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You were too busy chatting Bridget to fix the future. No, no, I'll turn this. I'll discuss off area. What's the serious point then? What's this, Jocelyn Crack, is six o'clock the savings build up to it or what is it? It's a storm, man. Yeah. It's going to be as bad as Aisha, Aisha. Aisha. Aisha, we're going on Aisha. But the problem is, you know, there's some trees that are sort of a wee bit ready to go, some poles ready to go, so I would still be pretty cautious out there. But listen, we haven't seen anything like Aisha for a long time, but still. And lots of people without power. There's some people who want to have power back to Thursday. That's wicked. Can you imagine? Sure, there's woodlands and there's Rathmoreland and there's different pockets throughout the Northwest. Yeah, and there's people too. Like I was chatting to a couple of people online who are not listening. I recognise the ESB doing the best they can, but they've got sleep apnea. Do you know the iPad machines? Yes, I... They've run on the power and it's completely throwing off their ability to sleep or relax. There is a battery in them, but they only last so long. Well, that's exactly it. You know, and then how do you charge them up? It's like your phone. So it has a lot of stuff. You know, we don't even know. We still rely on power, aren't we? But anyway, hopefully it's to say the ESB crews are doing what they can do. There you are. But the extent of the problems across Donegal, across the country, was so huge. We escaped it astonishingly. Our power stayed on and normally if a crow does a bang bang, it goes off. Yeah. I was saying earlier, Greg, our power came on at six o'clock yesterday, right? And it was like, I was boiling saucepan of water to make gravy for those potatoes, right? The lights came on. I thought, God, it was like... One in the lot, it was just for that second. You go, God, it's great. And then I realised, and I don't have to... I had the saucepan going with the gas, right? It says, I don't have to do this anymore. I can boil the kettle. And then Noah, he went into the bathroom. He says, the lights are working. And he says, look, even the bathroom lights working. And I says, the electricity is on. It's great. You know, the simple things, you know? So I feel for anybody who doesn't have it. Yeah, for sure. And I hope it gets on soon for them, all right? All right. You're right there. Thanks very much, Lee. OK, it is a couple of minutes past nine, but it's all good. It's all still part of the same show. Let's get the news update now with Dan and Marie Daugherty at, as I say, just after nine. Hi, Dan and Marie. Thanks, Greg. The country is facing a second named storm in just a matter of days with an orange wind warning to hit Donegal this evening. Jocelyn is set to bear down across Ireland today with the potential for more damaging gusts and travel disruption. An orange level warning will come into effect in Donegal, Mayo and Galway from this evening, while other areas will be impacted by yellow alerts at various times. Joanna Donnelly from Metair says we're in for another windy day. But those strong winds are really going to affect many parts of the country through this afternoon. I'm going to be particularly looking inland in the middle of the afternoon, you know, from around lunchtime onwards. So when you're out and about picking up the kids around that time, you can see strong winds across the centre of the country. Now the orange level winds coming a little bit later into the west and northwest, but strong winds. It's going to be a very windy day all day. As the cleanup from storm Asia continues, 57,000 premises are still without power. Over 60 of the outages remain in Donegal. Power restorations will be carried out today and tomorrow in the county with the longest estimated repair time scheduled for Thursday. Around 800 premises will be affected in Donegal. 178,000 homes, businesses and farms have been reconnected since yesterday. But Brian Tapley from the ESB Networks says there's still a lot of repair work for the crews to do. Unfortunately, we still have 57,000 homes, farms and businesses without power this morning. So crews are kind of gathered and ready to go again this morning. And with additional crews kind of moved into the most affected areas, in particular the northwest, in particular Donegal, Mayo, Li-Trump, Sligo and also Cavan have been particularly badly impacted by the storm. So a busy day ahead. 710 residential buildings were under construction in Donegal during December last year. In the 12 months prior, 613 new residential address points in the county were added to the geo-directory database. Donegal recorded a vacancy rate of 9.2% for December 2023, where the national average was 3.9%. The highest residential vacancy rate continues to be found in the west of the country, with Li-Trump at 12% recording the highest rate and Dublin having the lowest at 1%. Derek Keele is CEO of geo-directory and says both figures are signs of a non-functioning housing market. We see that Dublin has the lowest vacancy rate, 1% and then we see that Li-Trump has the highest vacancy rate of 12%. So in a real functioning housing market, you're probably looking for a vacancy rate in and around 4%, 5%, 6%, something like that. So Dublin is probably a little bit too tight and somewhere like Li-Trump still has room for people to take up this space. Government is finalising plans today to protect the use of notes and coins. The measures have been signed off by Cabinet and it will mean all supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies would have to accept cash as the goods they sell considered essentials. The use of physical cash has fallen from 20 billion from before the pandemic to 13.5 billion in 2022, while ATM usage has declined by almost 45%. For weather today, it will be wet and windy as storm Jocelyn tracks to the northwest. Very strong and gusty south-western winds will develop through the day with the strongest winds on coasts. It will be widespread rain during the morning and afternoon followed by scattered showers in the evening, highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees. That's all for now from Highland Radio News back again at 10 o'clock. It was a strange old show yesterday because we didn't really properly get an air-clifter at 10 and not able to provide as much information perhaps as I personally would have wanted to. But anyway, listen, we were all affected by that storm and as we said, there's another one on its way. We'll keep you up to date with what's going on there. As I said to Li just beforehand, hopefully it's going to be a great show and we'll see you there. Thank you very much. We'll keep you up to date with what's going on there. As I said to Li just beforehand, hopefully, not as bad as the one that came before, but still there's a lot of vulnerable infrastructure there that could be disrupted. So we'll have to be careful again if we are out on the roads this evening. Okay, we'll keep you up to date with all of that, everything that's happening, as we always do here on The Ninth and Noon Show. Just to remind you, if you want to pass on any information, pass on any comments, any views, raise an issue with us. 08 660 25000. 08 660 25000. That's the WhatsApp and text number. If you're outside the Republic 0035386625000, you can give us a call to an 074 9125000. That's 074 9125000 or email commonsatislandradio.com. And just to remind you that if you are, perhaps you work from home or you're in the house during the day, you can watch us on your big screen. It's no point watching them discussing some stuff on some other channel some other far off contrary. We'll keep you up to date with what's happening here across Ireland and beyond. You can open up the YouTube app on your smart TV or your Fire Stick and type in Highland Radio Ireland. Boom, we're live. Good to have you. Or you can take us on that up with your mobile devices as well. And we're on Facebook, Highland Hub, Highland Radio News & Sports. So no excuse not to stay with us. Okay, let's run through the newspapers for this Tuesday morning. And we'll start with the Irish and Depend. And a lot of people out there, very keen to see cash to remain the king as they would see it. And in fairness to this government and one minister in particular, they seem to determine to secure its future in that regard. Though I do note that... I do note and I don't want to be negative that the... Obviously the Donegal are playing cork in the league and it's cash only. You have to... Sorry, it's ticket... You have to buy your tickets in advance. There's no cash on the turnstiles at all, which is really quite unfortunate. And my understanding isn't a moment to correction unless things have changed. My understanding is that the cantees can take cash for the league games and return it to headquarters if they want to. I was watching a public accounts committee meeting and I am almost 100% certain that someone in the GEA said that there is that ability if they want to do it now. We heard from the new chair of the GEA that there's an issue in terms of governance and accountability and all that kind of stuff. Not an issue, but to ensure that the highest standards are met, I get that. But it just seems to be another season starting. It's prior advanced ticket purchases only. So if you're an older person and you don't have access to your local wherever the tickets are available or if you can't go online, you can't just go up to the game and pay to go in and watch Donegal for your cork. It's not quite disappointing. But anyway, as I say, in fairness to the government they get a lot of criticism but they do seem to want to retain cash. Grocery shops and pharmacists will have to accept cash as part of a new plan to keep physical money in the economy. Supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies will have to take cash under law changes resulting from public consultation of the national payment strategy which is currently underway. It comes as third party companies which operate ATMs may be forced to have one or 20 euro notes available as the central bank will have power to set and impose rules on them. Banks will be forced to keep specific numbers of ATMs in certain regions under plans being signed off by cabinet today. There will have to be a minimum number of ATMs per 100,000 people and the proportion within 10 kilometers of an ATM or a cash service such as banks or post offices. The responsibility for keeping the designated number of ATMs will be with the three main retail banks AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB this under plans from Finance Minister Michael McGrath. Now obviously two banks closed Ulster Bank and the other bank's name escapes me it will come to me in a moment but so obviously there's got to be a certain loss of ATMs. Well the government is saying that the banks that are still in the market the responsibility falls on them to ensure there are adequate ATMs per head of population. The new access to cash laws will aim to keep the number of ATMs at the same levels as they were in December 2022 to coincide with the retail banking review. Meanwhile grocery shops and pharmacies will have to accept cash as part of laws imposed later on this year. In the West 96.8% of the population is within 10 kilometers of an ATM. The figure stands at 97.8% in the Midlands and 99.1% in the Southeast. Now of course being within 10 kilometers of an ATM doesn't tell the full story. We know there can't be one on every corner but hopefully that satisfies a lot of people out there who are concerned about the future of cash and their cash being used on to the Irish times or accepted. The Garter investigation into the murder of Sophie Tuscan de Flantier will still result in a file being sent to the director of public prosecutions. Despite the death of T suspect Ian Bailey Garter sources have insisted sources said the DPP would still review the file and decide on whether charges would have been pursued if Mr Bailey who died of a suspected heart attack last weekend was still alive. They said they believe the DPP's office would make a final determination on Mr Bailey's chief suspect after a Garter review of the case was fed into the criminal investigation. Now I don't know whether Mr Bailey was responsible for that murder or not. But that being said you know he is dead now, he's passed away now and I suppose if the DPP says well that was the person we were going to pursue and there's no other lines of inquiry well that's that case closed and it sits on him from then on whether that's right or wrong as to say I don't know. That being said at least one if not both of the documentaries did throw up all the scenarios or the people of interest are they going to be pursued or is that it now that they can say well listen it was Mr Bailey we believe it was we would have preferred charges on him end of story so it remains to be seen if you have a view on that 08 660 25000 well this source added a final decision by the DPP had the potential to offer closure to Ms Tuscon the Plantier's family and for widespread public concern especially in West Cork to be laid so again as I say if it is stuck on him whether it was him or not it makes it all go away doesn't it from an authorities perspective and it gets the French off the Irish government's back as well because they were for a long time saying look we believe it was he can you extra light him and the Irish government declined to perhaps some good news in terms of illness diagnosis on the front of the Irish Daily Mail a simple blood test can detect Alzheimer's disease up to 15 years before symptoms begin which experts say will revolutionise diagnosis a major trial found the test which is already commercially available was as accurate as the gold standard for diagnosing Alzheimer's for the first time doctors were able to say if a person had a high medium or low chance of having the disease ruling out the need for further invasive procedures it is set to make Alzheimer's as easy to detect as issues such as high cholesterol the HSC estimates there are currently 64000 people with dementia in Ireland and by 2045 that number is likely to be 150,000 patients could expect results within days of visiting their GP rather than the years it currently takes to get a diagnosis which I suppose that does it all sounds very positive in terms of management or awareness or what have you so hopefully that's one of those stories that is as important as it reads on to the Irish Daily Star now the state is over-reliant on tourist accommodation and is using 20% of available beds across the country for refugees and asylum seekers the industry has claimed it's been suggested that the use of beds in hotels being bees and other types of tourism beds is costing the industry 1.1 billion euro the government has been using hotel beds for both Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers over the past number of years as part of its emergency response to the growing number of arrivals Elaine Fitzgerald Cain chair of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation told RT that the government is over-reliant on tourism accommodation to house refugees obviously the statistics show that for every 1 euro spent by a tourism or on tourism accommodation it results in 250 in auxiliary spending so it's not just the tourism sector I presume retail and other areas are losing out they say it's 20% nationally it's much greater right across this county that we're broadcasting from Donagol I think it was at one point over 50% it would be interesting actually to get an update on those figures I think this is one of those stories that I think it's very important that it's being covered and anyone living in a certain environment in this country deserves not to so this is in no way saying that these people shouldn't be getting the attention and what have you that they are but as I read this story and as I was listening to this story it's incredibly reminiscent of the situation here in Donagol particularly people living in houses with defective concrete the houses are cold, they're hard to heat there's a significant issue with damp there's a significant issue with rising damp black mould and what have you to the top guy in terms of respiratory good health or treatment in this country and he said particularly children older people anyone that are living in those properties with black mould on the walls cold damp environment they are far more likely to suffer from respiratory illnesses such as asthma or it could exacerbate what they already have there was never I don't think an official study done into that we know it but as I say it's kind of somewhat anecdotal but there's been a study and it'd be very interesting if a GP's practices in a show and did something similar to this and I know it's not just in a show but that's perhaps where the strongest concentration of people living in bad houses is but anyway down to Dublin and I don't begrudge them the coverage I would just like to see something similar done up here residents living in all over Bond flats in Dublin have doubled the chance of catching respiratory diseases because of mould in the properties a new study has found at Trinity College report analysed data from GP practices of respiratory illness in Oliver Bond has one of the largest and oldest complexes in Dublin City against nearby addresses and the study found respiratory ill health occurred at roughly double the rate compared to elsewhere in D8 I wonder are there any courses or even maybe transition year courses or whatever it might be because it doesn't seem the state will do it that could maybe contact GP's in a show and how would you find out if the clients had defective concrete I don't know but I would say the same situation would arise here that people living in these cold damp mouldy houses are at least going to be the same as those in Dublin twice as likely to suffer from ill health, respiratory ill health which can stick around if a young person's lungs are affected in that way it can harm them even after they come out of that environment. Finally to the Irish Daily Mirror Cresh Attack Hero Leanne Flynn Keough is now out of hospital she confirmed that she left the matter hospital in central Dublin just before Christmas it came after she suffered serious injuries in the assault at Gelsko Colas de Moura on the city's Parnell square east November 23 Ms Flynn Keough and three children suffered injuries in the attack a five year old girl still in hospital recovering from her injuries but the two other children were released on the night of the attack. 