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I'm off and on like a polite person's house, I suppose you could say, but unfortunately we had a bit of a positive COVID diagnosis in the house. So I'm broadcasting from home here for as long as it lasts. But my good friend and colleague, Don, can't stand by if technology should let us down. I don't anticipate it will. Okay, we're joined on the program today by our panel as always. And we'll say good morning for us to independent. I beg your pardon to former Senator Catherine noon and lawyer as well. Catherine, good morning to you. Hello Catherine. Can you hear me? Okay. I have you muted. So it wouldn't be a zoom situation if one of us have the other muted. How are you keeping. Sorry about that. Yeah, I can hear you fine now. Hope you can hear me. And we're also joined on the program by Seamus McDave managing director. Good morning to you. Good morning, Greg. How are we doing? I'm doing fine. And we have another guest hopefully joining us so shortly. I'll start with you Catherine noon. I mean, obviously the one topic everyone is talking about at the moment is the situation in Ukraine. And every morning you wake up or at any stage you switch on the news. It becomes all more horrific seemingly. I mean, we'll go into the ins and outs of it in a moment. But just on the human scale, what we're witnessing is just it is actually unbelievable in every sense of the word. Well, any time I go to speak about it, I can't find the words. I don't know if you know what I mean by that. But, you know, I have a friend who's a journalist in Ukraine. And I know him for many years. And he's constantly putting things on his social media. And obviously he's writing articles. And I was sending a message the other day to say, you know, I hope you're okay. And it's so horrific. I just, I couldn't find the words because the words horrific horrendous. They don't cover it. You know, it's just such an appalling situation for the Ukrainian people, the unnecessary loss of life. And I had a very disturbing situation for myself the other day. I was in Dublin and I was heading to get the bus and I hopped in a taxi. And the taxi driver, I could see from his name that he was probably, at least Eastern European, but probably Russian. I said, oh, where are you from? And he was Russian. And I said, oh, it's a tough time to be Russian. And he said, oh, I don't find it a tough time at all to be Russian. And it transpired in the next minute or two that he was totally un-messaged with Putin. And I just found it such an uncomfortable situation to be in. I couldn't take it out of the car. And I don't know. That's gone off in the tangent to it. But it's horrifying. It's just horrifying. Yeah. Maybe it's a reality that, that, you know, that maybe that's, that's why you thought that emotion, because it's a reality. You probably expected, or we probably expected it, if everyone is horrified, but then you end up speaking to someone who understands the motivation. What about, I tried to describe. Serious brainwashing as well. Yeah. Serious brainwashing. I was trying to, I was trying to describe my feelings about how the awful stuff that's happening in this world and how it's been happening. And I didn't feel it like I feel this, you know, there's the exact same thing is happening in other parts of the world, right? You know, we know what Israel is doing. We know what Putin is doing in other parts of the world. And there's no talk of sanctions really as such. There's no, as it relates to say, for instance, Israel, you know, what, there is a double standards going on here, isn't there? Well, I mean, you talked about brainwashed, you know, the Russian person being brainwashed, but why aren't we saying, hold on a second. You know, a life in Palestine or Yemen is equal to that in Ukraine. Why aren't we using every tool in our armory to stop all wars? Well, unfortunately, I suppose we're not using every tool in our armory to stop this war, you know, and I think it feels quite honestly closer to home. This is Europe and there are neighbors and they desperately want to be in the European Union. I visited there. I did an election monitoring mission in 2014. I mean, it's Kiev or Kiev, as Artie has started to call it, is a very cosmopolitan, modern, young, the young people are educated, you know, they're on their bikes. You know, it's just, it's just such a lovely city and such, they're such lovely people. As are the other countries, I mean. Of course. I visited a lot of those other countries too. I hope you don't think I'm actually trying to say that you're not saying that by the way. I'm kind of trying to tease out how I'm feeling. We're all feeling this way. Yeah. I think we're all feeling this way because I think what I'm trying to say, and it may perhaps along the way, is that it feels close to home. And, you know, I have a friend in Dublin, he's Ukrainian. You know, it just feels very close to home. I have Israeli people and I know, you know, I know people from many parts of the world, but somehow this feels very close to home. And somehow it feels that it's a new war starting in a sense because they are a sovereign democratic country. And, you know, a lot of the other wars that you mentioned, not that that's a reason for them to continue, but they have been going on for decades. So this seems like a situation that was, for the most part, peaceful, apart from in Donetsk and a few of the would be separatist parts of the Ukraine. And, you know, that it was a peaceful democratic country. So I think that's a large part of why people are thinking this is so unnecessary and so horrific. All right. Shameless McDay doesn't mention managing director of football special. And I would say this is a very, very difficult question. I would say there's lots around this that we'll get into, but I suppose just your views on what we've been talking about so far. Oh, it's just it's just horrific. I mean, it is it is like Catherine said, it's hard to comprehend. It's very difficult to kind of put words around this. It feels like we're living through, you know, it's like we're living through history. This is it's happening in front of us now. And, you know, it's just we're all kind of glued to it and I feel that sometimes, you know, we're all guilty. And I would say that's the most important thing. And it's just the best thing that comes to mind when we're talking about the West. The West is a very, very important thing. And it's not as great as the United States as if this is like a movie and not real life for the people of of Ukraine. And it's just horrendous. And the only thing that would give me, you know, I would be heartened by is the fact that there has been such a response to this, that the Western world has tried to come to their aid through economic measures. And even when we see that, you know, react to all wars moving forward and all acts of aggression from bigger nations to small nations. Well, we could start that right now because this is being approached in a very different way as it was safe, for instance, when 6,000 of us promised our bedrooms to Syrian refugees and then the mood changed very quickly in that regard. And we're going to see the same pattern unfold this time round. I don't feel like we will because it does seem to be a groundswell support that the whole Western world is really open arms over this. And there's a real outpouring of support for the Ukrainian people. Will it change over time? If we get the 14,000 or so refugees that we're supposed to get into Ireland, will that change the mood? You would hope not. And there's nothing right now which says that we will. And we just, I guess that's all we can do. Now, it obviously is one thing to say, economic sanctions are great, but they're not going to do a lot for you when your house has just been blown up or some of your loved ones have died. Exactly. But they are what we have. They're the only thing in our arsenal right now that we're prepared to do. So we do what we can do and we try to welcome refugees and we try to send humanitarian aid. And that is where we're at with our response. Is that enough? Because again, these stories progress in form and in pattern. And people are going to the petrol station this morning, at least in certain parts of the country they're seeing petrol at two Euro per liter or above. Anyone ordering home heating oil today is facing a massive increase compared to just a couple of days ago. We are going to start hearing more and more as the farmers struggle to simply grow crops because of the fertilizer, what have you that we're reliant on from both Ukraine and Russia. I just wonder these sanctions, we are really, really going to start moving the impact shortly. I wonder what space we'll be in another month or two months when having this conversation about all we can do with sanctions. Well, I think that's why it's kind of important to stress that these are the sacrifices that the Irish public are going to have to make to actually help the Ukrainians. We're going to have to end up with higher gas and petrol prices and we're going to end up with, yeah, higher cost of fertilizer. These are what we are kind of prepared to sacrifice as Irish people. We're not prepared to sacrifice, oh, we don't, we are a neutral nation so we're not going to send troops and we're not lobbying so that there would be NATO intervention here. This is what we've got. The next iteration would have to be an armed response and yes, it will be tough on people and people who are trying to heat their homes and all will feel it. But this is- But what we are saying, what we are saying though is that Putin is clear that he wants to take Ukraine and we are not going to stop him other than imposing sanctions on him. So to avoid a further conflict, to avoid NATO v Russia and who's to say where that might end up globally, Ukraine is going to be sacrificed to retain the peace of elsewhere then. Yeah, I mean, I think to be honest yourself, that's the bludge truth, that's the reality. I mean, that's a real hard to explain situation, isn't it? Oh yeah, it is. And it's very hard for you, it's very, very difficult for the Ukrainian people. But yeah, in essence, the Western world has said, we're going to do to appoint what we can do. We're not going to do everything possible we can do. We're going to do what we can do without escalating this first. But at some point, Greg, does it become warmongering for us, the three of us to sit here and say, no, we should send in the troops to help the Ukrainian people because that will escalate the conflict any further. Okay, well, I'm not suggesting that. Sorry, I want to bring Cattle in in a moment, but just you were going to make a quick point there. Yeah, I mean, I suppose it's a question of whether we want to escalate the war, which I think Europe is trying desperately not to do. And that's the reason for the financial sanctions and all the other sanctions that have been put in place. And I mean, it is within the government's power to help with the inflation that is expected and has been happening. And they can reduce, especially on the price of oil, they can reduce the excise temporarily to take up some of the difficulty for people, especially, I suppose, over the next month or two until the country gets a bit warmer. But definitely that's something the government can do. And I believe they are talking about doing something along those lines. I think they'll have to. Thanks for that, Catherine. Independent Deputy Cattlebury joins us as well. Thank you very much for taking time out this morning. I mean, we're all aware of what's going on. And you've heard some of what Seamus and Catherine have had to say, what say you? Good morning, Greg. I hope you can hear me OK. Yep, go ahead. Yeah, fantastic. And I'm very much in agreement with what Catherine and Seamus are saying there, because it's a terrible situation. But I think Ireland can do a bit more. I'll just listen to your conversation. I'm just going to focus on the refugee situation, first of all. You asked, why is this being treated slightly different to other refugee situations? I think there's a crucial difference here. And Catherine touched on it from a Ukrainian perspective. First of all, that it's a local problem. It's in our neighborhood. It's in our continent. So it's much more of a connection. But perhaps more importantly, we've seen that this refugee population is coming into Ireland. It won't be mails. So Ukraine is basically in a wartime posture at the moment. All mails of fighting age have been told. They're not leaving the country. So from between 16 and 60, you can't leave Ukraine. So the vast majority of refugees from Ukraine coming to this country will be female and will be kids. So it'll be women and children. That's a different situation than previous refugee waves coming into this country. Secondly, a lot of the elderly mails won't leave either. I've been speaking a lot to the Ukrainian community here in Ireland over the last few days. And a lot of them are adamant that a lot of the over 60 who don't have to stay behind are still waiting to stay in their villages. And also, there's a lot of Ukrainian leaving Ireland at the moment, traveling out to Ukraine to do the fighting. So it's a different dynamic and a different calculus this time around from a refugee perspective if that answers your question. Yeah, OK. Listen, we're going to talk more about this. And neutrality was raised in the doll yesterday, really, either directly or indirectly. And it's a lot to be discussed in that regard. We want to have views, too, of course, from our listeners. 08, 6, 60, 25,000. And that is the text, WhatsApp line. The lines are open as usual. 