 was about it. But there was a very similar for those who might be interested in this type of stuff. Apparently there's a very similar event. Just before the Britain's Queen was what I think what not anointed or pointed what you call it. And one just before so some people in England are making that connection. All right. Just very quickly, right? I remember as a young boy going to Glendale nice and school, right? This is like 30 plus years ago. And there was this papers probably have something on it, right? But over 30 years, probably 35, 40 years ago, right? But there's a big hole just developed in a piece of ground up in Glendale, right? Like a sinkhole? Yeah, I don't know what it was. Could it have been a meteorite? I don't know. But it was a massive big hole like just blown just landed normally that is water on going underneath the ground and eventually our cave or something eventually the ground gives way. Anyway, where was that? Glendale. Anyone know what happened in Glendale over 30 years ago? It's a long time ago. And not even don't even go there. You're all right. Take care, Lee. It is the 90 noon show minute past nine. Let's get a news update. Good morning, Michaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. There are calls from within Finafall to allow Bertie Herron back into the party. A meeting of the Parliamentary Party had contributions to allow the former Taoiseach to rejoin ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement next year, according to the Irish examiner, Senegal Senator Nioblieny has reported to have called on the party to act in a spurt of inclusivity in terms of Mr Herron's contribution to achieving peace. Mr Herron resigned from the party in 2012 following the Mahant Tribunal. Senegal County Council is being urged to review traffic management in Bancrana. An increase in traffic in the area said to have had a negative impact on congestion in the town. Cancerina Donahue is calling for a new traffic management plan to be pushed in place and for works to commence on establishing an inner relief road. She says infrastructure must be improved in tandem with the growth of Bancrana. We have the new three-campus school coming on. We have the new primary care center, which will be like a money hospital. And we have the digital hub. We already have two secondary schools in Bancrana and a third on the outskirts. And that's a very busy town. At peak times, it's absolutely jammed. And we definitely need to look at a plan for the traffic in the area to make the passing a lot quicker. Two children, who died in a car fire in West, made last week, will be laid to rest this morning. A criminal investigation is continuing into the suspicious deaths of two-year-old Mikey Denney and his five-year-old sister, Thelma. Their mother, Lynn Eger, remains in hospital with non-life threatening but serious injuries after being pulled from the burning vehicle by a passerby. Amidlands Northwest, MEP has expressed her disappointment that her proposal to have 2023 designated as a European year dedicated to mental health was unsuccessful. Maria Walsh had been optimistic the initiative would have been ratified in the European Parliament yesterday but instead it was announced that next year will be the year of education and training. The MEP says she was disappointed but welcomed the announcement that mental health is to be one of the European citizens' panels in the conference on the future of Europe. She says she's encouraged to see the plans put in place for mental health to be widely discussed. It's not what I was hoping I'd be on the radio today saying yesterday's delivered any year. For mental health but it's certainly one step closer to where we're going to get to. I will give credit to Ursula Van Wijn through our President's Commission. She listened to all the engagement we've had today and has dedicated a citizens' panel to mental health. A citizens' panel has taken over 200 voices. A large percentage that is dedicated to young people's voices. It's a real good measuring stepping stone into making sure we're moving together. Weather night today will be largely dry with a fair amount of Clyde and some sunny intervals, highest temperatures of 14 or 15 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. And now it's time for the talk of the North West, the 9 to noon show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. And it's just turned five minutes past nine on this Thursday the 15th of September 2022. How are you? I do hope you are all very well. You indeed mentioned to Lee Gooch last night. Just shortly after 10 o'clock I started getting messages about people that saw this really bright light flying across the sky. For those of you watching actually on social media and you can watch right now on our website highlandradio.com or on YouTube Highland Radio Ireland or across our Facebook pages. Here's some footage of it. It's like a missile or something. It's looped footage by the way. It's only about six seconds long, but this was intensely bright and it passed across the Donegal sky. And it was spotted then in other parts of this island and our neighbours too. People reported hearing a bang. Apparently that wasn't it taking, hitting the ground. That's apparently something to do with it and the sound barrier. But anyway, it was a significant event and hundreds of you seen it seemingly. And we'll be finding out exactly what went on with an expert in that area a little later on. That and so much more besides, we hope to have Minister Charlie McCuttleau on the programme a little later on a number of questions for him that I've committed to ask on behalf of people to try and get some answers on some certain things. So we'll see how we get on with that. That and so much more besides, so we really have a busy show for you. Get in touch with us. You know the numbers don't you? It's 07491-25000. Caroline and Donna Marie taking your calls or WhatsApp or text 08660-25000. And that's your text and WhatsApp. So I mentioned that, didn't you? Or feel free to comment on the socials if you're watching or listening to the programme that way. And also too, and one of the main reasons why I began trying to stream the programme was because we can provide subtitles with it. And I do know there are a number of people who are hard of hearing but they can enjoy the show and interact with the show because they're not fantastic because they're computer generated by the social media outlets. But captions are available for you if you switch them on on Facebook. And I do know there are a couple of people and one would be enough for me who can benefit by keeping up to date with everything that's happening visually because they can't audioly or through audio. All right, the Chicano Tribune this morning has Donegal homeowners with Micah infected blocks face into yet another winter. A leading campaigner has called for more urgent response from Donegal County Council and the Department of Housing. With no real sign of progress from remediation, Fina Falls Councillor Martin McDermott says the Department of Housing and Donegal County Council must get an urgent grip on the crisis ahead of 2023 with further delays, very possible well into next year. And he says there's a real fear that many houses already with damaged block work will deteriorate even further over the coming winter. Mr. Councillor McDermott says the backlog of applications in Lifford in urgent need of a resolution is quite frightening. And it seems to be that there is a stalemate and too many families are living in fear and their homes are falling down. On to the Donegal Democrat now and they have a feature on plans to open areas in Donegal for wind farms and some strong opposition to it. And some of that opposition was from Aiman Ryan because Aiman Ryan on this programme said that he believed that Donegal had reached its maximum potential in terms of onshore wind energy that they would look elsewhere to create power via wind. But that offshore would be a focus. But it seems, according to this story, that onshore wind energy in Donegal is back on the table. I think it was never off the table. And we're a soft target for this type of development up here, I believe. But anyway, proposals to scrap parts of the wind section of the Donegal development plan to allow for wind farm developments in sensitive areas around the county have generated shock and anger from the public and environmental groups here. Minister for State with responsibility for planning and local government, Longford Westmeath, Finnegeal TD Peter Burke, has put Donegal County Council on notice of his intention to revise their wind energy policy framework and to overturn a decision made by councillors only weeks ago. The ministry is proposing to scrap two sections of the wind farm policy. They are E-P-23 and AP-24, which in essence remove protections from the county development plan 2018 to 2020. Okay, well, we'll see how that plays out. On to the Donegal news now. We will not spend another winter here. Micah homeowners across the county are living in fear of the winter ahead as they question how they're going to heat their crumbling homes with energy costs soaring. As the cracks in their walls grow bigger, it's set to be a grueling few months ahead for those desperately trying to keep warm and keep the drafts out. Speaking to the Donegal news yesterday, letter Kenny homeowner Peter Patton said, as well as worrying about their home falling around them, they now have to worry about finding the extra money to keep it warm. And anyone with a drafty house. And I mean drafty by, you know, older house standards knows that as soon as you switch the heating on, the house cools down so quickly. So you can only imagine what it's like for, unless you are one of those affected, you can certainly imagine it because it's a lived nightmare. But you can only imagine how quickly a home with Micah cools down. If that is, of course, if you can get it heated up at all in the first place. Let's look at the dairy news this morning. Dairy City and Straban District Council should as a matter of urgency convene with the Dall and Westminster to establish a new North-South body for higher education in the Northwest. The call came from Dairy University Group, which is fighting for an independent third level higher education institution for Northwest Ireland, managed autonomously by the city region. The North-South body for higher education in the Northwest was one of the key proposals and a recent report by the Royal Irish Academy's Higher Education Task Force, which comprises 40 of the leading educationalists on the island. Also heard on the news there, not sure if it's in the papers. I didn't see it in any of the stories anyway, that Bertie Hearn there are calls and it seems that now Blaney is one of the chief cheerleaders for me. It's in the Irish Examiners. Do I have the Irish Examiners? I don't have the Irish Examiners. That Bertie Hearn should be welcomed back into the field of full party because in fairness, in terms of certainly the media have done for a bit in rehabilitating his reputation. And now some feel it's time for him to re-enter FinaFall. So if you are a FinaFall member, preferably, because of course, if you're not a FinaFall member, it might be easier to predict what your response might be. But if you are a supporter of FinaFall, do you think now is the time for Bertie Hearn for all he achieved outside of some of his negatives? Is it time for him to be back in FinaFall? Would the leadership want it though as well too? All right, the Irish Independent now. A thousand-year-old boost for families as tax and USC cuts are on the cards. This is more kite flying from the, I'm not saying the media wing of the government, but they get all the bits and bobs of information and it seems to be generally positive on the front pages of this particular paper every day. But anyway, the average worker could get tax cuts of up to 1,000 a year in the budget if the government introduces a series of measures outlined this week. Public Expenditure Minister Mihal McGraw or Michael McGraw told a FinaFall thinking about a potential 1.8 billion package that would bring sweeping reductions to income tax and USC along with increases in tax credits. If all the measures are announced on budget day, could mean a tax earner earning 45,000 euro could save as much as 959 euro a year, which is fantastic if you're on 45,000 a year, but the majority of people in this count you're on nowhere near that. So their savings would be much less, but they have averaged it to 45%. I presume that's in and around the average industrial wage, but at a presentation to a FinaFall thinking this week, Mr. McGraw outlined how much a range of specific tax cuts would cost should they be agreed by the three coalition leaders. Ministers are considering increasing standard income rate bands by 2.5 grand, a 2% increase to USC bands at 1,500 as well as a rise in personal tax credits of 100 euro for single people and 200 for married couples. The PAYE credit might also be increased by 100, but anyway, what they're saying is in a nutshell, if you're on 45 grand a year, you could be 1,000 a year better off. The Irish Times, a man named as a key member of the Kinehan Cartel and placed under sanction by US authorities earlier this year, was in a Spanish prison last night after being arrested on charges of laundering money for the crime gang. Now, John Morrissey, he's a very interesting character, very flamboyant. He kind of looks like one of the lead characters on the wire old TV show, if you might remember that program, but anyway, he is a very flamboyant character. He was involved in a bar and a vodka or something like that and had lavish parties in Spain and all that type of stuff. And he was one of those named by the US as a higher up in the Kinehan Cartel. He's arrested now, he's in cuffs, so his future, we'll see what that holds. John Morrissey was among seven criminals, including Cartel, Fanda, Christie, Kinehan, and his sons, Daniel and Christopher Jr. Daniel, I think, has fled Dubai now and is looking to hold up in Asia somewhere. But they were all targeted when the sanctions were imposed by the US Department of the Treasury in April. He is the first member of the cartel's leadership to be arrested since the measures were announced by the American Authority, which said Morrissey was close to cartel leader Daniel Kinehan and invited to his wedding in Dubai in 2017. Okay, also a quick word on the EU windfall tax, apparently it's unlikely to yield billions for Ireland, so we're not going to do too well out of that. Remember I was supposing yesterday morning, could it be the big difference maker for us? Well, apparently it is not going to be. Hopefully we shall benefit on some level. Right, the Irish Daily Mail were being told an urge to cut back on energy use for six months as Europe is in the grip of the worst energy crisis it's ever faced. And just in casual conversation, everyone that I, not everyone, sorry, many people I am talking to are very conscious of where the electricity price is going. Now they're not doing it to help out the EU. But they're doing it to try and save money themselves. People are switching to LED light bulbs, for example, and getting little plugs that sort of measure how much individual items use in terms of drawing down power. You know, people really are starting to think of electricity as a finite commodity. Well, certainly a very expensive one. But we're being urged to cut back on energy use for six months as Europe is in the grip of the worst energy crisis it's ever faced. With emergency talks at EU level ramping up, member states have been told to cut back on their overall electricity demand by at least 10% until March 31 next as the T-shock warned of a difficult winter in store. It comes as 1.25 million households will face extortionate or exturbanate hikes in their bills in a fortnight when the latest tranche of price hikes will take effect from October 1st, just after the budget, you know, just after when the government announces two, 200 payments to try and take the weight off, to take the pressure off. We will see two, we'll see hikes just a couple of days later. It's kind of insult to injury, isn't it? But look at, I'm sure there is a benefit to the data centers, you know, in terms of the Irish economy and maybe you have to look at the bigger picture, but we're being asked to save 10%. The data centers themselves currently are responsible for 15%. So without the data centers, you could say in terms of supply and demand, we would not have an energy crisis in this country. And more data centers coming on stream next year, including as we heard on the program yesterday, one for the TikTok company. But anyway, I think people will be saved, we'll be cutting back around about 10% of electricity used to save money themselves. The people I would have interactions with. Anyway, what about you guys? 086625000, the Irish Farmers Journal, a penalty regime similar to speeding fines is being considered for breaches of cattle-tacking. Rules proposals from the Department of Agriculture could result in livestock farmers receiving fixed penalty notices of 250 euro, where they are deemed to have seriously breached animal-tacking and registration rules. The fixed notice regime, if introduced, will replace the current system, whereby penalties are levied on farmers' basic payment scheme entitlements under cross-compliance. The proposed changes to the tagging regime were discussed this week by the Department of Fiscal Officials, isn't it? And representatives of the main farming organisations. All right. Any time there's anything to do with the royals or an event in Britain, James McLean seems to be in the papers. He must be nearing the end of his career at this stage. Anyway, but Ireland's soccer star, James McLean, we