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I'm okay Kieran right so talk to me about this call that you received I've got a call from he's actually a neighbour of mine but he was working in Leta Kennedy his mum lives down the bottom of my lane and she had her TV exploded in the house and knocked her across the floor so he wanted me to pop in she thought it was she was panicked and thought her house was very late now so he said me would I go down but I said I'm not there at the minute Johnny but as soon as I call home I'll check up on her so on my way home I locked over my shoulder and I could see my own house up in smoke and when I got the length of her house her house her house locked fame so I come rest on up there to my own house and out from the back of her house locked ground when I got her into the front it was already smoked with Bella and out of the porch and and sorry I should have said right at the beginning this is my fault not yours Kieran yesterday houses were struck in Newton Cunningham by lightning so did the lightning strike both all houses at the same time or do you know what happened how did it did you get a sense of what happened well I don't really know because I was traveling in Egypt I was over in Milan and I was I was coming over but some of the locals that more or less found that there was one strike a lightning and it sparked off two forks and it had both houses at the same time you know unbelievable stuff so what damage was done to your property oh well I lost I probably have lost a roof the more than half of the roof was on fire and the front porch is gone the roof of it's gone and that's mainly with the fire the lightning and of course the damage from the water damage and all but they did get it from the fire but you were very very good they got it under control pretty quick but of course you've got the fire what we use to tackle the fire causes further damage but you know that's just the way it is that's not to blame anyone but it's the fire and smoke damage and then of course the water and your neighbour's house how badly has her house affected her house has very very badly damaged the old roof's gone first and second floor's gone and that's very badly damaged that's where a brand new house and then there was a third house there was a third house that was damaged it's all the electrics that were affected that's right they blew the electricity right there out of the water you could see where the burnt tracks down the walls yeah that's the neighbour he was in between the two of us in the bowl room in between the two of us and do you know what when the lightning struck your house did that actually cause the fire do you think it was a damage to the electrics or did the lightning strike itself spark a fire it's quite possibly possibly don't always think it may have went in and there's an old unused telephone wire into the house a copper wire and I think it may have travelled in it that's interesting because I have one of those myself and I'm sure a lot of people do once you get the fire in or whatever you're going to leave that attached don't you yeah yeah yeah what are you going to do now Kieran you're waking up I'm not sure if it's all sunken for you and your neighbours but what are you going to do now Kieran oh well I said we actually don't know where to start because what the well is so bad is we have a vulnerable coming down this morning to see what they can do to even help us we're the hole in the roof in the meantime prepare now for this next storm and if it was in the summer time you're just what you're starting to pull off the roof and the re-roof you know but you can't really do that this time of year no and you know you're not able to stay in the house I take it well we stayed last night here in where we call the diamond room there's a slog burning it doesn't heat no water so we were able to keep up and it was quite warm and snug but we you can only manage that for a couple of days because we have no running water no electricity all that has been cut off so do you know what you want to do the water tanks do you know what you want to do Kieran or we don't know yet what we're going to do we've got a lot of people sure they're offering you places to go but the very fact that we have animals here dogs and horses and we can't just head off and you know what I mean leave them so we probably wouldn't have to stay but yes it's rotten especially at the bad time of year and you know and as bad as it is there's another storm coming so even in terms of doing some remedial work that's complicated but it's going to be a long it's going to be a long haul for you Kieran and your neighbors your neighbors house is destroyed as well ah God lover they had the beloved house and the old things gone I mean as I said the first and second floor got the roof gone that's desperate to lock it to see the smaller brick and to see the houses more our houses grand here we'll get our houses in two stages step up you see so there was three two bedrooms and a bathroom not affected and the sun room wasn't affected and then you step down and there's a kitchen and dining room and two bedrooms above that down they're affected you know so but then there's no electricity no water and all this whole place is kind of useless at the moment and as you say with the animals as well that need care in terms of yeah well maybe try maybe get a mobile home or something brought into the yard maybe I might get the airspeed to connect the lane to it you know so that's the only way we try that but it's also early days isn't it you're all just trying to work it through and come to terms with stuff well listen I mean no one was injured Kieran in this incident but obviously that is to be welcome but it doesn't tell the full story of the emotional impact and the disruption it's going to have on the lives for the next while at least yeah definitely because my wife works in the bakery Scampello's bakery and if he hadn't rang her to tell her to come in to work because she had been off all morning because there were no electricity yeah she wouldn't have phoned her to say to come in to work we would have been a way out wasn't an error can it and it would have been gone completely only do you understand what I mean I was able to use the alert hours before you know and I suppose the fire service came to maybe three instances that split their resources as well were they able to tackle fires at both premises Kieran the dead yeah but when I was phoned them I thought I was the first and when I was stuck because I'm about 300 yards off the laneway but I could see the fire brigades coming but then they all turned up to the other way over to Debbie because they all thought it was that one house so I had to ring back a second time and order a fire brigade to my address to give them my area code but then there really was two houses up so then within not very long the third or fourth fire brigade came up to me all right listen Kieran I'm sorry for everything that you're going through and I suppose we've a lot to be thankful for but there's an awful lot for you to deal with as well but Kieran hopefully everything gets sorted really quick and stay in touch with us if there's anything we can do to help we're going to return to that story with Councillor Paul Canning in a moment but I just want to quickly go to Siobhan Nguyen who's regional manager central region at ESB networks thanks for rejoining us Siobhan good morning to you I can't hear you Siobhan if you just unmute for me please I really appreciate that thank you very much indeed so you're still muted there yes there we are there we are right okay so listen it's amazing work that your teams have been doing Siobhan over the last while still the work to get everyone reconnected continues the work continues absolutely we've made good progress overnight we've restored power to about 178,000 customers so we currently have 57,000 customers across the country without power in the Donegal region we have approximately about 8,000 customers make up of that so the crews have been out since first light again working to restore power to as many people as we can we've also redeployed a lot of our resources from other parts of the country power has been restored so up towards the north west and the west of the country some people are getting estimates of electricity not back until Wednesday and in some cases Thursday now that is guidance and I've found generally speaking the power returns quicker than the estimate but is it the case that some might be without power for as long as the website's suggesting it is unfortunately so as you say it is guidance so it's our best estimate at the moment it's difficult to give accurate estimates when you're in the middle of storm restoration particularly I suppose the weather hasn't been kind to us either yesterday we had quite a lot of wind and lightning to contend with particularly up in Donegal so again we're hoping for a better day today but with the weather warnings coming in that might be the case so it is likely that there will be people without power over the coming days but obviously we're doing our best to restore as quickly as possible. We've been contacted by people who are reliant on medical equipment Siobhan can they make contact with ESB is there any provision for certain places to be prioritized if there is a requirement to have access to power or do you have to just work through the problems as they arise? We do have a register of vulnerable customers so people using medical equipment if they've registered on our system they will be tagged and so if we're aware of that we will do our best to take that into account when we're restoring power but again I suppose given the number of faults it can be quite difficult to ensure that you restore power to people in that situation so I would advise them just to make sure that they have a backup supply if they have equipment in the house that they're relying on. Of course as you mentioned and finally Siobhan it's a very fluid situation with a good wind and I don't mean that literally obviously but it's an old metaphor you would hope to have the majority of homes reconnected in Donegal by when? As we've got as many tonight but again we're looking into tomorrow and possibly Thursday depending on again on the weather that comes in this evening so that's going to be a big factor in terms of how many people we can get power restored to over the next couple of days. Thank you very much for your time that's Siobhan Wynne there regional manager with Central Region at ESB Network so not fantastic news I suppose if you're getting predictions of power not returning to tomorrow or Thursday but there is another storm to contend with just bearing down on us almost as we speak we'll return now to Newtown Cunningham Councillor Paul Canning is with us Paul I appreciate your patience Siobhan is sort of like a daisy chain of interviews so thank you very much for being so patient we heard from Keir and there and what others are going through it's horrendous isn't it? Yeah it's terrible you know what I mean and like it's devastating for the families and you heard Keir in there firsthand and he was trying to make light of the difficulties that he has there and fairness to him and he's a positive person and he will get it he will get himself sorted the community will roll on behind those families and do whatever they decide to do and give them a help on hand you know it was terrible the way the whole thing worked out like that those buildings are a half a mile apart and the three of them there was a serious lightning strike at about a half three yesterday evening I was driving through Newtons Street at the time and it shook the whole of the village you know and it was unbelievable like it was scary what actually happened you know and it's one of them situations you know that you don't know how did they do it You're right because you know we fear the worst obviously sometimes when there's real severe weather warnings there are people vulnerable to flooding unfortunately across our region it's unacceptable to wind but lightning strikes we can't be prepared for that and for two houses to be so extensively damaged and a third family facing a nightmare too and getting their internal wiring resolved it really is unusual and we can't really prepare for it No we can't prepare for it and the house that has been extensively damaged just as respect she's after texting me so she's willing to go on and speak with you so whenever I come up here I'll give you her number and you can give her a ring and you'll hear the inside story from her they were in the house so she'll give you a better idea of what actually happened Is there any role and we appreciate that Paul is there any role do you think for the council in helping these families at this point or obviously no one's going to leave them hanging but there's private properties they have to work with the insurance companies and source their own builders and what have you There's a role you know and I know the red tape that's involved with council and local authorities and they can't be you know they can't be selective as to who they help but there is a role for us as a community to get behind these families and do whatever you know and there will have to be a major cleanup done on after the bulbs have been assessed and cleared for savoury so we have to wait until that happens and as you heard from Cairn the weather is going to be difficult to deal with but I know from past experience and in the community that the community will roll behind them and they will help them and whatever they need but we have to and I'll be speaking to them today we have to take it from that but even if there is financial support dated will not be found one another in relation to that and I've already got offers from people like a former employee of your own Emma Rose Callan has offered the Greenham Hotel as accommodation and we have offers from St Bunce de Paul and offers from the general public that are already willing to get behind behind us in these situations and I think it is something I know I'm going to have to but I think it is something we need to do within our community to set up some form of a disaster fund that locals can donate on a weekly base rather than just whenever something like this happens because as all villages in all small towns we do have a number of people that could be doing with their help on a regular basis and I think it is an own space in order have done that and I think it is something we do need to look at but in relation to your original question regarding the local authorities and stuff like that it is very difficult for them to be selective as to who because everybody needs support I get that Thank you very much for your help I do appreciate it take care of yourself Councillor Paul Canning there and for those of you watching the program on whatever device you choose to we're showing the map here now and you can see off to the left here off to the left moving in towards us is the latest storm front which seems to just almost glance the north west but that doesn't mean we aren't going to get really strong winds but not at the level of Aisha it would seem okay we're going to get an update on the roads and what is the situation in that regard after we take this break stay right way while we'll be back with you in just a couple of moments Brian Cannon director of roads and transport with Donagore County Council will be joining us watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at HighlandRadio.com with a simple press of a button your alarm can be set or on set or download the free app and control it from your phone call us today on 07 for 912 6025 and get your alarm from 299 euro stay local stay safe and protect what you value most with Sheridan security systems General directors then our family take care of your family and guide you through a difficult time if you need a new laptop enjoy super fast performance and 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relates to how the council are dealing with road closures and all that type