 The Addams Family is coming to Ungreen and Theatre. Join Gomez and Morticia in the hilarious musical comedy that will raise the dead, as well as your spirits. You'll be in stitches with the show that puts family first. The intoxicating spell of the graveyard. Lettikenny Musical Society's 23rd production. The Addams Family on Green and Theatre, Lettikenny, marks the 5th to Saturday, March the 9th. There you have it. Thanks for your Tuesday company. We're going to pass you over to Gregory. Top all slog for you today. I was like that yesterday. Do you know what? I was going to play Prince... Just when you don't get enough to sleep. This was my question to you, but I'm a bit late now, right? I was going to play Prince Crazy, right? Because it was on Sing 2 last night. Yeah, see, Sing 2, the kids' character, you know, the movie now? That's the opening song. I was watching that last night at half one for about two hours, and I was having the crack with Greg about that, right? But that was my go-to thing, when you want your child to do something, you know, you can treat them to something. I was going to ask you, what's your go-to thing, like a cartoon or something, that you know to get Hudson on your side if you have to do something like medicine? Medicine, this is his problem in our house, because Hudson is very hard to get medicine into, so I was empathising with you. Yeah. And he's cute. You can't even slip it into his bottle because he knows straight away. Yeah. He's like, no! Yeah, so how do you do it then? You try every trick in the book. I know you say... Sometimes you just have to squirt it in. I know. But it's different for your boys, because your boys are a bit older, you see? I know, but see, then, if you see... My thing is, if you squirt it in, right, this is, say, Cal Poly or Neurofen or whatever you have to do, right, medicines, right, and then, so they spit a bit out, then you don't know the quantity that they have. I know. And if it's a temperature you're trying to keep, it's what do you do? I don't know, you trust you got... You just try to do your best, don't you? That's all you can do. That's all you can do. You see the videos whereby, you know, you pretend it's yogurt and you switch it, but the kids are... The kids are too smart, right? Do you know what I mean? Exactly. Do you know? Put it in between a sandwich or a toast, and you know yourself. But Cal Poly on toast? No. I haven't done that one. I haven't done it, and I don't intend to do it, because I'm not work, but... You need to get some sleep. I think I need something. You're literally delirious. Do you ask each other in the morning, how did you sleep? How did you sleep? No. What? No, who's up when I'm up? Well, we were all up last night. How did you sleep? Do you have a good night's sleep? You get the look. Just silence. I would never admit to a good night's sleep. It's like a crime. Why? That means you have loads of energy. Well, I didn't have a good night's sleep, so if you go now, my sleep was terrible. How does it sit in the middle of the bed, isn't it? How does it sit in the middle of the bed, isn't it? But when you have a child, do you really, you know, the feet are up against you, do you know what I mean? It doesn't last forever, does it? No, but it's nice too. It is. It's cute. I'm sure you'll have the cowpaw situation well sorted. That's my mission now. All right, good man, Lee. Take care of yourself. Let's get a news update before we start the show in earnest. It's over. Mikaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. There was a huge turnout last night as defective block campaign groups presented the People's Document, a joint initiative to define what they believe to be 100% redress. Affected homeowners Pactite and Greenin Hotel and Burt as the Micah Action Group, 100% redress and redress focus groups set out there for principles of redress. They are property, process, people in support and prevention. A document will now be produced and sent to elected public representatives who will put forward their responses at a second meeting later this month. The media minister has been described as being behind the curve when it comes to the ongoing crisis at RTE. There are calls for Catherine Martin to address the doll over the resignation of the former chair at the state broadcaster. In a statement, Mr Rahali claimed the minister took a hands-off approach and forced her departure from the board and claimed she tried to damage her reputation. In response, Minister Martin says she outlined her and the department's position regarding Mr Rahali's resignation when she appeared before the Erectus Media Committee last week. Donny Gold Deputy Pierre Storre says Minister Catherine Martin is not in control of her brief. This is the minister who's completely hands-off and it's not just the crisis at RTE, you know the different types of crisis where she hasn't got a handle on this here, or three members of the doll are elicited in more information from RTE that the minister gives us. The minister is behind the curve on every single issue. It's claimed a lack of staff in the marine section of Donny Gold County Council is resulting in funding opportunities being missed. Country Mehal Kolmogil Askbook has written to the council seeking an urgent meeting to address the understaffing issue. He believes funding is available for coastal and island communities. However, he says limited resources means applications are simply not being submitted. We're left now not being able to apply for it because we don't have the staff. The department, René Guilthe, has the money to give us, but we're not able to apply for it because we need additional staff and that's not acceptable. So I've asked for that meeting sooner than later to we try to resolve this issue. This issue has to be resolved in the interest of the island and the fishing community. It reigned every day in Donny Gold last month. Matt Aaron's climate statement for February recorded rainfall on all 29 days at the weather station in Mullen Head. Elsewhere in the county there was 87% of rainfall at Finner. Finally for weather, Clidy and Breezy this morning with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with news again at 10 o'clock. Until then, good morning. Was that milk still in date? I was muted on that call, wasn't I? Am I after losing my car keys? Most things we worry about never happen. And with Liberty Insurance you can worry less about things that do. Especially now that you can get up to 300 euro off your car insurance at libertyinsurance.ie so you're free to worry about literally anything else. 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You're being asked to go out and vote on Friday. Yes, yes, no, no. Some, yes, no, no, yeses. Well, maybe you haven't made up your mind and will have two guests who might be able to make up your mind for you. We want you involved in that conversation and starting your own as well. I'll wait 60, 25,000, the WhatsApp and text number or give us a call on 07491-25,000. Emails to comments at HighlandRadio.com. If you want to watch that debate and the rest of the things. If you're at home, you can watch us on your smart TV or your forestic on the YouTube app Highland Radio Ireland. We're crossing mobile devices on that app and on Facebook too. Highland Hub, Highland News & Sport where you can see the majority of our guests. Just an update off the back of a conversation we had yesterday. There were concerns over the future of the Farn Health Centre. The public health nurse there were concerns. They were being moved to Bunkraner that this would be the final nail in the coffin of the centre of Farn. It would appear those concerns, those fears have been elated whether it was ever going to happen or whether because of the public discourse the mind was changed who is to say but B that as it may here is the HSC statement this morning it was released to us last evening the HSC would like to advise that there are no plans to move the public health nurse from Farn Health Centre and the public health nurse services continue to be provided in the Farn Health Centre. there are no plans at present to close any other health centre. So not just the Farn Centre, no plans according to the HSC to plan any other health centres. And therein lies the importance of getting out in front of a story. And as well as that, you know, people coming together or starting campaigns or making noise, it really, really does help. That's what we're here for too, to assist in that. So yesterday concerned that, you know, this was the end of the Farn Health Centre. This morning confirmation that the nurses to stay there, the centre isn't to close, and there are no other centres scheduled to close by the HSC. So good news to start the programme this morning. So hopefully that allays some concerns. I'm sure, you know, those that don't necessarily speak out or don't feel that had a voice would have been concerned about losing that type of service close to them. So it's good to be able to reassure you this morning if you were concerned about losing that, according to the HSC. And we'll keep an eye on it that the nurse is not moving and the health centre is not closing. OK, the trouble at RTE rumbles on. We'll take it to the Irish Times here. The government has been dealt a severe blow in its efforts to finally get ahead of the RTE crisis after former chair Sunni Rahla claimed her enforced dismissal was a calculated move by Minister for Media and the National Party. Ms Martin to reduce her reputation, reduce for those who may not be aware, kind of means to besmirch or to to be critical of or to lie about. That's what reduce means hours before coalition leaders met last night to appoint her successor, Mr Rahla issued an uncompromising statement dismissing Ms Martin's defence of the live RTE prime time interview that prompted the minister to take a hands off approach on the broadcaster and apparently contradicted some of Ms Martin's public claims about the frequency of their contacts. The party leaders later approved Ms Martin's suggestion to appoint former KPMG manager, managing partner Terence O'Rourke to be the new chairman of the RTE board subject to cabinet approval today in remarks that immediately removed pressure on the minister, renewed pressure, I beg your pardon, Ms Nourali challenged several of her assertions about the new row over RTE severance pay deal last autumn for former chief financial officer Richard Collins. Now, the new guy coming in here and it is a guy Terence O'Rourke. What a way to take over the person that really is effectively suggesting he should have that job, Ms Martin, she's walking on shaky ground at the moment. So in other words, if she eventually has to go and he's her appointment, how does that sort of set him up for the future and actual proper change at RTE? The Irish Independent, all papers occurring that story is their lead and then on pages two, three and four, EU leaders are preparing for Donald Trump potentially returning to the White House. A senior official has revealed that leaders of Member States are already considering the impact a second presidential term for Mr Trump would have on the EU. The official said the political leaders are mentally preparing for the possibility of Mr Trump defeating current US President Joe Biden in November's election. This includes looking at their defense capacity and energy sources. As many expect Mr Trump will not be as strong an ally with the EU. They're also expected to factor a Trump presidency into the decision making process when selecting a successor to outgoing European Council President Charles Michael. And you can see why it seems likely. I'd say he's the favorite. He's still the favorite. And he won his court case yesterday as was expected. As we heard from James Gunn as well, he believes that to be the case. The Electoral Commission has said they needed more than four weeks to tell the public about Friday's referendums and apologised that households have not received information booklets. But the Taoiseach has hit back saying they had enough time. I didn't receive a booklet anyway, with just three days to go before the polling stations opened. Chair of the Electoral Commission Judge Mary Baker said she's very sorry. Some people did not receive booklets by the week of the vote. The family and care referendums are taking place on Friday as the government seeks to amend the constitution to remove the reference to a mother's care in the home and include a definition of families based on other durable relationships outside of marriage. Senator Lynn Boylan, campaign director for Sinn Fein, who were advocating for a yes-yes vote said the government's handling of the referendum is an omni-shambles and it should have been held in June. I mean, it's a lot to ask people to come out and vote on something they don't fully understand. And for the people that are asking them to come out and vote, not to actually have the information in their hands to help inform that decision. It's kind of an excusable, I think. On to the Irish Daily Star this morning, President Michael D. Higgins is to remain in hospital for several more days after experiencing a mild transient weakness. However, tests indicated no serious or long-term concerns for the president's health. And he'll return home on Thursday. Mr Higgins, who is 82, was admitted to St James Hospital last week after feeling unwell in Aris Anuk Duran. A statement said that Mr Higgins was remaining in hospital for the weekend so doctors could monitor his blood pressure. So it sounds to me a little bit like maybe he was suffering from low blood pressure, not that I'm a doctor, but that's what it sounds like. In today's son, a man is charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a grand in an e-scooter crash. Mary Burnie in her 80s was seriously injured in the smash in Dublin City Centre on June 20th, 2023. She died some days later at the Matter Hospital, Aaron Gumbay. Gumbel, a beggar pardon, who is 28, was arrested yesterday morning and appeared before Judge Monica Leitch at Dublin District Court. Grumble of Drummerley Park North Circular in Dublin is accused of stealing an e-scooter at the Matter Hospital in dangerous driving causing the death of Dublin out Mary. And that's one of the first cases I can remember of an e-scooter being involved in dangerous driving charges. There's very sad news for many out there, not least our colleagues down at Ocean FM. And that is after the passing of Joe Shannon, who was a celebrity chef. You'd have seen him on various TV shows. And he also had a show on Ocean FM as well. Comedian Pat Short last night led the tributes to TV chef Joe Shannon, who passed away aged just 59. The inspirational cook who had bowel cancer has been remembered as one of a kind gent, a regular on Arland AM. He died surrounded by his family at Northwest Hospice in his native County Sligo yesterday. Joe, a chef at Sligo's Radisson Blue Hotel, was well known for his Virgin Media slots and hosted a show on Ocean FM with Georgie Gorman, Pat Cold Dad of Three Joe, a beautiful man, adding he was he was so good to us on our tour and a gent to work with on TV. 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Thanks a million for the opportunity to be here with you today. It's good to have you on. Also deputy Barry Cowan, candidate for Europe in the Midlands Northwest. Good morning to you, Barry. How are you keeping? Good. Thanks for warranty, both your listeners. I'll tell you we could do an awful lot with you two guys today between the referendum and the elections. Maybe we'll get through quite a bit of that. Parato a meeting last night, um, hosted by ain't to how did it go? It was a great meeting. We were delighted with us and pretty much a full house, even though we're in the same night as a number of other big meetings in Donegal as well. And we understand obviously the mic issue is an incredibly important issue. And many people were that too. But our meeting was very lively, full of energy. And you know, there's an anger out there at what's happening in terms of Donegal, what's happening in terms of the delivery of public services. And people, you know, they want a better solution to the one that's that's happening at the moment. I think that the issues that came up in the debate last night mostly were accountability. That we have a government where there seems to be no accountability whatsoever. If you look at the health service, for example, we know that 3,150 people died as a result of an accident in the health service in the last five years. And nobody has been ever held to account in relation to that 1.5 billion euros has been spent in terms of compensation for those accidents. Again, massive costs in the state. We know, for example, that there's about 1,100 people dead by the time an ambulance arrives to them at the moment, and that's getting worse every year. As a result of the problems in the health service, nobody been held to account. We spoke with the National Children's Hospital, the 2.25 billion price tag that exists there at the moment. And you know, the of Radker said that short of an asteroid hitting the National Children's Hospital, it will be built by 2020 for 700 million euros. And yet the world just moves on every everybody forgets about it. But the money comes out of your pocket. We even spoke about the fact that there's 118 electric buses sitting in a yard in Dublin for the last year and a half, because nobody bothered to put in the proper application for the electric chargers in relation to those buses. 