08, 6, 60, 25,000. If you want to give us a call, it's 07491, 25,000. Our line is taking your calls. Your emails also get them into us. Comments at highlandradio.com. A caller says it's a bit rich blaming war for fuel hikes. Prices were sky high before the war. But I think it's fair to say that a lot of people feared what was coming down the line. And there was stuff going on in the background that preempted all of this, that would have contributed to it. But I take your point. Another, Greg, before Christmas, got 1,000 litres of oil for 800 euro. This morning, 1,000 litres is costing me 1,300 euros. If those prices remain, that's my last order of oil. We as a family simply couldn't afford that. And you're using an awful lot of oil. I don't mean that funny, but 1,000 euro in a couple of months. Be that as it may, if you can order it. You probably want to order it soon because it's only gone one way. And that seemingly is up. That lady says it's a peaceful nation. Sadly, it was at war for a number of years. Sometimes people's comments and preach on something they don't know about. The war was eight years old. You know, 13, 14,000 people, Catherine, on both sides in the eastern part of Ukraine have died since 2014. I mean, that's a huge loss of life that we can't. I don't want to say disregard because it might sound like I'm saying that's what you're doing, which I'm not. But there was a war raging. No, I know exactly what you're saying. I suppose I just have to expand. But I mean, that is actually Putin's justification for this war, it's what's happening in the separate states. You know, you talked about double standards earlier. But he is exemplifying double standards as well because he's using that as justification to go in and like, you know, killing a sledgehammer or killing a fly with a sledgehammer. You know, it's like he is criticizing the Ukrainians on the one hand for being heavy handed in their separate areas. And he is going into an entire nation with a million times more force. So, you know, the point I made about peace in Ukraine is that for the most part, and we know all about this in this nation, you know, that there was relative peace. I think you might be slightly covering your microphone, Catherine, and I want to hear what you have to say. That's OK, go ahead. I'll take out my earpods because I thought that they would be helpful, but you can go. All right, yours actually connecting back to those and disconnecting, so we'll come back to you in a moment. Stay right where you are. Thank you. The other corner says, the people realise that in advocating for more effort from EU NATO that we could end up in a full blown world war, do they realise the consequences of that? Are they prepared for their families to be sent to war? And another, if the West think that Putin will just sit back and take all the financial war now being raged on Russia without them hitting back hard on the Western financial system, they're living in Cloud Cuckoo Land. We will all wake up some morning and all our banking debt system will be down. OK, that's just some of it. We've loads more to come from Catherine Noon, former senator, current lawyer, independent deputy, Cahill Berry. I've loads to ask him as well as Shameless McDate, who's the managing director of Football Special, and always has an interesting point of views on these matters. 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So we don't have any neutral defense packed with any ordination. That seems to be the consensus Now neutrality means it doesn't mean you can't defend yourself. So there is an element here of self-defense. So I was often in Paris last week at a defense conference of parliamentarians were there, it was a number of TDs and senators sent across in the Iraqis. Swedes and Finns, for instance, were providing weapons to the Ukrainians and they had absolutely no difficulty because they said that this is a self-defense measure. Don't stop Putin's tanks here in Ukraine. They're soon going to become to Finland and Sweden. So they see it as absolutely appropriate that they should be providing defensive weapons to the Ukrainians. And I actually think the same in Ireland that we do have stockpiles of anti-armor rockets and anti-armor missiles occur and they should be given to the Ukrainians. Do you not think that is a step too far, though? Not certainly not. Again, if it wasn't for the missiles and if it wasn't for the rockets that were already provided to the Ukrainians all of Ukraine would currently be owned by Russia and what we can say about it is certainty. I think the following Macron's meeting or phone call with Putin yesterday, that was accepted effectively. He says the worst is to come when at the same, on the same breath, NATO will not be going into Ukraine. So as awful as it may seem, a population of what, 44 million, the Chinese cast, I think really a NATO are preparing to defend the border, the European NATO border with Ukraine now rather than any realistic bar off from wiping the place out effectively. I would actually disagree, Greg, respectfully. I think the Ukrainians have shown that they're really, really tenacious and really supposed to determine the fighters. All they need is 41 million of them. So it's a population, a third of the size of Russia. All they have to do is to be to provide the means to defend themselves. So a lot of people say that we shouldn't force them off the flight. I think we should provide the Ukrainians with surface-to-air missiles so they can enforce their own flight. So I think that's a good point. Thank you, Greg. I did quote you. I mean, what's your views on all this, you know, going beyond the mirror and the pro-tests and stockpiles of, you know, NATO modern good tech, would you be in favour of us setting the matter there? I would, Greg. I think that we've used the moniker of neutrality as just a way for us to not invest in the defence for any way, shape, or form. And while I don't think that Russia is a direct target of ours right now, we have an awful nation to help the Ukrainians. And like everybody said, they're putting up an unbelievable fight right now. The resistance is very strong. It's much stronger than I think even the Russians expected. And, you know, they're in for a long, long slog. And, you know, is there really appetite on the Russian people? They still see Ukrainians as being, you know, some people see them as Russian. Certainly people who see them as Ukrainians see them as technically very simple. A lot of bloody insurrection there. And, yeah, I think if we have military capabilities that we can give... Greg, I think you were involved in an agreement with the Berries Conference. Do you believe that's what we should be doing? I agree with both... Both of them... Cahill touched on neutrality. And, you know, I think there are a lot of versions of neutrality. It could be stepped up a little to some of our European name. And, you know, I'm repeating what you said because I just told Hart if you agree that we should be doing this. And if we have weapons that are of use to... You know, I suppose a wider argument is the need for defence policy in Europe generally and going down that road. You know, a not-network that's going to protect the European Union in situations like this. 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My understanding would be the majority of Russians living in Ireland would be anti-Putin. They're here for a reason because they want to get away. That's concerning that conversation. Thanks to him. I took him as a reflection of a large percentage of the population in Russia who have been Putinites who have been brainwashed over the years, which is what the Russian, I suppose, or modus operandi is. We are back. We're live here now. Unfortunately, I can't hear back from the station because it's been muted into my ear, but we'll sort that out, hopefully, at some point. Right. You are very welcome. Welcome back to the 9-Till-noon show here in Highland Radio. 086-60-25000. The text and WhatsApp number are called 07491-25000. So, I mean, you know, is it a case now where we're talking about neutrality? I mean, can we be neutral anymore? Is there an argument to say that, you know, maybe someone like Russia might see Ireland as a non-NATO member as such in a way of approaching Europe from the west? I mean, if Ukraine can be attacked, could Russia be attacked? What do you think as a legislator, or, I suppose, a court legislator? Yes, so you can absolutely be neutral in a situation, but we've never been neutral in Ireland. So we have a defence arrangement with the UK in that they control our airspace and they police our airspace, and that by definition means that you're not a neutral country, you know? And there's obligations on neutral states like you should be able to patrol in your own waters, you should be able to control your own borders, and you should be able to police your own skies, and we can do none of those things properly. We can be independent on our former colonial master, if you like, and that means that we're not a neutral country. Now we can pretend to be, we can claim to be, but from a definition point of view, we certainly aren't, but if you look at the actual neutral countries in Europe, Sweden, Austria, Finland, and they're very well-armed because they recognise that their neutrality is precious and they need to protect it. Right, what about you? So sorry, I was just... Steve, now we need to have a conversation about not being neutral, joining European armies where you're saying we're at. Yeah, if I could just get 60 seconds more and just say that there's three security arrangements for every European country. So you can be an actual neutral country like Finland, Sweden, and Austria and protect your neutrality, or you can completely have no military at all like Iceland and join a region's security arrangements like NATO, or the third option is the most common option where you can maintain their own minimum credible deterrent at a national level but they also join the, I suppose a region's security arrangement like NATO. Now Ireland is unique of all the countries in Europe, not just the countries in the European Union, but all the countries in Europe, we fall into none of those three categories. We haven't maintained our own independent sovereign defence capability and furthermore, we haven't joined any regional security arrangements so we're uniquely vulnerable. Are we then not, are we not losing an opportunity here that we could have been neutral, we could be, we could be those that are a brokering piece, you know, but we're not, we're siding with America, we're siding with mainland Europe of course for the most part, we're siding with the UK. I'm losing that, what could have been there, you know, a unique position for us. Yeah, and that is a very valid argument when you're dealing with, you know, good-natured people who wish to come to, to bring a conflict to a conclusion, but we've all heard the Russian ambassador on RT News and that wonderful interview where he really showed his true colours, not only of himself, but of also the regime he represents. Diplomacy works when two sides want to find a diplomatic solution, but Putin does not want a diplomatic solution, he wants to win in the battlefield and he wants to take all, and it's very difficult, almost impossible to be the broker in those circumstances. Well, you never know until you try, but anyway, Seamus McDade, Managing Director of Football Special, I mean, do you want to see young Irish men and women in combat on the fields of the likes of Ukraine that we lose our, whatever neutrality that there is there that we lose that, that we become a member of NATO? No, not necessarily, I think there's a big difference in not being neutral and being a member of NATO and I would not support us even joining a European army, but I would like us to be able to have the military capabilities that we can make our own decisions independently of anybody else. You know, a neutral nation, I mean, Deputy Barry talked about it there, Iceland was independent during the Second World War until the British invaded it and decided that it would be a better play. Let's also invade it instead of Hitler invading. Now, there was no resistance put up by the Icelandics, but they did not want to be invaded by the British and the Americans kept a military base there until very recent times all the way through there. So I think we have, by nature of our geography, we have sort of given away our defence. We've just, the British basically look after Irish defence because we're so close that if anybody else was to invade us, they would just invade us anyway. Yeah, we shouldn't forget either. We also allow American planes to land in Shannan, in Shannan. I believe there was a corridor during World War II that went straight across south on a Goldfinner camp. So we've doubled anyway, I suppose. Yeah, correct. So we've always been neutral on the side of the West and the side of NATO. And again, we've just used this term as an excuse to not have to feel that we have to do anything military. We're on the UN Security Council and I would imagine that a neutral country should have to then not vote on all these motions that have come in against Russia and we very much voted that Russia were in the wrong. How can you be neutral and take a stance in an international conflict? I don't think we should be neutral. I think we should stop calling ourselves that. Are we clear of the consequences of that, though? I'm not suggesting, Greg, that we need to now then join European Army or join NATO. I would be fundamentally, fundamentally opposed to either of them things, but I just think we need to all stop saying the term neutral and not knowing what that means. Okay, you used the word neutral first today. We're playing neutral bingo. Okay. Catherine, what say you? What do you think? I mean, would you go as far as? And listen, you can tell when the seeds are being planted. This conversation has started before now, but the language is chosen very, very carefully. And there was a, I think yesterday, particularly from Leo, there was a change of language that we're moving in a different direction now. And you know, whoever's in power at the time, probably, I don't know if the referendum would be required. I don't know how that works. But anyway, how far do you think we should go in terms of giving up whatever is on neutrality? Well, I think just as I track a second, I think what Leo was saying yesterday, which I thought was interesting, was that, you know, if the EU was worth building, it's worth protecting. Yes, of course. And also, if Irish independence was worth fighting for, it's worth defending. And he also said that if... Can I just say that those... You know, we can't expect other countries to just defend us. Of course. Because we're a grandale, we're a grandale that is here, you know, and sure, we're harmless. And sure, you'll defend us if we're in bother. But those comments... I think that's an immature finding. Those comments, sorry, those comments read to me like, let's have the debate on Ireland's military neutrality. Oh, yeah, they do. And I think that's... That's really, really quite important, isn't it? Yeah. And we do need to have that conversation. And I would agree with both of Cahlan and Seamus, and Seamus Lashley there where he said that he wouldn't go as far as European army. I wouldn't like, you know, when you say it in real terms, in terms of Irish troops, you know, in wars like this, that kind of, you know, brings you back a little bit in your thoughts. But, you know, we do need to step up. And we talked about neutrality and versions of neutrality around Europe. And I mean, you know, there are actually benefits to our neutrality that make us a very easy passport to travel under, that we are involved in organizations around the world as individuals. It's very helpful that we actually hold Irish passports. And, you know, that's a whole, I suppose, byproduct of the neutrality that we have. But we definitely need... There is a maturation process that we need to go through as a country, in my opinion, on the neutrality and... On the neutrality front. And that's something that this should be an instigator, at the very least, of a very serious European dialogue and discussion and, you know, action points following that, I would have thought. Yeah, I mean, it's interesting, because prior to this war, there was talk of us reviewing spending on military. And it was like, almost people were disregard... Making jokes effectively about, what would we be defending? Now, all of a sudden, this has started and the conversation seems very, very different. But, Seamus, this would have to be funded. You know, and I think you're talking a triple of the... A tripling of the defence bill to increase our defences. You know, that's money that we already don't seem to have to fix our hospitals or to fix housing. That's the reality. We change this stance. It comes at an