of stuff so Brian is going to be rejoining us and we'll be back in a moment technically just has to be sorted and it will be keep your calls and comments coming into us by the way 086 60 25000 086 60 25000 or give us a call on 074 9125000 it is the 9 till noon show and as I say we're trying to keep you across everything that's happening in the region and beyond who pays the council sorting the trees taxpayer or the landowner asks the listener ESB workers who've been tirelessly working to keep us safe a massive thank you to you and I can't reiterate that enough and lots of people message me privately on social media asking me on their behalf to thank the council workers and indeed the ESB crews for the work that they have been doing okay right let's get an update on the roads Brian Cannon director of roads and transport with Donegal County Council a lot of bowls in the air here Brian one thing that switches the mic off from another but anyway it's good to have you on the show hopefully you can hear me your teams have been at all main roads at this point cleared with one exception is that correct that's correct Greg our crews worked on the roads on a priority basis over the course of Sunday evening for a period and then yesterday all main roads have been reopened with the exception of the R238 in Cairndonna at Ard Colgan which is blocked due to fallen utility wires and the diversions in place and just I mean you know when we talk about a tree blocking the road people might think it's a branch or a small tree or what have you but I mean even just in relation to the one tree which I saw firsthand and that was the tree that fell across the road Carragart to Remalton it was massive like and a day's work to clear it and then cart it off as well you know some of these trees that have come down are really really really big look to Greg and we always rise our public and our workers or go through various safety briefings etc the hidden dangers as well there could be a utility wire entangled in that or there could be a fence that maybe has been tensioned to a point that whenever the branches cut it could spring you know so there's a lot of dangers there and in reality tackling the job like that you need to be trained and competent for those very large for those very large trees now there are still some local roads that remain blocked due to trees or utility issues and in one case I'm aware that we've made a decision to close a road because there's a structure adjacent the road that's dangerous after being damaged by starvation there's potential that could be further collapse of that structure over the course of the next event which road is that did you mention that road that's why it's important for okay now I mean obviously that the winds being forward cast for this latest storm aren't as severe as issues but you never know these things can change in in in hours but fingers crossed the but that doesn't mean the dangers are over because you know there are going to be some trees and what have you that could be on the brink you know that haven't yet gone to change it in in wind direction could be enough to toss them so I think even though we're outside of a red warning at this point for this evening I'd be really really cautious travelling on on the roads out there especially you know not especially but you know with back roads and what have you where the dangers may not have been spotted yet would you agree Brian absolutely agree Greg what what we find actually on Sunday evening was in advance of the red war and during the orange period we had multiple trees the very large blockage on the regional road leaving letter Kenny towards Remelton just past arena 7 that that came down during the orange period and I think unfortunately as we have learned of various tragedies around the country and they all allowed them and they're travelling during these events is very dangerous so I would advise and agree with what you're saying is that you know this evening during the orange period maybe plan ahead and don't travel this absolutely necessary all right well listen thanks for the update and to pass on in person the thanks that I've been been asked to pass on to the teams out working on the trees and the ESB crews as well I know you're going to have to work closely with them and those that are responsible for the the broadband network as well because a lot of these problems are literally intertwined so hopefully everyone remains to stay safe it's a testament to their professionalism I think and their training that that we've managed to stay safe so far and again thanks for all the hard work from your teams Brian okay thanks and Greg and I'd just like to be joining that with the utility crews and our staff that have worked over the periods and some people just to deal with the response and who are preparing for storm jostling as well and it's after 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going to be so bad but today and tonight we're into sort of yellow and orange warnings again desi how are you getting on good morning to you I'm doing great I'm doing alright desi what part of the world are you in I'm in the crossroads garden here right okay and what was that did you get a sense of how bad the weather was as it was emerging I was I knew it was bad enough I but I went down to my sister's house roughly about half it I was down under there and I kind of realized that the one was getting up but it seemed to kind of it came all of a sudden that the real high wound about 10 to 9 that's when we noticed the ratio in the front garden yeah and we're looking at that chef now I mean this is a significant piece of a structure isn't it it's like literally lifted up smashes against a part of your house and ends up in your front garden virtually intact well if you're looking closely and it's not intact as roughly as roughly about 30 foot between a foot I came from four doors or four four doors up I would say roughly about traveling 300 yards and I came through a neighbor's garden I came through my brother's garden I'd come through a field next to my house I would come into my garden and that landed against the telegraph fallen in my garden clipped off the side of my house just this fountain was broken a bit of slits is damaged in the face it was damaged slightly I see it was secured where it's at I see a strap on it yeah yeah the guy that owned it he came down when the one died down maybe every two o'clock or thereabouts and he strapped it just to make sure it wouldn't go any further because it would have been dangerous if it went any further and cars on the road and then there was a cremary across the road so once it was tied down it wasn't really going to go much further at that point and this could have been actually a very different story because you and your other half were out in the front garden a little earlier on no I wasn't actually my wife Arlene she was out with the dog took the dog out to do business in the garden and literally she came into the house and went into the front separate room and literally locked out the window and there the shade was trapped up against the telegraph fall at that point so literally a few minutes she was out there a few minutes before her oh it's a shocker it's a shocker and the owner of the shed too I mean that's an expensive piece of equipment lost there as well right okay so thankfully thankfully no one was injured but quite a bit of damage done is the property damaged Desi my own property not too bad just the corner of the gable house with the spout and those in the facey board a couple of slits the damage not could have been a hell of a lot worse so thankfully no one injured all right listen thanks for your time I appreciate it thank you very much indeed and for those of you who are watching the program were seeing a picture from some time ago it's a very significant tree it's called the big tree that's what it's known as and it was located at O'Donnell Park and it was lost to storm Isha it's gone John Haren's chair of St Union's GEA club John I mean it is a tree but you know these things tend to get well known and what have you I'm sure loads of people have lots of pictures and memories of it it's gone now that's a great the big tree is gone the storm took it away so yeah a lot of sad faces and a lot of memories gone from St. Union's I suppose Greg that becomes synonymous with O'Donnell Park and what's the training area where loads of our teams trained in the Sunday morning academy took place out there and anytime there were splitfaces on you know the backpacks would have been full with children taking part boys and girls and you know there was always great fun around the big tree there was quite a bit of a mound up to it so you know they were running up and down and they were trying to climb it and run around it and just especially Greg and they had brilliant fun at it and it just always you know it's always a place of joy and happiness and unfortunately it's gone you know. I mean if trees could talk it would have some memories and some stories it's seen some crack over the years and it looks like it must have been dying or susceptible John given the way it broke off there I don't know I'm not a tree. Absolutely Greg yeah it seemed to be dead for a number of years I suppose there was controversy what's the big tree Greg you know come back come back to maybe around 1996-1997 when the club had purchased that land you know and the redevelopment began I suppose the modern O'Donnell Park so we had closed the main pitch where the main pitch is now the old pitch and we started redeveloping out the back for the training pitch and I think it was around 1996-1997 Michael Gibbons former president there principal of Class D'Agliet, Mickey he was the chairman of the time and he added to some of the older members of the committee you know back then and there was a lot of meetings about the tree because I suppose at that stage Greg St. John's didn't own that land so that tree had you know had no real attachment or history to St. John's it was just about tree in a field next to O'Donnell Park so when the redevelopment was starting and they were railing you know the roundabout went there at the bottom of Bally McCool and the new Anson St. John's Park and all that was happening at the same time and I think there was the committee was strict around the middle whether they just knocked that tree because they said it had no real sentimental value to St. John's at that stage but I suppose it wasn't an iconic tree and you know a lot of history was maybe the reports have been between 300 and 500 years old and it was part of the old Bally McCool estate not a fight but arguments amongst club members at the time because it would have meant the realignment of that back pitch would have been closer to the main road and would have given us more space and other parts to do all the things but I think Mickie Gibbons was chairman at the time and I think Mickie said no we'll keep the tree and you know it was probably approved to be a wise move because it has turned into that iconic tree and I suppose it's for the children that have come behind you know that it has become iconic for the last 25 years because they have grown up they have known nothing else only that big tree to Donald Park where people of my generation you know all their underage football was over McGovern Street where Ola is now and even further on over to where the track is you know so as I said for a certain generation of St. John's people that tree had nothing to do with the Donald Park but for the younger generation say 25 or 30 that's all they have ever known so yeah a lot of history and a lot of memories are false is that what you're saying I would only risk that one when there's quite a bit of space between me and you John come here okay listen maybe people of memories and they might want to share us John listen thanks very much for joining us I do appreciate it it's another wee piece of more contemporary history lost but many memories there nonetheless thanks John thanks Greg take care of yourself John Hiren there chair of St. Union's GEA club we'll be back with more and share your memories if you 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of days with an orange warning set to hit Donegal this evening storm Jocelyn will bear down across the country today with the potential for more damaging gusts and travel disruption an orange level warning will come into effect in Donegal, Mayo and Galway from 6th the evening other areas will be affected by yellow alerts over the course of the day Joanna Donnelly from Mejairin says we are in for another very windy day but those strong winds are really going to affect many parts of the country right through this afternoon and we'll be particularly looking inland in the middle of the afternoon you know from around lunchtime onwards so when you're out and about picking up the kids around that time you can see strong winds across the centre of the country now the orange level winds coming a little bit later into the west and northwest but strong winds it's going to be a very windy day all day as the cleanup from storm Asia continues meanwhile 57,000 premises are still without power across the country over 60 separate power outages remain across Donegal with 8,000 homes and businesses affected power restoration will be carried out today and tomorrow with the longest estimated repair time scheduled for Thursday for around 800 premises on today's 9 to noon show ESP networks both persons Siobhan Wem said they're working to restore power to all customers but she said weather continues to have an impact currently have 57,000 customers across the country without power in the Donegal region we have approximately 5,000 customers it's difficult to give accurate estimates when you're in the middle of storm restoration particularly I suppose the weather hasn't been kind to us either yesterday we had quite a lot of wind and lightning to contend with particularly up in Donegal so again we're hoping for a better day today but with the weather warnings coming in that might be the case so it is likely that there will be people without power over the coming days but obviously we're doing our best to restore it as quickly as possible 710 residential buildings were under construction in Donegal during December of last year in the 12 months prior 613 new residential address points in the county were added to the geodirectory database Donegal recorded a vacancy rate of 9.2% for December 2023 the national average was 3.9% the highest residential vacancy rates continued to be found in the west and north west litrum at 12% recorded the highest rate Dublin had the lowest at 1% Derek Yeo is CEO at geodirectory he says both figures are signs of non-functioning housing markets we see the Dublin has the lowest vacancy rate 1% and then we see that litrum has the highest vacancy rate of 12% so in a real function in a housing market you're probably looking for a vacancy rate in and around 4, 5, 6% something like that so Dublin is probably a little bit too tight and somewhere like litrum still has room for people to take up this space Irish Development Agency says Ireland has a legal obligation to prevent genocide in Gaza it says the government is duty bound under the UN genocide convention to assess whether there is a risk the genocide is being committed says calling for a ceasefire is no longer enough under this convention any country that has a party to it must do everything in its power to prevent the risk of genocide so we are saying the Irish Government must act urgently as the Israeli military is currently killing an average of 250 Palestinians per day in Gaza and one in four people in Gaza are facing immediate risk of starvation and government is finalising plans today to protect the use of notes and coins the measures being signed off by cabinet will mean all supermarkets convenience stores and pharmacies would have to accept cash as the goods they're selling are considered essentials the use of physical cash has fallen from the world before the pandemic to 13.5 billion in 2022 ATM usage has declined by almost 45% independent TD Michael Healy Ray is welcoming the government plans but says they don't go far enough absolutely not cash is a legal tender there is nothing wrong or untoward about people having cash and wanting to pay for services true cash not everybody is into credit cards not everybody wants to have them but I believe this is a step in the right direction weather forecast wet and windy storm Jocelyn tracks across the north west very strong and gusty south westerly winds developing through the day with the strongest winds on coasts there will be widespread rain during the morning and afternoon followed by scattered showers in the evening top temperatures 11 to 13 degrees celsius strong winds continuing for a time tonight with the very strong and gusty south west to west winds easing as the night goes on scattered showers at first becoming isolated as the night goes on lowest overnight temperatures 6 to 8 degrees celsius tomorrow Wednesday mainly dry showers isolated moderate to fresh westerly winds at first steadily easing during the day becoming light south southerly later highest temperatures tomorrow 7 to 9 degrees celsius and that's Highland Radio News we're back with headlines at 11 check all of today's news on our website HighlandRadio.com