50,000 euros been spent currently on ventilation systems that were bought during COVID that never worked. And the problem is in this country that the delivery of infrastructure, the delivery of public services are getting slower and more expensive in a large part because nobody's been held to account. Accountability is a big issue. I mean, that's quite a list, Deputy Count. We can't go through one item at a time. But do you accept of anything of what Deputy Tobin is saying there? He's consistent in his musings on these issues and more look to him and put himself before the electorate and list out what his priorities are and how he or his party will reflect on those and prepare priorities that address these issues. From my perspective, you know, my candidacy with the European Parliament will be centered on three priorities around the issue of the transition to sustainability and food and farming and agriculture and also in relation to transition sustainability and energy and upholding and retaining our tax regime and its importance and significance in our country, especially considering that everything is predicated and our tax receipts and all our public services and delivery of them is associated with that. Just in relation to your selection, were you surprised that the parties opted to run three candidates and sort of puts into question what the selection convention was for at all at all? I looked at the selection convention in the first instance to ask the members in their opinion, based on the process that went, we went through for a couple of weeks, who they felt was best placed and suited to win a seat and they selected me in that sense. The party then reflected on that, looked at the vast area of the constituency, looked at the possibility of running a candidate in each of the provinces, Leinster, where I'm predominantly based in the Midlands, Connacht and Ulster, to maximize our vote to encourage transfers and increase the potential and possibility of us winning a seat and maybe being competitive for a second seat. So we seek to maximize our vote based on the priorities that I've outlined. I lead out the team on that basis and hope to win support and recognize the fact that Europe matters, detailed matters and it's imperative that we put a pro-Europe party of our type in place to make a mark for the region with the view to a return for the region, which we don't believe is there presently a member of a group that has scale and size and we can build alliances and be in a position to win support for the region. And you've seen that in relation to Nature Restoration Law. I was going to ask you just before. I'm aware that was originally. Just before I bring... I'm a much deeper animal now than it was then because of the manner in which we negotiated. Are you in favor of the Nature Restoration Law? I'm in favor of the way in which it's in place now. Originally I felt it was imperialism at its best and European imperialism. It didn't recognize the difference between PD size in our northern country. What do you say to Donegal farmers though? What do you say to Donegal farmers? Our opponents of course would seek to make a and give the impression that this is a huge blow to farmers. You know the bottom line is our obligation would be met predominantly by the state. Anyone else that enters into an initiative or a scheme will do so voluntarily. Anybody who doesn't will not have their single-farm payment impacted upon. This is separate and distinct from the CAP program. It will be funded from the Climate Biodiversity Fund which was announced by the government in the last budget where the funds are taken from our receipts within the corporate tax take and allied to funding from Europe to helping assist. Just one quick question in relation to that. We heard concerns that this would lead to large swathes of land in Donegal being repurposed, rewetted. I think it's even in the document somewhere that we could we could we could graze wild buffalo here in Donegal. You're saying there'll be no compulsion, no arm twisting. There is no compulsion and I raised the matter specifically in the last Thursday with a view to the ministers with responsibility in this area who acted in Ireland's interest at being the Minister for Agriculture and Malcolm Noonan, the junior minister in his department, where they stated categorically on the record for everybody to see and believe that there's no compulsion on any farm having to enter into any such scheme and any farm that does not enter any such scheme will not have their single farm payment impacted. Okay. And that's a misnomer and that's something that's been charged, that's been thrown out there to frighten and to worry farmers and I'm saying under no circumstances is that the case and I'm saying the funding comes from the climate biodiversity fund which is announced in the budget in addition to European funding and separate and distinct from the CAP program. Okay, part of Tobin you wanted to go in there? Yeah just like you know it's always interesting how Barry skirted over the details of the accountability chasm and that's understandable I suppose from his perspective but you know look at the farming at the moment so right now according to Chagaske a third of farmers are making a loss okay they're making they're going into poverty a third of farmers are only making a living because someone's working off the farm currently two-thirds of farms are not actually individually viable anymore whatsoever the average wage of 60% of farmers is less than 20,000 euros and the numbers of people on the farm are leaving on an annual basis at the moment and the big problem in this is because there's a supply chain in farming where you have farmers factories and supermarkets and all the profit is is landing on the factories and the supermarkets table and none of the profits landing on farmers and Barry Cowan and Finafall and FinaGale have refused to actually prevent that exploitative competition situation arise over the last number of years and as a result farmers are on their knees and the course farmers are obviously therefore worries in relation to any other new potential threats that can come down their way because like I spoke to Charlie McConnelogue on this and I said it I said to him I said it's unreasonable to expect farmers to work 60 hours a week for a price below the cost of production what do you propose well I ain't to have brought about a bill called the equitable beef price bill which will put a floor under the price of beef at the cost of production for a three-year period until the competition authority forces but your beef has never been going the price of beef at the moment farmers are making a fortune at the moment but this is it is phenomenally significant as you as you well know and what we want to do is put a floor under all farm produce and until that that competition and who would pick up the price for that is it the consumer will end up no no right now for example the factories in the supermarkets are making hundreds of millions of euros many of the market tax residents in the likes of Luxembourg they're making incredible profits and they could we could easily rebalance the distribution of profit between that supply chain in a far fairer place and it's not someone appointed to do that though the government are brought about a toothless and new and quango which will in many ways look at this issue but it won't be able to actually force these companies to provide a lot of the the information might embarrass them too though it well i don't think it has the power to do it and i think most farming organizations don't all also believe that it has the power to do it as well but you know the government are reticence to actually get involved like other countries do other countries have competition authorities which force fair play between these sectors in economic terms it's an oligopoly these factories and supermarkets have enormous power over the distribution over the price over all aspects of farming and farmers are basically left swinging and and and as a result they see these this new nature restoration law coming down the road they're listening to ministers like Patrick O'Donovan who has gone on the record and said that an actual fact this will have a serious effect in relation to what people can do with land even the government in terms of planning for for flood defences etc will be hampered they say in terms of this new nature restoration law and this is the government minister that's contradicting what barry count is saying here today the difficulty is and this is often that the case that we have a a new european law which sets mandatory targets yes barry is is saying there's nothing in irish law as of yet which will force farmers in a certain way but we have to achieve those targets and it remains to be seen how we can achieve those targets without actually forcing farmers in a certain direction remains to be seen then should people like yourself be scared mongering then because you know like we're going to get on to the we're going to get on to the debate about the referendum moment and a lot of the conversation is not really about the the matters in hand and what we know it's what could happen it what potentially could happening you know it's it's very poor and almost I mean everything we talk about now we don't talk about the substantive facts we talk about the potential ramifications okay so I just don't think it's a really helpful way of debate whichever side you're on this there's two ways of looking at this first of all look at the track record of the government first of all and analyze what steps that they have taken and how does that leave farming at the moment it's only by judging and organizations that actions over the last five years can you actually project what's likely to happen over the next five years and you know that the other fact in this is that the government are leaving this and the referendum by the way strategically without detail because it's easier to bring out something that's nebulous without the detail the detail has to be put in when the law or the constitution has changed and that's the difficulty I want to give Mr. Cowan, Deputy Cowan an opportunity to come back if he wishes and then we'll take a break and we'll talk about the referendum, Barry? No look yeah the bottom line is there was a fear and a concern on the part of many landowners many farmers throughout the country when the EU commissioned itself put forward these proposals and as I said I disagreed vastly with it myself at that time but there has been much negotiation and amendment ever since I was passed as I said last week was a far different animal what was proposed initially the fears and the concerns have been addressed and I'm saying categorically irrespective of what sort of way Hader wants to paint a picture that is not factual that is not based on facts that is not based on the law that has been passed there is no threat to anybody who doesn't participate there is every prospect and chagos have confirmed this that the state can meet its demands from within the lands of Quilter from within the lands of Bournemouth where much of it is ongoing presently in relation to rewetting programs so a question there for you Barry what happens simply understand I can't make it any clearer what happens if you're a farmer at the bottom of what I can I ask you a question Barry just for a second what I know excuse me what I will say is just one question in relation to whatever scheme is agreed by government after having had consultation with the sector and stakeholders over the next two years that it has to move away from the cost-replacing model to a reward system that benefits and accrues to those who invest in such a way that accrues a benefit for society beyond that okay Barry I find that point that is the sort of change that I would like to see and that is the sort of change that I would fight for within this region in relation to my role if elected by the people to represent them in the European Parliament to move away from cost and compensation for reward from Deputy Tolbein please yeah so what happens Barry if you are beside a bug that's been rewetted and the rewetting of the bug over a number of years increases the water table and that's increased in the water table I tell you what happened I tell you what happened Barry you talked in a radio dance you know just give us a second and I respond to you you're after it and I have to finish this question Barry please if you don't mind thank you yeah okay and as a result the water table increases significantly and has a significant impact on the farmers living beside that area where's the funds for that? that possibility of course has to be considered and is being considered presently if you don't know about a pattern in relation to rewetting program there's been in under on their way and being carried out by Bordnomona in many bugs throughout the country especially in my own region of the Midlands and it's up to there's negotiations can take place prior to it commencement consultation agreement in relation to an independent assessment of the adjoining lands prior to the work being carried out an independent assessment after the work was carried out and it's been made as a result if it has been proven to have that an impact so you know so you can talk to Bordnomona you can talk to IFA in this region and ask them of their experience in relation to that process how it's working how it's being effective and what help and assistance it is to those that I don't think we're gonna say what happened being involved I don't think we're gonna settle that today and in fairness you can go within parties to listen to arguments about this we'll come back with more from our guests after these watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at highlandradio.com offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today At Electric Ireland in addition to our recent price reductions for all customers our new customers will be welcomed with a discount of 24% off electricity plans so switch today at electricgarland.ie or call 1800 30 50 90 Electric Ireland making your bills smaller and your world brighter EAB 1394 Euro electricity 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know that are well respected like Senator McDool saying if in doubt vote no and that's what I'm hearing people aren't understanding exactly what's in the offing here and they're either seemingly from and it's only pre-Atlantic total they're either not going to vote or they're going to vote no because they don't really feel they have a proper grasp of what changes might be made Okay fair enough and it's our duty as public representatives when trying to encourage people to vote in a certain direction that we try and simplify the ask we try and make it easier to understand and allow people make their own decision as is their right their duty our constitution as you know should reflect who we are and our values and it's three generations since this section was written 90 years we progressed economically and socially and predominantly for the good with an open economy which much more equality and diversity than we had then this section I believe is sexist and antiquated and there are two amendments being proposed one being the family amendment second being the care amendment family amendment seeks to change the constitution so that it talks about not only a family based on marriage but also on the family based on other lasting relationships that exist in Ireland today and that are but you called it a last you called it a lasting relationship both of the phraseologies is a durable relationship but I don't get you know a lot of the problem is that you get into conflict and disagreement about the words the words durable is you know another way of describing loving committed relationship that is committed to last and so far as it can does it have to be an intimate relationship expectation that it will does it have to be intimate it can be all types of relationships but I mean you know to you know you can have a married couple of course is an intimate relationship other couples that co-habitate live together based on love and commitment of course is intimate too in many ways so that you know that's that's the first question the second one is in relation to the care men well can we just focus on that because this I don't want to ask me a question yes but if you yeah but if you if you talk yes but if you talk about the the two this is where it starts getting confusing deputy and I don't mean that to be in any way ignorant but if we I just want to focus on the first one first then we can go to the second one second because when Paddock tries to respond to you the listener might not be sure if he's responding to the first or the second so respectfully if you don't mind Paddock Holbein did you want to come in on the commentary there from deputy Cowan so there's been a big fall in support for the referendums in recent polls and that's I think what's happening is people are realizing that the especially on the family amendment that it's neveless it's fuzzy it's definition free nobody really knows what it what it means I asked Thomas Burn for example can you be in a marriage with one person and be in a durable relationship with another person at the same time he said yes incredibly and you know that's a recipe for confusion in terms of social welfare in terms of wills and succession in terms of tax immigration family law it's incredible that is it not important though Paddock that we don't have the government to take everything to us you know what I mean that they are they rocked us that the courts will have an opportunity to clarify some of the concerns that you that you might have and that really what we're putting in is language that is more inclusive of a changing Ireland but is this about recognising single parent families you know that being seen as an attack on marriage is it not better in a changing world have more inclusive language and then leave it to the rocked us and the the courts as we often do to to iron out the crinkles that you talk of I would have loved to have seen an update in the language to reflect you know different families that that exists at the moment the problem is that because this is so nebulous nobody actually knows what it means and and that's the key issue you mentioned that families will be able to go to the courts to find out what it means but many families don't have a hundred grand to go to the court and spend five years waiting for a court case to be decided by a judge so what do you do when you when you're in a in a relationship for six months do you when do you know that's a durable relationship at that stage to change your taxes but at the moment we know what cohabitation is it's very clearly it's set out clearly yep exactly yeah and that's so in other words but you wouldn't expect that you wouldn't expect the would you you wouldn't expect that to be laid out as clearly so we welcome the fact that that law is laid out clearly in legislation the problem here is and this is what people the government are missing is that the constitution is the fundamental law it's the location for your rights and the citizens' rights and the obligations of the state so if the principles of the constitution are not are conflict with the law the law falls the law doesn't work so the government can create as many laws as it likes in terms of defining a durable relationship but if a judge