 He would be impressed by your best shirt that you're wearing today. It's pink. Is it a pink? Let me get my specs on. It's kind of like a washed out kind of pink, it's nice. Well, are you saying that it used to be pink? Yeah, it used to overly washed it. Everyone is insulting me this morning. I know. What else did anybody else say to get now you're joking? That's the only one we can say. That's not an insult. That was a nice shirt. It's pinkish. It's designed to look like that, isn't it? Yeah, it's nice. It's kind of slim-fitting. And you carry it off well. Thank you very much. Yeah, from your chest upwards. Camer doesn't lie. Not the dad bod. No, no, you're okay. Should we all have it, don't we? Yeah, that's right. You have to run around in the shower to get wet, you. Listen, thanks. Have a good show. See you tomorrow morning. It's the 90 noon show. Coming up after the news headlines at nine o'clock. Good morning, Michaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. Tributes are being paid to one of the principal architects of the Good Friday Agreement who has died at the age of 77. The former First Minister of Northern Ireland, David Trimble, passed away peacefully yesterday following a short illness. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was a former leader of the Austro-Unionist Party and served as First Minister from 1998 to 2002. Former T-Shock and Finafall leader Bertie Ahern believes history will remember him for his bravery. I think it'll remember him as a politician who, in a really difficult time, whom we were trying to end 30 years of violence in spite of everything stood up, put his name to that agreement and allowed us to bring peace. An emergency payment scheme is being made available for homeowners in Derry and Straban whose properties were damaged by Saturday evening's floods. People are being urged to immediately contact Derry City and Straban District Council to register their home to avail of the Department for Communities emergency payment scheme. Up to £1,000 is being made available to householders to help make their home fit to live in following inspections by council staff. So far, more than 300 homes have reported a flood damage. Finds for drivers who speed or use a mobile phone are set to double. The new regulations, due to be brought in by junior transport minister, Hildegard Nocton will see fixed penalty charges rise above 100 euro for the first time. It comes as five people were killed on Irish roads over the weekend, bringing the total number of lives lost this year to 94. 61 new speed cameras will go live this morning, which will be spread across 23 counties, mostly on regional and national roads. Three are being rolled out in South Donegal at Burch Hill, Drum Bay and Carrick Boy. Junior minister Hildegard Nocton outlines which offences will be impacted. I'll be doubling the fines for speeding offences from 80 euro to 160 euro for people who are using a mobile phone while driving. I'll be doubling that fine as well from 60 euro to 120 euro and people who are not wearing seatbelts as also doubling. And for weather night today, we'll be partly cloudy and dry, apart from isolated light showers, highest temperatures of 15 to 17 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. For our most comprehensive Galway races coverage, pick up your Galway punter racing supplement. Free all this week with the Irish Independent. Up close and independent. The Ninetal Noon Show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union, offering low-rate car loans with fast approval. Apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today. And now, it's time for the talk of the Northwest. The Ninetal Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello, good morning to you. Four minutes past nine just turned on this Tuesday, the 26th of July, coming towards the end of this month, over halfway through the summer. Hopefully you're well. Later on in this program, lots coming up as always, of course, we will be chatting to the 2023 Mary from Dunlowe winner. Now it is yet to be determined, but all of the Mary's will be joining us after 11 o'clock. So if you have an interest in that, you might want to stay tuned for that. And you can watch them joining us in studio as well as you can the whole program by going on our website, highlandradio.com, watching your browser there or if you want to cast it or watch on your tablet or wherever, it might suit you better to watch on YouTube, Highland Radio Ireland or across our Facebook pages and we stream it on Twitter as well. We want you involved in the conversation today, 08, 6, 60, 25,000, your WhatsApps and texts to that number, of course, outside the Republic, 0, 0, 3, 5, 3, 8, 6, 60, 25,000. Get on the phone, 07, 4, 9, 1, 25,000, have your say, raise your issues outside the Republic again, 0, 0, 3, 5, 3, 7, 4, 9, 1, 25,000 and your emails to comments at highlandradio.com. Alright, lots to get through. As always this morning, so let's crack on with a look at what's making the front pages and inside today's newspapers. Let's start with the Donegal Democrat. A rock, someone you would aspire to be like, a man of justice, empathy and compassion. Those are just some of the many ways in which Garda Charlie Gallagher will be remembered by those who loved and knew him best and it was a reflection of the esteem in which the late Garda was held, that despite torrential rain, there was a huge turnout for his funeral mass at St Mary's Church, Kilimar, Donegal Town on Sunday afternoon, from Newtown, Donegal Town and formerly of Belkrich in Kassler, he sadly passed away at Donegal Hospice last Thursday. Members of Fullmasters GEA club were among those to form a God of Honor while his God of colleagues carried and accompanied his remains to and from the church and he really was held in incredibly high esteem and just reading some of the obviously sadness from those that knew and worked with him, but also the amazing tributes that were directed towards him following his very sad passing. The Derry Journal this morning, almost five years after flooding devastated Ineshawn another major cleanup and repair operation is underway following an intense rainfall event on Saturday that created significant damage from Moff to Greencastle. Homes, businesses and infrastructure in Ineshawn, Derry and Straban were severely damaged after almost a month's rain fell in a matter of hours. The Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland confirmed to the Journal that 70mm of rain fell in just five hours just short of the average monthly rainfall for the locality. Donegal County Council said the most significant damage caused to roast infrastructure was a parapet wall that collapsed on a bridge on the R238 Regional Road at Redcastle between Quigley's Point and Moffville. On to the Irish Daily Times now the Irish Times sorry it is published daily but it's not its name. Former First Minister of Northern Ireland and Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble has been remembered as a political giant following his death aged 77. The Austro-Unionist party which Mr Trimble led between 1995 and 2005 issued a statement on behalf of his family yesterday evening. It's with great sadness that the family of Lord Trimble announced that he passed away peacefully earlier today following a short illness it read. Mr Trimble played a central role in the Belfast Agreement negotiations and was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with former STLP leader John Hume for their achievement in brokering the historic peace and tributes have been paid and we'll hear some of those and look at his life a little later on in this programme also. The Dall could be getting a second chamber under proposals aimed at making politics more family friendly for politicians and Lensterhouse staff. The goal of the reform would be to allow Dall business to be conducted in both chambers simultaneously so that proceedings finished earlier in the evening. Now history will tell us that means we'll probably be looking at TV pictures of two empty chambers unless there's a big vote that might save the government's skin or maybe it's about pay rises. Cam Corle, Sean Arferil revealed the proposal in an interview with the Irish Times where he also spoke about the growing abuse level to politicians and his hope that US President Joe Biden will address the houses of the Eropthas. On to the Irish Independent now and it tells us, amongst other papers, that thousands more doctors, nurses and midwives, not the specialists will be needed for the health service to tackle waiting lists and care for a surging number of elderly patients. The Economic and Social Research Institute today identifies potential black spots in cover as the population grows substantially to 5.4 million with people now living longer and sometimes the tone of these articles it reads to me like as if it's a bad thing that people are living older or that if more of us live older that were to blame you know the HSC, the government, they know where our population levels are going and really it's up to them now to be ensuring that they have adequate staff to meet the needs of the taxpayer, the people that pay for this country. Well, essential services including hospital care for the elderly efforts to slash waiting lists and the implementation of this launcher plan will require a significant recruitment drive. The research funded by the HSC focuses on acute public hospitals workforce requirements across the country between 2019 and 2035 up to five and a half thousand extra workers will be needed in the coming years that ESRI warns and you wonder where they come from because I think there's been a fall off in those seeking to become nurses in this country probably for obvious reasons because there's so much negativity coming from that area you know in terms of difficult working conditions pay comparable conditions elsewhere people are choosing different career paths and of course that means there's going to be a shortage of nurses and there is already nationally and internationally sorry a shortage of nurses so it is they need to do something to encourage people into that profession as well and make it attractive so as that they stay here once qualified. The Irish Daily Mail this morning this is like an editorial from the grim re-prodirected at me taking regular naps could increase your risk of suffering a stroke scientist claimed yesterday their study discovered that middle aged people who have short sleeps during the day are 12% more likely to have high blood pressure than those who stay awake now I'm not sure if the high blood pressure might make you more inclined to nap or if napping might be inclined to make your blood pressure higher but it was also found that they were the findings were based on medical records and surveys of 350,000 British people of the age of 40 the research involved people who took part in the UK Biobank study and were asked do you have a nap during the day they could answer that they napped never or rarely sometimes or usually napping can be a sign that someone is not getting enough sleep at night a problem that has been linked with high blood pressure their risks varied with age the under 60s who regularly napped had a 20% greater risk of high blood pressure but this fell to 10% for the over 60s men older people and those with more health problems and a higher body mass index tended to nap more during the day but sleep specialists would tell us that if you're not getting enough sleep at night you should nap during the day but as I say I'm not sure if it causes issues or if it's a symptom of issues a study today from Bernardo's tells us what we already know because we're all worrying about it depending on how many children you have going back to school Bernardo's is calling on the government to provide free school books for all children as costs for parents saw the children's charities annual back to school survey found the average cost of sending a fourth class pupil to primary school is 424 euro while a first year in secondary school costs 814 euro now this is bills that we're sort of trying to pay into I suppose over summer but they're coming just as we're heading into winter and using more electricity and maybe planning towards Christmas and wondering how we're going to fill that oil tank this is a levy on parents that they simply cannot afford the survey of 1132 parents also shows the majority are under rising financial strain half said recent cost of living increases have made it much more difficult for them to find the cash for their expenses one third said spiralling costs have made it slightly more difficult but you know half of the schools I'm not sure if it's half in the county or half across the country have book rental schemes every school should have that at the very very least and as I said before this program have been saying for years generic school uniforms affordable school uniforms a circular went up from the department of education a long time ago years ago imploring schools to make affordable school uniform options available but many don't you still have to go to a particular shop to buy a particular uniform with a particular crest at great cost and layer on to that hoodies which can be optional but still you know then we start hearing from our children we want the hoodie track suits which can be branded and expensive as well you know the department of education has implored schools to have affordable generic uniforms many still don't review review on that 08 660 25000 the Irish Daily Mirror this morning tells us that me hold Martin said he does not see Mary Lou mcdonald becoming t-shock but has not ruled out going into government with her party in the future however he said Sinn Fein should stop filling younger generations with a poisonous narrative about IRA killings during the troubles Mr. Martin launched a scathing attack on the opposition party and said they should fess up about historic IRA violence and this is quite interesting because I had been some within Fina four that said that backbencher not backbenchers but you know rank and father said he was too soft and certainly too soft as it relates to Sinn Fein so obviously he's taken that on board and has gone all guns blazing however the t-shock admitted their narrative on the conflict in the north may not be something that we become a breaking point for a potential political relationship in the future when asked how he would cope living in Ireland one day with Mary Lou mcdonald's t-shock he said I don't anticipate that I don't anticipate that at all of course there is an election to be fought in two years time we are in a democracy elections are there to be completed so competed so I don't anticipate that it's not a certainty by any means so Mr. Martin is over the view that Sinn Fein won't win the election the next election and Mary Lou mcdonald will not be t-shock that is his view just one more paper this morning and it's in the Irish Daily Star in case you're interested in what the spending habits are of prisoners well they've got you covered inmates are expected to spend up to 80 million euro in sweets, tobacco fizzy drinks and other items from prison tuck shops over the next four years that's 20 million a year the Irish prison services signed a contract with wholesaler BWG foods you see for the supply and delivery of products for tuck shops in the country's 12 detention facilities around 1500 items are available to inmates at the onsite shops but tender documents reveal that sweets, biscuits, cakes and desserts dominate a list of the most popular products these include jelly tots, skittles, jammy dodgers kinder bueno pineapple swiss roll and iced buns inmates favourite biscuits include jaffa cakes, chocolate hob, knobs lemon pofs and the classic rich tea if you were interested that's the info they're going to spend 80 million euro on that kind of stuff in prison over the next four years that's according to that newspaper ok let's crack on with the show by taking a quick break stay with us the first guest on the way Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure has everything you need for getting fit in 2022 from training gear to 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thanks so much for taking the call today at short notice I appreciate it not at all Greg okay and we are speaking in the context of the passing of former first minister and co-architect of the Good Friday agreement David Trimble it's fair to say isn't it there would be no peace process or certainly a peace process is as we know it without David Trimble I think someone destroyed them as a right man in the right place at the right time he started out as far as I remember as a member of the Vanguard party which was a pretty right wing party and the last person I think a lot of people thought who would make peace would be someone of that elk but along came Trimble and he he was the guy that actually did the deal with John Hume so your rights I don't think there would have been a peace process without him I think it was in the teacher description as a man of privilege who played a crucial role and I think that's pretty accurate yeah and in the lead up to the agreement whilst the agreement was being negotiated and signed and afterwards as well he had to sell he had to sell this agreement to Unionists and that would have been a tough time because of course it took a while for decommissioning to kick in and an awful lot of ground had to be given before that so you know he had a lot of work to do not just leading up to the signing agreement but as I say selling it to members on the ground afterwards yeah at the time I don't think it was appreciated by the national community I remember him and McCann famously remarked at Trimble when he got the Nobel Prize was a man who had won the lot without buying a ticket but in retrospect I think that judgment has now comes across as a wee bit harsh because he was pushing like water up hill all the time and every time there was a big decision he used to have to sort of run back to the Ulster party and the Ulster Unionist Council and so on and he was reluctant to make decisions but at that stage he was walking through a land mine every day every second of every day and I think it took a lot of courage because he was changing they had 50 years of Unionist domination that stormed here suddenly there was going to have to be power-sharing for the nationals and any games was a 1-1 for Unionist and he lost was a loose lose so he was trying to manage expectations while at the same time being realistic and of course to another part of his life that springs to mind was following the Ulmer bomb he defied Orange Order rules effectively to attend the funerals of three Catholic children that was post the agreement being signed a pre-decommissioning of my memory serves me correctly it was very important politically at that time presumably how that tragedy was handled in other words it could