read in the star, has again been targeted by trolls who angrily accused him of not showing enough respect to the late Queen of England. The 33-year-old from Derry wore a black armband and bowed his head while observing a minute's silence before the Wigan match on Tuesday. But the striker who has previously received death threats for not wearing a poppy stood apart from his teammates with his hands behind his back so you can picture the image. All his teammates are standing, like, you know, arms over each other. And he is, you know, socially distancing after the left, but still showing respect. Before the match, James said, unless you are a nationalist that was born and raised in Derry or anywhere else in the North of Ireland, then don't assume to speak on our behalf unless you can relate. So I think it was a fair enough compromise as to say he wore the band he bowed his head. He was respectful, but he didn't go as far as his teammates did. What do you think? Oh, if you've got a view, text us. Not good news if you're enjoying your takeaways. The Irish Daily Mirror tells us that kebabs, burgers, chips and pizzas all could be hit with new levies under proposals. The Taxation Commission suggested introducing a special rate for unhealthy ultra-processed foods. Its report launched by Finance Minister Pascal Donahue states, the government should reserve the right to impose taxes on the consumption of ultra-processed foods to support its policy of reformulation. Lads, I would say now is not the time. It might not be very, very good food, but for some people, you know, it's the affordable food. But secondly, as well, a lot of people, it's the treat. You know, they can't necessarily go to the pub. They don't go to the cinema. The treat is going for a takeaway. They don't have them every night. They don't have them every week. Even in some cases, bloody hell. Just leave this. There's lots of things you could not tax. But why go after this as well? There are more than 100 recommendations in the report on potential taxation streams, including hiking levies on property and roads. It also claims the corporation tax $13 billion this year is not sustainable going into the future. But we know that. We know that's an unstable tax because business could change and it disappears. Disappointment for Aslan fans, although their disappointment would be, I'm sure, lesser than the concern for the lead singer of Aslan. They've had to cancel their 40th anniversary gig, sorry, after lead singer Chris D. Dignum suffered a health setback and is now back in hospital. Saturday's show at Dublin's Three Arena was due to be the veteran band's biggest to date. But Ticketmaster yesterday told fans they were postponing the concert and were working on a new date for Christie Billy McGinnis, Alan Downey and Joe Jewel to play. Crazy world singer Christie, 62, was diagnosed with an incurable blood cancer called Amy Lloydosis in 2013 and has been receiving chemotherapy ever since. And his health can be pretty good. Last time we were speaking to him, his health was pretty good, but he also knows that at times it can turn the other way. So we hope that this is a blip and he's back out on stage just as soon as is possible. But as I say, disappointment for those of you planning to go to the Three Arena, but I'm sure you're concerned for Christie there in that instance would be, would trump that. 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There is motorists now, I think at the moment traffic moving relatively smoothly because it is Four Lanes, but there are businesses there and I know myself that I was going to go to a business and I, because I couldn't get access to it, I drove on. Now I did go back to it a few days later, but it pots people off, I think. But anyway, the last time we were talking about this project, we were told that it was going to be completed by November. And on Barring a Miracle, and I'm no roads engineer, I can't see how that could be the case. We're joined on the program now by the Mayor of Latter-Kennie, Milford Municipal District, Councillor Donal Mandi Kelly, to discuss this. Donal, good morning to you. Morning, Greg, and good morning to all your listeners there this morning. Right, so take us back to that meeting, what, about four or six weeks ago, maybe a little longer. You were told that this would all be done and dusted by November, were you? Yeah, I agree with the meeting with the contractors there for the project, but back then it was actually July time, and listening at the time, we raised our concerns, both ourselves as councillors, and Donegal County Council, and also the Chamber of Commerce was there as well with the business owners as well at the end of the meeting. You know, we feared that this was a running way off schedule, but that's the contractors at the time made us aware that they were fairly sure that they would have this wrapped up by November, but there was a thing standing at the minute there, I can't see this being read up for November. But at the time, the thing that was bothering me about it, and what, I mean, and everyone was talking about, you know, the cost of materials and all this type of stuff, but there is a section of that road that needs to be realigned. There is a section of that road whereby a footpath and cycle lane, it's on the left as you head out towards Derry, has to, I presume there must be a bridge or something in the way, it has, it comes to a halt and then restarts on the other side, which I presume must be a bridge. Like, do we know, and I think I asked you this question in July, is there even a plan or a programme of works as to how that engineering is going to be completed? No one has been able to answer that question for me. Why has this part of the road just been left and they're carrying on with footpaths on the other side of the road? Yeah, Greg, yeah, you're correct there to extent, Greg, and I'm sure as far as I'm aware, there is a programme of place there as well, and I mean, listen. Could you get that clarified, Donal, because you've got the contacts and I can't. Could you get it clarified if that section of road, if Donegal County Council has a plan as to how that bit of road is going to be constructed? Can you check that for us? Yeah, Greg, I certainly will. I have a question put forward now for next week's MD meeting, looking for an update on the four-lane project and when it will be completed as well. And listen, there's a number of issues and concerns I have, Michelle, that it will be bringing up at the meeting and looking for answers on, because I fear that this won't work, like we're coming on now to, that next month, whether we like it or not, you're coming on to the festive season. You know, when Christmas is only around the corner, things are going to get busy. You have a lot of businesses along that road, and believe me, the businesses as a lot are suffering because of the project being so far behind and taking so long. And I mean, we're coming on now to the busy season at Christmas and, you know, it's not fair in these businesses to suffer any longer. And I think as well, as Donegal County Council as a body should be applying more pressure on the contractors of the four-lane to get this moving quicker, put more men on the ground, and have the work completed sooner rather than later. Do you think the council have as the, you know, they are, I presume they oversee this work. Do you believe the council have been informed by the contractor when this project will actually be completed? Because, I mean, that's information the council should have to hand, especially as they are taking the money and spending the money of businesses on that road. And those businesses deserve to know. So do you think the council actually have been informed by the contractor when this work will actually be completed? No, Greg, I don't think the council have been informed by the contractor, to be quite honest. But that's something that I'll be asking on Monday's meeting as well, because that's something we definitely need to get clarified there. I mean, lesson, when that project's completed, it will be a great job, but we just need to get the pressure on to have this completed as a matter of urgency, because as I say, Greg, we're coming into the festive season and we don't want traffic bulge up there. You know, we're waiting to install traffic lights there at the four-star roundabout as well that's going to definitely help the traffic flow there at that, I suppose, the major arteries that are coming out of the town. And I mean, the sooner we can't get these traffic lights erected until the four-lane project is complete. Yeah. I mean, we need to be as fine as much pressure now as possible to get this project complete. If that means putting more men on the ground, that's something that needs to happen. Yeah, but I would just, I just, I get where you're talking about, right? And I know there has to be work, but it's this section of the road, right? This section of the road whereby the footpath and the cycle lane just stops, okay? There's an entire 100 meters of the road there, presumably it involves a bit of a realign. Do you know if that's a bridge that's there? I don't know what's going on there. Like why has the road, the four lanes, as you approach letter Kenny, just stopped at that point? You know, is there even a plan, as I've asked before, but just to reiterate it again, as to how that part, because that in and of itself is an incredibly, looks like, an incredibly, relatively anyway, complex piece of work. So why has it not been tackled with the rest of the project? What is unique about this section between the pole star and where the cycle and bicycle lane begins? What is it about that section that they're not touching? Yeah, well, that's something that we're going to have to get clarified as well, Greg. I mean, as far as I'm aware, there's a design there for, for, it's like a footbridge to go on there. Well, that's holding the thing back or what, I'm not 100% sure, but it's definitely something that needs to be raised and we need to get answers to, and it's something that it will be raised now, come Monday to get clarification on that. Like has the footbridge, if it's a footbridge, has it been ordered? I presume it has to be made to measure. It's not going to be constructed on site by using 2B4s. Like has that bridge, if it is a bridge, has it been ordered? Has it been designed? Has it been measured? Is it with a manufacturer? Are we waiting on its delivery? Do you know, I think those are the questions that will give us the real indication as to when this project might actually be completed. Yeah, yeah, you're 100% correct, Greg. And that's something that I will be looking clarified or come Monday's meeting because we need to know these answers at this stage and we need to know exactly where this project's at. And we need to be given a time frame as well for all the businesses. Not only the businesses on the fore lane, but all the businesses at the Kenny as well. You know, come on to the festive season, they're all going to get spill effects of this as well. You know, we need to just get this pushed forward sooner or rather later. If it means you have a man on the ground there morning, noon, and night, I think it's something that we need to be looking at. Get the man on the job and get a progress as fast as possible now before coming on to Christmas. All right, Councillor Donal Cole, good morning. Are you there, Donal? No, he's away. Put the phone down for a second. We'll wait for him to come back in. All right, well, you had the motion there already, by the way. And the motion reads, can I have an update on when the fore lane project will be completed as it appears to be behind schedule? Will it be completed ahead of the Christmas period? Well, we'll just have to wait and see. But for now, Councillor Kelly, thanks for your time. Hi, Craig. 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Yeah, in relation to the footpaths coming out from the pole star, because of the fact that the river bank is just right along the road there, it wasn't possible to put on a footpath there. So what has been proposed and what has been proposed from the very beginning is that there will be a raised platform there. And that's the plan for that path along there. So it's not a bridge then, it's just a raised platform? A raised platform, yeah, yeah. So you'd be able to cycle over it effectively as well? I'm hoping you're able to cycle and walk over it, yeah, yeah. All right, and do you know when construction on that section of this road would be beginning or would, like, what's the hold up there, do you know? I'm not sure, and I know that there was a lot of technical work to be done, like, you know, and that to be done in relation to that. But I'm not sure now when that particular piece of work is to start on that. But I'm hoping, look, that the four lane will be completed by before Christmas anyway, you know? Do you want to, I don't know if you're a gambling man, but do you want a tenner on it? Well, I have been told anyway, like, you know. I know, and you can only go by what you've been told. Yeah, but you think that we could see a rapid acceleration of work then, is that what you feel? Well, what I have been told is that all four lanes will be open before Christmas. That's the exact words that I have been given. Okay, and there might be some of the work that needs to be carried out after Christmas? Well, look, that hasn't been said, like, you know, but of course, like in all these projects, like, you know, a contractor's drawn up, a price is given, and look, you know, like this job should have been completed a number of months ago. And look at that, I know you have people on to tell you, you know, that one thing and another, but what to hold up, what to get material and all of this. Look at that. But for goodness sake, it's only a very short stretch. I, look at that, people are really fed up at this stage. And they want to see the four lanes open and everything in place. I agree. Okay, listen, thank you for your time and thanks for the information, and we'll see where it goes from there. It'll be interesting if we get some clarification on that for Monday. All right, thanks for your time. Thank you, you know. All right, take care. That is Councillor Donal Coyle, and thanks as well, of course, as we heard a little earlier on from Councillor Mandi Kelly. Right, okay, so there was amazing scenes some people witnessed yesterday, just about 10 o'clock. A fireball flying across the northwest sky and we're going to try and find out a little bit more about this. It wasn't only just spotted there, it was elsewhere. And for those of you watching on our website or across our streams, I'm looping a video of some footage that was sent to me and it looks like a rocket. It doesn't look like a meteor, I suppose. But anyway, David Moore, editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine joins us. Hey, David, good morning to you. Good morning. It's great to have you on the show. Right, okay, so this was unique. You know, we get reports on this type of stuff from time to time, as you do as editor of Astronomy Ireland. But this lit up the sky and people were hearing a bang shortly after seeing it. Now, I presume that must be to do with, you know, the speed of sound or something rather than it hitting anything because it did then travel over Britain. So what, as best as we can determine, David, did people witness? Well, certainly something burnt up in the atmosphere over all of Ireland and Britain last night. Reports have come in from as far as London over to Calarney, then up to Donegal and across Scotland, including the north coast of Scotland. So it was definitely something very high in the atmosphere burning up. And given how long it lasted, lots of people are saying over 10 seconds. I've seen some people saying up to 40 seconds. That does tend to suggest it was something coming in either parallel to the ground, which is quite rare for a meteor, or it was a piece of manned space debris, an old rocket satellite lowering itself as it were onto the atmosphere and then burning up in a very long slow trajectory. We don't quite know exactly what it was other than something from space burning up and producing an absolutely spectacular fireball that a lot of people are very lucky to see because there were a lot of clouds around. Yeah, but the image I'm showing here on our live stream is it's so bright, there's a light covering of cloud, but it still is clear through it. And people in the northwest, and maybe it's how it interacts with the chemicals in the atmosphere, reported of being very, very green, but a note from some other videos further east that it has a more of a reddish colour to it. Yeah, I've seen pictures that show it distinctly is orange, but most of them have the green tinge to it. And when the objects vaporize like that, the colours of light that they give off give you a hint of what they're made of. And green has been associated in the past with the kind of materials used in spacecraft as well. But there have been natural meteorites that cause green fireballs as well. So we can't exactly tell for sure. But as well as producing massive fireball, lots of sparks coming off the back in some of the video, there were nice colours to see as well. This was a complete fireball that did everything for us. Will we ever be able to determine what it was? I mean, would something have hit the ground? Could it have burnt up in its entirety in the atmosphere? Do we know? Yeah, there are people who are now looking into what spacecraft, what bits of rockets were due to burn up and re-enter in the atmosphere. Very hard to tell to the last few minutes because it depends on so many factors, the size and shape of the object. If it's a big man-made object that's quite large, say like a