decides actually no you're wrong that's not what a durable relationship means so for example single parent families the only time durable relationship appears endures prudence in this country at the moment is in terms of a sexual or an intimate relationship and actually that would leave out single parents and and again the government are so fuzzy about this they can't answer those questions and when we asked them to answer those questions to go it'll be decided by the court but that's reverse democracy because what that means is in a democracy the people decide the law and then the judges implemented in the specific cases but what we're being told is but you don't really need to know what the law means the judge will work it out Deputy County do you think in hindsight maybe the wording could have been a little bit clearer to allay some of these concerns but also to have a more inclusive constitution No I don't to be honest you'll never please everybody in no matter what wording one is puts in place as I said to you earlier the constitution you know sets out our values and who we are and the mention of the family today being based on marriage and marriage alone does not reflect society does not reflect the reality it's antiquated it's sexist it has to be changed it's a fundamental right the details associated with the wills and succession and property rights are determined by the courts powers divided the courts between the legislature and the judiciary so that's as it should be that's as we have served us well it's a living document it's open to change it's open to amendment you look at family carers flak hair alliance lost society of Ireland all those representative bodies have looked at this objectively know the intent that is involved know that you can never find the form of wars that will satisfy 100% of the people all of the time it's just not possible because somebody will find fault with it in some shape or form and create doubt and whatnot but the bottom line here is our constitution should reflect society as it is today that section of the constitution that talks about a family being based solely on marriage is antiquated it's sexist it's wrong it doesn't reflect the realities of today and I'm happy to ask people to vote accordingly and change that section so Barry in terms of a person who's in a marriage that's not dissolved with one person and also is in a durable relationship with another person you may have it in a fair at the same time no no you could be that would just for well it could be in a fair but like we don't know if they're durable relationships either I'd say Potter you set them on to the courts to get a ruling on that yeah but see and this is the major problem Barry see most most of your listeners Barry don't most of your listeners don't one at a time please if you don't Barry most of your listeners don't have 10,000 50,000 100,000 each time to go to the courts this is a recipe for confusion so you get test cases do you not like you flack flack exactly flack took the flack took the Amir case recently the Amir case is an exact yeah is a pure example of this so what happened in the Amir case was there was legislation set down by the Aractus it was actually agreed on by the Attorney General Mr. Amir brought this very tragic case himself to this to the courts and they actually they said that the government wasn't implementing the law properly and the important question here for you what way is Mr. Amir voting yeah I understand he's entitled to vote he's entitled to vote yes he's entitled to vote yes but that does not get rid of the point Barry that you have a situation where I think it does I think it does your answer to this is you can go to the courts all we're saying to people is Mr. Amir went to the courts and Mr. Amir got a ruling that was fair and appropriate which struck down your law Barry which struck down your law the one thing another thing that jumped out at me from your commentary there Pater is that you said that you recognize that the constitution needs changing but you don't you don't like this wording are you saying that if you were as part of a government you'd be in favor of even if the public vote no going back to the people again with a different wording of this referendum see I actually think this is an example of yes or no no to be honest I wouldn't be going back to the to the people if they vote no and then straight away but surely then as a legislator you'd be reneging there that's like a populist thing to say no no you say that they you say that the legislation needs to be adjusted but because it was wrongly worded in your view by this government and the public vote no you know that if you said now that you would go back to the public again you would feel the same wrath that Sinn Fein have felt when they said they would go back to the public again well I was in Sinn Fein back in the time where they said no to the second Lisbon referendum which actually was was brought about by the Finafall government and the and at that stage I said that once the people have their view you have to respect their view on that and I'm a democrat and I respect it even though even if I disagree with issues I would I would respect it but the key point is and all of these questions about what would happen to a farm for example in terms of a person who is in the marriage and in a durable relationship with two separate people nobody knows what happens there but what farming can't decide what happens there as if they write and as if they buy the farm let the Karen come back at the moment one of the most contentious issues is is sorting out what happens with a farm already as it starts it is it is and this is strong confusion into it and and the mental thing is you know in a democracy Brian Barry this the situation is that people decide the law what you're saying is here is just true open the question leave the leave the court decide on actually actually I want Barry to come back to you go ahead and decide the law you're elected to decide the law as is provided for within the constitution but I can't you know that yes but but Barry I can't decide the law if it's not in agreement with the principles of the constitution if the constitution that's decides no if you don't believe it's in the principles of the constitution but the people will decide any any law next Friday and I hope to decide in the affirmative okay right the care amendment do you want to go ahead on this one Barry sorry if to I just I knew that was going to get a little contentious and I wanted a little bit of separation so that it can be as clear as possible for the listener the care amendment also you're advocating for a yes yeah again again presently our constitution talks about the life of women and the duties of mothers specifically in the home that has to be the needs to be taken out instead it should talk about care by family members to each other and for the state to help and assist also but there's no you know again it's sex it's it's antiquated it doesn't reflect the society we live in today and you know 1937 it might have done that we've three generations since we've moved on thankfully and women have a role as equal to men in every aspect of life and where it's not organizations are seeking to rectify that you've seen the GA last week for example you know begin the process of amalgamating the Komogi Association ladies football and the GA into one organization as it should be representing men and women equally and allowing them to flourish equally and presently the Constitution 41 section 2 you know talks about women's duties being in the home that has to be changed and and they're not just the only caregiver in the home again that is a duty that falls to other members of the family and to the state where and when it can help and assist also and what about the bottom line here you asked me to simplify this yes we're simplifying the language we're recognizing the realities of the social life in Ireland today and I again would ask people to vote yes on this section also now in relation to the language strive to support the provision of such care within families strive do you believe that's strong enough language and also too is it too specific a language that doesn't take account of care outside the home you know people with disabilities that it's not really doesn't it's not strong enough when we have an opportunity to vote it's not you know people can well people can well argue that it's not strong enough I acknowledge that but it's a commitment that the government is making any government of the day of course will strive to help and assist in many walks of life in relation to public service it provides but there you know there's we can't necessarily you know it's not a perfect system of government in any day of the week whereby everything and everybody is catered for an equal measure and you're getting into a situation then where you're creating priorities that will be conflicting I think strive is the best it's the best compromise we can reach and so far as of course you know we would expect and appreciate and acknowledge the care that is given in any home by different members of a family and the state will step in and strive to help and support and augment that care where it can when it can and according to the finances that are available to ensure that it can okay Pat or Tobin? Yeah I can sense the frustration in Barry's voice there and a lot of the government's TDs are you know realizing that people are increasingly coming out against these amendments at the moment and that people are frustrated with the guards how the government have created these and you know I believe that this amendment was actually you know a part written by the Department of Finance because you know these amendments were written with the sole purpose of insulating the government from any responsibility to provide care to individuals Barry mentioned FLAC there in an earlier statement FLAC is obviously coming out out against this particular amendment and has stated that the government's amendment is sexist because what the government is doing is codifying within the constitution that care is only in the family and as a result in most cases the reality is that women provide that care and it actually literally cements that situation in existence and what we've been saying very clearly is that we need a situation where the state has an obligation and remember obligation was the words that the citizens assembly used for this particular amendment and of course Fianna Foll and Finnegale in their neoliberal instincts decided to protect the state from any responsibilities in relation to that and to locate care within the family so we know the families are already under phenomenal pressure at the public meeting that I was at in letter Kenny last night you know a mother came along who has a number of children with the disabilities she's getting up at six o'clock in the morning she's getting to about a two she's two a.m. she's finding it really really difficult to get just a handful of home care hours and the necessary respite and the operation she needs for her children and the state is saying you know well done we'll give you a hallmark card you know a window dressing in relation to this particular amendment but you know when you actually comes to getting help stuff it you do your yourself okay that's a I mean that's a very strong claim from Deputy Tolbon though is that how you see it Barry Cowan it's not and it's not how family cares Ireland see it or the Care Alliance Ireland see it they see this as an amendment that should be supported and recognised and appreciated and I agree all heartedly and I meet no more than Pat or any other representative meet with cares on a regular basis in my constituency at my clinics helping and assisting and improving and seeking to improve and striving to improve to facilities to service and the assistance is given to them by the state and we've seen much improvements over time and we'll see more and it's a duty an obligation you're right of course for a government to strive to improve the provision of public services in this area and many other areas but as you'll know when you get into government if you ever do participate in government that you have to be in a situation whereby you have money coming in and money going out and there's an obligation and a duty to ensure the public finances are kept in a way in which allows the country to thrive allows the country to divide the provision of services to help and assist all walks of life all right and you know in this section is no different and it's just a means again if you don't mind to acknowledge in our constitution where we are where we are what we strive to do we're living at a time where there's enormous government services at the moment a woman in the home being the main provider of public care is not the fact on the ground and it is in many cases we're living at a time where there's just one woman Barry if you don't mind please just very brief we're living at a time where there's enormous government services and yet we have people who are basically having to lie to doctors to say they can't take their parents home from hospital because until they get home care hours and we have you know nursing homes closing on a monthly basis but a lot of that is not about not about financing that's about getting the staff well it's it's by paying the staff no no it's and this is a key point if you pay the staff you'll get the staff and the government again to show how little the government thinks of carers at the moment carers get very little more than actually the average or the minimum wage so the government is forcing people to work on low wages and then say but we can't employ them I mean Barry Kahn would you know like you this set side in the constitution that the government strives to improve the conditions for carers I think that question is for Potter okay listen do you know what unfortunately we might just have to leave that there if you don't mind I think would we all agree that as much it is possible that people that people brief themselves as much as they can and actually get out and vote I suspect we could be in the up around here anyway in the mid 30s if we're lucky Deputy Barry Kahn I mean regardless of which way people vote you know a vote was hard earned it's important as much as possible people get out and exercise that vote would you agree absolutely and I would encourage people to get out and vote I would encourage people to look up the electric commission's website where they will explain the pros and cons associated with what's been proposed and allow people make up their own mind in the sanctity of their own home without listening to arguments from me and Pather suffice to say when asked a question we'll answer it and so as best we can as I say to you I'm trying to simplify matters and just allow our constitution reflect the realities of society today I agree this referendum is in the balance this is an important referendum I think the government are depending on people not knowing what it's about but there's a clear momentum with the no vote at the moment and I would make sure that people shouldn't stay at home no voters are less likely to I think no voters are less likely probably to quite I think it's important that people do come out and vote listen it's very interesting both of you thank you very much indeed we do appreciate it hopefully in some way that has helped the situation Barry Cowan thank you very much Pada Tobin thank you just a quick word no great grounds being made in the polls are you disappointed with that no we're happy that that's static we're we're tipping around as at three percent at the moment and these are polls that basically put us at zero before the last general election when we got two percent so we'll be very very happy we've got good candidates in Donegal obviously and Mary T. 