 was also sealed off. Access to Sleeve League remains restricted. Guardies say, as it is an ongoing operation, no further information is available. The New Ambulance Base is to be established in Bonkrana. Plans were announced last year for a new station to be built on the site of the old Health Care Centre in the town. However, as an interim measure, the National Ambulance Service has confirmed a temporary base will be set up beside the existing deployment base on the grounds of the community hospital. It's expected to be operational by September with additional staff to be put in place to facilitate a 24-hour service. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConn-Lokes says the move will provide much-needed resources for Ineshawn. Obviously, Ineshawn, like Donegal on the wider scale, is challenged by the virtue of the fact that we are surrounded by water. And that means that it's really important that you have sufficient animals resources in the peninsula because you don't have the same capacity to be able to draw from neighbouring areas. There's been challenges, ones that we have got to the attention of the National Ambulance Service, thankfully ones that we're seeing the National Ambulance Service respond to. And this is the latest but very, very significant development, something that we've been working for for a long time. RTE staff will stage a launch time protest on its campus this afternoon. It's the latest twist in the Ryan Tobredi saga after the director, General D Forbes, stepped on over undeclared payments made to the presenter between 2017 and 2022. The RTE board says it will release a detailed statement in relation to Mr Tobredi's pay since 2020 later today. Chair of the RTE National Union of Journalists, Solbranche Trevor Keegan says there has been a lot of upset among staff since the news broke. Some managers have stepped outside of their remit and they have damaged this company but yes some of them will now sail off into the sunset but the damage will be left for us, mere mortals, to pick up and repair basically because we love this company and RTE does a lot wrong but it does a hell of a lot right. I think that will continue. For whether or not a cloudy, muggy day with rain, drizzle and mist, a few sunny spouts will develop this evening with highest temperatures today of 17 to 20 degrees. That's all from Highland video news for now. We'll be back with news again at 10 o'clock. Until then, good morning. Wide on iPhone 11. Join three today and get iPhone 11 for just $9.99 with three bill pay. Enjoy top-class speeds in Ireland's fastest 5G network. Offer in soon. Visit in store or at 3.ie. Three for a better connected life. 40 euro per month price plan. Subject to 24 month minimum term and annual price increase. Terms and conditions apply. Basin analysis by Outlaw Speed Test Intelligence, static Q3 to Q4 2022. The county's number one talk show, the 9 to noon show on Highland radio. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, the 9 to noon show with Greg Hughes on Highland radio. Hello and a very good morning to you. It is just approaching four minutes past nine on this Tuesday. It's the 27th of June 2023. You're welcome along to another edition of the show. It's another packed one, of course. Coming up just after 10, we've community guard information where you're here for first for the first time. The latest appeals and information from on God as you can. So tune in for that. And that and so much more besides, we want you involved in the conversation throughout the morning. 08 660 25,000. That's the WhatsApp and text number 08 660 25,000. Give us a call to an 07491 25,000. This is something that you want to hear a feature about. You know, we've got our Monday focus where we can jump on a topic that you might find interest wellness Wednesday, whereby maybe the some area of physical or mental well being that you'd like us to focus on talking history with Dr Joe. Is there a particular topic that you would like us to focus on? It's interactive, you know, so make sure you keep your suggestions and what have you coming into us. Okay, let's have a look at the newspapers and we'll start with the Donegal Democrat. Father Paddy Dunn received a huge welcome in Balashana at the weekend after he's transfer from Kilmachrennan to the Kilbarron parish. Father Don from Dr Kenny replaces Father Cattle in Balashana and speaking at 11am mass in Kilbarron Church on Sunday morning, the new parish priest recounted how he got the call from the bishop for his new role, Bishop McGockey and rang me and asked me to go to Balashana and I want to thank the people for the welcome I've got. He said, I also want to thank the people of Kilmachrennan and I see a few of them here this morning. I spent a wonderful 13 years there. Okay, that's quite interesting. So we had a few parishioners from Kilmachrennan traveled down to Balashana for Father Don's first mass on to the Derry Journal now this morning and two burials at civic cemeteries resulted in people being interred in the wrong plots and compensation of 30,000 euro having to be paid. That's 30,000 pounds happened to be paid by Derry City and Sturban District Council. It's emerged the local authorities released details of the incorrect interments in response to a freedom of information request asked how many instances had been identified whereby a wrong internment has taken place within a burial plot where another individual has purchased the exclusive rights of burial. The council confirmed that two instances had been identified since 2015. Let me see now the that story the RT story continues to dominate the front and insides of the papers. So we're having to dig in and around a little bit to find different stories, but we can't ignore it either. The Irish independent government clamped down on spending an RTE after the Tiberty Pay scandal. RT will have to clearly break down how public and commercial money is spent in the wake of the Ryan Tiberty Payments scandal. The government is moving to rein in the independence of RTE bosses and get unprecedented oversight of its finances and management. The RTE board will be given more power to watch the management and how public money is accounted for will change. The move comes as a string of RTE stars distance themselves from the undeclared payments of 345,000 euro to Mr. Tiberty by stating their exact pay. And I'll cover that in the next paper because it's kind of again, it's kind of a little bit of a bizarre one in that they're talking about massive amounts of money and declaring it as if it's something righteous to do. But you know, sort of announcing that you're getting paid hundreds of thousands of euro for four hours working a week is I don't know there's something a little bit right. Okay, I appreciate your honesty, but bloody hell, it's rich. But anyway, the Irish Times tells us that RT presenter Claire Byrne, Joe Duffy and Miriam Ocala have publicly disclosed their respective renumeration packages in response to controversy surrounding hidden payments made by former late late show boss Ryan Tiberty. The disclosures came after RT revealed last week, as I mentioned that top earner presenter Ryan Tiberty received 340,000 euro more than it had publicly disclosed disclosed. Duffy, sorry, where are we here? Duffy while presenting Joe Duffy while presenting his live line show program on Monday revealed he's paid 351,000 euro annually by the broadcaster. Claire Byrne said she received 280,000 a year. She said on her today's show with Claire Byrne that she is also paid a separate fee of 25,000 euro for presenting the TV quiz show Ireland's smartest. So that is they they come out and said that that's the money that they are on others did to can't find it in that article just as a flick through. But anyway, this and parking that for it's impossible to ignore because it's all over the papers. It's all over RT as well. But elsewhere in the Irish Times remaining outside NATO is beneficial to Ireland on the world stage and helped the country to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council T. Shockley of Radcar has said speaking at the Consultative Forum on International Security in Dublin Castle yesterday, Mr. Radcar said it is debatable whether or not being in NATO makes Ireland more or less vulnerable to an attack, but that it does help in some ways. He said it certainly helps in Ireland's relationship with the Global South, many of whom are suspicious of NATO because of its leading members were colonial powers. It's difficult to know whether Ireland would have won a place on on the UN Security Council in 2021. If it was a NATO member, the T shock said, and then he went on to say that there's no there's going to be an old referendum on the issue because he says that there is and has never been any plan for Ireland to join NATO. Do you trust that commitment? Because of course it is a conversation that's coming to sharp focus as of late 08 6 60 25,000 on to the the Irish Daily Mail this morning and T Shockley of Radcar has said there is no official government position on how many genders there are. The Finnegay leader made the announcement during a debate about the definition of gender as part of wider discussions on the hate speech bill that was passed through the doll. The bill will be updated or will update the law relating to the ban on incitement to violence or hatred against a person for certain characteristics, including gender, race or ethnicity in the bill. Gender is defined as including transgender and a gender other than those of male and female Senator and former Attorney General Michael McDowell has raised concerns directly with Minister for Justice Helen McIntyre what he called a lack of clarity on the proposed law when it comes to gender and it'd be no harm really to try and get some wording down on that because there's some interesting cases happening Britain at the moment where inspectors are being sent into schools because of people purporting to be something or other and I'm not saying that with any I'm not saying that in any way negatively it's just I can't quite remember and I don't want to I don't want to misquote that story. The criminal justice bill 2022 as it is formally called although I didn't read all of its title is currently being debated in the Shannard the Taoiseach was asked yesterday whether the government has an official position on how many genders there are he said there isn't an official position on that but I'm sure that will all be debated over the course of the debate in the Shannard Finnegale Senator Regina Doherty said last year there are probably around nine genders when she was addressing the Scottish Parliament Equalities Committee about gender recognition laws in Ireland. Now nine I would struggle to get past four or five I think but anyway that's what they're saying. Let's go now to the Irish Daily Star and the father of three children killed by their mother has called for the scope of the inquest into their deaths to be widened to avoid a repeat of the tragedy as we know the children Connor nine Daris seven and Carla three were killed at their family home at Parsons court Newcastle County Dublin on January 24th 2020 a previous sitting of Dublin District Coroners Court in September 2020 heard the three young siblings had died from suffocation. Deirdre Morley a nurse was found not guilty of their murder by reason of insanity after a central criminal court trial in May 2021. Now lawyers for the children's father Andrew McGinley of course who has strong Donegal connections said his wife Miss Morley had suffered from mental illness and was under the care of the HSE prior to the desperate Lee Sad event Dublin District Coroners Court yesterday heard Mr McGinley wanted the inquest to examine the diagnosis and treatment of his wife's mental illness before the tragedy his counsel said the father of the children believed there was a link between the medical treatment received by his wife and the children's death on now to the Irish Daily Mirror and this kind of slipped a little under the radar and I think it's one that is followed quite closely up here and will be of quite a bit of interest in here. So I'll go through this and I'd be interested in new views on this as everything by the way. But anyway electric bikes so your push bikes that have motors in them and your scooters e-bikes which can go over 25 kilometres per hour and don't need to be peddled will soon have to be taxed and insured. But the caveat here is 25 kilometres per hour. I think that's really quite fast you know the changes among a number of new road traffic regulations signed into law by President Higgins e-scooters will also be legalised as a new class of vehicle personal powered transporters as long as they have a max speed of 25 kilometres and way less than 25 kilograms. This they will remain illegal on public roads but wait for this. This is actually what's being made law and this is the bit I think you might find interesting. If this scooter these scooters can go 24 kilometres per hour do you know what I mean providing the 25 kilometres per hour they can be legally driven on footpaths this when the EU passes the change which could take until autumn. So you will have a situation whereby it will be perfectly legal on your towns and villages wherever you are for people to go up and down footpaths at 25 kilometres per hour and log that because I know when it starts and and you know the law is not in effect yet but it will start it's already happening but I think we'll start seeing more and more of it now you can have a situation whereby you can have numerous scooters going up and down main streets footpaths at 24-25 kilometres per hour. Now if there's a lot of them where does the pedestrian fit into that situation what do you think about that now maybe I'm missing the mark here but I think 25 kilometres per hour on a scooter on a footpath is really really quite quick and potentially incredibly dangerous I'd be really interested in your views on that or maybe that is the future and I am missing the mark as I say they will remain illegal on public roads but can be driven on footways on board Planal will get new powers to approve schemes that contravene development plans and the NTA to acquire land for public transport infrastructure to support schemes like Boss Connects transport minister Aiman Ryan said it will make our roads safer for all road users and give legal certainty to those who are choosing to get around on new forms of mobility so I suppose in a way for if you're a scooter user or a electric bike user and I wouldn't really like to go much over 25 kilometres per hour on one of them you will not need any tax any insurance but if they go over 25 kilometres per hour you will require tax and insurance now as I say footways I presume that includes footpaths again as always with these things a little bit of clarity is lacking but what do you think as I say get involved in the conversation and we finish with a very sad story tributes have been paid to a hero mum who drowned saving her son from the sea brave Joanna uh whizney wozka 34 dived into the sea and managed to rescue the boy who got into difficulties while swimming at a beach in east cork the mum of two from cloning county court was sitting on rocks watching 10 year old son swimming at the beach when the strong current pulled uh him father out and we just really have to be extra extra careful uh with the sea especially as we head into uh the the summer months when everyone's off school um it really can be incredibly dangerous and educate and learn yourself uh about riptides and what way the winds blowing and all that kind of stuff it 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inside and outside uh the european uh union uh we'll join at the program by mp luke ming flanagan luke thanks very much for joining us good to have you on the show thank you greg thanks for discussing this topic right you'll be advocating presumably for and you have been uh for the legalization of cannabis for recreational recreational use that goes beyond presumably in part migrants decriminalizing something yeah it uh it certainly does um decriminalization for me uh wouldn't actually go far enough uh it would still leave drugs in the hands of the sale of drugs in the hands of the criminal underworld it would deny us a taxation stream let's say for example they have legalized in colorado very similar population to ireland and they take over well last year they took over 400 million euros in taxation so yeah i would be calling for legalization proper regulation and taxation in the same way as we treat alcohol now i i'm a bit conflicted on this i don't really have a position on it as such luke but what i do know is i would speak from time to time you know to addiction counselors and that type of uh those type of people in that area and they talk about how the people they deal with and often the journey uh for for someone into addiction this is they might start off with with cannabis become dependent on that either stay on that and seek treatment or or move on to other drugs uh i mean we we both recognize that does happen uh but do you believe that legalizing cannabis would not have any material impact on on the numbers or or the problems or what's your views well uh first off from the point of view of the gauge weight area i mean if you want to apply the gauge weight theory and the gauge weight theory works on the basis that the first drug that people use is cannabis the reality though is if you want to look at the gauge weight theory the first drug that people use in ireland is alcohol so i mean the logic there would be that if banning a substance prevents progression onto other drugs less harmful and more harmful drugs well then you would also apply that to alcohol but you don't and the reason why you don't is because they actually tried that in the united states of america and it caused far more problems than it solves yeah but we do see we do see and i'll let you continue to point some really interesting to hear what you have to say but we do see like the starting point shouldn't be everyone boozes so we can do this that and the other we're seeing in canada now and quite rightly so uh whereby you know alcohol is being people are being told the truth about alcohol that it is cancer causing that it does create series problems to to to uh you know try and break that sort of uh relationship between with between people and booze so you know maybe we should be we should be changing our attitude to alcohol rather than using it as a comparison to cannabis i would be an advocate of changing our attitude to alcohol i would and i always have been an advocate of not allowing advertisement of alcohol because to me advertising is the ultimate form of pushing by the most skilled pushers in the world by people who are experts at getting you to uh purchase something so for me we shouldn't go down the same road as alcohol with it what i'm talking about is harm reduction what i'm talking about is having the safest possible situation where people know what they're using where they know who they're dealing with where they're not in a situation where they could potentially also be sold other drugs like cocaine etc but obviously some people do have problems