black sheet of paper, not that it would be that, then that will interact the atmosphere in one way. It's a solid ball that will interact in a different way and get down a bit lower. So there are people scouring the databases. There's over 40,000 objects being tracked around space to see what was one of them due to burn up like this. And no doubt someone will find it if it was man-made. As I said, it could have been natural, in which case we get no warning. It's a tiny object in space, totally dark, as far as we're concerned. Before it hits the atmosphere, then it flares up in a mass of brightness. Right, so what size might have been, from what we have seen, what size might it have been as people were seeing it in the sky? Well, it's a good question because these objects are very small usually. If it was a naturally occurring object, then to produce a fireball as bright as that, it probably doesn't need to be much bigger than a piece of fruit up to, say, microwave size. There's no way this was a piece of fruit, David. It was massive. Up to microwaves. It could have been a microwave. But it wasn't the size of a bus, we almost certainly can say. And when you see a normal shooting star in the sky, one that you can just see on a dark night, that's about the size of a grain of sand, but typically 100, 200 miles away from you. So if you can see a grain of sand burning up at 100 miles distance, then an object the size of a piece of fruit up to microwave, that produces a fireball that can light up the both islands like daylight for a few seconds. So shooting stars are also material interacting with our environment, or sorry, our atmosphere? Exactly, in fact, the definition of a fireball is simply that it's a bigger shooting star, meteor to give them their correct name, and that they're bright in anything in the sky. And the brightest thing we can get in the sky is the planet Venus, which currently not actually visible. Yeah, well, this thing was, it was like a disco. It was lighting up, not just the sky, but people sort of reported it feeling brighter. Then how come more of our satellites and stuff, and not our satellites, but Elon Musk's satellites and whatever other items up there we don't know about, how come more of them then aren't taken out by these items? Because even like the grains of sands or the size of a grape, they're traveling at such speed to impact something that is not moving at the same speed in the same direction. You'd imagine the collision would be catastrophic. Why don't we lose more stuff in our orbit then, with the amount of activity we have like this? Well, I suppose there's probably two reasons. One is these objects are very expensive, so they usually well control. But the other reason is that there aren't that many of them compared to all the shooting stars that are going to burn up in the atmosphere. And people have to be very careful these days. There's talks of international laws being developed to cover space debris, the Chinese and the Russians, even the Americans have done some deliberate collisions in space that people aren't very happy with. And the low Earth orbit just above the atmosphere is actually getting quite cluttered. And if your satellite costs hundreds of millions of dollars, you don't want a piece of metal that fell off a rocket, colliding with it at 17,000 miles an hour at the typical speeds and destroying it. So people need to be careful. So sometimes rockets are launched and the rocket casing is designed to burn up in the atmosphere, but usually over big uninhabited expanses like the Pacific Ocean. Occasionally things go wrong and they burn up over populated areas. The Chinese did this recently and they didn't plan where the object was going to come down at all, citing that the chance of anyone getting hit is 10,000 to one. This isn't the kind of chance you want to play with human lives that I would have thought. So there's big debate in the industry over that. All right, stay there a second. I want to get an eyewitness report from Ann Mehan. Hi, Ann. Hello, how are you? I am fantastic. So tell us what you saw and how you saw it. I was home around half-noon and I went out to my car to get something. And I just happened to turn around and see this light in the sky. And I thought it was a shooting star, first of all. And then I realized that's massive, because I've seen shooting stars before, but they're little tiny things in the distance. But this seemed really close and really, really big. And it was like a ball of fire going through the sky. And it was kind of eliminating everything around it. You could see all the clouds, which I thought was really unusual. But for me, it only lasted about three to four seconds. It was traveling from my right to my left. And at the end of it, it kind of disappeared. And I thought, God, there must be a very thick cloud over there or something. And then I saw this big flash. Like, but I didn't hear anything. So I just saw this big flash and I thought, gosh, did that just explode or something in the sky? Or has it hit something? Because it was kind of heading out towards the Atlantic. And I thought, I hope that actually lives in the Atlantic and not on land, you know. What did you think it was? Anne. When I saw it initially, I thought it was a shooting star, but then it really was too big. So I thought it was either a comet or a meteor or something. But it was like, I didn't see it's green at all now. I saw it kind of very kind of white, kind of white illumination coming from it. But at the back of it, there was like a trail, like a trail of red, orange light. OK, excellent stuff. All right. Yeah. Well, you're very lucky to have seen it, apparently. Anne, I would have been absolutely scared stiff. Everyone around here is so calm. I would have been thinking, right, as things escalated. Or you know what I mean? But anyway, yous are all so calm. Well done, Anne. Thanks for that. Thank you very much. All right. Bye. Good to chat to you. So, David, Anne didn't hear a bang. But a lot of people that were on to me last night, because we started having a bit of a convo then about it on Facebook. And hundreds of people obviously seen it and many, many commented. And lots of people had went indoors, right, and said to their loved ones that, you know what I've just seen? And they were saying, you're losing your marbles altogether, so they were delighted to see that other people had seen it. But what likely is the bang noise that people heard? That's not hitting the earth. I presume it's to do with its interaction with the speed of sound or something like that, is it? Yes, it's the sonic boom of the object when it gets into the atmosphere. And if you see the meteor and you hear the bang at the same time, it's probably not a meteor or the bang's come from something else. Because it takes a long time for sound to get to us compared to light. So you'll have this with lightning. Flash is lightning. You'll see the flash in the sky. And a few seconds later, you'll hear the rumble of the thunder. It takes sound about five seconds to travel one mile. And I said this object can be seen for up to a thousand miles away. Well, if it's overhead, it's probably only 10 or 20 miles up. So at the five seconds on times that, 50 seconds, maybe two minutes, you'll hear the sound then. So people did mostly seem to report hearing the sound afterwards, which confirms it's a fireball and meteor in the sky. And obviously, like when you think about it, people say, well, I spotted it in Donegal and then someone says, I spotted it in Newcastle. They were looking at it at the same time, weren't they? How long might have this been burning up in the atmosphere? Because in my head, in my straight linear way of thinking, I just imagined it traveling across the North of Ireland, across the North of Britain, and maybe into continental Europe. But really, for the short period of time, it was in the air. Everyone was seeing it at the same time then, because it's so high up. Is that correct? Yeah, the light travels 186,000 miles a second. So in even a hundredth of a second, it's going to travel 1,800 miles, which is bigger than Ireland and Britain. So everyone saw it at the same time. No doubt about that. We think the trajectory is probably that it came up the Irish Sea across either the east coast of Ireland, west coast of England, and most of the end points seem to be certainly north of this island, and maybe just off the west coast of Scotland. But eye-witness accounts are very tricky. People don't know the directions exactly. You look at the maps that have implanted so far. They're all over the place. But there is a focus. But where we thought it was, really, let's say, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Irish Sea. Right, two more short questions then, if that's okay. If this were a meteor, and it landed in my back yard garden, like, is that possible? What size might it have been, or would it all have burned top? And if some of it remained, how big might it be, and what might it be worth? Well, there is a possibility that some part of it would have survived, whether it's man-made or natural. And if it does land on your property, you're in for a bit of a windfall, because the last time we had a fight, we probably have a fireball report like this about every year on average. And remember, some nights are totally cloudy, and of course, some of them will happen in broad daylight. So meteorites are probably raining down on this island, let's say, once or twice a year, but nobody ever notices. But in 1999, a massive fireball was seen, much faster, much straight, more straight down than parallel to the ground. And the meteorite was found in County Carlo near, they call Lachlan Bridge, and a collector offered a reward and was later selling pieces of it on his website for 10 times the price of gold. So they can be quite valuable, especially Irish ones, which are very rare, and a lot of collectors that want an Irish one in their collection. They're not super valuable, they're not made of gold or diamonds or anything like that. It's just what collectors are prepared to pay for them. Will we ever find out if this were, you know, man-made or an actual, you know, meteor? Oh, yes, I think we will. I mean, it's early days yet. It happened 10 o'clock last night. Everybody should have been out trying to watch the planet Uranus going behind the moon, which is what we were alerting people to. That was at 10.30. And you mentioned Elon Musk. He was launching a bunch of satellites in the wee hours of this morning. I believe that launch got screwed. Probably going to go ahead tonight in the hope of seeing those passing around, which didn't expect this fireball. So of course, a lot of the red researchers have been asleep and have woken up to this in the morning and are busily pouring over all those satellite reports. Not something I do myself. So we're waiting for them to report back to us. But my money certainly would be that it was man-made given the speed and how long it lasted for and the colors. But it could have been natural. If it was man-made, we should know who launched it. What it was originally aimed at was a piece of a rocket that helped throw the satellite up into the atmosphere. It was an actual satellite itself that came down at the end of its life. So it's going to be an interesting next few days over here, which we'll have in Astronomy Island magazine. That's it, Astronomy Island magazine. And you and people who are fascinated by space would say you can look up and see loads of stuff like this, maybe not quite as dramatic and quite as bright. But I presume if you're lucky enough to have clear skies, there's always something going on in space. So if there's young people or people not so young that maybe this is triggering an interest that we're not just... We are part of a bigger thing here. You'd encourage them along to your website, I'm sure, David. Absolutely. Just search for Astronomy Island. You have no problem finding us. We're looking for new members all the time. Special offer on them in the magazine at the moment when you get to the website. There you get three extra magazines for free. And it'll tell you about things we can predict. So for instance, there's going to be a meteor shower. It's reasonable to call the Orionids in October around the 21st. And there's a partial eclipse of the Sun visible from Ireland on October the 25th. Jupiter is blazing in the night sky. I was looking at it in the telescope last night through the clouds mostly. And we've got Mars coming closest to the Earth in the next few months. Saturn's up there as well. There's always loads of things to see. Usually with the naked eye, maybe with a pair of binoculars, you don't even need a small telescope with so much to see. But the avatars go even more. David, thanks so much for your time this morning. I really appreciate it. Take care of yourself and happy stargazing. And you mentioned the website, didn't you? Astronomy.ie. Well done. Thanks so much, David. 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And we've had sightings right across the northwest. I think the way this is, no matter where you were in Donegal, if you were looking up at the right time and the sky was clear, then you would have seen it. Where is the big bridge that was supposed to go over the river Swinney to alleviate the traffic in Letterkenny? Well, stick your answers on a postcard, Highland Radio Mant and top Letterkenny. Okay, re-road work delay in Letterkenny. I've been traveling all over Ireland this summer. I've never, ever come across a worse entrance to a town than Letterkenny. Even when you get past the roadworks, you are then caught in dense, snail-like traffic. Wonder how many visitors to Letterkenny just give up and turn around or avoid the town completely. But the problem is, it's not all about Letterkenny and that's the point I was trying to make. You know, there are other parts of the county that you access via this road or through Letterkenny and people, you know, are also going to be frustrated along those lines. All right, then. It is almost time for us to take a break for the news. Just two more comments. Seems all these councillors know about is to show up for a photo. Well, they're plugging away on this issue, I think. Greg, the holdup by the poll store is because it's the same company doing the work around St Union's College. Therefore, they don't have enough men. Surely, though, when you get the contract for such a big job, you'd have a deadline to complete your work, what they said in November. I'm not sure if they are also working on that other project you mentioned. But anyway, stay with us. We'll be back with loads more on the programme, but let's take a quick break for the news and obituary notices. Live on air online and on the Highland Radio app, this is Highland Radio News. Good morning. It's 10 o'clock. Donald Kavanaugh at the Highland Radio Newsdesk. Concerns are being raised, as you've heard on the show, over potential delays to the four-lane project in Letterkenny Works have been ongoing for over a year and have resulted in significant disruption to traffic. It's the main artery into the town. The Letterkenny Works water have been completed by November of this year. At the latest meeting with local councillors, contractors remained confident the project would be delivered within that time frame. The Coherlich of Letterkenny Milford in the municipal district, however, councillor Donald Mandi Kelly fears that may not be the case. He says more resources need to be deployed to ensure the works are complete as quickly as possible. Because of the project being so far behind and taken so long, it's not fair in these businesses to suffer any longer. And I think as well as Donald Kavanaugh's councillor, the body should be applying more pressure on the contact as all the four-lane to get this moving quicker, put more men on the ground and have the work completed sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Donald Kavanaugh council is being urged to review traffic management in Bonkrana and increase in traffic in the area. It's said to have had a negative impact on congestion in the town. Councilorina Donahue is calling for a new traffic management plan to be put in place and for works to commence on establishing an inner relief road. She says infrastructure must be upgraded in tandem with Bonkrana's growth. We have the new three-campus school coming on. We have the new primary care centre, which will be like a money hospital. And we have the digital hub. We already have two secondary schools in Bonkrana and a third on the outskirts. And that's a very busy town. We're in a big time. It's absolutely jammed. And we definitely need to look at a plan for the traffic in the area to make the passing a lot quicker. Two people arrested by police in Derry following the theft of a car in Bali Castle, which was observed heading toward Donegal, are to appear in court today. A 19-year-old woman has been charged with seven offences, including criminal damage, failing to stop for police, aggravated vehicle taking, causing damage to the vehicle, burglary, theft and driving while on-fit through drink or drugs. A 25-year-old man has been charged with 19 offences, including aggravated vehicle taking, causing damage to the vehicle, dangerous driving, no driving licence, driving without insurance, driving while on-fit through drink or drugs, possessing an article with a blade or point in a public place, disorderly behaviour, assault on police and threats to kill. The pair are due before Colway and Magistrates today via video link. The charges are being reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service. There are calls from within Finafall to allow Bertie Herne back into the party. A meeting of the parliamentary party heard contributions to allow the former Tishok we join ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement next year, that's according to the Irish examiner. Donegal, Senator Niol Pléñez reported, have called on the party to act in a spirit of inclusivity in terms of Mr Herne's contribution in achieving peace. Mr Herne resigned from the party in 2012 following the Mahan Tribunal. The funeral of two children who lost their lives in a car fire in County West Meath last week is taking place this morning. Five-year-old Thelma Denane and her two-year-old brother Mikey died in a suspicious car fire just outside Multifarnam last Friday. With more, here's Barry White. Hundreds of mourners gathered at Glennon's funeral home in Longford last night were the bodies of five-year-old Thelma and two-year-old Mikey reposed. Prayers were also held for the two children at the funeral home ahead of today's burial service. The funeral takes place this morning at 11 o'clock in St Mel's Cathedral in Longfors. Meanwhile, a criminal investigation is continuing. It's understood that the case will be upgraded to a double murder inquiry before the end of this week. The children's mother, Lynn Eager, remains in hospital with non-life-threatening but serious injuries after being pulled from the burning vehicle by a passerby. With a forecast, Anne Metair and Telus today will be largely dry with a fair amount of cloud and sun-sunny intervals. A few isolated light charts, however, are possible. Top temperatures today, 14 or 15 degrees Celsius with moderate north to northwest breezes. And that's Highland Radio News. We're back with news headlines again at 11 o'clock. Until then, from the news team, good morning. The obituary notices for this thirsty morning, September the 15th. The death has occurred of Sean John Boyle, Mulladof, Kinkashla. Sean's remains will be reposing in McGlynn's funeral home today from 4 o'clock with Rosary at 8 o'clock. He will repose at his home in Mulladof tomorrow morning from 11 o'clock with Rosary at 9 o'clock. Funeral mass on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock in the star of the Seed Church, Annegri, with burial afterwards in the new cemetery. The death has occurred of Eva Peoples, 398-art Bethan St. Johnston, County Donegal. Eva will be reposing at her late residence, 398-art Bethan St. Johnston, from 3 o'clock this afternoon and all day tomorrow with Rosary at 6 o'clock at both evenings. Funeral leaving her late residence on Saturday morning at quarter past 10, going to St. Bethan's Church in Johnston for 11 o'clock recovery and mass with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Donations if desired to the Donegal Hospice care of any family member or Kelly's funeral directors. The death has taken place of Carl Fisher, Carnador, Castle Finn, remains reposing at his residence. Funeral from there tomorrow afternoon at half past one for service in Monellen Parish Church at 2 o'clock with burial afterwards in the family plot in the adjoining church yard. The death has occurred of Ray McCabe, named Michael Hiney, Lechart Fawn, remains reposing at her late residence. Removal from her home to more morning at half past 10 to St. Merge Church Fawn for recovery and mass at 11 o'clock followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery. Ray's recovery and mass can be viewed on ChurchServices.tv. Family time please from 11 o'clock tonight. Family flowers only please. Donations if desired to the Donegal Hospice care of any family member or Murphy funeral directors. The death has occurred of Kathleen Ann Hanlon, Brige Kinkashle. Kathleen's remains are reposing at her home from 11 o'clock until 9 o'clock today, rosary at 9 o'clock. Funeral mass tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in the star of the Seed Church Anagry with interment afterwards in the adjoining graveyard. And the death has occurred of James Murray, 284 Ard McCarn Bally Buffet. Mermian's reposing at his late residence from 2 until 10 o'clock today. Funeral leaving from there to more morning at half past 10 for recovery and mass at 11 o'clock in the Church of Mary and Macklitt St. Orler. Interment afterwards in Drumbo Cemetery. Family time on the morning of the funeral. Recovery and mass will be streamed live by the parish webcam. For more details including any family health guidelines for wigs and funerals, please go to highlandradio.com. Okay, to some of your comments now. I thought county councillors would have an idea of what's happening regarding roadworks, especially in their own local area. Am I a bit naive perhaps? I would have thought they're... Given the amount of communications I would presume they would have from constituents, people who have elected them, businesses that they would have a, perhaps a clearer understanding of the situation, but maybe they're not communicated with like they should. Greg, trying to maneuver around Leicester, Kenny's a disaster. Paul Starr, St. Union's college. Skull Moorock on small cathedral. Sometimes you can hardly take the same route two days in a row, which makes it hard to know how long it will take to get anywhere. I understand where you're coming from. One mile of road, it is a joke. Six million it's costing. They've built the dual carriageway in less time. Another of the bright sparks that are doing the road forgot to leave an emergency lane for guard and ambulance. If there's an accident on that road, the whole two lanes will be closed, but that always has been an issue with that road, hasn't it? If there was a serious collision, that entire four lanes was shut, at least under the new design. Two lanes should be able to remain open at all times. Greg, that bit where the cycle path and footpath have come to a stop because it has to go around the banking along the river, which would take it at a good bit. At the minute there's a path there. I think it's concrete, but it's very narrow. I cycled down it a couple of times and it would be too narrow to be a final solution. I hope they finish the whole thing as soon. I cycle on that road every day and the surface on the way in so rough and bumpy all the way into the pole start. You have seen that path, but you see, as I say, I'm not an engineer, but the road seems to kink around that bank as well, but I'm sure the powers that be will come up with a solution. The bypass bridge that was mentioned, it's been talked about for 15 years. I think it's longer. It's been seriously in the council agenda for 10 years. That's a disgraceful lack of achievement for the town councillors. Would other workers working on the issue for 15 years be still working? I doubt it. Well, in fairness to what the councillors can achieve and can't achieve, like I spoke to the then transport minister at the time whose name will come to me in a moment and I asked will funding for this bypass, this Bonnegie link, will it be available before 2040? Can you give any, not guarantees or any positive indications in that time? Shane Ross said no, he couldn't. No, he never said it wouldn't be funded, but he couldn't give a commitment that it would be began or finished or whatever it might be. By 2040, though he recognised, because he'd been well briefed, he recognised that it was the big talking point at that time as it relates to traffic management in letter Kenny. What's going on with the Highland Radio reception these days constantly going off? Well, it's an old problem and it should be resolved this morning and we appreciate your patience. Presume you're contacting us from the initial area. It was a piece of equipment, quite a complex piece of equipment that is failing intermittently and we are literally changing it this morning almost as we speak and that will resolve those issues. It's just something that can't be fixed instantly because, as I say, it's a complex piece of equipment and has to be replaced, but it will be replaced today and hopefully you'll be able to get us there loud and clear. Some popular media, media bending over backwards, trying to bring Bertie Hearn back regardless of what the Mahantribune revealed, taking people for fools. The recent Fianna Fall junior minister, Robert Troy, property revelations, doesn't look good either for that party. Have they not learned a lesson? Well, was it the day before yesterday? The leader of the party, Mihal Martin, was on a walk around with Robert Troy as it relates to housing development. So obviously, Mihal Martin believes that he has been punished enough. Sad to see Celtic fans, shame Ireland and the Republican cause in Warsaw last night with their despicable banners. You can build all the five-star hotels that you want in this country, but you'll never change the one-star behavior of the people here. Now, I am not familiar with what you're talking about. Right, okay. Now, there's something I want to mention here and it is a coffee morning which is taking place on Saturday, the 24th of September, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. It is in Maggie's Tavern in Carrickmore, St. Johnston and it is in aid of the Margaret Lynch family support. Now, maybe those of you in the area might know Margaret Lynch. 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That was in the morning they had to get the other alternative buses or clincher buses into the school and the children were then told that they should get the same buses home. So... So when they're given that information Jennifer, sorry. We don't know do we, you know what students might get a lift into school or you know might find some other way into school and then might get on that same bus on the way back and then a seat might not be there for the daughter. So when they say to you when they said to her get the same bus back would that possibility not have been in their mind that maybe there won't be a seat there for your daughter? Well, I suppose that from the children's point of view they're just doing what they're being told. Yeah, of course. They're possibly not exactly thinking but we as parents are wondering are they going to get the lift home because as Kessing and Samantha have both previously come on and said that there could be a situation where somebody in the morning has an appointment or is unable to get to school you know on the bus for whatever reason and then they are still entitled to that seat coming home. So it's not you know there's nobody's name as such going on the seat it's just that they're all entitled to a seat but the seats just aren't all available. Now we have in a normal circumstance when you send Jennifer you send your daughter or any of our listeners send their children to school that they will get back. We don't have to be at the school to make sure they get on the bus because we believe that the school or the bosses I don't know someone else is responsible to and they're responsible themselves of course but someone is there to ensure their safety. Now your daughter was left standing at the school yesterday because that seat that she got to school on or in wasn't available on the way back. So you got a call then did you? I did. Very upset and angry she had been the only person that was left at the school and I was actually on a client call to the States my phone started blowing up and I was wondering what the heck was going on. You know why was I being wrong at that time? I suddenly realized it was the end of the school day so I interrupted my client call and I answered my daughter and she was distraught because she was the only one left and she was essentially in an empty playground. There was nobody else there no other students no other teachers and she said she knew that I was working and how was she going to get home? Now I obviously you know where I could have been in Belfast or Dublin or somewhere else and you know I personally wouldn't have and I would have had to made arrangements for her to be collected. But you're talking to be able to trust this system because everybody else does. Exactly. Another thing too Jennifer I know it was it's a disruption to you at work and all but just from your daughter's perspective as well like it's pretty humiliating I mean not it's humiliating and it's worrying because they're the only person there but can you imagine all your peers and all on the bus and you're standing there with your school bag wondering well why me? You know especially if you're a young person Greg I just want to I just want to say my daughter is quite laid back all right okay wouldn't be wouldn't be on a normal day you know when the when everybody's sort of rushing the bus and everything she wouldn't be one that would you know run up to the doors of the bus she kind of waits till everybody's on and then you know and so because of that she has been one of the ones that almost every day has been left. So you're saying to her get a move on will you? Well it's just not in our nature but I mean apart from that she shouldn't have to rush the bus nobody should be I mean the scenes according to Annie she did rush the bus it's another child that misses out as well and maybe she's got that no yeah well you know she's telling me and other mothers are saying that their children are sending videos of the rush for the bus and it's ridiculous it's like a rugby scrum you know that people are going to get hurt you know with the pushing and shoving and it's not the kids' fault because they're terrified that they're going to be the ones that's left I mean there was another situation Greg and I want to sort of highlight this but you know add a disclaimer to it as well it wasn't the fault of the bus driver in this situation because he was in a dilemma but the reason my daughter was left yesterday was probably because of another incident that happened this time last week so again my daughter was the last one and no seat for her the driver then said oh right you're the only one that's not going to seat right you have to sit on the floor of the bus and she had to endure a really humiliating journey home sitting on the floor of the bus in her school uniform you know with all of her peers around her and I was very crossed when when she arrived home and told me that story now I telephoned the owner of the bus company and you know I stressed to him that this could not be happening anymore he was obviously kind of shocked that it had happened and said that he would speak to his driver now we both agreed he and I that I could very easily have been a mommy that angrily phoned him saying well why is my daughter being left at the school and she's the only one and the drivers and then that dilemma of I left a child behind and I mean a lot of these drivers are parents too so they're sort of like you know damned if they do and damned if they don't if an inspector gets on the bus though they could be in bother as well absolutely absolutely so is there any logic as to why we do know we need a backup bus whether it's six this morning eight yesterday nine the day before do we know why this bus doesn't just follow the main bus because we know it's needed it's called every day someone's waiting on the call they've you know they've got the guard of clearance the bus is there we know what's going to happen like how long does it take for this backup bus to come after it's clear that the initial bus is going to be full well the thing about it is if there was a coach put on that service none of this would be happening you know there would be no stress for either the kids the driver the parents anybody else so as far as we as parents are concerned the fault lies bus sirens fault bus sirens door and they're the ones that are responsible for ensuring that enough seats are available on a bus adequate size yeah all right listen um I expect Minister Charlie McConnelogue on the program a little later on and I look forward to getting his response to this because it's been going on I just want I would love I would love you to ask the question though Greg who is responsible legally for my child when they're left at the school is it the school is it the bus service who is it because if anything happens I'm just going to say dot dot dot well you see the thing is and I've avoided saying dot dot dot right but I've been thinking about this conversation and I was thinking if I were in the same boat there are some really nasty people out there and some people that might well know that there is a problem in a particular area and that some children could be left behind right and wouldn't be hard to get a hold of a van and say I've just been sent by such and such to I'm sorry okay well Jennifer I probably shouldn't have said it right but that's what was in my head that if there was some it's not going to happen but someone knows everything that's going on now and if they wanted to exploit it and that is for me is why this needs to be sorted as soon as possible because somewhere it's happened and we just have to make sure that the absolute worst worst case scenario wouldn't happen in our area does that make sense and I'm sorry I don't want to upset anyone okay no no no no and look you know this is what we use parents are obviously worried about we're not sort of voiced it as such but we are thinking these these things of course we are because we're as Catherine and Samantha both said we are as parents are we're wondering are we the parents that's going to get the phone call you know in the evening oh mommy I've been left at school and I mean they're they're dashing about the playground if they are you know they go up to the bus that they were on in the morning and they they're faced with the scenario oh the buses full they then have to run to see if one of the other buses accommodate or can accommodate and yesterday all of the other buses have departed by the time that that's she realized she'd no seat yeah and also to that's why that happened we have to consider and I know you are and I am too Jennifer that as as great as an inconvenience as it was you were