incredibly high cost. Well, I mean, yes, or... No, it's just yes. Yes, yes, in one way. Yes, if we go down the traditional route we all thinking that we're going to buy hardware and we're going to increase the size of our armed forces. But like Deputy Barry has talked about, Iceland have no standing army, but because they're in a NATO agreement, defensive alliance, they don't need to have an army because it's accepted that NATO will come. They're a member of NATO, and then they have a very good coast guard that then look after the direct things that ordinary... Okay, but let me go back to the language for Leo Veradkar. He said, effectively what he said is, we've gotten away for... For about 60 or 70 years, you know, presuming no one would attack us, but we've seen a new Ukraine that could happen. So it goes beyond what you're suggesting. His comments, does it not? Well, I mean, again, I think that there's... The people who are going to attack, I think we have to be realistic here as well and say that if anybody attacks us, our near neighbor to the right is going to not really care about Irish neutrality when they come. They won't be defending us. They'll be defending a defensive position to them. Yeah, I mean, I mean, I do. I mean, the treaty force... The treaty force for kept... But we can see it happening now. No one's going in to actually defend Ukraine. What else applies with guns and rockets? I would... Well, I would suspect that's about what would happen. However, we still need some sort of capabilities to defend ourselves, and I do think... I cannot believe that our plan would be that Britain would come to our... It wouldn't be our plan, but it was in the Icelandic's plan during the Second World War. I don't know if the British would invade them, but that's what happened. They were in the nation. It was defensive position for the British to have. And let's not forget as well that we had an armed conflict on this island for 30 years. We had 50 years ago, we'd... 13 unarmed civilian shots, 12 miles to the integral border, and the Irish army were not used then. And what more defensive do we need to get before we would utilize our army? There's a difference between having a strong military and then having an actual defensive strategy. What I think we would like to have is a conversation around where we're aligned in the world and what that actually looks like. And we'd be mature enough to say, okay, well, here's the investment in defensive defense forces we would need. Here's the defense and diplomacy that we would need. And here's the alliances that we would need to become part of. I think what we decide to get up in arms about, not metaphorically, but not literally, though, really already shows where we're aligned, because we'd be outraged with what we're kind of almost not told to be outraged with what the... Anyway, come here, Catherine. Do you have a comment on what Shane was saying there? What do you think he was going to do there? Yeah, I would think that there is a, I suppose, a difference with the Northern situation. But if they're Ukraine, which I think, it's pretty far-fetched to think that the Ukraine or that the Russians are going to invade Ireland. But in that hypothetical situation, at the moment, we are in a state of being where we think that the US and the UK are going to come to our rescue. And that's been our strategy for that type of situation for decades. So what I suppose, I'm repeating myself now, but that is a naive position to have. I would have thought militarily and defensively. And I think a lot of the points that Shane makes are very valid. And I think the four of us are roughly in total agreement that we need to step up our game to some degree. Well, I haven't said that. Excuse me, sorry. I haven't said that, but that's not my point of view. We're not neutral morally, but we are in military terms as a caller. However you think about it, we send our army ranger wing to missions that's not neutral. We do take sides. And Ukraine is an independent country. Look at Denmark, similar size to Ireland. However, they are in NATO. And we are hoping for American or Royal Air Forces to protect us if we ever did come under attack from Russia. Okay. Okay. Another, I wish being a follow-up to Miguel would be honest on their position on Irish neutrality in inverted commas, both parties, while in government allowed US planes to use Shannon for onward bombing missions. Who are they fooling? I think it was more rendition flights. I'm not sure if Shannon was used for refueling for bombing, but anyway, I'm not correct. You could have been back in the previous wars that were no sanctions against the West for them. I don't think. I don't think they're exactly the same. I think they're both smaller waters, far larger navy. Another absolutely no to joining NATO or EU army. Irish individuals can choose to join a foreign army, but as a nation, we should stick with our neutrality and another one. Deputy Barry says, we haven't maintained our own independent defense. We have attained our own independence after 800 years. The British are still occupying part of our country. People seem to forget that. on. I don't even know how it would be phrased because you can tell from this conversation it was such a complex question, Cattleberry, but do you think I'll ask you first, if this went to a referendum about Ireland's neutrality, about, you know, spending, tripling on budget on defence, let's say, I don't know if that even you could do that without having the neutrality question, but you understand, I have to look at it in long terms for the purpose of the question, do you think the Irish public would be in favour of, you know, looking at our neutrality, looking at our spend on defence? Yeah, I think it would. So the Commission of Defence Force reported there about about two months ago, and they recommended that there was three levels of ambition. Level of ambition one is where we currently are at, level of ambition two needs about 500 million additional per year, and level of ambition three involves getting up to 3 billion. So we'll just talk about the level of ambition two, that step up that requires an extra 500 million a year. The vast majority of that money will not be going towards hardware, it'll be going towards paying salaries of the people, because even 10 years ago there was 10 and a half thousand people in the Defence Forces, and that was only eight and a half thousand. That's because they're not getting paid, and we have to tie our ships up at the docks and pretend they're in for servicing, when really what the reality is, is that they can't actually staff them to send them out to sea. Yeah, precisely Greg. So when I hear these talk of extra billions, the vast majority of that would be going to pay our people properly, and hire more people so that we can crew our ships, and we can crew our aircraft. In relation to your specific question or relation to the referendum, I presume the referendum, if one is called, it would be about whether we wish to join and become a more active member of the common security and defence policy in the European Union. My one personal view is I think most people want Ireland to maintain its own independent military posture, and we can opt in and opt out in a case by case basis. But just one thing I would say, and it's very important to get across that, even though we're an independent, non-aligned country, that does not preclude us from acting militarily in self-defence, but it also does not preclude us from going to war. What's required to go into war is an erratic motion declaring war on another country. So just because we're independent, non-aligned, neutral, whatever you want to call it, does not preclude us from having to go to action, and we should have independent means to protect ourselves. Okay, a text that says, what would Russians get in Ireland? Don't be so naive. What were they doing off the coast of Ireland fishing, get real? They were checking out our coast for getting it Britain. We'd be swallowed up in a second. The Russians may be mad, but they're not stupid, but not all Russians. I don't think we should paint them all. Just a question, how does this end? Because there are a couple of scenarios, okay? There's a short, sharp shock and Putin leaves at that. There's a long, long drawn out situation. Even maybe he could be overthrown from within his own country, and I think that may be one of the motivations for all these sanctions and what have you. We've seen, actually, rather bravely, the second biggest old company in Russia calling for an end to this. Seamus, in the last couple of minutes that we have, I'll start with you and work back through it. How does this end? I presume exactly that. Either the Western sanctions can work quicker than the Ukrainians can capitulate, and somebody inside Putin's inner circle decides he needs to go on a holiday to Siberia, and then a new leader comes in and the war is over, or that does not happen, because he seems to have got rid of any sort of discerning voices inside his inner circle, and then, basically, the invasion is complete of Ukraine, Ukrainian falls, and it just becomes a part of the Russian Federation, and that's the game we're at right now, I would imagine. That would be where I see it ending. I can see troops being on the Polish border rather than the Ukrainian border, and NATO on the other side, because little things happen like war games, NATO war games off the northern coast of Europe, which I haven't read much about at all. We're all up to high dove when Russia were doing it off the west coast. How does this end? I hope I don't sound cruel, Russian. I'm just trying to tease out all elements of this conversation. Catherine, how does this end in your view then? Well, I think a lot of the commentators that we're hearing on the radio who are extremely close to military issues and war issues, I don't think anyone is finding it very easy to predict where this is all going to end, and I don't think that I'm going to be in a position to tell you, but the ideal situation is what Sheamus described as the internal solution in Russia, but that does seem to be somewhat farfetched at present. What would worry me about that scenario is, I don't know if he's unhinged, but how far would Putin go when the last sting of a dying wasp he thought he was about to be? Well, he has certainly escalated matters since the west have increased sanctions. Initially, I thought Putin has lost it. This is even by his standards, this is just so crazy, but actually, I don't think he's lost it. I just think that he has a very definite ambition and that he is completely oblivious to the, well, maybe not completely, but almost completely oblivious to the loss of human life and the destruction of Ukraine. He has his own ambition in mind, and he's a war general for every many years. We'd all like to think that empathy or something will intervene, but I don't think it will, and I think these talks that are going on are simply a facade, and I don't have an answer to the question. We see what happened in Yemen, in Syria, these corridors are opened, and they're used as opportunities to rearm, resupply with the offenders, and those in these humanitarian corridors still end up getting killed. How does it end, finally, with you, Deputy Kaho Berry? The best way for it to end is to defeat Putin's army in Ukraine, and the best way for us to do that is to facilitate the Ukrainians by providing them, but we don't have them, but surface to our missiles, so they can force drone no flies on, and anti-ami missiles, which we do have anti-ami rockets to knock out as much armor as possible, and one of three things will happen. The Russian army will have to withdraw. Secondly, there could be a palace, I guess, purge, he's in a circuit, could turn on them, and the third option is a popular uprising, and there are three options, and I hope one of those three things happen. Kaho Berry, listen, thank you for your time today. We really appreciate it. Take care of yourself. It's been nice having you on the show. Independent deputy there, Kaho Berry, also Catherine Noon, lawyer, former senator as well. Great to have you back on the show. Thank you. So always interesting. I really appreciate it. Take care of yourself, okay. 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The Finnegill spokesperson on European affairs Neil Richmond said the government will face new challenges in order to deal with the tens of thousands of refugees arriving here. Well there's existing procedures in terms of large scale resettlement of refugees as we've seen with the up to 1,000 refugees that have been settled here from Afghanistan in the last year but beyond that there are new areas that the government will have to look at but a lot of those won't kick into place for a number of months now when we see the up to a million people have moved across Ukraine now. Not all of them have come into the European Union but they are coming. Serious concern has been raised over a lack of charging points for electric vehicles across Ineshaun. It's thought that there are only a handful of such charging points currently in place across the entire peninsula. It's led to fears that the lack of infrastructure could deter tourists from choosing to visit the area. Councillor Johnny McGinnis says Ineshaun has a lot to offer and it's incumbent on Donegal County Council to improve the situation ahead of the tourism season. There's only three or four EV charging points within the peninsula itself. We're targeting a European tourist and there's five and a half million EV cars. We can't expect a European to come here and stay here and get up into the northwest and stay overnight and spend their money here and you know stimulate the local economy if they actually can't drive their vehicle around for me to be it's an old brainer and it needs to be addressed immediately. The government has no plans to include island ferries and air services under an upcoming reduction in public transport fares. A 20% reduction in fare prices on transport services is set to come into effect by early May as part of a new scheme to help with the rising cost of living. Last night the Doll Hair Calls by Fina Fall Deputy Eman Oquive for both island ferries and air services to be included in this scheme. Responding Minister Jacife Madigan says the move would leave private operators at a disadvantage. The introduction of a fare reduction scheme for subsidised services would put private operators at a disadvantage. They will be entitled to seek legal redress if a subsidised service were to get a competitive advantage such as subsidised fares on a designated route and furthermore many subsidised operators provide extra salings beyond what is subsidised and those extra salings would not be entitled to the reduction. But Deputy Oquive says that wouldn't be the case. Whoever wrote the reply forgot that I actually put the schemes that are in place. Don't touch the tourist fares. Don't touch somebody like myself going to the island who paid the commercial rate which is much higher than the island rate. Reduce the specific island rate which is only in the PSO island contracts. The Gehirlog author Latter Kenny Millford Municipal District has visited Aisling Tennis part of an event who recognised the contribution of the Irish community to