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European Commission's drive to see more trees planted and really it's but planning for the future because those trees won't have a massive impact as they are very tiny but they will grow and in time they will do their work around climate and biodiversity and if we don't start now we won't get to that future that we absolutely need it rained every day in North Donegal last month Madeira's climate statement for February recorded rainfall on all 29 days at the weather station in Mallon Head elsewhere in the county there was 87% rainfall recorded at Finner and with the forecast forward today cloudy and breezy this morning without breaks of rain and drizzle this afternoon drier weather with sunny spells will extend from the south maximum afternoon temperatures 9 to 11 degrees with fresh and gusty southwest winds decreasing moderate during the afternoon tonight largely dry with clear skies at first cloud will thicken from the west later though rather cold for a time early in the night with 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mass in St Patrick's Church Crossroads Kiligordon at 11 o'clock interment afterwards in the adjoining church yard the recreation mass will be streamed live on the parish YouTube channel the house is private to family close friends and neighbors please the death occurred on February the 6th in England of Terence Terry Kelly formerly of Newton Cunningham County Donegal reception into Corpus Christie Church Littleton Road Stettford on thirsty evening at 7 o'clock recreation mass to take place on Friday morning at 11 o'clock fall by burial at Oscott College Cemetery Hawthorne Brickway New Oscott family flowers only donations if desired to stroke association Kersey Bastog funeral directors limited Birmingham the death has occurred of Samuel John Calso known as S.J. Killy Clog Letter Kenny funeral service in the family home two more afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial afterwards to Gortley Cemetery high strictly private at the request of the deceased family flowers only donations if desired to the Donegal Hospice care of any family member or Con McDeodue funeral director the death has taken place of Brydie Hassan Lord Brachy mountain head and formerly dairy remains reposing at her late residence funeral from there to more morning at 20 past 10 to St. Mary's Church like for 11 o'clock recreation mass with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery family flowers only please the death has taken place of Johnny Kelly Bally Brach Moville Johnny's remains are reposing at his home where you're welcome to pay your respects funeral mass will take place to more morning at 11 o'clock in St. Mary's Church Bally Brach fall by burial in the adjoining graveyard family time please from 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock and on the morning of the funeral the death has taken place of Terence McCafferty 51 on-ray drive Straban reposing at his home funeral leaving his home to more morning at 20 past 9 for recreation mass in St. Mary's Church Melmont at 10 o'clock in termint afterwards in the adjoining cemetery family time please from 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock the recreation mass can be viewed live by the parish webcam the death has taken place of Eamon Paul O'Connor Maymore St. Johnston and formerly of Derry funeral leaving his home this morning at 20 past 10 for recreation mass in St. Bethan's Church St. Johnston at 11 o'clock in termint afterwards in the adjoining cemetery the death has occurred of Lucy McGeehan aged 11 years three Elmwood Green Castle Derg reposing at the family home funeral from there this morning at 20 past 11 for mass of the angels at 12 o'clock in St. Patrick's Church Castle Derg for by in termint in Castle Derg new cemetery the mass can be viewed via the parish webcam family time please before the funeral this morning and the death 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and beds going okay well that's what we're all here for and the elected reps and the public therefore to hold them to the word there Greg could someone please the decision to put all these flags up on polls in our town Bunkrana Ukrainian flags African flags is there not a law against this I'm not sure what law there is this flag scope all the time I don't know what the law is in relation to it and who is responsible I haven't a notion if I'm true if I'm being honest with you I can get a divorce from a marriage how do I get a divorce separation from a durable relationship many relationships and in bad terms how do I move on from a durable relationship how do you move on from cohabiting that's a it's a very complicated area whichever way you look at it I don't know the answer to that question of course as a carer of a very medically complex child with a disability that requires 24 seven care I will be voting no one Friday we do not need meaningless acknowledgement in the constitution we need practical support from our government and services this amendment does not allow for that practical support Ireland is more dependent on family carers because Ireland is one of the only countries in the EU where those with a disability have no legal right to therapy support or housing this is another example of the government shirking the responsibility for the disabled and caring communities in Ireland Greg there's a lot of them leaflets in the post office I got one okay for collection but sort of the I think the fact is they're supposed to be delivered sorry Brian Cowan government will strive to help all walks of life that's where Finafall lost the Irish people another no ordinary person has a clue what they're being asked to vote for which I think I kind of have the basic grasp of it now but yeah I get where you're coming from the family reflects society the values we hold antiquated etc etc repeatedly stating virtual signalling language that's a phrase I have no idea what virtual signalling means I see all the time in different contexts but I that's my ignorance not the textures of course what is he talking about it's not even defined language that they're replacing with do we really want to have open free for all multiple families which will be decided by hard cases in court and we know what way that ends up ask pattern what his plans are if he gets elected to Europe will he give up his dull seat for a by-election or is he planning to appoint someone else in his place will he still be the leader of Aintu as an MEP be honest with the electorate I didn't get to that and it's a question that she had for both but they were invited on to talk about the referendums Greg a lot of people have not got any voting cards I do not know where to go to vote I don't know the answer to that question did you check the register are you on the register it's possible it might come this week people aren't stupid stop assuming people don't understand the referendums this is what governments say when they want to keep running referend until they get the vote result they want there's no confusion and on it goes I'd be very keen to hear because I have to be really conscious I don't want to not read people's comments out here but a lot of the comments if not pretty much all of the comments are no knows so I do have to be careful in that I don't want just a whole swathe of those and not able to offer as much balance as really I have to I will get to them over the course of the morning but if you're voting yes yes please or yes no no yes let me know as well as I say would just make my life a little bit easier okay would like to thank Barry Cowan for helping me make up my mind on the referendum have watched him for a number of years being interviewed he does not nothing but shout over people talks down to everyone and says nothing do we want him representing Donegal in Europe another failed politician looking for a retirement home says Martin which I think is pretty harsh thanks though this government seems very anxious to get people out to vote yes and at the same time thousands of children have been killed by Israel and not one politician came on air to condemn this disaster can I ask listeners to please not use the referendum vote as an opportunity to kick the government as Bunrach Naharin covers us all and is supposed to be above politics which I think actually is quite an interesting a point there as well that it's it is should it be seen as a referendum on government that being said though is government really for the most part that chose the wording there there's lots of people asking questions really that throw into question the whole the whole durable relationship thingamajig so that's what a lot of the texts are coming in with sort of scenarios asking is that a durable relationship so there's a lot of there's a lot of concerns questions in relation to that so okay let's take a break it's time for a vision Ireland bingo on Highland 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station Good morning Grania Good morning Greg Good to have you in studio with us ok we'll get straight on to the appeals if that's ok and guardie seeking public information in relation to a road traffic collision in Donagall town Yeah this collision it involved two cars this occurred on the N15 at Drumgoan Donagall town on Thursday the 29th of February so it happened shortly before 10 20 a.m both cars were travelling in the same direction they were both travelling from the area of Lahi towards Donagall town at the time of the collision the driver from each car and a passenger from one of the cars were taken to hospital some injuries were sustained by all parties none of which are believed to be life threatening in nature we're appealing to anybody who may have witnessed this collision you know that road would have been extremely busy at that time of the morning so we're hoping somebody may have witnessed the collision or again as always look we're always appealing for dash cam footage it's a great help to us if anybody has dash cam footage from that stretch of road and around that time if they could make that available to us which is between the toly url and little roundabouts exactly it's on that stretch of road between those two roundabouts slightly closer to the toly url roundabout I understand ok that was 10 20 or there there about shortly before it in fact last Thursday burglary in letter kenny yes this burglary occurred at Dremor letter kenny on Thursday the 29th of February between the hours of 10 30 am and 7 20 p.m. so the front door of this house it was forced open there were obvious signs within the house then you know the area had been disturbed but thankfully nothing was stolen from the property so we're appealing to anybody particularly other residents in that area if anybody seen any sort of suspicious activity in that area on that date to make contact with us in letter kenny on 9 167 100 the guard of confidential lane the schools for Oliver appeals it may be reached on 1800 666 111 so just describe to me what happens when you ring that number the confidential line yeah I actually called it myself one day from the station just just to clarify what does happen so you're just automatically you're put through to it's an automated service just after the bleep you leave your message so there's no obligation on you whatsoever to leave your name any other personal details about yourself you know just give the exact message that you want to leave and hang up that's it just totally confidential okay right now an assault at lower main street at the weekend yeah this happened in around where the library is there at lower main street letter kenny it occurred in the early hours of sunday the third of march so at about half three in the morning one man is believed to have been assaulted by another man at that location this injured man he sustained injuries non-life threatening injuries as a result of the incident we're appealing to anybody who may have seen what happened again that area would have been fairly packed around that time and we're appealing to anybody that observed what happened or again as always if anybody travelled in the main street area or down past the library there and they had a dash cam that would be invaluable to us that footage and if anybody has any relevant information we ask them to contact Gardie and letter kenny on nine one six seven one hundred now your colleagues in bunk rana investigating an incident of criminal damage and assault yeah these two are kind of intertwined they're related yes to the Gardie in bunk rana they got a call to say that an altercation between a group of people was taking place at the west end in bunk rana in the early hours of Sunday the third of March when they arrived at the scene everybody had dispersed they'd all moved on from the area but they did note that damage had been caused a window was smashed of a business premises in the west end area so a short time later they became aware of an injured party from this altercation a person who'd been injured he sustained non-life threatening injuries so we're appealing to anybody who was in that area who would have not quite unnoticeable at imagine incident a group of people a large altercation you know taking place if anybody's seen what happened we asked them to contact Gardie in bunk rana this would have been maybe between 2.45 a.m. and 3.15 a.m. as the time period that we're interested in so Gardie in bunk rana can be reached on 9.3.2.0.5.4.0 if anybody's seen you know what happened with this window the window being smashed or any sort of an assault taken place we'd like to hear from them sometimes images emerge on social media on tiktok or snapchat of some of these instances that can happen what does the public do if they notice that on their feed or if it's shared with them definitely and that's become an unfortunately very common you know we all see it at times we see it maybe you're sent it on whatsapp or you see it on facebook or instagram or some of these other social media platforms if anybody does see anything like that we would ask them to come come with that footage just that footage is also invaluable we ask them not to send it on don't send the footage onto anybody else but do make that footage available to us yeah and I think sending it on to you have to also think of the consequences that if I mean normally there is a victim you know further victimizes that person potentially as well and it's just kind of inhumane I think especially if there's violence involved of course and as well another side of that is we would like also it would be invaluable to us you know to have this footage but from a moral point of view I suppose we would like maybe to contact the injured party to make them aware also that this isn't just in case that they would happen to receive this footage or a family member I'm not saying that's the case in this instance it just triggered that question right okay criminal damage down in letherkenny now this is a very recent incident actually this happened early this morning on the doctor McGinley road in letherkenny so shortly after half past midnight in the early hours this morning a man was captured on cctv he threw a brick through the front driver side window of a car that was parked at that location on the doctor McGinley road repealing to anybody who may have seen a male on foot in that area to make contact with us and if anybody traveled in that area between in round midnight and 1 a.m. who had a dash cam possibly even taxi drivers I suppose they would be the most likely people about at that time in the morning with a dash cam we're asking them to contact us in letherkenny on 9167 100 okay criminal damage now in Dunlowe yeah this criminal damage incident happened at the caravan road in Dunlowe on Saturday the 2nd of March between 1 a.m. and 10 a.m. a rock was thrown through a driver side window of a van that had been parked at that location who smashed the window nothing was stolen from the van so if anybody can assist with relevant information in relation to this appeal we asked them to contact Milford Gardie on 9153060 right now um the last appeal relates to criminal damage in Stronauler what happened yeah quite a few criminal damage appeals this week actually so this one happened in the area of Drumbo so specifically Drumbo Cottage of Stronauler in the early hours of Sunday the 3rd of March so shortly before 2 10 a.m. a resident in a house there heard knocking sounds at the windows they got up they went out just to check around their house and they discovered that damage had been caused to their car the boot spoiler had been knocked off and damage was also caused to the rear passenger side tail light so we're appealing to anybody who may have been in that area again in the early hours of Sunday the 3rd of March who had a dash cam to make that footage available to us if anybody can assist with relevant information maybe other residents in that area may have heard or seen something that might assist with our investigation we asked them to contact us in Nettler Kenny on 9167100 now tar max cam um door to door stuff a lot of the time over the last year we've been talking about sort of remote stuff texts you know emails phone calls and they're ever present but also and I think sometimes it kind of coincides with the days getting longer I don't know that's just a notion of mine but we're starting to hear more now about in-person potential scams so what what is the warning here for the public Grania yeah well actually we did mention that we mentioned bogus callers last week if you recall yeah that a man I think he was in the Lyford area he had a caller to his door they were purportant to be from an energy company we'll not name the company but they were seeking personal information from him now luckily he recognized something was up he didn't give any sort of information to them and they went on their way but I've since checked with that energy provider they certainly had nobody in the area on that day interesting okay so it's just to make people aware of that as well like because we weren't sure last week were we no so that had to be clarified so that has been clarified so that that man it was great that he called and made us aware of it so this is another type of scam this week as a door it's a cold caller a bogus caller again you may say but just a different type of bogus caller so the tarmac scam it is known as the tarmac scam so in this scam a con man the go to con man con men they go door to door claiming to be builders working on a contract who have some leftover tarmac and they offer to conduct work on your driveway in round your house or around your business the material they use is often gravel chippings covered with engine oil or not the right depth and type of materials to form a lasting road surface these people generally they target elderly and vulnerable residents and that's the worry they claim to be official contractors working on roadworks to add credibility they often increase the cost once you've signed up you've paid your deposit they will often then increase this cost once the work is commenced they'll increase the cost to extortion at amounts all together they'll claim that maybe they require more material than they had originally thought and then they may start to issue threats and intimidate you know the home owner or the business owner we have had numerous calls over the past maybe week week maybe more than a week and a half from people who've had such callers called to their homes unfortunately we've had a number of people who have fallen victim to this scam these people as well you know they're clued in that they take note of where maybe roadworks are taking place and a few of roadworks in your area we'll just say Lifford for an example Lifford Roadworks they may call locally then to houses in that area dressed as workmen you know say that we've left over tarmac from the roadworks that are going on it's going to go off we're just going to charge you the fee to let because it's going to go off it's going to go to waste we won't charge you for the tarmac this of course ends in offer it sounds too good to be true and people think you know if I don't take them up and at the neighbour while there's somebody else I know someone who was affected by this and it can be really quite an intimidating element to this as well oh most definitely yeah because more often than not you may have one to two men that call to your door to offer the service plate you know and seem very genuine 100% genuine when these workmen then show up you could have eight or nine or ten men showing up and a couple of lorries and a couple of vans they'll commence the work once you realize you start to panic then think something's not right you see what they're laying on your driveway and they then at that stage won't take no for an answer they'll then maybe tell you look we had said back at the start you know we now need 6,000 7,000 this could be an elderly person a vulnerable person living on their own there's around a big gang of men who are coming across is very intimidating and threatening you know and we're just we're hoping to get