But they should sign up for the case because every person has a duty to mitigate their loss And the only way you can do it is if you assert your rights and the only way you can assert your rights is if you join the case And you know, it is a very tough buy-in because people generally selling great need to sell Yeah, and they're awful situation there and very finally I recently bought a house I was living abroad and we were returning home to live and bought it online via an estate agent Neighbours now tell us the estate has mica some houses are in worse conditions than others I bought it three months ago. What can I do? Make contact Okay, I mean when you think of the great three months ago 120 days ago, how long have you been talking about this on your show? Yeah, that's appalling. Yeah, make contact. Okay, uh, Dave. Thanks very much for your time today. I think we covered everything and I think really that the the parting message is here that There has to be a cap at some point and you really sort of down to the last 10 percent So if there are people and it's a broad it's a broad net that you're casting really as we heard from some responses to those Questions coming in if people want to be part of this, they would really need to get in contact now So how do they do so Dave? It's defective blocks of Coleman legal.ie or just contact the firm ourselves And we have a call center available to people. It works very very well. It's a user friendly service So yeah, people are welcome. Thanks for your time, Dave That's Dave Coleman founder and managing partner with Coleman legal Watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com My decision is my right. 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Vincent de paul has found that 87 Percent of parents have had to cut back or delay spending in order to pay the voluntary contribution charge at school The report published today and conducted by grant Thornton was developed from an online parents survey and in-depth case studies with the principles of six post primary schools 1,447 parents responded to the online survey for the report titled closing the gap What is needed to end voluntary contribution in post primary schools voluntary contributions for those of you who aren't aware are charges Uh payments made by parents towards schools to cover costs that the school incurs outside of its funding now, you know I think sometimes parents will question really what's going on. We don't know the figures We haven't seen the figures what let's see the books Let's see the shortfall in your school year and let's see how much you take from parents how that matches Do you have any left over? Where's that money going? You know what? I mean, I think that certainly needs to be a bit more transparency in this But rose McGowan is st. Vincent de paul national president and joins us on the program now rose. Thanks for your time This is all thank you for having me. Yeah, and before we would get to the findings of this survey I mean, you know, this is a big burden on on families But we don't really know what we're paying for where it's going. How it all balances things out, which I think in the first instance, I'd really like to know that Yeah, I can hold. I mean I visit like all of the other members every week And from this time in fact in my own conference, which is the group that this is in Paris With our first request last week For school is finishing now. TY's have finished the letters. They're coming out for books and voluntary contributions, etc etc So it puts huge huge pressure on the family and while they were always under pressure even last year And you can imagine the pressure this year with energy costs with food increases So, um, it puts huge pressure The other side is huge stress on family life as well and stress leads to Medical sides of stuff. So every parent, I think we all have our children Every parent wants to make sure that the child has a good education But also that they're not different And that's what we find They're under pressure to pay this because the child feels if I don't pay, you know There's something could be said in school and just two very simple examples are In a lot of schools when we ask what voluntary contribution covers now while it covers a lot of things But it covers things like photocopying But the bitties are tips like lockers and homework journal So like if you don't pay the voluntary contribution and the teacher says to the child Where's your homework journal and they say I forgot or they might be asked the second day sure, of course everybody in the class knows They didn't pay the voluntary contribution That's usually stressful on the child and immediately they're made to feel different And I know in some of the families I visit They don't want to go to school unless the voluntary contribution is paid So what we find that the parents that come back on food Uh, maybe they don't pay the rent or you know, they don't pay part of the bill that they pay every week So it's really juggling, you know all of the time and also to you know, it's not like it's made very clear some Schools might refer to it as a fee Secondly or levy is another word that that I've seen used It's not always made very clear that this is a voluntary Contribution scheme and you talk about children being treated equal And when you average everything out one of the most expensive years is transition year and it's an incredibly important year for students I think there's an awful lot of growth and development And and sometimes it means that the the leaving start doesn't come too early in their young lives But there are families having to make the decision to skip that to forego it That puts an awful lot of pressure on the student because they're they're losing a friends group potentially And they're also being maybe arguably missing out on opportunities now. I know When we talk about maybe a trip to italy or whatever not everyone goes on that and that's not necessarily what we're talking about here but it does It is a year I have particular concerns about for people under incredible financial pressure Yeah, no, and we totally agree. I mean we would see transition year as you say as Developing that students and particularly in certain areas and disadvantaged areas They may not have that kind of opportunity that maybe children in other areas would have So things like the couple of weeks that they do work experience or You know that gives them an opportunity to think what would I like to do? And and also people don't think about the small things so on t my year There's a fee for ty but then there's also the voluntary contribution. So there's a double whammy there And I think the other thing that people don't think about is if you're going to work experience, you know, you'll have to be dressed You have to you know, there's there's travel. There's all those little things that cost money It's money on top of money And I suppose the other thing is that we would want those children To really benefit from that year as you say leaving 30 could be 16 or 70 How could you make a decision on what you do in third level whether it be a plc or a trade or University like they're too young to make those decisions. It's a hugely important year And yes, lots of lots of families with skippers They just can't afford it and they do worry about that fallen trip Which doesn't worry us as much. Look, you don't have to go on the fallen trip But the other thing is the local outing And others be to the historical place. Like there's lots of things involved in that doing the young goshpa awards Which I just think is it's a super award Yeah, and rose Part of it, you know, that you you do that's something you to learn, you know Yeah, and and you know in in the cost of living crisis we have and it affects us here particularly in the northwest If you don't mind me saying so because of low wages low disposable income And we have record numbers of working families now accessing food banks Which themselves are struggling and we often talk about when you have the least We talk about, you know, how you deal with emergency things like, you know A car tire needing replaced on a car you washing machine breaking down The thing that worries you when it's a concern and it should not be a voluntary charge to a school in this day and age I mean the government is awash with money. We're told has anyone costed How much it would cost the department of education to properly fund schools? Although this is where it starts getting complicated and I would love us to say a bit more transparency on on on This money and where it's spent and how it actually goes into schools balance sheets But anyway, uh, do we have a cost as to how much it would cost the department of education to bridge this gap for parents and schools Yeah, we are in the process and we like all charities we would do A pre-budget submission so we're costing all of that But one of our big Things in our pre-budget will be to increase the Capitation grant to ensure the schools can meet those running costs I mean at the moment schools would say to us they're using the voluntary contribution to keep the lights on like, you know That that shouldn't be the case Um, and the capitation grant was lowered a few years ago And it's uh, you know, there has been a small increase But it's never come back to what it was and it's not just to come back to that it needs to be increased And I suppose what one of the things we're looking for is but to establish a procurement support service for schools You know, I mean we we must be able if schools were together and there was certain Firm that you use you have to get better deals, you know, and and what you've said We we need transparency on educational funding expenditure and we will be looking forward, you know going forward Yeah, and just an parting message here A call us says all I hear is that this is a voluntary donation last year My daughter was called along with a lot of others from her class to ask for payment now A child should not be exposed to that that's not uh, that's not good and that's not voluntary because they're going home And they become the debt collector for the school uh to mom and dad and the whoever is carrying from in the house That's unacceptable behavior that Yeah, and I mean that's what we have to think and all of that because in fact It's usually affects the child because when the child goes home, it usually affects the parents And you know parents want the very best for their children So that's why they're cutting back on everything and you're correct about that It's this isn't just about people who Might be on social welfare like we have lots and lots and more and more of low of low income families coming to us And that is correct. We're here to help people So it's affecting everybody, you know It's a huge if you think that you know, your voluntary contribution could be 300 euro and we'd say you have two children They're 600 euro. It's not the 200 euro. It doubles depending on how many children you have So that's a huge huge And in anybody's focus, whether it's social welfare or low pay or in fact You know people earning a good salary and they have mortgages and also yeah, okay Rose McGowan. Thanks for your time I'm appreciated. Rose McGowan is president of st. Vincent de Paul the national president there Any views on that 08 660 25 000 whatsapps and texts to that number or call 07 491 25 000 I mean, you know, this is a funding shortfall from government to schools Why should parents who are already struggling, you know, the list is is is building here as to So many people listening to this program today that everyday pressures that they're under You know, we talk about the nice weather and it gives us a lift and I get that But the way this country is set up sometimes are people able to enjoy worrying about this that and the other Right as I say though, we want you involved in the conversation. You know the numbers there Right a quick comment before we go to the break an airbnb house in my area had eight cars added over the weekend Just imagine how much water was used in that house in that time The water pipe supply in this area was never meant to cater for that much water being used small businesses have to pay rates I just wonder how many airbnb houses are registered as a business and paying vat all rates interesting question All right, we'll be back with more on the 9 till noon show after the news at 10 She cuts in for the wing. Oh, that's superb. She's She's scored a world-class win Sarah Sarah Oh capri buns or dairy milk. Oh gosh, sorry. Uh, hmm, don't dream about a world-class win Enter to win one meet a world-class footballer and win an epic holiday worth 8k only with cabri Ts and seas apply visit worldclass dot cabri fc dot com Don fanny golf club on the north Atlantic coast come join us with opens on wednesday and saturday Come challenge your game against the links course that will test you with incredible value and great prizes Put them fanny golf club on your playlist this summer to book all 07 4 9 1 3 6 3 3 5 Don fanny golf club just magical live on air online and on the highland radio app This is highland radio news Good morning. It's 10 o'clock donal kafran at the news desk The parish priest of guidore says there is a blanket of sadness over the area after a man was killed in an explosion yesterday Stephen montgomery who was in his 40s is believed to have been clearing rock with machinery in the nocfala area Yesterday afternoon gar thee and the hsa have both launched investigations. The defense forces bomb disposal team also attended the scene Father brown offari parish priest of guidore says yesterday started like any other day for mr. Montgomery and his family What we have here was a man who who left home and I understand that he married man and a father He left home. He left a wife. He left a family. He left his people yesterday morning But this time a bit earlier whatever it was and Left to go into a decent and an honest day's work and labor And it came to a very tragic end sadly The company taking a legal action on behalf of defective block homeowners has confirmed It is still taking people into the case But we'll be closing it off soon at the weekend the mica action group indicated They believe that at present the legal proceeding switcher underway represents the only viable pathway to 100% redress Mac has urged people to consider joining the action which has been brought through the courts by colman legal