the borough. Councillor Jimmy Kavanaugh travelled with Councillor Cairn Brogan on the back of an invite from Ireland's ambassador to the UK as part of Irish Month which is being hosted by letter Kenny native and Mayor of Islington Troy Gallhert. Councillor Kavanaugh says the coming weeks will be an opportunity for links between London and Dunigol to be strengthened. This is part of a way to think that Troy is doing in his mayoral year there's an Irish month in Islington which will do a lot to promote the Irish and London but also Dunigol County Council will be attending that weekend and there'll be a breakfast there between businesses in Islington and businesses in Dunigol and there'll be showcase and the opportunities for remote working in Dunigol and so on and an opportunity to mix with other businesses from over there and strengthen connections between London and Dunigol. Whether or not Sunny spells this morning, isolated shards however will develop this afternoon with highest temperatures of seven to nine degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock. Until then, good morning. The obituary notice says for this Friday morning March the 4th. The death has taken place in Edinburgh of Neve McDede, formerly of Bayswater Dairy and Rathmullen County Dunigol. Neve's remains are reposing in her family home 40 Bayswater Dairy. We're going from there tomorrow for 12 o'clock requiem mass in St Joseph's Church Rathmullen and termined afterwards in the Adjoining Cemetery. The service will be available to stream online at MCMmediate.tv. High's private please tomorrow morning. Family flowers only please if wished. Donations only are flowers to the Maggie's Center Edinburgh. The death has taken place of Johnny Roti, mean and iller Dairy Beg. His remains are reposing at his residence. Rosary tonight at 8 o'clock. Funeral mass will take place tomorrow at 12 o'clock in St Mary's Church Dairy Beg, followed by burial in Mahara Gallon Cemetery. High's will be private from after Rosary and before the funeral tomorrow. Funeral mass can be viewed live on the Gillespie Funeral Director's Facebook page and on the Chapppubble We're at webcam. The death has taken place of James Coyle, Jimmy Crawley-Gidore. His remains are reposing at his late residence. Removal this evening at half past six going to Meenawil Chapel Crawley for 7 o'clock to repose overnight. Funeral mass in Meenawil Chapel tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock with burial afterwards in Mahara Gallon Cemetery. We're private to family, close friends and neighbors only. The funeral mass can be viewed live on Kearn Roti Funeral Director's Facebook page. The death has taken place of John Eugene Quinn, Sonny, 55, Marion Park, Bunkrana. His remains are reposing at his residence. Funeral from there to more morning at quarter past nine going to St Mary's Oratory for 10 o'clock recreation mass with burial afterwards in Cock Hills Cemetery. Funeral can be viewed online at churchservices.tv. And the death has taken place of Noorin McFadden, Noorin Joe, current sport Gidore. Her remains are reposing at her late residence with Rosary Knightley at nine o'clock. His private to family, relatives, friends and neighbors. His private this morning. 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And you are very welcome back to the Michael Noon show here on Highland Radio. 0866025000 that is the WhatsApp. That's the text number. We'll give us a call in 0749125000. Thanks again to our Friday panel of Cattlebury, Barry, Becky Podnkafer and Noon Shevers McDade. If the Russians or other country were set to invade Ireland, the US or the UK wouldn't help us save this listener. They'd get there first and invade us. They've plans in place since the Cold War and even World War II. Another disband so-called Irish Army will pump within the officers than any British Army. A joke. That's what they are using the money to help get 999 responses quicker to an accident scene. That poor lady in a recent accident lay for full hour on the road until an ambulance arrived. And another, we spend more on TDs and civil servants than defence. What a way to run any country. And that's it. That's your comments up to date for now. We have more coming in. We'll get back to them now. It is almost time for the Radio Bingo numbers, but I'm delighted to welcome on to the programme now, Grace McFadden. Hi Grace. How are you doing? How are you doing, Greg? I'm doing fantastic. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Because you know, I'll let our listeners know that you collected a prize of €9,200. And that's the jackpot prize, the daily prize of €1,800, grand total prize money, €11,000. Congratulations. Oh, thank you very much. God, fantastic. I don't realise. There's no other winners of yesterday's daily prize. And that's it. Sister Grace McFadden and Mary Tolund live in next to one another in Milford. Bought the book in Maple in Milford. Maple, yeah. Yeah. Happy day. It's okay. Brilliant stuff. Are you lucky normally? Sorry? Are you normally this lucky? Not really. Small prizes I would want at the Bingo, all right. No, but I wouldn't be that lucky. No. All right, okay. What's the deal then? Myself and my sister are. We divide when we want something like that. We divide it, like, you know, so. It's a team effort. Yes, a team effort. Mary. And is it a 50-50 split? Yes, 50-50 split. Yeah, good stuff. Now, as you know, the Bingo's run here to support the National Council for the Blind of Ireland, because they are, this is one of their principal revenue streams. Of course, hopefully now with things being lifted, they can get back to their other fundraising initiatives and what have you. But they do very well out of this, as we've heard on the programme before. And that is something you'd have an understanding of. Would you be familiar with the NCBI, Grace? Well, I would, because my father suffered from Glock Holman, macro degeneration, and we would always have supported the blind all during the years, you know. Yeah. So he died, he just died there in 2018, 19. Really recently. I know why you're talking about this. In 2018. And he was 100 years old. Wow. Yeah. So, I mean, he had a good enough life. So he worked in the Milford Bakery for 50 odd years. And he developed Glock Holman after he retired, which was 65. And unfortunately, now the macro degeneration set in sort of after that. And I don't know. He was a great man for the Sacred Heart Mission. So we seemed to always send money, always told me after he retired, for to always not neglect Sacred Heart Missionary. So we would always be sending money there, you know. That was a big change for him. And as you say, the support from the NCBI, especially, you know, later on in life, very, very valuable. But I think that's just a lovely element to this, that's, you know, use of engage with them, support them, support all the charities in support them, you're going to benefit from this as well. It's lovely. Definitely, definitely now, because he actually, his birthday, he would be 104 tomorrow. Oh, that's coming up, his birthday, so just, just wonderful. Like, you know, there's something I don't know. I'm getting, I think I'm changing as I get a little bit older, especially since my own father passed away, we signs here and there. And I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, but sometimes you can't help but wonder, can you? No, no, no, no, I would feel he's not too far away. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Okay. Congratulations. What are you going to spend the money on, besides me now, obviously? Well, to be quite honest, I haven't a clue, but it's between myself and my sister. So we'll think about it and maybe take a break somewhere or other. Wow, sounds absolutely lovely. I hope you do. I hope you enjoy it. I know. Well, listen, like everything, hopefully that will be, that will be resolved and as much as we can, life has to, has to continue, doesn't it? But listen, it's a nice lift we used to, and I really, it's great in supporting NCBI, having used their services and then to win B, it's fantastic. Congratulations to both of you. And part of some of my best wishes to your sister too, as well. Okay, thank you very, very much. All right, Grace, thank you very much indeed. What an interesting story. So many connections there. Okay, that was Sister as Grace McFadden and Mary Tolman. They live next door to each other in Milford and they bought their book in Maple in Milford. Have a great day, Grace. Right. Thank you very much. No, thank you. Take care yourself. All right, take care. Now, the prizes keep coming because there's a new jackpot in place and there is that daily prize as well, which keeps growing every day. It's not one. It could be you next. It could be you today, at least for the daily prize. Here's the numbers. It's time for NCBI Bingo on Highland Radio. It's Friday, the 4th of March. You're playing on the Yellow sheet. The reference number is S5. It's game number 9. The numbers are 45, 20, 86, 48, 25, 57, 59, 58, 16 and finally 65. Phone your claim to 9104833 before 8 tonight. 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Sheamus Cullum from Bunkrana company joins us on the program now good morning to you Sheamus how are you keeping okay you're going to unmute for me are you so I can hear your dulcet tones yeah yeah not a ventriloquist yet that's better I was going to say who's behind you how are you keeping good yeah yeah we're kept on the go you know it's funny times that yeah things are opening up again and getting moving but we're living in very strange times in Europe as you've highlighted on many's occasion over the last few days and it's peculiar and we probably have to sort of see how it's going to pan out just a point that occurred to me I'm not sure has it been really highlighted or even addressed with all the attention and rightly and understandably so in Europe on the Ukraine our attention is diverted from other parts of the world which are in atrocious states of civil war such as Syria and Yemen you know and even the Myanmar situation Afghanistan like if you think of it we were focused on Afghanistan a few months back the Taliban had taken taken power the US have pulled out and this is only August and now the world's media is understandably directed on on Ukraine but if you but if you run parallels and comparisons and you see the mass exodus as well from the likes of the likes of Syria you know and the civil war that's been raging there for 10 years you know these places cannot be forgotten about either because it's the same it's the same issue it's war mongrels that are that are driving them and they're driving people into exodus and then that's this whole migration towards Europe so it's a very it's it's I find it difficult to get a balance on this because I'm certainly drawn to Ukraine but I'm also very mindful of we can't get a balance on it because you know like we witnessed live the west going in for instance on under false pretenses we seen what they did in Iraq we watched that unfold like it was in the other end of the world and we see other things going on there was no talk of sanctions no talk of seizing billionaires yachts and we do approach the situation the mass exodus from Ukraine and helping those people we do treat them and the language is very different to them and a few journalists have slipped up and said that you know they're just like us and the the mask slipped somewhat you know and so we're not even trying to get the balance there at all it's just these are predominantly white Europeans well you are touching on a very very delicate nerve and subject it's the double standard is really what I think that you're in that you're referencing your percent yeah that's what yeah but but I don't believe that the media is given that the type of coverage that it merits and that's where I think that I'm saying about trying to get a balance that we've moved away from that that's like if if you put a pulse on the likes of Syria for a matter of a week or 10 days I'm sure it might be that terribly different from the likes of what's happening in Ukraine similarly if in Afghanistan does anybody know now what the situation is out there with sort of education with the starvation you know everyone been denied human rights the attention is completely diverted I say I can understand it but at the same time the it comes to mind even there what about Yemen as well as another part of the world that's you know there's another terrible civil war going on and we're not informed as to what's happening so I just would like a more balanced media approach to the whole you know the Ukraine and not overlooking these other situations out there in the world see the problem is it's still the standard that we are we are listening to we are listening to the western version the whole time and we're not really getting any any idea out of last time it was the first time that I seen I think it was on prime time where they did give some insight into how it was being portrayed the propaganda in Russia that was quite it was quite interesting to see but if you were a Russian watching that you'd be inclined probably to believe it but listen what I did I mean I try and consume as much as I could I watched I watched RT news right okay and they carried in full press conference from I think the Russian foreign secretary and what they talked of right was the fact that Russia had been trying to negotiate with the West for an awful long time they said that you know our borders are being threatened here we're concerned with what's happening in Ukraine there is a war raging in Eastern Ukraine which 15 16 000 lives were lost that the West is using is using Ukraine that you know they are the puppet masters now I'm not saying that is true but that conversation is should we be having that conversation but what we're actually doing is we're banning we're banning or ostracizing any journalist or outfit that might even start that conversation because we have to all think the one way now as I say I'm what I'm trying to do this morning is I'm not taking a position here by the way I'm trying to maybe have a slightly more random conversation about the global situation yeah and well I think for maybe for a change where I'd eat them on this which is unusual for us to be sort of in agreement but on this particular point I think that if you were to really analyze it and see where was the beginning of this has anybody really asked that has anybody really looked into the NATO movement up true you know trying to get near the Russian border trying trying to get sites you know which obviously to protect their own backyard but tightening the squeeze all the time on Russia and then maybe it may be inevitably getting a backlash such as this that's that is being that's the elephant in the room I think and I would like to see the more mature you know journalists media etc starting to address those aspects and also looking to the other situations in the world which we have just taken the torch off for the moment and God knows what's going on there because we're not hearing it and also too I would imagine that there are those that might be maybe to the north of Russia that would be looking on saying that Putin is very busy at the moment maybe there's a weakness there and I also wonder if North Korea are looking on