Good morning The obituary notices this Tuesday morning January 22nd The death has taken place of Briny Doherty Devlin Ray Carigart His remains will repose at his late residence from four o'clock this afternoon funeral from there on Thursday going to the church of St John the Baptist Carigart for rakeway and mass at 11 o'clock and term it afterwards in the adjoining cemetery mass can be viewed live on Miva Parish Facebook page family time from 10 p.m. to 11 a.m. and on the morning of the funeral the death has taken place of Timmy McBride Anagry and Bun Beg His remains will repose at McLean's funeral home today from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. with rosary at 8 o'clock and tomorrow from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. followed by removal to his own home with rosary at half past 8 funeral on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the start of the sea church Anagry with burial afterwards in the adjoining graveyard the death has taken place of Thomas Wilkie, St. Norler, Letter Kenny and Garton Church Hill Jackie's remains will repose at the Eternal Light Chapel of Rest Mountain Top Letter Kenny from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today service of thanksgiving for the life of Jackie will take place in the Eternal Light Chapel of Rest Mountain Top tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock followed by interment in Garton Cemetery the death has taken place of Edward Eddie O'Cain late of 9 Clon Road Eglinton Bridget Neate McLaughlin of Glenagry Moville House Private Please funeral from W.J. O'Brien and son's funeral home 110 Clonny Road Eglinton this morning at half past 11 for 12 o'clock Rayquiem Math in St Mary's Church Tam Naharan interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery the death has taken place of Mary McGee, St. Oran's Road Bunkranna remains reposing at her late residence removal to St Mary's Church Cockhill for 7 p.m. this evening Rayquiem Math at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery House Private Please with the exception of close family friends and neighbours the death has taken place of Kieran Gallagher Station Road Chrysler, his remains are reposing at his home funeral Math in St. Michael's Church Chrysler tomorrow morning the death on mcnmedia.tv burial afterwards in Doe Cemetery Family Time Please from 10 p.m. tonight and before the funeral tomorrow morning the death has taken place of Neil Coyle 12 Glenside Straban and formerly of Derry reposing at his home funeral leaving his home tomorrow morning at 9.20 a.m. for Rayquiem Math in the Sacred Heart Church Derry Road at 10 a.m. interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Donations in Louis Fleur is pleased to kidney research care of quickly funeral directors Family Time Please from 11 p.m. tonight the Rayquiem Math can be viewed live via the parish webcam. The death has taken place in London on December 23rd of Aden Garvin formerly of Mulroy Glencar Road Letter Kenny reposing at his sister Mary's residence 32 Meadow Hill Kill Toy Letter Kenny today removal from there at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning going to St Union's Cathedral for 11 a.m. funeral mass which can be viewed live on ChurchServices.tv Private Cremation on Thursday at Lakelands Crematorium Cavern Family Time Please on the morning of the funeral. Donations in Louis Fleur is if desired to the Irish Heart Foundation care of Pascal Blake funeral director. The death has taken place of May Mulvahill New Ward family Karen Kilmackrennan remains reposing at her home Rayquiem mass tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. in St Columbus Church Kilmackrennan burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Math can be viewed on ChurchServices.tv Family Time Please from 11 p.m. and on the morning of the funeral. Family Fleur is only donations if desired to friends of Letter Kenny University Hospital care of any family member. The death has occurred of Patrick Patsy Collins, Carmel House, Salaha Grain, Letter Kenny. His remains are reposing at his late residence. Rayquiem mass this afternoon in St Union's Cathedral, Letter Kenny at 1 o'clock with burial afterwards in Cornwall Cemetery. Funeral mass can be viewed at St Union's webcam. Donations in Louis Fleur is to Donegal Hospice care of any family member. House Private Please this morning. The death has taken place of Marlene McShane and Marlene Connolly, 21 Colombian Terris Strabane reposing at her home. Rayquiem mass in St Mary's Church, Melmont is ongoing followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery. Donations in Louis Fleur is pleased to the Western Health and Social Care Trust, care of Quigley Funeral Directors. 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Hi Greg, there's a telegraph poll completely snapped at the base on the right side of the road. It's standing upright, but leaning against the ditch and totally out of the ground about two minutes outside car and Donna on the right hand side as you drive towards Maville. It's located in a dangerous bend just past an old stone shed that's had its roof blown off, so be careful on the approach there. Please tell people using done deal or any selling site to be very careful. Someone hacked into my account and was using my account to sell a house. Okay? There's no power on in Carrigan's village yet. I'm told and indeed there's 8000 premises which doesn't tell a full story. That's premises. That's not people, so there's tens of thousands of people without power out there. Greg about electricity outage. I think we shouldn't be reliant on outages. We need to keep an open fire one without a back boiler so we can use it and have a warm room in the house and candles or an oil lamp and a gas stove. Unfortunately, our government and Amy and Ryan wants to get rid of an open fire, but we cannot let them dictate to us what to do. The road between Rathmullen and Bonkranat is severely flooded. Please avoid that came in at quarter to ten. Just wondering what was the last secret stand as I missed what it was. The one running over Christmas New Year will pick a Christmas. I think it was running over two of them. It was when you go into a restaurant and order a toast. It comes with butter and sometimes it comes with a little white thing of jam or marmalade and you peel the lid off to access the little reservoir or jam or marmalade and it was pulling that lid off. Greg gets someone from air on phone lines down yet we're chasing up all the utilities to try and get information for you and when we have an air or one of the main suppliers that are down, unfortunately there's a lot of piggyback networks. For example, we have airs down, GOMOS down and there's a few others. Hi Greg, in relation to red warnings I thought it was late notice from Metairin. If a person didn't have social media they might not be aware of it. Too late. Social media highlighted the warning. Good if red warning is called which is highest warning in Ireland. Surely they could add as a breaking news to run along TV programs. Also maybe time we now install lightning rods to new homes like they do in other places. So if you have access I thought there was fair warning of the severity of so Misha but listen I respect your point of view as well. I think that the problem is is that we have yellow warnings all of the time and the odd orange warning and this is a point I was actually trying to make on social media that we get yellow and orange warnings all the time and it is a little bit of a boy cries wolf and then the next step up I'm not saying they shouldn't issue yellow warnings when they do but you know these colours like yellow it's going to be rainy but it is always rainy do you know what I mean orange it's going to be a bit more rainy but that might not lead to flooding and then there's this massive leap to red. I don't know if there's a better way of because as I say I was trying to as much as I feel it kind of is my responsibility to try and let people know that this red warning this is going to be a biggie here and I think that not that anyone needs me to tell that but you know sometimes we can be a little bit warning fatigued if that makes sense good morning Greg let's all reflect on how these storms and power outages are impacting the country and without electricity for those who are solely dependent on electricity should have outages be prolonged what about heat for those fortunate have kept their open fire they'll realise how vital it is to retain our open fires or stoves yet Aiman Ryan is anticipating to us in rural Ireland to change to electricity so hope these storms will make people think morning Greg and team I was not able to listen to you yesterday as my electricity was off I see the big tree toppled at St Unions have the club said yet what their plans are I hope it won't just be chopped into firewood surely it could be carved into some sort of sculpture or a wee bench not sure how much of it is left to make a sculpture it seemed to have been broken right down to the sort of the contemporary enough history there I didn't get a chance to ask John because the 10 o'clock news was bearing down on me but it's a good question and we'll find out of the course of the next wee while well we have two government TDs who should have the power and influence to get this GP surgery under survey undertaken in an issue on the health effects of defective concrete respiratory illness mental health if they were any good they have resigned their seats and cause a by-election on Micah anyway so I'm wasting the defective concrete crisis as Micah which I understand that and I try and interchange it so that I know some people annoys when it's just referred to as Micah because obviously we've learned now it's a much bigger problem than Micah but that's just become the type name and is what it is yeah I was mentioning just before nine there and this is maybe where this caller is coming from that there's a study that was done through GP services down in Dublin about accommodation that needs to be fixed for the people down there or but they're twice as likely to suffer with respiratory illness asthma and what have you because of the dampness the wetness the dampness the same thing isn't it the black and old and the coldness in the properties but that's exactly what hundreds and hundreds of people are experiencing across Donegal and I've heard anecdotally that people are having to get inhalers and what have you children with no history of asthma and no sort of hereditary situation that are now have respiratory problems and as I said in the first hour as well spoke to a health expert a respiratory long expert last year who said you know it's very dangerous it shouldn't be the case so maybe that's attack that we need to stop pushing even more than we already have been and I know there's been an awful lot of work done on this but what is the situation is there a study that can be done is there a GP out there that might lend their voice they might know anecdotally people that are coming into the surgery they might ask them you know what's your environment like maybe to just get some sense from someone other than me i.e. a professional as to the impact these homes are having on people's health maybe that will help to push things along we know but you get where I'm coming from that we can sort of say well this person said that oh that's what their belief is and so on and so forth okay right coming up after the news we've got information on thefts from cars in convoy and or foe attempted thefts of cars from cars in in Castle Finn burglaries in in Koldav criminal damage in Falkara the shore road Downing's sheep gone missing there and loads of other information that's coming directly from on God of Shea Khanna after we take this break stay right where you are 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for community guarder information and we're joined in studio today by Garda Sean Sweeney from the Bonkranagh Garda station Sean thanks so much for calling in morning Greg thanks for having me good we'll crack straight on it's a busy one two thefts from cars to begin with we'll start in convoy Sean yeah as in Ballybone convoy in the early hours of Saturday the 20th January between midnight and 6 a.m Carrot parked overnight in the driveway entry was gated it had been unlocked and some of cash and a purse containing cars was stolen so appeal to anybody who observed the specific activity of vehicles in the area make contact with letter Kenny 9167100 or the confidential line 18006611 and on to convoy now a similar crime yeah again this is Sunday the 21st of January between midnight and 9 30 a.m. the common room full a handbag a purse, some of cash and a number of shopping vouchers stolen no damage caused to the van again we're appealing for unusual activity of vehicles overnight Saturday or into Sunday morning please contact letter Kenny and also to a warning for people in the Castle Finn area to some information coming from there yeah number of residents in the Cecil Park in Castle Finn the recent attempts from testing the vehicles all the vehicles were unlocked and entries were leaked to be gained the gain is between midnight and 6 a.m. on Saturday the 20th January not more stolen from these vehicles repeal to anybody again suspicious vehicles or persons in the area Friday night Saturday morning contact letter Kenny this is a similar type of crime across a certain geographical area I mean do we have to be conscious that maybe people are going out and seeing this as a soft touch maybe an actively targeting vehicles in this way that's what appears to be at the moment look we're appealing to residents in the surrounding areas there if any of their vehicles have been tampered please report to us if we know we can link them all together and do something about it so number of owners we believe haven't contacted yet so we're asking if this has happened to you please contact letter Kenny these attempts to place in Castle Finn so under the cover of darkness so we're asking people make sure your car is unlocked at all times don't leave them unattended even as a park at home or in a public place and try to park in a well at the area if possible yeah okay don't leave anything in the car and keep it locked I know and sometimes I think because we are just human we think once the vehicles outside the house in some way there's this cloak of security that extends from the house to the car or the van but that's clearly not the case okay we'll be extra vigilant going forward if you believe your car was tampered with at any stage but particularly I suppose over the 20th 21st make sure to contact Guardi because that can help them that can help them in getting information and do you know there's great value to these there's different doorbells but these doorbells with videos on the trigger and record if they see an activity they're very very useful not just for the homeowner but I'm sure for the Guardi down the line as well looking for witnesses now in relation to an incident in Movil, Sean yeah this is Brita Glenn, Movil this is an early hours of Sunday the 21st of January approximately 1.10am that day two men entered a farmyard they were checking farmyard buildings they were disturbed and immediately left in the area not in Mstolen where our appeal is for anybody who travel in that area between 1.40am and 1.00am on that night who has dashcam footage please make it available again special activity or vehicles we ask people to make contact with us we're particularly interested in settings on dashcam footage of a white-style transit van that may have been in the area if you can contact Gary in Bonkranagh on 07493 20540 again the confidential line is 1.800 1.621 alright okay so a white van travelling in that area between well between any times at all but midnight 2am Guardi very interested in any information you might have now your colleagues in Bonkranagh investigating a burglary in Koldav yeah it's occurred at Don Ross Koldav between 7pm on Saturday the 20th January and 2pm on Sunday the 21st so entries gained a shed the lock was forced and a quantity of tools were stolen namely Makita a biscuit joiner which is green and black in colour an impact driver also green and black a number of batteries a charger and a Makita toolbox and a drill which is also green and black again if anybody observed any suspicious activity if they can assist of any relevant information please contact Bonkranagh on 20540 and presumably that includes this type of stuff quite distinctive being sold on any you know facebook marketplace or anywhere else that sells stuff like that too I mean you can do your bit keeping an eye out in those spots as well I mean it could well be being sold legitimately don't get me wrong but the Guardi can investigate that I'm sure criminal damage in Falkara now yeah it's happened at Ray in Falkara on Monday the 22nd of January approximately 2am to 20am the number of windows of the house were smashed and damaged caused to a couple of vehicles at the property the man was observed causing damage but he had his head covered so appeal to anybody who's in the area again dashcam footage make it available to Guardi or any information contact Guardi Mulford on 9153060 and just to recap too by the way the Guardi don't expect you to download the footage to cut it and whatever if you believe it caught something