 Enjoy the rest of your Tuesdays, see you tomorrow morning, it's the 90 noon show now, and it's good morning with the latest news headlines too. Daniel Brennan, good morning Daniel. Morning Greg, EU leaders have rates of compromise to impose an embargo on all Russian oil brought in by sea, which your pain leaders say consists of 90% of all oil imports from Russia. EU members spent hours struggling to resolve their differences over the ban, with Hungary its main opponent. The deal will cut off a huge source of funding for Russia's war with Ukraine. A senior government minister says there's no justification for the delay seen recently at Dublin Airport. The governments demanded a plan from the DAA by this morning to ensure there's no repeat of the scenes witnessed on Sunday, when 1,000 people missed their flights and thousands of passengers were forced to queue for hours outside and inside the terminal buildings. Finance Minister Pascal Donahouse says the airport has many indicators that allow it to know what kind of demands it's facing. Even if there are things that could be done differently or better to the structure of our aviation sector here in Ireland, it is a sector that has served our country very well in recent years. But nothing can explain or justify what happened over the last number of days. It must and the government expects that it will improve. And finally, Donegal Action for Cancer Care says it's received confirmation that the second breast surgeon post at Letter Kenne University Hospital has now been made permanent. The incumbent took up the position in 2017, but it emerged at the time that the position was offered on a temporary basis. And DACC chair Betty Holmes says since then they've been striving to ensure the position was made permanent. She says as long as the position was operating on a low-come basis, patients and their advocates had concerns for its future. It's our fear while that a permanent post would be offered elsewhere and again this would what we would have seen was another key element of key services at Letter Kenne Hospital been in danger. DACC initially came together 17 years ago to actually get a breast surgeon for Letter Kenne Hospital. So that was the first one and now we've got our permanent second breast surgeon confirmed. That's all from the News Desk for now. I'll be back at 10 o'clock with a full news bulletin, but until then, good morning. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, the Ninetown News Show, with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello, a very good morning to you. It is literally just turning three minutes past nine on this Tuesday, the 31st of May. How are you keeping? I do hope you are well. And I hope you're with us now for the next three hours in this program. And throughout the day here on Highland Radio, the lines are open for you right now. By the way, if you want to comment on anything we've lined up for you, or raise your own issue, share your stories. 086625,000. You watch apps and texts if you're listening to us, or indeed watching us outside of the Republic. 0035386625,000. Get involved. And we still like to get your calls on 07491 25,000 and your e-mails to commentsathighlandradio.com. Alright, let's run through what's making the front pages of the newspapers today, the Donegal People's Press. They say that the HSE's failure to publish the findings of investigations into services for disabled adults at the centre in Donegal is eroding public faith in its ability to run such services. Donegal, TD Thomas Pringles said, he was speaking following reports that a follow-up probe into Ardgrain, your court in Stranawlar has been published internally by the HSE. Last year, an executive summary of the so-called Brandon report was published before Christmas, revealing 108 instances of sexual abuse carried out at the facility between 203 and 216. The HSE has not published the full report. Mr Pringle, who first raised concerns about Ardgrain, your court in the Dall said, I don't think anybody knew that this report has been done, this report needs to be made public, and the Brandon report needs to be made public by the HSE. Good news on the front of the Dairy Journal. Lidl Arland has confirmed it proposes to invest 7 million euro in Arndona following the granting of planning permission for a new store in the town. The retailer yesterday welcomed the decision from Donegal County Council to grant permission for a brand new state-of-the-art store on the station road and said it will create around 30 new jobs with the project supporting 100 additional construction jobs throughout the development phase. Lidl's plans for the new location are set to incorporate a range of sustainable features including an ISO 5001 certified energy management system, electric vehicle charger places, and a solar panel system. It said it will also offer the customers a superior shopping experience with the spacious interior layout, high ceilings, and wide aisles. You don't really want the middle one. Okay, so that's good news set for Carndona, I presume. On to the Irish Times now, and we're being warned over our 9 billion euro corporate tax risk. The problem here is that with the money that comes into government to spend on services and what have you, for every 4 euro, one of those euros is coming from corporate tax, and the majority of that