wondering maybe it's their time to move and that would just be two potential hot spots that's ongoing I mean you know there's a lot of people with different interests looking on at this and you know things could start popping up in other parts of the world too I just fear I hope I'm wrong and I don't want to be scaremongering but you know if you're in North Korea and your country's on its knees and you think there is a weakness there or a distraction who's to say yeah and they're quite capable and they have they have the power to take advantage of a situation and they're probably watching it very very closely but this is really the the debate that has to be opened up and opened up among the major players in the world and those that are in power and those that have a proper influence and maybe get a more balanced view of how this is playing out because I shudder to think that it's going to end up in the similar situation similar to the likes of Syria and be bogged down in civil war for many many years to come and that's that could happen I don't believe there's there's a right and a wrong on this one shameless but I'm listening to different media be it you know RT through Lifeline or other radio programs BBC Radio 5 Live BBC World Service BBC 4 and one after another they have a resident in Ukraine with a with a similar point of view and why wouldn't you if the hell was being rained down on you from above but we're not getting we're not getting a wider conversation and I'm not talking about pro-Russia here I'm on about you know a more so we could all be more educated about what's going on do you know what I mean yeah I don't maybe talk a bit more about how you know say for instance well I won't go into this there's a lot of there's a lot in there but anyway I think as you say I think we agree um a quick word before we take a break and get to questions because I wanted to ask you about the Donald Trump situation I presume it's completely unrelated and the congressional committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on the 6th of January last year has said former president Donald Trump may have engaged in criminal contact a conduct to this a it has been to overturn his election defeat what's the significance of that yeah well it's quite significant in that you probably recall Greg back in December we actually we followed a story when the the former chief of staff Mark Meadows at that time was refusing to appear before the select committee who were investigating the circumstances of of the riot back in January 21 on Capitol Hill where the five people unfortunately lost their lives and and some first responders thereafter took their own lives indeed and you remember at that stage they had they were looking to get access to emails texts etc all surrounding the incident of Capitol Hill itself and they went to the federal court the district court of Colombia and they actually succeeded in that so at that stage I was saying this is going to run and Trump's going to try to circle the wagons which which he has done well now the next the next installment of it is um and I got and as a sequel to that and and they've now come the select committee and they're making an allegation that there could be there's evidence and information available to the committee establishing a belief anyway that Trump and others have engaged in some form of criminal acts or fraudulent acts and maybe even criminal conspiracy and they're pointing the finger interestingly at the guy who supposedly was in charge of the legal strategy at the time he was a lawyer for by the name of John Eastman and that the claim being that there was a strategy to overturn the election completely and now with access to the emails and texts etc of that period and privilege it seems now not they're not going to attract privilege there will now come to the fore and that could give the ammunition that is necessary for the select committee to actually make a criminal allegation of criminal conspiracy against Trump and his cohorts and if that happens that'll go to the attorney general and he'd have to consider whether he was going to charge the former president so that'd be very very interesting indeed I think the net closes and is gradually closing ever so slowly but it's coming in on Mr Trump and it'd be interesting to see where he goes next and how he tries to defend himself he's now he's now been focused on on two sides and the state of New York and also out in LA so as I said there's a pincer movement going on and it was kind of interesting too at a press conference yesterday a senior Russian official referencing him being robbed of his election win as well as I say unrelated but this is all happening in the same in the same space yes it is yeah and there will be there will be more to follow because it might be unprecedented but if they come with a with a consideration of a criminal charge against Donald Trump well we'll be breaking new ground yeah all right listen Shemaskhan thank you very much stay with us we're going to take a quick break and then back with your questions you might be able to squeeze one in i'll wait six sixty twenty five thousand if you're quick this friday around the northwest will be coming live from lobes of cramford to celebrate the launch of molroy drive and the 10 new viewing points and things to do around molroy drive find out more from 12 p.m this friday the outside broadcast is kindly sponsored by eco-atlantic adventures in cramford study at the college of agriculture food and rural enterprise this september kafri is northern ornans specialist agri-food and land-based college with campuses at greenmont antrim lochri cookstown and ennis 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i can you think of what's actually happening what's happening is that obviously there's been a claim of defamation everyone is entitled to their good name under the constitution and long may that continue and there's two headings maybe we could put defamation under we could say we would say the spoken word is slander and the written word is libel so in that context obviously the caller has received some correspondence i'm assuming it's of a legal nature it hasn't moved on in two years it could be threatening proceedings for seeking damages and claiming defamation if it hasn't gone any further it's starting to run out of time and in that instance the caller may not hear but again but the point that they're making is this and this is quite interesting they're saying that they want their good name claimed in that they've done nothing wrong if to do that they will have to engage their own attorneys to respond to it and to put their side of the case to it and they're the matter while it may not be very satisfactory but there the matter would arrest the only other way would be for them to try to claim that in fact by writing this letter that they've been defamed but that letter which if sent by a by a solicitor or counsel will attract privilege on the basis that they're acting on their client's instructions so i think that if it has gone away my view would be to leave it at that not get involved in defamation is is an extremely expensive remedy and if it goes if it goes down the court route there can be very very significant costs involved in on that issue there was some talk or there's a some movement through the doll that would see juries taken out of defamation cases i hope not conflate and i think it's the same issue and judges would make awards it'd be cheaper maybe would use it would reduce the time yeah it would reduce the time significantly it seems to be coming down the tracks i'd say it is practical and sometimes juries can can lose the run of themselves in relation to the defamation actions the amount of time involved is certainly expands considerably when there is a jury involved between selection and everything that goes with that and certainly i do believe with time costs follow so i think it would be more streamlined and i think that if you had certain judges who may even specialize in that particular field or that would hear that type of action it might be certainly it might be worthwhile but there's something there's something about being judged by your peers and having 12 people listening to your case especially if you're good names at stake and i'm not sure i'd just like to see the end of that but certainly an awful lot of the cases could be dealt with by a judge only this is an interesting question and one i've thought myself i think it is at least recently anyway it's a requirement to leave a space out the front of your land you know if you build a new house there's a step back that we seem to be obliged to have but this call wants to know there's a homeowner who's pulling up bollards obstructing these spaces whose library in case of a third party if they hit one of these obstructions and causes damage now you do see this as well where people have decided to grass it and they might put stones in there or the pink stones white sometimes they don't i mean but it is it seems to be public public highway what's the story there what if if someone pulls in smashes the car and depends on whose charge the the in that situation the bollards would be and in that instance there should be adequate insurance in place in relation to any third party issues that would would or could arise and that wouldn't be unusual for them to have cover it might be a it might be a situation where the local authority are involved it might be a situation where there's a private landowner involved that would have to be all checked out in relation to it but then remember this that if it's a situation where somebody has has an unfortunate accident and they they actually are maybe there's an element of contributory negligence on their part it doesn't automatically follow that that would have a claim in the first instance so you'd have to look at the entire the entire circumstances check out the position and check out the insurance position and and take it from there um i'm waiting to go to court for nearly uh two years for the sale of a damaged car from a respected garage with all the safety road work unless an nct why are these cases not a priority and why are garages allowed to sell such cars thank you from a concerned listener well i mean in a case like that it's up to the individual to pursue their claim through the courts um and there's a duty on the on on the courts to dispense justice expeditiously and that has been there from time immemorial we've had a very and it's worth emphasizing this but we've had a very difficult time of late with covid and it has resulted in an awful lot of civil actions being delayed and understandably so with the results that lists have expanded and there's some at times there can be a shortage of judges and sittings for the hearing of civil actions and that has a knock-on effect on the case itself and and does give rise to delay all that we can hope for is now that we've come out of that and we are moving into into different times that the backlogs will be will be dealt with in relation to the the point itself the cause of action would lie against the the retailer of the motor in the first instance if it was under warranty there could be a third party issue might have to bring in the the manufacturer but hopefully with in relation to the point they're making about about the delay that these can now be addressed and that we can have some more civil sittings to to deal with the backlog which is inevitably there and it's there in the district court as well I have to say yeah can a deceased executor of an estate be liable for expenses from their own estate if he or she did not carry out their role after 12 years of the set estate well it's interesting if they said that it's 12 years and I haven't done anything to advance it so I'm intrigued by that that if an estate has been going on that length of time if it hasn't moved at all well then if there are other beneficiaries and it's a it's a situation where there is a will and those parties could have moved themselves and brought in a citation to have the will admitted to probate which they should have done like I would have a view that after 12 years it's a half and a half and moved or administered the estate the beggars belief that nobody else has and that that would be the route I'd be looking at there that's in that case all right last one then my parents had a will made with a solicitor who was since passed away and the practice has closed how can I find out where the will is now does this feed into the conversation we had before about a database of this stuff yeah well we have touched on this Greg and well I mean I'm beating an old drum here and I will be probably for the rest of my time but anyhow there should be there should be and with the law reform commission and never all the good causes that they do take up there's a central will's register in this country would be invaluable in my opinion and it would eliminate this type of anxiety and stress that's caused by people trying to find out if the loved one has made arrangements or not to deal with the caller's question if the practice is no longer in being they I would suggest that they would contact the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland to get an idea as to whether it has been taken over by another firm or what has happened the documentation that was retained by that practice in law firm up to the time that they ceased and they should be able to give them certainly a slant on that and they could also retain their own solicitors to make inquiries locally and maybe even further afield as to whether a will has been held that's all very well but it comes back to my point maybe that I might have mentioned once or twice before that if one has moved from Dublin, Cork, whatever, Limerick and may have maybe have lived somewhere else for some time put a will in place and they're now living in Donegal for the last 20 years and you just look locally for a will and there is one actually further afield but nobody knows of that that can give rise to obviously a very difficult situation where there it could be a will directing what's to be done with the estate but it isn't actually followed in that way and the estate might proceed to be dealt with under under letters of administration which would be an intestacy and that again would be an awful an awful travesty so a central will's register would certainly be is I think the way forward and I think that the caller should maybe contact the people in Dublin to see what has happened to the practice where the will was held in the first instance. All right shame us listen thank you very much for your time and your insight this morning it's always appreciated of course people know you have your offices but if you want to access your services online what's the story there yeah yeah we're always allowed to hear from everyone online at dunigallslister.ie Greg or gun.ie should be there 24-7. 