with cannabis some people have problems with other drugs but for me the worst possible environment to help these people is under the current environment where if you do have a problem if you go for help you are potentially left open to getting your criminal record and in particular on cannabis when you talk about a criminal record you've got to look at the overall benefits and harms to society and you have to look at the harms to society that prohibition of cannabis has caused in ireland and the department of justice or the department of health can't give you solid figures on it but definitely over 100 000 people in ireland currently have a criminal record for possession of cannabis that prevents them if they honestly apply on a job application for any serious job whether that be a teacher whether that be working as a social worker they will not get that job because this will show up it also prevents people from traveling it also prevents people who are in situations where they're looking for rights to see their children where they can't see them so it's a very it has a very very significantly negative impact on people's lives that's how the law is designed isn't it it is to something that's illegal if you do it there is consequences but i take your point that you believe that they are too severe and too impactful so in the last couple of minutes because now you've got other appointments what would you like to see like what in ireland if you if you could wave a magic wand where would cannabis be available from what age could you get it how would the price or strength or revenue be be determined like what what would you see as the perfect situation in ireland for an example well look i suppose the good news is unlike when i started off on this campaign about 25 years ago it was all theory now we have practical models put in place in countries around the world and i personally would prefer a model similar to what they have in malta which there is a situation where you're allowed to grow four plants for yourself but if you don't want to do that you can join a club and in these clubs they can grow multiples of that amount for people you can go to the club and you can source it there alternatively you could follow a purely a commercial model like they have in colorado or like they have in other states around the world or you could follow what they they do in canada but the reality is this is happening it has already happened in malta it has happened in uroguay it's happened in canada it's happened in many states in the united states at the moment they are and this is what the conference will be about tomorrow they are looking at doing it and they will do it in check here within the next year in germany within the next year in luxembourg within the next year so things are changing on this issue and we currently have a a citizens assembly on drug use at the moment and it's clear to be seen from the 99 members of that assembly that opinions have also changed in ireland and i have to say i'm happy to see that fina bald seems to be moving in a direction of decriminalisation and i have to say that i think this is now going to happen the question is how will it happen how will we do it and how soon do we do it but for me i would say the sooner the better the money needs to be taken away okay you've muted there i just have one very final question for you before i let you go if you have time uh luke you've muted there okay far more safely okay very finely i enjoy drink love it love going into a pub socializing but i if i was told today that i can't drink anymore uh i could that would be okay with me you like to smoke cannabis if you were told today that look at for whatever reason or other you can't smoke cannabis anymore or however you consume it could you do that could you just this is auto muting go yeah go ahead no go ahead we have you there now could you you you were saying which i was saying like i i i enjoy drink but if i was told today that i can't drink anymore i could live all right it'd be grand uh if i was say to you that you can't smoke cannabis anymore could you comfortably live the rest of your life not not smoking cannabis no that's failing on us and i know uh sorry i can hear i can hear you know again there's a very persistent caller coming through sorry if what you were saying in the morning you could give up drink if you wanted to sorry yeah and i was just simply asking could you comfortably give up cannabis in the morning if you had to yeah i certainly could but there's one thing i couldn't give up and i could also give up alcohol i couldn't give up my morning run i couldn't give up my three outdoor swims a week even in the middle of winter when the water is frozen i couldn't give up any of that but the reality is if people do choose to do it they shouldn't be given a criminal record yeah they shouldn't have their lives destroyed and the criminal underworld should not be benefiting it benefiting out of that our school system and our health service should be benefiting from the tax that we can get from this all right listen luke thanks very much for your time take care of yourself i do appreciate it all right that is mep luke ming flanagan there what are your views should cannabis be decriminalised would you like to see a model whereby if you wanted to you could grow four plants uh was it a year um and uh if you didn't want to become a horticulturalist you could join a club and have access to it that way um luke for a long time luke ming flanagan um has i don't know do you call him luke or ming anyway luke has um advocated for the legalisation of it uh good morning Greg do some research and you would find out that cannabis has been proven not to be a gateway drug so please stop it and do some research listen it's not my opinion what i said to to luke quite clearly firstly i said i don't know i don't know the ins and outs but secondly what i said was is that i am conflicted i can't quote myself directly i'm conflicted because i have people who work with addiction and in counselling that sit across me at this table experts in the area and they state that okay so that's what i was quoting and i made it quite clear that i wasn't saying that it was a gateway drug that i said i was conflicted because people who i would trust who work in that area suggest it is okay so just to be clear on that good morning Greg cannabis should be legal never any trouble uh with uh what it with people with it does people don't like drink what's wrong is the people who haven't a clue about it or have never tried it other people with the loudest voices we all know it's banned because you can grow it yourself not many people growing tobacco in uh ireland okay uh our next guest coming up very shortly watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the nine till noon show with the lennon festival remelton from the sixth to the tenth of july bringing you the super talented sharon shannon on friday see lennon festival remelton on facebook for ticket information the euro millions jackpot is an estimated 25 million euro play responsible in-store in-app or at lottery dot ie the national lottery it could be you most people say that donnie gall is the coolest place in the planet but up here we know that sometimes it can be the coldest charles 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media it's play time offer ends 29th of June 2023 terms and conditions apply see virgin media dot ie all right okay big news um that um there will now be a temporary ambulance base to start and finish in boncrana the second biggest tan in boncrana uh it was confirmed today that is uh that confirmation has been received from the national ambulance service that they plan to locate a new physical base in boncrana from some from constring two words together from september of this year right councillor reena donahe joins us on the program now uh the significance of this news reena and good morning to you good morning great yeah this is really great news for boncrana and any shown and it will build on the on the day ambulance service that that we have in boncrana at the minute now currently the boncrana ambulance operates from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and it starts and finishes and councillor and then they're dynamically deployed then from councillor to boncrana so over a year ago minister mcconnell ogerman himself uh proposed to the national ambulance service and to minister steven donnelly that the old doctor surgery which is owned by the hsc would be an ideal site for the ambulance space and now that we have uh the new state of their primary care center which the doctors have moved into from the old surgery that that is no vacant so the project is currently a feasibility study uh estate offices but interim permission permission to use that is no granted so at the minute um currently the ambulance is located on the grounds of the community center here in boncrana better known as the nursing unit and this will now allow the national ambulance service to start and finish uh their crews in boncrana instead of carndonna now i mean obviously you can have the ambulances and you can have the location be temporary or permanent but uh the the key issue here is staff as well and and and there are some positive developments in that regard yeah that's right uh in addition the national ambulance service plans uh to further extend the operation hours of the boncrana base to include a night shift that will mean a 24 hour seven operational cover for boncrana so they're currently engaged in planning and discussions with staff representatives uh on working towards having the base operational and that's from september of this year it was meant to be next year but now we've got that brought back um to september of 2023 so that's just tremendous news for the people of boncrana and the surrounds and i want to thank minister mcconnell organ the HSE for working with us to bring this uh to such a great conclusion because as you know great boncrana is a very large town it's the second biggest town in the whole of anichone it's the third largest town in the whole northwest region of the country so the peninsula as as the biggest in ireland and it's bigger than a number of counties our population here in boncrana if you include the environs is over 8 000 people so and we have three nursing units here and that accounts for 120 and foreign people before you deal with anything else so i think boncrana more than deserves what uh we are getting in september and it's significant it's really really great news for the whole of the peninsula all right thanks for your time this morning cancel arena donahy there uh 08 660 25 000 uh many of you have commented on that on the past do you welcome that news does it go far enough for you write some more comments coming in here e scooters on footpaths it is illegal for a pedal bike to be cycled on a footpath as it is a motorized bike footpaths are for people traveling by foot if they are considering allowing e scooters on footpaths they are opening a can of forums for bikes as well what are they doing to protect pedestrians here most often the footpaths are not wide enough for what they are proposing now it's i'll double check the the wording of it says because um i don't want to mislead anyone either um but that was my reading of it where's the paper now footways is footpaths isn't it help me out here you know i'm not a expert on these things uh but i'd like if it says footway footway so maybe it's not the same as a footpath i call it says speed vans on footpaths whatever next speed ramps well we have speed ramps on footpaths um greg he's getting too much air time for god's sakes how much suffering does lute ming fanagher want to inflict on our young people that comes in from councilor michael mclafferty uh might have a chat with him a little later on uh to see as to why he to see as to why he um disagrees so strongly right okay we asked a question on behalf of a listener and the the question was hi greg did you ever get to find out why the motor tax office is only open tuesday and thursday livered motor tax office and uh they only open about five hours a day at that right so this has come up time and time again and i committed to you to get an official response so that's what we endeavored to do uh and we got this response for the council from the council the motor tax offices are open on tuesdays and thursdays weekly between nine fifteen and twelve fifteen p.m that's three hours and one fifteen uh to three p.m which is an hour and three quarters they say the opening hours reflect the move to the online motor tax service which almost 80 percent of motor tax renewal customers are choosing to use customers can avail of the online service 24 hours seven days a week in addition the postal renewal service is also still in operation for customers as a renewal option so it seems for in-person tax renewal the writing is on the wall interesting statistic 80 percent almost 80 percent of motor tax renewal customers are choosing to go online that being said the 20 plus that want to go in to a physical office i think is really really quite significant and many are sort of being maybe encouraged is that the word uh into using online perhaps even if they don't want to all right more texts coming on the uh archie pay uh scandal i pay my tv license i paid it last tuesday i'm livid with myself next year i'll enjoy free trip to mount joy free light heat and food for a week greg everyone knows they're monthly a net wage as most people in the real world are waiting on it every month ryan toberty should be like d forbes resign is that i i don't it's difficult to see his pathway going forward because as i say there are it's it there are protests from rte staff today outside regional offices and in dublin it is they that seem particularly peed off about this you know i mean the public can have their say and some people are rallying in behind uh ryan and others not so much but the staff themselves are the ones that seem to be most hurt by this as is reflected as i say by their um their protests later a caller says when they get revenue to collect the tv license we can talk about it forever uh another there's no point in politicians going on about being misled because before every election they will grow around all the houses saying they are going to do this and that but when they get into government they don't do it is that not misleading the people to it's an interesting point hi will miss forbes now be entitled to a golden parachute termination payment or will any payment just be brushed under the carpet it's an interesting question and one which jumped out at me and i don't know uh peter um as to what a severance package is she has she served her term i probably should know that uh i presume she's entitled to a pension she's working for estate uh agencies so she's entitled to um a pension at the very least i'm not sure if that would be impacted by her resignation but as the point was made yesterday i presume it was within the gift of the board not to accept that resignation and she then would have been compelled to go to the uroktas uh committees that being said she's not compelled now and um there's about as much chance of her uh going uh in front of those committees this week as there is me getting the perm r to e scandals a lot of similarities say this listener to god a corruption in donigol they'll be promoted and put on higher scales of pensions politicians investigating them no judge or jury blind leading the blind uh they say again 08 660 25 thousand if you want to get involved what's wrong with people uh reading here that italy's culture ministers leading an outcry of anger wait to hear what these people do a tourist was filmed smiling while carving his and his girlfriend's name into wait to hear a coliseum uh the coliseum in rome the government official wants the man to be identified and sanctioned calling his actions on worthy in the footage he's heard being called uh stupid so someone went to the coliseum on rome and you know the history of that building uh that uh structure and carved he and his girlfriend's name uh into it i was asked to mention and i want to mention that there is a jumble sale taking place all proceeds are in aid of tj's wish to walk so if you want her walk to help a walk you go to st patrick's hall drum keen this saturday it's from 1 30 p.m till late uh so that's a jumble sale all proceeds in aid of tj's wish to walk it's in st patrick's hall drum keen this coming saturday 1 30 p.m till late they are in need of household items free face painters mascots and cake bake stalls contact any committee member or tj wish to walk facebook page if you want more information there now hi there an early joke done my spuds when i saw a letter from a spokesperson for the hospitality sector saying an increase in consumer tax will be punishing hard pressed holiday makers is he having a laugh i don't see his industry offering reasonable prices to help out during these difficult times i don't remember seeing that sector passing on the reductions in vat they were allowed that comes in from brian it's a toffee because there is this general line that's put out there that it's only a small number of people in the hotel industry that are price gouging and they're primarily based in doblin and other population centers do you believe that's the case or do you think there's gouging right across the industry oh wait six sixty uh 25 thousand okay we will be back with our next guest very shortly a very good morning to paul and to cam cam watching with us in new zealand on facebook uh actually a beg your pardon cam you're watching on youtube thank you very much for joining us good to have on board he says don't legalize cannabis or they say i'm not sure if it's a he or she don't legalize cannabis it stinks areas out there's drug driving and then it does lead to other drugs that's cams view if you want to watch the show get on to our youtube channel highland radio arland and you can watch on your phone tablet laptop big screen smart tv or your fire stick we're across facebook as well and primarily here we broadcast across the airwaves of the northwest we'll be doing that with our next guest after 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activity really is just the rescue and rehabilitation of sick injured and orphaned seal pops so that's kind of our main goal and as you mentioned we are the only seal rescue center in the Republic of Ireland so we do cover all of the republic's coastline ranging from all the way up in Johnny gall down to Kerry cork everywhere and so yeah so we'll transport sick injured pops they might be orphaned or ill or emaciated we'll transport them into our hospital here we're based in Corktown in Wexford and then we'll rehabilitate them back to full health and we release them back to the wild so all of our pops go back to the wild we don't keep any of them on site here so our main goal is to get them back to where they're belong yeah and was it around about 150 seals rescued last year exactly in the last 12 months it was 148 and was our last final count and so quite a lot and we we tend to be getting more and more every year our numbers are going up and up and up so it's kind of an