is coming from a very small amount of people. So we are potentially investing in education and health, leveraging it against this corporate tax income. But that could go like that. You know, Google or Apple, whomever the big corporate tax payers are, they could say, right, you know, we're not based in Ireland, we have a base there, but we're going to move that somewhere else. So the rug could be pulled from under us very, very quickly. So the concern that we can't commit to long term spending on what potentially could be a short term income. It's basic stuff that you can't do in your own home really, and we can't be doing it as a country, but I'll read on, but that's the basics of it, as much as I understand. And as much as 9 billion or 60% of the government corporate tax take may be temporary, meaning it cannot be counted on in the future, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has said and they've said it again. In its latest report, the Financial Watchdog said the government's overreliance on volatile and vulnerable corporation tax receipts posed a significant threat to the public finances and needed to be reduced as a matter of urgency. It suggested the government could unwind the overreliance by rebuilding the so-called rainy day fund or by paying down debt. In other words, using this temporary money, store it, save it so that we have it if some of these small amount of companies decide to do something else, or use it right now to pay down our debt, which means we'd not be spending as much on debt in the absence of this corporate tax as we'd have made some inroads on it. The council estimated that since 2014 the state has collected some 22 billion in corporation taxes, including 6 to 9 billion from last year's 15 billion total. Beyond that, beyond what, sorry, can be explained by the domestic economy. In other words, these receipts do not stem from additional activity in the Irish economy, but from additional multinational profits washing through Ireland, and the council warned that a substantial portion of the excess revenue has now been absorbed into permanent spending, including health, and we all know what the risks could be there. Obviously, the situation at Dublin Airport continues to make the headlines, and we read on the front of the independent that the Dublin Airport will head into the busy June Bank holiday with staff levels at just 70% of where they were before the pandemic. They made a lot of them redundant, and the problem is because they made them redundant as we heard yesterday, they can't rehire them, so that skill set is not accessible to them. But I was just reading last night, and I was looking at what's happening in hospitality. And the whole idea of the pandemic schemes that the government introduced, if you remember, was to keep people connected with their jobs. Do you remember that was what we were being told? Now, you have important infrastructure like Dublin Airport. They didn't keep connected with all of their employees. They made a lot of them redundant, let a lot of them go, and now here is the problem. Again, too, in hospitality. A lot of people that were in hospitality didn't stay connected to their jobs. They've decided to do something else. So a lot of money was spent being given to companies in pandemic support payments to keep that connection with their employers and employees, but it clearly hasn't happened in some sectors. Tensions remain high following a turret weekend at Dublin Airport, where more than a thousand people missed flights as queues spilled out of the airport doors. It follows weeks of problems at the airport, which has blamed a lack of staff, among other issues, for long delays at luggage and security queries. Airport bosses were working late into the night after the government demanded solutions by this morning. Dublin Airport officials were told of ministers' immense disappointment and frustration at the scenes over the weekend. T'Chuck Mee-ho Martin said, the answer lies within human resource management, within the DAA, and planning, within the organisation also. However, airport officials told the independent they are facing a very busy bank holiday weekend, with passenger numbers approaching 95% of pre-pandemic levels. Right, on to the Irish Daily Mail now, and supermarket sales are falling as shoppers across the country struggle to deal with the grocery price inflation, which is running at a nine-year high. Eight out of ten consumers said that the rising cost of living is a key concern, and more than six out of ten expect they'll have to cut back on food purchases in the near future research has found. The latest grocery market share figures from Cantar up to mid-May show Irish take-home grocery sales have declined by 6.5% over 12 weeks. It comes as grocery price inflation reached 5.5%. The first time it's risen above 5% since August 2013. This is calculated by Cantar by comparing 30,000 identical products year-on-year. So what are we doing? Are we, you know, maybe being a little bit more fussy about what we buy? Because obviously we're still going into the, we have to go in to feed ourselves and our families, but what is changing in your shopping habits? So if we're seeing a, if we're seeing a 6.5% decrease in what you're getting at the shop, what are we cutting out? Is it treats? Is it sources? I don't know. What is it? 086625,000 because it's a notable decrease, but we all, as much as we can afford to have to feed ourselves, as I say, on our families, but we're buying less. So what is the items or the products that we are leaving behind in the shop? 086625,000. 