Underwritten by defective blocks Ireland. There were some suggestions yesterday that colman legal had stopped taking on new people Well on today's 9 till noon show founder david colman told greg. They are still taking people on but they'll be closing it off shortly At some point we will close off. We've just crossed 1800 in the case now our view has always been that 2000 is a good number and Having had discussion with mag and they were very thankful and grateful for their support We have decided that what we will do is we will then announce a sort of cutoff period So the people who haven't joined still have the opportunity to do so But we're coming to the time when unfortunately because our resources are fine out It will have to close A man remains in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in manor conningham last evening Gar thee and emergency services attended the scene of the collision Involving a car and a motorcycle shortly after quarter past five at galdana The motorcyclist who's in his 30s was taken by ambulance to letter kenny university hospital While the driver and passenger in the car were also taken to hospital for medical assessment Gar thee say the motorcyclist's condition is understood to be serious Inquiries are ongoing Dunningall county council has been told it would be absolutely crazy if a proposed wind farm development in west dunningall received planning Cloughard core wind farm limited has submitted an application to on board planola for the wind energy development in the guibara area There are fears that the go ahead could result in a repeat of the mean bog landslide With concern also raised over the potential risk post to the drinking water supply And the development impeding on nearby special areas of designation councillor married threes gallerhurst says there are many unanswered questions About how the building of the development would work logistically People need to know that the application that's in there. It's the blade one of the blades is 165 meters It's 500 feet, you know, and it has to be transported You know, they're talking about building You know roads up the sides and mountains and through sac's and and all of this here A lot of those things weren't in the submission by the council So what we've asked that it's strengthened we've had assurances that it will be and all of those issues will be raised Over 6,000 Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers are currently living in Donegal There are 136 providers of accommodation for those seeking refuge in the county with more Here's McKellet-Lark in response to a question from councillor Michael McMahan Donegal County council reported that as of May the 24th There were 123 providers of commercial accommodation in Donegal for Ukrainian refugees With 5,200 people residing in them Around 2,500 additional people have been processed into the county but to date They have not yet been discharged into their original accommodation According to CSO data as of February 1,652 people from Ukraine were living in the Donegal MD 982 englenties 1,318 in the latter Kenny Milford area 841 in the Ineshaun and 305 in the Liffords-Turnorder municipal district The local authority added that according to the department 848 people seeking international protection are living in 13 properties in Donegal The Irish Creamy Milk Suppliers Association says a call of 200,000 cows is not needed to meet climate targets Internal documents seen by the farming independent indicate up to 65,000 dairy cows May have to be culled each year for three years in order to meet 2025 emissions reduction targets It's reported a call of almost 200,000 cows under a voluntary scheme for dairy farmers to reduce their herd Could cost around 600 million euro But the president of the ICMSA Pat McCormick says dairy farmers are taking other steps to reduce emissions This figure is a figure that could be correct It's absolutely nothing else was done But the reality of it is you know I was deeply involved in the dairy vision group where we set about putting together a framework to deliver on our targets And there may be an opportunity there for a voluntary call It was recommended to the minister but by no means a 200,000 cow cull necessary Well the forecast and that here and tell us it'll be dry today with warm sunshine Just a little patchy cloud top temperatures between 18 and 23 degrees celsius And that's howland radio news we're back with news again at 11 o'clock in the interim have a very good morning The obituary notice for this Tuesday morning made the 30th The death has taken place of german o'reilly 12 colmore point road dairy Funeral mass will take place this morning at 11 o'clock in our lady of lurch church Steelstone road dairy fall by burial in st. Mary's church live mall in county dunningall to arrive at approximately quarter past one The house is private place for more details including any family health guidelines for wigs and funerals Please go to highland radio.com Like lower prices on everyday essentials then make aldy top of your shopping list Essentially aldy have lower prices on well the essentials including twin packed deli style from tam 230 grams was 339 now 319 Three liter light milk was 320 now 309 and pure irish creamery butter 454 grams was 339 now 299 so whether it's milk butter or more aldy have savings galore He won't just like more value. You'll love it. Good morning. Welcome back to the nine till noon show It's good to have you on board for this program on this Tuesday morning A request in for a very special person. It's a very happy birthday to our own donal cabinet from all of us in the relay Survivors choir We'd be lost without you donal. Have a great day. I didn't know that so that's news to me Happy birthday donal of course from all your colleagues here at highland radio as well Uh, call us does not everyone will ask for help I was a single dad with four kids and I struggled and worried a lot But I wouldn't or couldn't ask anyone for help But you should you know at least at the very least Contact the likes of mabs who can help you to sort out your finances It's an independent third party effectively and you tell them your outgoings you tell them your debts and what have you And they'll be able to give you advice. I don't think you should try and deal with it on your own Especially as a single parent looking after four children now it seems to be in past tense So hopefully things are better for you now, but please there's no harm in asking for help And you could be the person that someone asks for help into the future and you would help them How do I join legal colman asks a listener? Well, you can email defective blocks at colman legal dot ie or google colman legal They have a telephone number there But if you want to email them defective blocks at colman legal dot ie A billion euros spent on accommodation for ukranians while our hospitals are broken and facilities for the elderly and disabled are woeful No wonder people are angry the ukranians are laughing at us really. Do you think ukranians are laughing at us? Would you like to be in a ukrainian city with russian drones and missiles landing down on it with your children not knowing if they'll see the morning Um, I don't think they're they're here for the fun of it A caller says i'm married for 40 years. No memory problems. Why my wife makes sure I forget nothing good Good woman there making sure you're uh kept in line Can cancel tenants sign up for this contact colman legals the advice there The present government will wait until someone dies and unfortunately this is going to happen when you look at the state of some of the homes Indeed, but I I used to think that If that were to happen very sadly tragically that it might change things I'm in the at the point now where I don't think it would it felt like that that would early on That everyone would go. Oh my god. This is unbelievable. We can't yet. I just don't know if it would do it anymore Uh, thank you. Uh, thank you have plaintiffs notified the courts that they are using third party funding I believe the answer is no, uh, this should be done Well, I can't imagine at this point that any of the parties involved aren't aware as to how this is being fought and I would be incredibly surprised if any of the Named parties if they thought they could get out of this they're already pumping Uh, fortune into it presumably that if they thought that they could get out of it simply by saying third party funding is illegal Uh, that it wouldn't be progressing as it is now as to say i'm not no i'm no legal expert, but um It's cracking on The other parties are engaging with it. I would have imagined that would have come up by this at this point Why do the banks the government and the insurance companies not get together and sort it out? That the outside scheme can be replaced in the house to get insurance. What's wrong with this country? And we got that one yesterday. Um I don't think the outside skin's enough for a lot of people either Um, hi just sending this message to you highlighting a fabulous group of people that run a charity event every year since 2014 In a shown tractor run in the malin town area on sunday the fourth of june With a massive barbeque and dance afterwards in malin stables these guys and girls have raised over 176 000 euro since it started all given to local Uh charities. Well, okay, that sounds like a cracking day out beautiful weather tractor run Everyone having a laugh dancing barbeque Lovely day out for you if you want to support that tractor run in malin town on sunday the fourth of june Hi greg not a rally follower Really but want to know The areas for the stages what townlands villages, etc. It goes through. Um now We might do a run through of all of this uh with with osheen and the crew I'm sure we will closer to the time the routes are out there and available Because I know they've already been out and about Informing local residents of road closures and what have you off the top of my head. I don't know I'm sure the information is available on The rally website if you have access to that if not a little closer to the time we'll be running through a lot of that as well Hi, greg. I live in donningall We can't say specifically where it is just at this point when the local quarry is blasting rock The house is locally a shaking surely this is affecting the structural integrity of the properties What testing did donningall can to cancel do during the blasting at the quarry? And I think any of us that have lived near a quarry will remember when the blast goes off You do feel the the ground shake the ground rumble. I presume the houses are able to take it But I suppose if you have a defective blocks and what have you um, it uh could have an impact Remember when the apartments in dublin got a hundred percent redress overnight because a lot of politicians and their families owned them believes that listener Um Interesting to hear clergy say at sunday mass at the cathedral that they're bringing the collection plates back as well as the voluntary donation boxes at the church doors Introduced to because of the pandemic the reason given rising costs of heating seems the church never shy or silent when appealing for cash Pity they're so quiet when it comes to other issues I understand where you're coming from. I think there's a far more openness and transparency in in in uh In churches nowadays, but I take your point It's not I don't really have a dog in the fight there Four lane road down to one inward lane on bank holiday monday morning in northern island the company are planting trees in the center It's unbelievable that comes in from daniel indeed But the traffic through letter kenny, um and it's not even traffic looking to go to letter kenny going to The west of donnie gallop towards Fanard or out towards other areas of the county all happen to go through One lane crazy stuff, isn't it? 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Good morning to you granja. Good morning, greg Thank you so much for joining us and good to have you in right. Okay. Uh, we'll start with appeals And uh, gardy looking for the public's assistance in relation to a road traffic collision in manor cunning ham Yeah, this collision happened at gallden a manor cunning ham just yesterday monday the 29th of may shortly before 5 15 p.m So this collision involved a car and a motorcycle The motorcyclist was removed from the scene by ambulance He was taken to letterkenny university hospital where he remains to receive treatment for injury sustained The driver and passenger of the car they were also taken into hospital But as a precautionary measure So the car and the motorcycle they were both traveling in the same direction from raffaul towards newton cunning ham At the time of the collision on the l 1214 And so we appealed to anybody who was traveling on that stretch road as always who had a dash cam That would be invaluable if they could make that footage available to us If anybody witnessed the collision, um, garady have spoken to a number of people already So if if there's somebody out there who witnessed it garady haven't made contact what the matter haven't spoken to them We would ask them to contact us in letterkenny on 9167 100 Okay, uh garty also investigating a burglary in remelton. Yeah, so this one happened at the office It's at the procle house Procle house belong into st. Mary's church there on the tank road in remelton So it was the office off the procle house that the lock was broken on the door that was damaged caused to the door frame This happened between 6 30 p.m On thursday the 25th of may and 9 a.m on friday the 26th So the lock again was broken damage was caused entry was gained the office. We believe but nothing was taken So if anybody seen anybody in or around the grounds of the procle house between those states Observed any sort of suspicious activity Uh, give garady and melford a call on 915 3060 Okay, and uh garty and melford also, uh investigating an assault in in melford Yeah, this assault happened on the convent road in melford on wednesday the 24th of may and around 355 p.m So, um, quite a worrying incident this one a boy was walking home from school He was assaulted by two males. These males were not known to him Uh, this boy was taken by ambulance to letterkenny hospital treated for non life threatening injury So we're anxious to further this investigation and we ask again any witnesses in that area may have seen the incident Anybody who was