 Well that was the 9 to the Noon Show and this is, no that was the Nori Land Clock and this is the 9 to the Noon Show. Donald Kavanaugh with you until 12 noon today, lots to come on the programme, tell you all about that in just a moment before we do anything else. We've got some news and we will say good morning to Emmerite. Thanks Donald, good morning. Guarded stations across Donegal have recorded 4,443 crimes during 2021. New figures revealed by the Irish Independent show 40% of Guarded stations across the country recorded an increase in crime last year compared to pre-COVID levels in 2019. With more, here's Donna Marie Doherty. According to the figures, veteran Kenny Guarded station recorded 1,317 crimes during 2021, the highest number in the county. Out of 36 stations in Donegal, from Kavanaugh recorded the second highest number with 336 crimes followed by Bal Desai with 283. Kavanaugh with 240 and Dondorn with 230 crimes. Crime more than doubled on pre-COVID levels in London, while a sizeable increase in crime rates in Kavanaugh with the area registering an increase of 52%. In contrast, Donegal Guarded station witnessed a significant reduction of 57% in recorded crimes, while Leather Kenny Guarded station recorded a drop of 37% over the past three years. The incident of fraud, which rose dramatically across the country in 2021, resulted in the offense being the most reported crime in seven stations including Grantees. Arlen could be hit by a frightening wave of delayed cancer diagnosis in 2023. That's a warning from the Taoiseach, who says it's based on advice from medical experts. The Irish examiner says it's linked to the impact COVID-19 had on the health service. Donegal GP, here in O'Farray says the medical sector is under extreme pressure. The same is true in hospitals with ongoing issues with waiting lists and difficulty accessing cares. And finally, the Northern Ireland Secretary will hold talks with the North's party leaders today, following his failure to call a fresh assembly election on Friday. Chris Heating-Harris has a legal obligation to call an election after Storm and politicians feel to reform an executive six months on from May's assembly election. The DUP is refusing to re-enter power sharing over its objection to the Northern Ireland protocol. To other night, breezy today with the mix of sunny spells and showers. Showers will be scattered this morning, but will become more frequent this afternoon. Some of the showers will be heavy and prolonged, maximum temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees. That's all for now. We're back with a new update again at 10 o'clock. But until then, good morning. Just about. Kept it nice and simple. Are seven potatoes inches too much? Humble brag to your heart's content this Christmas with Anfost Mobile. 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Let's begin with our look at the papers, reminding you that if you want to comment on anything, you hear on the program or any issues you want to raise yourself, we can be contacted on text and WhatsApp at 08-6-60-25,000. 07-491-60-25,000 if you are... Yeah, it's not 60, it's 07-491-25,000 if you're ringing. And Caroline, taking your calls. I'm really there as well. And Caroline, using the show, of course, today, as always. As well as that, of course, you can contact us by social media. We're at Highland Radio on Twitter. We're at Highland Hub on Facebook. And you can email us comments at HighlandRadio.com. Don't forget, by the way, you can watch the show unfold on our Facebook and YouTube channels. Also, on our website, HighlandRadio.com. And you can see the Zoom calls as they come through. We begin with our look at the papers. And as it is a Tuesday, we begin with the Donegal People's Press. Gar thee. In sites like this, we do not want to see that headline. 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On Friday, we have more additional emergency medicine consultants for Lether Kenny University Hospital this winter and also a commitment that there will be more cooperation between Delta, the HSE and the New York organization with a view toward reducing the amount of people coming to the acute hospital, reducing the amount of people in A&E, reducing the amount of admissions and increasing the number of people that are being treated in the community and in primary care settings. I'm joined on the line by Tony Canavan who is the CEO of the SELFA University Healthcare Group. Tony, good morning. Good morning, Donald. Tony, would it be fair to say that perhaps the most important phrase in that document that was published on Friday was admittance avoidance? Actually, I think the most important phase was the one that you emphasized yourself around cooperation or joint working between all of the various arms of the health services. And you've mentioned the hospital, of course, Lether Kenny University Hospital to the key role and will play a key role this winter. But so too do all of the community-based services including general practitioner services and HSE services in the community. And in addition to that, the ambulance services also play a key role as do public health. So for me, the key phrase really around the winter plan is working on cooperation of all the various arms of the health services coming together to try and focus on the demands that would be placed upon them. It's long been a point of discussion that too often there are people in the hospital or at the hospital that do not need to be there, that should be there and in an ideal world they would be treated somewhere else. Now, I remember when the Regional Health Forum had its very first meeting at Merlin Park in Galway, I attended that meeting. At the time the HSE wasn't long formed, Brendan Drum was the CEO of the HSE at the time. He addressed that meeting. I interviewed Brendan Drum after that meeting and what he said to me was, my aim is to get people out of the hospitals and into the community. It seems to me that that still remains the aim and we haven't quite got there yet in terms of achieving that goal. It absolutely is the aim and you're quite right. We haven't got there yet. We just haven't made the kind of progress over the last 10 years or more since the HSE was formed around that move or that shift. I do think we took a big step forward in 2017 with the publication of Slauncher Care so your listeners will be familiar with that. That's our 10-year plan for the development of the health service and one of the key provisions of that plan is the shift of care, inappropriate care, that's currently taking place in the hospital and the shifting of the community. There's a particular focus on a number of areas to start with. So care of older people is one of the areas of the whole plan. Cardiology, diabetes, these are other areas that we'll be focusing on as well. Chronic disease management a greater proportion of that will take place in the community and that will make a big difference to that. The recruitment of four new emergency consultants for LUH, obviously very, very important and also recruitment right across the sector both within the hospital and within the primary care setting. One of the things we're being told is that recruitment at this point in time can be difficult, particularly in terms of getting people to counties like bunny golf. What is cells are doing to make bunny golf and let it get any more attractive to people to come here and is it getting easier from your point of view to actually recruit the staff in need? I think we've seen some improvement on that front. So there's still a lot of work to do of course but I think we've seen some improvement. So if we take nursing which is a very large, very important workforce within the hospital, we've done well in terms of nursing recruitment both internally within the country but also we've done some international recruitment and that has been successful in bringing people into the hospital. We've also done very well within the hospital in retaining our system. In fact, let me tell you very well once people are established there they tend to stay much more so than they would in other hospitals, for example. So that's also a good indication of that. In some of the departments within the hospital we've done well as consultant recruitment and others that we still have worked through. So for example in terms of the emergency department we recently held an interview for emergency department consultants and we'll be making quite some progress on that and as you just said we've now got four additional consultants for both the departments and we'll be attempting to fill those as well. I do think that we've as I said we've made some progress but there are still areas for example in obstetric and gynecology where we still have some work to do until they can pull there as well and I think for Dr. Kenny that will be a work that will be ongoing that we must continue to make an attractive space for people to go and work that they see there especially somewhere that they can do their work for high standards that's what our focus is on. I want to focus on the emergency department for a moment because and I want to take you back a couple of years back in 1996 I had a very bad dose of stamina I went to my GP my GP looked at me and said you need to go to hospital my GP made two phone calls and said to me be on such and such a ward at two o'clock this afternoon I went to the hospital with my pajamas in my bag I went straight to the ward and I was admitted on to the ward and I was in the bed by three o'clock if that were to happen now I would have to are we not at the point where because everyone that is being admitted to the hospital for whatever reason whoever refers them wherever they're coming from everyone's got to go into the emergency department so we are creating a log jam in the emergency department and I would suggest in many cases there are people in the ED that really don't need to be there but they're there because that's the only place they can go can that not be addressed in terms of getting other ways of admitting people or even go back to the days of allowing a GP ring of war and effectively admit a patient directly on their own work so I think actually the point that you raise is really important we need to be careful that we take a balanced view of it so first of all what I would say is that we are developing an alternative route into hospital for patients and that's working with GPs so for example the acute medical assessment unit is a route into hospital for patients and it avoids the admission through the emergency department it's more focused for those patients and again as I say it's done in practice with GPs that's a route that works well I think one of the other areas when we look at the integration care problems for older people as well again what we're trying to do is provide an alternative for GPs so again not too many years ago the only option that was open to the GP when a 75 year old man presented and the GP was concerned about him the only option that he had really was to refer him into the emergency department since he probably admitted to a bed after the years of time but now we're reaching out into the community and it's now possible for GPs to make the first integration care problem for older people so the concern that the GP has can be dealt with in other ways and maybe that patient will remain at home in their own I agree with you but we need to be careful that we do it in a measured way we do need to find alternative routes in practice for patients it made a very interesting comment they've said it seems to me that back in the old days all we had was pieces of paper it seems to be more streamlined and more efficient then than it is now when theoretically everything is on computer so you should be able to look at the patients now I know there was talk about a patient medical record and there was questions over GDPR and questions over privacy and the extent to which that could be shared but I caught her saying it seemed in the old days when everything was done by telephone calls and bits of paper it was more efficient than it is now when we supposedly have everything electronic and we can transfer information and transfer details from one computer to another and again I do agree to some extent but having said that I do think that medicine has changed so clinical decisions aren't made on the basis of they're made on the basis of maximum amount of information that can be made available at any time so when a patient presents what we like to do is make sure that the right that the condition for doctors and nurses wherever it is they have the right information at that time in order to make the best kind of decision that they can and that could be a decision to have made a patient to hospital or to maybe to say that it's okay for them to stay at home or to refer them to some other clinic but that decision should be made on the best possible information and really use of technology is the only way to make sure that that's possible in terms of GPs at the moment we're hearing a lot from people who are saying they're just finding it difficult to get through to the GP surgery and in the post-COVID scenario we still have a situation where many GPs do not operate a walk-in service which would have been operated before COVID hit so we have people trying to ring a GP maybe having difficulty getting through to the GP is that creating part of the problem in terms of people are going to the ED because they can't get through to their GP and is your plan to recruit a GP liaison nurse going to cut through some of those issues if that is indeed a problem? So the short answer to that is yes and of course the reason for it is because all arms of the health service including general practitioners are extremely busy right now I think what we've seen in our emergency department since the start this year in Dr. Kennedy is that the number of patients attending is way in excess of what it would have been in 2019 and of course that means that it's even more in excess of what it was in 2020 and 21 but if the emergency department is busy so too are GPs in the community extremely busy now so I think all arms of the health service are under pressure in that context it's really important then that there be good communication taking place between our emergency department and Dr. Kennedy University Hospital and the GPs in the community and that's where the GP liaison nurse and the human connection between those two really important parts of the health service and so we're pleased that that approval came through for us in the winter plan and it'll be an important part of our response to the winter pressures and in terms of the development of primary care centres across the community in Donegal we've had reports and it's great to see primary care centres opening in places like Newton Cunningham and so on where there are now very many services be they occupational therapy be they physiotherapy be they x-ray or whatever even in some cases minor injury assessment that can actually take place in the community from your point of view how important is it that we see that network of primary care centres across the community increased and have even more services located to them so that effectively when we can achieve that goal of having someone if they have a fall and they need an x-ray they don't necessarily need to go to Letterkenny University Hospital they can go to a primary care centre in Newton they can go to a primary care centre in Cardona they can go to a primary care centre I think that's really important it's important for the sustainability of our services but obviously and of course it's also important for patients to be able to access that type of care closer to where they're living closer to where they're working closer to where the incident occurs I think that's really really important as I say both for the services and for patients and we also and going back to the point that you made at the start we know that right now in