have on-don as well as being an awful human tragedy it could have on-don the progress in peace talks up until then yeah you know he did a lot of he was a rare character I met him a couple of times and one time I sat beside him at a dinner but he wasn't the most what would you say naturally engaging person but he was very polite he had been an academic he was a law lecturer at Cleanses and so on and he was very analytical no matter what you said to him he sort of nearly processed it before he gave an answer and I remember at the time after the Ulmer bombing he the rules were if you remember the Orange Order you could not attend a Catholic funeral I think he made the decision this is far more important than anything else and he went along for the funeral and like it was like Orange Order quietly dropped all this sort of stuff and went on behind it so Trumbull despite maybe his appearance of being like for instance he had a really bad relationship with Tony Blair it was fraught from almost day one Alistair Campbell Tony Blair spin doctor said he was a very awkward and sort of person to deal with but he was at the right he was the right person in the right place at the right time and that seems to be the general consensus that you started off me asking the question was he the right person at the right place at the right time he most certainly was more recently of course he was very pro-Brexity joined the conservative party held the whip of course and was a strong advocate for that I mean he took a position and he would stick with it in fairness to him yeah he was definitely on the right of the political spectrum like when he started off Vanguard and Greg he came to prominence you see there's a whole sort of dichotomy this man he came to prominence and I think 1995 or around that anyway when he led one of the drum cream arches he was a real hard liner so it was almost as if he was the last person anyone expected would make peace agreement with nationalists yet he did and and even on later life he joined the conservative party he became an ardent Brexiteer and so on so you know he was probably very consistent he was now left-wing bloody liberal you know he was very much on the right conservatively excuse me and as we approach the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement it's not that far away now he's the latest of some really important figures in sort of agreeing that to pass away it's remarkable how few people are left-wing I think they're nearly all gone that Hume's gone, Malm's gone, Paisley's gone now Trumbull's gone Malm and Alastair the other side of France is Tony Blair Brady Ahern and a few people like that but the actual sort of figures in the north most of them are gone okay right listen Pat thanks for the time this morning I really appreciate it not at all Greg take care of yourself okay that's former managing editor of The Dairy Journal Pat McCart there what are your views 08, 6, 60, 25,000 give us a call in 07, 4, 9, 1, 25,000 right we didn't get to all of the comments that came in yesterday so I'll catch up on a couple of those I've been on holidays in Guido for six weeks and I can't really moan about the weather says this caller we've had very little rain lots of warm days and some hot weather I honestly think we have the best climate in the world we can grow our own crops and there's always water on tap we can go to the bog for turf that will heat the homes in winter if the government allows what we have to know look around the world see the problems they have with fires floods and earthquakes and the God that you live in Donegal I get you and you're right and I appreciate your comment I think they'll you know other than the serious things in life the weather's one of the things we love to talk about and we unashamedly will go from a Monday when it's quite cold to saying I wish that someone come out and stick and tired of this cold weather to the sun coming out on a Tuesday and I'll say I can't stand this hot weather it'll be great when it cools down a bit and that's just who we are and that's what we do Greg does anyone actually there was an instant at Scali place yesterday it turned out to be hoax I wonder if that message I'll read that message it might be connected to that I'll read that and come back yesterday come back to it in a bit sorry not yesterday farmers in the drought-stricken areas of the USA, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico have small aircraft say this caller they fly over their own land spraying chemicals including silver iodine at heights above six and a half thousand feet the chemical reaction causes water particles to accumulate and it rains on their crops this technology can also be used and utilized to bring rainfall in areas where it may be required climate control okay and states the state own 70% of AIB bank says this listener for management to be dictating to the ownership it can't be allowed it would not fly any other company why should it in the case whereby they nearly close 70 if their branches from a cash perspective okay right keep them coming in to us we have to take a quick break our next guest on the way the 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union with monster loans 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Greg right now you're expressing concern about the level of the medical staff on Tory the nurse there that covers the islands on annual leave no cover in place and what's the reality of that situation is it as obvious as it it might seem or was there any recent instances that highlighted concerns even more so well at the moment there's been no nurse on the island since Thursday and the same thing happened back in Easter time we were left for a week without a nurse I understand there's no there's a lack of nurses on the menu to illnesses and what not and I understand that the lady in question who's going after the wrote on Tory it's very frustrating for her because unfortunately she doesn't have anyone to send in but I suppose reality on the island here there was a few people had to be taken off the island at the weekend there's an awful vomiting bug on the island and unfortunately there was a few people have to be taken away on Saturday there and went to the county general hospital where they were assessed and as far as I know some of them were kept down until we're let out but I suppose this is the busiest time of year for ourselves there's quite a lot of people on the island and I suppose now with this bug circulating my own house is down with it every second house at the moment and with it you know so we are worried but I suppose going forward we're more worried for the one person fast approaching so we're calling the HSE to please you know address the situation it's urgent now you know because we don't want to be left with it in our skin for this to happen in the coming months yeah and for those living on the mainland of course even if they don't have can't get access to to now doc or the GP for whatever reason and you have to err on the side of caution when it comes to health you can make your way to let a kind of university hospital I presume you know with a nurse on Tory they can offer some medical assistance some reassurance make a medical call and can rule out whether or not someone needs to go to LUH or not I mean it's a very different scenario living on an island of course of course yeah Metapha was out on the mainland on the weekend I was just thinking one of the children was sick on Saturdays and they thought well if this was happening I was quite worried about her so if this was happening on Tory Island at 2 o'clock in the morning you'd be extremely worried as most parents are at the minute due to this bug that's circulating and yeah it's not like when I spoke to the HSE they were saying well you know all you have to do is ring now doc or you know we were having the same problems on the mainland well you're actually not having the same problems on the mainland because as you said you jump in your car and you're in Leicester County in 45 minutes no matter where in the county are really you know so we're in a much difficult position here on Tory because I mean given if someone had a heart attack or something the Coast Guard helicopter could be maybe in Slag or it could take maybe an hour and a half to get here two hours you know so what are we supposed to do and don't bear to think what would happen in a case like that so but you know there is a situation and that they need to look at it urgently yeah and it's annual leave this time it could be maternity leave depending on the person's gender they could take a career change whatever it might be there should be contingency plans in place to cover all scenarios of course yeah of course and especially given that we're an island we don't have GP on the island I know more than have a GP there so I suppose all islands are different but the other thing as well you know the Tory island it's supposed to be a primary care centre we have very very little services being offered there as well so I think as well as the nursing situation we need to look at the services that's been offered there as well we weren't hardly getting any services there apart from the usual every fortnightly visit from the doctor and the nurse that's supposed to be here 24-7 you know so I think the whole centre needs to be looked at and the services that are provided there yeah and there's you're forewarned if someone's annual leave so you'd imagine some plans could be put in place to plug this gap it's hard to imagine there isn't a single nurse available on the island of Ireland well not on the island of Ireland but certainly in the Republic of Ireland with the will and organisation that we shouldn't have had this gap no that's it exactly and I understand everyone's entitled to their annual leave and I understand the two of the nurses that are on the list for Tory there off on sick leave at the moment so we're just in a very difficult position but the same thing happened back in April and there wasn't a contingency plan in place and yet again now we are in July and again it's happened you know so I suppose you know we are we're extremely frustrated and I suppose more worried about the approach and in terms of the people that had to travel to the mainland more recently is it dependent on their illness were they able to travel via via boat or does the helicopter have to be called or what's the situation there well basically what happened on Saturday was the course care group called usually what happens is you need to ring your GP that's what's on the message when you ring the nurses phone you ring your GP during the day and then out of hours if that all fails then you just ring one one two so but what happened at the weekend there I suppose they couldn't get through to the now doc they couldn't get through obviously it was the weekend they couldn't get through to the doctor and it wasn't an emergency so the next thing that was done was the course care group called and there's very little that they could do and in fairness to do great work because it's voluntary work at the end of the day and they are doing great work for us but again they're frustrated because it's very limited what they can do and I suppose they don't want to be left on the matters should anything happen you know yeah and it's not a great use of resources in the event of an emergency you know at sea or elsewhere where those people would be required and they're doing a medical effect from the island not that that's not important but you know again a nurse being on the island all of the time even during the nurses annual leave it might prevent that happening the nurse may well say look I'm not sure about this I think you need to go to the hospital but presumably they have the medical expertise to make a call and say look on the balance of things here's what you can do on the island and we'll see what you like in a couple of days yeah no that's it exactly and the nurses that we do have when they're here they're absolutely brilliant to have to send they do great work for us and we're very great before them but it's just an unfortunate situation we find ourselves in at the moment hmm okay I don't know if there are places on the mainland that don't have this type of cover I mean is this something is this something that maybe people might feel goes you know it's par for the course if you you live in an island it shouldn't be like that and I'm not saying that's the case Marjorie but I'm just wondering if the people that make these decisions could that be the attitude either the rear or to the fore of their mind well it certainly could be it certainly looks like it but you know we'll have to see now what's what's to happen going forward because we did highlight this issue back in April when it happened and then again now and so we are I suppose we we were kept quiet I suppose in April you know we did we did explain we were very frustrated in that but you know we're looking for answers now and we can't let this happen again you know come winter season and you talked about the serious cases of course like you know a heart attack or something the life threatening stuff but also if someone if someone were to to cut themselves accidentally a cut that requires stitches those type of things to expect a person that person when they could should be able to get that get that scene to locally to expect them to have to make their way from the island to the mainland and then on to the hospital it's it's it's unfair I don't think a lot of people would think that's the right way of doing things No it's very unfair and I suppose on Saturday the sea wasn't very nice at all it was extremely it was extremely rough and there was children having to go on to the boat being very very sick anyway and then having to go and make that journey across to my sorority it wasn't quite right I was thinking that I was thinking that and I didn't want to say but if you've already got a vomiting bug you're on a boat it affects you in all manner of ways so how long is how long as it stands if everything goes to plan would you be without a nurse during this spell before the annual leave is over Well the annual leave my understanding is that it's six weeks now I did speak to the HRC yesterday and they were hopeful that they would have someone on the island by Friday again they couldn't guarantee that but they said that they were very hopeful so that they would get back to us probably once the tourist had just let us know to update us on that Okay and what are your fears then for the winter in other words what do you what possibly could happen and what plans do you believe need to be put in place Well I suppose that they would have maybe a third person that they can call on and I think that would rectify the situation so that they would have they do have two and unfortunately both are out sick but if they have to go and look at the whole situation on Tory again now it's the time to do it because everything takes time and they need to address that now so that we have a nursing place come September October 10 Because there was notice of this annual leave obviously there was no notice of the two other nurses becoming sick but we also know what could be ahead of us in the winter and I think in fairness you're highlighting this in July which gives people plenty of time to plan for a lead-in and I think that's a very fair marjorie and I appreciate your time this morning Thank you very much Is it busy on the island particularly this year or what's the crack so to speak Yeah it was quiet at the beginning of July but the past couple of weeks now it's picked up the weather hasn't been great this season very rough I have to say it's been rough so yeah it's been slow this year but it has picked up now and we're hopeful that August we'll get some better weather and we'll get the tourists in but it has been slow this year but I think it's like that all around but we're hopeful now for good August Is that an invite? Yes of course Anytime Thanks for joining us and I hope it gets sorted and stay in touch with us in case there's anything we can do to help and we'll make inquiries with the HSC as well and hopefully that helps in putting the pressure on but we appreciate it and have a great day Thank you very much Take care bye bye A caller says Tori Island should have a nurse and a doctor the same as the mainland do you agree 08 660 25000 more of your comments here this is the rising cost of living only on milk and milk is a staple and it's one of the things going up in price that we can notice straight off this caller says a litre and a half of milk has gone from 145 to 209 in my local shop five miles down the road in another shop it's 165 now the shopkeeper themselves can make a call on it we've seen it with potatoes and other sort of regular stuff they might sell that kind of stuff cheaper with a view to people coming in to the shop in greater numbers and spending money elsewhere in the store that is possible but the price of milk is going up and it's something we generate here on this island it's you know international factors really shouldn't have as much of an impact on the price of milk here as it seems they are Thank you Greg for your support for older people I wished these people would take a course to address older people coming in from Mary yes indeed none of us would be here if it weren't for older people and if you're lucky and if you're spared we will become those older people ourselves and we have to think on how we'd like to be addressed or treated Greg did you ever hear the likes of it there'll be a queue up for the people wanting to get into prison from now on better life in than out yeah it feels like it doesn't Mary between TVs in every cell phones in every cell 20 million a year being spent on tuck shops I mean obviously really the only thing you're losing out on your liberty everything else is there it's luxury how many of you out there have a TV in your bedroom a full-sky sports package and access to such a well resourced tuck shop on your doorstep cigarettes and absolutely everything no water since 8 a.m. yesterday morning in the listillian area there's no sign that it will come back on and there was no notification it's now been 25 hours and we're stuck without water now has anyone else had this well I believe that probably is linked to that outage yesterday I'm not fantastic on geography but Irish Water yesterday said that they were investigating reports of supply disruptions to letter Kenny in the surrounds and they said more information to follow well guess what 23 hours later no more information so we're a wee bit hamstrung as to what we can do we'll make our inquiries by the way the Irish Water are currently investigating reports of a supply disruption to do bala and surrounds so if you're in the do bala and surrounding areas and the water is off there is a fault Irish Water say they're investigating that but other than that 