 I mean, it's going to be... Yeah, well, this is her time, isn't it? Yep. And the friends. Well, again. Yes. Yeah. It's amazing how the bands split up, isn't it? Just like me and you, right? I know, yeah. Me and you are friends all the time. Yeah, you give me a big stern look out there, so it's a good, maybe a bit of... But you see, it's just the torture you put poor listeners through. What was the name of the lady that was on the last, you know, lovely lady there? She thought she was just about to win 11, 1200 or whatever it is. But that was nice. I was gentle. Dad, do you know how I'm the big boy on the radio, right? I'm going to be very scared in 20 minutes after I forget a needle. What for? No, I have to... Just, you know, on a yearly basis, you get checked out, so you just get in blood. Most people don't do that. No, but I'm making myself do it. You should do, but most people don't. But I'm having nightmares or giving... Because the last time I did it, I fainted, so I'm going to have to tell them. You'll be all right. But I just... Tommy's all over the place. Yeah. Don't worry about it. You'll be fine. No. It's routine. I hate it, Daddy. I think you should put on your big boy pants. No, but I am wearing them. But do you know how you think you're going to faint? You're going to faint, aren't you? I've never fainted, but now I feel faint. Have you not? Go away. Oh, God, I feel weak. Come here, will you give us an update? Let us know. No, I don't want to. Can I faint? Good luck. No one here, we'll probably live stream it. OK, we'll be back with the show in full, of course, kicking it off after we get a news update now from Donald Kavanaugh. Thank you, Greg. Good morning. A postmortem examination is being carried out today on the body of a young woman who died after she was hit by a garter car outside Bancrana at the weekend. 21-year-old Rebecca Brown from Derry was struck by the patrol car as she was walking close to Ludden Beach at around a quarter past three yesterday morning. The collision is now the subject of a GSOC investigation. The road has reopened. Fina Follins and Igole say they've been given a commitment of progress on the 10-T road project this year and a specific guarantee that the government will very carefully consider the need for a second bridge over the swilly in Letter Kenney. The commitment was given last night at a meeting with the junior minister, Jack Chambers, who was in the county for yesterday's national famine operation in Milford. County executive Piro Gavin McGowan says issues including defective blocks and the need for balanced regional development were raised with the minister who will be Fina Follins' national director of elections for next year's council elections. He says minister Chambers was very positive on the issue of road infrastructure. Number councillors made contributions in relation to your second bridge cross in the river swally. It was a big point throughout the meeting and the minister took all the points. Obviously he could make no promises at that meeting but he did say that it would be something that he would be looking at and I think everyone knows that that is something that has to be done in order to combat the traffic and congestion that is in Letter Kenney. There's fresh pressure on the DUP to restore the power-sharing executive at Stormont. Former leader Edwin Poots says the result of the local elections are a wake up and smell the coffee moment for unionism with 144 seats against the DUP's 122. Sinn Fein have now become the largest party in local government in the north. University of Liverpool professor of politics John Tong says Sinn Fein's performance was resounding. It's a dramatic success for Sinn Fein. Now the largest party of local government in the north to add to the fact that they are the largest party in the assembly. It shows how much the north is changing. It's the Sinn Fein juggernaut devouring an awful lot of what lies before it. Sinn Fein took seats from all the parties. Sinn Fein's performance in Dairy City and Sturban was unprecedented with all 18 of its candidates elected. The makeup of the new council is Sinn Fein 18, SDLP 10, DUP 5, UUP 3, Independent 3, People Before Profit 1. And a 1000 euro tax break for workers is among the ideas being brought to the table ahead of the budget. According to today's Irish Independent it would see workers on an average household income awarded the payment. The measure is being backed by three finnigual junior ministers. Dublin TD Column Brophy says it's something that workers deserve. It's something that is due to people who are on average incomes, middle incomes, so if you're on about 52,000 what we would be suggesting is that you'd get a tax break in the next budget that should be worth about 1000 euros. You've got to remember we have very high personal taxation rates and around the 2008 crash people said well the economy is in a dire way and the finances are in a dire way. Well the nation's finances have never been stronger and there's a huge surplus. With a forecast dry today with cloud gradually breaking up to allow good spells of sunshine to follow in the afternoon and early evening top temperatures today 14 to 16 degrees Celsius in moderate north west breezes and that's Highland Radio News. We're back with news in full at 10 o'clock. Hi, did you know that your Irish life pension could help the planet? By investing less in companies that harm the environment and more in those trying to help it while always aiming to give you the strongest possible return. See irishlife.ie for pension funds that have a responsible approach or speak to your financial broker or advisor. Irish Life Assurance PLC is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. The county's number one talk show, The Nintel Noon Show on Highland Radio and now it's time for the talk of the north west The Nintel Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio and it is a very good morning five minutes past nine on this bright sunny Monday the 22nd of May 2023. How are you keeping? I do hope you're all very well out there wherever you're listening to us, be it across the north west online or on air or across the world online. Great to have you on board. We want you involved in the conversation as well. We've got loads lined up for you. We want your views, but also if you want to pass some information on to us, you know what to do. What's up with text 086625000 086625000 If you're listening to us outside the Republic 0035386625000 Your telephone calls to 0749125000 We've got the team of Caroline and Neve taking your calls again from outside the Republic 00353749125000 And if you tend to email comments at highlandradio.com is the best way to get us. As I say, plenty coming up on the show. So don't go anywhere. Let's start with a run through with some of the stories that's making the newspapers this morning. And we woke up on Sunday morning to the terribly sad news that a woman aged just 21 died in a road tragedy on Sunday morning close to Bonkranagh after she was struck by a guard patrol car. This is the front of the Donningall News. The collision happened in the town land of Ludden on the Dairy to Bonkranagh Road close to the Apple Green filling station in the Harbour Hotel. The woman has been named locally as Rebecca Brown from Dairy who had been staying with friends in London. Ms Brown died at the scene and in her short life clearly made a huge impact on many, many people giving the outpouring of tributes and grief, of course and just thinking on her family and her friends and everyone affected by it it's incredibly, incredibly sad. Reading on here, Guardi investigating how the collision happened in the town land of Ludden at 3.15am yesterday morning no other person was injured. The main Dairy to Bonkranagh Road was still closed yesterday evening with local diversions in place. A technical examination of the scene was to be carried out. Guardi are appealing for anyone with information to contact them at Bonkranagh Guarda Station or the Guarda Confidential Line. As per protocol, the road traffic collision has been referred under section 102 of the Guarda Shiaqana Act to the Guarda Shiaqana Ombudsman Commission who will carry out an investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy. The Dairy news this morning. The newly elected members of Dairy City Instagram district council are facing a baptism of fire right from the off. The 40 councillors of this morning taking their seats on the one council in the north most impacted by the storm. Swinging funding, funding cuts initiated by the department for communities. Dairy news understands the department of communities recently informed Dairy City Instagram district council. The rate support grant across the north is being slashed from 8.294 million in 2223 to 4.9 million in 2324 a cut of 4 million. Just over 4 million. On to the Irish independent now and a bit of kite flying bit of an advert you could say on the front of the Irish independent. Finnegale is pushing for a tax break of a thousand euro a year for workers on the average household income ahead of coalition talks on the budget this October. T Shockley of Radcar's party wants considerably larger cuts to income tax and universal social charge than in previous years as a result of the record budget surpluses being projected over the next four years. It's a chance to an opening salvo from Finnegale ahead of budget talks with Finafall and the Green Party that are expected to get underway later this summer and continue into the autumn. Any tax breaks for workers will ultimately have to be approved by the Finafall Finance Minister Michael McGraw who's likely to face an unprecedented clamour from ministers across the three coalition parties for major tax and spending measures following projected budget surpluses of 10 billion this year writing in today's Irish independent three Finnegale junior ministers Jennifer Carroll McNeill Martin Hayden and Peter Burke argue that tax relief in the next budget has been well earned and should go further than in the budgets of 2022 and 2023. So it'd be about what they're looking to put 20 euro a week back in the pockets of the workers it seems. On to the Irish times now and parental tolerance of underaged teenage drunkenness has increased significantly in the past four years according to latest research why planet youth are well being strategy for young people in the west of Ireland so this effectively means that we are less inclined to be perturbed if our young people are drunk just over half 57% of almost 4,500 teachers in their post junior cert year reported that their parents would be against it or totally against it if they got drunk four years previously 72% of teenagers surveyed at the time at the same stage of their education said their parents would disapprove of them being drunk so as I say us parents and guardians getting more lenient it seems in depth lifestyle surveying of 15 and 16 year olds in all 91 post secondary schools across three counties show those who reported parental tolerance of drunkenness were three times more likely to have been drunk in the previous three months one in five of all pupils surveyed said they regularly get alcohol from their parents while 30% reported having been drunk in the last 30 days but I mean those are big figures but let me flip it the other way because teens getting awful bad press I think sometimes four out of five pupils don't get drink from their parents so four out of five don't get drink from their parents and seven out of ten teenagers haven't been drunk in the last 30 days just to flip it a little bit I think is only fair staying with young people and in the start today it tells us that almost a hundred children called a crisis pregnancy helpline that provides information on abortion services last year they were among 11,551 calls to the HSE's MyOption service which also provides information on continued pregnancy support there was a huge surge in calls in 2022 which increased by 20% from 9,651 in 2021 a total of 91 of last year's calls related to girls under 17 according to details released to the Star Under the Freedom of Information Act Dr Marlene sorry Dr Madeleine Nidalia a member of the Irish Medical Organisations GP committee says MyOptions is a great service when someone gets a positive pregnancy test and it is on planned and they want to consider a termination very often the first port of call will be MyOptions phone line on to the mail this morning Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill has called on the Irish and British governments to meet and come up with a plan now to restore power sharing at Stormont her demands came as Sinn Fein's council election triumph made it the biggest local government party in the north for the first time Ms O'Neill said the British Irish intergovernmental conference must resume to plot a route to restore the assembly she told the media it's not a tolerable situation there shouldn't be any more delays and I want to see a plan on the table as to how we are going to get back around the table to make politics work but the DUP's Jonathan Buckley said voters had endorsed his party's position of keeping the power sharing institution down until concerns about the Northern Ireland protocol are addressed I don't know he needs to read the room there a little bit I think most people want to back up and running regardless of their political or whatever background following a lengthy count process across 11 council areas that continued into yesterday morning Sinn Fein emerged victorious with 144 seats that's up 39 from 2019 local elections and replicated last year's assembly elections results when it become the biggest party at Stormont the DUP reinforced its position as the dominant unionist force with 122 seats that matches its 2019 now I as I say I don't have a dog in the race but I wouldn't see sort of standing still necessarily in endorsement but anyway be that as it may okay on to lighter matters now and Patrick Kilty is the new host of the late late show they made a quick announcement and from what I've seen online the absolute majority of people think that he's the right choice for the job and not only that I did note quite a few comments from people that have stopped watching the late late show saying they're going to start watching it again with Patrick Kilty at the helm sorry well Patrick Kilty says he'll change his phone number when requests for tickets for the late late toy show start the county down man has been confirmed as the next presenter of the late late show and will replace Ryan Toberty in September when the new season starts the 52 year old said I can't wait to get started on one of the greatest jobs in television he added he was overwhelmed by all the messages he's received since RT confirmed the news on Saturday now I'm not sure if it's an anti Northern Ireland or North of Ireland sentiment but I did note I didn't buy it up by newspapers but I did see an article from a columnist in one of the weekend papers who questioned if because he's living in Northern Ireland if he'd have his finger on the pulse sufficiently to to be able to do the show now I don't watch the late late watch but I did watch it on Friday just out of curiosity and I don't think Ryan Toberty has his finger on the pulse this is he's probably a lovely person okay and don't get me wrong I wouldn't be into sort of pylons or criticising people for the sake of criticising it it's just the job side of it right he's probably a lovely lovely person but he is not very well informed on pretty much all the topics he talked about on on the show on the show on Friday so I would say and he's got his interests in reading and American politics and stuff like that but he does not have his finger on the pulse of what's going on in Ireland to some extent I think and as I say that's not a personal criticism of him I'm sure he comes across as a very very nice person I would imagine Patrick Kilty perhaps although insulated by wealth is far more likely to have his finger on the pulse I just thought it was a ridiculous comment from a commentator because you'd have to be sitting there thinking well what can I come up with negatively about this person and that of all the things to pick to me I thought was really quite remarkable big disappointment for Katie Taylor at the weekend and her fans not a great surprise to me to be honest with you I thought she was going to lose I didn't want her to lose of course but she was in against a bigger younger stronger fighter and listeners on Thursday would have hear me suggest that she was not going to win this one that being said and it should be put into context of course Katie Taylor is still a unified champion at her own weight she's literally unified champions a fantastic achievement and she can continue as such and fight on but she came up against a bigger better younger fighter in Chantel Cameron shattered Katie Taylor looks set for a money spinning rematch with Chantel Cameron after she lost for the first time in a professional bout on Saturday with her promoter Eddie Herne insisting it's the biggest fight in boxing but following the Bray Bomber shock defeat Karl Frampton believes the iconic slugger should instead seek out another bout with Amanda Serrano at Croke Park before hanging up her gloves and Amanda Serrano does not fight either in Katie's weight category so it does give her an advantage I would imagine she might want to avenge that feat defeat Chantel Cameron would want to become a two weight world champion so she might have to drop down a weight I would suggest in Croke Park in September it'll be Chantel Cameron down at Katie Taylor's weight for all the belts again and there'll be rehydration clauses and I would say Katie Taylor will probably come out on top in that one in her own weight category it's the only direction she can really go she can't walk away from a rematch can she anyway so if you want to reflect on that anything that was in the papers there Brendan Daveney is going to be coming on to talk about the weekend's G.E.A sporting action did you declare it's on a go all game you couldn't have watched it it wasn't broadcast anywhere but we had it here on the radio it seemed to be a game of two halves although it was only against Claire but still a wins a win isn't it that's in so much more besides coming up on the programme don't forget and good morning to John Lelaine and Annie watching with us across our social media you can watch the programme every day here of course go on to YouTube Highland Radio Ireland and you can watch