all of our hospitals with cardiology disease or diabetes and so on that could receive a significant proportion of their care in the community and that would not alone would it be more efficient to do that but it would be better for the patients as well so I think it's a really important development we need to continue to invest in community services not just the physical infrastructure but the staff that are required then to deliver the services afterwards so that as much as we can that we deliver care to people close to where they're in those locations that way then our hospital becomes used for what it's really intended the most acute patients for the most acute care there have been plans before there have been waiting list initiatives before there have been strategies before as I say going right back to when the HSC was first formulated and this certainly isn't the first right on the rodeo in terms of trying to get a plan that's going to look at things like emergency department overcrowding long waiting lists and so on and so forth we have a situation at the moment and the INMO is warning about this that they say we're hitting crisis situations once again in the EDs on the day last week that they had the highest number registered right across the country the Reckon University hospital on that day was the joint third highest in the country along with St. James's in Dublin so it seems that notwithstanding what you are doing and notwithstanding what changes have been made over the past number of months and years the fact is every two weeks maybe in the newsroom here we get a statement from the HSC and I could almost write that statement myself it'll say Reckon University hospital is very busy at the moment yesterday we had and it's usually in around about 130, 140 people in the emergency department plus we have two stroke three wards affected by COVID-19 and it seems that statement you can almost issue the same statement every two weeks and just change the number appropriately so it seems at best at the moment we're running and actually I think the context for this venture plan is really important as well because we know that the population is increasing we know that the population is also aging we know that because of those shifts there are increased demands on our hospitals as I said earlier on we can see clearly that the numbers of patients attending the emergency departments across the country but also in letter Kenny specifically the numbers are at a much higher level than they have and that that's translating into greater numbers of admissions into hospitals so as the IMO had pointed out and they're correct the numbers of patients awaiting admission and trolleys is at worryingly high levels there's no question about that and we're just at the very start of November so the worst of the winter is yet to come so running to stand still actually we need to start changing the way that we're approaching this and we have started that process but I think we need to continue to do things in the way that we have done over the last number of years the hospital service will not be able to sustain that kind of pressure the health services won't be able to sustain that kind of pressure so we do have to change and that's why I suppose this investment that's coming with the winter plan 169 million across the country and a significant portion of that going into the northwest I think that will make a difference it will help but we need to build on that and to continue to invest in the health services and to try and make sure that patients get that care close to where they're living as opposed to the only option being for them to turn up at the hospital The late surgery Robinson who lived in Dili Gold for many years many years ago was involved in a health authority in the UK it may have been Cheshire I can't recall but one of the things he overhauled it in the space of a couple of weeks and one of the things he did was he broke the culture of hours early in the morning late in the evening and indeed a couple of quarters one caller is saying when is the hospital system going to operate on a 24 hour seven day week basis instead of only carrying out scans and tests from nine to five another caller is saying my aunt is in hospital for the past nine days she's taking up a bed because she is waiting on a scan this seems to be the new way of working they don't send her home because if they send her home it could take weeks you added two hours in the morning and three hours in the evening and instead of going nine to five you went seven to eight or seven to nine would that not help in terms of getting people in and out of the hospital because so many people and I hate the phrase bed blockers which was one that was used in the past and it's a phrase that I said that for illustrative purposes and I would refuse to use that phrase on an ordinary basis because it seems to be putting a blame on the patient that should not be there but we do have a situation that seems hospital beds that don't necessarily need to be there they're just there because they're waiting for a test and the authorities don't send them home because if they send them home they might not get them back in again so I suppose again I would say I agree with you Donald to some extent but at the same time I think we need to take a fairly balanced view over so first of all what I would say is when we look at the hospital structure the infrastructure that's there if you take the theaters or the radiology or the laboratory or the lab tests are done and so on that's a very significant infrastructure and it is very it is used extensively over 12 hour periods it's probably the best way to describe it due to between 8 o'clock in the morning and 8 p.m. in the evening it's used extensively over those periods I do think there's an argument to be made that we should be extending it beyond that and getting more out of that asset outside of those hours but of course to do that you must have staff to do it and while the hospital is now better staff than it was 12 months ago we've invested in additional radiography and laboratory staff at the hospital in order to really extend the hours of working to maybe a shift pattern through the night whatever that would require additional staff there's no question about that and just to reassure any patient or anybody that uses the hospital service of course there is a 24-7 service for the laboratory and the radiology service available throughout in all of our hospitals but outside of 4 hours that's available on an on-call basis as opposed to on a routine basis so patient care isn't interrupted but at the same time it can at times and we know that it can at times leads to delays and after a bit and again going back to a point that you made earlier on I think part of what we need to do is to make sure that we have alternatives so you were describing the availability of X-ray in primary care centres that's a really important alternative in the past if that person can get the X-ray and the GP can get the assurance or the information that he needs in order to be able to make a decision in the community that's better the other concern of course is the number of GPs that are out there we know that some areas are losing GPs we know that some practices are short to GP some practices find it impossible to get locoms in when their GP goes on leave or whatever and a caller is asking can we get to a point where we have more GPs in the community because populations there are people coming into the community and there aren't enough GPs to cover that and that's part of the problem too that maybe in some cases the hospital is unfairly being seen as sort of the locus and the centre of healthcare provision when maybe what should be the locus and centre of healthcare provision is the GP service but there aren't enough GPs out there to provide that service effectively those that are out there are doing an absolutely phenomenal job and they're being worked off their feet and what they need to do I agree with that and I agree that Donegal is very very well served for the GPs that it has and we value in the hospital we value that connection or that communication that takes place between ourselves and the GPs and indeed we need to continue to work on that basis so that we do the best we can for our patients what I would say for sure is that we don't have enough with GPs I think that's absolutely true I think we struggle with the recruitment of GPs to vacancies in rural counties like Donegal similar to West Mayo similar to West Galway when vacancies arise to retirements and so on it proves difficult to fill those vacancies we are increasing the numbers of GPs that are coming off the training schemes but I think we do need to take a particular approach to try and develop general practice in those remote locations including our islands for example and I think that we're going to see an increased difficulty in recruiting GPs to those types locations unless we take a special approach Tony Canavan, CEO of the Silt University Health Care Group thanks indeed for speaking to us this morning we will be watching with interest and hopefully we wish you well in terms of implementing that winter plan and all of us and those users of the hospital which includes ourselves here obviously because we too are in the community so use the hospital those who use the health service hope that this does indeed work and we will be closely watching in a bit to make sure it does 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scheme it will take place at Ungreenham Hotel in Burt it's a drop in event it runs from 4pm to 8pm now joined on the line by Shane McMonagall who's a senior executive engineer with Dunagall County Council working on this it's a very important programme because we know Burnfoot one of the areas that have been played with floods over many years and the local community very much waiting to get this flood relief scheme in place and to see it operational how far are we down the line in terms of actual real progress on this? yeah so look we're very aware we've met residents there recently and we really do sympathise with the situation and further than that this scheme was launched to deliver something on the ground there we're closing in on the end of stage one where the preferred scheme has been developed and we're going to take this to the public on the ninth as you said look to incorporate if there's any nuances or anything they feel that we need to bring into the scheme before we bring it to a formal planning submission in the middle of next year or maybe perhaps down the arterial drainage route and that will go through then that formal planning process which would enable us to complete detail design and then go to construction so look I appreciate you know starting in that 2017 there like I said we do sympathise with that but it's really to build up that level of detail to inform that planning process next year to ensure that we have a strong proposal to bring through that planning process so you know we can go through once and bring it through successfully without too many further information requests and objections and the likes and talking planning next year then realistically speaking I take it we're talking 2024 minimum before we can see construction and completion yeah that's right Donald yeah so we're looking at the back end of 2024 now if we go through the onboard Pinala routes we really are at you know unlike I suppose a planning permission there's fairly defined timelines there and that with onboard Pinala for these kind of larger infrastructure projects it really is down to my understanding was that onboard Pinala about 12 months for that so as you say we're looking at the back end of 2024 probably for diggers on the ground which is what everyone wants to see but just to say that we are at the mercy of that planning process and hopefully again going back to the level of work that's gone in today that will go smoothly and it'll be as quick as possible my understanding is that there was a commitment given by both government and onboard Pinala some time ago that in the case of important public infrastructure projects that the planning process would be expedited and it would be done as quickly as possible are we now at the point where there is so much going to onboard Pinala that it's not really possible to do that well I suppose looked at the assurances and commitments of onboard Pinala probably beyond beyond my level of understanding or beyond my level of knowledge but I do think that we probably will try and engage with them and I know other directors here in the council have tried to engage with them and just stress that importance of the importance of this scheme for the community and Byrne Foss and it's just important also to mention we'll come back to that afterwards we have another day on for Cassifin on the following day not to forget them but yeah look it would be certainly in our mind's eye to bring to prevalent to them how important this is for the local community and if there's any way that they can you know bring it forward but obviously look we're part of a wider system within the country and Byrne Foss will be I suppose to help with in line with whatever regulations they have down or whatever guidelines they have set down for these types of schemes presumably in terms of both Byrne Foss and Cassifin these plans were drawn up these preferred options were arrived at following consultation with the community following discussions with local business people following discussions in particular so we've been able to give I'm sure really detailed descriptions of what floodplains were like and what flooding was like in areas and where it didn't where it didn't flood and I'm sure that local knowledge has been to the fore in drawing up these plans yeah very much so so we did have an opening public consultation now unfortunately due to COVID being very present at the time that had to be facilitated online generally that would have been a drop in event similar to what we're looking at next week but yeah point to thank local stakeholders and I suppose they know who they are in each community who have led us to the relevant farmers the relevant landowners the property owners that have all of that historic information and that we very much look to tap into in the development of these solutions we also looked at we commissioned dedicated topographic surveys we commissioned flyover surveys for Byrne Foss that's completed by an airplane and as well as all of that it was environmental surveys as well which are still going so you know wintering birds and Byrne Foss downstream of the town very important environmental consideration archeological etc etc so all of that data has fed into these preferred options and it has taken time to gather unfortunately but again that's all to devise that planning submission and hopefully I mean that it's a very comprehensive and robust proposal that goes forward for planning there are a number of other projects in the pipeline as well that it's going to take the guts of at least another four or five six years before all the CFRAM's projects approved for Donny Gall have been fully realised and constructed yeah I think that's at least fair to say and at the moment Byrne Foss and Cassifin is part of the first bundle of schemes that were released following the launch of the CFRAM program and that bundle includes downings and grantees there's also a scheme for Donny Gall which is already at a more advanced stage haven't gone through the exhibition stage in the arterial drainage process and then there's a separate bundle bundle two which includes Balvesace, Trinola, Remelton and Bond Crana and those are the current live schemes but there's also six more schemes which have approved funding and that includes letter Kenny, Donny Gall Town, Karen Dunn, and that's in Convoy and out in Guidore in Bundbeg, Derrybeg and in Mobile so yeah there's certainly a lot of work on and Donny Gall in terms of flood release schemes and it is a larger draw on resources from both the OPW or funding body and also the private sector and we in Donny Gall County Council are looking to prioritize that work and bring it forward as fast as we can but yeah as you mentioned a significant body of work that does take time to get through those communities are saying look can we not expedite this can we not get this done faster because every time we get a big cloud burst every time we get rain along the lines of the rain we saw even over the past number of days there were some very heavy showers and certainly I'm sure there were people all over Donny Gall looking out their windows going oh God is today the day it happens again. Yeah, certainly and I mean that has been said back to us and it is something that myself and my colleagues in flood release in certain communities that have set up flood watch systems in partnership with the OPW where they're literally watching gauges and rainfall warnings to know what's going to be happening at their property and that is extremely stressful and look if where there is opportunities to expedite works we are looking into that we need to be very careful again going back to the planning regulations there's what's called project splitting where you know under environmental assessment the elements of it it could be seen under the planning act that you've split the project up to try and divide it down and maybe deliver it in a more succinct way through that system so we need to be very mindful of that but we are also very mindful of exactly what I started with the day-to-day suffering of these people who cancel holidays who cancel trips away could get on with their day-to-day family businesses which can be stressful without the risk of flooding and knowing that each time that yellow or red they may be at risk so where we can we're looking to bring them forward but we are also very mindful that we want to deliver the best scheme possible and these are multi-generational schemes so that they're going to be there for the next 50 years and beyond and we just want to get them right when we find we do bring them to planning Shane McBoggle senior executive engineer on the C-Farmist program with OK, thanks very much. 