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um it's been to say the least the tough couple of years um and especially over the last seven months since we lost breeder but we're getting there um they did say it to me at the time times a healer and you know what it is getting a little bit easier and a little bit easier but don't get me wrong there's there's some very bad days to you obviously yeah of course and in the memory of breeder you're running an event as much as you want to your comfortable with can you tell us about breeder and and what happened to her yes we actually met Greg uh breeder a couple years ago she was on your show a couple years ago in 2019 and at that time she was helping Cancer Care West um just raise awareness for what they do in their services and a fundraiser that Michael Chance was running at the time along with the patron of Cancer Care West Noel Cunningham at the time so breeder um yeah unfortunately breeder passed away seven months ago just yesterday after five years of breast cancer and unfortunately she lost her battle last august and I'm really sorry to hear that as everyone listening to you Carl would be so um tell us about the walk and talk for me so yeah it's actually something that when breeder got diagnosed unfortunately it moved to her uh a major organ in her liver in September 2020 you know obviously it was such a difficult time for us and we knew at that time that things weren't looking good for the future so at that stage um obviously we had lots of um you know sleepless nights and you know worries obviously of what was ahead for for ourselves and for three kids and her family and friends but you know at that stage you know um we both loved walking and enjoying you know the you know what we have around us and going for walks especially on the beaches with the kids and friends and families and you know it was within that time actually we um we found out figured out both of us actually we started to sleep a little bit better and you know we got a night's sleep after you know a couple weeks of walking and talking about different things and we realized something actually was happening which was we were we were talking things out during our walks we were getting our concerns and our stresses of life and what was happening to us and it gave us the ability to sleep Craig simple as that I think we probably almost we'd almost developed a way to avoid those conversations wouldn't we absolutely great I'm having those conversations very very useful for both of you I'd imagine maybe absolutely phenomenal absolutely phenomenal and do you know what Craig and this is something I discovered was and this is well over the last couple years is that the types of conversation you have when you're out for a walk you don't have them sitting around the kitchen table you don't have them at home there's too many distractions you don't have them in the bar or a pub or anywhere else because there's too many distractions what when you're out for a walk whatever happens is you just you're have that freedom to be able to you know talk about things on a deeper level than you can ever do before if you know what I mean and more importantly as I said to you um it's the stresses of everyday life that everybody have and the worries that everybody have you just seem to unconsciously work those out on your walk and gives you that at night time that ability to sleep and as we all know if you've got the ability to sleep everything functions better no matter what it is in life you can work out everything you know and better humor your work whatever the case may be everything just seems to work better and this is what I'm trying to uh and Brito wanted me to encourage people to try and do for themselves help themselves to begin with and then if they're in good and a good place in their life then they can help others and that's exactly what you're trying to do and did you did you discuss this with Brito this event not you did yes it was how tough was that for for you I mean did you get past the point that we can actually talk about the inevitable yeah well actually this this was a this idea was a charity fundraiser it wasn't in remembrance to begin with this was over a year ago that myself and Brito discussed this on a walk it was a charity fundraiser at the time for all the great charities that have been so good to us and to so many others and it was a way of us raising funds for them but also raising awareness for the amazing work that they do the likes of cancer care west the likes of the Marie Keating Foundation the hospice now obviously now too but this was a brainchild of Brito herself that want to do this we we want to do this last year but obviously things unfortunately took a turn for the worse and we had to park it but this year in January over Christmas time um you know we decided I decided we had to go and do this we want to do this Brito asked me to continue this on continue on the message that she had which was giving people you know that opportunity for self-help you know to improve what they have you know improve their life and try and figure out in their own way how we can actually get themselves in a better place you know fair play there is no doubt you're doing our proud we're going to tell people more about how they can get involved in the event but I want to bring Jenny and Jenny Timony good morning Jenny thanks for joining us too good morning Greg hi hi Jenny tell us what your role is Jenny what you'll be doing in support of of in support of Carol I suppose to give you that the background really was that Brito worked for me in a cafe many years ago when she was only a teenager around 95 or 96 and in one of my first businesses and when I saw Carol's walk and talk for me on Instagram I recognized her photo straight away she looked exactly the same as she did and she was a very sweet kind lovely teenager and a quiet kind of a girl and she looked exactly the same and it just it just resonated with me I suppose and I just wanted to do something to support and to support the event so I reached out to Carol on Instagram and we took it from there so what we're doing is a two-day pop-up shop at our headquarters in Donegal town and we are donating 20 percent of the proceeds over the two days to Carol and Brito's chosen charities but those who aren't aware and there's not many listeners won't be tell us about your products Jenny because I think to support to particularly to support for any there's plenty of reasons to get down and shop but even to support to support this initiative so tell us what what what you have offered what what kind of stuff you sell in that type of if it pink is a female at leisure brand so we're we're born and bred I suppose in Donegal town and you're right and we've had massive support from the women of Donegal so I'd say most people listening would be well aware of the pink and and yeah it's just a range of high quality women's active wear for you know anything from evening walks to the hardened runner and cardio and yoga or anything like that so that's you know we started in 2019 and we've we've kind of built it from there yeah really really quickly yeah yeah tell us tell us now um when this shop is open and the full range is available sure it is yes indeed it's it's um it's it's sort of a small shop um at our premises which is um in Donegal town Drummery's Christmas Park it was formerly Irene's Fun World and Bumblebee so it's a bit it used to be a big children's play center so anybody really coming into the time they know it and the postcode there is f9 for v y 6 8 if anybody pops it into their set map so we're open all day today and from 11 to 4 tomorrow and yes everything you see in our website is available to try on and also purchase today and tomorrow brilliant stuff great um and tell us more about the actual walk and talk for the hour yeah so in January we set it up and we started an instagram page uh walk and talk for b so it can be easily searched and found there and within days within weeks we've well over a thousand followers already and also we've got a Strava kind set up in a Strava club set up where we see hundreds of people they've actually taken part and the whole idea is um don't get me wrong here it's not a case of people doing the the full walk so the walk itself the idea is a walk from our home place here in Newton Cunningham to Brita's home place in Inver which is right on the Atlantic Ocean right at the beach or literally our home house from moment that George and Bridget are there right on the Atlantic Ocean on the beachfront and the idea is to walk to the beach basically where their their home house is so it's roughly around 80 kilometers now it's not a case of people doing the full 80 kilometers people can comment it out whenever they want and do as little as they want or as much as they want but the idea again is it's more the journey from January or right up to now from now right up to January the 11th or June 11th sorry when the walk is and again you know it's one of those things that you're not going to get the benefits over one or two walks it's a case if you need to give it a couple of weeks they say it's 21 days to do it before we actually find the benefits that you'll receive from it and trust me the amount of people have given me messages since January they're coming back to say card what you said to us on day one is absolutely through we're sleeping better our our humour is better our mood is better our interaction with everybody is better it's trying it's better it's tried and tested and as I say hundreds of people are coming back with some really positive news so all you doing the 80 kilometers yes my my intention is to do the 80 kilometers and so has quite a few other people now I am already doing I've been doing this for a number of years already last two and a half or three years doing a lot of walking so I've got it in somewhat in the legs but I'm training towards it look if I don't do it I'm not going to get upset but nobody's going to get upset about it but I intend to try and do it and remembrance of and celebration of Brita and her life but it's not just about Brita and her life and remembrance of that and obviously it's for everybody has their own personal stories to tell and worries to think about and that's the idea is that self-help and that's what Brita was really concerned for everybody. Yeah and I think Jenny that's why you know you mentioned why you wanted to get involved initially was you know Brita touched your life and you know people touched people's lives in all different ways but also it resonates and kind of ties in with you know with your company as well I mean it's a it was a very easy decision for you to make. It was and what I didn't realise at the time when I reached out to Carol he he responded straight away to tell me that Brita was a great customer of FitPink and she she loved the brand and she'd gotten all her friends onto it so you know that's it was all the more reason to be involved and we're delighted to be involved. Can I say too that we know Donegal Town maybe is out of the way for a lot of Brita's friends and family and so if they wanted to purchase online they can do that if they use the code walk and talk with Bea on their website that will alert us to their support in the event and we'll donate 20% of those proceeds to online to to the fantastic Jenny great because we have loads of people from all over the world that are following us we even have a Central Park in New York a group already set up and they're going to do the walk of 80 kilometers on in Central Park on the 11th of June. Fantastic so just to be clear if anyone wants to expand their FitPink collection or get their first items do so is it today and tomorrow Jenny and either in person is it or online is that what you said and that goes towards this brilliant this brilliant cause that helps amazing charities. Jenny listen thank you very much for joining us I really appreciate it. Great to talk to you both. Okay good to have you with us and well done with everything that you're doing Carol and we really appreciate your time this morning just tell us the Instagram page if people want to go to is that where you're primarily posting. Yep that's where all the information is about the charities that we're going to help and also about just information about the walk itself and just some encouragement for people and I post some videos there every week of self-help videos that can help everybody out there and it's called walk underscore and talk for b so it's underscore between each word walk and talk for b the letter b for breeder. Brilliant okay this then we'll share that out in our socials as well if that helps listen thank you very much. Great thanks very much for your time. Have a great day. 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Face the numbers towards your face so I can hear you. It's gone twisty. It's gone twisty on me. Now I've got you. Can we have a break? Sorry I can't be with you after two and a half years. I managed to pop out a positive answer from Tesla. There you go. Can we have very exciting times before we talk about TV because we are going to but we're also talking about the enhanced schedule now Finula. It's a long time coming. It's exciting. We're going to be chatting to some of those familiar voices that some people have heard. Some haven't heard for a while. But it's good to be in this space, isn't it? Oh my god. I keep saying it to everybody. I'm not 100% convinced. We're going to pull it off until eventually everybody has been in here at least once. We've set this date so many times over the last two years. Everybody assumed in March 2020 this was going to be two weeks, three weeks, six maybe. Then you kind of went September. Then you went Christmas. Then you went and it just kept moving and moving and I was kind of beginning to lose heart myself. So I really appreciate the listeners sticking with us on it. But finally we are ready and delighted to be bringing everybody back as in from tonight. The night time guys are all coming on. So we're really looking forward now to the first show on tonight. The first show on tonight because we've actually changed up the schedule a little bit. So it's a little bit different. So the first show on tonight is Marty Freel. So people who is going to join us. This is we're going to do it like this. We're just going to bring them in as we mentioned the names. Okay. So tell us about tonight then. So what's new for Fridays then? Yeah. Well, no, to be honest, it's you see now you've made it sound like I shaked up everything. There's only so much you just say it right now. But we have no we have Marty has moved now to Friday night. So I think it's going to be fantastic. And then after Marty then so Marty is going to be eight to 10 tonight. And then from 10 to one then we have Tommy Rosney back on with his inevitable style of country music and everything. Then over the weekend then we had been finishing at six but now we're going to be continuing on. So from six to eight is Frank Galligan on eight to 10. Then we have Keith Fletcher just moved his show out a little bit later. And then from 10 to one we have kind of like a big Saturday sessions party show on at that time. Then you're so cool. You make it. What? Describe it again. I think it's a big party. It's kind of a mixture of everything. If everything that was there, you know, they used to be called the big, big party. It used to be called the Saturday sessions. So now I'm kind of like, I don't know what the name is going to be, but it's going to be like sessions party. What times it on? I just go like that. Martin, cut out the complications. Marty Freel joins us. Hi, Martin. You're going