able to break off that call and hopefully the person you were on the call with understood and maybe I presume get into a car and go and collect your daughter the anxiety if it were me and I didn't have access to a vehicle or is like the scenario you gave that you were out away you know you would be up to absolute high dough and and and maybe actually not even able to get to the school to pick her up and having to call in favors or or something right Jennifer and thankfully you know there are people I can call but you know I can imagine that there maybe are some people that can't or you know that for whatever reason they would be waiting longer yeah for sure okay Jennifer thanks for helping us keep this story thank you Greg and I'm I'm very interested to hear what Minister I mean Minister Charlie McConnel August your local TD isn't it covers the car and Donna yeah well it's all Bonnie Gaul they represent the whole of the county so you know these are the same people and through their offices that can ring hospitals and get people bumped up lists and all manner of stuff why is Norma Foley taking so long to even answer the the question I mean it's just ridiculous all right Jennifer hopefully your daughter is one of the lucky ones that gets the bus home this evening I mean I can't believe we're even saying stuff like that but it is the way we're at all right take care thanks Greg okay thank you very much indeed so that's the story of that's the story of someone who doesn't know whether their child who is entitled to a seat on a bus will get it in the morning or in that indeed in the evening we'll go to another caller who's patiently waiting and I appreciate it after this quick break which we have to take the 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply 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have you had any engagement with boss Aaron nothing nothing at all no email no phone call no communication from bus Aaron since I spoke to you right okay well we'll have to follow that up because we were told and I was satisfied they were engaging with you okay well we're back talking to you again and you are settled now in Milford your children are in school now in letter Kenny so we want to get an insight into what your day now actually entails because of you were forced you were told by your landlord at very short notice in a housing crisis that you had to move so this is completely outside of your control and we would hope that a system would be flexible enough to be able to adapt to a special situation like this but anyway it's not seemingly what is the situation and what is your average weekday now afternoon my morning my mornings my mornings aren't actually too bad I leave home at half past eight I go drop off my eldest outside Eregal College the approximately give or take around around 20 to nine I then have to shoot around to my other two children's school for all right we've seen and I head home okay sorry the line dropped out there sorry you have to scoot around with your other two children to Ballyrain okay to the primary school and then from dropping those two off I then drop off my last one up at Jamp Bernadette all right so what time then do you get back to Milford if you don't have a few bits to do give or take around half past nine 20 to 10 in the morning okay and then my afternoon actually starts give or take half past one in the afternoon because they have a new parking system and a drop-off system at Ballyrain so I have two finishing at half past two I have my third one finishing at 20 to three and then I have my last one at five to four so I leave home at half past one to ensure that I'm outside Ballyrain for approximately two o'clock because a driving system doesn't work for me because I you know cars get blocked in so I have to ensure that I've got parking so that I can run across I've actually had to speak to the school to see if they could if I could get my two out at 20 past two when the bus children come out of class because by the time my two come out if they come out at half past two on time for me to shoot from their school up for 20 to three to the next school I actually don't make it in time and my son being special needs has been moaning at me that like you know mommy you're always late mommy why am I the why am I the last one to be picked up so I have to speak to one of the schools to see which one would be flexible and just picking up slightly earlier so that I wasn't running late so I now pick up the two at 20 past two I then shoot up to St Bernadette to pick up my third and then we go and sit outside Eregal College approximately about 10 to about 10 to three until my eldest comes out at five to four so there's four of you in the car is that correct there's four of you with the car for two and a half hours yes what doing because it's it's very hard to keep doing homework homework homework in the back of the car but homework in the back of the car because for me by the time you know I kind of like you know I get home and I have to think about you know doing dinner and so we literally we we sit in the car and we wait and we do homework and I have to do snack packs because my kids are used to finishing school and coming home and they have something to eat something like to eat before dinner time but obviously that isn't feasible because I'm not going to be running back and forth because by the time I run back to Milford it's time to go back to also the cost of it as well I mean you know I mean there has to be some sort of a cap and attempt here to you couldn't be back and forwards two or three times in an afternoon and and you know dependent on the children and the rage or who else is there you know would you even have to bring them back with you again anyway for the for the later runs but that's yes I mean for me they're too young to be at home for me to leave them at home so they come with you anyway they're in the car but I mean you know even the most calm kids in the world two and a half hours in the back of a car trying to do homework trying to snack every day it's an awful end to a a tough enough school day and particularly and also for you Cheryl because you're you're here the ringmaster you're having to keep everything you know keep everything civil I have to listen to her like you know it's you know the kids get on very well but you know children bicker you know they they do have their little fights and there I am and I'm kind of like so for me it's I have to make sure that I have food in the car and I bring along their their tablets and you know the switch and you know to try and obviously keep them entertained because there's only so much that you know I can go and walk to you know to the Letty Kenny Center and you know again picking up my eldest to Eregal College if I'm not parked outside Eregal College by half past three there's no parking we're not allowed to park in the school at the end of the day we have to park in the lay by it's going to be very soon cold, wet and windy and rainy so you know the idea of killing a couple of hours in the afternoon you know whatever it is when it's middling where they're in bright and maybe warm you know in a couple of months so that's a nightmare so you all then get home at you all then get home about half four quarter to five and that's a long day for you and it's a long day for the young children isn't it that and this is all by the way because the boss Aaron yeah they wouldn't be flexible that you know that they didn't see it as exceptional circumstances and you know like I said on the first area you know the gentleman was very abrupt and you know he said like you know I'll have to wait a year you know doing a year of this five days a week you know it's eventually it's going to take its toll yeah but let me go back to the fact that you were at short notice asked to leave your protein letter Kenny we are in the midst of a housing crisis here you were able to find somewhere in Milford you don't know and I think in our first conversation someone might say well move the children's school in Milford but in the rental situation you can't be certain that you're going to be in and around Milford and you want some continuity for the children as well so it's not unreasonable I think it's not unreasonable in fact it's probably the preferred thing to do is to keep them in their current schools to see how things play out over the next while is that well Greg I actually had I actually had to keep them in the current schools because I actually did touch base with the schools here and there are no vacancies for my children yeah I know they're very so they have to I have no choice they have to stay and remain in the schools that they are currently in letter Kenny but we were told by Bossaeran that they were they were communicate with you directly and you can say categorically that has not happened that has not happened I've had no communication from that Aaron Atul which is why Caroline had asked me to please keep her updated so I thought I would send the email and state I've had no communication from Bossaeran Atul well we'll get back to Bossaeran we have the reference number and we say we'll say that you stated in the press release because they don't want us interfering you see they say that you're that they said they were unless I'm I'm remembering incorrectly which I don't think so no they did say they said that they wanted to resolve this situation well if they're resolving this situation is not actually contacting myself yeah a contact like we're not saying you know they'll put on a limousine boss for you is at this point but they said they were liaising in contact with you that's not happened okay Cheryl you know yourself keep us updated we're going to make those contacts again to see what's going on and I'm ready to feel for you by the way because I'll tell you I'll tell you why we were in town we were in town Tuesday I think it was and it was about three-quarters of an hour before Aaron my middle son was finished school right and I thought it's not worth heading out home and coming back in again and you know what I'll tell you I was like a child myself I felt so sorry for myself happened to kill 45 minutes in the car and now I feel like a POS I feel really good it was what you were going through just imagine that I'm on the road from hop-off one until literally like hop-off four so I'm twiddling my fingers you know if us Aaron just turned around and said you know what we can fit your eldest on the bus you know that would mean that I would finish it that would mean that a quarter to three when I pick up my my son from St Bernadette you know I could shoot on back to Milford you know my eldest is old enough he's 13 so he could get on a bus and if he was dropped off in Milford it would make my life a lot easier it's the waiting around that is like you know having three children two young one with special needs that you know for so many hours it's kind of like you know it gets frustrating well I you know and I think there has to be a bit of light and shade and a convo sometimes but I think in fact you're in remarked be good spirits unless you're not sort of giving me the full emotion of it because it's an awful lot to ask of anyone Cheryl of you of your children and as you say even if we we could get the older child sorted even the oldest get your home to do the homework get your home to do the homework and and have that snack in because they deserve that too all right Cheryl listen we as we committed to you we're not going to let it go we think we're going to keep trying to plug away on your behalf and thank you for giving us that that update and give us an insight into the reality of what these decisions mean to an 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the battle buffet direction it was so bright it lit the road up it was traveling quite fast about five minutes later i heard the very loud bang there are two lanes of traffic now at the new bridge with no footpath the area needs traffic lights immediately it's definitely an accident waiting to happen are there any plans for a pedestrian crossing at the clannery hotel across to the dry arch complex it's very dangerous for people who are trying to cross the road there what is in the plans i think it is was there there was talk of a bridge there and a crossing it's been recognised that that is dangerous and i think there there was at least some provision in there for a crossing off the top of my head i don't know what the final outcome of that was but if someone out there knows let me know sounds to me at this rate they'll soon be putting children on the roof of the boss health and safety has gone mad we used to sit three to a seat and loads of others standing and it was never an issue it was just common practice yeah indeed it was in a newspaper that there was meant to be a boardwalk put in at the river is that going ahead was that the river walk i think maybe that was aspirational i'm not sure if it was ever i'm not sure if it was part of this four lanes it wouldn't sound doesn't sound like it a boardwalk it wouldn't make i don't think that would be i've never heard of it anyway okay so proposals to scrap parts of the wind section of the donagall development plan to allow for wind farm development in sensitive areas around the county has generated shock and anger from the public and environmental groups here as you can imagine joseph brennan is a person with views on this joseph good morning to you all you guys how are you i'm doing okay what do you think of this news that the minister peter burk intends directing the council to allow turbines within for instance the zone of visual influence again glenn vay and also in a an e hsa designated areas i think it's an absolute disgrace and i think it's in the front to the whole public consultation process and an attack on the members of the donagall county council and the executive in that the donagall county council have spent three years getting around to your mental and wind energy policies following an attack by a private developer a pack to usually the developer i mean bog all right well we can just be just we we be careful with our our language if that's all right joseph just stay on the agreed you know not the opinion stuff i don't know what your reference there but i am as far as i'm aware there's no very few wind farms if any that have been built without going through all the proper channels and planning permissions etc even if we have a an issue with them so talk to me about these proposals from from minister burk then that you do not look well again it's quite clearly what i said in the attack on on donagall county council and a variation in other words that donagall a variation of the county development and that the council have enacted in other words to look at the whole issue of permits in the county how many we have where they are where they should be and set out policies going forward that process has been ongoing in the county since last november and finally in july the council put forward what all councillors the vast majority and certainly the public supported very strongly because the work well thought out it was if months went into the thinking out of them and some of the things you mentioned there that the council would would would say that two wind farm developers that you know we don't want turbines within the zone of influence of them being national parks mind you that was something that was always there in history anyway over the last well at least it's not very democratic is it this intervention i mean we elect a councillor we elect councillors we represent make our representations to councillors they make their you know they make their views known the executive then adopts that that's democracy this is a national interference in local democracy what is the functional purpose of a council if a minister doesn't like a decision and decides to intervene i mean and fairness i mean if it was a case something that depended on on you know on an actual vote and an actual cast but when you have 100% of the people who subscribe who submit it the public who submit it to the to the the dunningall who sent in their views to dunningall county council back in age back in April May saying that we we favour the variation like 100% of the 300 plus submissions around that's a vast number councillor not used to get any submissions on the public consultation poses maybe two or three from very very enthusiastic groups but on that instance we've got over 300 members of the public responding saying we agree with you we don't want turbines in glenwey we don't want turbines in the mickey borough we don't want turbines in the extremely high phoenix immunity areas we don't want turbines in the fresh water paramus areas and we don't want turbines in john's point but they're very limited parts of the county and that was also supported very strongly by the councillors we also set a barrier that turbines would be 10 kinds are typite from homes that is a saga there's an anonymous county since 2016 when we tried to put it in or when it was first put in by variation and when it was also challenged by the ministerial direction by two different governments by two different ministers we were changing government in 2016 so Alan Kelly challenged it first and then Simon Coveney challenged it the council said that they weren't going to fight it councillor John Campbell the then councillor John Campbell said he would fight it and he won on both occasions in the High Court where he overturned the minister's intention to scrap 10 times typite so we had 10 times typite from 2016 right up until the present day you could say barring barring the lapsing policy and that it was not written until following the plan re the mean bog challenge against county development Andrews mean bog Michael Murnay and in plan re as a matter