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Our health services are on their knees and all time crisis why not follow the amazing support and team the health services have in Northern Ireland acute care teams in the community people can receive all emergency treatment IV fluids and antibiotics other types of treatment the government and health minister here are not listening another caller says with regards to that the HSC says don't go to the emergency department you can get help from now doc now doc say we're very busy at the moment expect long waiting times people aren't going to sit at home if they're not well so obviously the emergency department that's the sign they say of a crazy system another caller says in terms of there are so many patients in hospitals waiting for investigations they're taking up hospital beds that could be better used for treatment of emergencies these patients are having a direct impact on A&E also the statement issued on Friday regarding minor injury units is of no benefit to Donegal another caller saying why do GPs not do stitches anymore instead of referring people to the hospital very interesting now we're going to line one hello there how are you doing very well indeed Terry Terry animals being spooked at Halloween is a perennial problem we're told and sadly that's the reason you're with us today don't even go there right somebody took three four tractors from the oyster men's depot here beside me and they're lying down in the middle of Manantan Green right and the horses have got out and we've got three of them back and when we're looking for the horses this morning five o'clock I've found a great thin dog down outside the lag chapel right the Presbyterian chapel lag right the dog is now up at my area and my wife's trying to catch it but we haven't found the horse so if anybody could please ring me to just say where the horse might be on a field or up a lane or whatever I just want to get the horse back so nobody gets hurt the dog that they've lost that may well be the dog that's up around your place at the moment the dog is with us at the minute but we can't catch it but the wife's very good at this she'll probably have the dog caught in a minute because I think it's a woman's dog not a man's because I've followed it for two miles this morning to make sure it didn't get hit in the dark right but it's a ridiculous situation I had a barrier up to keep the horses in but I've got three homes safely and there's one black and white man he's missing but I'm sure it's not on the main road he's up a lane somewhere and I hope he's not in somebody's lawn but you've got mine over there and if anybody finds them around here just give it a ring and it'll be very appreciated so just you're up in the lag mountain area you're not too far from lag church you know yeah well I live not far from the everybody around here knows the oyster men have their tractors and dipple and I'm next door to us right so everybody would know who I am with the horses and what not but it's one of the things I've done about 40 miles this morning and I can't see him anywhere but he's probably tucked up somewhere in the back of some shed or something like we can't see him right so basically if you're in that north north in a shown lag mountain area if you see a black and white horse that doesn't belong there that's very probably Terry's and if you're looking for a great day that's yours and if someone is looking for a great day it's up around Terry's up around the oyster man's place at the moment and everybody's looking for a great day and the ring me I can tell them with a great day there's a minute I've only got to do a turn up and a big catch but we're trying to catch because we don't want to see the dog getting killed because he absolutely and you've said to us Terry you don't want to see any animals getting hurt and sociologists and Terry thanks indeed for the call just wrecked me hard to see taking you out to the road and you know Terry fair play to you and fair play to your wife and we wish you all the best and I look forward before the program is finished to be able to report a good conclusion you're welcome Terry that's Terry there up in a lag mountain there beside the oyster man's where they keep their tractors etc and Terry has if you're looking for a great day on Terry's place and if you see a black and white horse that you don't recognize and shouldn't be there it's Terry's going back to the comments caller says what a load of verbal diarrhea from Tony Canavan if Waffling was an Olympic sport he'd have gold medals another caller says you didn't ask him about the lack of security in the hospital during the day Slago have three security on duty letter Kenny only have one security person on during the day another caller says that with regards to the turf burning I agree wholeheartedly the turf burning issue is a joke men of his generation who cut turf and helped each other would think the idea ludicrous some of these new highfalutin rules are a joke again men with pens making rules another caller says I burn turf I also have oil but I find oil is worse for my asthma I find when I have the oil on there is a dryness in rooms that's not there with turf so says another caller another comment that's come in caller says I live alone no family nearby I burn Pete as a means of fire but with the rising cost of electricity I'm using it less and less I live in fear of these new regulations I can't afford to burn that much coal and I'm used to the Pete while I face prosecution if I continue to burn Pete as I don't own a bog I honestly don't see how anyone in that situation should be facing prosecution quite frankly caller said I attended recently a very sad funeral for a cousin of mine a 46 year old who died of bowel cancer my father had told me at the wake when he was at letter Kenny University Hospital he was taught there were 14 children being treated for cancer at the hospital 14 children what's going on here in Donegal with all the cancer and the MS there needs to be a discussion with the medical profession as to why the cancer and MS rates are so high and if something can be done about it another caller and we were speaking about getting GP appointments caller says I phoned my medical centre at approximately 10 o'clock on last Wednesday morning with the hope of getting an appointment at the hospital with the hope of getting an appointment with one of the GPs or else an opportunity to fully explain my symptoms I explained to the person who answered my call I was concerned I was getting up I was coughing and getting up spots of blood with phlegm I was asked to hold on a short time was then told the doctors were fully booked and unless my condition got worse it should be nothing to worry about the instructions I got if my condition got worse I should ring back or phone now doc after 6 I was not asked for further details of my problem it was therefore apparent it would be futile to give more detail to my sore throat I was constantly trying to cough I don't blame the receptionist as no doubt the receptionist was following instructions the HSC is constantly telling the public they should attend their GP instead of clocking up emergency departments in hospitals however I'm completely persplexed when it would appear that neither hospitals nor some doctor's surgeries are willing to attend to members of the public who are in need of treatment and that is a comment there from a caller also householders and this is an important piece of information householders are receiving the first of their 300 euro electricity credits today the government will be providing 2.2 million euro in account holders a total of 600 euro in credits over the next six months in a bid to tackle the cost of living crisis the second and third payments will be paid in January, February and March, April social justice Ireland are concerned this credit would effectively be used to pay off arrears rather than be of any immediate help to people but that's the situation so if you are a user of electricity your credits will start coming through from today now it's the 19 no-show on Highland Radio don't know with you until 12 noon it's nearly a minute and a half to 10 o'clock time for news in the victories with Emma and we'll be back after those start playing NCBI Radio Bingo today three chances a day five days a week to win daily prizes of 400 euro plus not to mention a weekly jackpot of 5000 euro upwards books available at your local retailer for just 5 euro each it couldn't be simpler real money real people I have great news for everyone who's looking for a good night's sleep Restex beds are looking forward to welcoming you to their brand new showroom at mountaintop letter Kenny it's one of the biggest and best bed and mattress showrooms in the northwest and has fantastic open and offers now in store Restex is the most trusted name in beds and mattresses in the northwest why don't you call in and get the bed of your dreams at Restex bed mountaintop letter Kenny if you're about to use an electrical appliance like your hair dryer which uses a lot of energy just ask the question is this a good time yeah electricity demands fairly though you're looking good if it's before 5 p.m. or after 7 p.m. it is a good time because it's outside of peak hours when less of us are using electricity at the same time for customized advice tips and helpful information such as finding out the best times to use electrical appliances like your hair dryer sign up to our pilot at espnetworks.ie slash pilot keep your ears peeled to Highland Radio we're giving away sorry we're not telling you yet yes you heard right it's a secret but stay tuned to the 9 to noon show for more details live on air online and on the Highland Radio app this is Highland Radio News good morning it's 10 o'clock I'm Emma Ryan the CAO of SILTA says there has been an improvement in recruiting health care staff to letter Kenny University Hospital last week the winter plan was announced and it included initiatives to support hospital admission avoidance and promote patient flow across all acute and community health care facilities the initiative includes recruitment of staff to maximize usage of community support services and the enhancement of minor injury service at the emergency department through the recruitment of dedicated staff a GP liaison nurse will be recruited to support provision of the right care in the right place and facilitate admission avoidance while staff will be recruited to support and target weekend discharge from letter Kenny University Hospital for additional emergency medicine consultants for LUH have been sanctioned for a recruitment by the Minister for Health SILTA group CAO Tony Canavan says recruitment at letter Kenny University Hospital has improved and the level of staff retention is quite good I think we've seen some improvement on that front there's still a lot of work to do of course but I think we've seen some improvement so if we take nursing which is a very large very important workforce within the hospital we've done well in terms of nursing recruitment both internally within the country but also we've done some international recruitment and that has been successful in bringing people into the hospital we've also done very well within the hospital in retaining nurses in fact letter Kenny does very well once people are established there they tend to stay much more so than they would in other hospitals in some of the departments within the hospital we've done well as consultant recruitment and others that we still have work to do Garada's stations across Tony Gull recorded 4,443 crimes during 2021 new figures revealed by the Irish independent show 40% of Garada's stations across the country recorded an increasing crime last year compared to pre-COVID levels with more here's Donna Marie Doherty according to the figures letter Kenny Garada's station recorded 1,317 crimes during 2021 the highest number in the county out of 36 stations in Donnie Gull Buncrana recorded the second highest number with 336 crimes followed by Balbuffet with 283 Count Donna with 240 and Bundorm with 230 crimes crime more than doubled on pre-COVID levels in Mount Charlottes while a sizable increase in crime rates in Count Donna with the area registering an increase of 52% in contrast Don Lowe Garada's station witnessed a significant reduction of 57% in recorded crimes while letter Kenny Garada's station recorded a drop of 37% over the past 3 years the incident of fraud which rose dramatically across the country in 2021 resulted in the offence being the most reported crime in 70 stations including Glenties levels of assaults and threats were over-represented in crime figures including Ardra while Falkhara Garada's station has seen crime rise significantly every year since 2017 Ireland could be hit by a frightening wave of delayed cancer diagnosis in 2023 that's a warning from the Taoiseach who says it's based on advice from medical experts the Irish examiner says it's linked to the impact COVID had on the health sector in Ophare says the medical sector is still under extreme pressure there's definitely increased demand and increased pressures across the health service in general practice we're finding it harder and harder to keep up with the demands that are out there we're finding it difficult to recruit doctors and nurses and that's all leading to increased pressures in primary care and the same is true in hospitals with ongoing issues families will start to receive a double child benefit payment from today it was one of the budget measures announced to deal with the ongoing cost of living crisis 638,000 families qualify for the additional payment of 280 euro per child meanwhile householders are receiving the first of three 200 euro electricity