the word out there today can at that point you call the guardie because at the end of the day too you know a person has verbally agreed with another party to do work at their house and then I mean are the guards going to sort of say well you know they say well we never said it was tarmac do you know what I mean like at that point have the guardie a role in this well I have my suspicions that if the guardie pulled up at that address that the vans and lorries would disappear they would disappear you know so most definitely at any stage you know and we're hoping that nobody will fall a victim to it but if if they've gotten to that stage where these men are there look unfortunately at that stage they've fallen victim to it in a way if these men are there you're feeling intimidated of course throwing the guardie and we'll most certainly go out okay um we're just asking people look if you have any sort of callers to your home or business particularly in light of these reports this week if they're offering to lay tarmac um we're asking people to call the station straight away you know don't don't open your door to them as we said last week if you're not sure who particularly if you're elderly or vulnerable don't open your door you know um you don't have to let people into your house you're under no obligation no matter what they say they're there for if you're not sure who they are not interested that's all you have to say to a clean store no one's reputable will ever call at your house with leftover tarmac to do a cheap job no well I know I mean it just is not going to happen I've never had anybody called to my home certainly not a reputable builder electrician whatever line of work they're in you know these people they don't advertise in that way they advertise through social media and newspapers and business carrots they don't need to call door to door if they're reputable so all the information is really really important to Guardi the the the descriptions of the people number plates any CCTV footage anything like that really useful to pass on to Guardi as well and also to spread the word and I talked about this last week but you know this was up on the socials not everyone's on the socials now we're talking about it on the radio maybe people are missing this you know we've as a community we need to get the word out there I think which is what we're doing but you know those who maybe might not be listening and as you said look every piece of information to us is vehicle you know registration numbers accents what these people are wearing they're just they're their direction of travel when they left your house did they turn right left to put to your driveway but we did have the calls we received over the past number of weeks it was a silver land cruiser and an orange coloured lorry now we have received we have registration numbers for some of these vehicles already but I mean they've access to God knows how many vehicles you know it's not just to say that they're going to come to your door and it's going to be an orange lorry and a silver land cruiser they could be driving anything so if these people come to your door give us a shout straight away let us know what they're driving if you can jot down the registration number and a good description of them their accent and as I say what their direction of travel was when they left do not agree to any sort of work carried out by these people in relation to the caller last week they were calling they were purportant to be there on behalf of an energy supplier again if somebody like that comes to your house like we said last week you don't know them you don't open the door to them you never give out personal information to anybody you know on your door on the phone by email text or at your doorstep so contact Garde if these people come and even if you haven't taken them up in their services we would urge the public to contact us and make us aware that they have been there offering these services but you could be saving a neighbour or someone else of course you could be saving somebody else who may fall victim to it and they might say they're working in Lifford they might say they're working on the they'll check the internet they might say they're working on the Cycle Lane in Ballot Buffet Coverage Donegal Town in Ballot Buffet that kind of stuff of course they'll do their homework they'll look to see where the road works are taking place and then they'll target that area okay uh right at Garde school quiz taking place tonight that's right with a lot of young people this evening I want to kind of go there and do an adult statement kick their asses and say there you go kids the questions are quite tough actually that's what I'm worried about about my plan when the district heats will take a place one of my colleagues was going through the questions I shouldn't be saying this now probably but anyway I'll tell you he was going through some of the questions do you know what you think these are too hard or too easy and he was calling them out now it was a gulp I was like oh he's not expecting me to answer them he had gone through the first three and I hadn't a baldy what the answer was so I have to say now fair play to these young people they are bright and they've gone their own way but we must have known the information at some point have we forgotten them I don't know I don't know well you know I think times two when when these questions come out you doubt yourself you think I know the answer but then I don't know they're just brilliant I have to admire these young people you know they're they're probably they're heading the books now today studying for tonight but listen it's not all about studying and not all about one and either it's about taking part and having fun and we hope they do have fun tonight we're looking forward to it it's at the Mount Eregal Hotel tonight at half seven we're looking forward to seeing them their families and their teachers and of course their teachers and their families are very proud that they've got to this stage so they're all winners anyway at this stage that's as far as I'm looking at it and it's also tied in with the Donego Motor Club and the Donego County Council Road Safety Officer so there's fun and a bit of education in there as well there is of course yeah look we're wishing them all the very best luck this evening we're looking forward to seeing them there and we hope they have a fun evening that's the main thing the fun the fun element all right coffee morning at Bunkrana Garda Station yes this is to mark international women's day so that takes place on March 8th so the coffee morning will take place that day it's the first day demonstration two actually is quite interesting this one a coffee morning so it's an aid of Bunkrana Community First Responder Group so they're going to be there and they're going to be showing displaying various aspects of First Aid CPR and the defibrillator how to use it it takes place at Bunkrana Garda Station between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on March 8th and everybody's welcome to come along and this and you know we could all do with learning a bit about First Aid so come along learn a little about First Aid and enjoy a cup of tea coffee a few buns and a bit of crack sounds fantastic and a mention for the Donegal Youth Awards yeah this is the final one you'll be glad to hear this is our final reminder I love the words though I love the youth awards oh no I know I know we're it's a fact look I'm not going to go through the whole rigmarole I went through every other week no you have it there in front of you like I'll be here for the rest of the day but not I won't listen people know the score at this stage so the youth awards nomination process has opened as for young people between 13 and 21 from throughout the county of Donegal you can get a nomination form with letter Kenny Milford Bunkrana or Balli Shannon go on to our Facebook page the Garda Sheikana Donegal Facebook page the link's there too to download it we have to have the nominations and be 12 p.m. this Thursday oh really it's actually quite okay yeah so it's getting very close now so the only couple of days now to get the men's and we do urge people to please do every person that's nominated is recognized so is there someone in your life a young person in your life that you think needs a little bit of recognition and it's up to the people out there to decide you know themselves what that right you know what they've done that deserves it but this this is I think it's a lovely way of hopefully giving the young people a lift as well recognizing what they do it's a lovely thanks and who's to say they could go on and win something quite nice yeah and we've had great success in recent years at the national levels and the farm itself look some people don't like filling farms and it's not there's not that much to the farm really so exactly you don't have to write an essay just a little information you don't have to write an essay no no right it pops up all the time how can Ukrainian cars be exempt from the NCT in this country a lot of Ukrainian cars have never had an NCT in Ireland yes so if your car has Ukrainian number plates you're under no obligation to get it tested it only becomes subject to testing when it's registered here with Irish plates so this doesn't let anybody off the hook however by law you have to keep your vehicle in a safe and road worthy condition when used on Irish roads so if you were driving a Ukrainian register car no more than anybody else regardless of what registration you have in your car if you're stopped at one of these RSA Garada checkpoints or a Garada checkpoint they're going to go around your car they're going to check for defects on the car so the obligation is on you to make sure that your car is in a safe and road worthy condition it would be subject to seizure if the guards feel that the car is defective in any way same as any other car Ukrainian registered cars can be driven in Ireland but there are certain vehicle importation rules that must be followed it's depending really on the duration of the stay is it a temporary stay or what the duration of their stay is so if anybody's wondering about that actually if they go to revenue.ie the details are on there in relation to the importation rules so once you do if and once you register your Ukrainian car in Ireland it must then undergo an NCT test so to simplify it all the way I'd say someone from France came here on holidays you know they don't have to have an NCT obviously they don't have to have paid road tax here because of the nature of the shelter that's been given to Ukrainians it's temporary in nature they could go back tomorrow they could go back at the moment that's kind of how it's treated and the laws of the land from Ukraine apply here i.e. some people say well I didn't see any insurance on the windscreen of the Ukrainian car they're not obliged to display the disc but the car must be insured is that correct oh they're certainly obliged to have insurance to drive while on Irish roads yes so I just see a print out here that I printed out so just to clarify things further for people just in relation to the Ukrainian driving license you can drive with your Ukrainian driving license in Ireland and this goes again to what you were saying a minute to go in relation to their status here whether they're here temporarily or on a more permanent basis so you can use your Ukrainian driving license if you're under temporary protection granted under section 60 of the International Protection Act so this would mean that you have a letter from the Minister for Justice confirming that you are the beneficiary of a temporary protection in Ireland you would have to have that letter to say that you're here on a temporary basis these rules done apply to people who were living here in Ireland prior to the war and they don't apply so in other words if you are living here but not from Ukraine but not officially under temporary protection for example you have to switch your driving license of course yeah no so these rules these temporary measures would only apply as I say if you are here and you have been granted this permission under section 60 of the International Protection Act okay Grania thank you very much for that I genuinely appreciate it that's Grania Daharty of Letterkenny Garda Station and Community Garda Information we'll be back with you after the 10 o'clock news next Tuesday and it'll be uh it's available on our podcast and it'll also be replayed on our social media and uh linked to on 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hotel hosts weddings and concerts and what have you it's a big big space and it was packed absolutely packed last night and I find I found the pictures actually really quite moving because as the camera scrolled around the place every single one of those people I would say the absolute majority of them were directly or at least independent indirectly affected by the defective concrete crisis and just to see them all in the one room as I said I don't know it was just I thought it's really quite moving but anyway it was a very important meeting and there was a huge turnout the people's document they were presented with that it's a joint initiative to define what a number of campaign groups believe to be 100% redress and were joined by Michael Doherty a homeowner and campaigner and you know when you call these meetings Michael you just never know how many is going to turn up but it was packed to the rafters yeah we were delighted with it Greg and we were on the show you know we explained what we were about I think people saw you know a bit of hope in the fact that we had campaign groups coming together we were looking forward as opposed to looking back and taking the opportunity that presents itself this year so you know looking at some of the social media stuff there again has been talked about you know the amount of cars that were there there's again akin to a Donnygall final you know either side of that entrance with half a mile either direction with cars as after the car park was filled and they were filled both sides of the road to the point that we had to ask the guards to come just ensure the safety of everyone there so you know you go into the the main ballroom packed all the way around two and three four of you know standing deep around the walls the the bar area down the back was packed and then your people out in the foyer had never actually got to see us at all so it was amazing was there sort of an element of of togetherness in it in that it's a long time I think since so many people because everyone's fighting their individual battles you know uh emotionally and and and with the scheme or what have you um the first time so many people affected by this issue have gotten together at the same time it's just a reminder to everyone how broad um how broad the problem is and how that people are on the loan there are so many people affected by this yeah and you know you talked about been quite moving it was quite moving to watch it from the stage you know we had we had um there was actually a few there in wheelchairs we had prams kids you know young babies mothers still wanting to get there want to make their point some of them actually struggling emotionally to make their point so the the heart that people are feeling it hasn't hasn't gone away it's really really deep and I think what has happened now the more people that have actually tried to engage with the scheme they see for themselves what we have been warning of as in you know the the shortfalls of the scheme they're seeing it for themselves now and uh you know we had everything we had people even from Northern Ireland down there that's talking about you know they're working in letter Kenny they're paying their taxes down here that happened to live across the border but they bought defective blocks in Bunkrana and they you know they're saying why are they being left behind so he had that and everyone in between Mario Reagan I was delighted to see her last night there again she sang again Paddy's praises from the roof in terms of uh has his you know personal relationship there in terms of seeing her through because there's no systems out there that's designed to see her through and help her through and he's taken that on himself so yeah we had anybody and everybody there last night Greg and it was really touching but I have heard very recently from elected reps speaking to people that are affected by micro and they say the scheme is there the scheme is in place the scheme is funded it is a working scheme it's not perfect but it is a good scheme and for the majority of people it's very close if not 100 percent uh redress I've heard that from different people pretty much verbatim how I've just described it are you saying that that is not what the people in that building were feeling well you know they're the longest short of it uh Greg is that we printed out 500 leaflets of the of the uh draft version of the people's document and we ran out about three-quarter way through with the crowd so you're talking about 700 800 people there that don't agree with that statement it's as simple as that it's not working and that became loud and clear one of the biggest tasks I had last night was trying to uh keep people looking at what the people's document was going forward um everybody still wants to talk about the short fall to the scheme that's just indicative of how poor it is and you know I've heard the politicians that you've talked about um you know uh department officials talk about it working on the ground you know people didn't come out at seven o'clock on a monday evening a cold one-day monday evening uh to tell us that the scheme was working it was the exact opposite so it's just simply not true so what is the position at the moment of course there are the four principles of redress property process people and support and prevention so like is this about enhancing this scheme to make it work or is this about a completely new broader scheme because that's one element of this that I'm not fully clear on yeah it's it's the latter it's it's a complete new broader scheme so this is a rejection then of the current scheme Michael just to be clear yeah exactly exactly the current scheme has not worked twice we have a the 9010 scheme then we had the enhanced version of it neither of which have worked other than for a trickle of people and was designed that way that only a trickle of people were ever going to