086625,000. I don't know if people watch the national lottery draw on TV, do they? I think, oh, do? I don't know. I don't recall ever watching it, but I didn't even know it was on, if I'm being completely honest with you. I just thought people got the numbers from their app or from the websites or wherever it might be. But national lottery chiefs have been told that their TV ads should be banned from early evening slots because they unfairly affect children. The claim was made by anti-gambling erotic senator who wants a 9pm curfew, so lotto ads and lotto draws are not seen by children. He wants the lotto draw, which has aired at the same time in RTE since 1988 and goes out during its Family Night movie. He wants it after the water shed. Labour Party senator Mark Wall said, I find it unacceptable that we are interrupting family time on a Saturday night when thousands of families sit down to watch a movie but have that interrupted for the lotto draw. I can't for the life of me think of why the lotto can't be on at a night like this. I don't know if that would make any difference. Maybe it's an important part of a Saturday night. The inevitable happened in Northern Ireland yesterday. No election of a speaker, which means there's no progress whatsoever. The Irish Shetson tells us that the Northern Ireland Assembly failed for the second time to elect a new speaker yesterday. The DUP refused to back the bid, maintaining its position that it wants to see action from the people. The two nominees for the role, the Austro-Unionists Mike Nesbitt and the STLPs Patsy McGlone, failed to secure the necessary cross-community support from MLAs. The plenary session of the assembly was suspended as business can't be done without a speaker. MLAs were in the chamber following a recall petition brought by Sinn Féin to elect a speaker. You can say that MLAs are doing the work in the office. We hear the same stuff from TVDs during a flat-out working in the constituency. But if they're not working at all up there in the official formal sense, i.e. in the assembly, surely it's time to duck their wages now at this point. I don't know if there'd be a great appetite for that in the north, but if you're not working, you don't get paid, do you? And working to the max as well. You can't just half do your job. Right, finally in the Irish Daily Mail, if you enjoy sugar and if you enjoy coffee this is good news for you potentially, but probably another study in about a week, which tells us very different. But anyway, adding a spoonful of sugar to your cup of coffee could be the key to a longer life. A new study has found the research suggests that coffee drinkers are at a lower risk of death compared to those who don't have it, but those who like their brew sweet are even less likely to die. The team of scientists in China found that people who drank unsweetened coffee were up to 21% less likely to die than those who did not drink coffee at all, 21% less likely. Well, we're all going to die, I don't know what they're on about here. Let me read that sentence again because this seems to imply that coffee with sugar in makes you immortal. The team of scientists in China found that people who drank unsweetened coffee were up to 21% less likely to die than those who did not drink coffee at all, not very well written. And those who like their coffee sweet were up to 31% less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers. Listen, these people are professionals, but you will die one way or other, whether you drink coffee or not. I think this is about prolonging your life. Participants in the study who took sugar with their copper only added one spoonful on average. But I wonder maybe it's like, you know, I don't think, is it the spoonful of sugar in your coffee or maybe you have a different attitude? Maybe you're more relaxed if you take sugar in your coffee and you drink coffee. Could that be possible? And it's that's what's extending your life and not the sugary coffee. I don't know. Any views on that? Enjoy your coffee this morning because we've found one report that says it's good for you and you can throw a bit of sugar in there too. No harm done, according to that China study. Right, 08 60, 25,000, your WhatsApp and text as I mentioned, 07 4, 9, 1, 25,000. Right, let's take a break and we'll be back then with our first guest on the program. The 9 till noon show with Letter Kenny Credit Union. Is your bank leaving town? 