to have to unmute yourself. I feel like we're doing a lot of this this hour. Just, you just have to hit unmute, Marty. And then we'll have there. There you go. There you go. I agree. So no problem, Marty. This is great to hear your voice. It's great to see you and it's going to be great to have you back on there as well. It's been a long time coming. Yeah, it's been a long time coming, Greg. I suppose with the restrictions and one thing and another, we're all sick listening to COVID now, but yeah, it's been two years since we've been off air. So we're ready and charged to get back. And I want to thank Fanola and the team there at Highland for working with us and giving us some training to get back on the social media and of course soon. And everything has all taken off greatly since COVID came to unfortunately join us. Yeah. And tell us about the show. I mean, people know your program, you know, I mean, they know your style and all the music you play, they know the energy you're bringing. It's just a case of getting you back to it. Yeah, yeah, that's it. Well, the music's always been 70s, 80s, 90s, good radio music. We're going to bring to the station on Friday. I think it's an excellent time to be on the radio. Let's go on to the weekend. It's Friday. Usually, my slot slot was on Mondays, which was good as well. The start of the week sort of we bitly and coming out of the weekend. But Fridays will be very good. Looking forward to it. And after coming live after Ivan's show from his various good dancey tunes and live upbeat stuff to bring it back to the 80s, 90s and just good general radio stuff. You know the good music yourself, Greg. So we're looking forward to bringing that to the airways of Highland again. I'm glad I'm glad I don't have to pick good music from the last year, because you've got a wealth of music to choose from. But my word, if you look at the charts, the songs in the top 10 now that have been out for like 18 months between the various sides of popularity on TikTok. I'm old manning this now. I'm sounding like an old man. I think my boys would tell me something different, but there's just not a depth of quality there at the moment. So I look forward to when I suppose people like Ivan can dig out the underground tunes and do fantastic in that. I'm on about the more poppy stuff from my age. But anyway, it is what it is. Listen, it's brilliant to see Marty. I can't wait to hear you back on the airways again after a long break. And you've been very busy yourself, of course, over the last couple of years. So this will be a good way for you. Is it a distraction? That's what it's going to say. It's relaxing, isn't it? Okay. Thanks so much. Take care of yourself. No problem. Thank you. All right, take care. That is Marty Field there. And Fnulla, are you still there with me? Yeah, I am. Very excited to listen to Marty now as our first show back. It's very good. I think Rosemary Hardie's with us too. Rosemary, are you there? Yeah, Rosemary's show is now going to be on Sundays. So that's just the next one. So we've seven to nine is going to be Gene Kern. Nine to eleven is going to be Rosemary. And then Tommy Rosney again, eleven to one. Hi, I'm Rosemary. How are you keeping? How are you doing, Greg? I'm good. Thank you. It's great to see you. It's great for our listeners to hear today about you returning with your show on a regular basis. Tell us about what you're looking forward to, about the program, what people can expect. People know anyway, but just for those, we'll be tuning in for the first time. Yeah, Greg, the show, of course, is done through Irish language. And it'll be all about music and song and Irish from different artists from around the country, from Northern Ireland, from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. And there were a lot of entertainment and fun and conversation with songwriters and singers and that kind of thing. I also tend to bring in the schools, the national schools from all the various guild paths around the country, and maybe get the children to do a poem or a story. And it's really to encourage the children to speak Irish and to get them sort of confident in speaking Irish around some of the gildeds and the smaller gildeds anyway. They're forgotten Irish. There's not a lot of Irish in them, so it's great to get them all on board. Yeah, but it's informative and it's entertaining, but it's serving a really, I think it's serving a really important role as well. So we wish you all the best with it and can't wait to have you back on, can't wait to listen to you again. Yeah, are you still talking to me, Grant? Yes, I am. We have Mareadine Weenie on Sunday night. Oh brilliant. That's some way to kick it off, isn't it? It is, yeah. And it's just to celebrate the new show. There's a new name on it, Blast the Nail. And yeah, we're looking forward to that. She'll be talking about lockdown, how it affected her and how things are now, if we're all getting back to normal. Well done. Thank you so much. Come on, wait. Take care of yourself. Rose, my heritage there. Right, I call it says, I'm so glad the evening schedules are back. I really enjoy all the different shows and all the text her says, you need to go to Sarah. She needs to leave for an OB. Oh, I presume that's a private message from Caroline, my bad. I knew that, by the way. I knew that. Hiya, Sarah. Good morning. Hi, Greg. How are you? I am fantastic. You managed to achieve, in a short period of time, what I couldn't in five years and that's a prize to promote our social media. Thank you very much. I was working, grafting hard, grafting hard, but no. Yes, we have our big giveaway on our Instagram page at Highland Radio, Donegal. And this is a cracker, Sarah, isn't it? This is a 50-inch smart TV and it really is a brilliant size. I mean, it would be a lock tree for a bedroom, but you could stick that into your front room and it would be fantastic as well. So, how do people be in with the chance of winning, Sarah? So, to be in with the chance of winning the smart TV, all you have to do is follow us on Instagram, like the post, tag a friend underneath the post and simply share it to your story. So, that is all you have to do. All right, brilliant stuff. It couldn't be any easier. And I joke and I'm a bit cheeky, Finula, but this is all part of, this is all part, isn't it, of, you know, providing more content and more entertainment for people on different platforms and also working hard in that regard. And it's fantastic to see it unfold. No, it's fantastic. We, like other companies, have really had to take a look at our digital output and see what we were doing and how we can improve it and how we can move with the times and upgrade and make sure that we're reaching all of the people at Donegal in as many ways as possible. And so, we're using this time now that we're bringing all the guys back, that everybody's coming back to work with us again, is to promote the fact that we've redone all of our social media channels. We have all new branding. The website has been redone and rebranded. If anybody has been on that lately, you'll see kind of tall bright colors. I clearly hadn't input into it. I love purple. And it's been all done and rebranded. And what we're doing is really, we're just encouraging people that not only now can you listen to us on the radio, but you can also see us. You can interact with us through our social media channels. To be honest, that's why Sarah is here, because I don't even understand what half of them are. We're on one or two ones that... Well, that's it, Sarah, too, because there are the traditional platforms there. The newer platforms are lots not brand new, but they like to tick-tock and people can engage with us there as well and have a bit of crack and maybe see a different side to some of the presenters, Sarah. Oh, yes, definitely. I've been having a lot of fun. It's not even getting people out of their comfort zone, because honestly, they are so comfortable and they're so good at the entertainment end of everything. But our tick-tock page is just at Highland Radio. So it's very, very easy to find. And all our videos are going across our other channels as well. So it's just very exciting. And everyone seems to be having a lot of fun with it. All right, listen, tell us where the Orbeez actually, by the way, for people to stay tuned. There's an Orbeez coming up, John Bresens, around the Northwest again, isn't it? Yes, it is in Cranford. We're heading there now shortly. That's why you had to get me on so quick. I know. But now I'm going to have to pay the price for being cheeky with Caroline, but you're lucky. Come here, Sarah. Thank you so much for that and keep up the good work. Just remind people one more time, hop onto the Instagram. And how can they win this TV? It is a beautiful TV. It's 50 inches. So how can they win it again, Sarah? So hop onto our Instagram page at Highland Radio, Donegal. And all you have to do is follow our page, like the post, share it onto your story, and also tag a friend. Don't forget to tag your friend. Okay. And the winner will be announced when? It will be announced on the Nine Till Noon Show with Greg Hughes on, with yourself, on Friday the 11th. All right. Good stuff. That's actually not far away. So brilliant stuff. All right, listen, Sarah, thank you very much indeed. Take care of yourself. It's been great. Happy one. Okay, we've got loads more to talk about. We're going to try and squeeze in a bit of TV. And we're going to run through this. It's hard enough to focus on the schedule for Nula, because it's so great to have, it's so great to have people back and it's so great to see and hear those voices. You know, we would, from time to time, but, you know, from our listeners' perspective as well. Oh, no, it is. It's fantastic. I mean, just knowing that we're going to have a bit more live music and things like that as well in the nighttime, like on Mondays, the Monday Night Session is going to be back with Paul. Jimmy has moved now to the Thursday from 8 to 10. So it's great to have the new music and that kind of thing that we'll be able to look at artists both locally and nationally. The one good thing that has happened with, because of the last two years of COVID is that anybody who's listening to your show has now seen it on our social media channels or watched it through the website and that will know we've really managed to upgrade things so much now to make it a visual as well as being an audio presence. And that's going to really be seen on all of the nighttime shows as well. That, you know, for different things that are happening, we will have the availability to actually view it as well as listen to it. So I think that's going to really make a big difference into the level of content that we're putting out there to the people and the service that we're able to give the people of the Northwest. All right, the boys are back in town. Jimmy Stafford, Paul McDevitt, good morning to you too. Morning Greg, morning everyone. Can you hear me all right Paul? Yeah. Can you hear me? I'll focus on you Jimmy, Paul's just connecting in there to the audio. Right, come here tell us about your show, what your, I mean people know, do you see, everyone knows, but there's always new audiences coming through. So it's no harm letting people know what they can enjoy listening to your show Jimmy. Yeah, so I'm back and I used to be Wednesday night Greg from say 8 to 10, or 9 to 11, but I'm back on Thursday nights from 8 to 10, which is great, and centre stage is the name of the show. And again, it's just fantastic to be coming back and coming back as you know Greg, it's Irish music is what we promote. Oh, you love it Jimmy, I mean, you know, and there's a, you can tell when someone's passionate about something, you can't put it on. Well, you can try but you get found out. This is music that you love, this is music that you're listening to. These are artists that you're passionate about either, you know, introducing new artists or supporting them. You know, this is all coming really natural to you, I think. Yeah, it isn't like it's probably what we're six, seven years now Greg promoting Irish music and Highland have always been a huge support of Irish music, right throughout every show. And it's just fantastic. And like, you know, as Sarah was talking about social media, Greg, the power of it, and that's where we've been able to reach out to artists from Kilkenny to Wexford to Kerry to Belfast Dury. So it's really strong. And you know what, the last two years I've been talking to artists and a lot of them haven't been performing what they've been doing Greg is writing songs, writing music. And I think there's a, I call it a tsunami of good music that's ready to come to us and it's already come to us. So look, Torres the 98 to 10 read and once a month Greg, I started something before back in 2019 was I bought a special guest co-presenter on and they picked seven or eight Irish songs that they could relate to and it could be anything from Joseph Locke to the four of us to stunning. And that worked really well. So that's a thing I'm going to start again. So once a month somebody's going to come on and be a guest co-presenter and it worked really well because, you know, I learned some new songs and new music that I'd never heard of before. So that's just going to be something extra special on it Torres. People be on the journey with you too. Paul, can you hear me okay now? I can hear you Greg, can you hear me? I'm fine. I'm fine. People are already enjoying you at the weekends. But you're looking forward to getting back to your shows too. Absolutely, Greg. We are both myself and Jimmy. We're just chomping at the bus here. And as Jimmy said, because of the pandemic and that we have noticed, you know, everybody's noticed the Irish artists have felt to be left behind because they can't express their art. And we were that platform for them at Highland Radio with everybody else. So we're just looking forward. We've had so much since the announcement has been faltering in the background. You wouldn't believe how many people have contacts already. And we have a lineup at the minute right up until the end of May. Wow. Okay, that's impressive. And you just, there's something about the live performances. There's a raw uniqueness to it. I don't know. There's just a different side to it. It's not. Excuse me. You know, with my program, I don't have as much time. So if someone comes in to perform, you have a brief chat with them. They sing, you thank them, and then they're away. It's different with your program isn't it? It's almost like it's like a session. I don't know. It's a different approach and you get more out of everything. With no disrespect to any guests on my show. It's more credit to yours. No, well, that's what we have found. And we've built up this fantastic relationship with so many artists since we started the program. But what we've decided to do this time, Greg, is because to give every artist as much airtime as possible, we're kind of restricted to acts. And what we're asking people to do is if they have something coming up, our problem was before we didn't want to let anybody down. So we're trying to squeeze and help as many people as possible. And now we're just, as I say, we're concentrating more on the music plus concentrating on two artists