traveling in that area who had a dashcam again, please drop the footage into us and we'll go through the footage Um, garady can be contacted again on melford on 915 3060 or the garada confidential line We understand sometimes people don't want to ring their local station. So contact the garada confidential line on 1800 666 111 Yeah, and just to be clear when you make an appeal like that, it's not necessarily a witness I mean obviously ideally if someone were to have witnessed it and have that type of information But it's the maybe events leading up to it or people walking in that area or Rebuild people leaving that area or anything like that there that may assist in the investigation Presumably is useful. You don't necessarily have to have actually witnessed the incident itself Of course. Yeah So before or after the incident as you said anybody in foot on foot in that area if they captured them on dashcam footage Any cars even pulled in at that area with people gathered around cars anything anything that that seemed a bit untoward If they felt that they may have captured it in dashcam footage or indeed if they seen it and can describe some of the people involved Uh, we asked them to make contact with us. Yeah, and such an incident Thankfully is seemingly rare. Uh, we want to get to the bottom of that one as soon as possible Of course. Yeah, and it was an incident quite similar to that one in strunar back. I think maybe a couple of months There was a boy a school boy walking home from school. So of course. Yeah, we're very very anxious to further this investigation Okay, um, right criminal damage now in convoy Yeah, so in the early hours of sunday the 28th of may this happened in around 3 35 a.m Well, that's the time actually that the garradi were alerted to the fact that derelict house was in fire at the main street convoy So when the garradi got there the fire services were there. They were fighting the blaze So the fire was extinguished. Thankfully nobody was in the house at the time of the fire Nobody was injured as a result of the fire So we haven't ruled out the possibility this fire may have been started deliberately So again anybody with any relevant information we're asking them to contact garradi and netter kenny on 9167 100 Again, anybody who dash cam footage who may have traveled in that area even between 2 45 a.m And 3 30 a.m. And as you've explained before it's only a matter of dropping the footage into us We'll go through the footage then exactly because they've you know, I'm pretty technically advanced. I would hope Uh, but to start going through it all, you know yourself. We don't want any barriers to people making that stuff available It's time consuming, you know, but that's we'll take care of that end of things. You just have your teams available to do that. Okay Right now we are talking about Criminal damaging car and donna, I believe. Yeah, this incident happened at millbrae heights in car and donna So this happened between 8 15 a.m. And 12 15 p.m. And tuesday the 23rd of may so a car a white fox Alastra parked up at that location and the rear one screen was smashed So no property was stolen from the car. Uh, we appealed to anybody again broad daylight, you know daylight hours We're hopeful that somebody may have seen or heard something out of the ordinary in that area and it might benefit our investigation greatly So, uh, we asked them to contact bunk rana gaurdy on 9 3 2 0 5 4 0 if they observed anything that might be of benefit to us. Right. Okay. Now, um, gaurder investigating the theft of a Large plastic ice cream cone. Yes So this theft happened from a print at occurred at a premises at the glen car shopping centre on sunday the 21st of may So cctv has been viewed now. It's believed the theft was carried out by two males and one female and around six Well, it was 6 32 a.m. Actually on the footage that the theft occurred So the two males wore their hoods up as did the female the female was wearing a pink kind of a zippy top with a hood And pink or similar colored light colored tracksuit bottoms These three then left that area. They left the general direction of the dr. McGinley road So again, we're hopeful look if somebody's gonna up the street carry in it's one of the giant plastic ice cream cones there'll be two men and a woman and a Almost man-sized ice cream cone. Exactly. So then we're hopeful look taxi drivers Hopefully somebody may have observed this, you know, it would stand out if he's seen this coming up. There's a flake I'm not no. I just didn't delve into it in that detail. Now. I'm not sure it's a large ice cream cone It's a large ice cream cone So again anybody with a dash cam, you know People somebody would remember if they passed these people on foot with a giant ice cream cone So if you did observe them and you have a dash cam, please drop that footage on this And again, listen, somebody has seen this cone. It hasn't if a cone appears a giant ice cream cone has appeared in your living room your friends apartment Somebody knows something about this and we asked them these things are quite expensive and times are Exactly to refer for a business to replace it. Uh, it's it's they're out a couple of hundred I don't know how much it might be or it could have been disposed somewhere as well Presumably grind you so maybe, you know, people can keep an eye behind walls or whatever Of course. Yeah, it could be in dumps somewhere. Yeah, but times are hard. No times are hard for businesses So struggle them with all the bills have to pay at the minute and we'd like we're anxious to have this item returned to the owner Um, so again luck dash cam footage if anybody traveled in the areas off the circular road There were the grand car shopping centers located The doctor McGinley road or even up around the meadowbank area to make that footage available to us And if the business is listening and wants to let us know who they are and this is separate to the guard information Well, we'll give you a good plug as well because it is ice cream weather and uh, you know It is an important marketing tool and as you say people have information It's just a case of divulging it. Would you appeal to those who might have it to drop it somewhere? Well, it would of course. Yeah, and I think actually the owner off this item is very eager just just to have it returned Of course you want it returned, you know, they're at the financial loss of it and as you said it's ice cream weather You know, it's a marketing tool for them. They're very eager to have it returned So even luck to whoever did take it may have been a moment of madness. Silly necessarily decision Drop it back. Yeah, you know headline writers are going to have a field day with it But I'd love if we can help the business by giving them a plug too as well So maybe something good can come out of it and then they can get it back as well So get in touch with us. I'd be more than happy to do that. Right. Okay. Now. Was that the theft from Glenn Carr? It was so we're moving on now to the theft of vehicles Yeah, a number of vehicles were stolen actually three vehicles in the letter candy area This is only over the last number today. So we'll go to the first one. It was a silver Toyota Aqua registration number 152d 32563 this car was stolen from Duffy's Lane at Rose Mount there down the town that her Kenny Between 11 p.m. On Wednesday the 24th of May and 10 a.m. On Thursday the 25th So this car had been locked the car was with there the key Sorry was with the owner and this car has not yet been located The second vehicle then was a black Toyota Aqua again Toyota Aqua registration number 162d l 3146 This was stolen from a driveway in the area of Glencar park letter candy between 7 30 p.m. On Friday the 26th of May And in around 3 30 a.m. On Saturday the 27th of May So Gardi this car was located actually Gardi received report just before 3 50 a.m. On Saturday the 20 or Saturday May 27th This car was in fire was found in the green fair green hill area of letter candy Again in this case the keys had been with owner the car had been locked at the time of the theft So that car was located. So the third car that was stolen was a red Toyota vitz registration number 060 121 790 this was stolen from chestnut grove in letter candy And between Saturday the 27th of May at 9 a.m. And Sunday the 28th of May at 7 p.m. And this car this car's outstanding as well. It hasn't been located today. I mean It's interesting that all three are our two altars all were locked all keys Well, two of them were locked and and and the keys with the owners I'm just wondering it's maybe not for your eye, Granja To wonder why if it's a coincidence or or if people who steal cars see a particular vulnerability I don't know it might be worth checking with your your dealer just to tease that out with them because it's free in short space Yeah, Japanese models, you know when they're imported cars, but we're actually we're going to get to that now in a minute Yeah, okay. Well you go ahead. Sorry. Yeah That's okay. Now we have a piece of advice now. Do you I should have read the notes my bad Okay No, so look at it again We appeal to anybody who has any relevant information in relation to any of these three car thefts to make contact with us in letter candy Um, look if anybody observed any activity suspicious activity in any of the areas named between these dates We want to hear from them and of course if anybody comes across either of the two outstanding stolen cars We would ask them to contact us immediately. I'll just give the red number of those two again Um, so the first one is a silver Toyota Aqua registration number 152d 32563 And the second one is a red Toyota vits registration number 060 121 790 those are the two that haven't been located yet yet And the vehicles might not have those number plates on at the moment could be sitting in a car park somewhere or whatever as well so again, you know, we're we're Pretty intuitive here in the northwest so if people come across them They'll know even if the number plates change that the cars that we're talking of right So, I mean, obviously the guard you've compiled some stats on this grind. Yeah Yeah, no, I think we give out this information This isn't this isn't a thing that has just started to happen this week So this has been going on over the number of months We have noticed a rise in these types of cars imported cars so statistics from The Garda shea conna showed a growth growth and car theft Offenses this is driven by the theft of second hand imported cars from outside Europe Um, it's due really as opposed to the lack of security features in the most commonly stolen imported vehicles So many second hand car imports do not have a fully fitted car alarm system And they don't have a fitted a mobilizer. This makes them vulnerable to hot wiring So if the model has a keyless ignition, it is possible It's been proven that it's possible to pick up a signal from the key fob Even if the key fobs in the house, it's possible to pick up the signal from outside You know if the key's in the house from where the car's parked So just a short bit of advice so buyers should check the security features of their vehicles and make decisions relating to Augmenting the security of their vehicle So for cars without an immobilizer an additional steering wheel lock or chain could be considered Yeah, yeah, so we'll put we'll put these details up on the facebook page after a while Sure, and you know when you're insuring your car, they'll ask you what security systems you have in place and all that kind of stuff So good to know that information because you don't want anything that would invalidate your insurance anyway And i'm not talking about these cases, but just um in in terms of other people and future claims right Okay, we are heading into the june bank holiday weekend. It's a long holiday weekend It's going to be busy because the weather is is good and i think the summer truly truly kicks off now So lots of us are going to be sharing the same space is being done lander at sea for that matter What's the garden message granja? Yeah, our usual look our usual road safety. We'll start with that Usual road safety message. So bank holidays they do they bring increased volume onto the roads traffic volume And this brings an increased risk of collision. So we're asking everybody look the usual road safety appeal Please use roads responsibly. We all it's a shared space. We all have to share it's cyclists pedestrians and motorists. So Drivers firstly they're asked to slow down where their seatbelt don't drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs Don't use hold your mobile phone while driving and I was actually doing I was watching a clip yesterday about I won't go on too long with this But I was watching a clip yesterday. It was it was very enlightening. It was about a lorry driver over in the UK who had It just glanced at the phone or whatever and he plowed into a load of cars And there was an interview then with the driver from prison and how remorsefully was for that seconds You know the lapse of concentration and he actually killed three people as a result but It showed the footage from the crash and it was absolutely just terrifying And you know, I think the amount of people that do use their mobile phones They left at the here ping they look at their phone That ping the text whatever it is alert. It can wait. It's not worth risking your life or other people's lives And I think too the way that is phrased as well, you know Going back it's not that long ago, but it seems like a lifetime ago where the phone was for taking calls or answering a text But now it can be people on Spotify or it could be people taking a snap or whatever it might be If it's in your hand, it might as well be a phone call. It is an offense Yeah, it is and of course I'm on your text and your your eyes are totally off the road, you know you And all of us I'm guilty of this too our phones attached to our hand 24 7 and you'd find yourself there Looking at the phone scrolling needlessly for no reason just pure habit Yep, it's a habit and people do you look that you know if they hear a ping just please do think twice that the ping is not urgent You know, it's not a maybe an alert to tell you your shopping orders are on the way on the way or your dinner's ready at home or something That's not worth killing yourself or others over some please put the phone away Put it in silent and the glove compartment till your journey is