credits today the government will be providing 2.2 million account holders of 600 euro in credits over the next six months in an effort to tackle the cost of living crisis the second and third payments will be paid in January or February and March or April Suzanne Rogers of Social Justice Ireland is concerned the credit will be used for paying off a rears we're so conscious that there's a lot of households who maybe don't need the energy credit and then there's lots of households where this isn't really going to go far enough so I would have a concern maybe for that 200 euro may already get eaten up with a rears to either now breezy today with the mix of sunny spells and showers showers will be scattered this morning but will become more frequent this afternoon maximum temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees that's all for now we'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock but until then good morning obituary notices for Tuesday morning November 1st the death has occurred of Marie Tye T. Vickmoy Sturnauler remains reposing at her late residence from 4 p.m. today funeral leaving her late residence on Thursday at 10 30 a.m. for rec graham mass in the church of Mary Immaculate Sturnauler at 11 a.m. internment afterwards in drumbow cemetery the rec graham mass will be streamed live via the parish webcam donations in lieu of fliers if so desired to the Donegal hospice care of any family member the house is strictly private to family close friends and neighbours only please the death has occurred of James Joseph White Nain Glendore Park Kelly Cloughar Oma and formerly of Vaughan County Donegal funeral from his late home tomorrow at 12 30 p.m. for service of Thanksgiving at 2 p.m. the parish church of Arlin Fawn internment afterwards in the adjoining churchyard in keeping with James's wishes the house is private to family close friends and neighbours donations in lieu of fliers please to the Donegal hospice care of Charles Lynch funeral director or any family member the death has occurred of Jim McDade Wellen Burra North Hampshire his funeral mass will take place in St Edmunds Willen Burra England at 2 p.m. tomorrow afternoon the death has taken place of John Taylor Carrick Brack convoy his remains are reposing at his late residence funeral leaving from there tomorrow morning at 11 30 a.m. for 12 noon funeral mass in St Mary's church convoy fall by burial in the old cemetery family time please from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. and on the morning of the funeral family fliers only please donations in lieu to the Donegal hospice care of any family member or Terence McClintock funeral director the death has taken place of Eileen Duffy One Anne Srean Remelton her remains are reposing at her home removal from there this evening at 5 45 p.m. going to Remelton arriving at 6 p.m. to repose overnight funeral mass tomorrow at 12 noon burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery funeral mass can be viewed on church services TV family time please from 10 p.m. until 11 a.m. the death has occurred of Daniel Gallagher, Agnes Maine Bannard, Kinkashla and formerly of Owey Island funeral arrangements to be confirmed later. The death has taken place of John Kenneth McFall Monter Mellon Don Fannahy and formerly Don Gannon County, Taroan. His remains will be reposing at the letter Kenny funeral home today from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. cremation service in Lake Glance Crematorium County, Cavern on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. The death has taken place of Joe Kearney, Carol Moore Karen Donah. His remains are reposing at his home funeral leaving from there tomorrow morning at 10 p.m. going to the church of the Sacred Heart Karen Donah for recreation mass at 11 a.m. with interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery the death has taken place of Patrick Breslin, 5 Bellmount Park Dairy and formerly of 12 West End Park Dairy. Recreation mass in St. Mary's Church Fannah at 11 a.m. interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Donations in lieu of fliers please to the Alzheimer's Society Care of Quigley Funeral Directors The recreation mass can be viewed live via the parish webcam. 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The parking is terrible at the school we got a text from the principal last Halloween to say crossing with lights would be done for kids going back after the school holidays at Halloween 2021. Donegal County Council got a grant to do this but the lights have been installed at the end of the summer before the kids went back to school they're still not connected. A few kids nearly got knocked down recently as cars fly through the area even though it's obvious there's a school there it's so dangerous can you please highlight this issue before it's too late. Thank you from a caller. Another caller expressing concern at the increase in on-street that appears to be taking place in Letter Kenny. They sent in a message one day last week to say that not even 11 o'clock and there are three beggars on the Upper Main Street in Letter Kenny plus one at the gates of the Cathedral and that's something that's been noticed by a couple of people in recent weeks. Caller says my child's phone was confiscated for a week at school. I requested it back for the weekend as my child was going out with friends and I needed to have contact. I was asked to return the phone on Monday until the week was up when my child was asked for the phone back. As the week was up they were informed a parent had to collect. I'd be grateful if someone would inform me if this is legal. I cannot answer that question but does a school have the right to remove a phone from a pupil if the school believes that's potentially being disruptive? I can't answer that question. It's an interesting one and I'm sure it's one that's been asked in many cases before. Caller says it's great how modular homes can be built to the refugee crisis but not for tax-paying citizens of this country whose homes have been lost to mica. 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Kicking off in Letter Kenney with an assault that took place last week. Yes, Donald. Garding in Letter Kenney, we're investigating assault which occurred in the market square area of the town last Wednesday past there, the 26th of October. Approximately between 7 30 p.m. and 7 50 p.m. A young male was assaulted by another male in the vicinity of the area and the injured party actually fled the scene into a shop across the road at Main Street and he was followed unfortunately by a number of youths and one of whom assaulted him a second time. So we're appealing for anybody who was in the area at the town Market Square and of male with the assault to contact the Garda Letter Kenney and again anybody in the area parked in there and maybe taxi drivers and dash cam, we would appreciate if they could supply us with the footage. The young male was conveyed to Letter Kenney University Hospital for treatment and fortunately none of his injuries are life threatening but a very disturbing incident. So we're appealing for anybody to come forward who may have information to contact the Garda Letter Kenney 0749167100 or again the confidential line 1-800-TREVEL-6-TREVEL-1. And another assault in Letter Kenney, this one taking place last night? Yes, this happened yesterday evening Donal Monday, yesterday the 34th of October at approximately 6pm in the Ardban area off the Long Lane Letter Kenney a male youth, we believe was walking in the location with a female and he was approached by a number of males and he was assaulted by these males and again the male in quite a danger party, the male in question was taken to Letter Kenney University Hospital to receive treatment and unfortunately again none of his injuries are life threatening. So we're appealing for anybody who is in the area at the time to contact Garda Letter Kenney again, anybody maybe who has dashcam to make it available to watch again at Letter Kenney 0749167100. Berglaries and we did have a story in the local papers about an increase in Berglaries particularly along the border area Manor Newton, that general direction? Yes, we have five Berglaries to report unfortunately Donal over the weekend and again we discussed here previously about Operation Terror which is launched on the 1st of October and again we're trying to engage with the public in relation to crime prevention and that kind of stuff and how to keep your property safe so maybe by way of general advice that people know that in general Berglers don't target occupied properties so making your home look like there is somebody at home is a great deterrent. Again smart home security devices, video door bills are a great tool for protecting your property when you're not around. Again they're more affordable than the traditional CCTV systems and can be self-installed and again things like leaving on lights LED bulbs, timer switches such as motion detectors locking all your doors and again letting your neighbours know that you're away maybe somebody have a key to call in open the door, turn on a few lights again for you and again the most important thing is that the cash and jewelry and valuables are again the target so we're encouraging people not to keep large amounts of cash at home and consider a safe if you have any expensive jewelry or property of your own to make it more difficult for these people to break into your home and obviously if there is anything suspicious you've noticed in the area give yourself a break and contact the person who may be away from their home so the first burglary occurred in the Lennemore road area of Moff last Friday on the 28th of October between 5.30pm and 6pm and in this case the residents of the property went away for a few days and discovered when they came back that the house had been ransacked and the sum of cash had been stolen farce no substantial damage caused to the property so again we're pleading for residents in the area or anybody who observed suspicious activity to contact the Guardian at Bunkrana 0749320540 or again the confidential line 1-800-6-1 so that's last Friday a burglary in the Moff area between 5.30pm and 6pm and heading now toward Ruffaux, Gardie and Latterkenny District looking at this one? Yes, this again last Friday at about 7.40pm the guards in Latterkenny were contacted by a homeowner at Sleeve Buck Ruffaux who had observed activity on the Ring Doorbell a short time beforehand and just felt something wasn't right the guards were dispatched to the scene and the scene at the door and window of the house had been forced open and again we believe this happened at 8.40pm and 7.40pm last Friday evening fortunately nothing had been stolen from this property and again anybody who may have information to contact the Guardian at Latterkenny and a further burglary then in the same area well Port Hall Lifford at the same day Friday the 28th of October between 7.35pm and 8.45pm and at this instance the side patio door of the property was forced open and the house was ransacked and unfortunately a sum of money and some valuable jewellery was taken from the property to watches and gold rings we hope to have further details and post the details of the property stolen on our Facebook page and in so many cases rings, watches, you know that jewellery could almost have more value to the person than cash because of the sentimental and the other burglary then occurred last Friday in the Kildrum area of Carrigan's again last Friday between 8pm and 10.30pm the resident of the home had left to visit a family member and when she returned again the front door had been kicked in and the house ransacked and unfortunately an Apple iPad was stolen from the property I suppose due to the locations of these burglars and the date and time concerned we're keeping an open mind and the possibility that they are linked is being investigated at the minute So obviously then you'd be and you've just sort of anticipated the question I was about to ask there presumably you'd be looking to know did anyone travel sort of from that area over toward Port Hall, Lifford you know if anyone saw it and even to Moffasore we have a vehicle in mind and we're anxious to trace it and we may have further information further listeners to know and then Upper Kildrum, Carrigan's and again this one between 8.30pm past 10pm on the same night as before given the time frame of the burglars possibly travelling criminals involved the following day then Newton Cunningham, which was last Saturday at approximately 9.20pm Yes, it's quite disturbing one where the back door of a house in the Long Lane Newton Cunningham area was forced open and entry gained as it was last Saturday the day after the 29th of October at approximately 9.20pm one bedroom in the house was ransacked and the second bedroom was entered but when the intruder realized the resident of the house was in bed the intruders fled the scene so very disturbing for the resident who was in bed at the time from the property but on viewing CCTV we have discovered that three people have actually entered the property and all three of them were wearing hats, gloves and face covering so there was a very disturbing crime for the injured party there so we're anxious to make progress on that one and that's last Saturday the 29th of October at 9.20pm in Newton Cunningham area The Garthee in Letter of Kenny looking at that one either Ring Letter of Kenny or indeed the Confidential Line as well 0749167100 and the Confidential Line 1800T6T1 to the roads and the two vehicle collision in the Balboffay area on Wednesday last last Wednesday at the 26th at the Chestnut Road area of Balboffay a road two vehicle collision occurred and the driver and the passenger of one of the vehicles were taken to Letter of Kenny University hospital for medical treatment again fortunately none of the injuries sustained are life threatening so we're appealing for anybody who may have witnessed the collision or has hanging on dashcam that may be a benefit to us to make contests again at Letter of Kenny station and moving on then a question that came into us last week and you're going to address it in respect of the legal requirements for roll bars on tractors yes this is a I suppose maybe a lot of charity events with tractors on our public roads and things like that but the roll bars is dealt with under the road traffic construction equipment and use of vehicles regulations and it says that all tractors shall be fitted with a safety frame or rollover protection system while used in a public place irrespective of age or how it is being used so these generally don't want to take the form of a cab or a frame that provides a safe environment for the tractor operator in the event of the tractor rolling over obviously they're designed to prevent debt minimise injury and prevent the driver from being crushed if the tractor overturns and it applies to all tractors including vintage tractors so if there is a tractor on or if someone is on their way to a vintage event and we see so many of those around on the go there must be a roll bar involved yes we don't want to be spoiling the party for people but you have to take the necessary precautions when you're driving a tractor thank you very much indeed as always quite a few burglaries there and if anyone can help with those obviously please too and those assaults as well so important as well that people bear in mind that home security advice you gave and particularly when you hear a story of someone actually entering a bedroom while someone was in bed there I mean it gives pause for thought yes very disturbing we'll be posting the device on the Facebook page and also the Garda Chicano website so there are for people to view and take the necessary actions thank you very much indeed that's Sergeant Union Walsh there from Littery County Garda Station and that was our Community Garda Information slot here on Highland Radio Information slot is brought to you by Sheridan