get through what we're now talking about it's a completely different forum we're talking about the extension of the um pirate remediation scheme down there that did deliver 100 a proper 100 redress for all of the families down there in the lester area and rightfully so and we want that extended into our scenario here in donnie gall and the other affected counties to deal with the fact of concrete blocks now what's next um the the document has been agreed then uh I take it um yeah as much as it can be how how could you pull absolutely everyone to get their view but it seems the consensus is that this document is agreed uh so it will be uh put together and and sent to elected reps when we talk about elected reps who are the elected reps like local cancer so we're talking uh local tds are we talking uh government uh ministers who gets it all of the above all of the above opposition in the land is where we want this document sitting in front of them because it's going to affect them we're 14 15 affected counties all the different steps and different stages along that that uh learning curve that we've been on over the last 14 15 years here so they're all different stages of it but it needs to be put in front of them and they need to basically absorb that and see what would be wrong in delivering uh what has been asked for in the scenario where the homeowner is at no fault whatsoever and it's not just the homeowner is the property owner and we've deliberately called it property as opposed to home because there are other properties out there that need to be addressed as well that people have put their heart and earnings into that has let them down the bottom good faith or the bottom good faith now i believe that we have got something that has a precedent already albeit a different skill because of the Lancaster Pyrite scheme and we're asking for parity with that and we'll go back to the basics grassroots of what a 100 redress is all about okay so it's not about whether foundations are put into this new scheme it's not about whether you know uh the the cost of building and the scheme is changed in the slide and you know the the opera limits increase it's not about any of that anymore then no we follow the science regards the concrete and you know it doesn't matter if it's the foundations or the blocks we follow the science and if in doubt take it out that's the standard line that we'll have on this onto such a science that means there's only one option on the table and that's demolition and replacement of exactly i mean that's what if it is okay so that's that's what the nature of this next meeting then is that literally like a roll call you know uh you know we sent it to minister mcconnellog he said this we sent it to deputy mcglockland he said this like what what is the the function of this second meeting to present the responses if they have been received yeah well can just take it back a little bit so we had put together already probably 80 of what we're going to end up with we already had that in place between ourselves some self paddy lisa trisha roshin uh the two leases in there um so that that that was about 80 percent there we then had run it past a few different sounding boards and that tweaked a few things and added a few things in there like partially built homes side by side homes in certain circumstances etc etc which was great and then we got some other really good points coming from the floor last night and that is the last version now for the people's document we let that pull together and that'll be thursday night's meeting we'll be working between now and then but it'll be finished by thursday night on friday it'll be going out widespread throughout to all the media outlets and to all of the politicians they then have basically up to the 26th of march to come back with their position against that paper and secondly they're all invited to come along to the to a meeting with the people and talk to them about what their views are on this document on the 26th of march so that gives the people a chance to you know cross check some of the things that have been said in the past make sure that when it comes to putting their X on the on the on the ballot sheet that they're with confidence putting it down there against somebody that they believe not just the words that they believe after the cross examinations and all the rest and their understanding of the endorsed position that should be in written form coming from these politicians who to back and who not to back and i think it'll become pretty obvious at that stage so that's the next step okay and then when we move on then from that we're looking for our you know we're and we'll call it out we're looking for shin fain then who are likely to be the next major party in the next government to put together the draft legislation now with our help not at arm's length with our help put that draft legislation together that is often ready at whatever point they find themselves in there as a major player within government and we're not sitting waiting on another year of writing stuff up that could be written up now we want it all and ready when it comes to time and we want that ready as soon as possible that people can see it before the cast that's the ask from us and again just to recap you know if people think this is an initial stroke letter can issue uh you know if you're listening in in Daning's car regard to be listening in in Don Lowe if you're listening in Glenty's don't a gold town whether it's you know Mike and inverted commas or some other deteriorous materials very sadly this you could be listening to this thinking this doesn't affect you but it possibly could we hope it doesn't but it is a countywide problem and obviously beyond the borders of our county and just on that Greg we had people last night from Glenty's now it's a brave run up on a Monday night to the Gringan and um just see the penny starting to drop you see that they think the penny's starting to drop that this is not a lonely issue that was the point they made they said that there's people in denial down there because it has negative impact on the value of your home for starters it is negative impact on insurance so they don't want to talk about and that's that's uh we were we were there before yeah i remember yeah i know it's we were there you know it's just a lag in other areas yeah and this is the reality for older counties as well Greg this is going to be a national scandal time is all over not just a few affected counties no doubt about that and you know now is the time like i say we're never going to have the opportunity that we have this year and really it's about holding those two account i believe will have people better educated than ever there were before for anybody come and knock on the door looking for a vote and that's the aim at this point in time thanks for your time again michael darty a homeowner and campaigner the 90 new show is brought to you 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would like to take part in any review email me gene kern at highlandvideo.com with all the stories that matter across the northwest it's greg hughes on the nine to noon show on the highland radio okay it's just turned 11 o'clock let's get a news update and it's over to donal cavernan thank you greg good morning there was a huge turnout last night as defective block campaign groups presented the people's document a joint initiative to define what they believe to be 100% redress as you've just been hearing on the program with greg affected homeowners packed out on gradient hotel in burt with the mica action group 100% redress and the redress focus groups setting out their four principles property process people in support and prevention aids claimed a lack of staff in the marine section of donning all county council is resulting in funding opportunities being missed councillor mihoch column gala aspect has written to the council seeking an urgent meeting he believes funding is available for coastal and island communities however he says limited resources means applications are not being submitted the irish pelagic fish processing sector has recorded historic low levels of landings in the first quarter of this year and with the macro landings effectively concluded indications are that 2024 is said to be the worst year in the history of pelagic processing that Ireland has ever experienced that's according to brendan burn the CEO of the irish fish processors and exporters association guard the european for witnesses to a crash in donningall town last week three people were hospitalised after the crash at dongaon in the n15 just before 20 past 10 on thursday morning they say the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening a man's been injured during a weekend assault in letter kenny one man's believed to have been assaulted by another in the lower main street area at around half past three on sunday morning last the man sustained non-life-threatening injuries meanwhile an investigation has been launched into reports of an altercation in bunk rana in the early hours of sunday guard the arrive to discover the group had left the scene at west end however they were contacted the short time later by a man who claimed to have been assaulted during an incident it also emerged damage was caused to the window of a business premises during the altercation and the media minister has been described as being behind the curve when it comes to the ongoing crisis at ortee there are calls for catrin martin to address the doll over the resignation of the former chair at the state broadcaster a statement shulni rally claimed the minister took a hands-off approach enforced her departure from the board and claimed the minister tried to damage her reputation and we're back with news headlines again at 12 noon donnell thank you very much indeed we'll be back after a really short break talks about her son emin was one of life's givers when he had a sudden brain hemorrhage and sadly died his organ donation helped two people transform their lives it's consoled us so often emin was a giver in life until now he's giver of life organ donors save lives make today the day you decide to be an organ donor and let your family know your wishes for more visit hse.ie forward slash organ donation from the hse welcome back to the program and uh you wanted a bit more conversations with just uh regular folk in the county we aim to deliver it's not just a regular folk he's the one and only paddy how are you getting on paddy thanks so much for joining us paddy gamble yes how you get on the day great i'm doing good paddy you're a bus driver uh yes a bus driver for the last two years now you have been yeah uh driving for mangan tours there from me and claddy the letter kenny on a letter kenny service run there so do me why did you decide to get into bus driving uh something kind of had a passion for throughout the years driving meeting people you know one track me a lot of ones um and i got to have the most uh option for me to go and meet a lot of people and stuff like that and get to know a lot of people's and the county and you know listen to their stories as well and get some feedback so i thought i'd always been a people person so i thought it'd be the right job for me and what were you doing with mangan tours for the most part i was doing a letter kenny service done a couple of tours with them and did a couple of trips to as well vip trips with a different couple of clientele ones so i'd build a good clientele with a lot of ones so and just build an experience from there on you know yeah and it's not like you and the passengers i mean you you you build relationships with them don't they i mean you're short time with mangan tours uh you made a lot of friends yeah i met a lot of good friends a lot of good people too as well and uh it was a great time there when i served there and a lot of people appreciated my time and effort put into them and did a few lovely things outside the box you know for valentine's day i used to buy flowers this year for every every female on the bus like you know going in my way but i'll be a bit extra too as well you know there's kindness and in that job as well it's just not a bus driver like you're you're more than a bus driver kind of i see mangan tours put out a post looking for customers to post any photos any photos they had of you any what was your favorite any favorites there or anything embarrassing no uh no uh well there's uh joseph had a few ones here uh i think he put a one up there one time the first way come back from manchester we were and um we was having for the dinner you know on the ferry across and we seen the sort of sauce you know i thought jeez this looks quite nice you know and uh put over the spuds with the pine all of a sudden i found it was just custard like so but uh he laughed at them thinking it was funny but it tasted well he don't give it a shot to anybody like okay uh you did a few airport runs did you for people gigging in this region anyone interested in the vanguard boys done a bell fast run the whole way down from bell fast the whole way down the uh down the dairy bag there did a bit of uh busing so literally the vanguard boss was coming yeah we were fairly through we made it happen that night so we did it anyway like so with a good crack or just they were good or chilled out they were nice people had a talk and and things like that we played a few tunes and had a couple good laughs and stuff like that so it was definitely entertaining on the day it was like so and do you like it i think it depends on what kind of bus work you do you know there's the school bus work there's the tour bus work and there's the bus air and mcginley's coach kind of stuff work you know the longer haul stuff uh do you think it takes a particular type of personality to do the longer runs because you know i mean obviously you're fully focused but you're for a lot of the time too you're alone in your own head as well yeah yeah because if you're normally really chatting what i kind of do is um whoever sits in the front of the bus and stuff like that i tend to have a chat with them but you're still concentrating on the road at all times um but there's nice and draggy people at brexit on for you too as well um but there is a level of concentration on that job yeah uh day-to-day basis um because it's it's tiring it's a little a little bit like this job and i'm not comparing our two jobs but you you know like you use a lot of energy in concentrating all the time yeah you know what i mean you do so people are thinking all right you're sitting on your backside it's not really like that because it's a i don't know if it's a nervous energy or whatever but you tend to use quite a lot of your energy just with pure focus and concentration yeah when you're driving especially a coach at size like a 13 meter coach you know and you're thinking you're always two steps ahead in front of yourself you're always on the lookout around about people walking kids leaving school the level of concentration there is that you need to be up there with the best you know it always takes takes a split second and it could be an accident within one of the last seconds i'm thinking that you've been mistaken for a celebrity yes that's right don't tell me about that uh well we did me and joseph we did the trip to paris last year in france two of um of different parts of france is beautiful beautiful country to see and um we're heading to paris today and i'll be whining people up in the boss and having to crack with them and saying i'm a big i'm a big star here being over here a few times now they know they know me quite well and they're like i patty whatever you think yourself we got on to the ferry on the way boat the way you want for a trip down down to chansley's a and stuff like that and we went back to the back of the boat me and joseph and um he said sort of the back of the boat there patty we got a picture you know you make it a few pictures for your facebook page i said sure why not all of a sudden i was back at the boat taking a picture all of a sudden all the chinese ones were coming over to us i mean so they were like so they thought you were something you are something but you know what i mean so they must have something else and uh i joseph he did some laugh and so he did i don't know he has a buddy with me he said i don't know how the phone and there are family pictures kids pictures the whole lot they were so yeah but i mean like there's a there's families in china now like with with a picture of you uh and them in a frame the famous patty gambler from europe like what uh on the on their uh on the kitchen table or even better again maybe up on the the bullet boards around uh china somewhere you never know who's to say right that was some of the highs what was the low points low points at driving um you know the days are long and fairness you know but um you take the good with the bad and these jobs and and stuff like that but what you take the good things more than the bad things sort of like your people the people you chat to every day you know on track with you know it makes the day a lot easier but um apart from that i was really there's no really low days in the job because you're getting to travel around like manchettes or liverpool different traps meeting new people and having a crack we fuck up guys and stuff like that's nice and stuff like that so more good than bad great did i hear you accidentally once tried to deliver a bridge down in dublin oh no that was uh people said one accident you had i said none so far touch wood like but the when you're gonna double all low bridges over in dublin like you know you always get nabbed with low bridges down the road so you're trying to turn a 13-meter bus and there's a bridge on this end it's only a 3.2 and your bus is 3.6 so that's not gonna squeeze it that's not gonna squeeze it today and but apart from that uh it's funny at the time you're trying to turn and the people's laughing and having a joke about you said i took a wrong turn and but i used to get a you get a good laugh out of it too as well like there's always there's a huge demand on for drivers at the moment both drivers um would you encourage people to get into it i think you know for the younger people now it's uh they haven't you know it's not coming through but i definitely would recommend any young person to go for this uh you know it's just more than the drivers they're great like you're meeting a lot of people you're interact with