us on your phone your tablet your laptop your smart TV most of you now who've bought a TV in the last year or so have a smart TV with YouTube on it it's certainly on your fire stick just put in Highland Radio Ireland and watch the show there the same applies for our Facebook channels Highland Radio News & Sport or Highland Hub get involved that way as well wherever you're listening wherever you're watching it's fantastic to have you here for another week we really appreciate all of you listening and we're going 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them at Bon Crana Gardier Station on 0749320540 the Gardier Confidential Line can be reached on 1-800-661-1 or any Gardier Station that is as is the protocol the road traffic collision has been referred under section 102 of the Gardier patrol 5 to the Gardier Shihkhana Ombudsman's Commission the 21 year old woman that died has been named as Rebecca Brown Father Michael McCauhey of the three patrons Parrish & Derry joins us on the program now thanks very much for taking this call Father it's awful that we have to speak under these circumstances of course Good morning Griggs very sad, very sad for the family it's a very poignant when you hear a mother say last night that her daughter went out and she didn't come home was very touched by that statement and the mother also refers to the fact of how her own mother and I had dealt with the family at this time and her lovely family her mother had died during the pandemic and as we all know it was a very difficult time for families and how she lost two very special people in her life her own daughter and just to be with them yesterday at lunchtime or after lunchtime for the wider family circle I don't have many friends standing in the street Rebecca is from St Joseph's church White Chapel area the gadget part of her parish there's a very close community there just to see all her friends from school days and through the past years just gathered on the street just to visit the family last night her parents and her brother were present there and the wider family circle they say a very close family a very good family and just talked about this young daughter and how precious she was to them as a sister, as a daughter as a niece we use the words amazing and beautiful and how she just loved life it's incredibly difficult father isn't it to know what to say or how to comfort people in such an unthinkable tragedy that perhaps doesn't even make sense or seem real yet like no words that I can say or no words that we can offer to family at this time make sense in terms of just their questions no one would say that sense of what has happened here but again we just stay with family we offer them a time of prayer and a prayer of comfort just in some little way and we talked about how this care is very fond of taking photographs as she was always creating memories and as well as for them the memories just as I say her leaving on Saturday and going to Bunkrana and then something yesterday morning yesterday morning and just our presence is important to people and it's lovely just their sense of being to come live ourselves and just wanting that spirit of consolation and father too terribly short life just 21 years Rebecca seemed to have so much of an impact on other people around her and I was thinking too and I noted as well just in terms of the outpouring of sadness and tributes that they were from worldwide you know the way it is now father people choose to travel so you had people that are far away from here now friends that would have grown up with Rebecca that are perhaps experiencing life in other parts of the world the point I'm trying to get to is that for such a young person she had such an impact on others and those ripples are being felt right across the world this morning that was very obvious Greg yesterday after me was going to say when you go down to the street where she lived to enter home by the many friends of her age just sharing the stories of their memories of this young lady just again asking why her was growing on there but again just their sense of community and their sense of offering support and the whole way to each other and that's so important just to our young people and like them they ask the questions of what has happened here and where do we go from here and just for them it's just an important being together through the young hairdresser evidently well respected and as I say bubbly and life entirely told that sense of company that sense of family and the friends of each other it's just incredibly sad in her mother's own words she went out and very sadly didn't come home our thoughts are with her mom and dad and as you mentioned her brother Ethan and the wider family of course and all her friends and everyone who she touched and lots of people as well father be affected by a tragedy like this I don't know the person involved you know it affects all of us there's data I had mastered this morning and just people are touched just listening to the young life, the young girl and as I say they're a very good family wider family circle and they're known and respected and it touches the lives of all of us in so many different ways just how you want to as the mother said how do I move on or how do I cope with today and tomorrow and we just take each day as it comes and as you've mentioned the importance there of community and those around us father Michael it's so so important isn't it in the days, weeks, months and years ahead and the local community won't be found wanting in that regard certainly not they're very good family, good people and good community in a sense associated to St Joseph's church known as the White Chapel here in the city it's a very strong good community of people who have journeyed together and faced a lot of struggles through the years and a lot of tragedy in different circumstances but again rally together in a good spirit of kindness and support and care for each other and that's so important at this particular time and again for the future and me all of us listening today are all thinking on Rebecca and her family and yourself father it's difficult for you and the emergency services as well and hopefully all the strength that is required is found to get through to get through life effectively that's what we have to do unfortunately it's a can be cruel at times but we just hope that everyone gets the strength that's needed just to hear the mother say that yesterday just acknowledge all those people from 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unspeakable and difficult time and just hope they can get the strength and realise just the level of support not just in their own city but in Bulkhran as well as we try to come to terms with such an unspeakable tragedy yeah indeed indeed but as I say we invited you on to talk about what you've described as an inundation if such a word exists you've been and dated by calls and messages and stopped in the streets as well with calls who are frustrated but by what they see as a decline in public services in Bulkhran is that something that you see as well absolutely there's no exaggeration to say I've been inundated I've been walked up the main street and been stopped by people people stopped to talk about it my phone hasn't stopped I've seen local businesses have been given out on social media quite greatly given out what they see as a reduction in public services in Bulkhran sometimes people would have been fearful back in 2014 when the town council was to be abolished I still stand over that was a retrograde step we had public meetings at the time people met with senior councillors because of the time saying they didn't want to see when Crown has slipped back or services slipped back if the town council went and unfortunately I have to say that is the case and why is that though and is it measurable I mean obviously people will see maybe that the roads don't seem to be as clean as they were or the green space is on as well maintained or what have you but I mean are you able to ascertain are there less staff is there less money as the schedules change like is it tangible what's changed yeah there is no the staff that we have are being stretched the whole way from Regents around about the Bali Liffon so that itself would stretch the capability of the staff that we have but even smaller things like the moor that we would have to cover the grass the level of grass needs caught in moor crown has significantly increased in recent years as Swan Park has doubled in size so we would actually need additional resources rather than less but that moor now has been shared with Moville there was two members of staff coming across from Moville to take the moor, transport across and it will go there for two days you can have problems there and that if the moor has been used for two days in Moville it could come back, it could come back to Moor crown it could be raining Wednesday and Thursday so you've lost a week there being maintained that's just a small example this was the real tipping point the people have been angry about is there's going to be a reduction in the street sweeper in Moor crown and that's the result of the cost of the contractor that has gone up now to be fair it's gone up for the first time in 14 years but the budget hasn't been set aside to accommodate that so they're looking at a reduction in the level as in by the days that the streets will be swept and in the last two weekends in particular in the mornings and Saturday and Sunday the town was just covered in litter and I was contacted by the tidy towns who were out every weekend lifting litter but they were just completely overwhelmed by it and unfortunately they spoke to an over tourist who were on Moor crown and Main Street and that morning they couldn't believe it what had happened here so again that's another problem that needs to be addressed we can't slip back and understand that we need more money pictures and reviews and what have you if this is not sorted out as we head into the tourist season which has already begun you could argue of course you know it's the reputational damage to Bonkran as well that it starts getting a reputation for being unkept and once that sort of you know I'm on about nationally and internationally you know once that starts it's hard to reverse that you know we're going backwards when we should actually be going forwards particularly with recent announcements of you know that big application 20 million odd isn't it for an investment to the shore front and the leisure centre and what have you this should be a time where you know we're moving forward not backwards absolutely we don't want Bonkran to get their reputation and actually Bonkran doesn't have that reputation at the minute with the tidy towns committee there that's churning out gold medals year after year because of the huge amount of work they've done and in conjunction with the council staff the council staff on the ground have been fantastic in doing everything they can and since I raised this issue you have been contacted by a number of members of staff in the council who agree to what I've said and we're kind of grateful that it highlighted because they want more resources because they're all local people they're all people from this community and they want to do their best but they feel they just need additional resources to do it and as you say they're it's a very positive time for Bonkran we're looking over 20 million euro into the shore front so it's going to include the leisure centre it's going to be absolutely seismic the level of investment that we want to see in Bonkran but we have to get the ABCs right we just have to get the normal like the grass cotton the street sweeping because it'll take away from it we invest all this money but we still don't keep the streets clean it'll be awesome so I think we need to move forward I think it can be a great time for Bonkran but we just need to get on top of this right now right okay so let's get down to solutions then this is not party political representatives from right and in fairness in Bonkran I've always worked very well together don't get me wrong but my point is is that all councillors will agree on this so what needs to happen what does the executive need to do so let's start with street sweeping is it to increase the budget and in terms of in terms of the maintenance of green spaces no one wants to take anything away from a mill so is it employing what an extra two or three staffer so what are the solutions to the problems we're talking about here so that when I speak to you in a month or two months or three we can see if they've been actioned upon it's not complicated I spoke to the chief executive during the week too and raised these concerns with him in the affair he was sympathetic and was hopeful of finding solutions on these and the more it doesn't need more so I think we just need to rent a second more to cover that problem solved do we have that we do need more garden staff we do need that additional staff and again then with the street sweeping we just need to find that budget the chief executive directed the staff to try and source from a known budget failing that we're going to have a meeting as you say it's part of political like I'll be working with on this we're all on the same page on this so we'll be looking forward to that so hopefully we get together with all the relevant staff and try and carve out a solution to this and identify the monies that are needed because I do think everybody wants this we just need to make sure it happens I've moved a motion now that will be discussed at the cleanery sitting at Unigual County Council next Monday and I've asked for a view of all services as they stood in 2014 in Bunkrana before the town council was abolished and as to where they stand today there's a shortfall in these because there's a commitment back in 2014 that Bunkrana would never see a reduction in services and would always maintain the same services that they've enjoyed under the town council so I've asked to review that and if there's a shortfall and to fill the gaps of that shortfall I think that's the least of the people of Bunkrana and the ratepayers of Bunkrana deserve. Alright thanks for your time I appreciate it Councillor Jack Moray there 08 660 25000 if you're in that area I want to let you know that there is a coffee morning raising funds for Irish guide dogs it's taking place in the station house hotel letter Kenny on the 25th Thursday the 25th of May so it's between 11am and 12 noon it's a coffee morning in the station house hotel letter Kenny all funds raised for Irish guide dogs now can you help this listener I'm sure you can because you're incredibly clever and resourceful Greg I've got a new wooden worktop in my kitchen and this week my grandson spilled super glue on it does anyone now know how I can get it off now I can come up with a few suggestions here but we need tried and tested solutions that perhaps won't damage the wooden surface now hopefully at this stage it would just be the laminates not the laminate but you know the varnish but anyway I haven't a clue why am I talking I've got a new wooden worktop on my kitchen this week my grandson spilled super glue on it does anyone know how can I get it off WD 14 oh anyway it's quite serious really in kitchen top terms so how do you get dried in super glue off a wooden counter service 08 660 25000 I know you have the answer I just need you to pick up the phone and let me know right okay catching up on some comments from a very busy few days last week as you can imagine lots and lots of you text in as it relates to the conversation about refugees particularly and accommodating them particularly from the Friday panel the refugees arriving here from the likes of Ukraine and Syria says this listener is not the problem but rather those who are mostly mailed from other countries arriving without documentation and being placed within small communities rather than within processing centres government policy is way too slack on migration and the likes of Paul Murphy calling concerned residents far right and fascists doesn't help hi Greg how can we build housing for families when there's people like this subject in the countries crying out for housing that's off the back of our conversation as it relates to the building of apartments in letter Kenny right okay stay with us back to more of those in a minute Brian was is joining us on the show now hi Brian hi Rick how have you on the show right you went out for a meal in the south of Donny goll what was your experience yeah well it was a good experience up to a certain point when it came to paying the bill when it came to paying for it we got the bill pay the guy cash I was getting the getting prepared to pay a tub when I seen the they had already taken a 10% up service charge on to the bill which I thought was a bit cheeky and presumptuous and I never said anything we were leaving at that stage there was a band of musicians come on to set up and we were getting it in the way we were going elsewhere in the town so it was a bit cheeky at the time that you're you know they're adding them now onto your bill there was only two years and you spent well you must you must have spent about 100 and 110 111 did you it was the bill was 114 85 plus 10% was 126 Euro which is not insignificant you know because especially considering that you were about to leave a tip which would have been based on the treatment you got the quality of the food that was at your discretion so as you're reaching noticed on your second they've already decided that they deserve a 10% tip so I'm wondering where other people in the same position where the top on top of their top that was really taken but you thought this was cheeky I thought it was cheeky I thought it was very presumptuous first time I ever came across it and I've had that in the place before and there was never a service charge on it now I had a few dinks in me did a bottle of wine at our meeting where I don't know the server maybe thought I'd been on the wiser and this is we're speaking after the fact and you hadn't come across this before but do you know sometimes in small writing across the bottom of a menu it can say you know plus a 10% service charge or you know yourself in the we terms and conditions like do you think this is common practice or do you think maybe you were ripped off a little bit I think we were ripped off a little bit to be honest I didn't see anything in the menu or there was not a there was a service charge that should