Security Systems protecting what you value most call today and get your zero-wire alarm system from 299 Euro Sheridan Security 911-26025 before we go to a break just want to read through a letter that came in to us quite a lengthy one but it bears listening to particularly in the context of the conversation we had earlier with Tony Canavan the CEO of CELTA the family has once again gotten the dreaded news that someone in our fold has cancer this time it's my godmother like every other family in Ireland we've had our struggles with the devastating disease previous family members have been lucky enough to have received excellent treatment in Galway they're now past the rough patch unfortunately for the most recent victim the powers that be have decided letter Kenny is where she is to be treated firstly it was the end of August when she was diagnosed a whole two months ago at the time of writing she still hasn't gotten the line installed to administer treatment she was at the hospital to get it put in two weeks ago only to be told that the person who does it is on leave and might be back at the end of the month so my aunt not one to cause a fuss and god bless her went home and waited for a follow up appointment this bleak outlook on getting treatment started of course and it has an effect on our mental health the fear and worry of not knowing what the future holds is made so much worse with the uncertainty of when you can even start the fight of your life this past weekend an ambulance had to be called as she passed out at home it took two hours for the ambulance to get there so that we could see over 110 kilometers away impressive they made it there so quickly considering the state of most Danygol roads a horse and cart would be suitable in many places when she finally got to the emergency department she tried following up about her treatment because everyone's belief is the root cause of the episode she was met with excuses and told she has a date for the end of November totally unacceptable is what family members replied eventually they figured out something for later this week everyone is hopeful the progress can be made in the emergency department family members ended up talking to other patients one man was told to come in because he needs a procedure on Sunday at 12 noon he wasn't given a bed until 11 o'clock that night a follow up with them found on Monday evening at six was the first time he saw a doctor since getting a bed only then to be told he'll need to get the procedure done in Galway on Friday they continued to keep him in the hospital administering any type of treatment if they'd told him Galway was the solution 36 hours earlier he could have gone home spoken to was told they needed to be admitted but they didn't have anywhere for them until the morning he was asked if he could manage the night on the hard uncomfortable plastic chair he was sitting on instead he opted for his car so he could recline and possibly get a few hours sleep he was offered a blanket so he could sleep in his car outside the hospital this is in no way around to the staff or workers at Petterkin University hospital they're doing the best they possibly can with the extreme lack of what I can only imagine is upper management support and funding but for my family's sake I wish my aunt's treatment was big administered in Galway they would gladly do the 10 hour round trip every week if that were the case that is to say the least concerning it's half past 10 now with great promotions across the range make 2023 the year to electrify your drive Ford bring on tomorrow visit Ford.ie treat yourself with the massive savings on sports and leisure wear in the halloween sale now on at Michael Murphy sports get up to 50% of men's women's and kids clothing and footwear and up to 50% of selected items in the Donegal leisure wear range that's in the big halloween sale in store and online at Michael Murphy sports.ie we'll contact you before your meter is installed find out more at ESBnetworks.ie slash smart meter the fine for speeding has doubled from 80 euro to I'll have the veal please don't get fined 160 euro there are better things to spend your money on for a full list of updated fines visit orsa.ie slow down and always obey the speed limit a message from the road safety authority on saturday night next I'm going to the black box in Belfast for the third horse lips con it's a convention examining the music of horse lips Barry Feene and Jim Lockhart not Barry Feene what am I saying Barry and Jim Lockhart will be will be there at the convention and they'll be playing along with the McManus band who are the headliners and the terror waves from Dany God are going to be playing there as well and that is going to be a great night Barry Devlin of course not Barry Feene idiot and that's really going to be a really really good night so that's going to be the horse lips con in Belfast and I'm really looking forward to that that's on next saturday night but right now we are going to go to zoom because there is a very interesting book has just been published by Sarah Webb and it's called be inspired young Irish people changing the world Sarah good morning hello we are here to speak to you thank you this is a very interesting book not least because we have not one but two Dany God residents featured in this book which is great to see basically you have looked at some young Irish people from activism to sport the creative arts to science and innovation looking right across the spectrum and these are young ladies who are very much making their names across the world and making an example in their chosen fields absolutely yeah I mean you mentioned one of the people is from Leicester County actually that is Amy Bath McNulty who is best known for her role in Anne with an E which was a really really popular show on Netflix but she grew up in Leicester County and went to the Greenhorn Theatre to train an actor and used to love as a child doing acting classes and ballet classes and is now a huge huge successful actor and has been in Stranger Things as well which is incredible I can actually say I was on stage with Amy Bath when she was nine no way interesting and was she a huge talent even then it was quite obvious that she would be I mean it was quite it was clear I mean it was really clear from when she was at nine it was going to be I mean it's absolutely no surprise that she is where she is now she played Molly in a production of Anne on stage with the local musical society of course the other and Amy Bath is an absolutely phenomenal actor and a really wonderful person too and never took on Annie Years and Graces and I do know her personally and it's really lovely to see someone who reaches that level of success and doesn't lose their roots doesn't lose their mates lose their own personality and she is still as grounded as she ever was and great to see the other person with the legal connections not necessarily native of the area but we're claiming her because she lives here is Senator Eileen Flynn yes that's right so when I was researching book and deciding who I might put in the book I also chose some adults who had started in activism young and who have made a real contribution to the world of activism and so she was one of the people that I chose to put in we tried to pick people from all areas activism, politics sports science, industry the arts the youngest person is little Rhian Summers who's a beekeeper he is now just seven and then this lovely Adam King who people will know from the late years he's one of the youngest and also Flossie Donnelly who is cleaning beaches and doing something which is hugely important in terms of the marine life and marine biodiversity and the quality of our oceans and the health of our marine life is vital when you see people like Flossie who are just getting out there and doing they're talking as well but more importantly they're doing a great role model for young people because she always says that no one is too young to make a difference and she also says just pick one thing that you can do and try and do that to the best of your ability so for her that one thing is trying to get plastics out of the sea and when she set up her beach cleaning group when she was only nine she put posters up she told everyone about it but not one person arrived to help her and her mum said well do you want to to start Flossie or do you want to continue and she said no no I want to continue even though there's no one here me and you can clean the beach and I like telling children that story because it just shows that you have to just keep going and that's one thing that all the young people in the book have in common that they had a real passion a real energy for something but they never gave up even if it didn't always work out for them at the beginning important that we as adults take both inspiration from them but also example because very often it is the case that adults who become a bit stuck in their ways and who become a little bit that's the way we've always done it sometimes what we need is a good kick up the behind and who better to give us a kick up the behind than people like Flossie and others featured in this book yeah absolutely and I like the fact just that there's such a wide range of different interests and things that they've achieved I had great fun researching it because I discovered just small little things like Paul Mescal who's a very famous actor now so he started in his school's production of the Phantom of the Opera he was the Phantom when he was 15 and I just I love that that a lot of people have started young but I think it's never too late to start doing something and like Flossie just to pick one thing that you might be able to do in your local area and just try I think just something simple like joining a beach cleaning group it's quite a simple thing to achieve but it can make a big difference and presumably you'll have met and discussed the situation with many of the young people featured in the book I mean it must be inspiring to you to get to meet them to get to speak to actually get to share something of their lives yeah so all of the interviews were done on Zoom and they were all done during the various lockdowns and in a way it was useful for writing the book because a lot of these people weren't out at the Olympics or the Paralympics or you know they were actually at home and I had a really extraordinary time talking to a lot of them now a couple of them I didn't speak to but I spoke to their agent or their person and I did research but I think I interviewed probably about three quarters of the people in the book and they were extraordinary and I also got to meet in some cases their parents I got to meet their siblings in some cases like Rhian I got to meet the whole family which was amazing and we had a launch last week in one of the libraries in Dublin and I think it was about 10 young people from the book there including people who travel from all over it was lovely to meet them in real life it was fantastic Who is the target audience for this book? Well I guess we had in mind kind of young readers from about seven right up to about 14 or 15 but I also it's funny because I work part-time in a children's bookshop and actually a lot of adults have picked up the book and said wow these are people I need to know about and I'd like to know more about what young people are doing and who these people are so it's actually been selling really well to adults as well but I think really who we had in mind was children of about 8, 9, 10, 11 where they still have that huge sense of wonder and possibility and hope and I think I hope that every child no matter what their ability or heritage or background will find someone on the pages that they can kind of relate to and who can inspire them that was the aim of the book And really the hope is that it will inspire somebody else to get on to a stage inspire somebody else to start running on a track inspire somebody else to get on to a mountain bike inspire somebody else to start getting involved in activism and getting involved in campaigning to make things better for their community Definitely, I mean Eleanor Walsh who is an actor and an autism activist she really moved she really moved me because she was saying that she didn't have to be a brilliant actor she just had to be one of the first autistic actors and maybe by being the first she could open the door for other people with disabilities or who were neurodivergent and I thought that was brilliant and she put up a lovely post on Instagram last week just to say how she wished there was a book like this when she was young that she could see you know if you're autistic it's you know it's ground you can do anything you like maybe just in a slightly different way I mean look at Dara McInaughty incredible nature writer very pretty autistic we also have several wheelchair users in the book and lots of people from different heritages and that was really important to us that every child would find someone to relate to and to kind of connect with The book is called Be Inspired Young Irish People Changing the World published by O'Brien written by yourself Sarah illustrated by Graham Corcoran I have to say I do like Graham's illustrations actually they're very good all the characters are very recognizable and it's very readable and it's potentially a very very serious important book in terms of what it can do to inspire people and what it can do maybe to bring on younger people again to follow in their footsteps this morning thank you so much thank you you can rely on a giga home you can giga stream all giga weekend you can feel giga safe as your kids hop online to have giga fun and you can giga boogie in your giga basement Vodafone giga home combines super wifi always connected and secure net for a broadband connection you can always rely on so get on the giga train search Vodafone giga home to find out more Vodafone together we can subject location and availability giga home is subject to subscription cancel 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the Central Bank of Ireland Flu and COVID-19 vaccines will give your immune system the top-up it needs to help protect you from serious illness that's why children, older people, health care workers and anyone with a long-term health condition are invited to get their recommended Flu and COVID-19 vaccines visit HSE.ie or call our team and HSE live on 1800 700 700 to see what vaccines are recommended for you and make sure you and your family are protected in the months ahead from the HSE call now on 07 4 91 25,000 this is the 90 minutes show on Highland Radio it's 12 minutes to 11 o'clock joined on the line by Dr. Mora Finnegan who is a principal clinical psychologist with the HSE in Donegal now the HSE support service in Kreisler has been a very important service indeed and indeed Father John Jo was making a point of urging people to seek counselling and seek support it's running today and tomorrow in private rooms behind Brennan's pharmacy and we're going to speak to Dr. Mora now about that service and about its future Mora good morning thanks Donal for having me on it's our pleasure it is a very important service Mora that's been provided in Kreisler and I suppose for many people now is really perhaps the first time they're going to really start to to talk and to get their feelings out and to try and make sense of the emotions that they're feeling yeah well look I mean we have a phased plan in place as to how we respond to the wider community in Kreisler and the work we've been doing thus far in the support service takes an approach called psychological first aid and as the name implies it's a very much a first immediate response to people in the aftermath of a tragic event or a traumatic situation and it's evidence based obviously all of our work is and we know that it's useful for people in the days immediately after a traumatic event and a number of weeks afterwards but it then uses it's usefulness it loses its