a lot of ones uh there's good points in the job people think and those of it let's come in on 21 before you can do the coach and softly get there's not one lord every 18 you don't have that opportunity like but i would highly recommend the job to anyone yeah it's a great because there's already a shortage and it seems with the way they're digging up the schools somewhat have you the shortage is only going to get uh is only going to get greater and also too we have depending on on who you drive for you know this limit that you have to sort of retire i think particularly with the boss air and runs at 70 would you do you think that needs to be changed i'd be honest with you i think you don't want to drive i think um in your late in your years to drive you could drive 30 years i think you know 60 is more more than enough of driving within one period of time you know um and i just come from myself i'd love to retire when i'm about maybe 60 they can you know put the feet up and relax you don't your time you know it's i think 70 your concentration you have to change your license every three years things like i think 60 will be more than more than enough to get it finished so it's the fellow a long way from 60 or 70 but yeah that's it what what age are you now i'm the 37 right we'll come back to you in in uh 33 years and see if you're ready to hang up the steering wheel i'm hoping that fingers crossed i'll be able to hang up very shortly let's see uh hi my name's david gala her paddy gamble is my first cousin and a longtime friend could you ask him for me how uh how we're getting on and does he have any pumpkins for sale he will do nothing but love oh that's the story with the pumpkins uh if it's okay yeah we will like um well the whole thing about the pumpkins was i was selling anything to be honest with you and halloween came around you know i'll be dressing up for halloween stuff we had done actually this year i had a halloween outfit trained around the coach of me and sweet letter candy there's a video of me and that too as well there is but i do hang for a laugh and as the pumpkins came up and uh i thought jeez i might you know make a few point here make a couple of good ones like and i started making them sell them well you were cutting them out and all i cut them out the whole lot and i put the lights on them and uh the whole lot that's how david the sell david if you saw it did like did you make any money out of it no nothing nothing like a penny well anyway uh david also said i want to wish him the very best he's one of a kind and has touched the hearts of everyone he's ever met tell him i'm very proud of him and to keep doing what he's doing he's the best all right which is quite nice so you are going to europe are you i'm gonna head to europe greg i'm gonna give it a give it a go so where did you know where you're going yet uh there's uh it was two months of training first greg yeah involved so i'm heading off down saturday uh to get the flight to london and take off from london the end of two months training and it's over there's like uh there's istanbul not there's uh barcelona nice venice um florence uh athens it's a full full variety around europe so i've seen the opportunity i thought rather do it now than later in life and yeah you get to see a lot you get to see a lot and you know and learn all the ones i've you know met here in ireland and stuff like that and you know you use their jokes and on they travel down the next time around that's the that's the plan greg and i saw that's a plan to use all the the the the the dad jokes you've heard from foreigners over the last couple of years turning back on them over and that's that uh definitely uh and you know what kind of bus driving you'll be doing will it be like you know fixed runs tours just all tours greg every tours um there's uh like 45 day tours and 12 day tours nine day tours all different different regions and stuff like that and this i'm not asking anything personal here but do they actively seek you guys out or did you just research it and say right i could i'm just wondering about the act because if we have a shortage here generally there's a shortage there's gonna be shortage you know so for short nurses they're gonna be short nurses elsewhere we're sort of doctors lorry drivers bus drivers so are they actively recruiting the likes of yourself they recruit fairly year and year right there you know people come and go and every every job and that's every expect so i think um i see it online and i thought you know have a go yeah i'll have a go and if i pass it i pass it if i don't i don't you don't know if i'll die you know um i suppose is there a big difference sitting on the other side of the bus and driving on the other side of the road i've done it once so far but haven't drove on the left side driving yet but i've drove on other side of the road like of course you have an european one there with joseph and um that was good i really enjoyed it people say around about but you can't go off you can't go off the list around but once you figure it out you're good to go then yeah right you know but it's just to keep keep you aware uh can you say hello to paddy gamble from rosalie mcdate he's a gentleman and will be missed oh that's really i know rosie from larry kenney i know about a hundred and every person gets my boss about a hundred and fifty people i know all about their first name yeah the whole lot of my first day of life i think it's a i think it's a nice touch i think people should learn people on your bus they should know there's nothing uh for some people there's nothing nicer than hearing your own name and that's not an ego thing or nothing it just means that the person cares that's that i think you know we do have these small but if they say hello good morning russian or at least our stuff we get to make say geez he knows me like in stuff like that so it's nice what's the most popular name on that run then if you know 150 of them um good question so good i'm trying to thank you i see uh market is a bit good five markets on it's a good five markets on it's like all right margaret all right uh you finished with mangan now are you mangan first i've been mangan there last week there we kind of had to be small get together once on the bus came out there in a seven we had a good laugh and a good couple of jokes and stuff like that and you're heading to london on saturday morning all right well listen come here we wish i mean obviously it's a it's a loss to the people that think so highly of you and for for mangan tours as well but it's you know it's a new horizons for you who would uh who would um who would deny anyone that uh tell parry said hello he's a lovely fellow pure gentleman sarah gallagher oh she's from fucker that's exactly yeah i know of every stop every location the whole logic and name any person and i can name where they're from so you do that in germany we don't know yeah we'll give that a go that fair is that well listen come here we it's not something interesting get you in time for we chat and learn a little bit about the work that you do and uh the life of a bus driver you'd recommend it is he's how do you recommend how do you recommend the job like it's it's a great job debilion it's the best it's the best job i've been in a long time like so uh i've been through if you're good job like so it's the best job i've been in all right patty we'll listen best to look with your career as you go forward and as i say you'll be sadly missed on the route that you're on and the people that know you but as i say onwards and upwards uh and it's been lovely having you in thank you very much and nicola da hearty says yes patty has things you know where nicola is nicola dordy the tests run she probably has you she's probably on your bus probably not like a problem probably just saying hi maybe uh no i'm not too sure i'm trying to think there's a lot of people texting me they're going saying oh what time you on what time you on it yeah so there's a lot of stuff coming through there really all right listen it's been great having you in as i say uh continued success to you and uh thanks no more great thank you the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on highland radio the nine till noon 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dead amanda story of child abuse at the hands of david tweed and her journey to recovery david tweed or david tweed was the lorded rugby player for both holster in arland a dup counselor and a prominent orange man and the outside world he maintained a veneer of upstanding citizenship through his political and sporting life but at home things were very very difficult amanda brown as i say joints is on the program amanda thank you very much for your time i really do appreciate it now you're welcome it's good to be here how uh how big of a decision was it to lay up lay it all out on the table you know because this is kind of a subject a lot of people might want to bury their heads on pretend it doesn't exist focus on something else because this is too unimaginable too painful and i'm only on about readers let alone the the victims of of this one of the worst crimes that anyone could perpetrate so how difficult was it sort of say right i'm gonna put it all out there um it has been extremely difficult it wasn't an easy decision to make um initially after his death i consulted my sisters before i'd even spoken out about it to make sure that they were happy enough with me speaking out and you know the reason behind speaking out was because of victims like myself you know and not just his victims but all victims out there you know just to have to have experienced what we experienced and what was published in the the media before whenever he was you know going through the court process and convicted um it was for other victims to you know not have to sit on watch that you know their abusers would then be you know be lauded and you know in death and and everything that they had done wrong was forget forgotten about and and also to in telling this story it's obviously the abuse that you will put through from the age of eight by your stepfather but it's also everything else that goes on in the house you know what i mean it's you know you know there's an awful lot to this story yeah um on top of the you know this the abuse that i suffered there was also the domestic violence and the domestic abuse that occurred you know the various elements of course of control and um do you know i wanted to try and describe that as best i could so that people could understand and i know myself from personally reading books whenever i was younger and and going through certain stages and you know my healing process that reading some books helped me and i wanted this book to be the same for other people who were were experienced in their own like you know putting my son to bed last night and it's that safe space you're talking about is in bed and he's happy now and you put the monitor on and make sure he's happy and safe and content and when he's younger you check to make sure he's breathing and all that stuff you go through i i'm so sorry um amanda that from from the age of eight to fifteen going to bed for you must have just been you know instead of it being your safe comfortable space for people to love and care and protect for you it was a nightmare for you almost every every night and it's it's so so hard to even comprehend what you've been through yeah it wasn't even just that going to bed wasn't safe for me it was just generally the house that i lived in wasn't safe and that was from the age of about four um you know so i understand what you're saying because i have a son and he's free to be and and you know just he's safe here at home and he can be and feel whatever he needs to where from i was a very young age i was walking on eggshells you know trying to manage this man's mood through fear that he would kick off and either hit my mum or you know that whatever would happen to us just before we talk about i want you to sort of explain to the listener how you tell your story rather than me trying to interpret it because i think that's really important that you make that direct connection with them i'm also sort of conscious in this day and age and it kind of often comes back to this now that if this book was written 10 years ago you know i think you'd be generally exposed to to people who are sympathetic to you or what have you but we do live in an age now on social media that some people seem to derive pleasure from maybe further victimizing you or there's two sides of the story or all the stuff that you might see on social media have you been exposed to that do you do you keep that out of your life is it something you're conscious of or maybe hopefully it's not something you've experienced um after his death when i first spoke out there was you know a lot of pushback i haven't been paying attention this time around because i've been aware of there will be people who will still not want to believe that he was who he was you know and you know for some people regardless of whether it was 10 years ago or or now there are people who will always not want to believe that this kind of stuff happens um on their own doorstep practically so i haven't been paying attention to any of that i haven't you know haven't been made aware of it and you know i just i'm not interested in anybody who wants to try and say that there were two sides to any story the message is out there for for victims and it's not for anybody else who wants to further victimize or abuse people yeah very good okay so tell us how you tell the story in this book and how you wanted the leader the reader to sort of uh you know go through that this journey with you um well the way that i had written the book was um i was writing it whenever i was writing it was writing you know the memories as they come up for me um and i did have a fantastic editor who helped me fill in the you know just add color to it because where i was sort of like putting the building blocks of the actual story down she helped to pull out you know the the finer detail you know in terms of what were you were and what was your granny's house like you know things like that to help immerse the reader that way a bit more and bring them on that journey with me because that's what i wanted to do is it's not that i want to traumatize anybody or make anybody feel sorry for me i want them to walk that journey with me to show how awful it has been and have been as honest and open as i can be in terms of um how palatable it'll be for people to read um and i just wanted to pull them through that journey to where i'm at now in terms of you know as well as in terms of where i'm at now on a personal level it's it's also that whole idea that society perceives victims and abusers you know as they're portrayed in the movies and you know abusers can be charismatic um outgoing pillars it's a community community and then you know victims can also be strong assertive you know people too so it's about helping to change the narrative and the ideas of her you know around that and i also want people who have experienced any of these issues to see themselves in this book you know to be able to relate and see themselves and also you know there was this time 14 years ago was whenever i was planning well i would have been dead by now if i had of went through with my own suicide and i felt you know reading a book like this might have helped me hang on in there yeah because it is a it is a story of your recovery as well and that's also a journey that you invite the reader on and uh i kind of get the impression that you hope that someone at your lowest is reading the book and it they hold on and and find their own path to recovery yeah i do i hope that you know the the purpose of this book has been that it will help people um as i said they'll maybe see themselves and this you know within the pages of this book that they'll see themselves and they'll face seen and you know with that then know that there is a path to to the other side yeah and how difficult was the the trial for you it was it was incredibly difficult it was so challenging um you know stepping into it without ever having been in a courtroom before in my life i'd only ever seen you know court stuff on tv and movies and you know programs um so i'd never been in a court before in my life it was really daunting um but as well as that you know there was a there was it was an open court and you know i had the press behind me i had people who were there supporting him um you know i obviously there were people there who were supporting me and witness support were fantastic and you know coming in and out of the court with me as well but then you do this jury of peers and you're talking about something that is that people don't want to talk about you know it's one of the most difficult things for anybody to to discuss and delay yourself so bear and to be so vulnerable um and at a point in time when you're not actually properly healed from either you know you're not even anywhere near you know healing from what you've experienced and you're just there to like just open this this wound it was incredibly difficult mentally and emotionally and and then he um died in a motorcycle incident in october 2021 um after the trial what was the emotions at that point when you heard that news because i mean it's kind of maybe hinted at in the in the title of the book but yeah well initially there was a bit of disbelief initially i didn't want to believe it until i had actually seen it in black and white for myself um and it was because i didn't want to let my guard down you know i didn't want to can we take that that breath out you know when you you realize you've been holding your breath for a while and you just let your breath out i did i didn't want to do that until i was sure um and yes whenever i was sure there was the initial concern from my sisters and how they would feel about it being his daughter their daughter you know they were his daughters um so i had concern for them and you know how it would impact them and how they would feel about it but you know once once i had spoken with them i knew that they were okay that's when i just you know i i took my breath do you know it was a relief it felt like you know there was peace now yeah and there's a lot of chapters uh there's a lot of chapters in the book that people will relate to in different ways and i think one that i haven't had an opportunity to read yet by myself what