be pointed out to you there's a service charge you expect a service you go out for immediately expect to be pumped for the prices that you're paying I mean we didn't have a starter we had one dessert we had a main course I had an Irish coffee to finish off you must have had a big steak if that was the price of it or else maybe you had more 35 euros maybe you had more than one bottle of wine Brian I don't know one bottle of wine was 29 euro which was I thought it was that's what you pay when you're out is it you wouldn't want me you wouldn't want me because you wouldn't be getting a 29 euro bottle of wine I'm not joking just be warned but Camille you see the thing is for the sake of the tenor too this business has probably lost itself quite a bit of money in the future because I think you've stayed they provide some accommodation as well and you've stayed with them in the past and for a tenor it's left to taste in your mouth it's probably enough to put you off either eating there or staying there again so for the sake of the tenor how much have they lost from you over the next couple of weekends or whenever you might go back we were staying in the hotel close to the place the following morning we opted out of breakfast we just had room only so we wanted to get our breakfast later on the day it was a bit of a session the night before but it was sort of a session the music do that we were at we opted out they would have got the breakfast as well we can say you were in Bondorn I'm just curious you went down to Bondorn did you because we heard I'm just trying to get a sense of do you see any change in the town is it as busy as it once was before because we were speaking to some people saying that they're concerned the night time economy in Bondorn is waning a bit so did you have a great night or what's the crack I thought it would have been busier on a Friday over the summertime I'm sure it would have been busier if visitors come down holidaymakers but in general everywhere with the cost 11 people are are tightening up their belts they have other priorities holidaymakers to pay for with the cost of the meal at that it's probably a roundabout where you'd expected to be maybe a little bit more I don't know but anyway my point being Brian it makes eating out far more something you have to consider far more doesn't it that's not like 69 or 75 euro for the two of you like when you're getting up to the 120 mark you'll once off treat territory aren't we yeah yeah the price of the food wasn't an issue at the time we were out to treat ourselves regardless of how much it was going to cost but it was just the cheekiness of at the moment 10% surcharge on it I never said it I mean I paid a cash and it was going to round off the bill time to keep the change off the bill which would have brought it to 130 plus another 10 euro yeah but I've seen that and I thought it would like that Brian listen I hope you had a good weekend anyway it sounds like you did even though you weren't happy with this unannounced sort of a service charge surcharge but thanks very much for joining us I really appreciate your time no problem Brian take care of yourself what do you think out there should it be at 660 25000 should it not be at the customer's discretion that's what this texter believes yes Greg a tip should be at your own discretion why should we pay the wages of staff when you are already paying for the food now the thing I would say about that is it going to the staff as well because that's another question and I'm not sure where we're at with that legislation and I'll double check it as we head into a break here but you would want to be confident too but you could find it far more palatable if I thought it was going in addition to staff's wages so it actually was it's hard to get staff and this is extra money for them to make it worthwhile for them but is it, does it go into the staff's pockets in addition to the wages or is it as this listener suggests just a supplement a contribution effectively to the restaurant to pay the wages I don't know what do you think get involved in the conversation I'll wait 60, 25,000 WhatsApps and text that number or give us a call at 07491 25,000 right we've got some suggestions as how you get super glue off a wooden work surface set your ears to stunned that's coming up in about two minutes the wind is our greatest natural resource we're harnessing it to provide cleaner renewable energy for homes across the country switch to SSC air-tricity and get the wind working for you switch today and get 15% of electricity and 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T for time, it's time to call 112 or 999 fast. Learn more at irishheart.ie OK, we'll perhaps start with the least constructive suggestion as to how to get superglue off your work surfaces. This listener says, don't know, but it'll be a sticky handling. Thank you for that. But more constructive here. Get the kitchen fitter back. You can scrape it off and use paint thinners. Not an easy job, but should work. And this is the one I thought of, but didn't want to say it in case it got sued. Iron brown paper on top. So put the brown paper on top of the glue. Get your iron out. It'll melt the glue or soften it. Now, I wouldn't go too hard. I'd go a little bit first and then lift it off. Just a suggestion or maybe, and this one is my suggestion, you could try. Maybe a hairdryer just to soften it. Maybe I don't know. Now onto some other calls here. Driving down the Creasley to Dunfana, he rode with family to enjoy a lovely Sunday yesterday when we came across three motorbikes coming at such speed, racing one another as if they were on their own road track. At one point, the driver of one of the motorbikes overtook so quickly between two cars, he nearly took a wobble. It was pure luck he didn't. This is what is causing fatalities. These drivers have no consideration for their own lives alone. Anyone else's. This was at lunchtime, too. We were so shook, it really did tarnish the day. That's how bad it was. And I've seen a couple of instances myself over the weekend of bikes going through some traffic works in Donningham Town at the moment. Must have got up to 80 or 100 in the very short space between lights. It's just that time of the year. The issue with Cleaning Street says this listener is mainly down to dogfowling and its owners who were to blame. Why has dogfowling suddenly become such an issue on footpaths? Is it time we got heavy handed with fines for people? Yeah, I think there's a strong argument for it. No excuse. I understand what you're saying, but in terms of the road sweeping, we heard from Councillor Moray there that it's sort of maybe in the weekends on a morning where it's obviously human waste. That's the issue as well. But certainly dogfowling. Maybe there's more dog ownership now. Is that why we're seeing more dogfowling? This caller says, I suggest they don't cut the grass until all the dandelions go to seed. Bees, flowers, insects are all around my garden now. And it's a delight to see. Yeah, indeed. I think it depends what you have sown, though. I wonder if it's just overgrown grass, it can look quite messy. But if it's that sort of if it's that sort of wild, seedy look, it actually does look, it can look really quite nice. As it relates to tips and service charges, the caller says, personally, I don't see the need to tip like personally, I don't see the need to tip the likes of hairdressers and beauticians, etc. anymore. Very black and white thinking. But from my experience, they cost their services according to what is offered factoring in staff time. They've also increased prices due to increased cost of living. I've never seen the need to be honest. We don't tip shop assistants or carers, etc. OK, let's go to Marina. Hi, Marie. Good morning to you. Hi, Greg. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. Right, you used disposable needles and normally you take them to the chemist to dispose of them responsibly, but things have changed, Marie, have they? I was in the last day, I had two buns full and they were done and they took them last time, but they never came back to me to say that they've been no longer taking them. So in front of me that they've been charged they've been charged for disposal of the buns. So I rang the surgery then this morning to see if they would take the buns and they can't take the buns either. Wow. Right. So you now are stockpiling these used needles and you want to dispose of them, obviously, responsibly. We throw in the question out to listeners there. Where can you dispose of them, Marie? Yeah, much appreciated, yeah. Yeah, OK, and is there just a general area you'll ring just in case it's geographically important? Well, I'm here in Letter Kenny. You're in Letter Kenny, OK. So anywhere in and around Letter Kenny and the chemist won't take them any longer because there's a cost. And did they suggest they might charge you to take them back or they just said, look, we're not doing it any longer? It just says that they had to charge them the last time whenever they took them off me. And this says there's really a number you can ring to find out. But the place where I usually ring, which is my support in Dublin, their number no longer exists. All right, OK. So I can't get in touch with them. All right. And you said the GP doesn't want them back either. No, I'm after a regular there before I rang you. And no, they can't take them. OK, right. So the question is a simple one there. Where can we responsibly dispose of used needles? The chemist isn't an option anymore. GPs. Yeah, shut up. Garth bins. Right, OK. Yeah, I've been that I put them in there and I close them off then. So they just take the band. Ah, I get you. And that keeps everything contained. OK, OK. Yeah, there is no handling. It's such like it's just two bins. Yeah. And pardon my ignorance. You couldn't put them in general waste, Murray. I don't know. So we'll ask that question as well. OK, good stuff. Yeah, good, yeah. We'll get an answer for you one way or other. Hopefully it's a positive one. Thanks for your time. That's great. Much appreciated, Craig. It's a pleasure, Murray. Have a lovely day. Take care of yourselves. So anyone out there? Murray has two of these bins that are filling up now with disposable needles. The chemists do not take them any longer because they're charged for them to be taken from them. And the GPs are not interested either. They're not taking them back. So there's going to be a lot of people out there in the same situation. Murray seems a little bit nervous about putting them into general waste, which I can understand there as well. So let us know what does she do with these needles in the letter Kenny area or anywhere, for that matter. 08 660 25000 is the WhatsApp and text number. 08 660 25000. Or if you prefer just to give us a call and chat to Caroline or Neve, the number there is 07491 25000. 07491 25000. Right, come in a little later on in the program. Well, we've got plenty coming up for you. Brendan Devaney is going to be in, of course, or on the program at the very least, talking about the weekend's GEA action. If you have any commentary on that, maybe you want to talk a little bit about Katie Taylor fight or anything hurling it's up to you, whatever you want to talk about, that's sport. But anyway, you know the numbers, whatever you want to chat about. OK, we're going to take a break for the news and a bituary note, so stay right where you are and we'll be back with more after 10. In this week's RT Guide, today shows Sinead Kennedy on long-distance relationships and how parenthood has changed her life. From biking to bathing, our out and about issue is bustling with tips for things to do this summer. And from Barbie to Oppenheimer, we preview summer's big movie releases, everything and more. RT Guide, on sale now. Get ready for spring summer with the Villa Rose V Spa. Our luxurious body scrubs will leave you feeling smooth and sulky and we offer waxing and sugaring hair removal options so you can be beach ready in no time. 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Shots she sent me, so they're mine, really. I only said I'd do it, but the guards are saying that's a crime now. It's not my fault, Mum. Didn't do anything. I only said I would. Threatening to share intimate images is a crime with serious consequences. Contact your local guard station if you need to report it. Brought to you by the Government of Ireland. On air online and on the Highland Radio app, this is Highland Radio News. Good morning. It's 10 o'clock. Donald Kavanaugh at the news desk. A post mortem is being carried out today on the body of a young woman who died after she was hit by a garter car outside Bunkrana at the weekend. 21-year-old Rebecca Brown from Gallia and Derry was struck by the patrol car as she was walking close to Ludden Beach at around quarter past three yesterday morning. The collision is now the subject of a GSOC investigation. The road has now reopened. Father Michael McCawhey of the Three Patrons parish in Derry knows the family. He told Greg on this morning's 9-2-noon show that the community in the area of Gallia where Rebecca lived is pulling together. Their sense of community and their sense of offering support and the whole way to each other. And that's so important just to our young people. And like them, they ask the questions of what has happened here and where do we go from here? Just for them, it's just an important being together. Through the young hairdresser, evidently well respected and, have they say, bubbly in life and totally told and just loved that sense of company, that sense of family and the friends of each other. Gar thee, our appeal for witnesses, after a young teenager was killed when the tractor he was driving overturned in County Mayo. It happened close to Claire Morris on Saturday evening. The 13-year-old was treated at the scene at Skardwan for serious injuries and then brought to Galway University Hospital. He was later transferred to Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin. Amy Ford, deputy news editor with the Farmers Journal, said he passed away there yesterday. Shortly after quarter past eight on Saturday evening, Gar thee and emergency services were alerted after a tractor overturned on the local road near Claire Morris in the county. And Gar thee said that the driver and sole occupant of the tractor was a 13-year-old boy. He was treated at the scene for serious injuries and removed to Galway University Hospital and he was subsequently transferred to Temple Street in Dublin, where he sadly passed away earlier on Sunday. Fina Fallon, Donegal, say they've been given a commitment of progress on the Tenty Road project this year and a specific promise that the government will very carefully consider the need for a second bridge over the Swilly in Letter Kenny. The commitment was given last night when councillors and county executive members met with junior minister Jack Chambers. He was in the county for yesterday's national famine commemoration in Milford. County executive Piro Gavin McGowan says issues including defective blocks and the need for balanced regional development were raised with the minister, who will be Fina Falls National Director of Elections for next year's local council poll. He says minister Chambers was very positive on the issue of road infrastructure. Number councillors made contributions in relation to your second bridge cross in the River Swilly. It was a big point for the maintenance and the minister took all the points. Obviously he could make no promises at that meeting, but he did say that it would be something that he would be looking at. And I think everyone knows that that is something that has to be done in order to combat the traffic and congestion that is on Letter Kenny. A 1,000-euro tax break for workers is among the ideas being brought to the table ahead of this year's budget. According to the Irish Independent, it would see workers on an average household income awarded the payment. The measure is being backed by three Finnegale junior ministers. Finnegale TD column Brophy says it's something that workers deserve. It's something that is due to people who are on average incomes, middle incomes. So if you're on about 52,000, what we would be suggesting is that you'd get a tax break in the next budget. That should be worth about 1,000 euros. You've got to remember, we have very high personal taxation rates. So around the 2008 crash, people said, well, the economy is in a dire way and the finances are in a dire way. Well, the nation's finances have never been stronger and there's a huge surplus. Plans to begin warning labels for alcohol parks have been signed into law by the health minister. It'll see warnings against drinking while pregnant, while highlighting links to cancer and other diseases. However, it'll take three years before the labels will be seen on alcohol products here. Minister Stephen Donnelly has been outlining why. It'll take so long. It's to allow producers to get ready for this and to make sure that we don't end up inadvertently rising costs or doing other things for producers. With a lot of producers in Ireland, for example, doing very good work. And so really, that was the agreement that was reached in, I think, in recognition of concerns that the industry has raised. Well, the forecast in Ireland tells it'll be dry today with cloud gradually breaking up, allowing for some good spells of sunshine to follow in the afternoon and early evening. Top temperatures today, 14 to 16 degrees Celsius in moderate Northwest breezes, staying dry tonight under broken cloud, cool under longer clear spells with lowest overnight temperatures, three to seven, all in a light Northwestly breeze. Tomorrow it'll be mostly dry with sunny spells. Overall, though, cloudier with possible coastal drizzle, top temperatures on Tuesday, 13 to 16, coolest along Atlantic fringes, but mild in any sunshine, more than moderate Northwest breezes. And that's Ireland Radio News. We're back with news again at 11. Until then, from the news team, have a very good morning. The obituary notices for this Monday morning, the 22nd of May. The death has taken place of Barry Gately O'Sullivan, Carolina, Black Farm, Bunkrana. His remains will be repose at McLaughlin and Glockland's Funeral Directors, Bunkrana, with viewing from seven o'clock to nine o'clock tonight. Removal from there tomorrow morning to St. Mary's Church, Cough Hill, for 11 o'clock Requiem Mass, with cremation afterwards in Lakeland Crematorium, Cavern. Family