complete now also to Pedestrians and there's been a number of tragic cases recently in cyclists as well I can't for a number of our deaths on our roads as well So we have to be aware as motorists of them and they have to be aware of us as well Of course pedestrians and cyclists like they have to ensure that they're highly visible at all times You know that the onus isn't always on the driver of the car I mean they have a there's a responsibility in pedestrians and cyclists to make sure your lights are working Make sure that you have adequate high vis gear on you when you're out on the country roads and that you're alert Also drivers have to be alert, but also pedestrian cyclists remain alert at all times and to make sure as well Make sure as well too that you might be heading out in broad daylight, but you could be returning in dusk as well Exactly, and it's not look even you're going out in broad daylight where the hay vis vest You know, it doesn't hurt to wear it and it does make you highly visible It's a great benefit to drivers there if you're in the hay vis vest on the road, right? So guardie you'll be out and about I'm sure we will yeah hay visibility check points as with every bank holiday weekend They'll be out conducting speed checks and You know drink drink related and drug testing check points also So so guards will be out. They will see the guards out in the roads But look at whether the guard you see a guard out in the road or not The onus is on you as a driver. Please just act in a responsible manner and You know have a high regard for your safety and the safety of everybody else and just seat belts as well I want to say that you're responsible as well for everybody in the car If you have children passengers in the car refuse to leave don't leave until you're sure They all have their seat belts on and on another separate note all together at the weekends coming up Pubs nightlife will be busy. You know, we would ask people Please do not accept a lift from anybody if you know they have drink taken or drugs or whatever that case is Someone at home. They want they don't care. They're woken up at three or four in the morning Well, they will care they'll care for a second or two Exactly much rather than to get a call must say something, you know a tragedy's happened yet Because we make those decisions in the in the in the blink of an eye and I think particularly We might be less inclined as we get older, but you know, if you're 18 19 20 or 17 even and You know, you don't want to get into trouble Yeah, you might make a wrong decision, you know, you were done. I know myself back. Sure That's why I was a teenager all together and I remembered well, but I uh The you know, you'd be you probably would you be terrified to ring home? I think I'm going to get a tour now for ring home But then when you become a parent you realize, you know, I wouldn't care if it was 4 a.m It was five At this stage, it's probably more likely parents are listening than the young ones because they're at schools So say to them look never leave yourself stuck. I'd always prefer the call from you than from from growing You're one of her colleagues or that knock at the door, which does happen. It's kind of like We say it almost as if it's just um But it happens and it happens all the time and it's just the call you don't want to get And we're going to talk about water safety as well. Uh, you're going to have a quick word on that and you're going to mention aren't you? Um Don't block peers Please don't block peers or access to peers or where the the emergency boats come from Because people just abandon their cars and the trailers absolutely everywhere and you know every second counts when Um when the emergency teams are trying to get in on to the water And I know the coast guard will regularly especially now this time of year onwards You will see warnings on our page and on the coast guard page begging people not to not to block Peer you know the emergency the coast guard need access at all times. It's it's imperative that they've access at all times So please park responsibly Responsibly if anybody is visiting a beach or any beauty spots over the next few weeks You know the usual advice don't leave valuables in your car leave cash at home large amounts of cash jewelry Um, make sure your car is locked before you leave it Um, and just in relation to water safety probably not our area But I just wanted to mention cause the weather so good and the beaches likely beaches are all likely to be packed This weekend if that weather holds up So we just want to ask people to be mindful of water safety when they're visiting the beaches Um, never swim alone swim parallel to the shore. Don't use inflatables at the beach Don't let children use inflatables out on the the water the sea water Uh, check the tide times check the weather speak to the locals if you're not familiar with that particular spot You know speak to the locals before you enter the water and always as always if you see someone in trouble In or near the water called nine nine nine or one one two ask for the coast guard So, um, everybody just be aware of your environment any warning signs and be well aware also of your own abilities around water Don't be getting overconfident and wind direction to the one direction Is offshore breeze even if you're on a paddle board or standing up on one of those things and I've seen it myself in no time at all You're you're out to sea It's very dangerous, but just water safety dot ie that's the website Water safety dot ie for great tips for anybody going near beaches also one more thing the life boys feels familiar It was almost like yesterday. I know When your brother was in And one more thing Mine will be short now mine will be really short. That's what he said. Yeah. No, no Mine will be shorter in the afternoon. I hope you brought a packed lunch No, um, the life boys just another important one. We would ask people this was an issue I think was the safety rings. Is it the safety rings yet that are hanging you see them around the coast and water areas They're just if anybody notices any of those stands empty You know if the the ring boys missing just even alert us and we can alert the relevant authorities because life saving devices You know, it's important that they're they're they're where they're meant to be So just everybody luck. Hope everybody whether they're on land or water this weekend We ask them all to be safe keep safety as a top priority and have a good time. Enjoy yourselves Yeah, don't be fearful. Be careful. Yep. Yeah beaches dot ie is also another good website where you can find out Information about beaches and where there's a lifeguard or not and all that type of stuff All right, grania. God of grania. Doherty. 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Is this to sort of counter maybe You know anti-refugee Sentiment or has it been there all the time? Um, so it is a quite a recent grouping. Um, and it's not it's I suppose what we're trying to do more than Counter the any and anti-refugee feeling is to try and unite everybody in the community. Um until everybody's just say That everybody is welcome into the town. Everybody's welcome into the area And the best way that we can fight for everything that we need Um as a community is together. That's that's really it And and what is the atmosphere? Uh amongst the general population then because sometimes it's hard to get a sense from it because you might have uh someone like yourself who has one of A view and is not afraid to express it And then you might have another individual group with their views and not afraid to express it and they're not extreme But you know, then there's an awful lot of people in the general population that we don't hear of so what is your Spider sense is telling you in relation to the general feeling around in a show on about new arrivals into the area Well, look anybody that I that I've been speaking to Generally and I mean we were we've been engaged in locally there with businesses with community groups with All of our local reps and things like that Anybody that we have been speaking to is generally very welcoming Wonkrana is well known for being a welcoming place. Um, and so it doesn't surprise me that everybody is very welcome What I am also hearing though is that some people have been Reading some misinformation shall we say online? Um, and then that is causing concern uh a bit of fear And then you know, naturally enough people do get concerned when they hear certain things being portrayed in a certain way Um So what we're trying to do there is just to say look come and meet the people that have actually You know the the people who have come to our town seeking safety come and meet them in person Um, and you'll see there's nothing to be fearful of and there's you know, there's nothing to be worried about whatsoever There's a lot of families there at the moment small children I spent last Thursday morning in the Enduro cultural cafe in the exchange there Basically with a three-month-old baby In my arms and I I didn't want to let her go. But yeah, no like that's the kind of Thing that I think we need to be and we will be hoping to run some more events like that Maybe at a maybe at a slightly later time in the evenings because look that Thursdays 11 to 1 may not suit everybody But I would definitely encourage everybody who can come down and meet the new people You know, yeah, but we can't ignore the fact either that there have been a couple of series Incidences there's been one successful arson attack on a property earmarked for Accommodation and also there was an attempt to launch a Firework into an open window according to the owner of the premises of a current Occupied accommodation occupied by families as well So I'm interested in The people that I hear now that have arrived recently. Are they aware of that? What do they Believe it to be a minority today fear for their safety going forward. What are they Sensing I'm telling you well, um, I just from the attendance even the week after the The firework was attempted to be and I mean that those two things happen within a couple of days And those are very very serious things Um, I mean if that lit firework had gone into that room That was a woman and children, you know in that room and I dread to think but and and that's what we're trying to prevent is so that some You know, somebody doesn't go out there based on the misinformation that they're hearing online I do something similar. Um, and where somebody has the potential to get really seriously hurt or worse um, but yeah in terms of the What we're doing there, um, I I did notice that there was less people from That it would be accommodated in the center that had attended the intercultural cafe the week that week Um, now they seem to be coming back a little bit more, but just from talking to a few of them now Nobody could know every single person in the building, but from the people that I've been speaking to Generally, they find bunkrana as I'm not surprised to be very welcoming But they are concerned about, you know, some of the things that they're seeing online um, and they've set up a facebook page of their own and Sometimes they're getting messages in there and yeah, that's not great Yeah, and and it's unfortunate and this is what I kind of want to get to the real sort of sense that there there is there Because things can't be sugar coated either. There are people with genuine concerns uh, then there are those who In the vacuum of no information they will fill it with stuff that makes people fearful And as best as I can and it's not just in bunkrana and in fact, it's it's less so in bunkrana than elsewhere I would be in contact with local guardi because if people have concerns. I want to give them that platform and And represent them as well. Okay In terms of instances of people being approached or crime or anything like that there and there's no statistics for me That letter Kenya or bunkrana or Donegal town for that matter that indicates any spikes in that regard But yet you hear reports of various things happening And and I appreciate what you're trying to do But it's that vacuum of misinformation that lack of information Uh, as you say history has told us because we've had Uh international protection people coming in for years. There's been more in the last year than previously But for years, we've had people from Eastern Europe come into this country for years um And and then the settle and the integrate. Okay, that's what history tells us I just don't understand why this isn't being Related or or messaged a little bit better and it comes down to Individuals in a community having to come together to do this work Exactly And I mean this is the fault and this is exactly what we're saying The communities are being pretty much left in the dark and that is the that is the government You know, that's government policy. Our community is in particular is under resourced We have um, obviously we have people who Need full redress for their homes for the mica or pyrite, whatever the case may be issue that's going on but You know, we need more doctors. We need more services. We need a decent jobs coming to this area Those services for the the people who are coming into the area Those also need to be provided and and there does need to be engagement with the community groups with All the local reps to let everybody know and This is what the problem is you say if people are having a vacuum that vacuum is going to get filled by something and unfortunately There are people who are in this country who are deciding to Do um And unfortunately some people in the community have been taken in by it. I hope not too many but And I don't want to be disrespectful, but everyone needs to you know We've been told for the last not many years to wake up Everyone needs to open their eyes and form their own Decisions and and if there's a playbook going there, I mean the novel Why why is the same thing happening everywhere in the exact same way or Whatever and and some people are saying stuff. That's that's Perfectly correct and but people need to think for themselves genuinely they really need to do and and I've got my concerns and then there's other areas where people Have concerns that I don't have concerns, but I formulate my own opinion rather than By getting just chewing up government rhetoric Or individuals rhetoric. It doesn't matter. It's not a particularly just get different sources of information