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Anja beg your pardon sorry Anja my mistake here you are ok now tell us about your son Tristan he is just five years old exactly he is managing this but we were all hoping out for the market and our teams have kind of held hope up and told us over the last year oh he will be eligible for it he will be getting it soon as soon as he turns six and now come end of April we were all told unfortunately 35 children have been left out of this category with certain genotypes and he is one of them I hope people can hear you just a wee bit low Anja but we will batter on I can hear you ok right so this calf trio I have spoken to people who have been on this drug I think it is well documented this can be really really effective I would have thought that the sooner a person with cystic fibrosis is put on this drug the better as many side effects can treat you at that stage you know the less you know damage to the lungs for example has been done the less damage maybe to the pancreas the less pancreatic insufficiency all these things that come along with the disease have been established in that child and presumably it means less reliance on the drugs is currently taking or other interventions which interfere with his life exactly and hopefully on the line it would mean that he wouldn't necessarily need a lung transplant a kidney transplant liver transplant you know all these things that come along with the disease now have you been told clearly why Tristan is not being given access to this drug he and the 34 other children have you been told why so from what we have learnt in the last month between the HSE and the company vertex that is pursuing the drug that we have made and apparently everybody thought all the children were included but these 35 children with these genotypes because they have never been on a gen modulator beforehand have been not included now and that is something that just came up very very shortly before it was meant to be rolled out because there was a lot of children that went for their path like this, block test all the things that they have to be doing in the lead up to starting a new medication and some of them even just as close as three days beforehand just to be told and you are not getting it okay because they haven't been on what sorry they haven't been on any gen modulators like they are combi that was a big one a couple of years back this is the first drug actually that he would be eligible for in this kind are they saying then that they don't believe this to be safe or it can't be proven is this a medical decision or a financial decision it is actually it is proven to be effective on these children even more so on other genotypes and it is it was checked on them now obviously a petition has been launched but we don't want anyone to be affected by an issue like this but the thought that it is children and young children that could have a very very different life it is obviously the first situations that we want to get them to have as good a life as possible but the impact this is having on parents and guardians and grandparents of all of these children to see Tristan potentially struggle or deteriorate when you feel that does not need to happen it just must be incredibly hard to deal with it is devastating for us it is really frustrating to see we are happy for every child that receives it but of course we want to give our child as much a possibility to have a normal life as possible and this drug would be the one to make that happen from what you understand with this drug use elsewhere in other children what kind of an impact would it have on his life and how he can get on with his life as normal as possible so as you said beforehand a lot of drugs can be cut out he could get pancreatic sufficient again so that he doesn't have to take medications every time he eats he has to take enzymes just to help him absorb the nutrition that would be a possibility to let go of that it would be possible that he can stop nebulizers and physio that he is doing for his lungs to move mucus that he has to do twice daily at the minute when he is unwell he has to do it more often so he would have kind of a normal shot at life expectancies and charges as any other child I mean obviously he's got his school friends and other people around his age around him how does he cope with maybe not being able to do things that other children can or you know having to stay back and run through some of those procedures that you've talked about how does he cope with that Anya you know even at this young age there's something different about him which is kind of bad to see because he keeps on asking so mommy then I'm big brother's age can I stop this can I then stop this and even his bigger brother who's seven years old is asking so if Tristan is a little bit older then would he be then able to stop all this and what you have to tell him is no, this is a progress to be there could be actually more that he has to do very difficult conversations to be having with a five year old for you this is not getting better even through we are doing all this stuff have we heard anything from the Minister for Health or any government representatives on this decision that affects these 35 children have we got an official line for them what are they saying from what we hear it was actually that the minister was not aware of the fact he's not quite aware of it now a couple of probably about a week back and we hope that through the petition change.org that it would be a topic in the day obviously yeah we don't really get a good feedback from the HSE it's a very generic answer they sent to everyone that they want the best for every child which is not true really if they're just excluding them like this if anyone wants to sign this petition what do they search or where do they find the link we can share it on our social media as well of course it is change.org and 35 children of CF if he just typed out into the it will automatically load up I hope you get a