i think will be interested in is is chapter 15 the burden of guilt yeah um the guilt that i have carried and i think this is with any kind of sexual trauma it's not just exclusive to me um you do carry a tremendous amount of guilt with you especially upon hearing about you know other people whenever it was just me i was able to hold it inside this wee box and you know compartmentalize it and put it away and just build my life around it but whenever other people started speaking up that's when the guilt really really took over and i went to a place of you know if i was that child again i would have just ran into my mom screaming and let her know what what had happened and then all of these other people wouldn't have been hurt but like as my counselor in nexus had said to me at the time you know you're looking at this through the the lens of an adult you know but you were a child acting on you know what you knew at that time so you know but like i still hold a lot of guilt and it's not not as much and it's not as um heavy as what it used to be but it's i still do hold some guilt you know you're a qualified reflexologist and aromatherapist and your business is registered as a safe space for victims of domestic violence why is that important and do we need more of that i wonder i think we do need more of it it was very important to me um i to make sure that i was registered as a safe space i work within the community so you know my business premises is within the community and it is important to me that there are more places like this that you know primarily these places are like in churches or you know schools and you know places like that and and that's that's great that you have that opportunity but um if you're as a person who is suffering from domestic violence you know if you're being watched um you know when your school is a safe place you're not going to have the time to go in and talk to anybody um you know in terms of something like that because you're probably your time's being monitored so they'll be you go to the school and you come back again you should be home by this time but if you're coming for a treatment like i think more hairdressers should be registered safe places um and so if you're coming for a treatment here and you know you want to open up and tell me you have got the time because you would assume that you've told your partner you know where you're going to be and how long you're going to be away for so you have that time you know to talk to whoever you need to talk to you know i i will sign post and what i can help do as well is you know plan you know along with the appropriate services and agencies i will help plan you know the exit strategy so to speak one amazing um service to be able to help uh help with so of course just in relation to to the type of book this is it is obviously um it's a tough a tough subject it is harrowing but it's also hopeful uh as well uh there's that hopeful element to this and it is also about your path and i'm sure it's an onward journey it's not you're not at your destination now uh fully at your destination now maybe you never might be but it's about your path to recovery uh as well and and you hope it helps people as well as informs people and listen we can't hide away from from the sub tough subjects because it because it sometimes it's hard we have to know we have to understand uh because we have to try as much we can present prevent this ever happening again okay um thanks so much for your time i really do genuinely appreciate it amanda and best wishes uh for you and uh all take care of yourself yep thank you 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vietnam war on returning home she spends years running from the trauma until she finds a way to share her experiences we will review the book on my show on sunday the 7th of april and as always if you would like to take part in any review email me jean kern at highlandvideo.com now just uh to remind you and to celebrate international women's day which will take place on march the 8th a coffee morning and first day demonstration will take place at bonkrana garter station on wednesday the 6th of march that is tomorrow it's between 11 a.m and 1 p.m the events being held in conjunction with and to raise funds for bonkrana community first responders group everybody is welcome to come along to learn a little bit about first aid while also enjoying tea coffee and treats that's tomorrow between 11 a.m and 1 p.m at bonkrana garter station so just to mark your card down hi greg i just don't understand what a durable relationship is and in what time frame does this relationship become durable two weeks two months a year confused and not voting says the listener another no ordinary person has a clue what they're being asked to vote for and on it goes uh right okay get to more of your comments as this morning wears on but i want to welcome on to the program now uh councillor reena donahoe of the finafall party uh confirming to us yesterday evening that she does not intend to seek reelection this june councillor donahoe very good morning to you thanks so much for joining us good morning greg thank you very much how tough a decision is this for you to make reena yeah well i suppose um we're now approaching the the during the election greg and after careful consideration with my family and friends uh i have reached a significant decision regarding my involvement so i suppose with a blend of emotions i have decided not to contact the local election however i firmly believe that it is the right um decision for me at this juncture in my life a job i feel that a job can be replaced great but precious time what the family cannot be so as you know the passage of time is a relentless force uh and i was as a reflect on the future i recognize that the fleeting uh nature of certain moments my grandchildren who are now in their infancy will inevitably grow older and i'm determined to cherish and prioritize these precious years with them we have a new wee baby in our house at home we molly and it's hard to go out every day and leave her so um at the next election she would be five and i would have mustered on those precious young years so i have just decided that it's the right time for me now to bow out and hopefully my party will get somebody uh younger and with fresher ideas and fresh blood and we can move on yeah i think it's it's a lovely reason too um and you framed it so well there reena who would begrudge you uh that precious time with your grandchildren and also 30 years of service to the people of inichown and donigol having been first elected in in in 1994 in 1994 do you think you would ever have imagined that you would end up with 30 years under your belt that you'd be the kahirlock of your municipal district or the town council on numerous occasions that you had the top seat in donigol county council as kahirlock of the council did you imagine that ahead of you i wonder in the mid 90s no to be honest and and i never ever would have imagined myself going into politics either um it wasn't something that i had thought of um i had been working on social welfare for almost 13 years and then i was asked to run for um election in 1994 and i thought oh my god i know nothing about this i know nothing about politics i know nothing about roads or sewer or housing or all of those services that you need to know a lot about but anyway um they came back and they asked me on two or three um different occasions what would i run and eventually i did and it was a funny situation because i i i did run to put one of my own party members out a party member god rest dermith mclaughlin lost to seek because i ran and it took me a long time to get over that to be honest because i thought oh my god they have asked me to run dermith would have asked me as well to run and then i got him and he was put out so i i that didn't lie well with me to be honest so then in uh 1999 um i was canvassing before that for secinct evening with woolly o'dean and i remember woolly o'dean said to me what are you doing in mcdonald town council you should be in the county council every door that that i go to you're you're very well known well i would have been well known simply because i did walk on social welfare and at that time it was very different than social welfare because the people from within a six mile radius radius all came in to collect the money and the office so i would have got to know one awful lot of people and i would have did volunteer work for the community advice the information society there was no paid person there then so i did that for about five years on a volunteer capacity just given information and that so i suppose i was kind of fairly well known and that was why i was asked in the first place but as i say woolly o'dean then mario carlin mario carlin came along and 99 as well and she asked me to to go for the county instead of the town no it was a big leap leap because to get elected to um wonkland town council you probably would be elected was maybe say 200 folks but to get out to the county council depending on how many would be running you might need 2000 votes it was a big leap but uh the people put their trust in me and um and i was elected and there i am since from from then until now but no you're right i never i never would have envisaged a day one going in i mean my family would have been always been a fall but that was kind of as far as it went but um no something there's something about politics when you're in there and when it comes to the next election you're eager to go again i don't know why it's just something that gets into your blood and you just say no i'm one in five years is up i'm not going to go again and then under five years comes up you definitely do go again and that's that's just try to explain but that's how it is no i get you now so um regardless of political background uh we've you know had very strong women in in in the council uh sadly obviously we still mourn the loss of noreen magarvy marita raise gala her say she's not running again uh you're not uh contesting it again which leaves neve kennedy currently is the sole female representative um it's important i think that as much as is possible a council reflects its public you know uh it's a you know that's a loss to politics obviously with noreen said very tragic and um far too soon passing but also your decision of marita raise um you wonder the makeup of the next council yeah no no that that doesn't lay easy with me the fact that that marita raise has gone marita raise was a fantastic uh public representative and then uh noreen's demise was an awful awful awful shock and um now that i am going and there's poor neve as as as there on our own and i just i'd love to be honest i would love to see the gender balance improve greatly uh on the council you do need women there is absolutely no doubt about it and i'm not saying that women make better councillors than men but they have a different outlook uh you need them there um but at greg it's not a 95 job it's not a five day week job you know um people have families and children although things have changed now men play a bigger part in rearing the children than what was what what i would have started and i have to say my husband was very good and very supportive and so was my family and that's what allowed me to stay there but um we definitely need a gender balance on the counter at the council and we have to do something about it we have to change things but do you know what it's very difficult to get people to um put their name forward yeah that's it you know it's got names on and especially you know um i think to the established parties they have a job to do in that regard as well because it can be particularly hard for independents or those from smaller parties to get over the line but listen there's there's going to be there's options there now because there's a lot of people including yourself not contesting the next election again um over the like it's a thankless task to some extent really because you know you don't get the credit for often for when things are going well but you get all the blame when things going bad it's tough tough life elected politics or sticking you had above the parapet i mean is there a political low point for you um rena uh because i want to finish on the high point you see so i don't want you think i'm being overly negative but i mean what is there a something that jumps out at you maybe at the beginning it was displacing uh displacing um displacing another counsellor but i mean what over the course of the 30 years what what has been the low point for you the things have always been fairly good um i don't think there was any low points as such um no there were many very good points and very happy times but there's nothing that was a low point that particularly jumps out to me apart from the demise of some of our our work colleagues and that you know you see a lot of annoying memories sometimes yeah exactly that was tough yeah but on the on the on the positive side i mentioned uh what you've achieved previously in terms of you know chair of the town council the admissible district kirik of the council chair of etb as well i know you have a strong interest in education uh chair of the advisory board of the digital hub in boncranatou uh which is a a recently new initiative uh is what what is the highlight then or maybe it's just the the 30 years i don't know it's up to you rena what's the highlight of your well i suppose i yeah i suppose um getting getting the entry of office and the and the garter station to boncranatou this is going back a wee bit in time but we this was this was when we talked about decentralization when decentralization was a big thing and we worked very very very hard um to get a social welfare office until and the garter station to boncranatou now by god that was not easy but we fought tooth and nail and i remember um there came a deadline when it was said no we talked about this for a long time about deafness to boncranatou and deafness sight and all of this then there came a deadline then uh out of the blue which said any sites that are not already bought will not be getting the decentralization from Dublin and other parts of the country but because we thought so hard and we had the site bought not an awful not that much before that deadline we got not only did we get the entry of office but as part of that we have the national child benefit office in boncranatou if you had a baby in cork you have to contact boncranatou to get your child um uh registered and all of that we also have the national record section in boncranatou and with the headquarters of the garter station which is brilliant okay in more recent times we yeah we've got the new cocktail bridge and i remember myself and others going to a meeting in Dublin to meet the minister pascal donner who at the time who had the poor strength and at that meeting at the end of the meeting uh pascal had said we would get a fuck bridge now there was a lobby group at the at that time and i'm not going to mention any names who only wanted a fuck bridge for coca to get the children safely over to school so he alluded then that that we would get a fuck bridge and i remember and the rest of the councils that are listening would be able to tell you this i stood up at the meeting and i said pascal i really appreciate the money for a fuck bridge in coca we are the entrance uh to north and if you own we have the parish church there that's where the females are we have a very large school there we have uh four football pitches we need um a proper bridge and coca yeah and three weeks later we got the money for the bridge and that was fantastic and it's working terribly well there were backups there right out to coca every day in the week a fuck bridge was going to be no good to us so we got that and we didn't then we got the swan park which is fantastic the football there every day not just on a good day but every day that is that is brilliant and that was walked on by a lot of concerts not just me nobody should feel themselves thinking that they can do all this and they're all at needs to be done collectively and the councils have always they've always worked very well together worked well rena listen thank you very much i'm sure i'm sure many within fina full have been campaigning for you to try and uh to try and change your mind but i presume the lady's not for turning you've made it well they do want me to rethink it and they do want me to rethink it and please change my mind but no i think i have to put family force this time and just to um thank thank you i have a lot of people that i need to thank particularly the electorate who kept me there for all this time and uh my family as i said and all the great camaraderie that we had in leford the country concerts and i cannot forget the media yourselves in highland and the dunnig all papers who have always been fair and balanced in your reporting and the photographers who attend up so many events and we'd call them to take one more photograph and all of that so we just must remember all of that so people were good to know many good times or yes there were some lows as well but it was mainly mainly good times and thanks very much for everything no problem and listen um as i say it's you're making the decision for all the right reasons who would begrudge you spending time with your lovely family have a uh well we'll chat probably chat between uh now and then but in any case lots of good wishes coming in for you and uh we wish you all the best in your uh retirement from elected politics thanks very much rena thanks very much great care cancel arena donahe there wish rena all the best from marion and pious who says you've served your community well and we hope you enjoy your retirement uh greg what great sadness to hear cancel arena donahe used to retirement what a wonderful person and canceler as a whole will be sadly missed best wishes to her new venture another rena is bowing uh i'll come back to that one it's a bit negative i will allow it to be said but uh just want to focus on the positive just for the moment best of luck to rena on her retirement you've done great work for the people who've been shown over the years i wish you well from mary in remelton and just uh one uh rena is bowing out because she knows that feeling full will not do well because of uh my cable that remains to be seen that does remain to be seen okay listen um we'll be back with 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