fires only please the nations of desired to Donegal Hospice care of any family member or McLaughlin and Glockland Funeral Directors. The funeral mass can be viewed online at churchservices.tv. The death has taken place of Anne McBride, Neymar Gill, Woodhouse Ardra, reposing at her home from two o'clock to eight o'clock today. Removal from there to the Church of the Holy Family, Ardra, tomorrow afternoon at half past 12 for funeral mass at one o'clock, burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. House private please before the funeral tomorrow. Family fires only. The man's funeral mass can be viewed live on MCNmedia.tv. The death has occurred of John McGonigal, Terwee Glenealy, funeral from his late residence tomorrow morning at half past 10 for Requiem Mass in St. Mary's Church, Bokken Kuldaaf, at 11 o'clock, interment afterwards in the adjoining churchyard. Family fires only please the nations in Louis desired to Ardive and Alzheimer's unit current on a hospital care of Liam Collins or any family member. John's funeral mass can be viewed live on Kuldaaf Parish.com. The death has taken place of Barbara Grimes, Ney Herety, the Dleeb Letter Kenny, funeral mass in the Church of the Irish martyrs, Bally Rain Letter Kenny, tomorrow morning at 11 followed by burial in the family plot in Newlake Cemetery. Family fires only please the nations in Louis desired to the friends of Letter Kenny University Hospital. The house is private please to family and close friends at the request of the deceased. The death has occurred of Kathleen Cassie Malloy, Maharabeg Bernfoot. Kathleen is reposing at her home, removal tomorrow morning at quarter past 10 to St. Mary's Church fawn for Requiem Mass at 11 o'clock followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery. Cassie's Requiem Mass can be viewed on ChurchServices.tv. Family time please from 10 o'clock tonight. The death has occurred of Margaret Gilchrist, Ney Kelly, formerly of Bally Kerrigan, funeral mass in St. Margaret's Church down Firmland, Scotland, tomorrow morning at 10. The funeral mass will be streamed live on MCNMedia.tv. And the death has taken place of Pat Hagen, 26, Ardegrenia, Bunkranna. Funeral this morning with 11 o'clock Requiem Mass in Starr of the Seed Church Desert Technique followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. Family flowers only please. For more details, including any family health guidelines for wakes and funerals, please go to highlandradio.com. Let's join Steve live for the buildup. What's your prediction? I've been watching this team for a very long time, Gary. And I can tell you now, the score will be 3-1. There will be our annoying corners and the French lad will score a header. Very specific, Steve. It's BetBuilder from LiveScoreBetPull. You can combine markets from thousands of options to create your own bed. Or if you can't make up your mind, choose from the pre-built QuickBet options. Which is exactly what you did, isn't it? BetBuilder from LiveScoreBet. Building a bed just got easier. Full account terms apply. Bed responsibly, 18plusgandlingcare.ie. You're very welcome back to the 9th of the noon show this Monday morning, or you're very welcome to the programme. If you've just switched on 08, 660, 25,000, that's the WhatsApp or text number for you to get involved in our various conversations. And as always, you are in great numbers and thank you very much for that. Let's get to some of your comments. In relation to Marie, just before the news at 10, a caller says there is a number on the box that you put your needles in. If you call them, they'll collect it. I called just now, and they said they will collect in the next week. Normally, they take the full bin and leave me an empty one. Okay, so hopefully, Marie, that fits into the same system that you're employing. Whoever provides sharp boxes should provide instruction and advice on disposal. I'd be asking their advice. If that's the chemist to ask their advice, if they can't do it, ask them what their options are. But we are an outlet for it as well. That's what we're here for as well, you know, to, we're easy to get in touch with and people can just call us and we'll answer the phone straight away and get answers. So there's no harm in calling us too. Greg, is this a record? I got my home renewal notice last Tuesday. My policy expired on Saturday. I was shocked. They only got five days notice, but not near as surprised as I was when I saw the quote, 984 Euro. Last year, it was 600 Euro. I immediately went on an insurance comparison website and entered my details. I increased the rebuild cost, good move, and the contents insurance. I got a policy that covered all of my needs for 365 Euro. My question is, how can two companies assess the risk at such vastly different amounts? Shouldn't the ombudsman not ask why this is allowed to happen? I'm normally lethargic when it comes to shopping around, but sometimes I get the kick in the backside that I need. And look, I think the bottom line is, is we aren't great at switching in this country or we're getting better, but we're not, you know, I've only really adapted in the last two or three years. And perhaps the insurance companies realize that we just let it roll over, that you get a letter and you open it and it goes, this is from Greg Hughes, House Insurance. And then you sort of start, you know, as you start reading down and you haven't got to the quote figure yet and you just go, oh, well, sure, it's a direct dividend, it'll be grand. And I think they rely on that to some extent as well. Whereas the company that covered you for 365 Euro, they see that you've had no claims. They see your house is in decent condition. They see you've valued it realistically and they want your business. Whereas the other crew probably just presumed that you would stick with them. So this person, by going on a house insurance comparison website, now has an extra what? 600 Euro in their back pocket, 620 Euro. Folks, switch, switch, switch. That's what I would suggest. Don't be loyal to particular phone companies, particular broadband. People think too, they don't want to switch broadband. You know, you get 35 quid a month. And next thing, you know, 65 quid a month and you go, oh, well, sure, I can't be bothered and I'd have to send the router, but forget that. As soon as you contract expires, switch again. It's all the same company really, you know. They all use the same infrastructure. It's just a different name and sometimes a different router. And you can save yourself thousands just on broadband, mobile phone and house insurance, for an example. A caller says, I had always thought it was a customer's discretion that a tip should be included. And that's why it's so controversial. The service charge issue is back on the agenda again. We were out for a meal some time ago and we paid on ordering. And there was a gratuity option on the bill before we had any food. How can you tip before you have even eaten? Well, really, you can't, can you? But it's very unusual to pay for food in advance unless it's a takeaway, isn't it? But anyway, be that as it may. Let me see. We've had some comments too on social media. I had always thought it was out of customer's description that a tip should be included. Caroline, you will need just check where that legislationally over at. The car was on about it. That tipping legislation is at, just so as I couldn't access it just in the break because I forgot to. Robert on Facebook, you can ask for that to be removed if you want to, plus a lot of establishments. That goes to the business, not the staff. So always worth asking. Thanks for that, Robert. And Oshin, some people are never pleased no matter what. I've worked in the industry for years and I agree with the service charge 100%. It's people like Brian that don't leave a tip and usually are the hardest customers to serve. Some people are never happy. And I also think people like Brian have never worked in the hospitality industry. Otherwise, they wouldn't think twice about how hard everyone in hospitality works. In fairness to Brian, he was about to leave a tip at his own discretion. And it was only at that point that he noticed a service charge had already been applied. So let me flip it to you in this regard. If he had left a tip and was allowed to leave his own tip, a cash tip on the table, maybe that actually would have gone to the staff. You know, maybe that can go into the staff member's pocket or maybe there's a staff jar and the staff would get to have that tip. With the service charge, that goes into the bank account potentially of the business. Does the staff see that on top of the wages? I think Brian was actually trying to make sure that he rewarded the staff for their service, but instead that power was taken from him because the business decided to stick this charge on which he doesn't know where it's going. That's my idea going out, looking forward to a nice meal. If you're satisfied, you don't begrudge paying. And 26, 30 euro is standard for a good bottle of wine. But Greg, you sound such a cheapskate. You would probably buy a seven or eight-year-old bottle of rubbish wine. That's a no-no. Okay, well listen, I am a cheapskate. I'll put my hands up. Secondly, I don't drink wine. So I wouldn't really know a good wine from a bad wine. So I would struggle to pay 30 euro because I'd be paid it to watch someone else drinking. But yeah, you're right, I'm a cheapskate. Another texture says the same thing happened with me with glue on a kitchen top. It was only new. It was my own fault. Tried iron in the paper, tried everything. Mark's still there after 20 years, panicked at the time, but got over it. Yeah, of course. I think it's probably the lacquer on the wood that's got to be damaged, isn't it? And there are ways to sort of restore that too, but it might take bringing in a professional to do that. A caller says, I used to work in a restaurant years ago. Tips were shared equally amongst all staff from management to waiting staff, to kitchen staff and cleaning staff. All according to the number of hours worked, which I thought was fair. If tips are being given, but again, I don't see the need for customers to pay staff. Staffing is factored into the cost price in most, if not all instances. Another post COVID, a lot of hairdressers and beauticians in local rural communities have started to work from home. They now charge the same price as salon prices increased in a lot of cases due to the cost of living. I see no need to tip them with money, sorry, as many are perhaps now claiming social welfare too and doing the double with no tax or rent to pay. Obviously not all, but perhaps on perhaps, yeah, perhaps that's your relationship with your hairdresser. Though if you're working from home, they may well be paying water rates as well and stuff. I work in a hotel. The staff gets the tip as per the law. Good news. ED40 to remove the glue says another listener. Sorry, these are mixed in a little, but sure we'll get there. I agree, this tipping culture is ridiculous. I never do it. I paid good money for the service. If their bosses pay low wages, that's not on me. It's no wonder restaurants can't get staff these days. Another, just before we take the bingo numbers, I worked as a waitress, as a student in Toronto 35 years ago. There was a service charge included in the bill and it was up to the client to leave a private tip. The waitresses didn't have to set up the tables. It was done by bus boys. The tip is on the bill and it's given to the waitresses on their check at the end of the week. Any other tips? We'd give a little to the bus boys who set up. However, only staff in the dining room made over a thousand Canadian dollars a week. Wow, amazing. But isn't it different in different countries too? I think, I don't know, but I'm going by stuff I've seen on TV. It could be nonsense, but I was under the impression that some countries, maybe Canada, America, you get paid maybe lower wages, but because of the tipping culture, and if you do your job to a certain standard, that you can really make quite a lot of money. Again, lots of people listening would have spent their youth or spending their youth in America or Australia or Canada or whatever could advise me better. And finally, as it relates to the disposable needles, this caller says, my bin provider, Hibernian Healthcare, lift my sharp bins and replace it. 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So if you want to watch that, hop on to our social media, Highland Radio Ireland on YouTube. But for now, we're going to say good morning to Derek Rainey, who's Community Development Officer for the Ulster Scots Agency. Good morning to you, Derek. Good morning to yourself. Good to have you on board. Before we talk about the upcoming event, tell us a little bit about the Ulster Scots Agency and its function and role. Well, we are one of the cross-border bodies established under the Belfast Agreement. We are part of the Board of Lead, which is ourselves and Forest and Aguilica, the Irish language body. And we are funded through the Northern Ireland Executive and the Government of the Irish Republic. And our job is to promote Ulster Scots terms of culture, language and heritage. Our headquarters is in Belfast and we have a regional office here in Rufo for the last almost, well, 19 years. We've been based in Rufo as our regional office here in East Onigal. And I presume culture, language and heritage will be highly agenda for the Ulster Scots Heritage Day in Rufo this coming Saturday. Yeah, we started this event way back in 2015 just to raise a little bit of awareness of the tremendous heritage that's here, particularly in Rufo. And you just have to look around the town to see that heritage before you. And we ran that up until 2019, whenever we had over 3,000 people here in the diamond at the event. Regretfully, the last three years we have been unable to run as due to COVID. And so we're re-establishing it again out at the Royal School Football pitch on Saturday coming. And it's going to be a fantastic day of events starting at 12 noon. Tons of stuff going on. Tell us a little bit about it. Yeah, we kick off at 12 noon. It's a free event, admission free, car park and free. It's a family fun day. And it's all about raising awareness. So we have Elbowed Out, which is a new emerging Ulster Scots additional folk group. They were over in Ironmore for the Burns Night and went down a treat over there. So they're performing on the stage during the day. We also have a group of 40 highland dancers from a number of highland dance groups over in West Taroan and around Brady and around that part of the country coming along to perform. We have a group called the Force, which is actually a new drum major display team. This group travels the world. They do a lot of gigs across the world of various tattoos and events. So they're performing as well. There's about 15 or 20 drum majors. And then we have at the moment, we have about 14 pipe bands who are coming along mostly from Northern Ireland from as far away as County Down and around Mahrefelt and that part of the country. And then of course a number from Donegal. And am I correct in saying they're playing individually and then collectively as well? Yes, there's basically three parts to the pipe band. There's, because there's been no pipe band competitions in the month of May, we decided to give some of the pipe bands an opportunity to play individually in their arena. Some of their competition sets, they'll be starting off next week, the following week afterwards in their competition. And then we also will have them performing as a mass band in their arena. And then shortly around about four o'clock, they should be doing a short parade into the center of Ruffo and back out again to the football pitch. Yeah, and as you say, it's a family day out as well. Children's entertainment, maybe the odd burger stand, who's to say? Yes, we have children's entertainment. So again, it's all free admission. And there should be hopefully an ice cream van and the burgers and there's also the local Paris church are providing some teas as well. So it really is a fun day out. And we also will have a stall at it just to raise awareness and give out some freebies and information about Ulster Scots and various activities that we're involved in. Yeah, and because of the nature now of long range weather forecasts, it's looking really quite favorable for the rest of this week and into the weekend too with a dominant high pressure. That's the one thing with all the organization that you can't really plan for in advance, but it looks like the stars might be aligning for you on that day. Yes, well, I'm a farmer as well. So I've always well used to looking at the weather forecast and I did have a peak yesterday and it did look quite good for the rest of this weekend into the weekend. So that's always important when you're organizing outdoor events. You also have to plan if it doesn't work like that. So we have some marquees up and just for that. So, you know, we cover both, but it will be great to get a nice dry warm sunny day. And it is a new venue too. You're moving from the diamond to the pitch as well and planning a parking presumably available. I presume it's not to tie up or a phone necessarily and give a big open space for everyone to enjoy the activities. Absolutely. We were very conscious that we had built this up to 2019 and it became quite successful. We had over 3,000 people in 2019 and it did cause a bit of a logistic nightmare here in the town just getting and refose quite busy on a Saturday anyway. So we don't want to cause any logistical problems here and traffic delays, but we will have a period which shouldn't last much more than about 45 minutes into the diamond and back out again. And we're hoping that that will work and that will free the town up. And people can come along and they can still spend a year or two in the town if they want to go into the cafes or whatever. I'm sure they will. Because it's only a short distance walk from the football pitch into the center of the town. Yeah, I'm sure it's a lift for the town. As you say, particularly if traffic's able to move. Okay, listen, sounds fantastic. And there's not many things now a days that are free, but this isn't it's next Saturday and everyone's welcome. Absolutely. And very hoping that we have a pipe band coming from Ironmore. We have one common column killer coming in from the city. So, you know, it's a very much across community events and we're looking forward to everybody to come