positive decision soon so Tristan has the best chance of getting off the meds and having a normal life I really hope you get a positive news soon Anya thank you very much and thanks for having me to highlight this topic no problem thank you that is Anya Freel her son, 5 year old Tristan cystic fibrosis and a lot of drugs and medical interventions at the moment they believe that if he were on a calf trio that he would have a much better standard of life would not need as much sort of interventions and what have you I don't think that should happen he is one of 35 children in Ireland being denied access to this drug and if you want to sign that online petition excuse me go to change.org you can search 35 children cystic fibrosis and it should pop up there if you have a view on that 08 660 25000 you may also want to have a view on this can you get a discussion going with a dentist in the county still charging 25 euro for PPE as additional cost per treatment per person I've done a small bit of research one dental practice in Wicklow charging 5 euro some Dublin dental practice is not charging for PPE so it varies from practice to practice and in case of canthodontic all the practice the price seems very high so is it a case that your dentist still charging 25 euro for PPE or maybe it's a different figure or maybe they're not charging at all can it be justified now I presume wearing PPE in that field is you know it pretty much should be standard practice we have no restrictions in this country any longer so is it acceptable that a patient should take the burden of this cost if indeed it is being applied we're asking you out there if you've been to the dentist recently were you charged an additional charge for PPE or maybe you challenged the dentist they say get in touch with us that number for you again 086625000 we'll call 07491 25000 the caller says I know why shopping is down 6% everyone's getting their alcohol across the border well that might explain it on the border but of course the 6% reduction in shopping in supermarket's ETC it's across the country and you know once you're you know below maybe even probably it's slightly north of that I don't think you're going across the border to shop even for booze because it no longer becomes financially viable I was in a shop in Foilside it did not take Euro notes they did take card payment is this becoming the don thing well that we've had texts along those lines going back pre-pandemic anyway just in case we think it's to do with that I'm not sure how widespread it is but it's not new something I've heard about on this program for quite some time now about tile selection and wall paneling we also stock an array of plumbing heating and stove spare parts as well as a great selection of kitchen mixers and radiators at our trade counter our stove department is also available for you to choose a style that suits your needs and compliments your home mcdade's 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responsibility when we're at our beaches or our parks or our lakes or wherever we go more to make sure that we leave no trace behind and how much of that is our responsibility and how much is it the responsibility of local authorities like donning all kinds of canceling others to ensure that there are you know adequate bins adequate bins to put in you know dog waste if we happen to bag that you know what's the tipping point there it's a difficult balance to get particularly when you talk about outdoor spaces because having bins isn't a solution to have at every site across the country whether it's a woodland, a beach or onto the top of a mountain so a much more strategic approach is around making sure that people are educated and understand that we have a shared responsibility when we're going to outdoor spaces to just be adequately prepared we're asking people to plan ahead bring a bag and bring it home we certainly recognize that in some sites particular urban sites where there is huge footfall that there is a place for bins as a direct management strategy to litter but actually we know that when you put bins in outdoor spaces it actually attracts more waste and more dumping so look that's where the research leads us to understand that education is the future in terms of this as a strategy to change behavior right now I don't want to wave the white flag on this issue okay but what I think the situation is and I don't know what the percentages are but the majority the absolute majority of people would not dream of leaving rubbish behind them did not throw take away packages out the window they would not leave their dog poo everywhere they would not light a fire for fear of causing a gauze fire I think that's the majority but I think there is a proportion of us who are very rigid in our views that they don't care you know and we talk every year about these problems but I think it's how do you get through to that group of individuals that don't care they have no respect for their neighbours they've got no respect for the environment they've got no respect for our beaches they don't care if their dog off a lead scares a person do you get my point like I just think most of the people listening you're pushing an open door but how do you get through to that group that probably are responsible for the majority of this group well I agree a lot of people do know