indication maybe the people just know about us so they they know to contact us but unfortunately as well it is an indication of their environment degrading so they more need our help more than previous years unfortunately what are the greatest threats then two seals that what could be changing that is a threat to them yeah so the biggest one we find is just climate change i know we're all sick of hearing about it but because of climate change we're getting more frequent and more severe stormy weather like we've all seen it ourselves especially in the last couple weeks and because of these storms quite often the pups can get separated from the mums and they can also be thrown up against rocks and and get injured so we can get broken flippers broken toes broken everything and yeah and just they can get quite exhausted in the water so they are mammals and they can drown so if they're swimming and there's really really rough seas and they can't find the space to haul out onto they can actually just be exhausted and drown as well so climate change being the big one and the second big one after that is just human disturbance we see a lot so people oftentimes with good intentions and they don't realize that they can kind of harass the pups trying to help and end up scaring mum away or just stressing the mums out as well so sometimes if the mums are a little bit too stressed and they're spooked by people or dogs and they will unfortunately just abandon the pups and so that happens too and even the adults getting disturbed usually when they're up on land they're there for a reason they need to rest and recuperate before they can go back into the water hunting so if they're disturbed a little bit early and they're losing all that vital energy and they're not saving that energies for hunting and so that's kind of the two big problems we see you know outside of humans you could also probably make an argument do they have any natural predators irish waters are apex predators so there are other larger say orcas that have passed through irish waters but they're not actually residents in irish waters so seals are kind of at the top of the food chain here so luckily they don't really have any natural predators so they should be in charge and but because of that they do regulate the food chain so they're really really important part of our ecosystem and they control all the fish populations beneath them and by hunting and killing the sick and injured fish so it keeps the populations nice and healthy so the whole ecosystem is it's a really a circular ecosystem and they all rely on each other and so yeah so it's really really important that we do protect our seals now and what is the public attitude to them because you do paint a rosy picture of them sort of cleaning up almost fish debris right but I would know from speaking to commercial and leisure fishers that they don't really like the seals too much that they can destroy rivers and I mean what is the general public attitude to seals do you think yeah unfortunately there is a lot of kind of misinterpretation everyone likes to kind of use the seals as a scapegoat and fishermen are seeing less and less fish in irish waters and the kind of seals are the easy ones to blame but unfortunately when you actually look at the numbers of how many fish that the seal population take out of the water it's around 50 000 tons and that seems like a huge number but when you compare it to irish fishermen being three to four million tons and then international trawlers in irish waters is upwards of 50 million tons so that 50 000 doesn't seem like a lot when you compare it to what we're doing so we have these huge trawlers and we can take tons and tons of fish out of the water in one go whereas the seals in irish waters they can only fish one or two at a time so they're really not the ones doing the damage to the ecosystem but unfortunately they do get the blame sometimes but we have to remember that these are evolved alongside all of the other fish populations so so ideally in an ideal world where we don't exist the ecosystem would be in perfect balance but unfortunately also as humans we're the ones doing the real damage by taking loads of fish out and again that's another reason why our seal populations are crashing there's just not enough fish for them to find now luckily our seals are in good stock but unfortunately common seals their populations have been in decline in irish waters in the last few years and so it would just be a shame to lose them really they're they're very charismatic and in general we find that people have a pretty positive outlook there's only the real kind of old-fashioned kind of mindset that the seals are the problem but generally most people that we interact with on a daily basis they love the seals they're one of Ireland's few megafauna we don't really have that many big mammals like that so they're very charismatic and people do tend to love them and they love seeing them in the water and on their walks and up on the beach it's always a nice tree so generally there's a pretty positive outlook to seals we find right okay so you're asking the public to help to protect new born seal pops this summer and do they are they generally speaking is this the i was going to say the lambing season but you know what i mean the birthing season is it specific to a time of the year yeah exactly so we have two native species in Ireland we have the common seal or harbour seal it's known as and the grey seal so starting in June and July that's the common seals popping season and so that's the species that i was saying they're in decline so it's really important to protect them so they only pop for June and July and they'll usually they're very very small when they're born they're only between 8 to 12 kilos and they'll stay with mom and they'll follow her and they'll learn from her by watching her hunting and eating and so it's really important that they stay together so this is kind of the crucial time now when they're being born that we want them to stay with their mom so obviously we can look after them if they do get separated but our care is really only second class compared to mom's care and so yeah so we just wanted to kind of a put alert so people are aware that they might see little small pops on the beach and and if you do it's always best to keep your distance so if mom is around she doesn't get spooked or this pop doesn't get stressed and run into the water and then become exhausted and we do actually have a rescue hot line that's 24 hours a day so we always say if you see a seal even if you think it's a healthy seal and it's always good to give us a call give us a text whatsapp anything and we can let you know and if the pop does need help we can organize a trained volunteer to attend to the pop and assess it and lift it and bring it to the centre if it does need to be rescued some people might think they're they're cute and you know quite friendly and passive looking perhaps maybe they are but seals can bite and they can carry the bacteria and other germs well bacteria is a germ but you know what I mean that can be harmful to you or your pets so that's a very good reason to stay away from them but also keep your animals away from them absolutely yeah that's another big problem we have is dogs and dog attacks with them obviously it's natural for dogs and sometimes you might not realise their seals on the beach but yeah but they can give it the seals can give a really nasty bite too they are carnivores and they have these big sharp canines and they have a really nasty bacteria in their mouth that can cause an infection called seal finger so fishermen used to get it way back when and it could even cause like a limb to fall like a finger or a hand or even to like rot and fall off so if anybody does get bitten they need to go on antibiotics straight away so we're we at the centre if it does ever happen it's rare but if it happens we do need to go on antibiotics and it'd be the same for a dog as well they would need antibiotics and so it's really important yeah for the safety of the dogs and the seals just to keep them separate and away from each other all right can you tell us anything interesting about seals that we might not know cool I think everything about them is interesting but maybe that's just me and for the seals we have in Irish waters are called true seals so the difference between them and say sea lions and fur seals is the way they move and so they can't actually walk like you know the way sea lions will almost walk on their front flippers true seals like the seals we have can't do that so they kind of hump along the ground you'll see them like bouncing on their bellies and we call that glumping and I think it's really funny because it looks exactly how it sounds they're like glumping around quite awkwardly on land it kind of looks like me trying to get into the sea but anyway rolling friends 087 087195 5393 is the 24-hour rescue helpline Natalie it's been a lovely chatting to you thanks for your time I love the passion that you have for these thank you so much for having me treaters all right take care bye bye Natalie Barry Animal Care Manager with Seal Rescue Ireland okay Karen's with us hi Karen oh are you there yes you are there Karen hi uh right okay um we why did you get in contact with us it was in relation to an issue we've covered on the program here before it's um well you explain it to in your own words it's better that way Karen you know that line is the defective sorry Karen I can't hear me you I can but I've been speaking to myself because I didn't have your fader up so take it away that Karen okay okay so um I'm one of the defective concrete block owners um we have been waiting on confirmation from or even an update from the council since September I know there are hundreds of others waiting on updates for over two years and they haven't been able to get in contact with anybody when you contact the office um they give you out a generic email that it might take six weeks to get back to you our engineer couldn't get in contact with the engineering team and then eventually um when we did think that there was some sort of movement it all went dead quiet again so we're waiting 10 months other people are waiting up to two years and the council made a commitment when they got through to the piratite issue with the housing department that they would process all the applications that they have before we move on to the enhanced scheme that hasn't happened we have I've heard I'm not sure if this is accurate or not there's about 400 applicants got uh email through on Thursday which was really generic saying dear applicant insert the name and then a very generic email out to people that are really suffering with their mental health have no idea how they're going to fix their homes have no idea how to plan and it said that they had engaged with your engineer they had engaged with the team and that just hasn't happened so now we're sitting in a situation where um we have to wait until the enhanced scheme is brought into law still hasn't happened we have the regulations that still aren't there it's supposed to be happening this week but what has happened now is we've all paid out this money um x to seven thousand yes some of us have got it back 90 percent of it back but we have wasted that whole time without our council supporting us to process our applications to then hand it over to the housing agency and we're back to square one we have no idea when we're going to get an update on it so um i i would just like to know from the couple what support there in place are they aware of the complete turmoil people are in to send out really generic bland emails for a real life acting issue and i know covered it many times before but um i'm really concerned about the people that were waiting on that information and then it's just so impersonal there's no plan for what's happening it doesn't take into account does it it doesn't take into the account the devastation someone might get opening that letter of thinking that maybe something is happening and it's a square one situation what i mean do you think they need to change how they communicate and obviously there is the solution to this is that everything is fast tracked and there's clarity we know what's going on but i mean it don't do they need to look at how they're communicating with people in your view caron yes absolutely i mean there is no communication with the council you ask anybody that um tries to get in contact with them if they're they only take calls on certain times if the email comes through nothing comes back we get updates from the council via my action group which is not their responsibility to give the update should be out to all applicants i mean we were told how many um applications were due to be processed through an update through councillors that's never communicated communicated to the applicants themselves so nobody knows where they are in the process i know applications that went in after mine have been approved but i haven't been given a reason why mines was stuck i was never asked for any further information so there's no rhyme or reason to what's going on and there hasn't been a fair response from the council at all okay caron this and we're going to make inquiries ourselves as well to try and get some clarity on the situation i'm sorry you're going through this it's so bloody distressing and you shouldn't have to caron you and the thousands of others thanks for helping us highlight that again thank you very much we can keep going back to it as often as people want us to it's such an important issue right okay uh we'll be back with more in the nine till noon show after we take a break for the news and obituary notices the nine till noon show with the lennon festival remelton from the sixth to the 10th of 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operation is ongoing there is no further information available a new ambulance base is to be established in bunkrana plans were announced last year for a new station to be built on the site of the old healthcare center in the town as an interim measure the national ambulance service has confirmed a temporary base is being established beside the existing deployment base on the grounds of the community hospital it's expected to be operational by september with additional staff being put in place to facilitate a 24-hour service agriculture minister charlie mcconnellog says they say is a much needed move well on a wider scale it is challenged by the virtue of the fact that we are surrounded by water and that means that it's really important that you have sufficient ambulance resources in the peninsula because you don't have the same capacity to be able to draw from neighbouring areas there's been challenges ones that we have brought to the tension the national ambulance service thankfully ones that we're seeing the national ambulance service respond to and this is the latest but very very significant development something that we've been working for for a long time three estates not taken in charge in carragans are to benefit from almost six hundred and sixty thousand euro in funding the money will see water services in flax mill court foil view temple view and ross no middle connected to the ishge air and network the coherent of initial invisible districts councillor paul canning says this will have wide reaching benefits for the area that's a mental allow you to put the final piece on the judge jigsaw in relation to the treatment of the effluent and protection of the the river call but it'll also help us to form where we're trying to form a rubber walkway that is planned along the the the same route so that's what we then will eventually feed on to the greenway that will connect carragans to dairy so all in all that is a great use for for the the people of carragans and midlands northwest MEP says legalizing cannabis would take its sale out of the hands of the criminal underworld and create a safe and taxable supply stream independent luke mink flanagan told today's nine till noon show he believes the experience in colorado with a population similar to irelands has been very positive and he wants to see that replicated here on the issue of cannabis being a gateway drug mr flanagan said the same argument could be made about alcohol and this he says is why decriminalization would not be enough decriminalization for me wouldn't actually go far enough it would still leave drugs in the hands of the sale of drugs in the hands of the criminal underworld it would deny us a taxation stream let's say for example they have legalized in colorado for a similar population to ireland last year they took over 400 million euros in taxation so yeah i would be calling for legalization proper regulation and taxation in the same way as we treat alcohol ortee staff will stage a lunchtime protest on the campus this afternoon its latest twist in the ryan tuberdy saga after the director general d forbes stepped down over undeclared payments made to the presenter between 2017 and 2022 the ortee board says it will release a detailed statement in relation to mr tuberdy's pay since 2020 later today the chair of the ortee national union of journalists sub branch trevor keegan says there's been a lot of upset among staff since the news broke some managers have stepped outside of their remit and they have damaged this company but yes some of them will now sail off into the sunset but the damage will be left for us mere mortals to pick up and try and repair basically because we love this company and ortee does a lot wrong but it does a hell of a lot right i think that will continue ireland's passports are set to get a makeover the public will soon have their say in the first redesign of the Irish passport in over 10 years through an online questionnaire the new passports will come into circulation in 2025 thonish to me hall martin says he wants a better and more efficient passport service we're consistently walking to make it better and we made big improvements this year in terms of birth certs online for example i'm working with registration office which has really removed the need for physical for the presentation of physical birth certs a lot of efficiencies a lot of improvements in our passport service where we've continued to recruit staff well the forecast and the ireland tell us it'll be cloudy and muggy today with rain drizzle and mist affecting many areas some sunny spells developing this evening top temperature 17 to 20 in moderate to fresh southwest wind rain will develop from the west and become widespread tonight in lowest overnight temperatures of 12 or 13 tomorrow we'll see some sunny spells and showers in highest temperatures of 16 to 18 a chance of thunder as well and that's ireland radio news we're back with news again at 11 o'clock until then from the news team have a very good morning the obituary notice says for this Tuesday morning June the 27th the death has taken place of Anthony Levy more view Milford formally tolly mountain remelton remains will arrive at St Peter's church Milford at six o'clock this evening to repose overnight funeral mass on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock burial afterwards in tolly cemetery