and per night. So if people want to get in touch with us before an event as much as they can, so we can get them on. We really, really want to focus on the artists and give them as much time and give them as much respect as we can. That's what we're really looking forward to. Great stuff. So when are you on air and give us the times and all? We are back on. The Monday night sessions are back on Monday night between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. with a new slot, which is great. We're looking forward to that as well too. It's a cracking time at Eton. Absolutely. We are on the Saturday shuffle between 10 and 1 every Saturday. So get that under you. And Greg? Yes, Jimmy. As well. It's fantastic for credit to all the team there on Highland in the last two years. The advances technology, because when I look at what you're doing on the OBS, which is the broadcasting system, which is going live on the Facebook and the Twitter and the Instagram, that's really good from Monday night sessions perspective, because now we can stream that out and it's going to be, because a lot of artists would have asked us in previous years, can I get a recording and be sure, no, it's going to be there for them. And that's really... Well, I know. I'll be casting it up to my team. Well, along the TVs now, that's smart TV that we're giving away there. It's got Facebook. It's got Facebook. Watch built into it. It's got YouTube. Use a streaming on both of those. Bang it up to your big screen. It's going out through your surrounds. And you know what I mean? There's never been a way to enjoy Monday night sessions. Listen, both of you, great to chat to you. Thank you, Greg. Thank you again. We really appreciate you coming on this program. All right, 10, 08, 6, 60, 25,000. That is the WhatsApp text line, 07, 491, 25,000. The text just says, great to hear that all my favorites are back at night. Love you, Greg, too. Well, thank you very much. Looking especially forward to hearing Marty Freel. Okay. All right, there it is. Okay, we're going to take a break. I want to say a lot of Michael again, Michael. You're always so gracious, you know, and just sharing your time. It's your time and you're sharing it. I love that about you. Oh, I'm not a bit gracious. I've been complaining bitterly to Faluna the whole time. Did you at least get a cup of coffee or tea? I was offered a cup of coffee the minute I came in the door. I love this place. It's great. We have the new coffee machine. It makes everybody want to make coffee. It's fine. 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And he says, please, can you mention, we never said, please, he says, mention, and I'm going to listen to Oshin updates from Finn Harks against Bowes from eight o'clock this evening with German darting. It's a significant game, of course, because this is the first home game of the season for Harks. I think they lost last time. I still be looking to get some points in the bag at home to Bowes. It's going to be a big one. Great news, Highland have missed it all. Good to have Paul back and that and Garrett Instagram. They also say they love this show as it's always so informed of which is nice to, nice to hear, right? Michael, what have you been watching this week? Dare I even ask? This week, because it did so well at the SAG Awards, I decided to watch Koda, which is up for an Academy Award for Best Film. And I was expecting great things out of this movie. It's a story you've seen before, Teenage Girl. She wants to pursue a music career, get into University of Music. There's a cute boy. It's got all those tropes that you'd expect and it does them very well. But the spin on this movie is, well the clue is in the title, C-O-D-A Koda, Child of Death Adults is what that acronym means. And the spin on this story is that in her family, she's the only member who can hear. And she's a full-time translator for her parents and her brother. They run a family business together, which is struggling. And the story really is that she wants to go away and make a life for herself as a singer. And in her family, of course, there's a bit of conflict there, which is really cleverly built into the concept because obviously they don't understand this world of music and singing. And even the idea that she's a great singer is completely alien to them. This is a very funny movie, it's a very heartwarming movie. As I said, it's the sort of thing you've probably seen a hundred times before. But the spin that's on this story is very clever, very heartfelt. This is a movie where I can honestly say I laughed, I cried, it works, I can see why it's up for an Academy Award. There's not a hope and a heck of it winning because the things like Power of the Dog will overshadow it, unfortunately. But I think it's a better movie. Can they ignore it though? Can they ignore it? Because this is universally loved. Critics and audiences love it. Can they retain credibility and ignore it? I think they will ignore it because I think it's just Oscars have to be, they'll go for an angsty sort of movie. Yeah, RT. And we were chatting about this in the break and Fenula, she's also got this on our list, that again, it's not an Oscar winner, even though it deserves to be for those reasons, it's not RT and angsty. And it's a feel good movie in so many ways. And it should win because it tries to do things that other movies sometimes fail to do. Like it's not schmaltzy and it doesn't come across as fake and it doesn't come across as contrived, whereas a hundred other movies doing the same story might well do. This is really lovely, heartfelt. And the Amelia Jones, who is Aled Jones' daughter, and I'm sure so many people remember him from so many things. She's incredible. Walking in the air, walking in the air was the big one. The only one you were trying to avoid. So she's amazing. She carries this. Marley Matlin, who I loved in reasonable doubts, the cop show she did in the 90s with Mark Harmon, St. Producers has been a caller. She's been in the West Wing as Fenula was reminding me. Loads of different movies. She plays the mother. It's an absolutely stellar cast. They did very well at the SAG Awards last weekend. I think they got the ensemble or something, wasn't it something like that? Yeah. And the gentleman that plays the father, I think he got best supporting actor. Ah, I've deserved. He's hilarious. It's a great cast. And as I say, despite the fact that you might think, oh, that story, you know, it sounds like an episode of Glee, a two-hour episode of Glee in so many ways, but it's not. Well, that's it, Fenula, because when you go down the same path with a story, and from my understanding of it, there's no massive twists and turns here. It kind of is going where you expect it to go. It's sort of a good film if it still gets so many positive reviews. Yeah. And to be honest, I, and you know me, I love a good bit of schmaltz every once in a while. So I was kind of thinking, oh, this is going to be lovely. Now I'll watch this before I go to bed. You know, one of those kind of ones. But actually it's so beautifully done that you really get an insight into what it must be like to be a parent, a deaf parent of, you know, a hearing child, you know, and also then on the other side of it, the fact that she is the only hearing person in her family, you get an insight into, you know, the responsibilities that she feels with the honor and that kind of thing. It's just really well done. Do you think this is resonating maybe because, you know, there's so many people in caring roles that, and I haven't watched it so much as a bandage, but they feel they have to make choices or they make sacrifices or does it talk to them? It does come into that. And there is that kind of a conversation and conflict in it. But in no way does it, it's just the way that it does it. You know what I mean? As Michael said, it could be a big, it could have ended up being just a complete mushy tear fest, just going for that. It didn't really, it kind of went from, and obviously not being a person with the hearing difficulty, I don't know, you know, I'm speaking from my own experience, but it really felt like that's, that it was very real. And I think you could really tell that as far as I'm aware, and I'm 99% sure Marley Matlin and her husband are actually the producers of this. And they're very much involved in the deaf community in the United States and promoting deaf actors, promoting like deaf culture. And that, you know what I mean, that it's not something that needs to be fixed. It's something that we should all be embracing and that we should be bringing more people, you know, deaf people more into our community, rather than trying to fit into there, you know, back and forth, that kind of thing, that it should just all be blended together. So it sounds like an important film as well. To me, when I was watching it, Mike, you could sit down and watch this film with your six and seven year old. And you know what I mean? And you could, and they would get something from it. You could sit down and I'm always saying, don't watch things with your granny. 100% watch this one with your granny. That's because of the stuff you normally watch. I'm opening this up now. Everybody can sit down and watch this with their granny. And it just, it's like Yellowstone, which you cannot watch with your granny. Well, this one, I'm just thinking anybody can anybody could watch it and you get something from it. And I think it's universal because although it is about a very specific family with a very specific issue, it's a universal team. Any parent who doesn't quite get or understand what their child is passionate about, particularly that child is pulling away from them and trying to forge their own life. I think that's a team that's universal. And I think it captures that irrespective of the fact that these characters are or are not deaf. It's a universal team. And I thought they captured that beautifully as well. I really, I was really emotional. I was like really upset after that they weren't actually going to win an Oscar because I thought you're about to give something. I thought you're about to give something. No, no, no. The movie was, the movie was just, it's just the tone was perfect in it. Beautiful. Now, can we ask you, I missed it at the start. Is this a cinema release? No, it's Apple. It's Apple TV. So it's available on Apple TV. And I suppose there's, there's other ways to see it as well. But no, it's actually, and it's a great thing for Apple, because again, the more the Netflix a couple of years back, it's them flexing their muscle and showing them. I mean, to even be an Oscar contender, that's impressive. I don't like phrases like flexing muscles and stuff like this. Good morning, Greg. And all great to hear all the nighttime shows are back on air. What night times will Bernard, Aiden and Tommy beyond from Mary, Catherine and Andrea and Desert Martin. So do you want to, well, I want to bring Jean Corrin in here in a moment, Finula, but would it be worthwhile going through the, going through it again? I can do and just let people know that it's off. We have the new schedule is up on the website as well. So anybody can just check in and make 100% sure. But let's just start then with Monday. So I ran through as far as Sunday. And then on Monday, then we have had the deal debate is going to be on from seven to eight, as it has been over the last few years. And then from eight to 10, as Paul and Jimmy were talking about is going to be Monday night sessions. And from 10 to 12, we have Aiden Murphy. So Aiden is going to be with us on a Monday night now. Then on Tuesdays, we have from 7pm to nine is going to be Rosemary, Rosemary's Irish country music show. So it's a country music show done bilingualy. So that's going to be on from seven to nine. And then from nine to 12 on Tuesday is Bernard Harper on Wednesday, then from seven to eight, Rulee Boile with Cullum Fertur, eight to nine is when we're going to have documentaries and that we're working on and lining up. And we're actually working on a few local documentaries as well that hopefully we'll be able to include it done by our own very own staff going forward. So that's an exciting area that we're getting into. And then from nine to 12 is Tommy, Tommy Rosney. Thursdays then is the score will be on from seven to eight, the score with Oshin and his great team. And then eight to 10, Jimmy was talking about his new show and Bernard will be on from 10 to 12. And as I said, then Fridays will be eight to 10, Marty Friehl, Tommy Rosney, 10 to one. Will I keep going? Yeah, go on, finish up. All right, six to eight is Frank Galligan's show. Eight to 10 will be Keith Fletcher. 10 to one will be my Saturday sessions party. And seven to nine is going to be the wonderful Jean Kern doing her art program. Nine to 11 is Rosemary and 11 to one will be Tommy Rosney. Let's say good morning to Jean. Hi, Jean. Hi, Greg. How are you? It's great to have you with us. People have been listening to you, of course, on the radio for the last while. But tell us about your show because this is where you do exactly what you want to do and what your listeners want from you. Yeah. But it's been fabulous having had the opportunity to be on over the pandemic. And I thank him for all the shows that I got. But it really is great to be back on a Sunday night again with my private collection. And I suppose over the last 30 years, I've gathered up a lot of material, very eclectic, as people who have been listening to me will know. And it's great to be able to play that because what I would normally play on a Sunday night is not really the music that somebody wants to hear at 12 o'clock during the daytime. So it'll be lots of late back, maybe slower music. I even say it is appointment radio that people know they're going to get something that's just maybe even something they haven't heard before, to jog a memory. It's like, you feel you have to tune into the show because you just don't necessarily know what's going to come out of your collection. Yeah. I suppose it's like that line from Forest Comp, it's like a box of chocolates. You don't know what you're going to get next. Well, hopefully you do. So like this, every week I have a featured album or a featured artist. And I like to play tracks, maybe from an album. For example, say Chris Ria's water sign that I can hear your heartbeat is the one single was taken from that. But there's also lots of other lovely tracks from that, like Love Strange Ways that people might be familiar with. So I like going off the normal track if you like. Because what happens is, and I used to do a bit of this as well, you go to the old Reliables, don't you? When you push it out of it, you say, well, hold on a second. You might be missing a couple of really good songs at the back end of this album or in the middle of it, which is fantastic. Okay. Listen, Jean, as I say, we've listened to your loads, but it's great to have you back in your own slot again. And we really look forward to anything else you want to mention. Before lockdown and the pandemic, I had a book club every, maybe the first or Sunday of the month. So we're going to start that up again too. And I haven't decided exactly of two books in mind, but people will hear very, very soon what the book will be and will have reviews in once.