and formulate your own opinions and then you're truly Freer than you are if you just follow what someone says as if it is absolute Gospel who is As a government, you know what I mean? I'm not here to back for the government and what they're doing at all That's not what I'm here to do. What I'm hoping is that People aren't manipulated by the people who are delivering this content and stirring up hate and stirring up all that kind of Stuff and fear what I'm trying to do is make sure that that more people do in fact check things out Yeah, but the government also do have to recognize people's genuine concern and there is a genuine concern here Now the question was not very nuanced But there was a survey carried out and three quarters of irish people believe We are taking into many many refugees now The question wasn't asked where where they were from where they're being housed Is it because of services or is it because they're look different or whatever? It wasn't a very nuanced survey But the reality is is that the majority of the population have some concerns those concerns are genuine They're not born of racism or what have you and they need to be addressed and Mentioned as well and recognized and it's not for you or for me to sort that out That's up to the government to sort out And and they need to take that on board because that also is very useful information for people who have certain views And and want to use it or in a good way or a bad way. So who is bon crana for all by the way? It's a it's a diverse group Yeah, there's quite a good there's quite a few of us But it's just literally a bunch of concerned local people And we actually have some people now who joined us for who Who are actually living in the center? So we're including everybody because what we need to do is we all together need to challenge government And the best way to do it is as I said together Look, what we need to do is make sure that we are welcoming as many people as we possibly can making sure that the anger is not Misdirected the anger that people and the genuine anger and frustration that the lack of services and everything like that That should be directed at the government They're the only people the people who are coming into this country who have been lumped in and thrown in anywhere everywhere and Like that, you know, they have no choice in where they're going. So it's not their fault There is it is not their fault whatsoever It's the government's fault if there's no housing if there's no jobs if there's no services If there's no training that is where we need to be directing the anger 100 if there is anger to direct or concerns That's where it needs to go all of us in this county and wherever we are But all of us in this county and a lot of the stuff we talk about on this program is Stuff that affects us in our everyday life. It's it's our income. It's what we can spend it on its access to the local hospital It's access to the gp It supports for our children a lot of these problems have been ever present But i'll tell you one thing We will not resolve anything or make any improvements if we fight against each other if we protest against each other If we hate on each other We really need to park that because the only people that are getting hurt Is us and the only people that are getting away with it other people that make decisions And it is crazy that we need to we can have different points of view But we need to stop hating on each other. I don't I sound like I'm being all righteous and all that but it's it's so true. We're getting absolutely nowhere Because we're all the same It's the oldest trick in the book book the white and conquer and who wins out of that the government Right, so if there are people who are showing up to protests or anti-refugee protests or Anti-accommodation protests what we would do is invite everybody To everybody protests together not at these centers not at the people who are fleeing for their lives most of them That's misdirected completely the government is getting away with it And if if you continue to go down that route, you're allowing them to get away with it They're really, you know, that's the community's fighting among one another. This is how the government does get away with it So we need to stop the divide and kind of letting them divide and conquer us, you know Yeah, it's not just the government. I mean the lots of decisions are made that aren't made by government either Okay I presume we have a social media space So just search bunkrana for all Bunkrana for all we're on Instagram we are on twitter. We are on facebook. They're all very new. They were just set up and done this morning But yeah, if you look for bunkrana for all on facebook for no closed groups So that's just a page. Yeah Listen, everybody's welcome. Everybody That's the thing. It's not about a closed Talking shop at all. We invite everybody to come and join us everybody from the community And most importantly get everybody in to welcome and fight, you know, together for what we need as a community We are Very under resourced. We are historically being under resourced and the only way that that's going to change is together. That's it Okay, uh schnade steward. 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Hi monica Hi, gregg. How are you? I'm good. Good to have you with us. Okay. Talk to us about this health and well-being event So, um, I suppose this is an event we've been running now for quite a few years although Our last event was 2019 Where and due to covet, of course, we haven't run it since so we're back now and we're delighted to be back and this event really is I suppose just to Highlight the importance of health and well-being in a very holistic way as well for people in the community Be it being part of a community group being part of your community being involved in different activities or whatever And also showcase all the different services that are available there that support health and well-being in the community All right. So that's really what we're about. There's three health checks. There's a blood pressure check blood sugars be a mine I think you catch people too that uh, maybe aren't going to the people who haven't been and you know, uh, some some people have had The blood pressure or or blood sugar. So particularly blood pressure checked at events like this and it's changed their lives because Obviously, we know often if you have high blood pressure, it's symptomless And even really healthy people sometimes can find themselves finding out for the first time It's really manageable a lot of stuff that you'll identify If in the rare event that you might is really manageable. So knowledge is power in this area Sample alternative therapies health food tasting community activities information. There's lots going on There's a lot going on yet and I suppose back to come back to the bmi checks and blood pressure checks They are so important and we tend to Leave things maybe sitting in the long finger for a while You know, even if we aren't feeling well, but as you rightly said to a lot of people don't have symptoms and we have in the past identified people who've maybe had dangerously high blood pressure or Very seriously high sugar levels as well And they were able to take you know action then and I suppose one of the things I would like to highlight Is that we will have clinical teams from the community The chronic disease management hub Who will be there? Cardio respiratory and diabetes care and you know And we also have our breast care nurse And diatetics as well and I suppose In the normal run of events if you needed to see any of those people you would need to go to your gp and Be referred Now obviously, they're not going to be doing the consultations on the night But just having them there being able to go up and ask the question or have a talk with them Will be so beneficial to so many people. So we would encourage as many people as possible to come along and You know to come there and avail of all the services that are there on the night great It's a free event. It's open to the public all welcome It's in the fin valley centre strunaller thursday the 8th of june between 7 p.m. And 9 p.m There's a raffle with great prizes as well 60 stands In the past over 500 people have attended. It's going to be a great evening monica. Thanks so much for joining us Is there something you want to say? Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, can I just say to on the night We'll be parking at the fin valley centre have very graciously allowed us to park on the lower football field at the fin valley centre So that will alleviate some of the parking issues because it is a very busy spot there and What's the detours around balba say at the moment? You know that's a great help to us and also just before I go I would like to say that we the event will be launched on the night What's the fun valley man's choir who will be Seeing a couple of change for at the start of the night too. So, um, it will be a real celebration of of community And people getting together again And we'd like to have everyone and there will be free tea and coffee for everyone as well I like the f word you keep using it. I love it free free free Monica, thanks so much. And there's over 60 stands. So there'll be something for everyone All right, we'll give people a reminder closer to time monica because it's a lovely event And I think it's good for people to get along to it. Thank you And thank you so much for having me no problem monica ramsey their member of the fin valley health forum I'll wait 60 25 000 whatsapps and texts to that number or give us a call and 07491 25 000 Greg 1086 60 25 000 Okay, it is 11 o'clock That means it's time for a news update and it's over to mikaela clark Thanks, Greg. Good morning the site of yesterday's explosion in west anigol has been declared safe by the army bomb disposal team Team that attended the scene last evening Guardi say they continue to investigate all the circumstances surrounding the explosion in brenlock near bomb bag In which steven montgomery who was in his 40s lost his life a postmortem examination is expected to take place later today Investigations are continuing as a man remains in a serious condition following a crash in galdana in the galdana area of monoconningham shortly before quarter past five yesterday evening The motorcyclist who is in his 30s was taken by ambulance to letter candy university hospital While the driver and passenger of the car were also taken to hospital for medical assessment The company taking a legal action on behalf of de facto block homeowners has confirmed it is still taking people onto the case But it will be closing soon as the weekend the micro action group urged people to consider joining the action Which is being brought through the courts by colman legal Guardi have described an assault on a boy walking home from school in milford as worrying on wednesday last The boy was assaulted by two males unknown to him shortly before four o'clock He was taken to letter candy university hospital for treatment to injury sustained Meanwhile, there's been a noted increase in car thefts according to guardi between wednesday and saturday of last week Three vehicles were stolen in letter candy one of the cars was later found on fire while the other two have yet to be located Over 6,000 ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers are currently living in dunigal There 136 providers of accommodation for those seeking refuge in the county And dunigal county council has issued an extended orange fire danger notice for all areas where hazardous fuels such as gorge heather Dried gases and other dried grasses and other vegetation exist. The notice is in effect until Tuesday Those are the latest headlines. We'll be back with an update again at 12 noon. Thanks. McKellie. Do you like barbecues? Yeah, do you cook? Did you really? What did you have? Uh, what did I have? Yeah What did I have on the barbecue? I don't know Like sausages burgers. Yes, I had sausages a burger and uh That kind of stuff. Oh chicken chicken on a barbecue. Was it done in the oven first? No Do you have a thermometer? Yeah, it's I was told it was used. Where can you get one of those because I really Anywhere no today, obviously I'm sure like just a shop right, okay, and you prod the meat and then it's obviously the internal temperature I need that and also the coleslaw coleslaw potato salad No, right, okay pasta salad That sounds delicious. Yeah, do you know how to make that? That was sharp part as well I could make it if I had to could you right? Well, we have a chef on that Hopefully you'll tell us how to make stuff without having to buy it all the time, right? Michaela, uh, you'll probably be eating out for the next 10 days because it's going to be beautiful by the arm Michaela. Thanks very much indeed Michaela, uh, and the news team back with you at 12 So as I say, we are going to be talking about outdoor cooking if you've any, uh, questions I'll wait 60 60 25,000. That's the whatsapp and text number or give us a call in all seven four nine one 25,000 That and so much more besides coming up after the break She cuts in for the wing. Oh, that's superb She scored a world-class win Sarah Oh cabry buns or dairy milk. Oh gosh, sorry. Uh, hmm Don't dream about a world-class win Enter to win one meet a world-class footballer and win an epic holiday worth 8k only with cabry T's and C's apply visit worldclass.cabriefc.com Is the appearance of your staff important to your business? 