you make it available to them they download it and process it so it's very easy for the dashcam it's not a nightmare being created for you they just access the data and then use it as part of their investigation okay right the shore road now in Bonkrana yeah this is an incident of criminal damage by fire the shore road secured to the leisure centre in the shore road in Bonkrana Thursday the 18th of January at least 6 10 p.m. and 6 20 p.m. so four males three youths in one man were seen enter the building and left a short time later via the alia road in the direction of the railway road the window wing broken in the front door to gain entry and a number of items were satellite in the pool the fire was small and didn't get out of hands thanks to the fire service so appeal to anybody who travels in the areas of the shore road alia road and railway road between 6 p.m. and 6 30 p.m. that's on Thursday the 18th of January who has dashcam footage to make it available some cctv has been downloaded and it's been examined as present so we ask anybody who has saw these males on foot or has any information please contact Bonkrana on 93 20540 yeah and this is a really small time frame as well Thursday the 18th of January 6 10 to 6 20 but guardian trusted in 6 p.m. to 6 30 three youths and what appeared to be an adult male in that area it should jump out to people now I know the investigation is ongoing but any further information I'm sure will be really really useful okay as I said it's really quite specific stuff right now Downing's sheep missing yeah the test of 6 and lamb polly youths from the Gleeberry of Downing's it's between 4 p.m. on Wednesday the 10th of January and 10 30 a.m. on Thursday the 11th the youths have a green tag on the shoulder and an orange keel mark if anybody's any information in relation to the staff please contact Mulford on 5 306 right now we're talking about property being stolen and what have you and Guardian do as part of investigations do recover stolen property and often the challenge can be then getting that property back to its owner and having machinery and your stuff marked very very useful your colleagues in Bella buffet they're holding a property marking event soon aren't they? That's right Greg on Monday the January 29th at the marked it's between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. the property marking machine can be used in a number of surfaces including metal, carbon fibre, wood and plastic it uses a pattern of dots it makes it highly extinguished and in case you said if we come into some properties easy to return to the owner then this would be a good opportunity to probably mark your trailers etc with your aircoat and please be sure you have the correct aircoat you'd be surprised oh let's use mine and then I'll just load the trailers and power tools okay right now the ongoing recruitment campaign continues as I say it's ongoing and there's an information evening taking place in letter Kenny is that right or is it an information day? Yeah that's right a lot of Kenny shopping centre Wednesday the 24th of January between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. it's in relation to the latest recruitment campaign so we're happy to have to be several training there so anybody wants to ask them with the current training process if any questions or about information we also found at www.garter.a or you can call the station if any queries the closing date time for applications it's February the 8th at 3 p.m. and you can apply on publicjobs.a yeah and there's more information there and there's videos of the on the Garter website as well or different places of what say for instance the physical elements of it entails and all this is in the context of people now 35 to 50 being able to apply to become members of unguarded Shia Khanna right to a couple of questions and it kind of relates to this one lots of people maybe have convictions in their past and they might be concerned with that hinder their application to unguarded Shia Khanna what's the situation there Shia Khanna listener wants to know yeah look if you have a conviction yes you can apply for the GERD each application is dealt with on a case by case basis factors taken into consideration would be the length of time since your conviction the seriousness of the conviction and the amount of convictions you have yeah okay that makes sense another listener says I was recently a witness to an incident but I don't want to come forward to give evidence as it may result in sort of bounce back issues for my family can I give details really confidentially without ever being forced to give evidence in cause if I refuse then to give public evidence is there a punishment because the person is torn between speaking up and saying nothing and I think this comes up quite a bit Sean so interesting to get your answer here yeah look if you do make a witness statement you can be required to give evidence in relation to it the option if you want to give information anonymously there's a GERD confidential line and the number for that is 1800 treble 6 treble 1 you call you leave a voice message on the answer machine and they're doing so you're passing on the relevant information but it's totally anonymous and I think there's maybe not a confusion but different things here because there are certain things if you make an accusation or you witness something for a successful conviction to happen particularly if you're the only person that have witnessed it well then obviously you know your witness testimony would be very critical in that but in terms of passing on info that might be a part of a jigsaw to an ongoing investigation that's where the and if you don't want to get dragged into that not that the guards would but that's the feet of people might have that's where the confidential line comes and you leave it that's it a non right you came up through the poll star roundabout didn't you the Bongkranamana you wouldn't be used to roundabouts would you I sometimes go straight over so Alistair came in you'll have a green light on the roundabout to go and then you get a red light whereas there's lights this is what's different now there's light sort of around the roundabout do you have to stop in the middle of the road or the cars come then and the road is blocked yeah well the signals the poll star are on about share green time across four arms so and this is based on the volume of traffic at the arm at any time so you may require to stop at traffic lights at various points as you travel on or off the roundabout so if you may feel you've come to stop your blocking traffic you're not so long as you're in the correct lane so we advise motors familiar yourselves with the roundabout and don't feel anxious about using it the important thing is just to be the traffic signal so if you're in the correct lane and you're following the lights that's all you can do and I think the lights do account for people sitting on the roundabout if you know what I mean now there's always going to be a case whereby you know three vehicles you know two of them might belong and the back end the one might be obstructing a little bit but that is going to happen and you can't for it being in the right lane I think a lot of people still say coming in the road you did in off the four lanes and then heading out the remote and road they still tend some people to favour the inside lane there whereas as they come around that roundabout they should be sort of easing towards their left to be on the outside lane so that's I think sometimes where confusion come from but listen everyone's still getting used to it Sean alright listen thank you very much for your time as always that was a busy one a big thanks to Garda Sean Sweeney Garda station that's Community to Garda information there's a lot of information in there as well it'll be broken down of course across our news bulletins you can listen to it in its entirety again on our podcast re-watch it on our facebook 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supplies dependent on an electricity supply unless that's part of the problem but if we find anything out we'll let you know please pass along thanks to the ambulance service who drove through snow and ice on Friday to take me to casualty we take the service for granted they had to walk a quarter of a mile to get to me my house is not easy to get to the crew were both brilliant they don't get enough thanks thank you also to the taxi man who drove me home on Saturday I'm glad you're home and I hope you're feeling better yes that's amazing above and beyond isn't it to walk a quarter of a mile to get to the property to see to that person we are all thinking of the people whose houses were hit by lightning we take everything for granted well Debbie Nesbitt is with me now Debbie how are you keeping are you okay yeah I'm okay yeah okay your house I'm sure Debbie your house which you owned and your neighbour talked of how lovely a house it is it was struck by lightning and the house is pretty much devastated Debbie is it yeah it's pretty much pretty much ruined yeah it was basically I was in the house yesterday we were all I worked from home but you know we didn't have any electricity until lunchtime and the kids were off because of no electricity and then when the electricity did come back on I had no Wi-Fi so we weren't really working I was in cooking and I think I can only say it was like a bomb hit the roof and like it shook the whole house I went outside to see what had happened and already the roof was on fire I could see smoking flames and slates flying off the house and it was just like a nightmare I just you know straight away got the kids out and for the fire service and as soon as the lightning struck it obviously ignited the flame it was it was instantaneous it you heard this bang like a bomb going off as you described you go outside and already your roof is on fire already it was on fire the fire alarms were going off inside the house I'd say you know I could smell smoke straight away nearly I went upstairs and then into my bedroom we actually have stairs going up into you know the attic space sort of converted into a mezzanine and you know on sweets and stuff and I could see flames up there already and I thought oh my god like we just need to get some stuff out I thought I like I couldn't think I couldn't think I just needed to get the kids out I have like three children and you know they're good aged they're 9, 13 and 15 so I just wanted to get them outside so I got them out again I think I might have phoned 999 a second time but then my neighbour um Cass McDear he came he was maybe first in the scene and he told me to calm down and think and what did I need to get out of the house so I started to think you know passports I've got pictures of the kids when they were six months old tech and professionally they were up in the living room you know I took those down family photographs they just started to get things that were important to us as a family I guess I mean in that moment saving knowing that really you're just saving what you can save um and watching your home which is clear you're very proud of Debbie going up in flames I can't imagine what that must be like firstly to go and retrieve what you can but secondly to stand there and I know your kids are a bit old now and to some extent that makes it more difficult for them because they can sort of they have the emotions of what's happening I can't imagine what that must have been like for you Debbie it was just heartbreak and it was just I can't describe it it was just heartbreak and you know when the fire when the fire brigade landed from Derry they were the first on the scene like they got in but really I couldn't see much action um I guess you know they were looking for a fire hydrant they couldn't find that I thought there could be one down at the Clonley co-op or honestly I had no idea um everybody was looking for a fire hydrant they say they have a map of them in Ireland but they don't have any map of where they're located in the Republic of Ireland so they didn't know so to me I felt that there was little action I just seen my house burning down but you know I do know they were in there working at it as well and they explained to me you know there's health and safety reasons and everybody has to stay safe um and then later on it was structural issues with the girder holding up the roof you know it was fire damaged and on steady so obviously it was the safety of the fire service was paramount but to me I just there basically all afternoon and watched my house more less burn to the bison slabs um and then what's on the ground floor is gone it's devastated like it's all water damaged it's gone yeah and it's I have like the clothes on my back from yesterday I've got a coat from the neighbor I just my neighbors were very good now I have to say a lot of the neighbors came you know Gary and Paul and Finn and Martin and Dominic and they all came and were asking me what like what do they need out I couldn't think you know I just I couldn't think no of course and how could you and it's not just the the pride in the properties well it's all the memories and everything else that's intertwined and the fears what's next like the two of us work all the time like I actually work you know a few different things you know a lot of work has went in you know your house is your pride and joy a lot of work has went into that it's a family home I moved into that house two weeks before my first child was born it's just gone I'm so sorry Tabby and now the work starts in terms of all wranglings with insurance well not wranglings but dealings with insurance companies and all that to come I mean obviously there's five years now have you managed to think about where you're going to live the house is completely unoccupiable obviously it is I don't know I came to my mother's house last night but we can't live here forever you know I just don't know what I'm going to do I haven't thought about that to be honest with you Greg I haven't thought about that no problem Tabby listen I mean obviously again thankfully no one is injured God knows if this happened tonight or something like that but at the end of the day that being that you still have watched your house go up in flames and it's a massive inconvenience and I do know there's some comfort from no one being injured but I also understand that it's still a major major thing this is a huge event for you and your family Tabby and as you know the community are there and they were there and they will be there and we just hope that you lots of people who have been affected by fires and in time they get the house or the property back and they can look back in a different way but for now you're living right through the middle of it Tabby and it's very hard I presume to see the light at the end of the tunnel at this point I don't know what I'm going to do I don't know my middle child Zach he's 13 he's a severe hemophiliac I was just thinking might get his medication or get that out I just couldn't think straight I really don't know what I'm going to do I don't know I won't allow you any longer I just want to say thank you to all the neighbours who came along and helped yesterday I don't even know what sort of shape I was in but thanks to the neighbours for helping and helping clear some of the stuff out of the house fire fighters and everybody really pulled together for me yesterday thank you Debbie listen fair play to you thanks so much and best wishes going forward in what's going to be a difficult period of time thanks that's Debbie Nesbitt there whose house as you heard there was destroyed in Newton there struck by lightning and immediately went into flames as you heard from Debbie herself there fair play to the neighbours and what have you but listen the thing that came from that conversation with Debbie and it's a familiar story unfortunately access to water fire hydrants she was told that and we obviously also rely on the fire service from Northern Ireland they don't have a map they arrived at the property and it wasn't clear where the fire hydrant was now I'm not saying that's added to anything here because obviously the fire took hold really really quickly but this is the the third instant in a short period of time where the emergency services have been hindered by a not being able to fire find fire hydrants or be not being able to access them that's something we really need to sort of work on now before the next major incident why did the NIH fire brigade maybe it was just that unit or maybe it's across the board why don't they have access to the fire hydrant map down here is there a map and we certainly need to do a new map a survey of where the fire hydrants are are they clear are they accessible because every second counts in these instances so I think definitely need to look at that back with more after these The National Lottery 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that right that's right Greg so a neighbour actually yesterday came forward and said that she actually seen a van at the road going into the workshop like you know between the hours of 11pm and 11 30 so that was kind of the time frame now that's snarded down to if you know what I mean there was a trend of van there was two men involved going by the sounds was one man went on the van driver and then the other man