funeral mass can be viewed on church services dot tv the death has taken place of Evelyn mullen of port na black don't find a hate county donnie gall her remains will be reposing at her late residence from 12 noon today funeral mass in holy cross church done family on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock burial afterwards in the adjoining graveyard mass can be viewed live on mcm media dot tv family time from 11 o'clock until 10 o'clock family flowers only donations in lay of desire to the lake house nursing home care of any family member or james harkin funeral director the death has taken place of john dawson piper's field bridge town glenn carry guard his remains are reposing at the eternal light chapel rest mountaintop letter kenny this evening from six o'clock until eight o'clock removal from there tomorrow going to comwall parish church for service at two o'clock cremation will take place in lakelands crematorium cavern on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock donations and lay of flowers please to the donnie gall hospice care of any family member the death has taken place of donne broadly strigill boncrona formerly from chandrum drum freeze donne's remains will be reposing at his lead residents from 11 o'clock this morning removal from there on Thursday morning at quarter past 10 going to smerry's church cock hill for 11 o'clock recreation mass with burial in the adjoining cemetery mass can be viewed live on church services dot tv house private from 11 o'clock until 11 o'clock the death has taken place of party john gibbons caron kerry keel remains are opposing at his home funeral mass to more morning at 11 o'clock in sink clumbers church mass mind with burial afterwards in mass mind cemetery funeral mass can be viewed on smerry's fanavolte and sink clumbers mass mind facebook page rosary tonight at nine o'clock with family time please from 11 o'clock until 11 o'clock family flowers only donations if desired to the dunagall hospice care of any family member or patrick sweeney funeral directors the death has taken place of antony mcgloughlin fernbank red castle antony's remains are opposing at his home where you're welcome to pay your respects today and tomorrow from one o'clock until 11 o'clock antony's funeral mass will take place on thursday morning at 11 o'clock in sink clumbers church drum followed by burial in the adjoining graveyard family flowers only please donations if desired to the irish cancer society care of any family member antony's funeral mass can be viewed live on sinkclumbersdrung.net the death has taken place of grace mcshane nae dohardy jacky donnaf urus clomane her remains are opposing at her home funeral leaving from there to more mourning at quarter past 10 going to st michael's church urus for recreation mass at 11 o'clock with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery family flowers only please donations in lay of desire to the dunigul hospice care of any family member or comsky funeral directors house private police from 10 o'clock until 10 o'clock family and friends only please on the morning off the funeral funeral mass can be viewed live on churchservices.tv and the death has occurred of column grant 17 the cottages burn food remains proposing at his home removal to more mourning at quarter past 10 to st engas's church birth for recreation mass at 11 o'clock for by interment in birth cemetery columns recreation mass can be viewed on churchservices.tv family time please from 11 o'clock tonight and before the funeral tomorrow family flowers only please donations in lay of desire to kree heart and stroke charity care of any family member for more details including any family health guidelines for wigs and funerals please go to hindanvideo.com see the whole picture with ultra wide on iphone 11 join three today and get iphone 11 for just 999 with three bill pay enjoy top class speeds in Ireland's fastest 5g network offer and soon visit and store or a three dot ie three for a better connected life 40 euro per month price plan subject to 24 month minimum term and annual price increase terms and conditions apply based on analysis by ugly of speed test intelligence static q3 to q4 2022 okay you're very welcome back to the nine till noon show good morning if you're after joining us say very shortly we'll have community guard information with garden Nile McGuire that's coming up after we get through some of your comments here or get to some of your comments here I should say is RTE just the tip of the iceberg say as a caller also RTE is a government voice that selects the news for us when has it ever covered say parental alienation or mary bowell or so many other issues that are in potent and although the motor tax office being open two days per week is adequate for the volume of business it would hardly be sensible to have staff there sitting waiting for a customer to come in some people are always looking for something to complain about another the e scooter rules are another step towards the removal of private vehicles from urban areas and the reductions of citizens freedom of movement I wonder is aim in Ryan cycling tour business planning e scooters tours I don't know another of course the local hotels a price gouging since when did it become the norm to pay eight or nine euro for a starter an average of 25 euro for a main course don't even look at the stakes I tend not to fintan is a motorway for bikes and whatever the width of the footpaths are a disgrace leaving the roads very narrow says a caller staying on the issue the new cycle lane heading into letter Kenny's covered in glass is it any wonder no one uses it is that on the four lanes or which road which cycle lane is that that you talk of Hi Greg I'm trying to find out is it safe to use e-10 petrol in an old car not compatible with it e-5 no longer available in Donagall as far as I know that comes in from Mary okay so e-10 is a new grade of petrol that is out now and Mary wants to know is e-10 okay to be used in an old car e-5 no longer available in Donagall as far as she knows or at least soon it will not be so anyone out there working in the industry come on help us out e-10 petrol is it okay in an older car is the older car running on on non-ledded fuel if so I'd imagine we would have heard about it if there was an issue come on Greg stop repeating what experts say is gospel let's face it the experts have got it wrong lately more than once I'm 41 been using cannabis for 24 years no harm in it if we're going to have a if we're going to make any progress in this country on any issues we have to be able to have conversation and I'm speaking to someone who is an advocate and has been for a long time of the legalization of cannabis now it is not unreasonable for me to quote people who work with others in addiction as a counterpoint to that and then give Luke Flanagan Luke Ming Flanagan the opportunity to counter that that's a conversation that's how we are we get anywhere at the moment people don't seem to want conversations they want to hear only what they believe to be the case that you see that so much on social media surely we don't want to lose that on a platform like radio do we I mean I never cut him down I never argued with him I simply put a counterpoint and a few people seem to have taken issue with that and I respect that that's fine you know it's that's why I've read the comment I'm perfectly fine with people having whatever opinion they choose to have a caller says I don't use cannabis but I know it's a healing plant I'm against drugs says this listener but in reality the drugs war is lost and a lot of people do believe that to be the case they go on to say that cannabis is accepted by a younger generation and mostly turned to blind I too by Gardie it has its drawbacks and positives like alcohol affects every individual differently let's tax it and focus God of resources on other drugs like crack cocaine heroin and tax pay for health and the tax will pay for health addiction services I've changed my mind on this issue and Ming is right says that listener in Dublin four days ago a lady in her 80s died after being struck by an e-scooter I'm sorry it did she pass away I know she was injured I wasn't aware that she had passed away if she has another caller says why are we glorifying drugs it's a disgrace the amount of suffering pain and hurt drugs has caused in many households why are we trying to legalize this it's an absolute disgrace I'm shocked to hear this even being disgust says that listener right last one before we take a break and then we'll bring God of Maguire in I bought a ticket online for the Donogholt game in Balaba Faye and if ever there was a reason to fight for the use of cash for me it was this weekend the coverage in the area with the crowd was so poor I had limited coverage and couldn't get the ticket off to enter the game to her own supporters were behind me and I got people booing me now it was done in a playful way by them but embarrassing for me please bring back cash I always find with and this is not a solution to your issues your issues are there and I understand exactly where you're coming from but I do with whether I'm flying or whatever it might be going to a concert is take a screenshot of the barcode and that backs you up you have an offline version of it also what you can do is if you have an Android phone or an iPhone for that matter you can normally there's an option to download the ticket into your wallet I know it's wallet on Android I'm not sure what it is on iPhone and 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your zero wire alarm system from 299 euro Sheridan security 911 26025 okay it's Tuesday the 27th of June 2023 18 minutes past 10 time for community guarder information on our guests this week is Garda Nal McGuire of the Milford guarder station Nal good morning she thanks so much for calling in and joining us we appreciate it greatly thanks for having me and Greg right okay let's get straight into appeals Garda looking for the public's assistance as they investigate a burglary in letter Kenny yeah a few burglaries that occurred this week Greg the latest one happened yesterday evening at 11 20 p.m. a vulnerable lady living on her own was in her bed when she discovered that an intruder was in her home very scary for this lady involved she immediately raised the alarm and it's believed then that the intruder left upon realizing that there was someone at home entry to the house was gained by breaking a rear window nothing was taken during the burglary as the lady realized early on so this happened on the port road yesterday between 11 p.m. and 11 30 p.m. it's the address as close to the where the old cinema used to be located near the the golden grill so anybody that had dashcam on the port road yesterday between 11 p.m. 11 30 p.m. they might make it available to my colleagues in letter Kenny and they can be reached on 0 7 4 9 1 6 7 100 or indeed any guard station okay hopefully that's brought to a resolution as soon as possible a burglary in car and donna also being investigated in the tullnery area of car and donna between 5 30 p.m. on Friday the 23rd of June and 7 30 a.m. on Saturday the 24th of June a door to the rear of the premises had been forced open between these hours nothing was taken again but the property was ransacked we appeal to anybody who may be able to help us who may have seen something suspicious in that area a tullnery between the 23rd and the 24th 5 30 p.m. on Friday and 7 30 a.m. on Saturday please contact my colleagues in montcran at 0 7 4 9 3 2 0 5 4 0 please okay and investigations into a burglary in the killi bags area now yeah two in killi bags in a row greg croc mafiola area of killi bags between 10 p.m. and went to the 21st at 8 30 p.m. on Saturday the 24th of June the rear p.b.c. door was broken in a halty home so no one was home a number of presses and drawers appeared to be gone through and searched but nothing again was stolen so my colleagues in bali shannon and killi bags are investigating this and the information have passed on to the guard a confidential line on 1 800 treble 6 treble 1 or the guardian bali shannon 0 7 1 9 8 5 8 5 3 0 and I'm not sure it was connected but the second burglary happened in the Balbean area of killi bags between 6 p.m. on Thursday the 22nd of June and 12 30 p.m. on Friday the 23rd of June I'm not sure the times exactly Greg because it was a derelict house was broken into a door lock was broken and entry was gained again nothing appears to have been taken but again please contact the guards bali shannon or killi bags or indeed any guard station all right and we have an appeal also in relation to a burglary in raffaul yeah by the way for burglary is Greg this week this figured raffaul between midday and Saturday the 17th of June 10 a.m. and Thursday the 22nd of June so between Saturday and Thursday it's a big window of time there Greg unfortunately a garden shed which had been left unlocked was entered and a black husk of arna robotic lawn moor was stolen from it so we'd like to hear from anybody who may have observed any activity in the area and figured that they believe a suspicious contact to local guard station raffaul or indeed letter Kenny on 0 7 4 9 1 6 7 1 100 and anybody has been offered a moor for sale or as you know in suspicious circumstances that's a black husk of arna robotic moor Greg probably worth a lot of money all right maybe it's a timely reminder as to how we can sort of protect our property but also now protect each other we have to sometimes well we should all the time be the ears and eyes of each other so what should we avoid what should we be doing yeah well I suppose because maybe it's apt that we bring this up at this time Greg in relation to maybe a bit of home security and security of tools and stuff because especially when it comes to like garden sheds and stuff we have noticed that some burglies the houses are entered by the homeowner's own own tools and ladders and stuff that are left unsecured so you know we need to also lock our sheds and if there's ladders and stuff and tools lying around they should all be tied away because they can be used against you by a home intruder again it's quite obvious Greg but not to keep large amount of cash at home and if you do have to for some reason or have expensive jewellery then please invest in a safe there's loads of great because we see when you talk about ransacking they're not looking for knives and forks here they're looking for where people might hide their jewellery or cash yeah that's the first thing they're going for Greg this it's not generally like TVs or big appliances and stuff like that it tends to be jewellery and cash so you know as I say there's great locksmiths here in Latter-Kinney that will give you great advice when it comes to installing a home safe not that you know they're not crazy money Greg there's something there for every budget and we find that you know when we come to Burglary it's always great when the homeowner has it properly fitted and hidden say if they have kept their valuables in you know and even to that like I got security cameras they run off it runs off a battery like it was well under a hundred euro and you put it on on the underside of the roof and you stick on it with a it sticks on with a magnet hard to get at but if someone goes near the house you get an instant notification to your phone and a screenshot of it and you can you can set an alarm off you can relate it back to them you can see everything crystal clear in the dark the battery lasts I think about 250 days and as I say this unit was less than it was well I think I got it for 65 I think at the moment they're about 85-90 I mean that in and of itself even if you're in the property you know it's an inexpensive way to aid deter people but B you know to be made aware of what's going on like as I say I know for a lot of people that might be a lot of money but it's for security for peace of mind we're not talking massive amounts and you know we've got some brilliant local alarm companies that can you know get the get the the box up on the outside of the house now even if it's just a couple of basic little because everyone that's been burgled if they don't already have an alarm system I would say it's one of the first calls they make after the garden but as I say I'm a big fan of these these cameras because as soon as anyone's on your property you're told you know when you've got a screenshot and you've a live video you can speak to them or you could you could discourage them and I think maybe you know now's a good time to remind people that those options are out there as well I know the guards aren't going to recommend certain things in particular but it's we do need to put some visual deterrence out there as well don't we now yeah you're completely completely correct Greg you know these cameras aren't that they aren't out of a lot of people's budgets and they are very effective you know we have gleaned a lot of intelligence and solved a lot of crimes by the use of CCTV, home CCTV different types of doorbell cameras things like that you know as a rule of thumb these burglars aren't walking around breaking into a house wearing a ballet clave you know that's that's that's that doesn't happen nowadays it's you know it's it's they're generally opportunists yeah you know they see something that you know that has tweaked their their mind and they just want to maybe try a door try a car door try a garden shed and if they've got somewhere considering themselves well then they'll do that as well but you know these little cameras you're referring to they're amazing they can be put somewhere they're quite discreet they can be actually put inside your house looking out as well for sure or you can have them inside your house as well so if someone does enter well then you know they're very hard to spot Greg you know so so they are at a very efficient way for cheaply maintaining or you know security of your property yeah and this one I have too is it won't walk off of there's a fox there but it's got human shape and car detection as I say for reasonable amount of money so that's what we can do around the house but also too we don't want to think we're going to hassle the guards or ask her it's probably nothing if we do see any thing that looks at a place from a vehicle perspective or a person's perspective now yeah listen we're not going to be moaning if somebody rings us about a suspicious vehicle or person you're in and listen I'll put my hands up we're not able to attend some of these within the time frame that might be that efficient but we'll certainly get there and if somebody has a registration number or whatever we'll take it on board and pass it on to to our own crew that'll look after that and you know it's always good to have registration numbers or photographs or ring cameras to show us videos of somebody maybe on an ounce calling at your door trying doors and stuff like that so yeah listen we're a public service and feel free to call us and give us whatever information you have yeah and I think that was a really strong point you made about and it's been said before you know we talk about the house but people can have accumulate over the years you know three four five