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Thank you so much for calling up again Thank you, greg. Not a favorite job in this role of yours. Is it coming up to see me? No, not really, but anyway, we'll get over it. We'll get over it, greg. Okay. That's lovely. Thanks for having us No, it's our pleasure and uh, we have a fresh face in phil ruddy Good morning phil. Good morning. It's great to have you in with us and thanks so much as well It's not easy coming on the radio if it's not something You're not used to but phil you're doing a really important job today because you are helping us launch Um, uh, you're helping us, uh, it's jive for june, isn't it? Is that what we're doing? It is Who said you were nervous? I can't even get my words out No, you're helping us launch jive for june and we'll talk about the importance of that But I also want to talk if you don't mind uh, phil and as much as you're comfortable with, okay Uh, the um, what donegal hospice means to you and it's they were there for you weren't they in the Really incredibly difficult time of your life Yes, it it was a very difficult time and uh, you know, uh, Ronan passed away on the 18th of January in the hospice and uh, he'd He suffered from or his ailment was allomidosis of the liver. It was something It's quite a common, uh, ailment in donegal but rare old elsewhere, but it's uh, one disease that or ailment that is known in donegal above all other counties in In the country now ronan was incredibly popular and Very popular down in max mace on the high road in letter kenny as well. He was a big sports fan and avid Finn hops fan. He was involved volunteering down there as well Ronan touched so many people In his life, but of course not least his own dad too. Um, he was an amazing young man. Wasn't he he was he was amazing young man He he lived life to the full max mace he worked in max mace for 26 years and Uh he We always said that max mace was his second family mac and tear family was his second family and finne harps uh, that was his passion he he went there as assured and uh He was he was he was really one of The biggest fans he was there for the good times in the bad too. He was there for the good times And I always said that if the lights ever went out on finne harps He would be the the last person out But finne harps were absolutely fabulous to ronan in your grief, which you're still in at the moment and working through Phil, I hope you got Comfort from the outpouring of love and affection towards ronan. I'm sure you were aware of it But I hope it's brought you and the rest of the family comfort in this difficult time for us Yeah, we we were aware to a certain degree. Well, we didn't appreciate what He meant to the community he was absolutely part and parcel of the belibio fae and snorough community and he was Again, he was part and parcel of the letter kenny community because of the These involvement in max mace and he got to know a wide The wider community the people coming into max mace and they all appeared to Noel ronan and he was he was there as I said for 26 years and Again, we didn't appreciate how much the whole community thought of him Yeah, indeed And as I say, maybe not just immediately but certainly in the time to come. I hope that Helps you through this As did the donagall hospice Phil Do you want to talk to me as a gain only as much as you're comfortable about the role the donagall hospice played in In ronan's passing and for you as a family? Yes The donagall hospice Was to us was a lifesaver because ronan had This ailment and was in and out of hospital and suffered Grave pain for quite a long period and particularly from christmas on and when There was really no diagnosis made made until actually he had Been admitted to the hospice So he entered the hospice with no really no diagnosis. It was only he came into the hospice for pain management That was really but leading up to the To the hospice it was the doctor ronan's doctor who got in touch with the hospice and then When the hospice came on board We had respite care at home for ronan for about a week, but we saw that that Really wasn't going to work and then he was admitted to to the hospice but Really what we were facing into was care at home and It was going to be a non-runner because we were two elderly parents and We just really we wouldn't be able to cope. Yeah, and it would have been full-time care We'd have carers in we had actually we had a hospital bed Installed we had to clear out a bedroom with a hospital bed installed a house Wheelchairs commode and all this You know it was going to be overwhelming altogether and then whenever we came Into the hospice the care You know the welcome to us and ronan was so at peace you know Which in turn is is is for his parents at a very difficult time because you want to do your best and you're trying to cope with everything this allowed you the space to Perhaps deal emotionally with what you had to deal with and to work your way through other things Rather than having to try and deal with the care at home, which would have been very very difficult Absolutely, we wouldn't we wouldn't have been able to cope And the staff it's not just the services Is it filled in terms of you the practical stuff? But it's the staff and how they treat you to and how they treat Ronan and and others that are in their care Absolutely, Greg The care that Ronan received was exceptional exceptional the loved the received And the way he was looked after there was one night there was a heavy snowfall to know And one of the nurses the following morning went outside and made a snowman for him to know Just a little things just a little thing And then the care that we received as a family We were there in a in a unit. It just wasn't A hospital bed. It was a It was a whole unit. There was a A bedroom then there was a another room After the bedroom, you know So there's a sense of normality there as well to some extent You know those one day that my wife Pauline was Sitting on the couch Yeah relaxed and a member of staff came in and said No, you're not relaxed there Here's how you relaxed and she got two pillows for her She put one under her head and under under her her feet Put a blanket over Put a plate of biscuits beside her Now you can relax How lovely it was. It's beautiful. It really is beautiful and it's amazing Um Phil that you can speak about this part of your life, which I imagine is probably the toughest part of your life But there's elements of it that you can recall With a smile on your face or the treatment of your wife and obviously the treatment of ronan It's it's it's it's it that's what the donagall hospice is isn't it? It's it's that you can seize happiness in in such a dire situation Yeah, like my impression of the hospice was it was A place where cancer patients Termally terminally in the chance to pay spent the last day of their lives. No, that's not it's Now from my experience. That's not it. Yeah, it's it's it's a it's a whole Loving caring place and You know, it's it's it's fantastic for the people of donagall to have this facility It is it's just a wonderful facility and I suppose we can say as a family we have been privileged to have experienced the hospice How long how long was ronan in the donagall hospice phil ron was probably he was about a week and a half So it was a short spell but so important to in his in his end of life And if we have one regret it is that he wasn't There for longer. Yeah, and I've experienced the understood but for that Time in his life. It was good for you. It was good for pauling. How are you and pauling colton navville? Are you so okay? We're okay. We're okay We're back. We're back doing some of the things. Yeah, but there is An empty chair. There's an empty space. I have lost a great friend But do you feel him with you? He's always around. Absolutely. Yeah, he's he's guiding you today. Yeah Phil there's no doubt about that and can I say I don't know what I'm so proud of you For speaking like this and so I'm sure ronan is looking down on you incredibly proud of you as is Your wife as well speaking so well in his glowing terms in such a difficult time I'll let you grab your breath phil. You've done an amazing job Um And I'm so full of admiration for you phil and and isabel As I say, it's it's it's the it's the long all hospice story. It's it's When people are going through what what the likes of phil and pauling have gone through At the most difficult time, but it just makes that I don't know how to phrase it just makes it a bit easier. Yeah, we can look back with you can look back at that last week With happy memories In that awful situation We actually had great fun and great crack was ronan, didn't we phil? Yeah, um because um It was just full of fun. It was full of fun and he was very happy to be with us in the hospice Like he was he was happy coming into the hospice and he was happy to be there and you know one memory that I have of him as phil was going home And phil got to the the door of the apartment and ronan called him dad and the next thing he just blew my kiss, you know and said see you later and Ronan was very happy with us and we just we just adored him And um, it was our pleasure to look after use and ronan. Well, it's not hard to see where ronan got his Uh personality and smile from us. It's um, he didn't lick it off the ground. No, we did not say he didn't He didn't lick it off the grass anyway And we remain great friends with with phil and yeah and pauling. We really do and that continues the relationship continues And that's why that's why people feel um Like they want to help that's and that's what you're doing phil an amazing thing in helping What we're going to be talking about now because it's so real you're one of us You're the same as any one of us and you're speaking from the heart and and that really gets To people who don't the thing with the nongol hospices if you don't mind me saying and we'll move on to it too Is that and and my mom was in in there as well? So I understand what But I didn't have an experience of that beforehand So I was a little bit like you phil in that you imagine what something is Or what it does or what you know what I mean and then you see your loved one in that setting Especially when home care is not not not an option and then you realize oh, this is what this is And that is why so many people who've had an experience of it become fundraisers or advocates or promoters of it because it's only till you Are in that environment and the wonderful staff and everything and the way it's laid out and the way people are treated and the love and care Of the person and their feelings and the respect that's shown to them dependant on their belief system or not or whatever Everything is considered and understood. So it's only when you engage with it that you become an advocate for it And I think that's a great testimony to what you do there. Yeah But it's all a lot of it is done through through fundraising So tell us what's there at the moment and are there any plans at the future or or what? What what is that the what what are funds used for currently other than well, we will be building on We will be building on more apartments. Yeah, which we have six single rooms And two apartments and rolling wasn't one of the apartments And that just if the family can stay there at night and you know, it's just a room off off Ronan's room, but they're still able to see Ronan and then We're building on four more of them four more apartments. So Hopefully it'll be soon like with cove it just took a whole It knocked everything back and it's also knocked the price up an awful bit But anyway, we'll get over that and we'll get the sod turned and get get going with it. All right. Okay, so We are launching Jive for june It's kicking off from Tuesday the 6th of june and we'll tell you all about how You can get involved in this and how you can help raise funds and it is an important part of the fundraising process for the donagal hospice So we want this june just to be the best the best jive for june ever for What you do and for what you will do into the future. So it's simple enough. Do you want to explain it? Well, it's me and me and philip been doing all the whole Yeah, it's time for you to earn your crust come on is about okay Well the year before last I started the jive for june because we had no church get collections. No coffee mornings and No sunflower day. So then that year I ended up with 55,800. I think it was or was yeah, and then last year I decided to even though we were coming out of covid away But I thought right will go again And I think it tortured everybody. So I ended up with 121,000 amazing because I thought matching the first year but To double it and then some the second year was astonishing, wasn't it? Yeah, it was brilliant But everybody come on board. They weren't jiving greg. They were doing car washes. They were doing kids We're doing trampoline the the kids got involved in schools by jive and whatever they wanted to do Whatever they want to do some was doing a 5k like whatever they wanted to do they were doing it and and they were doing mountain climbs and all that so We ended up with one to one and and delighted. I don't know um The reason I'm not starting it on the first to june is because of relay for life because I don't want to infringe And they're fundraising. So that's why we're going for So what do we do then? How do we get involved? Well, you can you can Video your jive and send it to highland radio and they have a platform there that we will We will show a different jive every day and people then donate online Or indeed they can get the sponsorship cards for myself And then other people just go and do different fundraisers. We are available Yeah, we're available to go out on the day if the want is there Yep. Now I believe that We are going to be playing a jive song every day in highland radio. Okay, that's going to happen on david james's show But it doesn't mean you have to do it then no or whatever It's just to be in the mood and to jive for june whenever it suits you. So to sign up Or donate you call isabel on 087 2389 607 We're going to put these numbers up on all our socials and stuff or you call 91 25656 So you video your performances and send it to the donagall hospice at gmail.com We'll post it up on our facebook page Facebook.com forward slash donagall hospice We're going to be doing all of that to here on highland radio and that will all work its way out And we'll give people close to the time and email address or how they can get them into us because we're working together And we get them all up there and people can Get all this to donate get donation cards and we just need lots and lots of people to do a little That's all you don't you know, I mean if someone wants to raise 50 grand in the room fantastic But if a thousand people raise 50 euro, yeah, you're there as well Um, there's kids as well. Do we back sales? Yep along the side of the road and all that so like every penny counts Greg and it gets us to the the the high figure, but um I wasn't going to do it this year because of creasla and and everything else But then I thought no, I will I will yeah, so important to all of us. Yeah, yeah, exactly Right, so we not so this is kind of a soft launch really then so isn't it? We'll go full whack closer to the time then Full whack closer to the time we'll get And it'll be across all of our programs