then he gained entry into the shade now because a right bit of damage to the shade at the same time they got the front door and they gained entry into the lake and then wrecked that door as well once they got into the lake and then sure that's where all the tools was so the right bit of damage was worth 150 euros worth of going Greg this is your workshop by the way this is in Don Ross Cole Daft they were determined weren't they to break down a lot of doors to get in and access this shade ah the water settlement like and as I say whatever like there's 1500 euros worth of tools but there's maybe 500 or 600 euros worth of damage done to the doors and then like when I went in on Sunday morning I couldn't believe what the place was just wrecked like there were fans on the floor and like they've actually broke the fan that pulls out the dust that's nearly 300 euro and it was just up here wrecking scene like you know cheers you just don't need that not the same of the year however no so the Makita biscuit jointer green black in colour and impact driver also green black batteries a charger, a Makita toolbox a green and black drill if anyone's seen anything or has been offered this property please contact the guard I mean is this for are these the tools that you trade Luke or do you just do some handy for yourself around the place or what and these tools are for my work like I do kitchens you know and like as I was saying to the guards the batteries the four or five batteries that's gone well the tools that's left in the van is pointless right now because you need the batteries to you know for the rest of them but no and like I haven't even really right fully assessed what there could be a lot more smaller things gone like definitely yesterday I'd noticed there's two boxes of sandpaper gone like and there's a couple of clamps now I know they're only minor things but we've been just so busy trying to get the first security again we haven't even really fully assessed what has gone everything has gone has to be replaced indeed listen anyone out there who saw a white transit van acting in a suspicious manner or actually in fact even in the area from the guards give us the time of 45 minutes past midnight effectively quarter to 1 and 1 30 a.m on Saturday night and Sunday morning this is a man's livelihood here that has been taken his ability to do his work and I think we've all an interest in passing on any information we have Luke to try and get this stuff back to you the dream would be to to nab them with the gear in the van so we could get back to you and they could get before the courts but Luke listen any information people have you're encouraged in them to get in contact with you the guards the guard a confidential line whichever way it may be definitely and one other thing I would like to say Greg to definitely a shade where it's at and anybody that's been on to me since like they said it's not like it's local knowledge there's somebody informing these gangs or whatever this could do in this robbery if you don't like it's off the beaten track somebody knows and something you know that came away that's the thing Luke was you know when you talked about when I talked about the stubbornness to get in you know obviously you had the the shreds secured they must have had some knowledge what was in there that it was worth the risk to hang about and to go to the effort that they did which is kind of concerning an extra level of concern it is so no there's definitely somebody out there and as I say it's local knowledge definitely and 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when said they're working to restore power to all customers but weather is having an impact guardie are appealing for information following an incident in which two men entered a farm yard and greeted bleeder gran mobile at around 10 past one on Sunday morning they were checking farm yard buildings however once disturbed the area without having stolen anything guardie are now asking those who traveled in the area and had dashcam footage to make it available in particular sightings of a white transit style van are asked to be reported a number of tools were stolen from a shed in cul d'affes on Sunday between seven o'clock on Saturday evening and two o'clock the following afternoon the lock of the door was forced open and entry was gained to the shed in the Dunroth area the owner says around 1500 euro worth of tools were stolen and 600 euro worth of damage was caused guardie asked those who observed any suspicious activity in the area to get in touch 710 residential buildings were under 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conditions apply now, a call says regarding respiratory problems some people are unfortunately renting houses and they have to suffer in homes that are unsuitable of course people are taking the mic of victims into consideration but there are other people who are renting and suffering with respiratory problems the reason is that the landlords won't fix the house due to it costing them too much money the poor tenants has nowhere to go then as you can't find other accommodation or afford it a landlord will not accept HAP if they're taking cash every landlord should be taking the HAP in Donegal but a lot aren't as they are operating with cash they do have the right to go to the regional tenancies but then there's a fear that they'll get kicked out renters aren't getting a fair deal is the more to be said about that let us know 08 660 25,000 that's 08 660 08 660 25,000 now you'd be very familiar if you're across the news of the case of John O'Meara he won a supreme court ruling to get a widow's a widow's pension and says he was defending his family when he took the case good morning to you and congratulations I am sure this is very very important to you on a number of different fronts yeah good morning this is this is amazing changes to my life you know it means you know I'm finally getting the recognition as a family like a real family and what was your family circumstance and maybe you could explain to the listeners then what sort of excluded you in the first instance from the widow's pension yeah myself and Michelle were both in a relationship like it was just 20 years you know we treated we were in a house, we were at home we were the same as any family we were never married we were both inside you know when Michelle sadly passed away you know I realised that things were different as regards to when it comes to benefits and stuff there was nothing there in place for someone in my position and then obviously whilst you're dealing with the loss of Michelle but also of course managing the grief of your children an awful lot going on then you're sort of turned away from the state in terms of support it's almost as if everything that you and Michelle had built together and worked together on was disregarded by the state yeah essentially that's what it was we were always treated as a quality family a quality couple you know for tax purposes for any sort of claim any job seekers you know you'd be means tested together so like you were treated equally always in that side when it came to benefits whether it's mentioned or treated completely different and why was it so important for you to pursue this John as we mentioned with everything that you would have been dealing with in any case it was important to me I just think it just says wrong that the state would treat families completely different on the basis of whether they were married or not it's also for the children of all the families are equal in my eyes and like to know that our family was just being looked down as not equal in the other states it drove me to it my family needed to be done and there's an awful lot of people that in that space aren't able to do that and just say well that is the way it is we've fallen through the cracks this is not just for you hopefully John this sets a precedent for other people in a similar situation albeit something that might very sadly come to them into the future maybe now they can get it looked at retrospectively this wasn't just for you are you hopeful that this sets a precedent now for others John oh yeah definitely this is going to set a precedent for others and like I had taught myself that's one of the other type of things behind this was like I thought someone has to do this if someone had done this before me I would never have had to do this and I didn't want to it's nice to know that other people aren't going to end up in this situation again it's a hard road it's a hard road to go down and you know like when you find out that there's no supports in place for you it makes that road so much harder and it's also to when you've got the state your country sort of battling against you too it's demoralised and obviously you're up for the fight but they're trying to argue that you're wrong that you are different that your family meant something else or was something else it's kind of sad when you think that it's actually this isn't some big foreign corporation or a vulture fund or something this is your own country that you're having to fight against oh yeah and it is it is really really daunting it makes it doesn't make you feel bad to know it again you've been told that this is it you just have to accept it I know and like it's a hard fight it's a hard fight it's a hard fight listen stay stay where you are John I'll say goodbye to you I just want to bring Shanaid Moria communications officer with Troor now it's the National Information Service for unmarried parents and obviously Shanaid welcoming this decision yeah thank you so much and we're absolutely delighted that John and Mark won the case yesterday I mean it's going to be really impactful in terms of cohabiting couples with children we are also calling on the government when they introduce the legislation to rectify John's situation to include cohabiting couples without children because there's lots of different family types in Ireland and we're introducing a referendum to expand the definition of family we're talking about cohabiting couples with them without children alone parent families so why not take this opportunity and protect these families in legislation as well as in the referendum yeah and I've raised a lot of questions all of towards John about him understandably but it's also the children too and the recognition that they receive or are they different to other children and if so why clearly now the court has found that they shouldn't be treated as such but this is about the treatment of children as well in this situation absolutely I mean the court ultimately found that the equality and article in 40.1 was to recognise that John Amara had a right but also for children's rights they're not meant to be discriminated based on their parent's marital status and one of the things that the court had said was you know that parents can decide not to get married but a child can decide what family they're born into so it was really really important that that ruling came out to recognise that all children should be treated equally regardless of any sort of parent or marital decision and we'd be very supportive of that ultimately what's in the best interest of the child which you know is why we had the children's rights referendum Do we have any evidence or knowledge as to how common this is I suppose just in the course of the case or what have you was it determined how many other families and individuals might be affected like John was, Sinead It's a little bit hard to know the specifics for John's case but you know we have 150,000 cohabiting couples in Ireland and there's 75,000 of those are with children now there's specific things around John's case because of the age of himself and Michelle and the children like another woman we had who was supporting John's case her children were grown up so she wouldn't be entitled to it because you know she's therefore without eligible children so even when John now has got the victory she won't be protected even though her partner passed away and she had to sell her home and another example that we are hopeful would would be protected as well would be Maria Doyle who her partner passed away extremely suddenly and basically she had to give up her job because she couldn't afford the childcare without this widow's pension as well so you know there are lots of cases around this and if you include cohabiting couples that don't have children it's quite significant we'd estimate around 10 to 20,000 so finally Sinead if people are listening and they were declined the widow's pension or the widow's pension what should they do next do you wait and see what this new legislation look like and if there's a sort of retrospective element to it do they make contact with the department the relevant department or social services what do people do now would your advice be I'd advise them to speak to their local interior office about it if it's a new application that they never applied before or one that was retrospective since John's hearing they could get in contact with their interior office we'd really recommend that but also to give us a call because we will have up to date information we'll be following this very closely of how the legislation is passed and what it covers and so we can give people really clear information on that so our website is tor.itreor or our phone number is 01670120 open 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday so we'd really encourage people to reach out if they are struggling with this because it is very complicated and very finally I don't know how it happens it seems to happen with every issue that this has sort of been by some seems to have been trying to put into debate of how important marriage is or it should only be people who are married that don't get it and people should be making that commitment before they get these entitlements John maybe you'll speak to that like I don't really see the benefit of that type of debate have you seen any of that sort of activity on social media and if so any reaction to it yeah not as much there hasn't been as much I don't think it's I think just the wider public don't seem to have that view yeah I agree I don't think so and cohabiting is far more common now and also like you know people have to take into account people cohabit now for a lot longer before they get married obviously for financial reasons you know it's not as easy anymore to just run out and get married so like people are engaged and people are probably engaged for at least four years on average now before they even get married well this is typical of the sentiment coming in I'll leave it with this, well done to John and his lovely family on this happy outcome seeing them on the news great for an ordinary person to take this on that's him on his loss and then all of this the critical thing is obviously your loss and the loss of your beautiful partner Michelle we wish you best the best of everything going forward John to you and the children take care of yourself thank you John and thank you too to Sinead Mori communications officer with truer and that was John O'Mara there he won a supreme court ruling to get a widow or a pension and says he was defending his family when he took the case so wait 60, 25,000 the county's number one talk show the Ninetal Noon Show on Highland Radio the Ninetal Noon Show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union with monster loans available up to 60,000 euro for all occasions visit letterkennycu.ie oh Kira congratulations look at her tiny 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principal problem seemed to be that obviously cold weather can have an impact on battery power but also when you put the heating on I think the heating was an issue that once they put the heating on it greatly reduced the miles that they could cover read the Micahouses I think we need another big march and we will get behind them all Paddy Diver started it and I salute this man who fought so hard to get resolutions for everyone the Government is not going to listen to anything anyone says because we are up here in a show and shame on you all especially the housing minister Dara O'Brien who is too weak to come on air to speak to us all still to this day baffles me that we had a multi-billion Euro scheme that was announced primarily affecting Donegal though not exclusively and the minister behind it multiple of billions didn't want to speak about it Minister Harris, Simon Harris is going to be on the show later he announced 10 or 15 million or something very keen to get on and talk about it and yet we've got a multi-billion multi-year scheme and the minister responsible for it doesn't come on to talk about it which I find really to this day continue to find it really quite remarkable okay let us talk now let us talk now to our next guest Sharon joins us she's living in a defective concrete home and good morning to you Sharon it's a lived nightmare for you you know all about it but I suppose when the weather comes to pass everything's exacerbated what was the last couple of days like for you yeah good morning Greg the last couple of days was just one word horrific no one slept we were 100 percent sure that night that the house was going to come down the noise of the roof moving the windows and doors were like literally bulging in because there's that much gap I don't know they're just