six thousand Euro worth of tools and equipment in the shed which in and of itself is there to be stolen but also can be used to gain access to the properties we have to as I say it's not to be fearful but it's to be cautious and careful yeah it's slightly worrying that we're having these burglies this week Gray because this traditionally isn't burglies days you know it's normally in the winter time we're talking about burglies because these snake thieves are you know their cowards are hiding the dark and you know they're they're opportunists so you know it's there's quite a few burglies this week Greg and now not a lot of property taken thank god but it's just that's just the luck of the draw you know exactly right okay now criminal damage at a GA club in Milford yeah in Milford at and the GA club on the moll road between 10 p.m. on monday the 19th of June and Tuesday the 20th of June this was discovered at quarter to 11 Andrew had been gained to the the clubhouse and the kitchen area was kind of somebody went through the the kitchen and and splashed through the milk and coffee and washing up like throughout the building so is there a a particular problem or issue in Milford at the moment with disorderly type behavior not really Greg no you know we've had a few instances where were cars and broken they stuff like that this isn't something that's particularly predominant in Milford it's it's it's happening all all around okay but you know we do mention the ones that we think that maybe we might have an opportunity of bringing the public's attention they might be able to help us but there's not specifically a problem over no of course all right I understand right okay so any information to Milford Guardian 9153060 right theft of vehicles now and there's a couple of these in the letter Kenny area Nile yeah Gary investing the theft of a vehicle from McMahan Villas letter Kenny between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. and choose to 27th 27th of June the current question was a white Nissan March registration number 162D28892 that's 162D28892 I don't have a color grade for some reason it's white on my sheet to white yes white yes fair play do you know this vehicle has yet to be located so anybody notice 162D28892 a white Nissan March please contact the Guardian and immediately in letter Kenny if anybody saw anything at McMahan Villas between Tuesday sorry between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. choose to 27th of June then please contact letter Kenny 9167100 all right and the second vehicle taken as well I think yeah on Sunday the 25th of June at about 2.50 a.m. my colleagues letter Kenny were alerted to the fact that a car had appeared to be abandoned at College Park letter Kenny Gary located the car in question a silver Honda Jazz partial registration 05D in the middle of the street within the state the bid was open and there was obvious damage caused to the ignition barrel the owner lived in the same estate was contacted the keys were still in their position so basically the car had been hot wire Greg so if anybody knows anything in relation to the theft of that car silver Honda Jazz on Sunday at College Park letter Kenny again letter Kenny looking after that 9167100 yeah it's always seems to be interesting particular brands and mikes of vehicles that are targeted but anyway it's not unique to one particular area well Greg we're at an eight year high now for thefts of cars and a lot of that is down to these Japanese imported cars these are like Toyota's and Nissan's that are after created after 2001 if it's an Irish or originated car it's no problem different spec different spec yeah they're fitted with the mobilisers then the issue is with the mobilisers so some of these Japanese imports and a Japanese import as a general rule of thumb you'll know if it's a Japanese import because it has a square type number plate on the back they're generally from Japan and they don't have a mobilisers from zero one on only certain mechs of cars Greg not all I'm not going to mention the types of cars for obvious reasons but we have because there's no mobilisers on these cars they're quite easy to steal uh so they're quite vulnerable to hot wires and also if some of these models also they don't have an immobiliser but they have keyless ignition so it's quite possible that you know you can you don't even need the hot wire of the car you can just push a button you know if it's close enough to the house or whatever you know so a bit of safety device in relation to that you know you can get an aftermarket immobiliser fitted you can also use the old fashioned steering wheel lock or chain should also be considered and maybe the way you park your car maybe if you have two cars whatever park the the more vulnerable one we're calling that listen I'm sure the local Toyota garage would be able to advise you in relation to that yeah and again it's not just Toyota there's Nissan as well but it's something that people should maybe check out it's just it's very specific to Japanese imports after 2001 certain mix of car and if listen the people know the cars that are target to target because it's just time and time again because months ago now I kept hearing these you know not the rare enough if you know what I mean I was like well why is why do these particular cars being targeted but sure the people know the the criminals know which cars to go for so yeah we just have to be one step ahead of them and it makes more sense now too and I hope anyone who ever has a car you know when you get the insurance they ask you if you've got immobiliser I didn't really understand why they kept asking them but now it's all becoming it's all becoming much clearer now because they if you don't it's more likely if it's not factory fitted to be targeted by car thieves like so I get that now yeah yeah but if you do get an aftermarket immobiliser fitted they're very effective Greg yeah yeah because they're they're hidden away and stuff and you know that they're as effective as the the factory fitted ones all right okay so that's the cars okay so there's more advice will be put up on that on the Goddess Yukana Facebook page as well now we've done the theft from a vehicle at College Park letter Kenny have we we have yet we have all right now new scams they're innovating all the time yeah we're no stranger to these scams up here Greg you know we're not insulated from them just because we're done it all it's in fact we know every week we're getting people come and come and test with new new ways of being approached by criminals and this week there was a very concerned lady made contacts with with us she had a company that looked after her panic alarm and she got a text message with her correct name and address included on it and they knew that she had a panic alarm the message stated that the battery and alarm was going low so quite believable and her request was made for her to text the number and question back to sort out the issue she didn't text the number back thank god but she did contact the alarm company question and they confirmed that no this this is nonsense and they would never do that so this lady followed the advice that would be given for weeks now and that is don't text the number back in question you know if you have another contact number then seek advice from the company themselves bring them up and say I've just received this text now I think what's important with appeals like this too is that if you know someone who has one of these alarms and they may not be listening is to pass on the information say listen I was listening to Highland and God and McGuire was talking about this just to make sure that everyone's aware because they can send these the repeations they're exactly they're repeated over and over Greg so yeah so the likes of yourselves it's a great way of broadcasting about that wee bit of information and if it helps one person not fall victim to it well then great brilliant okay just we had a question last week Greg Gronya gave me and somebody asked if a teenager from the north has passed a driving test are there any speed restrictions like the north has when driving in the south so in the north you're required to display ore plates restricted plates and in the south you have end plates for two years novice plates so in northern Ireland you have you're restricted for that year to 45 miles per hour but that restriction doesn't apply even to people from the north driving here so but there are other restrictions when you're on an end plate or an ore plate there's a lower blood alcohol limit of 20 micrograms they cannot act as an accompanying driver for another learner driver and there's a lower threshold of penalty points you only have to get seven penalty points when you're on your end or ore plates and you're qualified no okay brilliant stuff thanks for the clarity on that that's got a naan maguire based at the milford garter station and that was community guard information for this Tuesday the 27th of june will be back after 10 o'clock next Tuesday now thanks again thank you very much that's great watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the 9 till noon show 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guardie are appealing to any persons who may have information in relation to this incident to contact them any road users who are travelling in the vicinity of sleeve league between saturday evening and sunday evening and who may have camera footage including dash cam is asked to make it available to investigating guardie anyone with information can contact baleshan and guarder station on 07198 58530 or the guard of confidential line 18006661 there is a search ongoing in that area an investigation ongoing in that area and more information and the sort of nature of that investigation may change over the course of the day or the next couple of days presumably depending on how that search operation progresses right okay now Dave Coleman joins us now of Coleman legal Dave thanks for your time again this morning how are you keeping I'm good Greg very good and how are you I'm doing fine thank you very much Dave after we spoke the last time it was as to whether or not you were still accepting applicants for the case that's being taken and did you see an increase in the number of people joining this action yes we did Greg we were just over 1800 when we last spoke and we crossed 2300 yesterday so that's a 500 person increase our applicant increase to join the case we fully expect that the next week or so we'll see further people joining and at that point I think the 7th of July is the cutoff point for people to join for free people are of course entitled to join the case afterwards but they will need to contribute themselves to it what do you expect the upward figure to be don't really know Greg I mean we're very pleased that so many people have stood up for themselves and have joined the case and you know there is no upper figure but we are very content with what we've seen so far and we do believe that people believe in the case for us is an important step in people trying to vindicate their own rights and deal with what's happening in the county as you are well aware yeah and I just think and I wouldn't even dare to put a figure on it but I just know there's an awful lot of people sitting out there that know in the heart of hearts that they have mica or defective concrete blocks should I say at this point but they are awaiting the new scheme to get a formal test at a lower rate but I would say there's people out there know it's an inevitability yes and they're sort of exclusive you can join the case anyway Greg yeah you know you don't have to have a test you know we've I suppose a very very broad range approach to the case and it's far more than just some points of law that will be heard in the courtroom this this extends right throughout the gambit of European law that any solution will have to involve you know insurers banks housing agencies for decantation of people like it is a vast area this whole thing and you know people should buy in really to themselves that we're not trying to drum up people to join the case people can come if they wish they're welcome it's going ahead anyway but equally you know it's strength in numbers all right okay now even for those that sort of find out after the fact to some extent now obviously not discouraging anyone from joining but presumably this does this does cut a path for any subsequent discovery of defective concrete in people's homes if it proves successful a precedent will be set that that does that does create a path presumably even for those who may not be part of it now as to say but not to discourage people from being part of it that's absolutely right like everybody knows that it's a cumulative problem it you don't get the problem and then that's it it every house that gets it gets worse over time so if it has the defective block then it is it is going to affect them so any any solution has to be a solution not looking backwards but looking forwards as well yeah now before we get on to the separate actually separate but obviously this is all interlinked what is the is there any update in terms of the progression of the is it test cases you might call them all the selected cases to test to test this whole thing any timeline updates or any idea yeah yeah absolutely what happened just to give the listeners a very brief synopsis when we entered the case on the commercial court of the High Court in Dublin we agreed a timetable with all defendants to allow for the speedy progression of the case through the courts and that is happening we haven't dropped a stitch there we are on the day every day and next Friday is the seminal day in the case in that the defendants must lodge their defence to the case and this is where they say where what they what they believe happened and why they are responsible or not responsible for certain things we don't know what will be in the document and obviously we've surmised what we believe will be in it and I've taken steps to deal with that anyway but you know it is it means that people in effect are nailing their colours to the mass can that in any way can you lodge something almost like a holding document in that process if you know what to mean or whatever you lodge next Friday will actually be the defence you know that's as to how you are going to sort of try and defend this case not asking you to speak on behalf of those parties but just to give us an understanding Dave yeah well the defence by law should be as comprehensive as possible in other words they must state as much as they know as to why they they shouldn't be held responsible if they're if they're going to do that and what's going to happen is that we'll have time then to review what they do and we're entitled to raise what's known as particulars on the defence which means we're entitled to ask questions about why did you say that why did you say that but you know I do think that people are both to all sides are coming to this case openly and fairly and I think that's so important for people this isn't and there's no cynicism here that the winner who is the winner the winner is somebody who will be put back in the shoes they wanted to stand in the day they built their dream home that's not a winner because they've gone through all the what they've gone through so you know we try and make this as fair and as open and honest as possible and I do believe all the other lawyers are feeling the same way about right so who is lodging their defence on friday just to remind everybody just to remind people who the parties are we anticipate that Cassidy is well that don't go into council well and that nsa i will that they're the three defendants at this point in time yeah that's going to be really interesting it is yeah it's only the first two defences there's another four to follow because we staggered the the cases but everyone's on the catch up we're we have a timetable for that we're honest yeah and yeah it is it is very very interesting that this part of the case so people will know what what the what the powers that be for want of a better word are saying ultimately to them and I know normally a lawyer wouldn't talk about a case that's before the courts like this but we've two and a half thousand people in the case now and it's going to rise and you know it in fairness to communicate openly with people is very very important that we're not seen to be some as a remove from I'm actually going to go at the moment myself and we're not seen to be as a remove from people because that's so important and actually your own your own show Greg has been very helpful in highlighting this case and I do thank you for that I'm not going to ask you even to to comment on it other than yeah you'll know really but do you have in your mind possible defences that will be large like do you from a strategic point of view do you sort of anticipate what do you expect any surprises next Friday let me put it simple as that yes no I don't I don't think that's fine we more or less know what they're going to say all right okay very well because we've had to look at it from the other side before we can advise our own clients we have to know what we believe the other side will be trying to say to get out of this so yeah we know what's going to say yeah that's exactly really the answer I was looking for or expecting right okay so then this separate this separate complaint separate to the High Court legal action but of course everything is intertwined in some form or other I'm sure I didn't hear about this until yesterday or the day before what exactly is what is this complaint to the European Commission what it is is that the what we're saying briefly is that the state are not complying with their obligations under EU law to the citizens of this country in particular the people of Donegal affected in this manner by this query that's basically it now the EU Commission are entitled themselves to take steps against a member state in default of any law to compel them to comply with that law and in ways put simply it's getting the state to do the right thing under the under the gaze of the EU Commission it's available the complaints to all citizens if they're affected and in our view it's a very democratic way of people expressing their frustration at the at the lot they have been given by others and are living in their daily lives that's that's really it's in a nutshell and in a way is this this is obviously it's an important move is it a tactical move as well well ultimately the case will either case will find itself that be the the multi-party action which we talked about earlier are the EU complaint Europe is the forum for this that's why we're in Europe to harmonize standards to allow for security to allow for a peace of mind for people so yeah I mean clearly if for whatever reason we find it necessary to go to Europe we will go to Europe all right and finally if people wish to participate there's an online form available as you say to anyone affected by this I can't read this url at or I'd be here until after one o'clock is there a place people can go to to link it oh yeah they if they just get on to our own size they can get the link there colon legal now really