and people will be reminding but you can go on to uh The donagall hospice facebook page right now and get information. Yeah. All right. Okay. Are you good? You you you do jive. Yes, but do you uh, she's a wonderful Woman Yeah, my my wife, uh, that was one of my great attributes Was that how I could dance? So that was what attracted her to you in the first place? I think so. I think so We used to add a dance did she were you did she look across at you? You looked across at her you extended your hand Do you remember the song you danced to? No, no We we we we met at uh nurses dance and at the gallery. Oh, lovely Uh, I've said I've I've been polling remembers the song Tell us the story phil cloth. You're not getting out. Okay. No, no. I know I know the recollection What about her sister? What about her sister? Oh, yeah, well the first the first night then when I went back to uh, uh To measure called at the house and her sister came down the stairs and I looked at her and I thought Uh, yeah, that's the one I was out with But no polling kept out later. So I looked at the two of them and I didn't know which of them was which Well, anyway, you got there at the end and how long have you been married? Married uh, 50 51 years. Wow. So you just did the half century not so long ago. Congratulations, phil. Listen, um, You you I'm not going to repeat myself phil But everyone's really proud of what you've done. We've loads of messages coming in. They recognize that you're clearly a lovely person Um from a lovely family and are really, um Grateful that you shared your story to help us understand and isabel anything that you want to to finish with us I say here in highland as we get closer to that date We'll be telling people how they can get involved and it's just really to get people's thinking caps on now Isn't that it really? Yeah, it is Greg and look we want to thank highland radio They've been very good to us all down through the years and and we're very grateful for that and david james as well Really puts his heart and soul into this So it's it's no it's it's it's good. So we'll get it going this year again. See how we fare out and and uh I'm credit to you isabel because through your efforts as well 170 odd thousand euros been raised to help families like Like fills and others and it's into the future as well Thank you so very much indeed. Thank you isabel dowhard. He was chair of the donagall hospice and a special thanks to phil roddy father of ronan and again as Hope you know phil the love for ronan coming in here with a message in from max deli and others Who he touched in his life, which I think is a beautiful thing Thank you. Okay. 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Okay 28 minutes past 11. I love uh work Here and I genuinely love doing this job um And I enjoy interviewing everybody, but sometimes you get to do an interview that Is very very special and uh for me chatting to and listening to phil was incredibly special and I feel very Lucky to have been involved in that because he's clearly a lovely Lovely man and the father of another Lovely lovely man who is still very much missed and always will be But as I say just a real honor to um speak to phil and isabel of course, but particularly Phil I'll remember that for a very long time Um a message in here. We're sending the following message in support of your program today on the donagall hospice We'd like to thank the hospice staff for their loving care and support given to ronan Roddy and his family in his final days and facilitating our visits to him in the hospice Also to pauline and phil for being great parents to ronan and supporting him in all his endeavors We will miss ronan smiling face in the shop to pauline and phil god bless and take care from all at max deli Unan rachel and ronan mack entire and all the staff and another from annan raffo We really admire phil and his family. He's an exceptional man and our prayers are with him and we'll join with you In that as well. Okay, um, I didn't want to cut that conversation So we ran into an under break here. 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Good morning colin. Thank you so much for joining us Oh, he can't hear me yet. I'm gonna kick him out and bring him back in again Because it's just connecting to audio there. Okay I'll throw him out and bring him back in any questions on barbecuing I'm hopefully going to cover most of the most of the obvious ones but stay with us and we'll get to any That that you send in colin. Can you hear me? No, we aren't getting colin there. I don't know what's going on on whose side that is a problem Wherever lies the blame these services should have been in place before these good people were allowed to come here But sure look at if we'd have done that know whatever have come here Would they your contributor is saying that the refugees in donagola fleeing for their lives? 60% of refugees are not fleeing from war zones. They're economic tourists that face That's a fact So no wonder people are protesting the government getting 30 million per month from the EU tells you exactly what their policies are Well, it's it's not a fact. I mean there are some of course But to say the all are is just not a statement of fact And we'll get to more of those. I just want to try colin one more time colin. Can you hear me? Right. No, okay. I think I know what to do there and it's called reset. Absolutely everything Right. Okay. Um, I couldn't agree more with shanaid What she said about coming together to focus on the root of these issues Maybe not all but most of the current problems around housing cost of living mica The blame lies firmly at the feet of the government who are allowing refugees The people fleeing for their lives to be scapegoated and as a result It pays directly into the hands of the bigots and racists who seek to cause distress now Again, I just want to be really careful here. I understand We tend to use a motive language, but there are people with concerns that are neither bigots or racist I really agree with shanaid. Well, but we are a welcoming community also always have been people coming here Really need shelter and support I think we need to recognize that we have a huge problem with the manipulation of people's genuine concerns By organized far right. We know this from monitoring from the guardie and others We need to tackle this manipulation because it is causing division Doing an all fort of the foreigners We forget ourselves when we mistreat people seeking asylum time for people to stop falling Down the online rabbit hole of miss and disinformation check your sources A very few people are bringing Disrepute to our canty when they attack these centers and people Whereas arcade me the fault. It's important to remember that it's not illegal to seek asylum and look at We have to have our concerns and we have to make sure that we can Provide proper care for not only the the the population of all but the people coming in here as well And that's a conversation we need to have but we also have to remember It's only a couple of short generations ago during the famine as it's called That millions of us fled here because there was no food no money No employment. We had no houses and we fled and we traveled all around the world and at that time We didn't necessarily go there with money in our pockets We went there to to to work and to to make better lives for ourselves But it is only a short time ago in our history that we left here in our millions some never to return There was a huge depopulation of this country. It's just really not that long ago Now that doesn't necessarily mean, you know fling the gates open. I'm not suggesting that for a second But we do have to be don't we? Conscious of our our own history and all of this as well Greg the genuine concerns people have are to do with the government's mismanagement of the influx of refugees Bad actors in the community take advantage of these concerns by fanning the flames of fear with misinformation I for one welcome the positive input schnade and her group are bringing Government is messing up health care housing and refugees for us all. It's not necessarily the people coming in right we have Finally made connection with collin the executive head chef at harvey's point locus collin. Good morning to you Great. Hello. How are you? I'm good. I just know for a fact that you are better at producing Amazing food than you are at connecting to a zoom call I've got I've got a weakness from computers. You should be thankful. I could turn it on I come here. It's great to have you with us And it's not surprising is and thank you so very much collin for taking the time out of your busy morning It is barbecue season now. We've got a spell of really good weather And it's an opportunity for people to get out and enjoy the outdoors and we love to stick the barbecue on in this country Don't we? Absolutely. Absolutely. And at the moment the weather is just fantastic So that's a great opportunity to to avail of that facility and to get the outdoors and to enjoy it Yeah, we were chatting earlier on to mccaylor actually here just around about 11 o'clock And and one thing I need to get and I wonder from your perspective how important it is is a meat thermometer when you're cooking outside You know because we we don't necessarily have the guidance from the the oven or the air fryer Yeah, so the meat thermometer will be absolutely in my opinion. It will be essential It's something that we have we have seven kitchens here at harvies point. I know it's indoor But we've got meat to monitors everywhere because just to get your temperatures correct They're going to give you a very accurate read. So, you know exactly enough to food is safe So once you're cooking once you get over that 75 degrees, you know that you're good to go See with barbecues, I suppose the main issue is With barbecues people turn them on to get them up to a very high heat And then you can obviously you can overcook or you can burn the outside and the inside won't be cooked The whole secret with barbecuing is get your temperature and then just turn it out to a very low heat Barbecuing should actually be it's an indirect heat. So you're not looking for the food onto a direct heat It's more indirect where the heat is coming up from be it gas or your charcoal or your wood So basically you bring it up to temperature and then you'll just turn everything down really low And you'll just use that heat that's just cut transforming through and it's actually a very slow process of cooking So when you're outside you can sit down you can enjoy the sun have a glass of The wine whatever you want and just enjoy the time and just let the food cook nice and slowly And that then you're going to guarantee that you're going to get the food cooked true Especially if you're using a lot of people will bar with your chicken ribs And that they're actually quite slow processes to get those cooked So burning the outside is the thing that you have to watch out for so get your temperature nice and low bring your temperature initially Then get to just reduce it down nice and low and then just cook your food very very slowly And then use your top temperature probe just to make sure that you are above that 75 degrees Once you probe into the center of the food and then you know you're safe to go Yeah, and Colin that's a really interesting Bit of advice from you which I will take on board because maybe we're conditioned by the flame grill burger kind of adverts and stuff And we think it's sort of the the the fat bursting into flames and that's actually cooking the food But it's the plate the heat of the plate really that then we're looking to cook our foods with so we don't burn the outside Whilst leaving the inside undercooked Yeah, absolutely the the flames are for flames for show We see guys if you have flames usually what but all the flame is really doing this it will give you but it really is burning That's what anything you you put a fire over directly over anything it's going to burn You know and you're not looking for that. So really what you're looking to is get those down Yes, obviously when some of the fats from the meats, especially you have a high fat content possibly in your burgers Possibly in your sausages that's going to come down It's going to create that little small little flames going up. That's absolutely fine But the last thing you want is an actual fire burning That's only going to burn the food You're not looking for that. So you would burn your coals your wood whatever and then let that go out And then it's just that rigid residual heat that's underneath. That's what's going to actually cook the food Okay. Now, um, I find that meat sticks. What am I doing wrong? Yeah, well and obviously a little bit of oil So if the brush is a really good thing Just have a very hard bristle brush and just to brush the the bars on the barbecue just with some just ordinary Not really olive oil it'll burn But just an ordinary vegetable aisle would be ideal and just to brush it on and then also you could brush your meat before you put it on The reason to the certain meats stick to barbecues is a lot of people use a marinade So it would possibly have marinated ribs in a barbecue sauce. That's naturally going to stick So it's a little bit difficult to maybe to stop that but just to brush it lightly with oil Some people also would use some tin foil possibly if you were using fish I would always cook fish. I would say if we were doing a nice piece of salmon You would maybe put some cage and spice on then I would wrap it in tin foil a little bit of oil on the inside Actually fold it into a parcel You could also add in some veg into that and just sit that gently on the side of the barbecue or up in the top grill And just let it cook really really slowly and it's absolutely beautiful once you open the file off then it's beautiful And it's and it's it and it creates an event too, doesn't it? It creates an event Absolutely, or you could also wrap it in a little bit of parchment paper or grease proof paper Just before it goes into the file so you've got that double layer And the parchment paper won't stick so when it comes out It's not so just because it's barbecue doesn't mean that everything has to be seared and grilled and you know I mean you can also cook you can use your parchment paper wrap it in tin foil cook really really slowly Which is beautiful as well. It's absolutely for fish. It's a perfect way of doing it And