along and as you say, there's not that many events now that are free and it is free. Yeah, and particularly interesting will be the mass pipe band. I'm not sure if there's a world record out there or you're anywhere close to it, but it's gonna be a, you know, that's a spectacle in and of itself. Absolutely, and the last time we did this, which again was 2019, we had the mass pipe band in the diamond. And on the Facebook, we had half a million views. There you go. Of the pipe band performing in the diamond. So it just gives you an idea of the reach out there. The pipe band word is quite big. And, you know, so it'll be great to see them performing as a mass pipe band. So with both hats on, as the community development officer, you can pray for no rain for the next week and then you can put your farmer's hat on and then start crying about there's not enough rain from Saturday onwards. Is that? Well, I'm from the Sperlins, I can turn on. So I don't think I'd be crying for Ian for you to be honest with you. Derek, listen, can we have a wonderful weekend? Thanks for your time today. Thank you very much. Bye-bye, take care. Derek Rene, the community development officer with the Ulster Scots Agency. Okey-doke. Law to protect employees' tips was introduced from the 1st of December, 2022. The new law we're told will ensure that tips and gratuities are distributed fairly to staff. There's no legislation there, presumably then as it relates to whether you can apply a service charge, you just have to make sure that the staff get it. It's all very different now, Greg. It's no longer cash in hand, it's divided and included as part of your wage and taxes paid on it or it was in the restaurant I worked in. Yeah, indeed, and that's in compliance with that new legislation, which I just referenced there. Shall I play... No, I'll play requests a little later on. I'll watch the Carry Me Old Game on GEA Go. What a match it's disgraceful that this headline game wasn't free to air. The GEA obviously knew it would be a cash cow and force people to pay, and this is the problem with this system that they have, because obviously yesterday on Free to Air, it was a wonderful day for Hurling. Did you see that exchange between Don Logue and the presenter on RTE? What did you make of that off the back of his comments he had made on Morning Art and the previous Friday or the Friday before that? But anyway, listen, don't open up that can of worms or do I? Anyway, be that as it may, yeah. This is the problem, you see. Carry Me Old should have been available for us all to watch. I watched it myself, actually, to be honest with you. But then they will say, yeah, but we did show great Hurling games on Sunday and that's what you were all crying about last week. Patrick Kilty's a great choice for the late-late show. It certainly makes a change from someone from the RTE canteen. Yes, indeed, and that frees up more guests from the RTE canteen as well, because they don't have to take a presenter out of there. OK, let's take a break as we line up on next guests. Protecting you from serious illness or needing to go to hospital. You will be invited for another booster in the autumn to top up your protection for the winter months. 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These awards celebrated outstanding young people between the ages of 13 and 21 years. The awards recognised the good work being done by young people in every community in Donegal. Now, we've a whole host of people to talk to now. Let's start with the group awards, supporting each other, the community and others. This following the Creasley Explosion were joined in studio by Ifa Gibbons, held head girl at Mulroy College. Good morning to you. Hi, how are you? Good to have you with us. We also have Tide Morgan, head boy. Good morning, Tide. Morning, Greg. And last but certainly not least, we have Fiona Temple, principal. Hi, Fiona. Morning, how are you, Greg? I'm good. Do you want to outline firstly the submission really for the... Or how this group award was... How it was earned, I suppose. How it came about, yeah, yeah. So we won the overall group award and there would have been a number of nominations that would have gone through. So we were nominated externally, which was a great honour. And it's the entire student body of Mulroy College that has been nominated and has won this award. So it really is in recognition of the support and the care and the compassion that students themselves within the school show to each other collectively and individually throughout the year. Obviously, we were faced with a lot of challenges this year as the entire community of Donegal was, in particular, within Mulroy College. We were directly affected through the loss of two wonderful students, James Monaghan and Leona Harper, and two of our parents also, Martina Martin and Catherine O'Donnell. But everybody in the school was affected, staff and students alike. So this award came about from others nominating us and recognising how students within the school supported each other. We also had an individual award winner too, Dara O'Shaughnessy, he's not with us here today, but maybe just to mention Dara too, as he won the individual and to congratulate him. So I'm very proud and honoured of the students in the school. I always am, but particularly this year, just being able to experience the support that they showed each other throughout all of those challenges was great. Yeah, and Dara is a fantastic character, as well as everything else, isn't he, Dave? He is, absolutely. I think he's given me a touch in the past, if I'm not mistaken. I would imagine he has. He has indeed, and he's very good at it too. If a given, so I mean, it's important, isn't we recognise the impact that this had on young people? Because and still continues to have, because it's all still very fresh and still very raw as well. It's not only just the lives that were lost from the school, but people that were injured. But it impacted the school greatly, and I imagine that's an ongoing piece of work just to work through that. Yeah, that's it. And it definitely wasn't an easy time for us, especially, but I think it was the support of both, like obviously the teachers were supporting us, but even the students together, it's like we were always encouraged to come into school, and even to grieve together. They were told it was better than just to sit at home and grieve yourself. So I think the students just, we were also able to, the teachers, if there was someone upset, we were allowed to express our emotions on how we felt, and then even the senior students, if they see any younger students, they would just put their arm around them, say, all right, all right, or even tell a teacher, kind of give them that little bit of support that they needed. Yeah, and it's important, isn't it? Because I suppose too, particularly when you're young, you're not thankfully, generally speaking, you're not conditioned necessarily to have to deal with events like this. And how do you do so? And that's where that guidance, I suppose, I'm working together and creating that space where people feel comfortable expressing themselves, but also others feel comfortable in comforting them. Yeah, that's it. So especially the younger students, it might have been their first time at the experience loss or something like that. So some of them didn't know how to deal with it, and they might have helped it in different ways if they weren't given any guidance or that. And Ty, you're as well too, maybe it's a little bit different for fellas, or maybe those things are changing now as well, but it's just to give everyone that sort of safe space to feel that they can express themselves. Yeah, no, definitely. I think the school did an amazing job having everyone in, especially. Like their supports brought outside of school, but I think mainly the support in the school was with the students, and especially the teachers, the relationship that they had. You know, you had the students supporting each other, but the students also supporting the teachers. As Mr. Ample said, it was a tough time for everyone, not just the students. So you had the teachers there as well, and the teachers supporting the students, like I said. So it did definitely bring great support, and that's what this award was for, like recognizing the support and the care that the students had together. Yeah, and Fiona, it's really nice, isn't it, that Ty recognizes that, you know, all the teachers and staff and everywhere of the community, they're all sort of trying to process the exact same as everyone else. They're not supermen and women as such, do you know? No, and I think, you know, schools are an incredible space within themselves anyway, because of the diversity of relationships that happen there. And like, Mulroy College is so similar to all schools in the county and nationwide. It's all about building relationships and where you have that, where you have a community, whether it's a school or whether it's a GAA club or whatever it is, where good relationships are there, then you can support and help each other through good times, through bad times, through challenging times, whatever it may be. And I think that's what's very present for us, those relationships. And, you know, as Ty said there, students supported us as well. And the important piece for us, as you say, if we were there and we were together, and that will continue. And those challenges continue, as you say, you know, nobody's over this. This is something that... And that in and of itself, if there's something that has to be managed to, isn't it? Because, you know, you could be forgiven, perhaps, with some of the conversation out there, that, right, well, that was in the past. It's only seven or eight months ago, you know? And I think we have to be careful, don't we, that we make sure that people realize, and you guys do, of course, that this is still very recent. We still have the, you know, the first anniversary and birthdays and all of those things to go through, yet it's still very new. Yeah, that's it. And, like, suppose from maybe people from different countries that they think, oh, that tragedy happened, and, you know, it's past now, but especially you say it's like something like birthdays and especially the years anniversary and stuff like that. It will head again and it will kind of bring back those emotions that were there during the time, you know, of the loss and everything, and it's going to take a long, long time for everyone to... Just to hear. Yeah, for sure. And I think Fiona, as well, too, that, I mean, you know, from an administrative point of view, a management point of view, having to sort of deal with the initial stages and then what comes afterwards, but also, to some extent, under a bit of a spotlight or a microscope scope as well, you know, having to make decisions where there's no necessarily right decision to make as such. I'm sure that was a great challenge for you and the rest of the management and staff at the school. Absolutely, yeah. I mean, when any school or a school community faces any kind of a critical incident at all, but there's correct measures there in place as well, and we got huge support from NEPs, from our educational psychologists, our critical incident team from Donegal ETB. And our priority would always have been to ensure that we were looking after our students, our staff and our parents at that time, so we didn't really focus on the media or focus on that spotlight that was on us. Our entire focus was on looking after the community that we were in, but we definitely leaned on the supports that we had and the fact that our critical incident team would have kicked in straight away and those supports continue within the school daily from NEPs, from our ETB, from DYS, from Feroiga, from all of those external people, but a lot of that happens in school anyway. Those external agencies have, we would know them so well because we work with them every day. For example, Jigsaw, that works with a lot of our students. We've been part of the One Good School program on Jigsaw for years now, so you're simply just continuing to work with all of those services, but maybe just with a different focus for a period of time and we'll just continue to keep our focus really on the students and I think that's where this award comes from because that has been recognized and it's lovely that our students in particular are being recognized for that care and compassion that they show each other. And I think too, it's particularly nice too that it's a collective tag, isn't it? That you as a collective are being externally recognized by this. You never saw this or you know what I'm on about, but it's nice to see that the support you gave each other, the community and others following the Chrysler tragedy and continue to do so. It's nice that that's been externally recognized type. Yeah, definitely and it was a great honor and privilege for me, NEP to accept the award, but it was an award for the whole student body, you know, and it was well deserved because going into school, you know, you could see the support from the students and the staff, like I said, and that's why the award was definitely deserved. Yeah, that's it, you've said it. Hey, come here. If you ever want a future in radio, do you know when you've run out of things to say? Move on, move on. Listen, you did fantastic, I very play it to you. It's not easy coming in here and you too, Eva, you've done fabulous as well. Ethan Gibbons, head girl at Mulroy College and Ty Morgan, isn't it? Head boy as well and Fiona Temple principal. Congratulations that you don't recognize like this. It's hard to choose the correct words, but it's really, really fitting and congratulations, I suppose, because it's a great combined effort from everyone. That continues. Thank you so very much, all three of you, for calling down today. I really do appreciate it. That's Mulroy College and representatives of Mulroy College, the group award winner there. Right, the Community Safety Award went to the Recycled Bike Project. We're joined by Garvin Walker, youth justice worker with Froyga, Shay Kelly, Gallagher Levensturt student and member of the Donegal Youth Diversion Program. Good morning to yous. Thank you very much for joining us. Good morning, Greg. It's lovely to be on. Thanks for the invitation. It's great to have you, son. All right, so talk to us about the Recycled Bike Project. Yeah, well, so currently my role as a youth justice worker is to help the young people involved in our projects to engage in pro-social activities and interventions. Greg, you know, so just for the listeners' purpose, like, you know, there's five youth justice workers in Donegal and we're funded by the government of Ireland and the European Union. There's five of us, covered in Donegal, a big geographical spread. And in my own case, I work specifically in letter to Kenny and also facilitating just on a referral project. So the name of the game for us is to walk the path of the young people through key developmental ages through 12 to 17. And one of the ideas that we had moving forward in the referral project and my colleague, Nula Plunkett, was in rehearsal of doing this at the start, was driving us on, was the bike project. And the bike project would basically mean that they would get bikes that come from the garden and other sources, that the young people then would be trained by John Grant from the bike mobile shop. He would come down and train and show the young people how to fix the bikes up to make them roadworthy. And then he would pass them on, like the kindness of strangers charity and also they were full family resource centre were a benefit from this as well too. And then later in 2023, the lads fixed up bikes as well too and he gave them to some Ukrainian younger members. So the whole time we're working in a project this is to help the young people, Greg, basically with confidence and self-esteem. Right, who has you got with you there? So we have Ashen here and we have Shea and these are the two guys that are involved at all the work. So maybe I shouldn't be talking as much and let the lads who actually don't work because as I say, I was just facilitating for them and these boys did all the hard graphing, heavy lifting, you know. All right, talk to us. You, Ashen, talk to us about this project then. Well, we started the bikes at the start of this year for the Ukrainian ones because we know they'll be getting it tough coming over here when it happened with the war and stuff. So we thought it'd be nice to do some bikes up for them and give them a wee bit of lift. Yeah, Shea. So what did you do? Did you work on the bikes yourselves? Yeah, it was a collagalist-wise. Me and Ashen were pretty much doing the roadwork right now. But we went on for the last six months. We had John Grant coming down and helping us, showing us a few things and I'm sure that it'll help us out, too, and Maroyler. And we just started off by just checking the bike to see what we needed to fix. And if we needed to fix the gears, we had to fix the gears and the wheels and the brakes. And all the stuff was new to me, so it was kind of hard at the start, but we got through it. And it was good to see that they would only be used. And what was your specialty, Shea? What did you come particularly good at? Yeah, fixing gears. Yeah, because that's the most complicated, but I'm still well clear of the gears. What about you, Ashen? Probably the wheels can just handle this. Unless one of them turns up with square wheels. But anyway. Comfortable square wheels, I'm leaving a bang. Gawrford, you must be very proud of the money. It's great to see them recognized for the work. For sure. And look, listen, there are the boys at a certain age now, you know yourself high at 16 and 17. Sometimes you can't see the work that you're doing. And then you can't see how it's benefiting. But I was delighted. And again, my colleague, Nulla, who worked in Refos, well, we really drove this project on. But the lads showed up every Wednesday. They give their time. You know, they listened. They participated. It really helped with their self-esteem. And there's one thing I learned as a youth worker. It amazes me how much, how little a young person actually needs in terms of confidence. It doesn't take anything mental or massive. It's just simple stuff or even a positive reinforcement. And now some of the lads are working here now and Shae's preparing for his leaving search as well, too. But I've asked gracious guys who won the apprenticeships and