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with live music by union McIntyre and the minor taunts see you this Sunday at the Glen column kill agricultural show all right Phil joins us now in the program hi Phil hi Greg how are you I'm doing good thank you for joining us okay so tell us about the situation at the mobile bank unit in Ballet Buffet firstly which bank is it where does it park and what do you access it for okay it's a new mobile bank that's been operated by permanent USB it's coming there now in Monday to facilitate people to open their new accounts and it's been open just to deal with the volume of people that are contacting their letter Kenny and Donegal branches and that so it's operating over the county but it's a Monday in Ballet Buffet and it would be parked just directly outside the Ulster bank on the main street every Monday between 10 and 4 and it's designed to for people who wish to switch accounts out of Ulster or wherever you can go and discuss your business with a person in this mobile unit yeah and there's no appointment necessary you go along you go with your own choice and you go in and you make and we did that a few weeks ago and we got an open door account very very efficient and all of that and no problem at all we went back yesterday with follow-up information and we could see a number of people standing out and there was no bank van there so we inquired inside in the Ulster bank and I must say they were very helpful in that the van had been there earlier in the morning this is just around 10 o'clock the van had been there earlier in the morning and had left and the girl didn't know whether they'd be coming back or not but they would let me know if they were so we queued out and eventually there was a little queue of four men with the eight people and new people came and left and the longer you stand the more you think yeah the van will come back but anyway I tried to ring TSB and let her come in and it just puts you through to this call centre like the 24 online centre and somebody came along and said then that a TSB employee would be inside the bank at 10 to 11 so we kind of waited on I think what distressed me when I came home and thought about it was like there was elderly people standing there we were out on the main street and the rain thankfully didn't come it threatened a few times but it didn't but when I went back inside about 10 to 11 they still had no information inside and the employee that normally would be there on a Monday and turned up either and they still had no information and I have to say this it had nothing to do with those two banks they were just obliging us by trying to find out you know where the bank was they were very helpful actually so the mobile bank had went missing really had it? like no one knew where it was it turned up then took off yep and actually the traffic ward came down at one stage and you know it was quite jovial where we were standing about and I said she didn't happen to see the mobile bank up the street or anything and she said no I haven't seen it this morning at all but it just we were standing there waiting and waiting and eventually about 11 o'clock we sort of all decided these definitely now coming back today so we couldn't get any information and for me I'm local I can pop back down next Monday's the bank holiday I can try and get appointments or whatever but it's for people that are elderly standing out people traveling into town one there and maybe thinking I'll get the bank this morning and it's just I just think it's very disrespectful to the public that there was no information it's not on the website that they wouldn't be there that they had to leave and we've had nothing from you know even we just don't know hopefully it'll be back in two weeks so following your first visit there did they say to you the bank staff at TSB in this mobile unit did they say right get your information together and we'll be back here every Monday for the foreseeable just turn up there's no need for an appointment we'll be here from such a time to such a time was that information given to you when you first met with them Phil? when I went down and as I say very professional young man and that we actually got our account open but then we had to wait for the cards to come and all of that and then we were literally going back in just to do the switch you know to identify a date in the future you know suitable for us to switch your bank account you know from from Ulster and it's every Monday I actually checked even last night I went around every county on their website it's operating all over the country and it does say and I will say it says on the top it may vary but in the counties where it had varied there was a notification you know it said will not be available on a certain date or whatever but for Donegal there was nothing and as they it's scheduled in Donegal town today Tuesday and Wednesday so whether it's there or not I don't know anyone in Donegal town have you have you seen this missing TSB mobile unit last seen for five minutes in Balibar Faye on it by the way there's no money on it sorry does it made you regret your decision to switch your business to TSB I wonder well as they when it came back and there was a comment on after the lady talked about the swatching pack the information on the swatching pack and somebody had text them to say they had a difficulty with their direct debits so it has made me a bit wary now to be honest yeah sure what we'd have to go with somebody and we have their kinds opened and all now so and I know you can do a lot of this online I know that I probably could do it but for some of us it's just you feel a bit more comfortable I know people across age groups that want to speak to somebody because they want to see it's an advantage to this that and the other they don't necessarily pick up the various types of accounts from text clearly they want someone to speak it to them and they're talking about this is where their money is going to go so I think that's not unreasonable and I think it's really fair fill of view you know you're a serial bank account opener according to the notes I have in front of me it's not your first rodeo you know you could do it online but you're thinking of maybe people that had to travel into Balabafé older people standing around those more anxious about the process and you know you're speaking for them I think than yourself today fill it's so wrong it's so wrong and I know everything's online I know there's information packs there's everything but I honestly, my parents were here there's no way they would negotiate this absolutely no way without dealing with a relative for a daughter you know one of us or whatever and particularly elderly people they're very very confidential about their business and especially their money and you know and when they go to the bank they feel they're dealing with somebody professionally and they can deal with their queries and they're all their business is confidential and the family don't you know do you know what I'm saying nobody knows about their business and their money you know well private people you know and I think yeah and it's this is the basics of the device spoke to a few customers they would actually get because it's common sense stuff it's how we all feel but they don't seem to get that right okay well it's not next Monday it'll be the Monday afterwards anyway Phil hopefully we'll be all queued out again well listen get there at nine o'clock next Monday week that's what I'll do listen Phil lovely to chat to you take care alright bye bye I hope things goes well with you at the new bank go wait six sixty twenty five thousand right let's see here now we'll go on to our next our next text um I read that one on the Lestillian water was told by the permanent TSB rep in the Ulster Bank last Thursday to come back Monday as there was a problem with the app went in yesterday at twelve fifteen nobody there so we're being told to be proactive to not we spoke to a lady yesterday start switching you need to switch make sure you do you need plenty of time and this is the kind of problems people are encountering Mihal Martin and Neil Radcar yesterday's men robbing the country dry before the country runs dry of money plain and simple believes this caller then the next party they'll blame them going into government the people of this country should open up their eyes big time to this stop-tion fame because they will expose the corruption that went on behind the people's back in health education someone and so forth I look forward to that all coming to passive it is the case my son had to attend now doc last night having been treated he was asked how he wanted to pay when he said card he was told the treatment was 50 euro for cash or 60 by card I'm just wondering is this the norm considering we're asked to use cards wherever possible is there a difference in the cost of seeing now doc dependent on whether you have cash or card let us know 08 660 25000 Greg does anyone out there know where the salt caves that used to scally place and that Kenny have moved to I know the people I know have gift vouchers for them the last time I was in contact with them I was told they were valid for five years I don't know where they've gone but they still advertise the opening hours on the website would appreciate any information where are salt caves I'm not familiar with that I presume it's companies where are they now located asked that caller if you have an answer 08 660 25000 this texture said my experience of the accommodation crisis relates directly to my son a young 25-year-old professional whose landlord is selling up and indirectly my 18-year-old daughter who attends a to you her young student colleagues from outside the county have lost the accommodation they had last year and now have nowhere to stay next semester my son's landlady has been very patient as he searches however the lack of affordable places is hindering his search his maximum budget is 850 euro per month for a half bedroom place this however is proving to be a small budget according to places we've seen it's very worrying to think that these young people on whom we rely to become the future of our country are being neglected by our local and national authorities my son is in the fortunate position where he works remotely and therefore is not restricted to one area however his choice of location is being negated by the lack of availability in his local area his budget 850 euro per month according to some of the students we've been speaking to that's what's almost required for student accommodation in letter Kenny we spoke to one young person I think their first year was 70 their second year it was 100 and their third year was 130 that's how much they were being asked if they could get hold of it now I know that's just shy of 850 but that's where the market seemingly is going and I do worry where those wishing to attend the all new ATU where they're actually going to stay because last year we were talking to people staying in hotels sleeping in cars couch surfing you wonder is it going to be worse this year if you have any insight into that or any opinion on that you know the text number it's 086625000 086625000 Greg can a traffic warden write tickets up for not having your tax when the vehicle is parked in a non-pay and display area my understanding is they can I think that's part of their remit I don't think it really matters where the car is parked if it's parked in public if they spot your tax date even if it's not in a ticketed area my understanding is they can still write a ticket for that let us know 086625000 086625000 if I'm wrong hi Greg great show thank you really appreciate that by the way not because it makes me feel any better it just means that we're hopefully getting it right for you a paid 60 euro cash share to see now dock in my area okay 60 euro in cash so another person talked about 50 euro cash 60 on card but that person's experience was very difficult different right it is Tuesday coming up on this program after 11 o'clock amongst other things we will be the Mary from Dunlop festivals on running ongoing at the moment and we'll have the winning Mary in studio I don't know who it's going to be we don't know who it's going to be but if you want to meet them if you want to see them get on to our website howlandradio.com you can watch all of the program every day here no one else does it maybe for good reason but we know 4 million minutes of every 6 months on 2 million views, minute views live every 3 months so lots and lots of you are engaging right across all the platforms so we're reaching all of you who watch 2 million minute views every 3 months I think that's pretty good isn't it and you can watch the show every day here and you can also watch as we chat to the Mary's after 11 that and so much more besides stay with us we're going to take a 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online and on the Highland Radio app this is Highland Radio News Good morning I'm Akilah Clark with the news at 10 o'clock Tributes are being paid today to one of the principal architects of the Good Friday Agreement who has died at the age of 77 the former First Minister of Northern Ireland David Trimble passed away peacefully yesterday following a short illness the Nobel Peace Prize winner was a former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party who served as First Minister from 1998 to 2002 former Taoiseach and Finafall leader Bertie Ahern believes history will remember him for his bravery I think it will remember him as a politician who in a really difficult time whom we were trying to end 30 years of violence in spite of everything stood up put his name to that agreement and allowed us bring peace Concern has been raised over the level of medical care being provided on Tory Island the nurse stationed on the island has been on annual leave since Thursday and residents were without medical provision for a week at Easter also a number of people had to be transferred to letter Kenny University Hospital on Saturday after becoming unwell Marjorie O'Carroll manager of core commentary is calling on the HSE to step in We are worried but I suppose going forward we're more worried for the winter season fast approaching so we're calling on the HSE to please you know address the situation it's urgent now you know because we don't want to be left with it in our skin for this to happen in the coming months Officials at Lanster House are considering introducing a second doll chamber the concorna is consulting with political party leaders on the proposal which it's hoped it would make politics more family friendly it would see a rock-test business held in both chambers at the same time so proceedings could finish at 7 or 8pm rather than midnight or later but Senator Jerry Botomier says there are other options that could be examined I think we're all welcome family friendly parliament there was a committee established by the calcora to look at that certainly there's a need to look at how we do our business both in the upper house and lower house in terms of the e-legislation of time I'm not sure that a second chamber is the answer I think we should look at things also like the community week committees have maybe a community week and then a committee week so that we there's calls for immediate action to mitigate against the real currents of flooding in Sturban damage was caused to homes and businesses across the town on Saturday many in areas previously affected in particular the Bali Coleman estate where short term flood alleviation works have been approved but have yet to be carried out Councillor McKiella Boyle says urgent action is needed the number of families in the state that were badly flooded this is ongoing for quite a number of years solution has been found but the risk is greater we need to ensure that these houses are no longer flooded again and that the water is diverted away from these homes when this happens A mid-summer road safety appeal has been launched in Donegal today ahead of the bank holiday weekend the RSA and the Garda Shea Conner along with the Minister of State at the Department of Transport Hildegard Nocton are rolling out the initiative at the Atlantic Technological University's letter Kenny campus To date this year 88 people have been killed an increase of 28 compared to last year Speaking to Highland Radio News Assistant Garda Commissioner Paula Hillman highlighted the importance of road safety What a better place to be than the beautiful county of Donegal but behind that is that really serious message and we know that five people have sadly lost their lives in in County Donegal this year to date and you know while we talk about those figures we never lose sight that that's an empty seat at someone's table this is someone's family member and the members of the community and the devastating impact that has so yes we wanted to come out to Donegal to help spread that message of road safety Whether night or day will be partly cloudy and dry apart from isolated light shires highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees That's all from Highland Radio News for now we'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock until then good morning The obituary notice says for this Tuesday morning July the 26th The death has occurred of Danny Gillespie, Alterskeen Road St Johnston. His remains are reposing at his late residence Fiona from there to more morning at half past ten going to St Bethan's Church St Johnston for 11 o'clock requery and mask with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Family flowers only please donations and they have desired to St Johnston and Carrigan's Family Resource Centre care of any family member or Kelly's funeral directors The death has taken place of Patricia Patsy Gill, Nailogue, Woodley, Reading, England, formerly of Mellon County Donegal. A service for Patricia will take place in Laid Chapel on Tuesday, August the 2nd at 11 o'clock with interment of her ashes immediately afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. The death has occurred of Hillary McHugh, 83 Hillview Park Castle Derrick Fiona from the family home this morning at 20 past 11 for requery and mask at 12 noon in St Patrick's Church Castle Derrick interment afterwards in the adjoining church yard. The mask can be viewed via the parish at webcam. Family flowers only please donations and they have desired to cancer research care of Charles Lynch at funeral director. The death has taken place of Hillary Hill, Bally here in Kill McCranon, requery and mask this morning at 11 o'clock in St Columbus Church Kill McCranon. Fiona mask can be viewed on ChurchServices.tv burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Family flowers only donations if desired to the Donegal Hospice care of any family member. The death has taken place of Mary Logue, Nay Bradley, Letcher Hillview, Cloughan County hospital. The