the numbers are phenomenal it's six days Greg and we've over 1200 people have now signed up who are affected whose homes are affected and it's thanks really to the people like mag and patty diva who they work selflessly for others in their community and this this complaint is not just about others it's about the people affected and they should stand together because it's more important that Europe sees the extent of this problem that it isn't just a couple of homeowners who are saying this wasn't complied with this in effect is a minor mass movement within the county of Donegal which is a terrible thing to say but they are they are affected and they should stand up for themselves all right thanks for the update Dave I appreciate it nice to see you again take care yeah you too bye bye that's Dave Coleman there of 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I would threatening to share intimate images is a crime with serious consequences contact your local guard the station if you need to report it brought to you by the government of Ireland it's the Dullingall town summer festival from June the 30th to July the 2nd three days of great entertainment including live music on Saturday from Paul Ward Bon Jovi tribute slippery when wet and the ultimate queen tribute on Sunday enjoy an aura the tumbling paddies and Nathan Carter see Dullingall town summer festival on Facebook supported by Dullingall County Council and Portia Ireland now we're being told that Ireland is facing a tsunami of diabetes cases with figures showing one in 10 people around the world will have the condition by 2050 last year some 10,000 sorry let me start that again last year some 10% of the HSE's budget went towards diabetes care and based on projections from the lands that that figure is set to skyrocket in coming decades Dr Eva Osmond is diabetes specialist at Dr Eva's clinics and joins us now thanks for your time doctor I appreciate it thank you you know it's pretty scary figures and I'm very passionate about type 2 diabetes and the reason I'm so passionate because I have seen amazing reversal in my clinics over the last 15 years because type 2 diabetes is directly connected I mean I'm talking 98% of the cases type 2 diabetes we are talking about here is directly connected to the amount of visceral fat you have which is the deep visceral fat that sits behind your belly button and those rounds you know those sort of rolls you know miscellaneous rolls I call them you know that you have around your tummy when you pinch them those are subcutaneous fats and that fat is not dangerous but they are reflecting what is behind in the deep visceral cavity and that deep visceral fat is very very dangerous because it's an actively metabolic we could almost call it an organ organ that produces inflammatory compounds and I explain it to my patients that they are like bad hormones that basically set a low grade of inflammation in your body and affects every part of your body but insulin resistance which is basically the base of type 2 diabetes lives there in the visceral fat because this almost like try to imagine that this fat it's not just sitting around your pancreas which is has these beta cells that produce insulin but actually infiltrates in and actually suffocates the beta cells and now your sugar reading starts being higher and higher because you need insulin to basically process the sugar which is basically coming from the carbohydrate digestion you can't get your sugar inside the cell if you don't have insulin and type 1 diabetics have no insulin but in fact type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition and it's a very small percentage of the population where type 2 diabetes is what we are talking about the tsunami and why I'm so passionate about this condition is because we are very much giving an impression to people that it's back basically genetic it's not their fault you know it just falls from the sky when the reality is that type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease and if I don't want to be horrible and judging anybody but the reality I've seen in my clinics I've seen and I've helped people to reverse it once you start losing that excess weight behind your belly button you know you lose also the disease you reverse your diabetes your commentaries are odds really to what seems to be happening in society I mean adverts and social media posts that were once about fitness and exercise and looking after your health now about body positivity you know you can see in certain adverts they almost go out of the way to say look if you're overweight that's grand you know we use words like instead of beer barely now it's dad bod you know as if it's something that some people might find attractive it's okay does that worry you but that is exactly what we're talking about I'm really really worried about that because we are losing the message of health here because the reality is that younger and younger people are becoming affected by type 2 diabetes I have a lady at the moment in my clinics who have just successfully reversed her diabetes she was 32 when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes like that she has very skinny legs but she has all that fat around her belly and when she has lost two stone she has now reversed her diabetes so what I'm saying is a typical type 2 diabetic patients is 2 to 3 stone overweight and they typically have all that weight around the waistline so it's basically that dangerous fat due to that fact that it's the visceral fat we are also giving a wrong message in the media about the fact that exercise is the way to weight loss actually exercise is a very very ineffective and weak way of losing weight 85 90 percent of your weight loss success is coming from your food what you're eating because you need to be it's a quite a big number you need to be in energy deficit to lose 1 kilo and 2.2 or 2.2 pounds it's basically seven and a half thousand kilo calories of energy deficit in order to lose 1 kilo 2.2 pounds which means that you could almost say to yourself I need to be full three days of fasting and I don't even lose a 2.2 pounds of course you would lose more weight if you suddenly fasted three days and just drank water which is quite difficult thing to do by the way but because you would lose what we call glycogen you wouldn't actually go and start burning the fat reserves initially so what I'm saying is that weight loss needs to be constant for a long period of time you need to be able to create a diet plan that you can able to stick to that you are not hungry that gives you all the vitamins and minerals this can be done and it is possible I am not saying that weight loss is easy I've been helping people over the last 20 years to lose weight not just through my clinics but through the TV program Operation Transformation and doing interviews like this to try to educate people because the current guidelines that the food safety authority in Ireland excuse me I'm saying this but I've seen this in practice is totally wrong we modified the food pyramid few years ago but it's totally still wrong if you go to a dietitian in a hospital setting and you are diabetic or you suffer from any other condition that is obesity related and they want to give you nutritional advice I have never seen a person who have actually found any of those appointments useful because they all say it's basically just more or less concentrating what the people are already eating and they try to modify a little bit by cutting down portions and they talking unspecific language people who need to lose weight they need specific advice they need a specific diet plan they need to be told exactly what to do that's where the education needs to be based we need to also shift from the high carbohydrate diet we are having in Ireland and start understanding the value of fiber how to learn food labeling and actually basically make a small education about nutrition nutrition you don't need to become a scientist to do this but we need a total shift in the culture in Ireland all right and not just Ireland it's globally as well it seems Dr Eva Orsman thank you so much for your time Dr Orsman of course is a diabetes specialist Dr Eva's clinics watch the show live now on YouTube Facebook and at highlandradio.com okay it is 11 o'clock it's time for a news update and it's good morning once again to Michaela Clarke thanks Greg good morning Gardi have confirmed that they're investing getting an alleged assault at Sleeve League a major multi-agency operation was launched yesterday in the area and the house sealed off in killy bags a man aged in his 30s and a woman in her 20s have been arrested in connection with the incident which occurred between Saturday and Sunday public access to Sleeve League remains closed to facilitate the investigation Gardi are appealing to anyone who may have any information to contact them an external review of governance at RTE will take several months according to the T-shock cabinet is being updated on plans for the review following revelations regarding undisclosed pay to Ryan Tiberty a midlands north west MEP says legalising cannabis would take its seal out of the hands of the criminal underworld and create a safe and taxable supply stream independent Lukming Flanagan told the 9 to Nyncho that he believes the experience in Colorado with the population similar to Ireland has been very positive and he wants to see that replicated here Gardi say there has been a worrying upsurge in burglaries in Donegal a number of houses have been broken into in the county over the past week last night a vulnerable resident disturbed an intruder in letter Kenny while properties in Cardona and Killy Beggs including a derelict building were also targeted nothing was stolen from any of the properties investigations however are ongoing after a robotic moor was stolen from a garden shed in Ruffo meanwhile there's been a notable rise in the theft of Japanese imported vehicles within the letter Kenny district that's according to Gardi who are appealing for information after a car was found abandoned in the college park area of letter Kenny in the early hours of Sunday morning a new ambulance base is to be established in Bonkrana plans were announced last year for a new station to be built on the site of the old health care centre in the town as an interim measure the national ambulance service has confirmed a temporary base will be set up beside the existing deployment base on the grounds of the community hospital and a car has been stolen overnight from the McMahan Villas area of letter Kenny the white in this on March with the registration of 162d 28892 was taken between 1 and 5 o'clock this morning Gardi saying the vehicle has yet to be located and they are appealing for information those are the latest headlines we'll be back with an update at 12 noon okay thank you very much indeed that's Makeda Clark okay we'll be back with more on the 9 till noon show but first we take this break the 9 till noon show with the Lennon Festival Remelton from the 6th to the 10th of July featuring the talented Jimmy Buckley live on Sunday the 9th tickets are just 10 euro and pay at the gate you know that guy I've been seeing yeah turns out my sister has been seeing him too oh really and I heard he's been seeing Siobhan at number 56 and Declan your brother yep spec savers opticians and audiologists own their stores so your care is their business which can make them rather popular I've got something to tell you I've got half an hour with them this afternoon spec savers your care is our business Charles Bonner and songs ballet buffet are the leading suppliers of solid fuel and wood pellets stoves and ranges bringing warmth and comfort to homes in Donegal and beyond for nearly 50 years so visit our showrooms in ballet buffet 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would have given a second thought to before it became my life for information visit hsc.ie forward slash organ donation and start talking about organ donation today from the HSE all right so earlier on a listener had an embarrassing situation really they bought their ticket for the Donagall to her own game at the weekend turned up with the gates and the internet was poor probably because so many people were in the area they struggled to get the ticket up onto their phone and there were people behind them a bit of friendly banter but still they felt uncomfortable about it James good morning to you good morning great good to talk to you too right you've bought your tickets online in the past what and I talked about screenshots and this is a a rebuttal too that I'm giving wrong advice am I James that's right yeah well normally I would screen shot as well just in case the phone go dead or whatever because myself in a way if you know if one of our phones go dead at least the other person has a screen shot on their phone so we'd only use your time going to GA matches or whatever take screen shots and if never a problem really but last weekend at the Dermot Kennedy concert I had my screen shot as usual ready to go and I got as far as I could and just tried to scan it once during the second time no good just me but that wouldn't be a screenshot be any chance and I says yeah it says actually and she's not it doesn't take screen shots it kind of has to be the original whether it's a fraud prevention or whatever but you know before that I never had a problem anywhere whether it was boarding passes at the airport or you know to GA or whatever never a problem yeah that was the first time I ran into this problem all right okay so that's because as I say my experience just was like you know at the airport and I think I think actually in a concert a concert I don't know which one it was because I went to my first concerts ever last year and I happened to go to two right okay so in your experience screenshots no good so then you go looking through the emails which is clearly unless you're very different full of spam you're trying to find out the right email and you got it in the end but presumably yet to let people through I think you mentioned that exactly exactly that I wouldn't be really a contraball either that's more GA games and the boarding passes as I just say but when I wouldn't scan then I had to go search through my own private emails and let the people buy and just it's a whole inconvenience yeah of course but if we knew in advance that this was a new a new technology they were using that and I can understand where they come from I suppose you could pass on tickets by you know fraudulently by scanning them or whatever and passing them on but on this occasion I was I was caught short so I suppose going forward I'll have to be more switched on and have me email ready rather than any speed shots all right okay good advice James let me ask you what took you then as a non-concert go to Dermot Kennedy did you take one for the team pretty much take one for the team but yeah no we broke it a lot had two spare tickets and they asked me if they didn't want I said well and I quite like Dermot Kennedy to be quite honest yeah so it wasn't really a problem going to him it was a fantastic contract good he enjoyed it didn't he because I saw him in I didn't see him in the flesh I saw his set at Glastonbury and I mean I wouldn't call his music uplifting but he's a brilliant vocalist that has to be said have you enjoyed it nonetheless James I very much enjoyed it we all enjoyed it the Weddworth brilliant the tenured brilliant show had a great evening all around lovely great stuff great you had a good time and also great advice too that whether they used to work in the past at least at some gates they might have changed the technology probably to stop people using the tame ticket over and over that they want the original James thanks for that great advice really appreciate it no problem have a lovely day and I really appreciate your listening as well thank you very much indeed right Greg are Coleman legal only dealing with Republic of Ireland cases what about Northern Ireland I know the answer to that in the back of my head Caroline is it possible we could just double check with Coleman legal if people from the North can enter that I don't want to mislead anyone as it relates to that case as well it says on a site it's free to join but it also says if the case is successful there'll be a small fee charged in each successful case how much is small I don't know the answer to that question either maybe that's also something we'll just double check with them I find it hard to understand what makes many of these RTE presenters worth a fraction of the wage there on let's face it RTE is no competition for them to go because there is no way a privately owned radio station could offer a fraction of what they are on but hats off to Noel Kelly the agent who's talked these presenters up to these deals indeed and I think you know we were speaking to Garrett Hart who was involved with news talk very high up in news talk yesterday and he was he was part of the negotiating team that brought Pat Kenny on board to news talk back then I think there was a time maybe they could command money close to that in the private sector those days are absolutely gone now and I think they all should be offered what would be fair 150k would you get out of bed for 150k a year Frankie definitely no problem okay so we'll say offer them 150k take it or leave it if you want to continue working you can you can do so if you don't you don't that's up to you right okay what would be a good fee what do you think would be a worthy fee out there listeners for presenting a top show on a national station I'll wait 60 60, 25,000 right okay it's that time of the year again 7th of July party in the park Frankie McGreevy our generation manager at Donegal Youth Service joins us exciting isn't it as you build up to this summer spectacular yes you can the excitement's palpable right now down Donegal Youth Service there's bands in practicing there's art graffiti workshops going on everybody's building up to the big day so it's July 7th Friday 12 until 6 and we're going to have all kinds of events for everybody yeah I think what's I mean obviously look this is about giving people an alcohol drug-free space to go and enjoy concerts but I think this is great for the performers it gives them an amazing platform in front of a lot of people which I think is a real cracking element to this awesome isn't it you know what happens is you know young people get together there might be 15 14 year olds they maybe have four or five practice sessions they're in a band then they go up to the park and they turn the corner and they see a stage that you would see in Glastonbury it's huge and it really gives them confidence then to move on from that just while I mentioned Glastonbury the Murder Capital playing Glastonbury and Gabriel Blake his first ever gig was at the party in the park so and he's the bass player for the Murder Capital who are taking over the world at the minute fantastic and there are other stories like that and there's a mixture of established artists and new artists and what have you at this concert but what impresses me and you know this more than I would Frankie but you know with a better understanding of music is