stuff. And I'm not saying it's directly related to that, but it's a contributing factor, you know. And I think a big contributing factor, Garvin, is your faith in them and the support you give them to and your passion. That comes across in spades as well. So I think you've got to take a fair bit of credit to. Ashene, well done, lad. You too, Shae. Keep up the good work. All right. Take care of yourselves. Bye-bye. That's Garvin Walker, Shae and Ashene as well there. Right, Adam Lough joins us as well. Hi, Adam. How are you? How are you getting on? It's good to have you with us, right? You were the recipient of the Special Achievement Award. Congratulations. Thanks, thanks. All right. OK, so you set up a rugby club, did you, in St. Columbus Comprehensive, down in beautiful Glentys? What was the background to all of that? Really, I went to meet another boy, Mark Avigan. We went up to our teacher, Ms. Wackpole, and we thought that there was room for another sport and we loved playing rugby, so we worked together with her and we set it up. The school has been going great ever since. Yeah, and was the idea of being that it was something else for people to do if they weren't necessarily into the obvious ones, you know, the Gaelic, the soccer, the athletics? Yeah, because he's a great thing about rugby is that there's something for everyone and since there's something for everyone, we reached out to, like, everyone, so, like, all the nearby towns, such as, like, Ardra, Glentys, Fintown, Letcher, and then we even reached out to the Spanish students and the Ukrainians as well, which was great. So there's an inclusion, I mean, obviously you're widening the talent pool, but as well as that, there's a strong, positive inclusion element to it as well. Oh, definitely, that's one of the main, one of the best things about rugby is that there's something for everyone. So when did you establish the Rugby Club and how quickly has it taken off? Well, we started it just at the end of third year, but there was only a couple of weeks of that. It only really got going at the start of the year in September and it's been playing ever since. It's been creating numbers down every Monday. Because, I mean, it's not just to say, right, let's start a club, presumably you have to find someone to coach, you have to find a place to play, you have to get the right equipment and training and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, we'll see. It's fortunate that I actually done a rugby coaching course during that summer. So I was a fully qualified youth rugby coach then by September, so I definitely came into play then. And do you have an idea of how many students are currently taking or young people, I suppose, generally are partaking now? Well, we have three age groups for the boys, under 14, under 16 and under 18 now. And we have junior and senior girls team. So there's a wide range of ages and talent there. So that's great. There's always a great amount there every week. Brilliant stuff. And who's that beside you? I don't have it written on my sheet. Who? Hello? Hello. So I'm Ms. McPaulin. I'm the teacher who's talking about that. Ms. McPaulin, in so I can see you. I'm sorry, I could see the side of your face. But I didn't have you down in my notes here, Ms. McPaulin. You must be very proud of her. I mean, this sounds like it's really taken off. Oh, we're hugely proud of Adam here. I mean, you know, to see him take the initiative to even come and say, you know, look, I'm a rugby fan. I'm a rugby player. You know, there's so many students here on the periphery that haven't tapped in to sport. You know, and the one thing, as Adam alluded to earlier on, it doesn't matter your talent, your ability, your shape. There is a position for you on the rugby pitch, you know? So it was the reason I nominated Adam for the award was purely because, I mean, the award embodies the idea of people going above and beyond. And he's far too modest to tell you. But I mean, he coaches and refs every single week. And his ref, and as we've all seen it, it's exceptional. He foregoes the actual training himself on the pitch to coach the others, you know? I was hugely proud that we also have a female rugby team now as well, you know? He promoted one in the school. He promoted outside. He's been on O'Neill FM, sorry to mention the competitor. But he's been on another radio day. I love all of the media. I'm about elevating, not taking down. O'Neill FM is a brilliant radio station. Everyone can listen, just not between 9 and 12 Monday to Friday. So don't worry about that. He's been on there promoting it. I mean, you know, we've actually, he's running a big sale this week to promote again. The rugby, we're trying to get money together for shorts. We have jerseys, we've moved shorts. He always gives a percentage of the money to charity. He, you see, you know, him distributing leadership. Even now, he's encouraging younger members to do coaching courses. So it's again, it's building it on with younger members and support there to make a team. He's basically, he ran the TY Rugby as well. Yeah. We actually had Ulster Rugby come. Kevin Gallagher came from Ulster Rugby and he was taking the TY girls. And that was a hugely popular initiative. And Adam said, okay, I'll take the boys. Actually, obviously under my supervision. And we had a transition year rugby training session and that was hugely successful. And that's something we hope to have now every year. Yeah. And it's amazing to Adam where things can go. It's not that long ago that I was speaking to, speaking about in a show on rugby, you know, 50 odd years ago, I think it is. And it started off something like this. Just, you know, someone like yourself planting the seed. If you look at what happened in the Lettricenny Athletics, you know, it took one person or two people to get together and look what they established the same with the Finn Valley Athletics Club. You know what I mean? There was people involved, but it wasn't organised. And you've got someone like Patsy McGonagall who comes in and starts something. And who's to say where it might be in many years to come? So hopefully that's something in the Glenties and Surrand areas, Adam, that you've started. And we'll be talking about you in 50, or maybe even speaking to you in about 50 odd years. Anyway, you must still be getting some training in because you've got queer shoulders on you, Adam. So you must be finding some time for the training. Thanks very much, Adam. All right, cheers. Good morning. Congratulations. And fair play to you, Miss, for nominating him. A very, very worthy recipient. And it's great to see. Thank you very much. Thank you so very much indeed. OK, now, Councillor James McGonagall, the chair of the Donagall Joint Police and Committee, and he's been there for most of that conversation. And, hey, Jerry, what a fantastic group of young people right across the board there. I love these awards because it gives us an opportunity to celebrate the amazing achievements of our youth. Yeah, it's a fantastic initiative by Garnisher Akana. This is the fourth year now. We've been involved in it here in Donegal. And I have to say, the young people, as you say, that have come forward and been nominated by their schools and peers and families, it's been just absolutely fantastic. The stuff that they've been involved in. You've held there this morning. It's all about helping others. It's about improving themselves. But it's primarily about helping others and their contribution to their local communities and schools is absolutely fantastic. And it's a great thing to be involved in. And I know those of us who receive the applications and then do the adjudication, we have an awful task, but a very pleasant task in trying to bring out, because they're all winners, they're all contributors, as I say, to their community. And they certainly show what the young people of Donegal are about to... Yeah, before the years, too, because obviously with the terrible Chrysler tragedy, you know, sometimes you have to grow quick emotionally. And it's amazing how they managed to do that and continue to do it, but supporting each other. Adam there, in terms of who is to say what he's achieved, amazing already, but where could come from that? The young guys fixing up the bikes. Do you know what I mean? Like, real proactive community-based stuff. Sometimes, while all the adults are arguing with each other and this and then that, we turn to the young people and they're on the ground doing it, Jerry. I'm not talking about me or you, but you know what I'm on about. Like, the young people are out there, rolling their sleeves up and getting on with it. They're the people, isn't it? The young people, they see the gaps. They're experiencing the pressures that are there. And more importantly, they're identifying solutions and how to help and support their peers. What Adam's done in relation to rugby and how he's, I mean, as you said, so inclusive and bringing young girls, young boys, development and what he has is absolutely fantastic. The guys involved in the bike group, how they're in there working with Garvin, the Garda Diversion Program in Rufo and how there's a positive outcome to that there. Again, it's fantastic. And when we talk about Dara O'Shaughnessy and then the Mulroy College and what they've been through, but how they've stuck together and come together and supported one another. And I think they're an example to us all, you know. Yeah, and it seems the theme here too, though, is good strong adults to Garvin, particularly impressive. I was struck by him and his enthusiasm. He made me want to do something. And then we had obviously the principal and the teacher that they're supporting and it's amazing. Listen, Jerry, thanks very much for that. Roll on 2024. Yes, go ahead. Yes, of course. Just say, Greg, look, we want to really promote this award. And we would ask people, and I'm very pleased and happy that you promoted us so well today and showcased the winners and the recipients of the awards. But look, there's more young people out there doing fantastic things. And when I ask people that are big skills, friends, just workers, they look around me and bring forward young people because they need to be recognized for the great work. So it'll be open up again shortly. Keep an eye out for it. And we would like to see a lot more applications coming right across the country. Yeah, and just to tag on to that, if you don't mind as well, everybody that's nominated is recognized. So simply being nominated is a massive thumbs up and a pat on the back to young people. And of course, then there's a process. So listen, we always do well on the national level, so no pressure. They have to go on and win it for us now. Jerry, listen, thanks for your time. And thanks for holding on. And I'm sure you enjoyed listening to the young people in any case. Oh, very much so, very much so. Take care of yourself. Thank you. News on the way. She cuts in for the wing. Oh, that's superb. She's to run goal! Yes! She's scored a world-class win! Sarah. Sarah? Sarah? Huh? Oh. Cabri buttons or dairy milk? Oh, gosh, sorry. Hmm. Don't dream about a world-class win. Enter to win one. Meet a world-class footballer and win an epic holiday worth 8K. Only with Cabri. T's and C's apply. Visit worldclass.cabriFC.com. The big letter Kenny has to offer. 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We are now welcoming on to the show Brendan Devaney, presenter of the DL Debate. Hi, Brendan. All right, Greg. Good to have you with us. Well, with one of your guests, Declan McDermott. He's going to be on the show. Donegal ladies minors, winning the Ulster Championship. Fantastic result. We need to see that conveyor belt of talent, don't we? And it's good to see them picking up silverware. Yeah, and the timing could be better, Greg, at the minute. I suppose in Donegal, J, we're always looking for positive stories. It's been a tough enough year. And particularly with Maxi Korn, there's been a load of girls have decided to hang up the boots. and there's a new wave of girls coming through and you can't have a better way of coming through if they're also champions beaten down by a huge score in 511 they won five and they met at the start of the season in April and there was only four points in it. So, for a play to Dagdon and Barney Kern and others that are coaching the girls there they're obviously getting the very best out of them. A huge, huge occasion for them to be champs at the weekend. Yeah, indeed. Not so lucky for the Donegal male minors. Luke Barrett's gonna chat to you. They come up short against Derry in the Ulster Minor semi-final, but I suppose to as you're developing you have to sort of taste defeat too. None of us like to, but maybe that's part of it too. Maybe I'm being overly positive here, but anyway go on, bring me down to Earth. You don't taste defeat too much. You're always top of the ratings, Greg. I love you. You're always opening the champagne. Yeah, no, do you know what it is, Greg? I was up at home in some Saturday, Kelly Cloughar. What a fantastic setup. I've never been to the Kelly Cloughar club. Brilliant pitch, great setup. And as ever, Greg, you know when you go round grounds they're the warmth of people, particularly when it's a club game, it takes it over, you know. There's such a good vibe there. People just can't do enough, no matter what it is. So this Derry team, I spoke to a couple of Derry journalists around it, they were saying even though Derry won this competition a few years back in it they were saying this is the best team they've ever seen at Derry on their age, always just covering the sport for 20 years. So that was a task in hand for Luke's side. Now, first half, very, very tactical. I mean, even more tactical than you'd see in the senior men's game. Derry all sitting in because Derry had the ability to blow teams away and they had done that at halftime for a lot of teams including the last time we played them, the group stages. So it was four, two and a halftime, completely different. Second half, we really took the game to Derry. We couldn't get a goal. We had three kind of goal chances and a couple that maybe could have fell our way. Then if we had a hit the back of the net, we might have had a chance to win the match. They pulled away towards the end and kicked a few scores, but this and the lads gave their all. That's all you can ask for. And certainly the work that the likes of Luke and Brandon Coen and John McLaughlin there is doing, coaching the lads. They're coming through in terms of, I suppose, developed very much this season right now again. That's all you can ask for. Yeah, Derry. I mean, the future is looking really bright for them. They've got a bit of a powerhouse because as I say, you know, the seniors are doing well. I don't think anyone really, you know, would relish going up against them and then you've got the next chance coming through as well. They're starting to get things right from the grass roots up, it seems, building from the bottom up. Very strong schools, Greg, you know, whereas we would, you know, look to the likes of St. Juniors to go on the All-Star and fight out. Like they have three or four schools playing at a certain level, so they're constantly churning out. Most of the counties in the north have one or two very strong schools. Like you say, Derry have four. And that is a big plus to them as well, plus just the pure love of the game in there and most towns, you know, the football team is very important to the people there. And so that's, as you said, Greg's hardly believed how bad it went there, but it certainly turned out in the end. Derry and up and up. And we have to play them next and senior, which ain't going to be easy. Yeah, indeed. We'll talk about that in a sec. Don't it go hardly as an action as well? A bit of a dead rubber, really? I don't know. There's nothing we can read into that, really. Joe, we were in a huge lead in the game, Greg. So we decided to start with our better team and then take them off and wickled the opposite. So they felt he's strong and pipped us at the game. So what's to be really, and it's hard to know, but making a record coming up now in a few weeks time, massive occasion for Dunnigall, Crow Park. Greg, I'd love to be down there to see them and support them. Yeah. Are you going to be able to make it your way? Are you? I can't. I'll jump on my ashen chair. But he's in good form this morning texting when we're off fair. He seems to be, he seems to whatever happened at the weekend is in good form. And you know, that doesn't come along too often. So maybe this Saturday, it was a Saturday game. A bit of trouble there yesterday evening. Anyway, come here. Me and you are going to get into trouble. Stop it. Right. Let's get the men seniors against Claire. Obviously, we were able to listen to it. There was no live visual coverage of it as such. It sounded pretty dire in the first half. And we have to remember who we were playing as well in Claire. No disrespect. But whatever happened at halftime, they regrouped and come out and put the tie to bed. A win's a win. Listen, second half on Rio. Where did that come from? I mean, you'd have to be made impressed with the boys. You said 6-3 at halftime. I was on over. Just about to get reaction when I heard a halftime score. To be honest, I wasn't surprised. I kind of thought to myself, you know, having watched this, particularly against Ross Common and against Down, I thought, at real fears, even going into this game, never mind the two that's to come. So the outscore Claire 11-3 in the second half was phenomenal. And you know, looking into it there really looks like our experienced players really stood up. And there was always going to be this, we know all about the injuries and the players have stepped down. There's still a vast amount of experienced players in there. And it was up to them to kind of guide the team. And if you look through the ratings there, you know, Patton, Ciaran Thompson, you know, Q McFadden, Chase McGee coming on at halftime hasn't put into that, you know, Keenan McGonagall. Like a lot of guys there really stepped up. And of course, their danger man Keenan Sexton, McColl was brilliant, you know, and I just was watching McColl. He was really coming up and up. And we didn't see, I didn't think I seen the best from him this year, but Sexton's their danger man. And that was massive for him to get the better of him, take him out of the game. Of course, he had a one-on-one me Patton in the first half. Patton even in with a