death has taken place of Tony McGonigal, Carrick, Carnegarve, Movil. Fiona mask will take place this morning at 11 o'clock in St Pius the 10th church Movil followed by burial and Bally Brax cemetery. The death has taken place of Tony McGonigal, Carrick, Carnegarve, Movil. Fiona mask will take place this morning at 11 o'clock in St Pius the 10th church Movil followed by burial and Bally Brax cemetery. Fiona mask can be viewed live on Movilparrish.com. Family time please from 11 o'clock tonight and before the funeral tomorrow. Family flowers only donations if desired to the Donegal Hospice care of any family member. And the death has occurred of Annie Calhoun, Nay Sweeney, Main Street, Killy Gordon. Fiona leaving from there this morning at half past 10 for the funeral at 11 o'clock and termed afterwards in the adjoining churchyard. The requiem mask will be streamed live on the St Patrick's Church Crossroads, Killy Gordon Facebook page. Donations and lay of flowers if so desired to the patient's comfort fund, Barnes View Ward, St Joseph's Community Hospital, Strenorder care of any family member. For more details including any family health guidelines for wigs and funerals please one sourdough and Caesar salad and by the way I'm 12 weeks pregnant. We don't always know who's at risk from COVID-19 and other viruses but we do know how to protect them. Keep hands clean and wear a mask. Let fresh air in get vaccinated and stay at home if you are unwell from the HSC for us all. OK coming up very shortly Garda Sargent Garda Sargent, Charlie Anderson will be joining us for the Community Garda Information Item. Stay tuned for that number of instances that they are seeking your assistance in crimes that which they hope to solve. Just a couple of your comments before we go to the bingo numbers. Greg where have all the bees gone? I go for lovely walks throughout the county and this year I'm concerned as I'm not hearing the usual buzzing of the bees how many of your listeners have seen a wasp this year? I haven't seen any please Greg can you get someone from the scientific world on to explain what's happening with the huge reduction in the bee population this year. We'll certainly try and do that for you I think you're correct in talking about wasps. There was like one or two days I think it was early this month or late last month where the weather got really mild and there was flies everywhere and I saw wasps and then they disappeared. I didn't see many bees. I haven't seen many bees. I don't know what the story is. Anyone out there with an insight 08 660 25000 we'll try and see if we can come up with answers for you as well. Hi Greg ptsp at the only bank that are not utilizing the post office you have to go to the branch to get anything done good luck with their online offering too it regularly cuts you off mid-processing that comes in from Liam not a satisfied customer and last one before that break I talked of higher costs I'll put in my medical expenses recently and I should be receiving over 1000 euro. I'm currently on illness benefit so every penny I can get is desperately needed. I've just received an email stating that they are taking over 900 of the tax I'm assuming because of the pandemic payment my question is can they do this or can I dispute it and pay back what's over a few years either through my employment tax or husband's employment tax. Now that's a specific is this the beginning of the clawback of those those payments that many of us received at that time I'm not quite sure but we will see if any of our listeners can help. Okay, as I mentioned Q&A got information item on the way after the bingo number isn't a short break stay where you are. 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and ninety nine euro Sheridan security nine one two six oh two five good morning it is Tuesday the 26th of July and it's time for another edition of the community guarder information item and we welcome into studio today Garda Sergeant Sergeant Charlie and Anderson could have you with us thanks for joining us good to be here Greg right okay we have some security advice and we'll talk about the August Bank holiday weekend in a moment but first we'll start with the appeals as it relates to crimes across the region and Garda investigating an assault at Longbrae in Castle Finn that's correct Greg so Garda and letter Kenny are appealing this morning for witnesses to an alleged assault that occurred at Longbrae in Castle Finn between Sunday the 24th of July at 11 50 p.m. and Monday the 25th of July at 12 10 a.m. now one man was hospitalised for his injuries as a result of this incident he currently remains in hospital but thankfully his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening so just appealing to anyone who may have travelled on the Longbrae road between those times and who may have dashcam footage to make that footage available to us indeed if anyone observed the altercation to contact are the letter Kenny on nine one six seven one hundred okay now looking for the public's assistance as it relates to a traffic collision in a shone that's correct so Garda and Bongkran are investigating a road traffic collision that occurred at Marabeg Burnfoot and this occurred on Sunday the 24th of July at approximately 245 p.m. now in this incident Grey Volkswagen Golf Partial Reg YNZ had struck a tree and was stuck in a ditch now nobody was at the scene when Garda arrived but it was reported later that two males and a female had fled the scene on foot following the collision now the cars believed to have been travelling foot village in the direction of Causeway Inch Island when the collision occurred so once again if anybody witnessed this collision we'd ask them to contact are the and again as with a lot of these appeals we'd ask if anyone has dashcam footage to make that available to us so the number for Bongkran is nine three two zero five four zero okay staying in Bongkran on a criminal damage incident that's correct so we're also appealing for information in relation to a criminal damage incident at this incident occurred in Bongkran between July 11th and July 16th so the resident of the property she was away for a number of days and when she returned home the glass on the back door had been smashed no entry was gained to the property but once again the appeal this morning is for maybe residents in the area if they seen or heard anything suspicious in around that period from the 11th of July to the 16th of July or indeed if they have any relevant information in relation to the incident we'd ask them to contact us in Bongkran on nine three two zero five four zero okay now down to Stranola theft from a car yes Greg so this is one there's a number of these kind of incidents over the last number of weeks I'll do the first one and so the first one relates to an incident theft from a car which was parked in the car park at St Mary's church Stranola this occurred on Saturday the 23rd of July between 1pm and 3pm a wedding was taking place in the church at the time and one of the guests had parked their vehicles in the car park so they returned to their car and made their way to the wedding reception only to discover that their wallet which contained cash and bank cards the wedding card and a cash gift had been stolen from the vehicle whilst it was parked in the car park it was no damage caused to the vehicle so we're just appealing to anyone who may have been in the area who may have observed maybe anyone acting suspiciously in around the grounds of St Mary's church on Saturday July 23rd between 1pm and 3pm to contact Gar thee and letter Kenny and it's 9167100 and this is one of those ones where I think we've all done it you know we've all heard the appeals but we all let our guard down and particularly this time of year or any time of the year it's just to double check there's nothing on show in the car. Absolutely and I suppose the biggest thing in all of these is to make sure that your vehicle is locked you know just to make sure just I know a lot of people now who have the automatic lock and system they press the button check pull the handle on the door make sure the vehicle is actually locked and that's a big thing in a number of these incidents and in this day and age too because the car indicates if you've locked it if someone wanted to be observing a car park full of cars you know 20 cars they will probably see the one or two that the person's just walked off that they haven't locked it because it's you know it's quite evident if the person has or not absolutely and I suppose look a lot of these incidents are a lot of these crimes are opportunistic crimes people will be they'll be getting about the place they will be seeing what's going on watching out for this type of thing and we just ask people to be vigilant and I know look people as a lot going on maybe they were Russian and it's incident the person could have been Russian into the church it could have been maybe chatting to somebody but we would ask that they would just check that their vehicles are locked. I think a lot of it is and I'm almost speaking from experience we think it's not going to happen to us of course you know I think it's not necessarily it's not that I'd walk off and forget to lock the car I think sometimes it's not it's a subconscious decision but it's just it's not going to happen the cars just parked here so someone would see it's not you know what I mean and I think it's maybe some of us are more trusting than we should be rather than being forgetful you know because I have to remind myself. Yeah and particularly at home I think we do let our guard down as well you drive in as far as your driveway or back you know to outside of your house or wherever you jump out of your car you go into your house and you know you just assume you're at home you're in a safe space but cars are broken all the time you know and and a lot of it is because vehicles are being left unlocked when somebody comes along to see an opportunity to take advantage of that opportunity so we just ask people just to be mindful that's all and just to ensure and that's a big one first of all that their vehicles are in fact locked when they're leaving them. Okay now trespassing car theft in the Strinola area you haven't mentioned this yet have you? No one just in the early years of Saturday morning again the 23rd of July a couple of cars in the driveway of a house and Dunwiley were interfered with and neither of the cars were stolen but some contents and some contents of one of the cars were thrown onto the property of the house and so between 10 p.m. on Friday the 22nd of July and 9 a.m. on Saturday the 23rd of July a car was that it was stolen from a different property in the Dunwiley area. Now the car was a grey Renault-Megan Partial Reg 0-1 DL but this car was later recovered at 9 30 a.m. on Saturday the 23rd of July in Strathven in Strinola so we're just appealing for anybody who may have seen the grey Renault-Megan 0-1 DL being driven between the areas of Dunwiley and Strathven on those dates to contact Ardee and letter Kenny who's investigating this particular incident and that's 9167 100. So I don't want to amplify it or worry people is there is this almost like a spate of these type of crimes is this something that we need to pay particular attention to? Well these particular incidents all happened in around the one date so we're just asking people to be vigilant just to ensure that they lock their vehicle I suppose that's the big advice that we're giving this morning regardless of whether it's parked in their driveway or indeed a public place and to store their keys away as well in the house that they're not left on show maybe sitting at a window and the window open and I suppose never leave the key of your car either under your tyres or that sometimes people would just leave it there but I suppose usually places like that criminals would be aware of. They know all the hot spots it's not high to cash in the kitchen they go straight to the cookie jar or whatever it might be I don't know I don't have cash to hide. There's not even cookies in the cookie jar. We won't be gone for tea so no cookies in the cookie jar. But you know like we are creatures of habit and we think oh I've got a good idea well everyone else has had that good idea and these and I'm not in any way praising them but these a lot of the people that do these type of crimes they're professional at what they do in other words they know what to do and where we hide things and stuff and we just have to keep our guard up. And that's it and especially to valuables that you mentioned earlier just don't need valuables on show again if you do have something valuable in the car like a laptop, phones, anything like that if you could you know put it in the boot somewhere there where it's not visible you know because again as I said a lot of these crimes are just opportunistic crimes and you know people will be watching what's going on they'll see an opportunity and they'll just go for it and always then this was where possible it's not always possible but just to park in a secure well lit area or location and if it's a thing that you do see somebody you know in around, reaching around a car park or that maybe just report it to Guardian because if it is, if you think that it's suspicious we'd like to know about it and then if something happens we can join the dots, you know If there's nothing to it, there's nothing to it No time has been wasted because I think people might be inclined to sort of you know triage their points of view whether or not should I bother guardie with this time and time again during this item the information is if you spot something contact your local station because either a patrol car can do a scout part of you know a subsequent investigation and it's information that's useful whatever it might be because you're protecting your community really Absolutely, yeah and particularly when a number of incidents happen in the one area you know somebody might have seen somebody maybe give it the description of that person walking in a general direction maybe they felt it was suspicious at the time and then that could lead on, follow on to as I said joining the dots or establishing that this person was involved in a certain incident You know we are heading into the August bank holiday weekend and we do know it's this bank holiday weekend it's a lot of bank holiday weekends that we can see a spike in we can see a spike in the number of people dying on our roads but unfortunately we don't want anyone to die on our roads we are seeing that the number climb every single week seemingly we had an awful period of four lives being lost in just a couple of days recently this is all within our power Charlene to do something about out on the roads isn't it I mean we can make a difference here if we just follow the basic advice a lot of these deaths the majority of these deaths are avoidable I'm not attributing any blame to anyone who's passed away but a lot of these very sad deaths are avoidable Absolutely and again look this weekend and the RSA will be focusing on life saver offences we've been asking people to slow down don't drink, take drugs and drive and know where your seatbelt and encourage your passengers to make sure that they're where and they're their seatbelts and I suppose this morning there's a launch of 61 new safety cameras they'll become operational nationwide today and we have three of those in Donegal so people can log on to the the website and they can get the exact GPS coordinates for where they're going to be What is the logic of making that information public and oh this has been talked about before Charlene some listening might go well if you want to reduce speed you want to catch people and hit them in the pocket and the points and we're seeing work being done on increasing those penalties at the moment so what do you see the logic of advertising in advance where these speed cameras are Well I suppose the whole idea of the speed cameras is that they operate in areas where there's a history of speed related collisions fatal road travel collision and they're known speed enforcement areas now and again it's to get that message out there you know the van is there and I suppose it's even like ourselves out doing speed checks like we would hope that we're not getting people speeding we want to get people to slow down that they're encouraged that when they know that the speed van will be at that location or the guards are out doing speed checks that's a deterrent for them in itself you know and that's the idea of it it's not that we want to go out there and it's catching everybody for speeding that's not what it is it's to encourage people to slow down knowing that the speed vans will be out of safety of course is that if you're stopped and you get penalty points and you get a fine but that's not what we're looking to do to penalise everybody we're trying to educate people get them to slow down and of course reduce serious and fatal road traffic collisions on the road Okay now with all that in mind the Road Safety Authority and Guardi are having the mid summer road safety appeal taking place today locally here That's happening in the Atlantic Technological University I hope I said that right formerly known as LYIT I'm going to add a 10 Thank you and that will, the appeal today will focus on road safety over the remainder of the summer period and as you said, due to the increase of fatal accidents on the road this appeal is happening today so on Guardi the Sheikhan of the Road Safety Authority will be urging road users to take greater care on the roads during high risk periods and again we're going into the August Bank holiday weekend so we would you know really urge people to slow down and ensure that they remain within the speed limits at all times Yeah because obviously coming into the bank holiday weekend my understanding is going to be dry for much of this week then it's going to rain at the weekend so that obviously can impact on road conditions there's going to be caravans out on the road you know there's agriculture activity activity going on people might be taking their bikes out for either push bikes or motor bikes you know the roads are going to be much more busy and you know much more hazardous and we have to do what we can do to try and best prevent injury to ourselves and others Absolutely and look this time of year I think you know there's a lot more tourists there's a lot more people in the area some people are maybe unfamiliar with certain locations and certain roads and maybe road works that are taking place and the network of roads that we have around here so anything that we can do to encourage road safety absolutely it's a priority for us so once again just to reiterate people to slow down never drive while under the influence of alcohol and drugs and always wear your seatbelt and your passengers please ensure that they're wearing your seatbelts also and