of fact challenged under God county council said I don't want 10 times typite in your county development plan because it's interfering with my plans for phase two of the mean bog wind farm development which would have been way down the end to the garden and on down the end so as well and in those areas he succeeded in that but what he didn't succeed in was phase one of mean bog because a bog slide happened and it wiped it away now the councillors and particularly in the what we all supported right across the county but particularly councillors in the fun valley area moved also in this variation to mark all areas of landslide susceptibility as defined by the environmental protection agency mark them I get that I get that Joseph and ministers they are suitable I know I get that and it's very technical and you know I think the majority of us out here you know we we have a you know we don't have not necessarily a full understanding of the technical elements of what you're talking about here but what we do know is and this is what what what what confuses me is a Minister Ryan on this programme said that he doesn't envisage any more wind farms in this county he believes that would reach capacity but be all the talk has been in terms of offshore wind development so taking those the two things into consideration then why is the government taking such an interest then in the provision of onshore wind farms particularly insensitive areas why this intervention I mean what I'm trying to get at here is did minister Burke open up a map himself and say we can put more there or who is he acting on behalf of who is providing his information I'll tell you I can answer that well a really good question he's acting on the advices of the newly FLEDS or newly appointed I think maybe 228 2019 the newly appointed office of the plan and regulator of the OPR and now we have a plan and regulator and an office who looks at how county development hands are constructed and where developers can be that may be a school or a new house and stay on there to the town or something like that there are these areas owned etc etc etc and so the office of the plan and regulator and Mr. Ryan Costens at the head of that office he formed his name is too the the advices to council and it is he that advise the minister you should do this sadly you know that gentleman's history with Donegal in that he also was the head of the department of environment and planning or and that's not I'm paraphrasing my name back in 2015 again again when we're going to we're getting into stuff that's a little bit technical just Joseph and I'm not trying to I'm not in any way trying to sense you okay but I have to be able to but it's not when we're talking yes it is no Joseph let me explain when we're talking about individuals okay and we're talking about their history and and you have a very intimate knowledge of this okay but I'm responsible that whatever he said is 100% accurate and just when we're getting into individuals and their background in the history it's not something I can personally hand over stand over and I'm not trying to in any way sense here Joseph but I hope you understand that we're on a very we are confined by very strict uh rules in that regard stay with me Councillor Gary Daherty a democratically elected member of Donegal County Council charged with um charged with you know coming up with this development plan what is your feelings on this potential intervention from Minister Peter Berg yeah good morning Greg um looks unfortunately well unfortunately I have to agree with most of what Joseph has has been saying this morning about about this ministerial directive um I I'm honestly feeling dejected and angry since we received this letter from the minister a couple of weeks ago because I feel that it's riding roughshod over the opinions and views of the people of Donegal who we as democratically elected members of Donegal County Council are representing um it's ignoring all the the evidence um that that we use to formulate the variation to the development plan about landslides susceptibility about uh suitability of of grounds and lands for one farms and it's it's calling into question the whole process of a county development plan and what it means for counties because essentially what it's shown is that it's the whole process is pointless because no matter what we do in Donegal we have an OPR or a minister or an apartment who'd just come in and ignore everything that we tell them and just do whatever the hell they want I'm just apoplectic with rage at the moment Greg that this is happening to us again and when we talk about it what's next Gary I mean well if he resisted really to be honest asking I think we need to resist that because to be honest with you Greg I I think this is a national scandal if we bring ourselves back to two years ago in November 2020 and look at what happened at Mean Bog with the landslide that you yourself covered widely on this program we know the it cannot the environmental and ecological disaster that occurred up in Mean Bog and what's we're still dealing with the the outruns of that we're still dealing with the environmental effects of that and if we if we break this down Greg and remember what exactly happened after that so we had experts before the Mean Bog planning permission was granted by the onboard planala experts who were experts in the field of landslides and bogslides warped that building a one farm of industrial scale on land like that was very dangerous and would likely cause a bogslide such as this they were ignored and planning permission was given we then had the bogslide or the landslide that they predicted and as a result of that we the elected members of Donegal County Council decided to rezone that area so that any areas that were susceptible deemed susceptible susceptible to landslides we decided look we're not going to build any we're not going to allow any one farms in those lands which is perfectly sensible the OPR and the minister have come back to us now and said no do you know what that's wrong you should allow one farms in those areas that's just madness yep now we'll return to this this was just our first our first reference of it but we will be returning to it but we have to take a break for the news Councillor Gary Doherty thanks for your time this morning Joseph listen thanks for your insight as well and as I say we will be returning to this in the not too distant future this is just our we only have a week Gary oh great no problem yep no problem we only have a week the public we only have a week the public on summations over next Thursday just try and come back to it in the interim of course okay it is 11 o'clock let's get a news update and welcome back onto the program Michaela Clark thanks Greg good morning there are calls from within Finafall to allow Bertie Herron back into the party a meeting of the parliamentary party heard contributions to allow the former T-shock to rejoin ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement next year according to the Irish examiner Senegal Senator Niall Blaney is reported to have called on the party to act in a spurt of inclusivity in terms of Mr. Herron's contribution in achieving peace the town just says the government won't allow businesses they supported through COVID to fail now many small and medium enterprises are facing energy bills three times larger than this time last year a package of grants and low-cost loans is being finalised for a bunch of day in less than two weeks there appears to be no end to the school transport issue in Donegal eight children were once again denied a place on a bus from the Clomane to Cardona route yesterday and were told to find an alternative bus Jennifer 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Klon Mani and students then also being left on their own at the schools in the evening for some reason bosses can turn up to take these children left behind there's a process that's put in place there but what the parents want is a coach put on this route and it would avoid this type of thing happening why can't someone like you in the position that you are exercise your influence to put this to bed once and for all Yeah that is what I'm doing Greg obviously there has been challenges since the start of the school year in relation to different parts of the county because of the disruption due to the increased demand for school bus tickets and that has led to a challenging situation for many families at a small number of families in the context of the overall but really challenging for those affected and it's something that I've been engaged with those families on and I obviously been working with them on and I've been engaged with Minister Foley on as well in relation to try and resolve it I am hopeful that we will resolve over the time ahead many of those are standing issues Boss Aaron have worked hard to try and address the issues so far and some of them have been resolved obviously one of the key outstanding issues and the most the most difficult one at the moment is Klon Mani but there are also there's also a group of Ukrainian children that can't access that school because there's no bus to pick them up you know it's not just Klon Mani there are other issues when you say Boss Aaron have been working hard what have they been doing there's issues across the county so obviously in relation to trying to provide capacity for students and for the additional students and demand that is there Boss Aaron have been working to try and resolve that in relation to Klon Mani an extra bus has been requested and I'm hopeful that we will get an outcome on that very very soon I've been engaged with Minister Foley on it to try and ensure that that decision is made very quickly I think that is what would need what would address the challenges there and that request has been made but also then in relation to the number of students that in different parts which I'm very much aware of I've been engaging with Minister Foley in terms of assessing whether we can have additional leeway that might actually help to resolve those so that's been considered by Minister Foley now Does she admit now that does she admit now that or do you even feel that she made a mistake that before such a decision was made that some thought should have gone into it maybe talk to people on the ground to see what the demand might be how many bosses might be required all before the tendering process went out or perhaps even maybe help parents in different ways with the likes of you know school uniforms book rental schemes voluntary contributions this was ill thought out wasn't it there was better ways to help parents and Minister Foley has announced a scheme that actually has created problems rather than resolving them for some students at least Yeah, I think it's a good way to help parents because for parents who are paying you know bus fees every year going back to school and particularly for people with kids that's a real challenge you know and for people who are finding it hard to maybe working hard and finding it hard to make ends meet that school bus charge at the start of the year is a real difficult one and in terms of the cost for living challenges that are there this year and the government over the course of the past year have been working to try and bring in measures which actually would ease the pressure on families so that is one of the key one of the measures which I think has for students who avail of school buses made a real difference in relation to those costs because for a family with two students going to post primary up until this year the cost would have been 650 euro per year to that family which is a massive charge at the start of September and also then for a family save of two students going to primary school that could be an additional 220 euro so the decision by Minister Foley has made a real difference to those families and for all of those students and families who are on buses at the moment it is very very welcome indeed and in fairness but it has gone a break and in fairness you're correct because the majority will be pleased with this and when you're happy with something you don't ring a program like this one and make a complaint so I accept that excuse me for the majority of parents with school going children listening this has been very very welcome and has left money in their pockets to be fair to Minister Foley and the government it's just that you know obviously we also have to be considerate of the few and the few that are in a dangerous situation being left on the side of the road or being left behind at school and I just can't understand Charlie how we can get a bus together to pick them up after the main buses passed when if we had just a little bit of flexibility a bit of common sense and put the children first no one should be left standing on the side of the road or should be left standing at school we're trying to we're trying to to identify and apply that and to get a situation where we can apply that flexibility in that common sense obviously it has been quite a challenging situation over the last couple of weeks where the family is concerned but also for the administrators of the school bus system and operation and bus air in relation to trying to deal with the increased demand and disruption that is there because what we've seen is you know last year we had about 103,000 pupils avail of public or school transport across the country this year now that is 124,000 so that's a significant amount of additional demand it's a significant amount in a very welcome basis of students being able to avail of buses and buses without a charge and that's very beneficial but it has led to real logistical challenge and when you make a a step change like that which is making a significant improvement really in a situation in relation to the amount of people that can avail of school transport it does lead to disruption as well of course a lot of this stuff we knew was coming down the line Charlie and a lot of this stuff with better communication through the summer as it relates to the opening and closing of the portal and whether or not people should go back into the portal after they've been into the portal at a at a previous point what the status is of concessionary tickets because a lot of people thought right okay well I'll be able to get the bus now and my child won't be treated as a concessionary person but they are really in bother because there's more eligible children and that puts the concessionary students even further back down the line so you know as I say the majority have been looked after and that is great but this did if there was better thinking and better communication a lot of the problems that we're having and a lot of these conversations Charlie we could have been avoided we could have avoided this because we should have known what was coming you know I mean I want to try and resolve those those issues that are there as you know Greg every September there's always challenges around the concessionary aspect because where the bus is oversubscribed there isn't a guarantee for concessionary students that they'll get a ticket and every year I'm dealing with a number of particular routes where there isn't enough spaces for buses but the significant increase then in demand this year it has led to a significant number of buses first of all and because obviously there's 124,000 students been transported now compared to 103,000 last year but also there's led to a lot more disruption what we'd normally see and it has led to people being the routes being disruption and routes where there wasn't necessarily been disruption in the past indeed some routes where there might have been disruption in the past aren't experiencing the same disruption this year because there might be a larger bus on now but there is issues in other areas where there wouldn't have been before and the key thing now is trying to work through those I know what it's been challenging for the families it's been challenging for the bus there and I've been liaising with Minister Foley and she's very much aware of it and I hope that we can try over the next very short period of time why did she refuse to just attend the Yorak does committee on this issue I'm not even aware of that okay well if you're not aware of it I want to I know Minister Foley I know she was in Shannon for a long time yesterday answering questions right okay and I'm not well I'll pursue that if you can I know she's working really hard and listening in relation to commanding in particular which is the most acute situation at the moment there is an additional bus being requested there when will that be delivered Minister I mean you're in a very senior position here yeah when will you deliver that bus we can get an answer in that now very quickly and I've been liaising with Minister Foley on it so I hope very very quickly great and that's what's required there to address the situation to ensure that there's that there is enough seats for the students going to school okay and again I just want to I want to acknowledge that the majority of people there is money in the pocket that wouldn't be there previously and the majority of people are happy but we can't ignore those that aren't because of that now certainly not and it has I mean it has made a big difference yeah I get that I get that it's a real pressure and it's alongside as well increases in relation to the back to school allowance again to try and provide support to families but undoubtedly you know it has led to some disruption for students and we want to try and resolve those issues fully planned you've been accused by fishermen of your department has not drawing down on a european fund the money is there others have drawn down on this fund that can be given to fishermen in this country to assist