usefulness sorry as an approach to take and it's for that reason that we are curtailing I suppose the service and there has been a misunderstanding that it's a counselling service or the briefing service it's not it's very much a support service taking the psychological first aid approach and I agree completely people will need counselling down the road they will need space to be able to talk and to meet with professionals both in Creishlaw and outside of the community which is other people's preference and that will be available in a timely way when people need it you're saying that effectively the next phase of supports will take that different form now there will still be a support line open Monday to Friday 9 to 5 to answer queries and where people can have an initial conversation are you effectively saying then that if people do need something more if they do need counselling if they do need to speak to someone face to face that that will be just not necessarily with increase itself well it will be facilitated and quite possibly in Creishlaw so we've been very fortunate to have access to the rooms behind Brennan's pharmacy we hope that we still have access to those and we know there's transport issues there's financial difficulties there's lots of reasons that it's important for us to make the services as accessible as possible to people in Creishlaw and we continue to do that so the advice to people is in the first instance if they don't call in today or tomorrow either call in or call that support line which is 087 1405138 if they don't call the support line today or tomorrow then they can call the support line 9 to 5 Monday to Friday for the next coming weeks and the support will still be there that's right and we are in the process of developing more targeted supports that we know will be required over the coming months and I suppose an important time for the next phase of clinical supports for people who will be around the three to four month mark and we have plans in place to run groups at that point with family groups for example or people who might have experienced something similar in Creishlaw on the 7th of October and then we'll also obviously be targeting individuals who might need mental health or psychological or counselling support to assess those services and we will continue to do so so I want to very clearly let the people of Creishlaw and beyond know that we will continue to provide the supports that are needed this week and next week and the week after but our evidence base and our informed practice tells us that the work we were doing in Creishlaw is now probably tapering off and not what will be required over the coming weeks and months there is also an event taking place this evening and an important win again. You might know Donald we tend to do these events a couple of weeks after tragedies and traumatic events because some people find it easier to come in a crowd to hear what we might have to say and really it's about supporting people to understand what they might be experiencing now in the aftermath of what's happened and also giving people advice available on how to access them and when they might be the right time to access them so it's really supporting people to make the right choices for themselves at the right time. So that event in the GA8 club is taking place tomorrow evening Wednesday November 2nd at 7 o'clock and just to repeat that support line number 80871405138 Thanks very much Donald Principal clinical psychologist with the HSC in Donegola Thank you indeed for speaking to us this morning We obviously do have those numbers here at the station we'll put them up on our social media but I'll just repeat that support line once again it's 0871405138 That is the support line that is operational Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Now there is a drop in service running today and tomorrow only in the private rooms behind Brennan's Pharmacy in Kreesla You can just drop in or you can make an appointment There will not be a consistent drop in service after tomorrow but if you ring that line you'll be referred to the support you need and face to face or whatever is necessary in your own specific case you'll speak to somebody on the line and supports tailored to your specific needs will be offered and that's very important and thanks indeed Dr. Mora for briefing us on that just looking at some of the comments that have been coming through A lot of discussion on the program this morning about hospital admissions and in many cases people being in hospital when they don't necessarily need to be Caller says twice I have spent weeks in hospital waiting for a scan I even offered to drive home at one point to release the bed and be on standby to get to the hospital within 30 minutes again it was against the rules system in LUH staff rewriting the same info all the time on to paper in these days of technology now all I can say is we do know there was a cyber attack hitting the whole of the HSE recently and that I'm sure has had an impact but it's a point well made Caller and certainly I think these are the sort of issues that HSE and the CHOs and others are looking at the turf issue Caller says when are they going to release the murderers and likes out of jail to make room for all the people burning turf it will cause a lot of people to go to jail I realistically don't think anyone is going to go to jail for burning turf that is quite the situation as I see it the 200 euro on the electricity bill officially coming out today Caller says I got mine off my bill on Friday last which is good, good to see it happening now the Caller says Donald we won't be allowed to heat our homes with turf or coal or oil what's the alternative that's a good question we were speaking to Dr. Mora there and Caller expressing concern about the road closure in Kreisler as a result of the fact that the N56 through Kreisler remains closed and will remain closed until the end of November as the Garthier investigation continues at the site of the explosion on October 7th and also of course there are concerns for the structural stability of that particular building so that road the N56 through Kreisler remains closed so there are diversions in place now Caller is just concerned about some of the smaller back roads that have been used they're dangerous, they're small and maybe more needs to be done in terms of signage, in terms of lighting and so on so I'm sure that's being looked at by the local community and by the council but just some concern that people are concerned about the back roads that are being used in the vicinity of Kreisler at the moment and I have no doubt anything about the situation will be done Caller says it's an email that's come into us actually you're my last resort, I hope you can help my 83 year old mother has dementia and poor mobility we're trying to keep her at home we pay 600 euro a week for private carers we're grateful to have 14 hours from the HSC my mum simply can't be left on her own one member of the family stays overnight the issue is mum badly needs her bathroom upgraded she doesn't have proper washing facilities we'd like a couple of weeks respite so we can do these works by ourselves unfortunately there are no beds available in our community hospitals until next year I have secured a bed in a private nursing home for two weeks in November but the HSC won't help with funding I've called many times left voice messages there's no response I'm running out of time I have work men booked for the work I wonder what we can do we're in an awful situation that's someone looking for a respite bed so they can do work on their mother's home and that is something I absolutely sympathise with and I feel for your caller in respect of of that situation hopefully something can come of it caller says I've tried for the past two weeks to get a GP appointment you're told to hold but you don't end up in a queue you're automatically cut off this morning I've tried several times still the same I've also tried to email and no response a family relative is in need of follow-up care three weeks after an operation and we're sitting here with nothing can anyone explain why since Covid the GP service has become so bad now we do know that there has been pressure on the GP service and that is a lingering situation from Covid but certainly we'll keep an eye on that one if you handed yourself into the barracks and admitted you burned a lot of turf could you get your sentence reduced so asks a caller caller says absolutely joke the traffic from nothing short of a crime where were the last Friday evening getting traffic moving in both directions horrendous yeah there is a lot of traffic on the roads and sadly there can be some pressure points and as a result I know certainly driving from other Kenny towards Donegal Town there can be pressure points in the Twin Towns for instance Balabafe can be fairly heavy getting up to Matles corner in Tarn can be fairly heavy actually at times it can be difficult and I suppose all we can do is just realise that on a Friday evening and sometimes mornings at Russia it's going to be busy and allow extra time for our journeys and not much else we can say I'm afraid it's a minute to 11 short break news 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your use brought to you by the government of Ireland this is the Lines of Ninshow on Highland Radio time for the news headlines at 11 o'clock and we say good morning to Emma Ryan a number of burglaries have occurred over the weekend in areas along the border over the weekend houses were targeted in Rufo, Port Hall, Calais and Newtown, Cunningham Garedee appeal to anyone who has any relevant information in relation to any of the incidents to please contact Garedee in Letter Kenny the CAO of Siltis has been improvement in recruiting healthcare staff to Letter Kenny University Hospital last week the winter plan was announced and it included initiatives to support hospital admission avoidance and promote patient flow across all acute and community healthcare facilities. Siltigrips CAO Tony Canavan says recruitment at Letter Kenny University Hospital has improved and the level of staff retention is quite good Emil Euf was treated in hospital after he was assaulted in Letter Kenny. Emil Euf was assaulted by another meal in the area of Market Square Letter Kenny on Wednesday October 26 between 7.30pm and 7.50pm The injured Euf fled into a shop across the road at Main Street and was followed by a couple more Euf's one of whom assaulted him again the young meal in question was taken to Letter Kenny University Hospital to receive treatment for injuries and Garedee are appealing for information Garedee stations across Donegal recorded over 4,000 crimes during 2021 New figures revealed by the Irish show 40% of Garedee stations across the country recorded an increase in crime last year compared to pre-COVID levels in 2019 According to the figures Letter Kenny Garedee station recorded 1,317 crimes during 2021 the highest number in the county A Kerry TD says people who burned turf excessively could face jail terms of up to two years New regulations on the sale and use of turf came into force yesterday However, Minister of State for Sport and the Giltuk Jack Chambers says the new laws aren't aimed at people who cut and burn their own turf And finally, householders are receiving the first of three 200 euro electricity credits today The government will be providing 2.2 million account holders a total of 600 euro in credits over the next six months in an effort to tackle the cost of living crisis The second and third payments for February and March or April That's all for now We'll be back with a news update at 12 noon Until then, good morning This is the 9 to 9 show on Highland Radio A couple of comments that we'll get to in just a moment but you may have heard last Friday that Father Nile Call is to leave his role as parish priest of Taunawili He has been chosen by Pope Francis as the new bishop of Osary and I'm delighted to say that Bishop-Elect Call joins us on the line Bishop-Elect, Nile Call We'll call you Father Nile for now if that's okay Father You're very welcome to the program Thank you very much Taunawil Let's talk first about getting this news because speaking to your future Diocesan colleagues when you con-celebrated Mass in the Cathedral in Kilkenny on Friday you spoke of being called to a meeting in Dublin and you entered the meeting wondering what was going to be said at the time Little did you expect what actually transpired, how much of a shock was this? It was a big shock to me You don't apply to be a bishop, you're chosen and appointed so it's not a normal way of being recruited to a post so it came as a bit of a surprise to me, of course there had been consultations going on before this, confidentially but I didn't know about them that's the way the system works Now presumably the papal nuncio in his office would have been in touch with Bishop-Elect and in touch with others and those conversations as you've said at that level, I've no doubt that Bishop Allen is going to be gutted to be losing a really good priest from the diocese because no diocese least of all Rufo can afford to lose good priests at the moment No, so he has he has a gap to fill here now in Town of Wally and Donegal Town in Clare whoever comes here is coming to a very nice parish and very nice people I'm broken hearted having to leave them I haven't been here that very long anyway but the pandemic made it difficult when you were appointed to a new parish to get to know people well for many weeks the churches were closed and there was no public liturgy allowed and then ever since as well people have been wearing up until recently face masks and that makes it difficult to recognize some people so it made it just a little bit more difficult to settle in but anyway thankfully the pandemic is beginning to recede and life is beginning to return to something that's more normal You also before going to Town of Wally you served a period as PP in Ballantra as well and before that you spent what, the guts of 18 years lecturing in Belfast you've also lectured in St Patrick's College in Carlow you've taught in St Unions and you've studied quite extensively in Rome in different degrees and licences in theology so coming back to become a PP in Donegal almost felt like this is it, this is how I'm going to see out my career I'm going to be a PP in my home diocese and my path is laid out in front of me and there's an old phrase my late mother used to love to use which was if you want to give God a laugh tell him your plans Yes, how true because I spent so many years out of the diocese referral teaching and the funny thing is that when I was a student for the priesthood I never considered anything other than being in a parish so it's funny how the trajectory that came when there's our dean Bishop Hagerty sent me into St Unions College in Letterkenne and I was a couple of years there and I had been a student there myself as well then later on I taught in St Patrick's College in Cardo the seminary and then as you say I spent a lot of years teaching primary and post primary student teachers in Belfast in St Mary's University College which was a great wonderful time when I looked back on it to have so much contact with young people at the beginning of their career so full of hope so full of energy and in a sense when you work in that type of context young people keep you young you don't see the years going on it's fair to say that the job of a bishop is a mixture of administration and pastoral work you've got to be a pastor both to the people of the diocese and also to the priests you've got to be their guide you've got to be in a sense their shepherd but also you've got to be their boss and you've got to be their administrator and looking from the outside it's going to be an interesting path to walk you know being someone's for want of a better word boss but also being their guide and to find that link between admin and pastoral