six-point lead. It could have been something different. But that's what happens in championship. So you'd have to say, well done to the boys, well done to the management as well, because that layoff, Greg, it was all, you know, everything was negative. They've been through a nightmare. And I think, listen, one win doesn't fix everything. There's stuff on and off the pitch, right? But these guys are out plugging away here, trying to do their best. Do you think if we're out there and there's a bit of negativity, and we've given up on this season a little bit as fans, and I'm talking maybe particularly casual fans, not the hardcore, that we get behind these lads for what's left of this now, particularly heading in against Derry. We're trying to sort of park the understandable, maybe cloud that seems to feel, you know what I'm on about? It feels like there's this cloud here that we need to sort of try and get ourselves out from underneath it and enjoy what's happening on the pitch as best as possible. I think this performance, Greg, has pushed that away, but because I think everybody now that knows and realises we're in a bit of a tight spot. So that second half performance, brilliant, fair play to them. And then the day she said, Greg, they're wearing the Derry Gull jersey. We had five players that came in and had their championship debut against Down, and that's where the young players are in there. And it's hard on them now because usually there's a buzz about Donny Gull, and it's great to play and all that. Well, this is kind of their first, this is the first time, and so this is hanging with them a bit. So I think very much, yeah, we've got to park all the nonsense that was going now and support them now in these next couple of games. And as you said, these new lads of the future, these young lads of the future with Donny Gull, and I suppose until we start to turn the corner again, we just talked about Derry, different counties go up and down a bit, but for really Donny Gull, people support people. We've got to still have that bit of, I suppose, pride and back to lads in terms of what they're trying to do, because everybody in there is trying to do their best, Greg, and there's just so many sequence of events that's led to taking us a wee bit of a downward turn. But these things will turn again, don't they? Yeah. What did anything else jump out at you from the weekend? May all look strong? Yeah, you know what? You're trying to figure out games from different games. Yeah. So if you look at how we played against Down, Down in Division III, Clear in Division II, but Clear were relegated and Down were very unlucky not to go up. Really Down's on an upward trajectory. Clear on the Downward. And I was thinking the one that they came to similar, it looks like, you know, to Clear, we took them apart in the second half and they were at home. So you're looking at May all, we're asking them to do a job on them, and then you're thinking, right, you know, they're playing handy matches. Next thing is May all team who are good sides must have went away and really put the shoulder to the wheel of comeback for us and just took Kerry apart. That said, they probably should have won by a lot more, Greg, and not scoring goals has been a big issue for them, and they had a lot of chances. Yeah, but they go for goals. I mean, there's a strong argument to say that, and they got away with it this time, but there was a lot of points available there and they opted to go for goal. And I liked, pardon me, likes that too. Don't get me wrong, but if we were, if they'd lost by one or two, it would all be about, you know, take your points and the goals will come. Yeah, yeah, and you mentioned support there and the lads and that. Look at the Mayo support, Greg. It's always fanatical, and I know they've been up about the top this long time all out in finals and that, but it doesn't seem to matter even if they get beat the next season. Firstly, again, you can guarantee packed house, you know, they support them. So I think all that there pushes young people to want to play for Donegal and represent that. So I think we've got to be wary of that. Even times are hard. Can we get out and get behind the boys? Yeah, right. OK, you'll be running through all the action as we mentioned the guests already, but also former Donegal star, Jungle Day, he's in studio to give his opinions on the weekend's action with an in-depth look as we mentioned there as Donegal's win in the New All Island series of Way to Clarence, of course, then what is to come. The show's live just after 7pm, this evening after the news, you can podcast it there after 2onehighlandradio.com and you can listen to the deal, debate and association with Sarah's Kitchen at Sister Sarah's letter, Kenny. And of course, you're focusing on all of that and then not too far down the line too, if you don't mind me mentioning it. You're a few weeks now away from your trip to Togo. Yes, yes. Myself and Brad is going to document it, Greg. So we do a bit of work for plan in my spare time, sponsoring kids. So I sponsor once myself and then from that charity night you were at last year, March of 23. So I'm going out to meet some of the kids and just document the trip on that. So there is a wee bit of Al Qaeda in the north of the country. I've been joking with Brad as you make a kidnap will be the Togo too. So you never know what will happen out there, but there's a lot of safety protocols. I can't believe the amount of stuff you have to go through to go out there. It's between visas and permission from here and government and forums and that, you know. So yeah, you fly in the Paris in those 10 hours out to Togo. So there's a lady from Planet and I still come with us as well. So we're going to see the work that they do out there on the ground and as I say, meet some of the kids that we sponsor. Obviously when you sponsor a kid, you get a pack and you get pictures of them and you can write to them and they write back to you. So you obviously have that, sometimes that bit of a disconnect from someone in another part of the world, another continent. So we're going to try and kind of bridge that gap a wee bit and just bring home that kind of human nature of who you're helping out over there. Yeah, and being able to document it too, it makes it more as you go and sort of try and encourage others to do it. They get to see actually what's going on on the ground and the connection between that donation and who they're helping, which is going to be really, really useful. Listen, we have a few more shows to go before that, so we'll chat to you next Monday. Thanks for the update on that, Brendan. And keep her handy. All right, take care of yourself. Brendan Daveni there. Okay, back with more shortly. The county's number one talk show, The Nine Till Noon Show on Highland Radio. 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Dr Shila Gilhaney is CEO you're welcoming this move we certainly are you know this is something that public health advocates have been looking for practicing nearly a decade at this stage and indeed that the legislation was originally passed and nearly five years ago and it's only now actually being implemented and as you say another three years towards you know actually will appear on a bottle so as you can see with all of these measures and things seem to take a very long time but it's definitely a positive thing you know it's really giving consumers I suppose and you know it's factual information that simply hasn't really been available to them to date so the labels themselves are fairly modest they're text-based they give information about pregnancy warning they're not drinking pregnancy links between alcohol fatal cancer and link between alcohol and liver disease as well as some basic information about the calories and the amount of grams of alcohol in the product but we don't really want to talk about it it seems as a nation about the negative impacts of of drinking alcohol you'll see at the same time as the government signing this into law they're also looking to extend opening hours liberalizing licensing laws we have off licenses on every corner now and we're going to have even more coming down the line more opportunity for people to drink drinking into the very early hours of the morning despite you know you people involved in alcohol harm saying this is the wrong way to go so is this discrete labeling really feel just like a token when you look at everything else we're doing we're saying you know get it into you that's how it that's how it comes across yeah well I would certainly say that there's a policy mismatch between what the Department of Health are seeking because they're actually looking to reduce alcohol use and by about 20% and in the country and they try to do that through a series of measures including minimum unit pricing these labels but and some controls on the advertising of alcohol products and all of this would come out of legislation past from 2018 but then exactly as you say we have another department this is the Department of Justice who are bringing forward legislation to increase the availability of alcohol and one of the things that we would say is that you know alcohol is such a serious issue in Ireland like literally four people die today another four will die tomorrow over 1500 a day in the year it costs us about 3.7 billion takes up about 11% of the health care budget we need any any of these statistics would be enough you would feel for a government to take gosh this is a serious problem and we really need to tackle it one of things that we would be suggesting is that there is a need for a central office and something maybe a bit like the RSA who safety authority but an office that would take a holistic approach to alcohol harm reduction and I suppose really firstly try to look at the policy measures which are needed do the data analysis that's needed around it to really research and see what's going on and then to coordinate right across all departments because there's quite a number of different departments have an interest if you say if you like within alcohol so you have the Department of Finance who would set duties or excise rates but those rates haven't been increased in 10 years so their value has been absolutely eroded by inflation and then you have the Department of Justice and there's other departments and then you come back to something like the Department of Health or indeed Department of Children who could be picking up really quite considerable tabs in trying to address the problem when in fact what would probably be better is if we could if you like turn off the top a little bit or at least reduce the pressure at source. Yeah but even looking through the stats and I get it two out of three people will receive a diagnosis of an alcohol related cancer 16 babies will be born with lifelong conditions of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder 120 people will be hospitalized today being treated for alcohol related liver disease four people will die from alcohol that's that's tragic but it doesn't talk of the addiction the disruption to families the domestic violence the fatal road traffic collisions you know those statistics almost feel as serious as they are the tip of the iceberg. Absolutely I completely agree like 200,000 children today and having in homes that are seriously impacted by alcohol harm and you know and as I say there's any any number of different statistics that we could could use to try and highlight the harm that's there so as I say I do feel that one of one of the things that is difficult for us is sometimes we instinctively know yes there is a bit of harm from alcohol but at the same time we don't want to know it and one of the reasons that we don't want to know it is that we're surrounded by a massive amount of alcohol marketing we're exposed to something like about 115 millions worth every year of alcohol marketing and that doesn't even count things like sponsorship of sporting activities and things like that that's just you know you know billboards and TV ads and things like that actually they almost the basics of it but we get such a powerful measure a powerful and I suppose it infiltrates our environment to such an extent that it can be difficult for people just to sort of step back from it and say actually do you know something this is a serious problems really do need to be addressed so we look and see what we've done around tobacco for example well first things that really made a difference with banning the advertising off of tobacco and cigarettes and smoking and that is one of the things that helped people I suppose in that broader thing to say actually this is a harmful product and it needs to be regulated in a way that simply hasn't been done to date as you would just say there's almost like a free for all because we have had to have available literally in every town in every corner you know of where we live they even want to allow it to be delivered when someone is so paralytic at three in the morning that they can't leave the house they wanted a situation whereby you can deliver alcohol so like I'm speaking to you and others we've got fantastic representatives locally as well that we speak to who are calling for things to tighten up yet we're going in the other direction a report out this morning four and a half thousand students were polled asking you know how their parents or guardians might view them if they got drunk you know attitudes are softening seventy odd percent of parents would have been angry a few years ago now it's around about fifty four fifty three fifty percent so in other words attitudes are moderating in this regard so it rather than people seeing it as more dangerous and something to avoid excessively and certainly whilst you're young and developing our attitudes are going in the other direction backed by seemingly government policy to further liberalise the consumption of alcohol but just one other question if you don't mind Sheila we're talking about you know bottles cans that you might buy in an off-licence or perhaps even behind the bar but but how does this get a message across to I would argue the majority of alcohol that's sold in a glass for an example so there's two parts to this legislation so one is individual warning labels on the can on the bottle and the second is that notices affected the same notice and giving those same warnings also has to be posted and on a notice in bars as well and so the same information would would be available it's a small step it's definitely not the silver bullet but you know this was achieved against a backdrop of massive industry pressure and you know ferocious opposition to it and I think the very fact that you can see that opposition from the industry tells you the power that's there and what it took and it really did take leadership for the Department of Health and Foreign Minister Stephen Donnelly to stand up but it's not until yet I presume there will actually will be anti-competition European wide challenges to this so the the the fight if I could put it like that there has not been one yet unless that that has been overcome but I would imagine the drinks industry on a European basis will try and use European law to try and at least defer or delay this well that is a very typical tactic of the industry but you know just to say that at this point the regulations have already been through the EU single market notification process and indeed the Commission you know found and was stated indeed by the Commissioner for Health that these measures were proportionate to the scale of the problem that was being experienced in Ireland so I don't anticipate a problem from from Europe on this and yes of course but which will always try and push back but I think actually we have got this over the line and very finally if you don't mind me saying these decisions Dublin based decisions often don't really consider the nuances like for us example living in a border area union minimum unit pricing alcohol just means more people are going across the border to buy booze cheaper and for those that buy that booze across the border these warnings will not exist on the cans and bottles that they consume but again we're used up here to be being somewhat forgotten these kind of actions really do need to be done on an all-island basis if they're to have an equal effect for everyone yeah well I completely agree and indeed there are moves we strongly support the moves in Northern Ireland to have minimum unit pricing one of the things that I would hope from this legislation is that other jurisdictions are looking at this very carefully we're very aware that Norway for example is also looking to move on a cancer warning labeling on on alcohol sold there I would hope that Ireland having shown leadership here that this will extend to other jurisdictions clearly we would want Northern Ireland and the whole of the UK to follow suit Dr Sheila Kilheney CEO of alcohol action Ireland thanks for your time this morning thank you bye bye have a lovely day watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highlandradio.com I have the right to make decisions that matter to me decisions about my 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you it's a lovely book i love the cover oh thanks yeah it's um that's kind of a lino cut actually um it's an artist that's she all she does is um pictures of the atlantic coast it's beautiful isn't it yeah it's just subtle and i don't know it stands out but it's sort of not very terribly colorful if that makes sense i should have just left it at my first remarks but it's just nice it's just nice um so you walked arlands west coast uh granja and it was for you you did it talk to us a little bit about that yeah so i'm kind of a few about 2019 i i turned 40 and i was having a bit of a moment where all my other friends had kind of got married and had kids and done the thing and i hadn't done that and i was having a bit of a like oh god what am i doing and i thought okay it's time to do something for me um and i i'd always wanted to my mum and dad are both irish i'm from london but my mum and dad my mum's from limerick and my dad's from sligo and i've always wanted to travel the world atlantic way and um i thought okay i'm going to do this but i wanted to do it with intention you know um especially because it's you know the country of my parents i i didn't want to just kind of you know sometimes people travel and they're kind of like oh i've done it and i didn't want it to be like that so i decided to um walk first