that you know these young people aren't just getting together and and and trashing out noise no you know what I mean they're making brilliant music and and and some of the songwriting lyric you know the way they form the words and the meanings relevant to them it's really really genuinely impressive they're really using the music to express themselves but doing it in a fantastic way I think yes most definitely you know I've never had anyone in here and we've had lots of young bands that go oh lads you know yeah well we've got one plan I was speaking to Caroline and then we've got one coming in next week in the lead-up they're a band called Dirt Tax I think they were on the Monday night sessions before and they're very young you know but they are fantastic really really good all right we'll talk more about the event and the ethos and all that kind of stuff but run through some of the acts that have been well yeah well this year with 18 bands which is you know extraordinary just to name a few we have Cora Harkin over from Derry we have the nine-foot lizards we have the upper echelons which are from our breakout LGBT group we have Raheem we have Hannah McFadden we have Destin and the Bluestack from the Bluestack special needs project over in Donegal and they played at our celebration event in Belfast they are unbelievable incredible it's great great for them and we had to build it and access it for people with disabilities to the stage this year which is good it's a new development for us we have Dirt Tax who I mentioned the aphids you've had up here fantastic band they have a new single out Ella Fitzgerald who's a very aptly named she's got a beautiful voice she's incredible Iron Everything more established he's playing tonight in the mouthpiece in the cottage very very good brilliant voice we have the future generation dancers who we had last year and they are a group of young people from the eyepast center just had just opened up then last year and they lit the place up because we had four hours of beautiful weather and then we had a biblical downpour for two hours last year and they stayed and they danced in the rain and it was just absolutely beautiful to see so they're back you know and then along with that of course we have the the activities there you know we've got the circus skills in your space crowd are coming up from Belfast do the circus skills and we have a group called tackling awareness of mental health health issues they're a Tammy they're called and they specialize in games for young people face painting the old classic hair braiding and henna tattoos art workshops everything yeah and two I mean you mentioned Glass and Bree like this is almost like the breakout stage to some extent you know what I mean in that you mentioned the murder capital connection there but there's other bands that are household names now not just locally but you know we've got recording contracts they're their music's reaching you know loads of people across the world through streaming platforms and what have you that have played the stage in the past that's right yeah that's right without a doubt and right okay so the whole idea if this is that it's drug and alcohol free event it's during the day it's a brilliant platform for the artists as you mentioned but it's a good fun day with lots going on a bossy festival field for the young people and their families absolutely remember the family bit you know and it's for all ages you know and we get we get that every year and there's there's there's going to be food provided and just a real fun atmosphere for everyone you know now at the bottom of the poster I have there's a call for artists talents and band has that call been met now or is that still out there we can't get any more in I'm afraid that's what I was thinking I was looking down thinking where are you going to squeeze them in yeah but I'm not directly running it this year but I'm famous for letting everybody play and we've had all kinds of we've maybe had 25 we have too many but we're at we're at our limit with with that time period 12 to 6 with with 18 bands so I'm very impressed with that I must mention that it's it's funded this year through the our generation project which is a piece four funded project so we have some bands coming over from dairy and a cross border element to it but we also have this year secured funding from the Connecting for Life HSE anti-suicide project or suicide prevention project so they're they've they've provided funding for the stage right and so that's great 17 years in yeah we're flying hey you know and if you count the pandemic which we can't really we would be at 19 but yeah delighted and we started you'll know John Ruddy I'm sure from from being around and myself and John Ruddy and maybe seven or eight other young people back in 2005 I think it was sitting on the steps would you hear a little darker then oh yeah much so very much so oh still I still wasn't as bold as a baby but yeah it was just bored out of what we got nothing to do and I was a youth worker I said well we've got this big park and we've got all you guys with skills let's go up and sit on the steps and play music and then we went well maybe this could grow and it has thank god softly and it's still and it's now it's a new generation of people that are sitting around wondering what we can do what we've a stage for you know I get up there and and do your thing so you're bringing in live music to us next week is it yes but I'm called Dirt Tax Dirt Tax so I'll have to figure at the time but I spoke to Caroline Caroline says there's lots of space so yeah well that's above my pay scale I'll leave that I'll leave that to you and we can't mention pay now can we and we can hear anyway all right listen well done Frankie for what you and the rest of the crew are doing in keeping this going as I say brilliant for the audience but as I say I think particularly and when the affaiths were in here I was saying to them what I'd love to see is is you know when you go to some of the concerts or festivals that are going on around the place and they're playing music out of the speakers for an hour before everything starts I'd love to see the young bands get an opportunity to get up there and I'm not even just young new to get up there and say well we'll fill that gap with this crew here yeah but anyway this is a brilliant stage and platform for them it is just market into your card 7th of July 2023 there's no booze no drugs there's graffiti workshops games on the green live music circus skills face painting and Tammy project will be there as we mentioned as well so much more besides and we'll talk about it more earlier on when we welcome up that band to play here all right Frankie thanks as always for calling up appreciate your time thanks very much Greg fingers crossed the weather's actually the way the weather's got now they can kind of say and it's looking good for the second week in July apparently well I'll take your word for it don't take my word for it take the experts word for it but change will next week but it's looking looking decent for the week after all right thanks Frankie back after the break the county's number one talk show The Nine Till Noon Show on Highland Radio The Nine Till Noon Show with the Lennon Festival Remelton from the 6th to the 10th of July save the date and gather your friends for an incredible lineup featuring Sharon Shannon Abba Sensations and 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remarkable achievement that really really should be celebrated it's one of the it's up there with some of the greatest sported sporting achievements by Irish sports stars in my opinion that person is Jason Quigley and Jason thanks for joining us and it's kind of a strange one in that you're off the back of a defeat but you know the first word I want to say to you is congratulations it was just an amazing an amazing performance I think yeah thanks very much Greg really appreciate it yeah it is it is a bit of a strange one I think as the days are passing by I'm starting to to see things in a little bit of a different light of course you know I'm a fighter I'm a competitive person and once you get through those ropes you always want a one and you know when you come out with a defeat it's it never sets too well what's you know matter what way the fight went but that's just a person that I am and the type of game plan that we had and the type of training that we put in and training camp that we put in for this fight you know I really expected to get in there and pull off the upset but you know the result didn't go my way but looking back on a few things haven't watched the fight yet but yeah I have to say I'm happy with the direction my performance is going what did it feel like before we get to the fight itself you know after all the build up and everything you know all the preparation all the sacrifices what does it feel like you know when the music goes you're at the top of the stage and you look out and you're going down there you're on I mean you've got your team but you're on your own but you've built yourself up to this I always wonder what your heart rate would be at I that's that would really interest me but how does that feel it's actually and like obviously I can only speak for myself here when I do this because I know everybody's different but that's really when I come into my comfort zone do you know what I mean that's really when I come into the place I want to be in because you know the whole hanging around like a day of the fight is the strangest day you'll ever come across like because me and the team you know we wake up in the morning and we go for a breakfast you come back then you're chilling in the room my wife April was over with me we were we were lying up watching just Netflix Black Mirror and Netflix throughout the day just having a cup of tea a wee coffee you know good positive distractions and throughout the day because you don't want to be wasting any nervous energy you don't want to be thinking too much on the fight at the end of the day it's a job and I didn't have to check into my job until 8 p.m. that night and then it was 10 p.m. roughly by the time that I had to actually get to work so it is definitely a weird day fight day and leaving into the fight you know it can be strange because you're sitting there I was sitting there with April just having a coffee a wee protein ball and watching Black Mirror head absolutely warped around Black Mirror and next thing you're like geez we have a fight tonight so it's strange but once once I get to the venue I really become into like a real not relaxed sense and such because you know I just feel like I'm there to do what I'm meant to do you know that's when you know you can kind of control more whenever you're there it's more the anticipation throughout the whole day and the fight week leading into the fight is what is what can be strange and difficult and hard to deal with but you know once it comes to right let's go to the venue that's when everything's that's coming together now you can correct me if I'm wrong but this is what I saw as happening in the lead-up to this fight is that Edgar Berlanger is you know a big signing for Dazone they wanted to showcase him on the platform and they wanted a good fighter a good fighter with a good winning record but this was about you know Edgar Berlanger and his future now you tore that script up as far as I I can imagine but do you you know you upset the script to some extent do you feel that that's the way this fight was being framed going in I don't think there's any disrespect to you in that Jason but is that like you upset the party really there's just no doubt about that yeah um your spot on there Greg definitely you know because like that's that's boxing that's the game we're in and it's crazy to like you're there's a there's a brilliant sign that goes around a box and you're only as good as your last fight and you know that is so true in boxing because I was you know remembered really for the Andrade fight oh it was great Jason Coyle got the fight for world title but he was knocked out in the second round like you know I didn't want to be remembered for that like that wasn't I know I'm better than that I know that was an off night it was just boxing happened that night and you know I really wanted to put a mark back on my name put a bit of respect back on my name put a bit of authority behind my name again um from from what I put into the sport and how good that I know I am and how good I know I can be but this was the perfect opportunity for me to do that because Edgar Belanga was he's supposedly the chosen one you know he's the one that is you know gunning for Canelo but me and my team really worked so hard jailed together throughout the whole training camp throughout the whole year really and really came into this fate with a real sense of confidence about us and and and what we could do and and we knew we could upset the odds we knew we had it in us and we had the capability of doing that and I think it was very clear from and also people are saying our Belanga was on the par I don't think so I think exactly the way you and Andy Lee figured this out you made it you exposed you expose his weaknesses big time you stopped him working you've frustrated him I don't think he was on the par I just think you's outwitted him but the one thing that and I'm a huge fan of Andy Lee and and and particularly the fight he had in that ring not so long ago I think it was the ninth round or something he pulled off an amazing victory but it was he's so cool calm and collected and the way he was speaking to you the way he was trying to say that we've talked about this in advance we know what we have to do here Jason if you stick to it we're going to do it and you responded really well to that it was remarkable to see how you used to interacted in the corner and how this plan you know coming out low and all that kind of stuff how this plan was working when you were when you were on it and you showed amazing discipline Jason too because we talked the last time we talked about it that sometimes you can just say well stop the plan let's have a let's have a row but you were really really disciplined and I can't imagine how much concentration it takes to stay as you did for so long yeah and that's something you know that we have been really working on that's something that I have been subject to doing in the past is you know getting into a war getting into a tussle and just you know saying Fs ladies you know what I mean you're just going for it well don't watch the 12th round because you kind of did do that alright so skip that and maybe fast forward round 10 so one two nine and 11 skip 10 and 12 Jason it was you know me and Andy you know Andy has got a little bit of stick in the past for being my coach because of certain circumstances not being able to traveling stuff get into the states and travel and you know people has said that he's let me down and you know your coach not being there is a massive disadvantage and stuff like that but nobody's seen the one-to-one that me and Andy has had no one's seen the work that me and him put in the conversations the coffees we've had the you know spending time the outside of boxing as well and just growing that relationship and seeing how much that he does care and you know seeing how much that he does put into me and I think people now realize the reason why I have stuck by Andy and you know we got over the hurdles that needed to get over for this fight and got him into the country and got him in the visa sorted so you know it's been a massive massive advantage as people has seen you know having Andy there not only just because of like he's my coach in the training camp and the game plan and all that there that we've put through in his box and IQ but you know Andy has been there he's been in that ring he has been the underdog he has come through and he knows exactly what it takes you know to get to that top level and you know it was unbelievable to have him there and other lad you know that has recently come apart of the team is Shane O'Sullivan a Waterford man you know he's actually a hurler plays with Ballet Gunnar all Ireland champions played with Waterford County Hurlin as well in the past but you know he's come on board as a sports psychologist for me and has been a massive massive positive to the team as well over the last year so and you know the team has really grown so strong with Gary McCullough there still part of the team Sean Foley part of the team you know my management Robert Diaz everybody like it was one of the first times that I really had that solid base that solid full team around me and it showed in my performance it showed in the fight week and you know what you were saying there as well I don't know was it this question in the previous one Greg but you know we Berlanger was the man you know what I mean he was the one that was hyped up but as you've seen the first face-off the press conference the way and everything the tide started turning as it got closer to the fight people started to yes people were writing me off but people have seen that I was there I meant business there was no hanging around after the face-off there was no there was no hanging around after the way and after the press conference I was in did what I had to do shown that I was there shown them shown them that I meant business and we were out the door back to the hotel switching off doing what I had to do and then getting ready for fight now just a couple of things as it relates to the fight you seemed almost bigger than him on fight night was that just the way it appeared on tv or did you rehydrate put on a lot of weight or whatever I just imagined him being much bigger than you on fight night but you yes so like that's that's been a it's been a big conversation that has been going on before the fight and since the fight everybody thought the Berlanger was going to be the bigger man and everything like that but you know I have been boxing at 75 kgs since I was in my early 20s as an amateur and when I turned professional middleweight is actually 72.5 kgs so I have been actually boxing at a lower weight than I was whenever I was in my early 20s which you know doesn't really make a whole lot of sense because you naturally develop you naturally fill out so super middleweight is your that's your ideal weight okay that is my ideal weight that's 76 kgs 76.2 kgs 168 pound but like I've really filled into this weight and not only just looks wise you know just looking big and looking strong like the whole fight week wasn't based around making weight okay we got to do this session because we had to make weight did one training session on Thursday night just to make weight and every other session that we did when we were in New York was just meticulously going over the game plan the mindset the focus switching on for that hour and a half in the evening time just focus and drill and doing everything that we had to be prepared and focus for the fight and then everything else outside that was switched off and just chilling and joining it and taking everything in but super middleweight is definitely the weight for me it was the much you know style wise people might say upper angle