them with the cost of fuel you've been accused of simply ignoring this fund and it means that fishermen and fishers they can't go out to fish in certain cases or if they do their profit margins the margins are so tight that in some cases they're losing money what what do you say to that charge yeah what I'd say is I certainly haven't been ignoring this issue this issue absolutely not I've been way aware but and I indeed have been very responsive to it as well Greg I have introduced support to support fishers through the challenges that they're particularly from the cost of fuel the the measure that I've introduced to do that is is one that I've introduced at the request of fishery representatives themselves which is a temporary tie-up scheme to support vessels to make it more viable to go to sea I understand that and we'll get back to that but just this are you familiar with this EU fund that right now why have we not applied to that so because I have put in place a measure a separate measure which is designed to actually support fishers in relation but one is them one is them being paid not to fish the other if they choose to fish will support them to do so are you saying that you would you you think these two schemes contradict each other no they don't contradict no they don't because first of all we are fishing all over quota this year so our quota is being fished every month and we'll be fished between now and the end of the year okay the the way the temporary tie-up scheme works and I've introduced this in response to request to the fishers themselves they approached me because after the Ukrainian invasion because of the real prices there from fuel and they asked me to introduce a second tie-up monthly I understand that minister but just to get back there are those but if there are those there you can come back to that if you wish but there are those who are outfishing to catch that quota right there is a fund in Europe that would offset some of their input costs in other words that it would make it more profitable for them to go and catch the quota that we're allowed to catch why have you not applied to this scheme for this funding that would make it financially more beneficial for them to do so you can get back to the tie-up scheme I understand that right but can you tell me clearly why you've not applied to this scheme that would make those who are who would make it more profitable for those that are outfishing to do so yeah I haven't applied to it yet I'm monitoring the situation closely to see if I should do so and I'm monitoring it very very closely so and I'm also monitoring how the the tie-up scheme which I have introduced is working so that so the the other thing that's but minister that's with all due respect to you minister that's not really an answer here's the monitor I'm not I am thick I am thick and I'll admit that right but if there's money in Europe okay that would make it more profitable for fishermen and fishers who are outfishing to do so in other words it would offset some of their fuel costs what is there to monitor why aren't you applying to this scheme there must be another reason beyond you monitoring what is that reason yeah the reason is because this is a fund and there there has been flexibility given in relation to how we use or maritime fund that is available to us from Europe but it is a fund which we had planned to use for other investments in the fisheries sector so if we were to draw it down now as a pure cash payment it wouldn't be available for other supports which I'd like to deliver so it's not specific then to offset fuel costs it's no it's not a Pacific fund that's for fuel costs which we can draw down and that we're leaving behind absolutely not so are you using this money for the are you using this money Charlie just to be completely clear if the truth be told are you are you using this money then to draw down to fund future tie-ups tie-up schemes no it's various different investments but is that part of it will some of this money be used to fund the tie-up scheme no no it won't be used for a future tie-up no I have accessed different separate funding to actually fund the tie-up and the and I've actually accessed that separate funding so they're not using future funding which is really important the fishing industry to pay out in cash now so what are you going to use this money that the fisher some fishers want to offset their fuel costs what are you going to draw that fund down and spend it on if you haven't you've drawn nothing from it yet no yeah you've drawn nothing from we've drawn significant funding we've drawn significant funding from it we draw it every year so some of that has some of that is funding the tie-up scheme isn't it at the moment so for example in relation to you know tending in peer yeah but is some of it is some of it at the moment funding up the tie-up scheme no I have accessed the Brexit adjustment reserve to fund the current tie-up scheme and that's because I've accessed new separate funding and provided a mechanism to do that because I wanted to ensure that we keep as much funding as possible and access as much funding as possible to support the fishing sector so therefore I've drawn new funding into the system now to to actually fund the tie-up scheme so but I am monitoring the situation because if additional support and if the economic situation indicates additional support is necessary something I'm monitoring an ongoing basis so for example if we look at marine fuel prior to the invasion of Ukraine in February the the cost per liter was 62 cent litre that went up then in June to as high as 1 euro 11 a litre it dropped down in August to 97 and the current price for marine fuel is 83 cent litre so marine fuel is very different from other fuels in that there's no excise duty whatsoever on marine fuel and also all of that in marine fuel is reclaimable so it's very much tied to the base price of what a barrel of oil is fuel has dropped over the last couple of months thankfully I have introduced the tie-up scheme and the way that works is that in any one month instead of for every instead of three vessels out fishing the quota two vessels go out to fish it and the other the other vessel gets paid to tie up and they get paid what they would be making if they'd actually been fishing in that month so it effectively therefore means the two vessels that still go out to fish they're catching the same quota that the three would have been catching before but obviously you've just two catching it so it enhances the economic viability of actually going out to catch that fish so that's the way the tie-up scheme works and that is I had already as you know we've talked before about the task force the sea fisheries task force that I put in place putting all the fishers bringing all the fisher representatives together to advise me in relation to how to support the sector coming out of Brexit they had requested a one month tie-up scheme this year which I had in place following the invasion of Ukraine then all of the fisher representatives again sought to meet with me and they specifically requested of me that I would do a second month of a tie-up scheme to specifically require to specifically respond to the fuel challenges there I have that now in place that will run up to the end of November so it means between June past and the end of this November every month instead of three vessels being out fishing two will be out fishing and the one that's at port and then the given months will get paid while the other two are fishing the quota and all of the quota will be fished so but obviously what the fishing representatives are saying now is that they would like to access this European fund as well for additional direct cash funding to further support at the moment the challenge with that of course is that we're using tomorrow's money for today and that's obviously a decision that you consider carefully so I'm closely monitoring the situation thankfully you know from last months to this months we've seen a significant drop marine fuel I'm monitoring it week by week month by month and if the economics require it I will I will be very much open to the thing and I have already done so and when you talk about the economy you're talking industry-wide rather than maybe some individuals within it that might have a different point of view okay that's fine that's that's that's the answer people can can make up their own mind briefly back to the school bosses though people feel that you're spinning Charlie that your office or you aren't answering phone calls and that it's talk and that you're not going to deliver on this this boss for Klondmanni I'm saying that to you now rather than you going off air and me reading a series of texts so people feel that you're not actually engaging in this and that you're you're spinning it a little bit and you're not being clear as to when the Klondmanni situation will be resolved as you know there's 30 odd families affected by that it's not insignificant so I just as I say I want to be fair and and give you the sentiment coming into me whilst you're on the call still there's there's no spinning here Greg I'm being accurate and I'm telling you as much as I can at this moment um my office and I have been on the inundated by calls as you can expect the more than yourself in relation to school transport issues the school term started we've been working then with minister fully to see how we can resolve that and with boss Aaron some of those issues have managed to find a solution the solution to Klondmanni is an extra bus which I'm hoping we can get an answer on very soon and then in relation to the other issues across the county working with minister fully as well to see if further flexibility can be given in relation to more capacity so listen it's been a really challenging it's a couple of weeks for families there has been a massive amount of work and energy going into trying to to address it and it's still ongoing but we're making progress and I certainly expect in the next short period we'll be able to make more progress Donegal Senator Nal Blaney says Fina Falls should allow former T Shock Bertie Herron back into the party do you agree with him Well, I think and I was at the parliamentary party meeting last night for Niall Mitter's comments and he was very much speaking with in regard to the the Good Friday Agreement and the massive massive contribution that Bertie Herron made I don't think the Good Friday Agreement would have happened without the contribution of Bertie Herron and the leadership of Fina Falls at that time it's now just coming up to 25 years next year and I think the key point there is recognizing the massive contribution that he actually made his membership of the party as a matter for the national executive of the party Would you like to see him back in? I don't think it's often Well, what I'd like to see is the massive contribution he made properly recognized by being back in Fina Falls by recognizing the contribution he But you're doing that now you're recognizing it now through words By action do you think the party could recognize that by sort of saying do you know what the tribunal said what the tribunal said but you did really good at the peace process come on back Yeah, I don't think that the tracks are adds really to the recognizing what he actually did and the contribution that he made his t-shirt and indeed the Fina Fall and it would have made to actually delivering that good Friday Okay, so you're open to him rejoining Fina Fall The membership the membership is you know in some ways is a distraction to that and different members will have views and perspectives on it but I think as we go towards the good Friday agreement 25th anniversary you think he should be in Fina Fall on the quarter century anniversary of that I mean that that's what you're saying that's listen, I mean his membership with Fina Fall Yeah, with all due respect I think I can finish I think I can finish Yes, and no kind of an answer though Yeah, listen his membership with Fina Fall is very much a matter between himself and the national executive obviously there was the decision to cease his membership at the time a number 10, 12 years ago for a good reason but that should not have tried in any way but minister you're making it you're making it really hard you're making it really hard for us to cut a clip out here to get an answer from you you know and you're good you're good I'm not going to lie you are good but I'm asking you one last time towards the bottom line would you agree would you agree with your do you agree with your party colleague Senator Blaney that now is the time in recognition of Bertie Hearn's contribution that he be welcomed back into the Fina Fall party in a sort of a yes or no way do you agree with Nile Blaney I'm not seeking for him to become a member of the party again what I'm seeking for him to become is his role to be recognized and listen the membership issue is very much is very much a distraction to that to that question well I didn't bring it up it was Nile Blaney brought it up in others okay you're not answering that question and sometimes not answering a question in and of itself it's an answer and I've said that before and I'll say it again and my answer is my answer is I think the membership issues is a distraction great and they all right we've lost the line there I hope it will come back or in the moment just watch the country the fact that it wouldn't have happened without him and indeed every time he still speaks we all I think stop to listen on Northern Ireland because of his insight and and leadership on the issue all right okay speaking to people affected by Mike I won't keep you very much longer by the way but we haven't spoken to you what for a while speaking to people affected by Mike I get the impression they've given up on on this government minister they've given up on this government delivering this scheme and they're they're waiting to see if Sinn Fein can fulfill all of their promises and I'll tell you it'll be some trick if they can but they're waiting on Sinn Fein to fulfill their promise on the mica scheme that it would be fully funded 100% and you know even to the point whereby they're wondering is it worth even going down to this protest next week because as I say this government ain't going to deliver what's your what is the status of this scheme at the moment and when will it start to deliver and what what do you think needs to be done now to make people feel that there is some hope well just first of all on Sinn Fein I mean they have Sinn Fein were asked for their contribution and suggestions in relation to the mica scheme by minister O'Brien in advance of the legislation being framed and there was nothing received and indeed they've promised to introduce a bill as well which would still haven't been seen so what the government actually has done is actually introduce legislation for the new mica scheme and as you know something we have discussed on many occasions I fought very hard at cabinet level to try and deliver on behalf of mica home mica home owners and working with on behalf of the mica representatives and the mica group we didn't get everything we wanted and part of as as part of that outcome but I think the scheme we have is a really really strong one and I think what families want to see now is that actually delivered upon and it actually followed through and that's the key focus I have in the and the Finafall party in Donegal have now I and my team of councillors along with Sandra Planey will be meeting with the Donegal County Council Management just on this Monday coming to discuss this issue and to to discuss housing in the county in general on how we can deliver on the housing for all strategy and funding that is coming to deliver a new housing but also particularly the sense is that this scheme is stalled it's a non-runner it's not working there's a backlog nothing's happening people are facing into a winter with holes in their houses they can't heat them we are literally where we were this time last year and this time the year before what can you say as it relates to getting houses fixed getting them even some remedial work to get people through the winter what what can you what hope can you give Micah a homeowner's defective concrete block homeowners today what hope can you give them well it has been it has gone far too slow and it has been too stalled along the way and what the focus of the government and myself is an all Finafall party in Donegal is actually making the scheme deliver the legislation thankfully was passed in mid-July that was really important in relation to getting the new updated terms and conditions the new account 425,000 cap etc in place the key thing now is actually getting the regulations in place over the course of this autumn period and actually managing that transition from the old scheme to the new scheme but really importantly in the meantime trying to ensure as many houses as possible and moving through the system we've had about no more houses we've had about 12 or 13 houses in the county fixed at this stage and finished you know it's embarrassing there's about there's about it's far too small there's about there's about 50 underway and but there's too many others which don't have the clarity the need in terms of how they can move forward so that's the objective here Greg and that's what I'm working with the Donegal County Council there's all of our councillors across the county to try and make progress on and then working with minister O'Brien and the department of housing try and ensure that that coordination is there to move as many of them through the system as possible I think we have come a long way we have a hell of a strong scheme now compared to what was there before the legislation is now in place