work is going to be a challenge I'm sure for yourself and for all bishops yes it's got to be a great challenge I suppose we live in a world today that's increasingly managerial and technocratic you would find this in the university world in the school world and I hope to avoid those type of priorities as a bishop because the most important thing is relationship relationship with the people with the clergy that you're trying to call try to serve the people and help them to be aware of the Lord's presence in life and that's the real task of a bishop I think the bishop has to try and you know encourage and help the priests the priests then are in their parishes and they have a very important role then in trying to serve the people there praying with them, ministering to them in their good times and their bad times preaching the word of God so I think that a very important dimension of the ministry of the bishop is to encourage the priests and then encourage them to encourage their people and that we all work together you know as the body of Christ in the diocese you're travelling to the diocese of Osary now as I understand it Osary is pretty much the whole of County Kilkenny with parts of Carlow and Leesh if I understand it correctly Yes, part of Leesh Is there not part of I thought Boris and Osary was in County Carlow Is there not part of Carlow in there as well? I'm not sure to be honest I'm learning a lot about that part of the world You're from Waterford aren't you? I am originally Waterford, yeah I was actually born in St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny by accident of geography I was born in Kilkenny but I was raised in Waterford just so it's an area of the world I know a little you are following though and you did point this out last Friday you are following in the footsteps of St. Canis one of Columbus acolytes in terms of making that journey from the north west down to the southeast Yes, Canis was born in Dungevin that area and there's a school in Dungevin called Aftrum St. Canis's school so he found himself many hundreds of years ago called to minister in that part of the kingdom of Osary as it was then so here's another northerner having setting out on that same journey So it's a journey that you are going to be following Obviously the next couple of months you are being consecrated in January Yes, I've got the date in the 22nd of January that will be in St. Mary's Cathedral in Kilkenny we're just beginning now to get the dates and get things organized And when do you actually say farewell to Tauna Willey and actually make the move down to Kilkenny was that happening in the coming weeks? I'm not quite sure yet the developments have come so quickly we're about to discuss the issue with Bishop McGockey but I'm in no rush away so as I told the people here in Tauna Willey on Sunday they still have a parish priest so I'll be here for the next few weeks at least And then January you take up this new position There will be a couple of weeks then to get ready do a retreat and things like that and just read myself into the new context and know people and get a sense of the diocese of Austria And obviously there will be a lot of priests in Austria that you need to get to know on a first term basis and if you're being ordained Bishop 22nd of January before you know where you are you're going to be on the round of confirmations Yes So I have to raise my game and get this ready I can't imagine a better way though for a new bishop to get to know their diocese than to do the confirmations because I mean if it's anything like the situation here you'll end up doing two, three perhaps even four confirmations a week in places and what better way to get to every parish and to get to know the priest and the people Yes and confirmation is such a happy occasion for families like in the before diocese last year the bishop didn't come around the diocese because of the pandemic so I did the confirmations myself here in town of Willey and it was a wonderful occasion for families and they were so proud of their youngsters and so I suppose the challenge for me as a bishop coming into the future is to try to help people deepen their experience of the faith and so that confirmation that when families gather for that that the family families are see the importance of faith and prayer and bringing up their young people in the faith and helping them to pray because I always say that at baptisms as well to young parents that if you teach your children to pray then long term they'll never be alone because in their good times and in their bad times they'll be able to turn to God and 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place from the 10th to the 19th of November and while the rest of us have the glories of November weather in Donegal to look forward to your heading for Brazil yeah tell us about the qualification for this particular championship deaf European championships we managed to win set which qualified us for the World Cup and Brazil next year that is all it's 2020 I do beg your pardon I thought you were going next week that is utterly my fault memo to self read your notes so you've got a year to get ready for this Tegan does this is this going to involve some fundraising in order to get there or are you fully funded can I just ask you to get a little bit closer into that microphone if you can so there will be a little fundraising involved here Catherine from your own point of view delighted I'm sure you're delighted to have qualified for this how difficult was it to do that tell us something about the qualification process it was so intense like because we were it was just game after game we had five games in a row wasn't it and it was so intense sitting there watching and especially when we were just watching the clock go down and we were ahead and it was just we finally got it because we lost your game before and we were hoping to win it and everybody had their heads down that night and then we went to sleep and we woke up that day and we were ready to qualify so to go out to a game like that and you went out onto the field knowing that you had the opportunity of qualification is this the first time the team's qualified not the first time before Covid it was playing since 2017 yeah and we managed to qualify for the World Cup this was in Switzerland in 2018 and we won that squad and I was on that squad yeah excellent so you're the sort of the older wiser member of the squad for the two first and then for yourself Catherine and Antigone it's first time 100% it must be something you're really looking forward to you know to do this for the first time yeah definitely in terms of what lies ahead how is this competition structured how long were you there for how many games do you play well it depends on how each match goes depends on how many matches we have for like when we were away and at like we we won our first match and then we had a day break and then we have five games in a row so it just depends if we win we could get a rest day and then play somebody else sorry are you telling me you played five games in a row yeah five days five games yeah and the professional men if they have to play more than two games a week they're going oh we're tired it seems to me perhaps the professionals might learn something from you and the rules are the same I take it I mean you know in terms of the rules of the games I mean it's the same as or what are the rules yeah right yeah so it's not a full 90 minutes then no no okay well fair enough then we'll give the men a let up on that one too and it's it's not you're not running 100 meters either it's a it's the smaller five a side pitch it's much more intense and very very high speed oh totally yeah and now here's the thing and I've noticed this in games that are played indoors as well do you have corners or can you are a do you have throw-ins and corners or can you sort of just kick the ball against the wall and have it bounce back to you no we kick in so we have three seconds to kick the ball in and to play yeah we don't do throw-ins yeah so but there is it does go out I mean you know you can't just sort of kick as I remember playing five a side once and it was in our school gym and one of the rules that seemed to be constructed was you could actually kick the ball against the wall and it came rebounded back to you and it became a whole different way of doing it it became bloody impossible not that I was ever any much good at well anyway to be honest as you say it is very intense how how long is it per side 20 minutes a side so it's 40 minutes of high intensity running kicking in terms of tackling is it is it full contact well not full contact but in terms of tackling there is tackling you are going for it yeah very physical isn't it Catherine I love the way I love the way you just looked there oh yeah you can see at the end of the tournament all these all the players that were experienced and even the new players came home with a lot of bruises and plenty of injuries but you're still smiling yeah in terms of of the training obviously you're playing locally with your own clubs here so does that mean that you regularly kick seven shades of house your father out of each other in local games yeah but that's completely different because at home we're training with the left and the side oh so yeah so you're you're just you're playing yeah so in terms of doing it all yeah so we have to go all the way we don't want to just train there and presumably there'll be squad training fairly regularly now every couple of weeks over the next year yeah and you would compete against each other then for your respective teams on the local on the local scene yeah sure do and do you go easy on each other or is it the opposite do you go easy on each other or is it the opposite we have to give each other a challenge but presumably the closer you get to the actual world cup you'll ease back just a little just to make sure you're not going there on your own in terms of the seedings who will be favourites in Brazil next year Brazil themselves yeah do you have a chance of ranking highly there's always a chance don't ever rule it out don't ever rule it out I mean you're going there to win you're not just going there to make up the numbers 100% so in terms of and if anyone is out there and let's put this out there now because I mean you know I know certainly for things like this you know it could be difficult there'll be a little bit of government funding but nowhere near enough government funding to get you to Brazil to get you to hotels to get all the facilities and supports you need in terms of if any local businesses or whatever want to support you how can they do that getting contact with each of us as a player and contact DevSports Ireland page on Facebook and that's a big way of getting into funding and you know any help that can be given will obviously be very much welcomed I'm sure ladies it's it's going to be a huge challenge but I mean you know you can be proud of yourselves and well done to all three of you Catherine, Leah and Tegan you know we wish you all the best over the next year hopefully you get the support you need and I mean are you are you working are you all in college still or you know would you be able to organize the time off and you know get all that support that you can get out there and get all that sort of yeah hopefully you can get the time off from ATU Donegal and my God Resigns course I'm sure ATU Donegal will be only delighted now to have one of their students out there no doubt we'd be getting first releases from them ladies 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and all over the place young people and in some cases maybe not so young people were knocking on doors and demanding treats and honouring the traditions of Halloween however in other areas that was not the case we heard earlier on the Guard of the Community Information slot increases in burglaries across the county and I'm joined on the line by Porick who had a not so welcome trick or treater approached the house last night Porick good morning good morning Donald Porick someone was trying your door last night and not necessarily a young local child no obviously obviously in the very itself there's not much we can see from the video but we do know to the residents group on Flapsapia he did go to quite a few doors in the estate and I'm supposed to just to make people aware that this is happening and keep the doors locked up basically as you were saying because you have a baby your wife was feeding the baby it happened in the early hours of this morning and noticed that something was happening saw a notification with the alarm and so on and earlier during the Community Guard the Sergeant's Union was stressing the need for locking doors and keeping an eye on your premises and your experience absolutely shows that up to be important thankfully we didn't have the doors locked my wife actually that happened at 5.15 my wife was feeding the baby an hour later and that's how she was feeding the notification we didn't actually know he was there at the time so you obviously have some sort of a camera rigged up at the door then yeah yeah we were running the camera and we did call the guards to come around the estate a couple of times but I don't think they've seen anything we haven't heard since but you do believe that this person was trying other doors around the area as well in the early hours and it's something to be really concerned about and that's at the time last year as well but at the time last year too it was the same, those people going stealing from houses up here as well it's just a bit frightening when your children in the house it's also much what you might have in the house used to own a small area in Beijing yeah of course and the concern too that your loved ones, your wife and child are there as well and you know the last thing we did hear on the community guard a lot about a case where an intruder actually walked into a bedroom where someone was sleeping recently here in Donegal and that's not the sort of story that you want to be hearing at all hopefully this thankfully nothing happened and we hope you're not taken by it and it's a timely warning that you know a young person now trying doors in the vicinity of Kili Lasten in Lether Kenny at quarter past five this morning Pory thanks indeed for speaking to us okay thank you that's a very concerning situation there that you don't want to be hearing about now let's move on we're joined on Zoom this morning by a special guest we're joined by Alina Idel Alina is presently employed by Ineshaun Development Partnership she is Ukrainian came here last April from Kiev and is one of three Ukrainian support workers in Ineshaun Alina good morning hello, hello thank you for invitation it is our pleasure Alina tell us first of all about the work you're doing in Ineshaun we're working out of the Colgan Hall in Cardona as a Ukrainian support worker I help Ukrainian people with advices about employment about education about social welfare and also about their ability to study English because it's very big issue for Ukrainian people and also I'm trying to tell them about local culture about which I know from local people in terms of the advice obviously housing is a huge issue employment as you say is a huge issue and one of the challenges that you are facing is people come initially perhaps as refugees but you're trying to integrate people into the community that they will live in the community work in the community and take part and interact with the community yes since this time we have been here we understand how strong community spirit here and how strong our communities so I think it's very very important for Ukrainian people to make new links with local people to help them because I know that a lot of Ukrainian people feel much more better when they started to volunteer here housing and work it's a very very big problems and Ukrainian people actually know very good about micro problems about house