indeed if you observe dangerous driving on the roads pick up the phone give us a call we'd be happy to deal with any complaints that we receive in that respect and again it's about saving lives that's the most important thing and you know in Donegal I suppose it's so prevalent up here we've had numerous fatal road traffic collisions and indeed myself I've been to a number of them and it's hard it's such a knock on effect right to family, friends and the wider community and indeed for ourselves going to knock on the door it's not a metaphor it's not an example it is what has to happen and it's the fatal crashes and it's the people we all know them in our community that suffer life altering injuries that changes their lives forever as well you know so but that all being said and you've it's in the notes here and it's really important this is it's not about being sports or do mongers we want everyone to have a happy enjoyable and fun bankology weekend but to do it safely and to minimize as much as we all can individually the dangers on our roads to make sure you know we can we can do what I've just said absolutely and again as you said there rightly so we hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe bank holiday weekend there's lots going on there's great things going on all around the county as well so people get to it and get home from it safe alright Garda Sargent, Sharlene Anderson thank you so much, thank you for the pleasure having you in as always that was the community Garda information item for this on Tuesday the 26th of July it will be available later for you on our social media and on Garda, Shia, Carla, Donna Gauls social media a little later on this afternoon and it will be back with you live on this program next Tuesday alright we're going to take a quick break 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 Breedon's furniture Cooley Maville with over 40 years of experience in furniture and floor coverings they've got Irish made furniture, suites beds, mattresses, dining, flooring slide robes and occasional furniture great prices and large selection now available at Breedon's home furniture Cooley Maville the Eileen McGlinche Memorial Tractor and Truck Run will be held in McGill's Field Mahare Castle Finn on Sunday July 31st registration from 11am leaving the field at one o'clock registration fee 15 euro proceeds to 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25,000 is the WhatsApp and text line by the way 07 491 25,000 now to some of your comments as we get an old bees Greg the bees are getting scarcer and scarcer every year every bit of lawn or grassy area is moved mode continuously and everywhere seems to be sprayed with weed killer our old flowering hedgegroves are being removed and cut back eliminating the flowers I'm constantly talking about this to people I meet all I hear is that you and your bees right okay so that's something you're passionate about I call us as the bees and wasps have immigrated to a warmer climate and who would blame them I'm not sure that's a scientific response to that but anyway I do appreciate your time right in texting us in Noel you can hear me now can you I can indeed the internet this morning is very clear in this part of Donegal down south a very good morning to your listeners and lovely to talk to you Greg I'll ask again how is your summer treating you my summer is treating me very well we have got back to the kind of normality there's still a little bit of stress in the air because people are not quite sure whether to throw caution to the wind and live normally or kind of live in that never world between cold that normal life but you know what overall it's a very positive story numbers in this neck of the woods probably slightly down on previous years but that's to be expected people were dying to get away and get some sun and get on the plane you know yeah yeah and who would forgive them though it would be nice to see them return and I'm sure they will right now plans are well afoot too for the Donegal Camino it's taking place over the start of September talk to me about the the Donegal Camino it's history it's establishment and what it is well a lovely lady Peggy Stringer who's no stranger to the energy in the show and Peninsula she's from that neck of the woods she decided to do a walk some years ago and to give the proceeds to charity and out of that was born the Donegal Camino we had our first official one last year and dear to McGlone again who needs no introduction Peggy and myself arrange this week of walking in Donegal first of all main concern was that our wonderful cancer care center in never can he be supported number one number two that we would introduce Donegal as a kind of place where people could come to recharge to walk to showcase our beautiful beautiful countryside our hills our mountains our lakes and third and by no means the less important that people had time just to step off the treadmill have a week just in nature outside enjoying it and thankfully it was a huge success and this year no different huge huge interest in it and again all proceeds going to cancer care with their marvellous center in that or Kenny yes in terms of this last year it wasn't only success obviously for those taking part but in terms of fundraising 26,000 euro raised for cancer care West support center and sometimes I think you know we throw these figures out I'm not accusing you of it now but that is it's such a significant amount of money to gather together and add to the cancer care West support center like it really is lovely chunk of money that they can do great things with you know if you have to earn that and pay tax on it it's much greater than the 26,000 itself I think that's as I say sometimes we brush over that little bit not you but me but let's pause for a moment isn't that fantastic what these people did last year between yourselves and everyone else involving it and those taking part that money is invaluable we sometimes get blase about raising amounts of money and honestly there is not a penny spent that isn't necessary the only money we actually fork out is for guides which is essential we have to have guides on those particular walks and for insurance everything else everybody else gives up their time for free and you know our health and this is by no means a criticism our health services are challenged for a variety of reasons some beyond their control support centers in the area of cancer are unbelievably important the cancer care center in netherkenny has seen thousands of people through its door offering a range of services and support and sometimes as basic as a cup of tea and a chat and it's just absolutely marvelous and this year now once we have registrations completed I hope to involve all of those who've registered now send them to come in to the party for that wonderful weekend September with some personally raised sponsorship money and I'm sure they will because we would like to increase the amount of money you know and I can see people maybe coinciding their annual leave for this type of thing because you know lots of people like to walk but it'd be a really nice experience to do it with other people and it be coordinated and and guided and it depends on people's ability there want their time you can hike and walk for one day for three days or for seven days it's just 30 year old per person per day and you can go on to the website donagolcamino.ie so it's it's tailored there for for what every what anyone wants I think Noel absolutely nobody need be put off by the fact that we're talking about a week long Camino you can dip in dip out there are sort of walks that are entirely manageable for most people with any kind of level of fitness we have our guides and our professionals there to help us and at any time if anybody got into anything bordering on a little bit of trouble or you know felt tired or even God forbid something happened we have the resources there to ensure that that's dealt with immediately and and also just as an aside this year for myself and for others that have organized this it's kind of special for us because when we walk the going of all you you name it Ross Gill and Muckish and Urres and Chesken Moor the Blue Stacks Leave League and at Mystery Island trip it's fabulous we will be remembering especially the late great Greeter Freel who was inspirational and did a lot of work for Cancer Care West Cancer Center in Letter Kenny and I personally will also be remembering Father Brian Father Brian Quinn was a great hiker in his day and he loved the mountains so we will say a little prayer and leave a few flowers along the way for those marvelous marvelous people you know it's the spirit of this event it's and there's lots of fun there's that sense of togetherness there's good laughs surprise guests you never know who you might bump into to who might get involved and all at the same time wondering at our most beautiful landscape for many people seeing it from that perspective for the first time no absolutely and even people you know who live in Donegal who join we are taking them to places they've never been and furthermore perhaps didn't have the confidence to climb Muckish for example but because of the support of a group and guides with the Camino they're going to say you know what let's give it a let's give it a bash and they do and they will and it's fantastic okay so for more information now as Noel has been mentioning there the walks are the Urus Hills of Ineshaun Rosgill Peninsula Derivé mountains Muckish and so on and so forth the sixth day Cloughart and Desert Valley and then the climax is on Europe's High Seacliffe Sleeve League it's Pilgrim Midsha path or Pilgrim's path and the infamous one man's path I mean this is you've really picked out and your team have picked out the highlights here I know you mentioned Peggy and Deirdre involved in this if you want to get involved it's 30 euro per day for everything you've been hearing from Noel three days 75 seven days for 150 and you can go on to the website donagallcamino.ie where there's further information about people planning in terms of where they might stay and all that type of stuff Noel as well you've gathered that information for them so now they have a good month and a week or so to to lay out their plans in place absolutely and they've even had that information has been available we've had several calls and we have people yesterday somebody rang me from America and they're coming a little group of them which is very exciting and two of them haven't been back to Ireland since they left all those years ago and it's very touching and very moving that they're going to revisit some of the places that they have in their glorious memory with a group of like-minded people and as you say it's a lot more than a walk yeah and you're a lot more than just a good host you're an excellent host too and people will be able to meet you I'm sure Noel and others thank you so much we'll chat maybe between now and then but if we don't I'm sure it's going to be huge success people are going to love it and as you say it's raising valuable funds I know you probably would love to see that twenty six thousand euro last year bettered this year and we shall see thank you Noel for joining us as always take care of yourself Noel Cunningham there 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inishadventures.com the seventh annual letterkenny busking festival is on saturday the 30th of july with musicians and singers performing all along the main street with entertainment from two and buskers performing from three to five it's a great afternoon of street entertainment the letterkenny busking festival on saturday july the 30th see letterkenny busking festival on facebook for details okay we're joined on the program now by dave colman of colman legal dave thanks for joining us today and good morning to you good morning right so can you give us an overview of where we are at in relation to cases being taken by homeowners or on their behalf as it relates to the defective block scandal so where are we at now as we speak okay as of this morning we've just over 1400 people signed into the case we have issued over 750 ritz in the high court and by thursday we'll exceed a thousand we have a special arrangement with the central office of the high court to take in the volume and once we receive the thousand we'll then dial that down over the summer and we'll be issuing about 50 per week until we reach the 2000 mark greg and what is the uh what is the logic and i'm pretty sure of course there's logic to it but in terms of you know almost bombarding with these ritz as opposed to maybe a test case or two or three and to see how that fair is what's happening here uh from a legal perspective yeah as you know greg yeah there's no class action law in ireland and therefore each individual has to secure their own rights before the course at the courts so therefore it's vital that people issue their own ritz in their own name to stop stop the clock ticking but there's another reason of course which was that the the defective blocks bill did have it although we got it removed a provision whereby the minister could take any ungrantable losses from anybody entitled to a grant and take them to the benefit of the state however we did secure an amendment to the legislation and the reason we thought to introduce so many cases prior to the bill becoming law was to enable nobody to attempt to interfere with it again as almost half of our clients are in before us and half of our clients will be in after the bill becoming law so therefore it's not really something that anybody will have an appetite for so is this for people who are going to engage in the scheme and to argue that there shouldn't be any shortfall that they have to meet or is this for people that are disinterested in the scheme and and won separately for the state or other parties to to repair their house to their original condition or is it a combination of both oh it's both Greg I think it's well known within the county that the grant scheme itself although laudable and to be welcomed doesn't really cover all of the costs involved and therefore it has been deemed necessary to secure people's rights by joining this action to enable them to recover same from various third parties and of course Greg those people not entitled to a grant been those of rental homes holiday homes commercial property fair farm and property property outside the state they are also not included in the grant and therefore they have to serve and those who could qualify for the grant but the house value exceeds by some marks say for instance that the cap they also are you also representing those those yes we have whether there's a shortfall Greg we will be seeking to claim that difference and unfortunately we do believe the difference will rise over time and so you know it it's better to you know nail it now so that people's time limits are protected and that they know that they have their own individual case so these rits are being sent in now at a great pace in huge numbers and will continue that will continue what is the next stage what happens next are you hoping that the the the interest is such that it forces perhaps people back to the table again or will we start having cases heard before the courts and what will the you know what will be the nature of those cases what what are the options so the landing zones I suppose between this action and what the government could do to maybe you know either meet it or fight it or whatever it might be well as a legal team both solicitors and barristers Greg we wouldn't have issued any rits unless we believed that our case would win on the balance of probabilities and we do believe that to be the case and therefore um we will continue to you know advocate for our clients and vindicate the rites as we see them before the courts however of course people are open to talk nobody wants to see this become a lawyer fest Greg nobody and that's that includes this firm however there is no chance there is no choice to start a case with an eye to settling it is a sure way to lose it Greg this this case will be fought it will be fought on all fronts with tremendous resources applied of international experts and others to ensure that justice is done here for these people. How is this funded Dave? It's funded on a not-for-profit basis by a private company which is backed by two plunegual business men they have no I suppose other motive other than the welfare of their own community from which they hail so there's no cynical attempt here of anybody to in any way make a profit take the gain other than to serve their own community as indeed the lead plaintiffs in the case are doing by taking on the huge onus of fighting for others through the courts which those cases will most likely be heard. When are we going to see that sort of the next stage of this legally what happens next when we might even when might we even have a case? The first part of your question is that the next document which is the seminal document in the case Greg is the statement of claim and that document sets out who the lead plaintiffs are what happened to them what went wrong and why they believe what happened to them was the responsibility of others that document is almost one year in the making and we continue to gather more information we will be serving it in an as is condition very very shortly but given the information we are receiving we do believe that other parties will be added as defendants to the case. Obviously you wouldn't have got involved in this if you didn't think you could be successful and no one's going to prepare for failure but if there were one case that progressed and the fundamentals of it were such that it was thrown out or lost is the process does that is it like a house of cards does this you know does this progress or fall off the basis of maybe one test case? Yeah well I agree with you that there can be bad days in anything Greg and as far as we're concerned we will proceed with the case to all avenues of the courts which would be the Court of Appeal the Supreme Court are the European Court of Justice that we will take it to its logical conclusion on behalf of the people. And do you think the notice that do you think that the government and others should take note then of the the scale of this and the determination obviously as you've been outlining and the financial backing that's there? And well the government are going to take their own advice on it and of course the government aren't a defendant there's the council the NSAI and Cassidy's at this point in time and you know they're going to take their own advice as to how they're going to deal with this but you know the adage is Georgia is better than World War however you know absent Georgia this is where we find ourselves. And my apology I've been conditioned at this point to use the word government as a catch all throughout all of this if you know