as of the middle of July the key thing now is actually moving that 50 which are underway and getting that significantly increased and bringing clarity to everybody as to where they stand with regard to their own when's that gonna have sure there's the ones when are people gonna have some clarity because there are people I don't I'm not gonna I don't have to get a motive on it because I hope you understand but there are people really they cannot take any more minister this is literally people's this is people's lives that stay here you know yourself you're a dad I'm a dad we would never want to have to raise our children in the conditions that people are having to in terms of you know people move to one end of the house cold damp houses do you know what I mean this is this is this is something morally that can't be allowed to drag any longer we know it's but beyond words when are we gonna start seeing this move when are we gonna start seeing people having some sort of a hope in a hope well it's unbelievable stress for every family affected so the next step now is for the regulations under the legislation to to to be introduced the Department of Housing have committed to doing that by the end of this year and in the meantime then working with Donegal County Council to ensure that those that the existing scheme the previous scheme which is still operational that as many houses as possible can can progress under that and then benefit from the updated terms of conditions from the new scheme there as well so until we know whether or not foundations are included how can anyone progress in this scheme it stands still until that sort yeah so a big part a big part of the challenge and a big part of the issue and the lack of priority is around the new deleterious materials which weren't part of the equation at this stage last year in terms of the knowledge of the issue and which very much are now the issue particularly of paratite for example so that to the national standards authority of Ireland have earlier this year been commissioned with the job of actually providing the scientific advice around how how paratite should be considered in relation to deciding what what appropriate remediation options are for homes obviously the the initial scheme was dealing with mica and pirate the national standards authority did have the guidance around mica and pirate but the paratite as as as homes have been tested in big numbers over the last year has emerged as an issue and for a number of properties getting that the clarity is is is not there at the moment because the the scientific advice around paratite isn't available that has the national standards authority have indicated that in early 2023 early next year they hope to have that back so that the housing agency will then be able to make decisions on those homes but that is undoubtedly leading that is undoubtedly something that isn't means the clarity can't be bought at the moment for some homeowners right okay and we we've asked for that to be to come back as quickly as possible because it has to be the scientific and the engineering advice that leads how we progress because whatever remediation option is chosen for houses that has to be one that lasts a lifetime and that stands a test of time and therefore has to be engineering left finally will you be Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine when Leo Faradkar takes over his t-shirt I hope so it's somebody who comes from a small cheapen and Suckler Farm and Glenie Lee Greg it's an honour to to lead out for the country in terms of supporting farm families and indeed challenging and all as it has been to work to do everything I can to support our fishing sector as well I believe I've worked really hard at that I believe I've worked to try and do good work for the county in that process too and that's all one can do that you know at this stage or when when when do you find that kind of information probably won't know until the day of or the day before so and it'll be to see it'll be decision for me all Martin yep he has a certain Amanda ministries and he can decide whether to leave your way you're at or although he has five five senior ministries I think there's maybe eight seven or eight counties in the country that have a senior minister it's definitely that's something being at the cabinet table through Mike and all the other issues it's it's definitely is really important to be able to be able to have a cabinet representation and work hard and to deliver and all the way the way you can for a county but listen I mean all you can do is your best so that we will see come by December okay listen thanks for all of your time this morning I appreciate it that's minister for agriculture marine and food Charlie McDonald The 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union digital loans now available apply online or via our app 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autumn's definitely setting in yeah and nature can't be held back can it absolutely not maybe put off a little bit but what we should be doing in the garden now in terms of beds and stuff what should we be doing there yeah beds pretty much the should cause the weather so good they still should be flurring on but at this stage they will be starting to tail off the plants will be starting to look a wee bit scruffy in that so give them a wee trim up at this sort of this time of year Alex around your roses that sort of thing if you any leaves have fallen off you remove them because the leaves tend to sort of overwinter diseases and stuff so just give a general tidy up and be add a layer of mulch to the bed which will help sort of set them up for the winter yeah in relation to the leaves that are supposed to you know it's not just the beds but your lawn as well because what happens is they're starting now if you've got trees around your lawn and you're lucky enough to have a lawn but very quickly it can be hard to manage so maybe do it as you go if you have the time yeah pretty much if you have the time sort of rake up the leaves as best you can because a lot of people come in the summertime they're saying they have problems with moss and that and as opposed to sort of putting on treatments in the spring and summertime if you actually do a wee bit of work now it'll actually help because it's like a blanket isn't it really a surprise pretty much what happens is sort of a blanket forms in the top of your lawn and it holds down moisture and sort of it's a humid condition which is perfect for the moss to grow with but you'd think they're sort of biodegradable and in some way they'd act like a fertilizer but it's just not like that they're it's they're hardier than grass they hang around much longer pretty much in general and a lot of sort of shaded gardens it's the sheer volume it's like if you had a wee layer it'd be perfect but it's the fact that they could be four or five inches deep at times it's just too much at once let's stay with the lawn is now a good time to put a bit of feed in yes now's a good time to actually do a wee bit of remedial work on your lawn sort of you'll be next few weeks you'll be getting the last cut on it if you know what I mean if you even give a wee rake around that say like say remove leaves debris and stuff on it and you can even treat it over with a bit of sand or someone just to increase the drainage in it mm-hmm and how long if people are sort of looking towards the last cut how long should you leave it because you know the temptation would be to cut it tight and say right that's me yeah but I'm not sure that's a fantastic idea no pretty much in the reckon just sort of between nine and a half and two inches long perfectly leave the grass and you're always rolling the risk of you may have to cut it later on again and you've got little tufts where it looks a bit more obvious where it's a bit more lively it could be three or four inches but no like scalpel this time of year probably not a good idea yeah especially frost yes all those challenges is right okay so we've tidied up the beds we've put a bit of mulch down changed summer plants to winter ones that you're saying if necessary yes you might still have a couple of weeks out of the summer ones you should do as fully adult to sort of in your situation how well they've done for you because even my own house there the frontal house is still perfect yeah and the back of the house is getting wrecked because we've got a bit more wind if you know what I mean so the back he could be changing so probably within the next sort of next three four weeks most of them be starting to look a bit shabby and if you want to switch out your summer for summer plants for winter ones your summer flowers what's what's a good option a good option sort of the winter panties are always very popular and you get cyclin as well which are sort of wee woodland plants but they're very good in terms of they're very good that sort of thing and you're looking at more sort of greens looking at ivy's headers that sort of stuff yeah okay your headphones there yeah Paul you might stick them on perfect not too loud everything okay all right Mary good morning to you you're through to Paul hi Mary thanks Greg hello Paul sorry to disturb you Paul will you tell you I have a list hydrangea right here and a reset in 017 only two wee pink blossoms comes on every year it doesn't matter whether you put tomato feed or any other feed to it it doesn't do any good the leaves turn red but that's as far as it goes yep um for the most part most of the hydrangeas the leaves will sort of turn red but the best thing you do is now sort of leave them to about sort of November December give them a light trim back this year and actually what I got comes in Patrick's day that give them a feed you get uracaceous feed which is actually designed for hydrangeas and that type of plant so if you give them I would get that in Alcorn for any of them please you wouldn't hi any any your local garden center Alcorn's Bollock dirt garden center play famously that's all right so now but generally any your local garden center you're going to get that and it's a good idea to give it a feed then at that point and I meant to mention your garden center I'm sorry sorry about that not at all so let it go now to November and put in a feed then and uh do you have to put it into boiling water and cool it off then no no no you would not should it matter no just for then a feed and November and then it should have a better selection of flowers and marked you should do as the grass around the plant or as it I we bet those cut regularly the young fella cuts it for me all right but not if you could actually remove a wee bit of grass even six inches out from the plant and sort of replace it with a bark it leaves it not sort of competing with the grass if you know what I mean all right a wee bit of bark a tree or something yeah yeah someone like that would be perfect all right great time just going to go to November thanks very much good stuff very thank you very much for that also too and it seems also almost counterintuitive who those are that aren't in the know but you can start planting stuff in your veg patch now uh yeah you can actually um sort of from now on there you get hardy onions that you can overwinter uh like the onions you can be planting on your veg patch how do you know they're hardy they have tattoos exactly sleeves rolled up but yeah just to have a general look about them certainly but um stuff like that there are actually peas and beans are actually frost hardy as well so you can get them in at this stage and you're not going to get crap before sort of before winter if you know what I mean but you will get an early crap in the spring all right I got an orchid flower it's beautiful but the flowers have fallen off how do I care for it care for pretty much just keep up with the water and like orchids like a lot of things that the flower is very long lasting on them but it does change every so often so you might just be in a period of change with it if you know what I mean okay so if you just keep it watered it should be when to cut down my rose bushes Paul uh rose bushes generally depends how well they're if they're still flowering quite well we'll leave them a while but generally you're into a certain end October November cut them down and not sort of to the final level I would leave them leave about three or four inches on them as opposed to the optimum level and then cut them down again to the final level but St. Patrick's Day all right what's the fastest growing hedge and how long might it take to grow five feet fast growing hedge grislinia would be our number one so it would be um we evergreen evergreen plants a nice round sort of lime green leaves and that would be our fastest growing hedge and it's not too fussy but where it grows either and five feet five feet you'd be chatting depending on the ground you'd be chatting sort of three to five years yeah okay polytunnel doors open or closed at night time this is that question that's funny yeah from now on it nearly be tempted to close them at night so it's just getting a bit cooler how do we get caterpillars off my curly kale generally if you're going to cause kale is someone you're going to be sort of eating fairly regularly like eating fairly soon from things all wouldn't be sort of going chemical like chemical treatments probably the most effective way is actually just to physically remove them where you see them just remove them the time and time but it's very sensitive because it's exactly I had a new guinea impatience growing in a large pot last week I went to water it and found it completely withered it was okay the day before what could have caused this to happen overnight um overnight is strange for someone to get there generally sort of an impatience as they got there is actually going to be sort of from now on it's going to be day and a half anyway but it shouldn't go that suddenly I would if you're actually if it's dead you might as well take it out anyway but I would inspect the routes to see if there are any problems with it or if you can see any sign it and check down it sounds to me like it could be something vine weevil yeah but attack it and they can actually damage it overnight how do you feed your head shpoul are a good traditional remedy for everything chicken poop chicken poo yes so it's kind of slow release it's rich it's exactly a slow slow release so you can really you can use more chemical fertilizers but you're running a danger of doing more harm than good with the chicken poo generally it's over three over three months and it'll release its energy and it's perfect for this time of year okay when will we be back you back again we're not finished for winter yet are we no I think we're doing another one for the end of September excellent okay Paul listen people can see you in the rest of the crew down at ballot their garden center for and he's love chatting bring photos in ask any questions all that type of stuff yeah and we found snow drops for our quarter of the last time actually don't have to hear that all right thank you I just love the idea if someone walking around dons and thinking what was Paul and Greg and that lady on about again but there you go yeah all right Paul listen brilliant stuff thanks for your time thank you very much take care the 90 noon show is brought to you by letterkenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions visit letterkennycu.ie Hi I'm Ben and I'm planning on studying construction management and ATU Donegal this September I'm Shannon and I studied business if you want to follow on our footsteps and study in ATU Donegal check out available places which is now open on the CAO website it's not too late to choose ATU Donegal the 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for the county we get nothing except for what the lord has given us why doesn't charlotte mcconnellowke meet regularly with fishermen and explain how he is working tirelessly on the behalf to better their livelihoods that way they would be delighted to know that he was fighting their corner it seems that monitoring a situation takes a very long time is it possible i heard the minister referenced it a couple of times that he's engaging with the fishers representative groups the likes of the kfo etc and as the message from them being passed down to members i don't know i don't know what's happening or whether those meetings are taking place can charlotte just not accept there should have been foresight instead of this rubbish spin he's doing himself absolutely no favours by not answering questions directly another oh my god charlotte mcconnellowke how much more talking to sort out extra bosses for children another here is a parent of a child who's running for a seat every morning charlotte mcconnellowke has not returned a single call to me that is just not good enough by an email from kiran the minister continuing monitoring the fuel issue two months after meeting the fishing industry who requested the funding from the funds available approved by the EU it's not acceptable his reasons stated this morning are not credible it's a lazy excuse the industry is in a crisis situation now future projects can wait fuel subsidies needed immediately to keep family businesses afloat and as much as i could and given my knowledge of the situation i tried to i tried to get the answers for you as clearly as i could that's a huge statement from charlie the peace process would not have happened without burtee her and ridiculous of course it would any irish politician who wants the best and peace for ireland would have carried this through and done just as good a job as burtee burtee politicians big egos and absolutely useless they say there were friendship i mean if you listen 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