held together by bits of stuff that my husband is trying to put in the gaps to secure it for as long as possible it's just an absolute living nightmare the house was that cold that night of the storm it's cold normally but it was worse because of the winds and coming in through all the gaps people like ourselves head into bed with blankets there's no heating just one word it's horrific my heart goes out especially to the pensioners my mum and dad is one of them and I'm talking for everyone when I mean this they are living in a defective concrete block home also they're in their 70s and their houses they literally shouldn't be in it at this time they've nowhere to go because everyone in our family has the defective concrete blocks it's just a terrible problem it's a terrible problem but it's horrible Sharon I was watching a video on tiktok as it turned out to me and it was a fella talking about air getting in through air vents and getting down into your cavities and I was looking and I was thinking my word if that's all you had to worry about during the storm no disrespect for him but I mean you can't hit your house people's mental health is, I would say, not even deteriorated, it wouldn't even be a word you could use. And then with the storms and their fears heightened, you know, they're living an absolute, every one of us are living an absolute fear with the, you know, the possibility of the house coming down the top of us. And as I say, with the storms, it's worse. I just don't know now we're given another storm supposedly coming tonight. I don't know if we can stand another storm with all the battery. And I just don't know where it's going to end. I just hope that house doesn't come down on top of someone. But you see, the thing is, the thing is, Sharon, it's, you know, we've been talking about this for a long time. It's pure luck that someone hasn't been severely injured by a falling house or a falling element of a house. It's only luck. It's inevitable that it's going to happen. That's what's so bloody worrying. Yeah, as I say, it's heightened with the storms. And it's definitely only a matter of time before something comes down. Because, for example, even to close a door in our house, like if you close it out and you have to actually slam the back door now, because it doesn't close, right? You can actually feel the house vibrate and Karen, we're looking at these, these cracks in the video that you posted. Can you? I know you talked about it a little earlier on. Can you talk about that? That's effectively the house parting, isn't it? Yeah, that's upstairs in our house is a no go area. It has been out for a long time. The children, we moved them downstairs. They're in the sitting room downstairs. You couldn't even sleep in that room because the gap is you literally could slide your hand into the gap because the roof has raised. It's pulling. The house has just been pulled in every direction. And there's there's no way I don't even know how the house is still standing. And I'm speaking for a lot of people around this area and never mind further on. I don't know how. And again, people too also that have paid money and bought holiday homes and they can't even know they had to do the outside skins for the fear of the house coming down. And it's just it's just unbelievable. And, you know, I keep saying this, anybody that doesn't believe how bad these houses are would need to come down stay night and, you know, I don't think they would. I'd say, you know, with the bison floors and with a roof, I don't think they would. I think they'd have a look and go, look, I get it now. I'm out of here, but you don't have that luxury to get out of there and inverted commas. Is the scheme anything to you? Is it accessible to you at all? Or are you waiting to see if it's enhanced or improved or as somebody actually 100% or maybe you're in the process? I don't know, Sharon. Well, we're we're sorry. Go ahead. No, no, that's a question. Yeah, we're we're in, like we are in this game, we're just waiting to see as it becomes an enhanced game. But the problem is you see what's the what's the scheme is you need to have money upfront to be able to start because, you know, if you get contractors in and you start off, you have to pay them. I just don't know what way it works. You know, obviously, whenever they start work, you have to send in invoices and stuff. And I just we just don't know yet. But you still need money upfront. And a lot of people having to go and try and get a mortgage again, or a loan, especially for older generation, they it's going to be impossible for them to get a loan to start off even if you're a family, a family in your 40s or something, like, not all of us have access to the type of credit that we're talking about here. There's an awful lot of people that don't have the income to get an additional loan on top of a mortgage or what have you. I mean, that is just a fact. And then why should you? Are you going to get it recouped? Is everything going to be covered, Sharon? Listen, thanks for helping us understand the reality of what you and others are living. Just one question. If you were able to make it work, I think you referenced this a little earlier on, to get out of that house, is there anything locally that's rentable or affordable, like in terms of those options outside of family and friends who have their own defective issues to deal with? See, the problem is, and again, in our area alone, there's very little houses for rent because majority majority of them have the defective concrete block. I mean, nearly every second house in our area has it. So the rental is just so hard to get. I don't know how any family, you know what I mean, a lot of families are going to have nowhere to go, and that's a problem. And again, I'm talking for like, even for my mum and dad and their 70s, where do they go? They don't want to leave there. They're at the age where they should be sitting back and enjoying life, but instead of uploading and trying to get them somewhere where I mean, even out of my area, I don't know, you know what I mean, they're not going to go. Yeah, okay. Listen, Sharon, thanks for helping us to keep highlighting this. I really appreciate it with everything you've gone through. Okay, and hopefully tonight just doesn't isn't as bad. But even as the storm might happen, something might not be falling falling down, but the water is getting in there deeper, and more damage is being caused. And we've seen people can tell from one winter to the next how their house is worsening. So we wish you hope you're safe, as safe as can be. And hopefully we get some more calm or weather. It's crazy. It's crazy. Thank you so much for helping us speak about that. Kate. Hello there, Kate, you're in the malinary. How are you keeping? All right, thank you for letting me come on. No, it's really important that we are your platform to be able to do this. Talk to me about your situation. Well, basically the same as Sharon there, our house is our house has fallen down, it's been condemned. We on Sunday, the same, put the children to bed, eight o'clock. My little girl, who's nine, has already severe anxiety over the house falling down, because visibly, she can see it, you know, when she's outside, there's not just the cornerstones missing from our house, but the whole block, there's block bits of blockwork actually missing and it falls down and then my husband would patch it back up again. So she can visibly see that it's actually crumbling. Her nightmares that she has is of a chimney coming down into her two sisters room. And she has had a nightmare that she has to be digging through the rubble to get them out. That's her real core nightmare that she has on her fear. Now, on Sunday, we put them to bed, so it was around eight o'clock and at that time, it was bad, but it wasn't, you know, it was okay. And we were thinking, yes, it might not be as bad as what they're actually going to say. But then on by 10 o'clock, half 10, she was up, she was hysterical. The noise of the whole, the corner, the whole corner of the house, Greg, like a big, huge chunk of blockwork fell out to where her bedroom is. So she heard the smash when she was like in her room. So she's up, she was hysterical. She had her wee bags packed. She was leaving. She wanted to go down to Granny and Granddad's. Now, you know, we have gone to Richard's mother and father's before in the storm. But, you know, to uproot your children every time there's a wind, you know, it's, it's so I have five of them. I'm living at home with them in it. And so half 10, we had two cars packed every two minutes, kids, the dog, everything. Then we had to make the drive from Malin to Karen, which was absolutely horrendous with trees and bits of things driving on across the road. And, you know, it was exciting. Is that just to make sure that the listeners fully get this? So we've got a family, Kate and our family in a house that is so structurally unsound. And people are so afraid that the better of the two options is to load a car and travellers, you recognise yourself in a wet weather warning. That's how bad it is, is that you've had to make that decision that right, what is the lesser of two eagles here? Yeah, okay. Yeah, that's it. And, and 11 o'clock at night. And it was, and then I was thinking, why did we do this? We would have been, but when we got out to, when we, me and my husband were actually packing the car, there was bits of debris blowing, I had to move my car away to the other side of the house completely. Then we also had to knock on to our neighbour's door and tell him that look, if that house falls in the middle of the night, we are not in it. So don't, you know, like it's because the whole side of the noise that comes in, it's horrendous actually. You'd need to be here in a micro house living in it. It's an absolute nightmare with the the noises, the windows don't close, the door, the, the noise and the banging and the, and the blocks literally falling off your house onto the street. It's horrendous. Just to reiterate, it's 2024 here. We've had a scheme out for years and then this new enhanced listen, it's 100% scheme. That's what we were told 2024. And we've got a family here in UK with your kids and in this house that has been condemned. The house has been condemned and you're fleeing the house for fear of it collapsing down on your children. This is 2024 here. Let's not forget. And in terms of going back, go ahead, Kate. Sorry, coming back yesterday, my children, then it was like two o'clock in the morning before they settled into bed, especially my little, my youngest one. And she felt safe in her granny's house. And we were lucky to have that option to go there. But coming back up the drive yesterday, I was actually dreaded to what I was coming up to see as our home. And I looked on the back of the car and she had her fingers in her ears thinking and she goes, is it okay? And I had to leave them and walk around the house to see if I could take them back into the house. And I don't know the impact that that storm has had on our house, whether it's going to be standing, whether the whole side of it's going to be gone. But we cannot afford to stay in the house because it's just so dangerous. It's, it's awful. Now, you we try and protect our children as best we can. And lots of us have gone through very difficult situations where you try and, you know, manage their mental well being, tell them everything's going to be all right. Keep them as safe and sound as you can. The problem when you live in a defective concrete block home is there's reminders everywhere. It's all around you. What can you say to five children going to bed? Can you say everything's going to be all right? The house is not you can't actually I mean, you can try your hardest, Kate, but you can't protect them emotionally for this devastation that's around them. When she went when they hear the con that the actual from the corn stores, most of my consoles have gone now. So it's actually the block that's actually falling down. So when they hear that thought they can hear it. So they can hear that and it was a huge big piece that's that's come out of the corner of the house. So she heard that. So it's not like they were saying it's going to be okay. So how do you tell your children also want to be okay. So it's your house blown around the street, but you know, we're safe in this house. So that's they know that's not so your house is condemned. You're stuck on the on the scheme. What about alternative accommodation? No, Greg, there is no way I feel so strongly that the government are not letting this scheme be accessible to people here and in the show. And because we have no plan to go there is no affordable accommodation here. We have been inundated with refugee families that have taken up a lots of accommodation, right? Now that makes it impossible for people like us to access the scheme. So we are stuck in a rut. We are stuck in our house. We cannot get out of our house. So we have got plan permission in now. We're at the stage where we have plan permission for our house. So but when that plan permission comes back to us, we have nowhere to go. We have nowhere. So we have to wait until we either build a shed next to our house, get a caravan or stay in the house because we there is no houses in our area. That's and say maybe I rang up about maybe two months ago to a local estate agent. And it was like something extors nearly a thousand pound a month to rent the house like and there is and and there is and this is where in this is where people with no issue with with refugees or asylum seekers. This is where the problems arise in terms of how it makes people feel. I'm just wondering there's no local accommodation because it's being used for these people, which again, I'm not pitching one group against another. That's but this is where the anger comes from because you're stuck with your kids and the house could come down on us and use of no alternative, no options and it feels like you've been abandoned by the government, does it? Yeah. Yes, the reality is why did our government send so many refugees to Donegal, especially to Inish own, right? Where we are already in a crisis up here because the reason they don't even accept that we are in a crisis in Donegal. So they have said all these people up here to us and we cannot we cannot access the scheme now because there is no accommodation for us. So people are waiting and waiting to get accommodation. There's families living in caravans. There's families living in sheds. It's absolutely disgraceful, Greg, that you know that this is actually happening. We are actually we're going to be homeless. People are going to effectively you are homeless if the truth be told. I mean you're squatting in a in a house that's not fit to be lived in. It is your own house. I hope you understand the language that I'm using. Yeah. You know, that is what you're actually doing. You're sticking it out in the house that your your engineer has condemned in terms of the scheme as much as you can determine now, Kate, if the if the walls wheel started moving, is it 100% for you and your family? No, it's not 100% no, no, no, not not at all. For us to rebuild like we have our house is like 2,700 square foot because we had eight children. We built our house in 2003. And we built the house for our family. It's not like we built an extortionate house just to have a to not defend the size of your house. It's worked very hard to build your house and it's you know, there are advantages to living here that sometimes the house can be a little bit bigger. We don't need to but I get where you're coming from but and I understand why you why you might really have to explain that but you don't. It's your house and you've worked really really hard for it and it's falling down through no fault of your own. So whatever the house is, it should be returned as as is. But go on Kate. So we still have like I said we still have five of our children at home. So we still need like the same size house would be we still need it. We still need our the amount of living space that we have. So for us now the big question was you have to downsize downsize downsize downsize everybody's downsize and you know and like some people can't afford to downsize like you know if you have so many children at home and you need your living space you like I said we built our house in 2003 with that in mind that we had a bigger family and you know for us now we don't know what we don't know what's ahead of us. We've put our plan permission in for the same size house we have and we'll just have to see like our architect and everything they're saying you know that with this current scheme you're going to be out it's not going to cover your but also let's let's not forget that there was there was some cause whether it would suit you or not Kate for penalty free downsizing that you could use the maximum grant available and build a house that's somewhat smaller and that was rejected. They they they says no so you know your only option really if you want to get the maximum grant is to rebuild the house houses. Kate I'm sorry with everything that you said going through I hope you get through tonight okay I hope. Yeah I'm sorry Greg just before you go. No it's all right go ahead. As well as that right not just about the storm but health impact on my children living in this house with mold. I'm there are nebulizers constant steroids constant antibiotics okay time off school this is a bigger picture than just like you know flat fleeing from a storm or whatever this is that whole impact on our we are living in terrible conditions here that and to make it worse we're paying for living these conditions you know and this this nobody realizes only people that actually live that what the impact is happening on children's health the amount of times they're off school you know because they're on steroids antibiotics and and nebulizers and diagnosed with asthma and top of everything else all because of off living conditions. Sorry okay so listen thanks for your time thanks for helping us okay thank you and that's a really I really wanted someone to explain as difficult as is the health impact on our children living in these houses. I want a study or something done so that they get the same coverage as the awful plight of those families in Dublin this is as you quite rightly said the untold story thanks so much Kate and I wish you nothing and nothing but what what can you wish someone in that situation that it's resolved. 