what I mean. Right so in terms of people in Northern Ireland affected by this and other counties outside Donegal because you know we're based in Donegal and we've been talking about this now for 11, 12, 13 years but obviously now other counties are seeing that they're affected by this and as I say we know there are properties in Northern Ireland affected by this. What is the uptake not I don't need specific numbers but in terms of you know these 2000 that will be there how many are from Donegal versus elsewhere? Well all cases are about properties in Donegal are in Northern Ireland and most plaintiffs will hail from Donegal or indeed Northern Ireland because a lot of people in Northern Ireland have holiday homes in Donegal. In relation to you know events in Mayo or in Clare to Breary, Sligo, Limerick our case although it may have a bearing on how things go in those counties we don't actually represent people with properties in those counties Greg it is purely a Donegal issue. The scale is huge when you think about it you know 2000 it's a massive number in any especially in this context. So if someone's listening and they're affected by this and whether they choose to engage with the scheme or not what do they need to do to say right I want to be part of this? Do they have to frontload financially in any way shape or form or what is their course of action? The case itself Greg is free to join and we have an FAQ on our Coleman legal website which explains the ups and downs of the case itself but the downs are very very limited and it is free to join it is a community-based activity and by that we mean that we welcome all members of the community who have suffered a loss or believe they will suffer a loss to join in the case and it is for free for them to join. So the window will close eventually and probably sooner rather than later at the rate of instructions we're getting so people should move to protect themselves and once we hit the 2000 Greg we'll have to review it at that point as you understand it's privately funded and what we don't want to do is to put an onus on taking in people that we can't actually adequately represent it to lack of funding. And what is the the the precedent for this sort of third party funded action? It's it's it's not something I've come across it seems a little bit unusual to me but I am literally thick if you know what I mean so that is no surprise but but just like it has it been done before has it proven to be successful are we testing law what's the story? Well it is sort of unique what we're doing here because it's for the first time people have come forward in a massive way on a not-for-profit basis it's the only basis upon which you could have third party funding in this country it's disdained upon the courts don't like it it brings an element of third party advantage into a dispute between two other parties of which they've no no other interest other than a financial gain so yes it is unique in both in the size of the case and in the method of funding but at the same time it needs to be done there is no avenue left to people other than recourse through the courts which is of course their constitutional right. All right and people can search out Coleman legal of course it will pop up very quickly in your Google searches or what have you thanks for your time this morning and for the update on how that's progressing I appreciate it very much. All right take care that is Dave Coleman of Coleman legal 08 660 25 000. The 90 noon show is brought to you by letterkenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today. Are you interested in becoming part of a dynamic sales team? Do you have sales experience along with an understanding of digital and social media? If so we'd love to talk to you send your CV to jobs at highlandradio.com before Friday 5th of August. 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Fines for drivers who speed or use a mobile phone are set to double junior transport minister Hildegard Nocton announced the plans at the launch of the RSA and Engardishia Connors mid-summer road safety appeal at the ATU in letter Kenny the fine for speeding is said to increase to 160 euro while motorists will now have to fork out 120 euro for using a mobile phone while driving or for not wearing a seatbelt. There's calls for immediate action to mitigate against the recurrence of flooding Instagram damage was caused to homes and businesses across the time many in areas previously affected in particular the Bali Kulman estate where short-term flood alleviation works have been approved but have yet to be carried out and motorists are being urged to ensure their vehicles are secured at all times it's after a grey Reynolds McGahn with a partial registration of 01DL was stolen from a property in the Dumwiley area sometime between 10 p.m on Friday and 9 a.m on Saturday elsewhere a wallet containing cash and bank cards along with a wedding card and cash gift was stolen from a car parked at St Mary's Church to Norlar on Saturday between 1 and 3 p.m a number of cars in the driveway of a house in the Dumwiley area were also interfered with in the early art of Saturday morning those are the latest headlines we'll be back with an update again at 12 o'clock thank you very much Mikaela you're all living your best lives now aren't you that's right Andrea got a new car with heated everything Greg's finally having his horse themed wedding I'm getting the bathroom it's a lot of our great shower this might be your life but with the loan from Anfost money you can live your best life with Ireland's lowest rate and loans over 20k apply now at Anfost.com slash loans Anfost money your money for your world lending criteria fees and fees apply new applications only info correct to live 14 2022 saw a ccpc for Ireland's lowest rate Anfost acts as a credit intermediary on behalf of Avonkardak Anfost trading as Anfost money is authorized as a credit intermediary by the ccpc Avonkardak trading as Avonkardak money is regulated by the central bank of Ireland. Okay you're very welcome back to the Ninclenoon show here in Highland Radio and for next while we're going to be focusing on the Mary from Dunlowe festival 2022 we have 13 entrants in total and we have two reigning mary's as well and another mary mary ward who is the mary coordinator no end to mary's mary ward good morning to you morning Greg how are you keeping I'm keeping very well and it's great to be back to have the mary from Dunlowe festival up and running again for the 57th year yes and a physical one where everyone can sorry 50 50 and a physical one where you can do all the usual stuff that has become traditional with everything back up and running all our usual popular events like the law gaelic and open air concerts with Jay Carter and with a big event tomorrow night our family fortunes which we it's going to be big because we have the Dunlowe GAA versus Neymoura we have so you're tapping in and put to a bit of sporting rivalry there is whatever whoever's going with us we have cage rovers versus strand rovers and some of the other businesses in the town super value versus the cope hopefully so and we have our gala ball and we'll have our crowning cabaret of course again with the Daniel comparing it I really don't know what we would have do without Daniel or Donald I don't think there'd be any mary from Dunlowe festival he's been absolutely tremendous over the weekend and if he's listening in Daniel we thank you from the bottom of our hearts give us a call Daniel we'd like to hear from you and I saw some of the videos of the his performance last couple of days I've lost track of time the weather wasn't fantastic but still the show went on there was a good turn out and well Daniel delivered as he always does he does yeah and I must say Conor or Donald also put on a great show with Sean Cuddy and the people who brave the elements really enjoyed it as you can see from the videos and all the social media is the Facebook Twitter and Instagram yeah so yeah it's all going good and we're looking forward now to the weekend we have Carl Daherty has a great line up for come in and take a picture they don't stand through the window this is a very relaxed atmosphere here go ahead mary so we have Carl Daherty has a great line up for log Alec on Thursday and then on Friday we have that that's Jay Carter we have Ema Rebel first that's an open-air concert we have the Tumbling Paddies in open-air concert on Saturday night and then on Sunday night as I said we have a crowning cabra and of course we have the Gala Ball which we're expecting you and the lovely Ash Link to attend that's Friday yeah that's Friday night have your tux out is it tux oh yeah that saves an email okay right I didn't think we were going to do that on there but now I know right okay so I'll be down and let her Kenny later all right now we have also in studio with us so we're going to meet all the Mary's the 2021 virtual Mary um Alana Alana good morning to you good morning to you Greg your virtual did you have the full experience I don't know what's your motion yeah you've had a fantastic time when you've been the face of Mary uh for the last while but yeah I suppose my experience was very different to that that I'm experiencing this week with the rest of the girls I'm doing this for the first time as well you're a part of this I'm so glad to be a part of it and thank God that the committee were willing to let me be a part of it this year which was just so considerate of you of all the committee um and so considerate of Roshan as well because she's ended up kind of sharing center stage here this year it's it's one of a kind and I suppose um after COVID we've all had to adapt and things have changed no it's calling you the COVID no nobody not yet anyway no I didn't I know but you know I grew up at the festival in person obviously so it is so nice now to be on this side of the table and to be part of it you know when I was younger we'd always be wanting to meet the Mary's and out dancing on the street with the Mary's and checking the timetable to see where the Mary's were and things so now to be part of that group and you know to be especially like staying together and to be on the bus together we're having great cracks so even though I was virtual I am getting the best of both worlds now yeah for sure as I said it's great that you're involved and you're getting this experience as well um Roshan Mar Mar 2019 physical Mary but we can drop that monocraft character exactly it's like a lifetime since you were up on stage uh receiving that crown I mean I'm sure your life has progressed so much but good to be back oh it's great to be back Greg yeah it has been a while um 2019 does seem like a long time as well but no it's brilliant to be back and just coming back into Dunlop on Saturday morning all the emotions came back it wasn't the same driving down the street in daddy's mark as it was driving down in the open top cabin but you know what we've done it but it's been brilliant it's been such a good year well three years I suppose even having got to do what I've done from September up to the I suppose the March of 2020 like getting to come back and turn on the Christmas lights here was just so special um and then I've got to do lots of stuff out in New York obviously there was a pause for a while but then kicking it back up again this year with the girls you know the girls the ones who were um selected back to go for 2020 when it was meant to happen like there's been Facebook groups there's been WhatsApp groups there's been great communication with the girls almost like they arrived to already being friends lots of them so yeah it's been and there's something unique about it and we'll talk to it as we meet other ones there is something unique about that bond that's formed because I think if you try and explain it to people that haven't been through that they might not really get it because they see snapshots and pictures but there's something goes on there doesn't it and it's people from all different backgrounds different places with different interests you know a completely different a group of people that are really quite different quite different yeah I know it is and definitely like the bond is formed like I mean as part of my life moving forward I got engaged over the last three years and like there's girls who I was Mary's went into 2019 who are invited to the wedding and who will be coming to the wedding like and you know that those kind of friendships are they're just something that you don't get without having to without having an experience like this and it's been absolutely great. You're still based in the United States yeah as life there for you obviously things progressing for you. It's busy yeah yeah still there um just on the bus on the way in this morning I had to put you in order of 25,000 bricks and 16 pallets of mortar to be delivered to a site so. Who hasn't? Who hasn't? Now what Mary had in order? A pallet of bricks and mortar. Made bricks didn't you? He did for my talent yeah yeah now my bricks are still standing I won't tell you about Daniel's. No no but even the he was like tophand in fairness. He was he was very good yeah but even turning on the Christmas lights my boss I had videoed it and we sent it over to the boss and you know it was with the wave of a magic wand we counted down and all the lights came on he was like he could do it bringing that wand back over to New York there's a couple of sites that we could. Do people get it over there? Because obviously you're operating in a in a in a different a completely different type of world as you say you talk even talking this morning about having fulfill orders and all that type of stuff and balance all that and then this is like so completely different or maybe it's not. Yeah no but there's a great Irish community over there and again a lot of the stuff I've done you know I've done stuff with the Donegal Association of New York I've done stuff obviously with the Mary from Dunlowe committee in New York and I went down to the Irish centres in Queens don't senior luncheons and the Donegal the Donegal community over there as well as like the extended Irish community it is they do they understand it then like Mary said 55 years so a lot of them know exactly what the Mary from Dunlowe is and you know and it's sad and this is not anything bad about Ireland but sometimes to experience the Ireland of old how it used to be here how everyone dug each other out how everyone helped each other out how everyone you have to go out to Dubai or New York or another US state or city or to London and it's still there but we're kind of losing it a little bit I think at home yeah yeah I understand I know I know people that are involved in it and I know people have had every help they could have when they're out there and it used to be like that here and it just isn't the same so you kind of you're getting the best of Ireland in New York yeah in out there as well yeah um Mary Ward so are you able to relax a little bit now I may be to relax a bit now because I've said that we have a very lively bunch of Mary's your infantry break you and all the other judges I can tell you um we have uh under the stewardship of Mary Rogers who originally came on as a photographer they have formed a band a cultist group and we have a choir headed by Alana I doubt if anyone will have a voice left at the end of the week so yeah and that's all because we're going to be singing and performing nothing else yeah nothing of course nothing yet we all had to run into a shop late last night to buy strepsels throat lozenges because even after the first three days we are through through all starting to go yeah so um now we have great time eight ways of visiting and people and I'm sure the young ones get a great buzz out of these all pulling out of the boss and it's nice to have that positive impact because there's so much we can talk about so much crap on the French yeah of what's going on isn't nice just to be able to sort of yeah no it's brilliant different and that's actually one of the positives that came out of having the virtual Mary and the reigning Mary because Roshin was still the international winner and she was able to represent the Mary from Dunlop on that international stage during COVID whereas I was at home I was kind of on the ground able to go to these events while we were trying to put our community back together after COVID and the two of us it was it worked really well it really did okay so who officially is the reigning Mary is there a physical and a virtual you yeah so you're like Noel Cunningham the eternal one of the year you're like the longest you're the longest serving Mary ever yeah I'd be good pop quiz question you know this neck loads for years to come it's it's wonderful having you in studio Mary is what might get you back in for a one-way chat at the end if that's all right yeah we'll do that actually yeah yeah so for now Mary Ward who's the coordinator of course our 2021 virtual Mary Alana and also the 2019 Mary from Dunlop Roshin we're going to be meeting the 13 entrance after we take a break stay whiteway right where you are and if you want to watch our proceedings here don't forget you can always watch the show live go on to our website highlandradio.com or on our social media's YouTube Highland Radio Ireland or across our Facebook pages okay I don't want to throw that away we'll be back in just a couple of minutes the night till noon show is brought to you by letterkenny credit union offering low-rate holiday loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today if you've got great photos sitting on your phone or in the cloud why not visit magies.ie and see the range of creative options 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in letterkenny okay now we begin to meet the entrance for this year's mary from dunlowe festival 2022 we say good morning for us to india kennedy donagall mary india good morning to you've been on this program before i have yes gregg how are you getting on i'm gregg how are you doing i'm good why did you decide to put yourself through this i was going to say put yourself forward for this well growing up we would have been always seen the parades we've been in the dunagall town community band so we would have been marching passing all these gorgeous mary sitting up on the stage and in the past it would have been something that i never thought i would have done but i decided in january to go a bit out of my comfort zone so i applied for it and i said if i get it i'll stay at home and if i don't i'll go away for the summer and thankfully i was chosen as the dunagall mary so it's really quite important to you then because you know you've maybe you can do it next year but you've put on plans on hold for this yeah i just thought this i think this is the right summer for me and it's been just a fantastic experience from the start like we've been so welcomed by everybody we've