of all in the footsteps of my own great granny who was from cape clear down in um in cork and then in different women up the coastline so there's 11 different women and 11 different walks and i kind of go all the way from cape clear right up to marlin head in dunny gall it's it took me um obviously on and off i wasn't doing i wasn't walking the whole way but it took me kind of three years to kind of do all of the 11 walks yeah because presumably too you wanted to be in the moment and enjoy it as well you didn't want this to be necessarily a primarily a physical challenge no i didn't i kind of um i wanted to sort of i wanted to just really enjoy the landscape and i wanted to have some time to myself to think and i also wanted to learn some Irish history um actually by the time i got to meo though i was setting myself a few more challenges so groan your whale who's um obviously my namesake as well so i'd obviously been hearing about her since i was a kid um the walk across knock more was was the biggest challenge in the book so i did sort of you know i i suppose as i went on i i got into the swing of things do you know what i mean um so yeah i i they're not all really hard walks but that one is yeah and you obviously the the concept was from the beginning was it that you were going to walk that you were going to uh walk walk particular areas having joes in particular women was that all part of it or that sort of come together as as you were ongoing it was it was something i i kind of i knew i wanted i had the idea in my head very firmly that i would do this and i knew that kind of i wanted to learn the story of my great granny i knew that i wanted all the women i knew had to if i was going to do it i had to find women who were deeply connected to the landscape you know it wasn't going to work if it was sort of i don't know a war hero or something it had to be people like iski britain and dunny gall who's a big wave surfer or queen maive whose kern is like it's actually part of the landscape they had to be embedded in the landscape but i i kind of um i don't know if you've ever done something and then not known what you were doing until you've done it i kind of it's good it's called living that's my life yeah yeah i kind of um yeah people say that about having kids actually don't know but i i kind of i kind of as i was doing it i got the hang of it i i realized it would be i did a lot more walking that's in the book so what is is the book then and and this is not a negative question because it's everything really okay but the way in which you describe certain places you paint a picture and experiences that that are going to that you could say you know i mean it's it's going to attract visitors to these areas they'll want to walk in your footprints it also is focused on women is it a celebration of those women and if so in what context and how much of this is about you know your personal journey because it was for very personal reasons that you decide to to begin this project so break down the book for us in in what what it is or is it what that really it feels it is or what do you what did you want to create i suppose i wanted the reader um to learn about the women that were in this sort of great landscape but i knew in order to kind of make their stories activating i would have to intertwine them with my own walks in the landscape so i knew when i started it i knew it was going to be for me really and i had some idea that it would just primarily be about the women and that as i kind of walked i'd tell their stories and that is the format of the book but as i was writing it i realized that in order for the reader to care you know in order for the reader to actually want to be with me on this journey i was going to have to put more of myself into it i was going to have to sort of put myself out there as they say i didn't really understood i didn't really understand what that expression means actually until i had to do it but so um the journey is the the narrative drive is kind of going from the south coast up to the north coast a lovely trip along the landscape discovering these parts the landscape and you can do the walks but to keep the reader reading i think my own personal journey does sort of carry carry you along yep now as a writer documentary maker and what have you you're incredibly busy is this a one trick thing or i mean theoretically you could you could write a similar book uh you know when you walks anywhere you chose in ireland anywhere for that matter gosh yeah i haven't really thought about it i mean one of the reasons i did it was that i kind of wanted to do something completely independently of telly and just completely enjoy ireland you know and also you know spend a bit more time for my with my parents since like it's like a combined this thing i haven't really thought about it beyond this um people were saying to me or maybe you know maybe you should make a film um growing years so i i'm sort of thinking about it but i haven't really you know in a way like the the book the beauty of the book for me was to have these moments of tranquility um so this series is a more personal project isn't it really rather than a platform for a massive series a documentary and 25 podcasts yeah i think so yeah i'll catch you just you want to sort of choose how you share it and how other people experience this with you what was the experience uh what was the experience like uh you know what i mean because obviously the you're meeting people you might meet disgruntled landowners i haven't a clue uh but you know like what was it like well i mean i'm a city girl so it was completely new to me to walk in the countryside i completely didn't know what it was going to be like you know my perception of island was always kind of going especially that um you know bits of island that i didn't know was always kind of a family holiday so i had no idea but it was amazing if i'm honest with you just i had no idea when i set out how absolutely beautiful island is and also how incredibly i mean i don't want to use the cliche a lot irish people are really friendly because i just feel like that's but people genuinely were i mean my name is my passport in a way i just got my irish passport when i started the book but my name once people learnt my name and i told them what i was doing they completely got it you know and they completely understood where i was coming from so i did i did honestly have i mean they're ups and downs with any journey and i and i did find the walking quite strange to be in such isolated places but honestly the beauty of the atlantic coastline really propelled me it's stunning isn't it it's there if you just want to go and look at it too uh yeah okay and um you have well well done it says i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think too that i try and avoid stereotypes but hey when they're positive bring them on do you know what i mean um the books out there now gone yeah um where can people get their hands on it so i think it's and don't i should mention by the way donagall features really quite strongly in this as you've already suggested donagall and the north west so uh tell us where it's available oh it's available it's sort of in all the bookshops along the the north k i just spoke today as um at new island books this morning it's in libra in sligo i know for sure um and i guess it's in kind of most of the bookshops in dunagall too i think he's across that um and uh and it's new island books as well and and what have you people will get their hands on it it's wild atlantic women walking arlands west coast uh with grania lions it's been lovely speaking to you uh grania and i'm delighted it was such a positive experience uh for you and congratulations on on the book documenting it all all right thank you so much take care bye bye nice to have you on the show uh grania lions there i'll just show for those of you watching the cover just in case you're keeping a lie out for you and have a look at it there it is wild atlantic women happy 80th birthday to john macketeer from lyford uh john uh this comes in for us all here across the northwest of course but uh also particularly from your wife and your family have a lovely day uh also a particular song being looked at here i might pass it on to a later show but i'll pay the play the request part of it it's for shone mcglenn happy birthday shone with love from catherine uh your birthday is today uh you're a urythmics fan i understand or at least this song has significance for you uh maybe one of the dj's later will play it but anyway 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some people are predicting before the local elections in northern arland what would be a good result for shin fane they blasted through that um and uh we'll be sitting very very happy today i presume absolutely great uh they got 105 seats the last time they got 144 this time now some people thought they might get maybe no five or ten extra seats but they got what was it 39 extra seats and they have as well as that they have gone way ahead of the dup the dup basically are as you were they got 122 uh in 2019 and they've got the same again this time so greg um i think uh the shin fane are now the biggest party in the assembly they're the biggest party in local government now if you work on the basis that the northern arland state was formed for unionism on a basis of a majority of two to one the days are definitely changed and the days of unionist domination are certainly over and i presume there are many people in the unionist community very concerned about that i and where do the gains come from and and and what does it mean in the in the broader political context i can't imagine or maybe i'm wrong but you know a unionist uh might go i'm sick and tired of the dup i'm voting shin fane now or vice versa from that matter because this stuff twos and froze so the alliance made gains as well uh and shin fane made huge gains so where are these votes coming from is it simply better vote management more candidates or what can we read from it politically do you think in terms of who they're attracting well greg the the one big factor is the demographics are definitely running in favour of the nice list community i had an old mentor years ago a man called frank corn uh he was out of the turn before me but he was big into all these demographics and he claimed to me many many years ago everybody was counting the uh catholic birth rate but what they were ignoring was the unionist death the unionist population was a lot older and they had less children so the so they were getting the unionist population were getting it from both ends they were they were coming up against the nationalist population that had a lot of young people and then there were a lot of the older people were you know deaths sort of knocked them off so that's all come on to play but already greg four out of the six counties are already national's majorities and this time shin fane won no in the unionist heartland we have now got councillors elected for the first time in place of the korean ballymina lisburn years ago they wouldn't even had a look in so the it's all changing it's massively uh different and i i was what listening to our sauce right uh lord gilt cloney former john taylor you know former unionist ministers saying this changed nothing though with respect that's you know bordering on whatever the argument to it in that they would say uh they're on change the d up for an example at 122 seats they would say well you know this is an endorsement of our views on uh you you know uh the post brexit mess that exists that in other words if they got it wrong they'd have lost seats so there as you were that's an endorsement of their policies and they're not for uh not for changing you don't buy that though god i think that's ridiculous greg you know like that's like saying uh manchester said he hasn't won the premier league cus man's a you know much are united one of the last year you know that's uh when you're staying when you're standing still and the other people are passing you a big time you are not willing and the unionism is not willing and there's also there's a sort of a sort of an attitude like a brain their heads in the sand greg something's going to happen happen or needs to happen uh like i think it was uh now me along the leader of the alliance party describes the shin fame victory as a tsunami and greg that is massive no matter what we come at it they've gone up almost eight percent on their vote the last time uh you know there's sort of clear blue coming now between shin fame and the dup which is the biggest party in unionism and there's and of course there's all another factor a lot of unionists seem to you know are socially liberal and they're not coming out to vote for any of the unions they might come out in a border poll to keep the union but right now they're not voting for any of the unionist party so the unionism has got a problem that way like a lot of people don't agree with the dup's attitude towards you know maybe gays and various religious stances and like abortion and so on so like greg there's all sorts of factors but the reality is if you're asking what is but by far the d shin fame is now and and this sort of driving seat and northern Ireland politics that's really the key to come out of last last thursday's election and we seem to be in a momentum in a direction that we're never going back to and i think you've recognized maybe the the the change in demographics in terms of you know the the unionist population for an example but that's i mean obviously like all parts of of the world now the population is growing in northern Ireland and it's not just unionists or or nationalists you know there's all different types of people with different backgrounds so shin fame will be very happy in that they perhaps are you know the alliance probably thought that they could reap the benefits of of sort of you know soft nationalists or people who are indifferent to nationalism or unionism but the shin fame obviously got their message to those people as well you just wonder where the likes of the dup go from here and even hardline unionism where it goes from here to some extent because there were no great gains in that regard either it just if you are a unionist whether it's you know really hardcore or otherwise you just wonder where it goes from here to make any gains does that make sense yeah that does actually great i was watching a program on bbc yesterday morning the northern Ireland politics program and mark rollers the presenter said we he says we tried to talk to jim allister of the tvv on several occasions during the elections and he wouldn't come forward and the tvv have been holding the dup speak to the fire in regard to the this one's our framework and the protocol and it was expected hardline unionism would make a big inroads this time to the dup vote and hasn't now those side of the story is alliance are roughly about two percent they i think they got so i think it was 14 more seats this time so they're you know they were expected to probably better than that but still they're the trajectory is right they're still moving up nicely so they're happy enough greg it looks like now it's shin fain one dup to alliance three the sdlp and the uup are starting to fall quite significantly behind so there's three parties now there's what would you say the left-leaning republicans the right leaning the dup in on the middle of the alliance uh elsewhere uh sdlp lost 20 seats down to 39 ain't do wiped out um greens lost over uh will not far off half their seats independence down around 20 so things are settling i think into a cycle here uh so where does it go from here what happens next i i think i think anyone looking at it particularly from the outside will look at those figures and go well can really the dup at this point continue to sort of hold government politics to ransom in northern island we heard from the shin fain they're calling for uh for all of this to be looked at i mean the people of northern island doesn't matter what their politics are deserve a government so how does one get formed from here because this can't continue forever for crying out loud well greg look at it the other way one out of every three votes cast in the election on thursday last went to shin fain uh the dup one of the big reasons quick let's get this on the record as well one of the big reasons is such a vote for shin fain is the fact that the dup have been basically holding a place to ransom until they get uh concessions on this framework document despite the fact that the westminster parliament passing both a huge majority they're still holding out now greg have you to cross over the border and look in dairy this is like the kregan on the bog side there are programs there for where there's i mean some of these places they're 70 male unemployment social welfare programs are massive and they're all going to be cut to the bone because the dup are not going into uh storm and there's no finance ministers everything's getting cut and a lot of people there's going to be massive hardship and of course the other side of the story is uh the biggest waiting list on and either britain or northern ireland if you want to use those terms are in northern ireland everything is just going wrong and the the bp are saying let them eat grass until we get what we want and that is really anger you know that's that's where the mandate to be sort of yeah he feels though like the you know london will look on double look on the mandate to sort of hold the region to ransom it's not it doesn't feel like it's there where there's a on one of your competitors the no one show it was a sort of a it was a bit of an outlier but i think it emphasized the change there's a woman called mary came on no one last week from nottingham and the abuse she gave the people of northern ireland that this this flag waving and all this sort of holding out your hand begging bull and you expect our people over here to pay for them i think i think this sort of the it's been overplayed and there's all sort of a now a sort of an alienation almost unwritten towards northern ireland and the dup i think need to have a serious look at their strategy i still haven't got over no london's criticism of donny gall but anyway uh we'll we'll we'll get through it all right pat uh it's really interesting we live in interesting times and it's always a pleasure to get your insights into it all thank you so very 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