how do you know that your fish is done, but you don't overdo it? Yeah, again, you're back to the same process So you can use your temperature probe You can just pierce the file go into the center of the fish or whatever it is and you're going to watch your probe And you're again, you're looking for that that magic number is 75 degrees or a little bit above That's the magic number and is that that it's killing any Anything that could be harmful is that It's basic is that isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. So we like we also got to be careful with our food and Greg in regards to If we have a barbecue, so it's a beautiful summer evening and we're bringing out food to the barbecue We've got to be very careful that that food comes directly from a fridge or a cold room You know that comes from your fridge in the house that is held at that Between one to four degrees or one to five degrees that is kept at that temperature That is not maybe left sitting out for an hour an hour and a half in the sun Right when the bacteria is going to start increasing We just got to be careful with that that we take it from the fridge out and directly onto the heat People will say you need to let the steak come to room temperature And what I will be saying, you know, I would say on a hot summer's day Just take it from the fridge put it onto the barbecue cook it immediately Keep everything covered because we always have flies and we've got the you know, they're being flying around outside So just to keep everything nicely covered Be it with a and a nice plastic container or whatever just to keep everything safe and nice and hygenic hygenic That's very very important and I presume to we have to be careful of the interaction between cooked meat And uncooked meat and even the utensils we're using for each one or other Absolutely, we're lucky here in the kitchen here, especially here at Harvest Point and all professional kitchens would have a color code practice So we would have different color boards for every product We would have different knives for every product in our own personal kitchens at home We're not lucky enough to have that and especially when you come out onto a small space on your Evening out in your patio area and you've only got a small table things can get Mixed together. That's very very important to keep and it's a very very good point Cross-contamination is highly dangerous Right, everything's nice and separate is really important. Yeah, and regularly wash your hands and stuff as well presumably Absolutely regularly wash your hands. Yeah, and disposable disposable paper is great Don't you maybe have one what we will call it a clutter just for using hot projects Other than that just have a roll of disposable paper that when you wash your hands or when you're picking up something That you can just have a bin beside you that you can just dispose of it Because we can also get cross-contamination from dirty tea towels dirty cloths And be very careful also with our utensils as well Don't be using keep one for your cooked produce that you're turning your food on your barbecue And then keep one for your raw produce. That's very very important now Obviously you talked about chilling out, you know, uh, don't rush things sit down Have a glass of wine seven up whatever it might be but also amateur chefs You know, we stand there and we throw the meat on it and almost instantaneously We're flipping it and then we're flipping it and then we're flipping it, right? So is there a correct technique? So you put your chop with your steak or your burger down how long Because you can't resist seeing what's happening underneath. How long do you leave it before you sort of start interfering with it? Yeah, you basically you're going to leave for two to three minutes on either side So we'll talk about for example a steak and you did we'll go back to just the issue again You said with sticking okay when you put a steak on initially it will stick Now if you leave that for three to four minutes It it'll stop because it's after caramelizing And it's after forming a crust and it'll actually it'll actually but nearly um Create a barrier itself. So it's easier to lift off It's only if you immediately within 30 seconds you go to flip and that's when it's stuck because that meat is still very raw And it's after sticking to the bars, but once it starts to caramelize It's easier to turn it or to flip it on the barbecue then So that also helps that also helps your sticking issue But you will be definitely looking at leaving it for two to three minutes Plus if you've got the nice bars on your barbecue if you're flipping constantly You don't get you can do a nice decorative So pattern so you can almost turn it at a 45 degree and back again the same angle and that will give you the Nice crisscross formation. So it will and so realistically if you're putting on a steak You don't need to be looking at possibly turning it twice. You're at the cooking process Yeah Burgers and stuff you'd want us chops is something I find difficult to judge Now I always end up being I don't have I'm going to get one of these probe thermometers But I always find with chops I overdo them because I find it more difficult sort of get a read as to when They're actually cooked, you know what I mean? So is there any tips there? Yeah, well the main the main tip what I would suggest again most barbecues now have a wonderful little rack Which sits again above Where we will cook this this is the probably the best piece of equipment on a barbecue Because what you do is once you're cooked or you think you're cooked you're going to sit it up then That's going to do two things. It's going to rest the meat While the meat is resting is still cooking because you're still at temperature there So it's still cooking slowly. So it is when the meat rests basically that what that's doing is that's letting the natural juices Back into the muscle again And it's just keeping the meat nice and tender if you take the meat off straight away It's like if basically if you'll put your hand on something hot you kind of shrivel up Yeah, but once it comes back once the cool look kind of hits again just kind of relax The meat relax and that's the most important thing. So for example, we'll go back to your chops So you'll cook them possibly Let's say four minutes Then turn then four minutes again. So we're looking at about 15 16 minutes there And then we put it up on top in that resting, but it's still cooking in that process The juices are going back in you'll probe then check that you're at your 75 degrees or a little bit above And then you know, but there's no hand to leave that chopped there for eight to 10 minutes just to rest nicely And you're going to have a much nicer product beautiful Okay, so that's that's the the red meat and the fish and the the chicken there as well What else can you throw on a barbecue like peppers can Anything like that. That's also nice to have a bit of everybody goes for the most sweet corn is very very popular Your corn is very very popular really really lovely Just to brush with a little bit of butter a little bit of oil again or put some spices onto it Obviously your peppers or your skewers a little trick with a skewer if you're using the wooden skewers The night before just get a little container of water and soak the skewer in water Before you skewer any of your your products and what that will do is it just means that the skewer won't burn sometimes I've done it the two ends are on fire Yeah, the two ends are actually so good in water the night before and again Keep your heat down and keep the flames down and then you won't have that issue with your skewer Or you can also wrap the ends just in a little bit of tin foil Yes, just a bit That's not if you covered keep your meat and your chicken or all nice very very tight on it And then just wrap the ends in a little bit of tin foil that will just stop the skewer burning And it'll keep them nice or obviously the metal skewer is a good trick as well But the metal skewer burns your fingers for the wooden Everything has an advantage and a disadvantage What should be is it is it do we go in and buy our pre-made? Cold slaw and potato salad or pasta salad or is it words? Oh, no, that takes all the foot. That's all the fun away. Give us a quick recipe then Very very simple. So let's well, let's look at cold slaw first You're just looking at some shredded cabbage shredded carrot And just some mayonnaise and some seasonings. That's it very very very simple A wonderful idea what I do with barbecues and I think it's one of the best things and I know my children Absolutely love them as I bake some potatoes. So if I've got a barbecue going on this evening You don't want to be you want to enjoy the barbecue as well yourself. So in the morning Wrap up six eight very very large potatoes Bake them off in the oven in your tin foil bake them off in the oven Then let them cool and then just slice them into nice big slices Just put some spices to put some herbs some Cajun spice whatever on those potatoes Again, just baste them in a little bit of oil before and sit them on the barbecue And you got the most wonderful product there. You've got a lovely lovely. It's like a big Take crisp. You know, absolutely right Colin. Absolutely lovely. Thank you so much for your time today Congratulations to you in your team as well by the way in the recent Recognition of Harvey's point through through trip advisor because of course what you do It's behind the scenes and awful lot of the time But it's all part of the experience a fair play to to you and your team there as well And congratulations to all at the hotel and we really appreciate your time this morning Much appreciate a great lovely. Have a lovely day. Take care. That's Colin Bradley there executive head chef at Harvey's point Locust so either a you are never going to have a barbecue b you were and now you've got some great advice to move forward with or see You've said stuff it will do that this evening because you know what the good thing about your local family butchers Is is that they often put on great deals, you know great Packages of different types of meat Now I don't want to discourage anyone from going into other shops But you know if you go into your big supermarket and you grab those burgers there and you grab that there and you get to the till And next thing, you know, you've spent 50 or 60 euro on meat But you go into your local butch butcher a lot of them have some great offers on batching Batching various meats for a barbecue for much much less than you might Expect and must let must much Less packaging as well. 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We have time for uh, some of your comments coming in so far this morning as we head towards, uh The end of the program Um, a caller says how low can you get when you attack ukranians refugees who do not want to be here and are victims of war Who are suffering grief ptsd uncertainty depression and some kids reporting suicide ideation? Please do blame poor government that you and sadly most irish people have elected on every general election for the accommodation health justice and abuse crises Insanity gone mad re-elected them with all the crises they constantly mismanage and create time for a change me thinks Long last thank god the world looked after irish refugees from the famine the civil war and the troubles and also um emigration Uh, greg is right. Ukranians are not here for the fun of it. They're here for the money. Say he's a listener there. Um again All i can do is be honest And i've said it before and and and and is just that if i was there with my family um in any of the cities that are regularly being targeted by missiles or drones Would i hang about i can only ask myself this question honestly Would i hang about or uh on the uh with the risk of a missile striking the property or whatever it might be Uh, or soldiers just coming up the the driveway with their guns out. Would i hang around? Or would i get out of there and uh the honest answer if i asked my question myself that honestly i would do anything to protect My children, which means i would Take what i can and leave. Maybe i'm a chicken. I don't know but that's what i would do and that's the only way i can Put myself in their position uh now of course That comment was directed directly towards that ukranians and that's why i gave that example then someone else might say Yes, but that's them. But what about these people and and uh, i i don't know necessarily enough of what's going on in that area But i can only certainly um say what i would do If i was in a place and i thought my uh family were under threat A massive thank you to the crew bitties of barnas who served up lovely food when we stopped off the air yesterday on a bus trip Yeah, indeed. So lovely we spot bitties haven't been there for years since the new guys took over uh and um We called in there and didn't have i think i had a sandwich and There was soup there. I don't know but anyway, it still was just a nice setting Hi, this is a text for the man who put three bags of his household rubbish into the community bin at the cathedral car park in letter Kenny This includes a glass bottle shame on you. There are glass recyclable bins everywhere in letter Kenny town. No need for it Hi, when i was putting my application, uh in this is for the redress Scheme uh to the county council through the appointed facilitator One of the question was do we agree to pay back any money you get over and above what the government allocated you? I worry this would include colman legal. Thank you. Well, um Gary isn't it it is no car I've just had a A memory outage there But anyway The wording he said is uh a little dave the wording he says is a little um can be a little confusing Could I just make the point that privately owned property landlords can do whatever they like with their properties? Government and county councils need to start building and stop endless Endless expensive hat payments, which ultimately is uh taxpayers money Okay, listen, that's where we have to leave it on the show today Thank you to all of you who listened to the show and took part and for those of you who watched it We're back with you tomorrow morning at nine. Thanks to the team caroline all who researched and produced assisted by neve We'll be back as I mentioned at nine stay tuned john brison's coming up around the northwest the northwest opera returned to a