been to and it's such a proud moment for me to be able to show all the mary's everything that our dunagall has to offer yeah you kind of hosting some of them as well these are the local mary's who sort of end up doing that don't they but also you're seeing parts of the county through this process that you haven't seen but certainly not you know in this context yeah like i've never been up sleeve league before i've dropped past it i've never admitted that that's criminal i know it's a disaster it's so bad but oh my god it was just fantastic like and then we nooks and crannies at dunagall that people a lot of people would never even say that are just brilliant and also this is a platform as such you know it's not it i don't want to make it too serious but you're looking to get involved in politics you're studying politics you know and i've seen with previous mary's they can use this as an opportunity you know to sort of make a point or for it to be to to form part of the work i'm not saying you're necessarily going to do that but um who's to say why not i think it's definitely boosted my confidence a lot i wanted something to kind of bring me out into the world and help me build up my confidence and this has just been a fantastic way to do it and as you said i do hope to go into politics and something like this i can't talk you out of that no no i don't think so no greg um do you do you think you can see yourself in elected politics or maybe working behind the scenes in politics or what might you i hope to go out in front and go as an elected um i think there's so much to do in doleagall like i was speaking to a lot of businesses are saying that they've been a lot quieter than last year and i think tourism is something that we really need to look on and supporting these businesses i was speaking to the owner of the cove in armoire island who said it's a lot quieter and she employs a lot of the locals on armoire island we need to ensure that people like her have a business for years to come so she can employ the locals and keep bringing people to the island yeah i think you'd be a great addition to politics so please don't be discouraged uh shannon hester bayone mary good morning to you how are you getting on have i got your mic up are you well doing good how are you i am good so tell us why you got involved where is bayone anyway i know just for the listeners that don't bayone is in new jersey of course yes it's in new jersey and there's a really strong irish community in bayone even as we've hopped to and from different places in dunny gall i have met so many people from bayone it has been great to see some familiar faces so i just got involved by being an irish girl in bayone now you've put down the fire holes and picked up the sash yes yes yes a full-time firefighter reserve call-up whatever it might be yeah i'm a full-time professional firefighter and um how did you is what brought you to that um job it sort of put together all of my interests you know serving the community that's what that job is all about helping others um i ran track in college so being fit is something that's important to me and that kind of forces me to stay in shape because my life depends on it um and it's a really cool uh thing that i'm only the fourth ever female firefighter in our town so that's really a fantastic achievement and this is a decision you were training to be a teacher weren't you so you come to some crossroads and says right i'm running towards the flames rather than yeah i was a teacher for a while before but i'm so happy that i made the switch yeah and you're very active you love scuba diving are you going to get a chance to do that around here you know all the wrecks that we have all the amazing underwater attractions i'm not sure that i'll get a chance this time around but i'll definitely have to come back and is this your first time in ireland it's my first time in ireland my first time in europe so yeah it's a big trip for me yeah all right we might be trying to get out of here but anyway i'm sure you mean the continent yes no we're happy in europe i think for that for the time being uh right okay also uh elizabeth libya mccole uh dunlowe mary how you getting on good how are you great it's good to have you uh with us i think always the dunlowe mary's an interesting one isn't it because i know lots of people from around the area will have grown up through this but you really really have because you're from the town and you've been out and about every year yeah absolutely yeah so tell us why you decided this was the year that you say right i'm gonna have a crack at this well like i think every young girl in dunlowe like looks up to the mary's and always wanted to be a mary but um i just thought this year's i'm in the town and i'm the right age just to kind of get involved and meet new people so yeah and it's not i mean you work in the community you've been involved in the local marching band playing music all that type of stuff so dunlowe's incredibly important to you yeah it is important to me yeah right and a big shout out to all those in sharky's top service station absolutely yeah hi guys they've given you the week off have they oh just about yeah all right and uh come here you want to become a special needs assistance too and and particularly you want to stay local in doing that do you why is that important to you liby just to help the young ones because when i was a school i needed help as well so i know how much they struggle so i just want to make a difference in the young people's lives in dunlowe yeah it's difficult isn't it when you hear each other's stories because they're all so compelling aren't they and for all for different reasons and for the right reason and you've all achieved so much or hope to achieve so much it's tough isn't it and i think maybe is that why the bond comes from a wonder that you thought you know disrespect for each other or definitely like we've come from such different areas and such different corners of the world but the minute we met at 12 o'clock on saturday we've just become inseparable since like there's we've gotten on so well there's been fashion shows at 12 o'clock at night and running around in the morning getting ready but it's just been so good and i know that we've all made friends for life now yeah okay and you'll have hometown support but there's a number of will as well uh liby listen it's been wonderful meeting all three if you are probably overrunning here uh because we've lots of people to me but india great to have you back on the show again as well shannon great to have you here a lot of remarkable interesting story as is uh liby uh elizabeth liby mccoll's this year's done low mary thank you for joining us as well all right take care of yourselves all right we look forward to seeing you at the weekend all right if you just want to make your way out we'll get our next three in oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand by the way if you have a message or you want to say something give us a text uh on our wait six sixty twenty five thousand whatsapps and uh sms's you know yourself will give us a call on 07491 twenty five thousand again thanks to uh india shannon and elizabeth we're joined in studio now by the doblin mary and michelle mcconnellow good very good morning to you and michelle morning how are you keeping after look and make sure you get the right mic up how are you keeping good yeah how are you enjoying it so far i'm loving it i love i've been in love up here i love mary i've been up here i moved up here for covid and i think that's when i really fell in love did they not have covid in doblin they did but no i think it was just it was so hard up in doblin because there's so many people and you really couldn't leave the house whereas we have a family house up in mary and i think it was just the fresh air and everything and you could go down to the beach and was that's when i really different lifestyle and you've stuck with it now you're able to stay here and work remotely you're like one of these remote workers that's or or of no i'm studying early childhood in college so i'm down in dc of st pat's for that um but i've spent the whole summer now up an hour and more teaching and taking care of the students over there in the gael talked yeah and national school teaching is uh where you want to go isn't it yeah or our we've a new course now in dc of st pat's they had their first graduates last year but it's a new course so we do law and social working as well so it's a really broad you can go into but i'm kind of thinking the social working side of it which i've really enjoyed but you're at that point and the way you're studying you've you've choices and you can see where your head and your heart leads you at some point okay and you're a keen runner you completed a marathon a full marathon is it or is the v hi women's marathon right and i completed this year so it's 10 k and i did that for a charity which is very close to my heart and this is for children with life limited uh limiting conditions and yes right across the country and there's a number here in donna gall as well that uh rely on on on the the organizations that you fundraised it for yeah so it's really neurological um which i mainly based on my dad has a neurological disease and i have epilepsy myself so um it's really close to my heart and fundraising for that charity was really important to me good stuff it's important to you beyond the run those yeah okay yeah i get you um have you do you have to are you doing a performance on the night or is that is that a secret can we ask these questions no yeah close to your chest yeah so each one of us have to do like a little show i know i want to know what it is i myself am doing a poem through irish lovely yeah so it's really about the irish language and getting it back up and running all right now i'll have to watch what i say here for fear of a writ or something caroline galvin is this year's belfast mary good morning to you and thanks for joining us caroline hello how are you i'm doing fantastic so why did you decide to get involved in the mary from donnellow so i actually am living in donnellow at the moment but um i was originally born in america and then my family moved over about seven years ago so there's about 15 places you could have been the donna gall of the mary from really yeah definitely belfast is definitely the most random one but um i'll take what i can get but yeah so i my sister was the chicago mary in 2019 right so i just wanted to follow in her footsteps because she had a blast and she absolutely loved it wow so she was telling you what she went through and you thought i would like yeah exactly we're very similar to each other so i knew it was a bit of me when she was going on about it so um and tell us you are studying in belfast are you i am yes okay and you want to be a sister yes right did you have any particular area that you want to focus on if and when qualified when qualified yeah so i um did my undergrad in city planning and environmental policy in ucd and then i kind of decided to go away from city planning and i really enjoyed environmental policy but i've always liked law as well so i eventually want to be a sister but specialize in environmental law and even interesting hockey where did that come from yeah so i was in boarding school in tebrari and when i was 14 i picked i didn't then it didn't have any american sports really so i had to just take like take my hand and all them try the different one yeah yeah i could have but hockey was the easiest to pick up you know because gaelic isn't really that much in america like i never really had a chance to play it so um i picked up hockey and i really loved it and then when i went to undergrad i didn't really get a chance at it but then when i went to queens i decided to pick it back up again you're enjoying the whole experience as well as everybody else love it love it yeah it's great has there been a highlight so far other than meeting people and forming bonds or yeah i really enjoyed the night in cast hughans see i used to work there so it was really nice to get back with the team and everyone have dinner in there but i'm really looking forward to the gala ball as well which is now apparently uh you have to wear a tuxedo which i didn't yeah very fancy okay um amasha what's your highlight been so far um of course meeting all the girls we've really clicked really quickly and it's really nice to see her actually all staying in the same house so we have all our any any arguments or anything is anyone going to give me some gossip that's been some disagreement um i don't think there has there hasn't really been any disagreements we've all had i'll come back to you on thursday okay shona the docket is the geltuck mary good morning to you thanks so much for coming in thanks very much for how are you keeping i'm doing good yeah i'm enjoying the week so far all right now um what's your interests um well as i'm representing the geltuck i suppose it's obvious that one of my interests would be the irish language but um i'm doing my undergrad in irish ant history and so i have a keen history interest in history as well how do you think we are doing in terms of you know sustaining what we have in terms of of the spoken language and its courage and encouraging its use i know there's a lot of resources and effort being put in not just in the geltuck but in the likes of letter kenny and elsewhere do you think we're making some inroads there i think we are making progress um and i know it's it's very hard to judge something like that but um i think we are and even maybe it's just because i am a bit more interested in most but i can see the the difference the different activities that people have on at all times for children and adults and it's not just about irish classes like there's loads of irish classes available but i believe strongly in making irish a bit more interactive and you know people having a good time while they're speaking irish or trying to learn irish and i think maybe most people find it daunting to sit in the classroom and learn irish so i find that there are a lot more activities now of learning irish while doing something else alongside it it's a bit immersive as well and maybe focusing on the spoken to begin with and then we can start worrying about the absolutely the grammar and all that because you know if you because most of people are just looking to have conversations in irish anyways and i think people too with irish are now more open to engaging with someone trying absolutely you know because they used to be you used to get a sense of not snobbery i'm not saying snobbery but i just did no yeah but now people are saying right you know at least you're trying and i'll engage with you and and that encourages people to sort of not be shy about the three sentences they have start with that and see where you go from there absolutely and you believe you might have a role too in promoting our language abroad not just within the girl talk to within the county the country but further afield talk to me a little bit about that well as the american marries were saying earlier on they have like good connections with their irish culture and i would love to travel abroad to these irish communities and kind of just see if i could do anything for them in regards to language because i know there are irish learners in america and canada and all across the world there's irish communities in dubai now in australia so we are expanding but i would love to go over it and i don't know you know you couldn't expect to teach them like well how we are here at the minute but i would love to go in and you know get them back into their irish heritage and then they can do the effort from their end just to to light a fire absolutely and you know start brilliant stuff and what are you looking forward to for the remainder of the week um i think i'm looking for well the legail that's going to be great but i'm especially excited for our visit to the crawly distillery which has recently opened i haven't actually been yet i've never been to a distillery i wouldn't even know what would be in there well neither do i'll tell you after thursday no i'm looking forward to that because it's been it's near i'm from rana fast originally so it's very close to rana fast and um it's been under the progress for a few years now so i can't wait to actually go in and see what it's like in there okay well listen it's been lovely meeting all three of you thanks so much uh and michelle caroline and shawna enjoy the rest of the week enjoy the weekend that's i 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student life president at it marys um so i help to run all the societies to organize events i sit in the board of governors at the university so all of the important decisions i am the spokesperson for the students to make sure that everything that's decided is in line with the students wants and interests now you'll have no bother getting up on the stage on sunday absolutely not you're no stranger to the stage you love that stuff you love the arts don't you yeah i graduated in wednesday last week and i made a speech in westminster cathedral in front of about two and a half thousand people so i'd be up to play dull doing that was it all right how do you prepare for something like that give me some tips oh i don't pretend everyone's naked that's what one of the pieces i don't think that would help me i thought that'd be a horrendous thing to do that's what they say no i just deep breath um yeah it was it was an emotional day and the leaders of the university were like whatever you do just don't cry um yeah it was a fantastic experience and like all of the marys i'm sure you've got a really proud family don't you that follow everything that you do and uh what have you yeah absolutely nanny mary and onion grand i'll be listening out in portugal at the minute portugal okay lovely isn't that nice yeah why would you be listening to the radio out in portugal what are you doing i'd have to tune in to you greg that's such a nice thing to say um i feel like it's guilty moving on now because you're so polite uh kira galahar murphy's this year's glasgo mary kira are you living in uh glasgo yeah i'm back in glasgo now i was at uni in daddy for four years um there so i'd graduated last me and i'm now back in glasgo is there a big difference between life in dairy obviously it's this life as a student though but life in glasgo you know there's strong connection between the northwest and scotland of course but when you're living in the two different places miles apart not really okay i've supposed you walk around glasgo and as they say half of glasgo's actually from dunny go so you walk around and everybody knows everybody almost um everyone's in the same circles and whatever so when you come over here you're walking around and there's people from glasgo everywhere you go so apart from the student