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stuff and you know after everything digested and over the last 24 hours and stuff you know i am very grateful that it is the business it wasn't the house um and no one was hurt you know so that's i have to be very grateful for that and i'm very conscious of everything that happened in Newton yesterday as well so and but i have two businesses and to be honest they are like my third my fourth and past babies really you know i do i love my businesses so and no lk hair design so third lockdown and my lease was up in the premises in nether kenney and i decided to change it up and i put a log cabin at the house so didn't just pick out any random log cabin research that you know made sure that everything was proper and it's not just a e-flimsy thing but so great job everybody loved it and sunday night then unfortunately just whatever way stormy she was blowing she just got right and under and just lifted the roof clean i mean there is nothing left but the four the four walls there well no and yeah and fairness now the video that i put up was after my husband had managed to you know salvage something so yeah and he was actually working on night shift so it was just myself and my youngest daughter she's 16 and i'll tell you she was a we trooper she was just brilliant and so we were sitting in and and fairness now we were kind of waiting for the red but thinking to ourselves this feels like a red before it was supposed to be the red and i joked at one stage and i said i'm afraid to look out in case macabre's gone just joking and then when i did eventually look out then it was just oh my god yeah and but my husband was on he works shifts so he was actually on nights and again by pure luck and chance i managed to get hold of him before the power went out and before our phone lines went down because they were out for i'd say over 24 hours then it was last night before we got in i mean obviously kira yet you know your your you talked about the hairdresser's being the premises being like one of your children but also your clients to the loyalty that's there and what have you do you have another premises that you're able to accommodate them or was this the only area that you were you were that was the hair salon well that that is the hair salon yeah so now in fairness i have a lot of lovely hairdressing friends that have reached out to offer me chairs in their salon and other people that are offering me you know units and stuff that they have in storage and that's what i'm so grateful for that but as i say even yesterday my head was just um it just i couldn't even go there yesterday it was just a matter of trying to work through the stuff that we managed to get out of the salon and then you know just i suppose get my head around the whole thing and but it was so scary it's just you know as i was saying yesterday to my husband like you watch the the tv and you see these storms in america in different places and he actually can't you have no idea you can't appreciate what they actually go through you know we sit there and go oh god that's terrible until it visits your when i was out trying to salvage yeah when i was outside trying to salvage something like he it actually took your breath away i couldn't even breathe it was just the force of it i've never experienced anything like it my life and unfortunately i mean obviously you had your public liability insurance all that kind of stuff but long cabins uh by their nature are hard to get insured so you have to sort of rebuild this back yourself uh it just in a minute kira what's the plan or any message for your clients i know you've got your social media and you've reached out all to them but uh yeah what's the situation for you going forward now kira yeah well i will be in touch with everybody individually i just kind of put out a general message but it will be in touch with everybody individually but hopefully um between all the offers and everything i will get everybody sorted at the minute i'm only working fridays and saturdays anyway because i was actually in an accident uh a year and a half ago so my hand is still not 100 so i've only been able to work friday saturday so in a way that's lucky enough too that i have time now to get organized but like as far as the cabin goes i don't think it's repairable um but locket it's as i say it's only a piece of equipment and and you're so kind in thinking of what other people have been going through in the stories we've heard but this is also your thing as well and it's all very subjective and we appreciate your kind words for others but it's a a really big deal for you too and a big last kira listen thanks very much for joining us and i'm sure you'll get back up fully functioning really really soon that's kira from lk hair design we'll be back after the break with a chat with minister simon harris the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from letter kenny 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announcements i should say for kelly begs and the atu and letter kenny yeah i was delighted to be in kelly begs and letter kenny yesterday for a series of announcements and maybe first in relation to kelly begs i went there to to announce two things firstly that that campus will now provide for electrical apprentices from next september this is something that has been long sought after is much needed in the area but crucially it will also bring a hundred and ninety apprentices into the kelly begs campus so in terms of footfall in the campus and in terms of footfall around the town it's going to be a very very significant increase it will provide opportunities for local employers to be able to access the premises and also for local people to be able to take up an apprenticeship without having to travel the second announcement we made is in relation to kelly begs and other smaller regional campuses we announced a fund yesterday of four and a half million euro to support universities who have multi campuses because the cost of running them can be more expensive for you still have to provide the library and the student services smaller classes and with that comes cost so of the four and a half million two point six million of that will go to the atlantic technological university and they will obviously decide the proportions for kelly begs will definitely benefit from that so that was that was the kelly begs element of the trip and just focusing on that sorry if you don't mind but just focusing on that it is not that long ago people might remember that there were question marks over the future of of that campus like we have to go back some time but this clearly obviously is a commitment to its future we look very much so and I was very conscious in visiting yesterday of exactly what you say because I remember when we established the atlantic technological university I think it's fair to say there was great excitement in the region but there was also a little bit of nervousness as to what would this mean for some of the traditionally smaller campuses I give a commitment then that they would have a bright future and I need to deliver on that and the apprenticeships is a big part of it and to be very honest Greg from my visit yesterday I get the sense to kelly begs campuses only warming up here I mean they have a very proud record when it comes to culinary courses now they'll have electrical apprenticeship and yesterday they were already making presentations to me about what next they want to do in plumbing and pipe fitting and I'm sure you and your listeners know they've also received funding to develop an ocean innovation center which they hope to submit planning permission for in the next couple of months because it's very obvious to everybody in Donegal it's very obvious to me when I visit the whole marine industry there and the potential for skills and courses to support local business is huge so it's very much of the bright future I want to I want to spend some more some more of our taxpayers money on finishing the building they've done an incredible refurbishment job of what has what is quite an old building but very modern now but there's a little bit more they want to do on the top floor and I'm looking forward to getting an application from them for that as well you know and of course we need more houses we need skilled labor we need labor to build those houses and we need different skill sets I mean the last couple of days have has proven that we need people that can do different things such as keep power coming to homes and that type of thing it's I think it's most welcome and most people listening would agree that we're talking about you know not just the IT sector and people going into education in that direction but also have an opportunities to grow what they're good at in different sort of skill sets yeah I couldn't agree more I mean we have a huge shortage of people working in what what are traditionally known as the trades and the crafts and we fix us we need more people to build our homes retrofit our homes as you rightly say the storm and I know that any goal is badly hit one to everyone they work so hard to restore power and the likes absolutely key and we support some of those traditional crafts and trades but it's also important that I as minister don't just look at the headline number like we saw more people registered as apprentices in Ireland last year than ever before a historic number and nearly 9 000 new apprentices however behind that number is another reality that sometimes people are having to travel too far to become an apprentice sometimes business to say well there aren't any apprenticeship courses in my community and that's why I'm really taken by the idea of looking to facilities that we have in places like Kilbex and others to see how can we actually put apprenticeships in locally so that local people don't have to travel don't have to experience the cost of traveling and also so that local businesses can avail of that skill session and you had further announcements yesterday yeah I went on to letter Kenny then to the Atlantic Technological University campus there and I said three things happened there the first we opened the a new biomass heating center and now I don't know how good you are in the technical detail I certainly had to learn a lot but I was absolutely blown away by this this is an investment of about 1.9 million in a biomass center and what it basically means is they're using wood chip and to heat 80 percent of the main building of the campus it is an absolute leadership project when it comes to how we can make our university campus green they will reduce their carbon emissions by 24 percent I think a lot of times some people hear about climate change and climate action they kind of sometimes worry that politicians are lecturing them or it's all doom and gloom what we've actually seen in letter Kenny and huge huge huge credit to the ATU and all those involved what we've seen in letter Kenny is for relatively small investments from government they can now as I say heat 80 percent of the main building of their campus using renewable wood chips and cut cut their carbon emissions by 24 percent so it was an absolute honor to open that yesterday to talk to people who'd been involved in the in the project to talk to representatives of the chamber of commerce and we then had the signing of two two agreements one between Atlantic Technological University and Ulster University and you and I've talked about this before that I just think there's huge opportunity for collaboration in the northwest between Derry and Derry and letter Kenny and Derry and Donegal and we now obviously have the university in letter Kenny we have the university in McGee we the Irish government are investing 44 million in expanding the Derry campus and we want we want to just see I think as people in your region do we just want to see people working together in a practical way they signed an agreement yesterday and in my presence to put in place joint programs to develop maybe joined awards and also to put in place opportunities for students and staff to go and exchanges between the two universities a lot of been a lot of fairness has happened in this space already and I suppose yesterday they just formalized that agreement and then there was also an agreement signed with the HSE and one of the big challenges I have as minister is I want to keep on expanding the number of places in healthcare training more nurses more speech and language therapists occupational therapists paramedics all the things we need but for every for every college place I create we need to then obviously have a matching clinical placement within the health service so the agreement yesterday with the commitments from the HSE to work with at you on clinical placement pathways and also to develop that at you would develop new programs to help people who work in the health service up skill and re-skill in a way that works for them so the busy day but it is really really impressive all very positive in terms of development and I suppose that's the ice cream and we kind of have to get on to the veggies now in terms of you know we need accommodation with the success of the atu and letter kenyan indeed kitty begs and we need you know houses that people can live in to live and work hopefully in this region look we'd never begrudge anyone if they want to go and spend a year or two years in another country to grow themselves but we do need people to be able to see their long-term future here and I suppose at this point you have to look to your your minister's ministerial colleagues and they have to to really fast track the delivery of that type of stuff but firstly just in relation to student accommodation in and around letter kenyan what is the situation there in terms of the the atu being able to provide its own accommodation borrow money to do so or what other plans are there yeah thank you for reminding me that because I met the student union in letter kenyan this yesterday as well I got a government agreement last Tuesday and that we would finally allow the technological university submit plans to build student accommodation in the region and people may have seen last week we we press go on a number of major student accommodation buildings but truthfully they were all in Dublin or Caudaire and that's not because we're favouring Dublin and Caudaire it's because they had planning permission and were ready to go I'll be writing to all the technological universities this month including atu and asking them to submit their proposals for student accommodation to my department by the end of March and I want the technological universities to now submit plans tell us what you can do tell us what you can do in letter kenyan in terms of atu tell us what you can do in slago and castle bar and gallway as well and I know they have plans and ideas and that's the base so I spoke to students union in denigal yesterday on this spoke to the management of atu and I really look forward to receiving those plans and I now have a government decision as of last week and that we will then look to provide funding and mechanisms to deliver these projects it is key I do agree it is key to their success because yes I want and I met a lot of local people studying in atu yesterday which is great you know local people able to access university in the region but I also met people from all over the country I remember talking to one young student yesterday from cork you know I don't want the atu just to be about denigal people studying in denigal of course I want that but I also wanted to be about other people from other parts of the country saying well you know that course up in denigal there is one of the best in the country I want to come to denigal to do that and that has a huge economic benefit for the region but it does require accommodation and last week was a very important step on that road okay minister minister of further and higher education research innovation and science minister Simon Harris thank you very much for your time this morning good morning Greg and that's where we have to leave it we'll be back with you tomorrow morning at nine stay tuned John Breslin's coming up around the northwest