crisis and a lot of them are feeling guilty about they are here and a lot of Ukrainian people really want to go back home but already three weeks Russia showing Ukrainian cities and we have daily blackouts and in big cities it's a problem with water with heating also so I know that a lot of people would like to tell you about daily and when they come back home I'm sure too that many of the people that you're dealing with still have family in Ukraine still have loved ones in Ukraine and as I believe you do yourself there's that huge worry about how safe is my family how safe are my loved ones yes actually mental health is an awesome big issue because it's not easy even get up from the bed but I know that a lot of people are very active looking for a job to be able to help their relatives in Ukraine and help Ukrainian army in terms of and I want to go back to a point you made because you said some Ukrainians are actually feeling guilty at the moment because they are aware of the Micah situation and in Ishaun one of the worst affected areas in the country with Micah how big an issue is that guilt and what effect is that having both on the people that you're helping and also on the wider community and the relations and the relationships between yourselves from Ukraine and the community in Ishaun local community is very welcoming we're glad to meet them here they mostly understand our problems but we also meet negative comments in social media or just on the streets I know that it is like negative comments like national problem and now our community often discussing how we can help in this situation maybe as volunteers or help with repayment of houses or so so we are very welcome and about advices how we can help and how difficult is it for you to look at newspapers listen to national radio hear some of the comments that are made about the numbers of people from Ukraine and Ireland because you're not deaf to it you're not blind to it you know what's being said nationally and you know in the papers about so many people from Ukraine coming housing crisis etc it must be difficult you feel welcome in the community but then you see stories about Ukrainians taking our accommodation and it must be difficult for you to understand that and to reconcile that it's difficult for most Ukrainian people here that's why we are looking for a job and we are looking for opportunities to start on business to move in rental apartments and not to be dependent from social housing you know that we can you know take someone else's place it's really first for Ukrainian people but we try to deal with it to get a permit or to set on business yeah the first priority is to be safe but as you said the second after ensuring that you're in a place of safety then you want to become part of the community to start your own business initiative and you're working with the in a shown development partnership who you work with directly but there is an enterprise officer who is now going to be offering advice and courses to people on how to start their own businesses and I'm sure here from Ukraine who were very successful business people in Kiev and other cities and towns indeed you know who have the wherewithal to start a business who have skills, who have abilities and you know with some help they can actually put those to use yes I'm really glad about help of IDP because my colleagues provided very big help with this start to your own business program and actually I had conversation with some families, some people from Ukraine who have huge experience in the one hand and they don't have proper standard of English yet they are trying very hard and they are doing their best to improve their skills in English language but in this area there aren't so many workplaces for people who don't have good English so the idea is to help these people to open their small businesses to contribute to community and it's very important for people to be busy because when you are busy you don't read news and as you said there is and I want to come back to this one because as you said there is a mental health issue among Ukrainians who are you know worried about themselves worried about their families, worried about what's happening at home and also worried about the response of people locally to them so there is a lot of worry, there is a lot of stress and the more you can do to help people be creative and to help people make their own living and make their own money the easier it's going to be in terms of their mental health as well as their wealth in terms of money Yes mental health is that factor which can affect people's behavior because when people every single moment in the big pressure of their stress nervous fear and maybe heart memories different people react different some people just close and became silent some people became more aggressive some people just very sad and depressed and can't do anything so I'm very glad because local community welcoming us to different activities like crafts like sports and it's very helpful for people to get better Elina, we wish you well and we wish your colleagues well and hopefully start your own business initiative and the other programs you're involved in will help make people feel welcome and most importantly will help make people feel part of the community because that's what you are now, you are part of the community and I know you want to be part of the community, you want to contribute to the community as do those you're helping and we wish you well with that Elina, thank you very much indeed thank you, thank you that's Elina there who's been speaking to us from Innocheon and she's involved with Innocheon Development Partnership in supporting the Ukrainian community there it's approaching quarter to 12, going to take a short break back after these have you bought your NCBI radio bingo book yet? 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letterkenny area last night we spoke to Porig a short time ago who had exactly the same experience I witnessed a lad in my area last night coming into the pub with loads of goodie bags that he'd gone around knocking on doors to find some shots into him interesting question can anyone enlighten me on the law with regards to this I work in a fairly large size business a new employee has recently started asking friends to join him for lunch in our canteen am I the only one who finds this unprofessional I'm not sure if that's an issue of law I'm sure it's an issue of regulations for the company now is this a canteen where there is an actual serving food I know a number of the larger employers may have food serving areas in their canteens very often serving food at sort of discounted prices or is this just a canteen as in a place where people can sit down and eat a pre-prepared lunch I would have thought rather than a matter of law this is a matter of the regulations of the company and I was certainly if you're uncomfortable with this I would say to the company and perhaps say to the individual themselves as well Cora says does anyone know if people on pre-pay ESB get this 2000 oh I wish get this 200 allowance I'm not sure I can't answer that I know the issue of pre-pay is a large topic of discussion at the moment among several people not least Sinn Fein T.D. and France spokesperson Pierre Stoverty of this parish why do bouncers have to be so rough and ignorant at weekends they took a man from a premises and threw him out onto the road saying they'll kill someone yet there is no need for that roughness and returning to Turf Cora says will Gar thee cease Turf if they think it's going to be burnt I'm kind of confused and I mean you know how this whole thing with arrests is going to go now I'm going to go to line one because Kenneth joins us on line one Kenneth good morning good morning Donald yeah Kenneth you called us with regards to the Turf situation because you know you're basically arguing look there is no way that communities in areas of Donegal that have traditionally burned Turf realistically are just going to stop overnight No that's correct I think it's a total invasion of people's privileges and rights to do so there are many people of course that are not really caught Turf have done down the centuries and use it for their meeting and cooking whatever but there's also many many people also in the country that have to buy Turf that have no access to bogs or Turf cutting so we've got to buy the Turf and rely on the Turf but to deny these people I think it's gross invasion of their privileges and rights you know interestingly it's not the green agenda I think it's gone beyond all cry at this minute and time I think it's right to say and to stand up and say enough is enough the people that own these are they can all have been persecuted now with prices and tried to force them off the road with regard to electric I don't think even the batteries last the life of a car listen what God made this Earth there was coal, gas, oil, Turf especially in Ireland here and we can still breathe fresh air and I think they've just gone overboard and that's my point of view but I think people are going to make up their own minds really and say enough is enough now the government is saying look you've got options, you can buy in your smokeless coal, you can go for oil or gas heating, I mean there are alternatives to Turf there you're saying it's all very well to say that in perhaps a built up urban area it's not quite so easy when you're in a nice little rural country like Donegal yeah but as we all know the price of oil has gone through the roof the price of coal has gone through the roof so and gas has gone through the roof so what's the alternative many people do rely on Turf I don't, I don't burn Turf but there are many many households in Donegal that do burn it both for heating and for cooking so I think the people are just going to get fed up with them and they'll make up their own mind and they will continue to continue to do what they've always done for century and I mean I think it's got to the stage where some people might think it's got to be a dictatorship where they've got to do this, they've got to do that they've got to do the other you know but that's my point of view and I think that many many people would likewise would think the same thing so what the government is effectively saying is look if you have a Turf yourself you can cut your own Turf and burn your own Turf they're effectively saying look we aren't banning the burning of Turf by people who have a bit of Turf and have a bit of bog and you know go and cut the bog every year as so many people in Donegal do and then burn their Turf what they're trying to stop is selling that Turf on now I'm not sure how many huge commercial operations there are selling Turf in Donegal I know there are several people that will maybe go around the neighbourhood with a couple of sacks of Turf and they'll sell it to their neighbours they'll sell it to their friends I'm not sure there's a huge amount of big high-action commercial activity taking place in Donegal with locally cut Turf No I realise of course that the you know I don't really think that there's people in big business that are selling Turf commercially I think it's just a small group or individuals of the cut excess Turf for instance and sell off a few bags and go around the doors and as I said as many people don't own dogs or don't own a Turf plump and yet rely on the purchase of Turf so essentially that's going to be denied as far as the government is concerned Coro says I've never burned anything else looks like the man who I buy my Turf from is suddenly going to be my long lost son and I suspect that's going to be taking place in Donegal Yeah, well at the end of the day people are going to do what they're going to do and you can't really do anything really Kenneth thanks indeed for speaking to us and for sharing your perspective with us it's an important one and you know I think this is one of those discussions we've been having the discussion for a long time but it's now effectively as of yesterday this regulation has been signed into law so as of now if you buy a sack of Turf from someone who calls to your front door you are technically breaking the law is that going to put you in prison? No it's not but I mean you know we're moving into a new territory I suppose with regards to this whole debate but for the moment Kenneth thanks very much indeed for speaking to us this morning Okay, no problem Thank you very much Thank you Kenneth Goodbye indeed, that's Kenneth there We were asking earlier about the prepay and will you get the 200 euro if you're on prepay caller says yes prepay power is getting the 200 as far as I'm concerned I am with them and we're told that we're getting it from today to the 11th of November so that's good news and yes another caller says for the caller that was worried about getting our 200 euro again exactly the same I'm a prepay power customer we have been alerted that we will get our 200 euro between the first and the 14th this caller saying we're going to get a long code that we can key in so says a caller there so glad to be able to confirm that that yes you will indeed another one says yes people with prepaid electric meters are entitled to the grant you were sent a code and you will enter that code into your meter so absolutely delighted to be able to confirm that well that's the 9th of noon show pretty much wrapped up for now just before you we go I just want to note the funeral took place over the weekend of Andy O'Boyle who was involved in this radio station back in the early days he was and it was interesting that today was the community garden information slot because Andy was involved in the very first garden community information slots on this radio station and it was quite clear over the weekend both from the wake in the funeral the love for which and Andy was held and just want to acknowledge his funeral at the weekend the contribution he made to setting up that community garden slot on this on the station and indeed the huge role Andy played over the years in the initial Highland Radio Bingo which at the time was supporting Donegal Hospice and again Andy absolutely was central to that particular process and he's someone that his family first and foremost obviously but we and all his friends will miss him breadfully as well just want to note as well that a first responders group that was established in Newton Cunningham to address the issue of waiting times for emergency services response is now operational the Newton Cunningham first responders it's a group of volunteers who have been trained to attend specific types of emergency calls such as cardiac arrests, cardiac chest pain stroke and choking when a person dials 999 the community does face that long waiting time issue and the community has done something about it Roddy Smith who is a lead paramedic at the Kenny ambulance base has been involved in intense training and the group is covering the area around Newton Cunningham Burt Kele Carrigan's and St Johnson and that could prove hugely important support indeed for that local community in and around the as we say Newton Cunningham Burt Kele Carrigan's St Johnson we wish that group all the best they've trained extensively and they're there as first responders and I have no doubt that lives will be saved as a result of that initiative and what could we say God bless the work and we wish you all the best that's it for the nine to noon show four today Tuesday the first of November we're back to do it all again tomorrow starting just after the nine o'clock news coming up next of course it's around the north west with John Breslin thank you very much indeed to Caroline Orr who produced and as always kept me on the straight and narrow thanks to Donna Marie for all her help as well thanks to all our contributors thanks to you for your calls for listening and for your ongoing support of this program we couldn't do it without you until tomorrow have a very good day hello hill 16 insurance how can I help you