life thing there wouldn't be that much of a difference yeah now you're another one with interest in music and an interest in gaelic football was that honed in uh glasgo yeah so i picked up the banjo in glasgo through irish minstrels um when i was about eight or nine and started gaelic football through turquino harps also in glasgo um when i was young and i've just kind of carried it through when i went to uni was playing gaelic football and playing music at uni which was good kind of got more sessions over there than i would have at home but i'm always over every year for the all island fly um so it's always a natural it was a natural career progression for you then with given your interest to start studying sports and physiotherapy yeah so i'm undergrad in sports physical activity and health just i knew i was interested in sport but wasn't sure at that time what i wanted to go into um so now i'm going to do my postgrad in sports physiotherapy yeah and and how familiar have you been with the mario from dunlow and what's the experience been like versus your expectations so my grand is actually from run fast so we still have a house there so every year we would come over here for six weeks and we'd be in dunlow for the festival you know up and down the main street so i always was a waiter at the festival and everything to do with it and knew a few of the glasgo madeies throughout the years um so when i was younger as everyone did looked up to them and was like oh i want to do that one day so i'm delighted this year to get the opportunity to come over brilliant and it's great to have you here olivia izowski is this year's philadelphia uh mary uh good morning to olivia thank you so much for calling in as well oh thank you for having us how have you been to harlem before yes i've been a couple of times my uh families from here okay um what's this experience been like when do you arrive ahead of um this competition it's not a competition such but this event uh so i got here a little over a week ago i was staying with family and then i've never actually been to dunlow i was staying with family in uh outside of denigaltown but i have loved dunlow so far yeah because dunnigaltown's lovely dunlow's lovely but they're two different places aren't they and you can do that in this county you can travel north south east and west people have different accents different attitudes different geographies astonishing in this just that's just one kind i know i even said last night i said these people are so kind i thought all people of denigaltown were kind but that people have done low are so kind i love it now you are um involved in irish dancing very how did you get how did you get involved in that in philadelphia uh so my grandmother actually started a school and back in 1962 um and when she unfortunately passed away my mom and aunt took over the school and continued on her legacy of irish dancing to the next generations and is that something you're going to do i hope so yes i actually still do teach irish dance lessons to the young young kids uh and help them out a lot of brilliant and you're studying nutrition and dietetics is that concluded at this point and what does that mean in terms of careers where do you go uh so i just graduated from college studying nutrition uh so when i get home i'm going to start a master's program uh to become a registered dietitian and i hope to work in a hospital setting helping people with diabetes right now i'm reliably informed you had a bucket list and one of those things i don't even have a bucket yet but one of those things on the bucket list was to meet daniel o'Donnell right now sometimes yeah i know i know but sometimes you know they say never meet your idol that's what they say now i want to know so do you have met him or not did you did your knees go in we actually got a photo together he got up on stage with us and the smile on my face i don't think it could have been wiped off for the rest of the day and then i was getting messages from everyone in philadelphia screenshots of the photo of me and daniel holding my teapot purse and i'm not kidding i think i'm going to frame that photo in my house when i get home it's incredibly down to earth though did you expect that i actually did meet him before in new york and he remembered me i met him right before kobe i i i think he's got an earpiece you know i there's no way anyone could repeat have such a fantastic memory because he remembers people's names he is fantastic like i said he might have an earpiece he might have an earpiece and a team of people in a van following him around with face recognition software or something no it's remarkable and i think that has been other than all of his other talents i think that's been one of his keys to success because there's that personal personal he never remembers my name but anyway that's fine i suppose i'm uh no that's that's not true listen all three of you um do you think the highlight's passed or is it to come uh what do you think euro um it's been well i only came on monday because i had a wedding at home um so i'm looking forward to the rest of the weekend what a what an event come to after a wedding is it one of those two day weddings yeah oh my god so the wedding was friday saturday so you're just coming around now got the boat over on sunday so i'm coming back but uh yeah i'm looking forward to the gala ball and mahery coastal adventures and you katelyn uh i think the parade on sunday is going to be the highlight yeah it's going down the main street and down low i think seeing the girls look up to you like your disney princess this is just yes it's the most amazing feeling yeah um olivia uh daniel you can't just meet him again i know to meet him on friday meet him on sunday i know i keep saying i think i can't wait to see the interview i'll probably be blushing the whole time listen all three of you thanks so very much indeed thank you very much for having us um the very best of luck and continue to uh enjoy it okay back after the break stay where you are the night old news show is brought to you by letterkenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today green shoes in letterkenny and fulcara have shoes for every occasion all your favorite brands from unahili tommy bow and echo to kit applebee marcosi and sketchers plus many more shop lk and one for all gift cards are gratefully accepted in store green shoes in letterkenny at market square and letterkenny shopping center fulcara and online at greenshoes.com green shoes with the perfect fit for 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the spectrum we have all ages from very very young to older population and my job is i work in the warehouse there and i help manage the food getting from point a to point b we do raise our own livestock we have our own organic farm so most of our stuff is grown and raised internally but we also do purchase some things so i look over the stuff coming in and make sure it's good quality i get to have like taste of strawberries and stuff just like they're delicious give me another one to make sure yeah and then i make sure um it's safely handled um and your work was recognized to you received the Irish Echo newspapers 2021 community champion award lovely honor to receive yes yes no it was it was amazing and they threw an absolute awesome party in new york it was great at um at roseo grates okay fantastic um and you're uh following in the footsteps of your mom is that correct yes yes yeah my mom and mary i'm sure she's watching um she was the 1984 international winner and what did she think uh about you deciding to sort of have a go at this as well she's absolutely thrilled yeah she's super excited yeah yeah okay and when did you arrive over um i want to say i got here on wednesday i mean it was a long trip from new york yeah but let's go with wednesday it's fine yeah okay and i've been you've been here before have i have yeah the last time i was over was for the 50th anniversary festival okay yeah so you've had that sense of it and what has it been like for you in terms of your level of enjoyment so far absolute dream i mean that the house that we're staying at lachmila lodge is amazing clare there is absolutely wonderful she's thought of everything you forget something especially those of us who came from the states i mean like we have outlets we have plugs extension cords whatever we need to get ourselves all beautified you know and it's for the course of this uh these interviews that i realize how incredibly boring my life is so fulfilling uh you're involved you you're of an interesting fencing yeah right now this is not by the way this is not building fences everyone so she's not available it's a school talk to me about the sport so um i when i moved to solomon county um i was looking to like meet friends and stuff in the area um and i saw an ad on facebook for a fencing club so your way of meeting people is to put on a mask and poke them in the chest and fight them i guess yeah sword fight them backward way of coming at it with the spoils afterwards and beforehand yeah i guess like um it's a good exercise especially because now i'm more of like an office setting with food rather than cooking all day and i need that physical activity you know and it's reaching advantage do you have a good reach in fencing or are you confined in a space or can you work that to your advantage oh yeah no definitely i actually i like um sword and buckler is probably my favorite you get like the little shield and a short sword um but rapier is another one of my favorites because that's long and that's really like all about timing but the first one's kind of medieval isn't it yeah you've got that sense i'm not saying it is but it feels like it okay listen lovely to speak to you we'll come back to you maybe i'm sure um katelyn like us the washington dc mary good morning to you thanks for joining us great to have you with us i'm so happy to be here again is this your first rodeo in arland donnie gall have you been here before what's your connections rodeo to donnie gall and i absolutely love it the rugged beauty the wild atlantic way um my mom was born in michelstown county cork so i do have connections here to ireland and i'm a very proud irish american yeah and cork i mean it's a long way from here to cork i'm temporary for that matter um so it's very different up here different accents you know different uh geography geography you've enjoyed it though yes like the accents are very different i'm catching on to some of the phrases and some of the irish words as well so i'm enjoying that as well all right now um talk to us about some of the things that you're interested in well i love fiddling i love dancing i love painting i do dog portraits back at home um i love nature i love all different kinds of art jewelry making i'm a very artsy person yeah okay and uh everyone loves dogs and everyone loves pictures of i've noticed that in here in donnie gall there's dogs everywhere everywhere yes not most most of them don't have owners they're just dogs everywhere yeah there's kind of floating around and you've uh you're a graduate in art history and ethnic studies what's ethnic studies so it's kind of like a little bit of everything in american studies like there's irish there's jewish studies um african-american studies it's kind of like a conglomerate of all the studies all together yeah okay and you have an interest in and emerging all of this and how you've come to want to be working with the fbi uh talk to talk to me about that there because i presume it's about sort of um what what interests you about would interest you about working with the fbi recovering lost and stolen art so i want to aid ukraine and maintaining their um cultural identity and locating their artifacts that have been looted or stolen so i like to help them with that effort and it's a passion that's not necessarily about value that's about the history too and there's a lot of importance isn't it yeah importance yes i want to do that and i love art as well so i'm trying to tie in both of those things to help the people and to recover the art plus it would be fascinating to do yes does everything um what has been your highlight so far what are you looking forward to uh caitlin well i love the music i've been enjoying the music we're sharing tunes all the marys and some of them are quite good with their songs and their banjo playing and fiddling playing so um i've enjoyed that but mostly looking forward to the fashion show and the gala it should be really good fun yeah exactly and that's the mixed bag isn't it yes you've got the the cultural element of it the music element of it and then sort of the glam side of it a little bit of everything i think that's what we offer here um sarah lawlor san francisco mary last but not least how are you getting on sarah welcome to arland how are you keeping i'm doing well thank you thank you for having no it's our pleasure um you've been here before haven't you yes this is my second time in denigal right okay so you've done the initial tourism stuff and now you're home now yes yes this feels like home thank you you are a teacher yes okay what what age groups do you teach i teach uh first class uh after school care so i take the children after school when they get off when they in the afternoon when they they are dismissed by their school teachers i pick them up and i take them somewhere else on campus to help them with their homework extracurricular activities snacks and uh recreation yeah and you're also heavily involved in volunteering as well aren't you yes and uh i'm starting to do acting as well all right um where where we hope that would go well stage screen mixture of both let's have it all why not yeah excellent at all and how do you get involved in acting is it about classes or uh or just getting involved in uh i took uh classes in high school and in college and i was also involved in plays as a child like in my school plays and i started i just started acting actually a year ago when i did a screenplay on youtube and i actually won awards in new york all right well done i'm maybe more motivated i just started i finished a feature film just recently in the premiere was a few days ago i'm so very excited so i was very happy about that but i am very much involved with uh volunteering and i'm very happy with that because in life you know the quote is oh well the world is your oyster you know the world is your oyster but i very much like what president john f kennedy did say in his speech don't ask so much what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country and i've been i try to live by that quote in my day-to-day life brilliant stuff exactly and stick to your convictions isn't that what it's all about katelyn uh like us thank you thank you thank you for joining us also seer shimoloni stevensson great to have you with us as well sarah lawler thank you and we look forward to hearing more from you over the course of the week and enjoy the rest of the week okay we have to take a quick break and then we want to squeeze mary and isabel uh in so we'll be back after the the nine till noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union digital loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account years ago i used to dread my motor insurance renewal then a friend told me about omalie scanlan insurance in balibu fae and danlo they do all the hard 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from leash and spank and how did you end up taking part in little miss mary well my granny is here from dunagall and we came up to visit her and then i just started going to the hall and the disco and then i won in one year wow fantastic and how proud's the family you're very proud and you've got your lovely sash you've got a red cape you've got a crown you just wore the sash with us today yeah so you feel pampered it must be nice to have all the attention isn't it yeah we're going around princesses okay now your replacement will be picked at the children's disco on saturday that's where you were originally title isn't it yeah back in 2019 yeah and you're 10 now yeah i'm 10 so you've gone into double digits since you've won you're growing up is this now giving you a taste for the competition in the future to be the senior mary would you like to do that yeah i would i would like to okay what do all your friends in in knock primary school think of your achievement yeah and they're very proud and are you going to be upset hand in the crown and the sash over on saturday or do you feel your time is done you fulfilled your role well i'll be a little upset but it's time for another little miss mary now okay and what do you like okay what hobbies do you have i like Irish dancing and i also do swimming very good okay well it's been lovely meeting you enjoy the rest of your time and uh it's good you're very good what a lovely speaker finally mary war just in a couple of seconds you know there's so many people it takes to support the relatively small amount of people that are keeping this show on the road at the moment absolutely and i i'm here today would like to thank all especially the Dunlowe traders who have come together to make the festival happen to our coordinator Deirdre and to all the businesses in Dunlowe they've been wonderful and very supportive of us but not only that but the people throughout the country who are hosting the mares for the week we had a wonderful time yesterday in Glenn Cullum Kail Shleeve League Rusty Markle today we're going to be hosted by a number of people in letter Kenny and all throughout the week we'll be supported by businesses and we're very grateful to that without those people and people like yourself who are given up their time at the weekend free am i sad um there wouldn't be a festival and people all down through the years the committee is all down through the years who have come together to make sure that Mary from Dunlowe has survived for 55 years on behalf of the present committee i would like to thank all those okay um the future is bright with uh people like people are the future is very bright with people like Isabella okay and um of course the committee of Deirdre and um air award um they're very young i'm the golden oldy here you know but it's great to see the young people um stepping up to take over the reins yeah we're not going anywhere yet so let's let's not get ahead of ourselves all right Mary listen you're looking fantastic and uh i'm sure everyone wants to thank you for what you're doing so i'll do that on their behalf thank you so very much thanks Isabella thank you take care of yourself it's lovely having all of you in uh right okay it is time for us to take a break for the news now and we're going to be handing the reins over to John Breson my apologies running over a little bit at two minutes past 12 it's time for that news update and we say a very good afternoon now to Mikaela Clark thanks great good afternoon