looked a stronger fighter but that's because he's a come forward fighter and he is a strong fighter he's a he's a strong physical hard puncher and that's the type of style that he has but you know even in the warm-up the week of the fight like I just felt and Andy was saying like you know just hitting the pads like you could really feel the power now and you had him going at least on two or three occasions just in terms of the tactics you had your glove in his face he didn't like it he tried to slap it out a couple of times and you kept that going as I say for the most part for at least 10 of the 12 rounds is that to frustrate a come forward boxer to keep him sort of you know off balance as such but just sort of have something to think about all the time because I think it's seemingly a little thing but it seemed to play actually really quite an important part in the fight yeah it was it was just something that it was kind of going back a little bit to me whenever I was kind of you know as an amateur and you know people couldn't get in on top of me and people couldn't you know get inside you know whenever you have like they say you know your jab is the key to boxing you know it's the key to open up all the doors and you know having that jab and it wasn't only really the jab it was it was the stance it was the way that we had it you know tweaked to to look and pose and to make him double think about always you know once he made a move he had to know that he was in danger like with me have my hands at that stage and having my eyes garing down on him like he knew that he couldn't just walk forward he was going to get hit if he did so he had to be willing to take a few shots to land a few shots and that played that definitely played a vital part for for the fight because you know he definitely thought twice and then when I did hit him and when I did rock him you know that was a key key moment in the fight when you do watch it back contrast your corner to his corner it's hilarious really it's a very haired it's a very very different atmosphere in the opposite and I'll not keep you very much longer Jason just in terms of your conditioning as well watching it I thought right I mean you weren't on your bike right but your tactics required you know to be on your toes for much of the fight I didn't think you'd be fit to do it you pretty much did your conditioning is unbelievable your young fighter but in terms of boxing terms do you know what I mean you're you've still got plenty to go but you know you're conditioning something else yeah it's it's something you know that and I hope that there's a young athletes young sports people that are listening here today because it's not all about how much you do do you know what I mean fitness can be a lot in your head mentally when whenever you're in competition if you're if you're hyped up you know if you're not in that flow state if you're not in that state of being focused on the job at hand you know andy says a great one the more you work the less you have to work you know it's like the more I was focused the more that I was tuned in and what I was doing the quicker the fight was going by the more I was in control and like I have actually scaled my training back a little bit over the years to what I used to do because to be honest I think sometimes I was overtrained sometimes I was you know a bit burned out going into fights whereas I've really tweaked my training now and yes you know it's it's a big um it's a big thing you know in terms with andy the the training that we've been doing and Sean Foley here in the Fimbali centre and Gary and Rufo was well there like with me and with me and Sean like we've been really working to to build my frame as well to fit into the super middleweight division so we've been focusing a little bit more on the strength and condition inside the things but just putting in that meticulous work like if you're doing the rounds in the gym do you know what I mean if you're doing the rounds on the bag on the pads you know a lot of people just think that they need to be doing more more more more all time sometimes less is more if you can just keep the head and keep that nervous energy controlled yeah and just two more questions there's the car it's at 116, 108 116, 108, 118, 106 there was one knockout that one knockdown that wasn't a knockdown I'm not sure I think it was the one in the fifth and there could have been a touchdown the other way and I mean yes there were two knockdowns in the 12th but that can only as far as I'm aware be counted as a 10-7 like do you think those school cards are unfairly wide there they certainly it's certainly 118, 106 I just don't like this subjective type of scoring that we're seeing now in terms of oh well you know power punches over jabs or aggression over more defensive style I just wish that could be normalized so we know exactly what we're going to get because this is the third week of as far as I would say main card dodgy cards yeah the boxing game it is very I suppose you know it's very abstract in terms of judges in my fight in my fight I have to say now you know the knockdowns did did play a massive part in it to be honest I think there was only two real knockdowns one of them was a posh the dot and one of them was definitely a trip like you know I tripped over me one thing now you could see that yeah and one of them like and I was I was very shocked and also there was three legitimate low blows as well I'm not a man to make excuses no way whatsoever well my eyes watered there was one way you were sort of on the off the hard side of the camera and I'll tell you one thing that will take a little bit of time to recover from I think because it was right there in the in the family jewels let's let's put it like that right in the family allowance Jason you know it was something like that that they could have easily have took a point or two off Berlanger for that you know what I mean we knew what we were going into we knew we were going into his his hometown we knew his manager is as a new yorker and has a lot of pull over there and the new york state commission and we knew we would be up against in that terms but you know looking at looking at the zone the the commentary and some of the scorecards they actually had me up going into the last round for sure yeah scorecards do you know what I mean yeah oh like it is what it is and I think just going to your question greg on talking about scoring like I think it should be explained and I think the judges should possibly in the future be interviewed after a fight or told before a fight which way they're going to be judging the fighter they're going to be looking for the aggressive fighter are they going to be looking for the clean punched fighter you know what way is it because boxing is a sport that everybody looks at it in a different way you know if you're landing good clean punches my own personal opinion is boxing is hit and don't get hit if I hit you more times and you hit me I'm one and that's it I'm not talking about pouring jabs either we're talking about you know actual punches and you out put now if you put up the power shots because of the style of his fighting yeah okay but if you're looking at jabs it was either equal or you were ahead in that right Jason listen I've taken up too much of your time but I want to one want to know what's next and I think this is it quite be an interesting insight to your psychology on this and where you see your career going now because listen there's no doubt that that performance gets you into a big marquis fight or you know there is a pathway to a world title in different directions do you know what I mean so where do you where do you want to go with your career now is it the the big show that maybe you'll go in as a heavy underdog again or is it a pathway and perhaps an easier pathway maybe a two or three fight pathway to becoming you know a fully fledged world champion what do you want to do next or maybe both of those are the same thing yeah it's um it's very interesting now you know I am in a really good position and I have put a bit of credit back on my name I've got a bit of respect back on my name again and put myself right back up there and you know I was messaging Eddie here in the day after the fight and everything as well we had a good conversation to be honest Greg I haven't thought too much on what is next or where we're going to go next I am going to to obviously got married didn't get away in our honeymoon yet so that's the that's the first and foremost now at the minute we're going to get ready to see what the crack is and where we're going to get off for our honeymoon but I'm really enjoying what I'm doing now I'm enjoying where I'm going in my career and I'm enjoying the training I'm enjoying the the dieting as well believe it or not I'm enjoying everything that I'm doing right now and there's a real new sense of life about me and I think that shows in my performances so I believe that I am coming into probably my peak of my career now and I know it would be a shame to to maybe walk away at this stage from that so it's something that that I have to really think about now over the next couple of weeks but the future is very bright for me there's a lot of big fights out there there is definitely a chance and a potential of getting that world title what about you against someone like Billy Joe Saunders and this as an eliminator I would love I would love to see that something like like as soon as you mentioned that like it's something that makes me smile and you know these are the type of fights that excite me and these are the type of fights that bring out the best in me as well Greg like the fight the likes of Billy Joe would be would be great that would be and I'd put your favorite going into that but that's an arena fight like in 100% and I know Katie Taylor is going to be back fighting in Ireland again in November so you know been talking to Eddie there nothing really said or nothing you know spoke about that yet but if I stumbled on the plot I've stumbled on the plot just because he's looking for a good opponent for him too so it's perfect you know so it's definitely something that we could we can get excited about now the future is bright everything's looking great so yeah no it's just we've got to just stay desperate no one day at a time and keep moving on and life right come on I'll let you finish Black Mirror and buck your honeymoon take care I said you're both caring yeah god you do take care all right that's Jason quickly there and it's brilliant to be speaking to Jason off the back of a defeat but it boxing is a funny old game in that his stock has risen and arguably Berlangas who was looking for big fights against the likes of Canelo and all he's not going to get that I don't think off the back of that performance but Billy Joe Saunders Jason quickly for any boxing fans out there I think listen I'd long 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We follow on, you know, from your previous interviewer there, maybe we should be putting on the boxing gloves at this stage ourselves. But all joking aside, yes, the beef situation in Ireland is at a very low web. We have always been advised to keep an eye on the board B tracker pricing right across Europe and global price markets. And they were never as buying the broad, but we seem to be getting the raw end of the stick here that have been in freefall for virtually the last three or four months of this year. And, you know, we have been sort of the meat processes in this country have been sort of advocating, you know, that continue on driving on producing beef we needed in May and June, and never before have we been let down as bad as the last period of two months. You know, cattle were bought in the springtime now are virtually losing money hand over fist. And even in our own situation, the last few weeks there, you know, cattle are not even at a break even stage. So it's very disillusioned disillusioned to whole beef producers in this country. And, you know, who knows where it's going to end and whether it's just being geared up, you know, for the for the autumn supply of catalyst come, we really don't know about, you know, north of north of in the northern part of this island, you know, prices were never as good and across the water, which, you know, we send 50 to 55% of our export into the UK prices were never as strong. So it's very hard for farmers to to understand the present situation. Well, who's squeezing? I mean, obviously, it's farmers that are paying the price, but who's squeezing here? Well, you know, farmers are being squeezed and squeezed and, you know, this term has been used, you know, quite to our disadvantage all along. And we have been sort of playing the trade there, you know, that watching markets, looking for niche, niche markets, supplying high spec and quality food. And, you know, processors and supermarkets are the other side of the table. And it comes down to is it them or is it us? I personally think, you know, that the markets are strong out there. I know food prices were never as expensive to consumers. But at the end of the day, you know, on 100 euro or 100 pound a week shopping basket, food prices have really only increased seven or eight pounds, which you know, in the general scheme of things is a relatively small increase when you look at energy costs and leisure activity costs, everything else. And, you know, I feel food, especially in this country where we depend so much on export markets really are, you know, the old line that were price takers all along. But what has been going on in recent months is a huge travesty to Irish farmers. And it is eventually at the stage there now where it's going to totally discourage people from producing, you know, this quality food and listening to an earlier radio program there, you know, all about nature preservation and all of that, you know, that there's a huge onus on meat processors and government departments to encourage food production and to make sure that whatever is available at the marketplace is passed down to the producer. Yeah. There seems to be an ongoing problematic relationship between factories and farmers in terms of messaging. You know, I've covered these stories over over the years and, you know, the factories advise farmers one way and then move the goalposts another way. This time around, I think it was advising farmers to feed cattle for May and June, you know what I mean? Like is this is the trust as the trust if there was trust there has it broken down now? Yeah, well, for the last 18 months, you know, prior to maybe March April, you know, the industry was on a positive note. But now it, you know, this is all saying a one step forward and two step backwards. It has really taken three steps backwards at this stage because never before were our input costs as high. And, you know, when you mean hovering around 400 yours a tonne and silage costs and day to day running costs never as high, you know, it's incumbent on me process to return to farmers the best available price. All right, John, finally though, finally, John, though, I mean, you can do interviews like this and we welcome you on, don't get me wrong. And you can lobby and you can make representations and you can call for this, that and then. But really, you know, if we're at a tipping point here, what can farmers do then? What are farmers in this country capable of doing it to put it up to the factories to make their point other than verbalizing it? Do you know what I mean, John, is there a plan of action? What can be done? Well, you know, our hands are literally tied to a certain extent and you have a minister coming from your own constituency up there. You know, he was queried the other day there about the level of imports of beef imports coming into this country. And he made a flippant reply in my view, you know, that is business, you know, we're exporting import country. But the equivalent of 40,000 tons of beef coming in here in one quarter and put that over a 12-year average is the equivalent of all the live exports that go out of this country. So in other words, there won't full swoop then. All the work that goes into promoting live exports all over Europe and Northern Africa is just completely canceled out. And we just wonder why meat processors, stroke importers, feel the need to bring in so much beef into this country. We're a main exporting nation and where we export, where we have the element. But John, listen, but your hands, I think, with all your respect, you're answering your own questions. Firstly, you said earlier on, why would anyone get into the industry or stay in it? They want you out. Secondly, even if we're importing, even if we import all the beef in the world, still, if they can get rid of farmers like yourself and others and meet emissions targets, that's job done. You know, it's not, it's look over there. It doesn't matter if we're importing beef as long as they can show on the books that agriculture now is responsible for a fraction of our output, say, for an example. So really, the truth be told, they want you to jack it in. Yeah, it doesn't matter if the beef comes from Brazil because that doesn't really matter. That's a very sad state of affairs. You know, for an island that has kept this country afloat through many the time when needs were most. And you know, to look across the green plains of Ireland, to a now to now allow it to turn into a wilderness and it's not going to be it's going to be forestry and solar panels. That's what's going to replace the Greenfields. Isn't that amazing, you know, and they will allow them the desecration of the Amazon and to allow them the South American farmers then to supply food and of a dubious nature up here, where they're using all sorts of additives in one shape or form to get to get kilos of beef and animals and to forego then all the good work that's been done here for the last 40 or 50 years. It's an absolute disgrace. Now, I'm at the stage of my life, you know, where you know, I come in near retirement age, but for any young person to be encouraged to go into farming, I think agriculture is way down the agenda. And you saw fishing in there as well, by the way. Absolutely. Now, it's ironic you should say that because it is impossible to get good quality fish in the middle. And just before I came on there, I was talking to a supplier down in Clare and I am prepared to travel 100 kilometers once a month to collect good quality fish. And he's he was amazed with my reaction because the only fish that's available in the midlands here is virtually imported stuff or from fish bar. Right, John, we have to leave it there. Thanks for your time. I just think it's time that certainly in the media, if it's not already happening that the situation that the reality that is happening in this country is actually called out. Do you know what I mean? That the call out what is actually going on here. Right, John, thanks for your time. John Cleary there, vice chair of the ICSA. Thanks so much for listening to the show today. We're going to do it all again tomorrow morning from nine. Have a lovely day from me, Caroline and Eve. Stay tuned. John Breslin is on the way. The Nine Till Noon Show with the Lennon Festival Remel