how to behave when they go outside but it's really interesting we now know that there are record numbers of new visitors going into the outdoors and that's as a result of COVID, COVID has reawakened our appreciation for what's on our doorstep and we also know from research that a lot of people have told us that they are unclear about what the correct behaviour is in regards to going outside so I was anecdotally kind of evident to say oh we should all know and that's the fact we now know that people aren't unclear about what the absolute guidelines are for good practice and that's why this campaign is really simply practical and very much giving very clear simple advice that anyone can do when we go outside I suppose let's start with littering the simplest one is bring something with you to gather your waste that's it, plan ahead that's the first piece, plan ahead if you're bringing something out into the outdoors we're just asking you to plan ahead and bring a bag and bring your rubbish home and when you come home dispose of it correctly dog control and fouling this is one on this program I'm sure it's the same everywhere else we barely go a day without someone saying the state of a certain area with dog poo or I can't enjoy this area because there's dogs running off the lead your group has identified this as a particular problem, talk to me about that another it's probably one of the biggest issues in the countryside we know that there are over 800,000 dogs now and one in four people have dogs we also know that a lot of people do not agree around and maybe are unclear about what the best practice is when they're bringing their dog in the outdoors there's a whole suite of issues but the key ones are dog fouling and particularly dog control around private landowners so when it comes to dog fouling we're asking people absolutely go outside, have a great time with your dog but you have a responsibility we all have a shared responsibility to bring a bag and bring the dog poo and dispose of it adequately it's probably quite an easy connection to make if my dog poo is on a footpath in a town to pick that up but maybe people think it's a big wide open space like a park or a beach there's less requirement to do so but that's simply not the case anyone who's stepped in is we know from our research as well that when people understand the why they are much more likely to change their behaviour so we know that dog fouling and dog waste is a serious health hazard to children if it's left on beaches if there's dog feces in upland areas it can actually cause huge problems with livestock so it can cause an early abortion in calves and lambs so when people start to understand that they think I never knew that so I'm going to bring a bag the next time and I'm going to take responsibility and not leave any waste yeah and we will hear people saying I sort of started off with it as a question that well I'll pick up the dog poo but the bin that the councillor provided is full there's nowhere to put it I mean these bags for the most part I think, I don't have a dog they contain the product and its smell you put it in your booty car and dump it there yes absolutely and it's much more accessible I think a number of years ago it was hard to buy those bags but they're available in every store now and what we're urging people to do is not to depend on the dog bin even if they're full just to bring the bags well we've seen the bags hung on the full bins you know but I mean obviously if that's the case take it home that's what the responsible thing is to do what the responsible thing is to do yeah and people look to us for what is the best thing I can do well we're asking people bring the dog bag and bring that dog waste home and keeping your dog under control obviously this year is somewhat different on our blue flag beaches because there's parts of those beaches in this county and it's being adopted elsewhere whereby dogs simply aren't allowed between certain times but more generally speaking you're saying that you should be considerate keep your dog on a lead a relatively short lead you see an awful lot and people think it's a small dog it's okay these really really long leads where the dog actually can run up to people it's on a lead but it's not serving its purpose to keep the dog under control yeah look we recognise if you keep your dog in lead and just be considerate of others as well and I think that's once people understand that a lot of people love dogs but some people are genuinely afraid of this a lot of people I think we actually have not you or I think we have that balance a bit I don't think it's like 90% of people have no fear of dogs and 10% do I think it's actually the balance is narrow within that I think a lot of people they even dog owners are very nervous around other people's other people's dogs it's really interesting and we're starting to see that more and more where people are being a bit more vocal I think that's a whole emotive piece around dog ownership now in Ireland because there are conflicts around you know my dog wouldn't do that or my you know my dog wouldn't hurt anybody else Dogs are very much a part of the family and they trigger the same emotions protective emotions that we might have about our children for some people and it is happening across the countryside and that's why again we love dogs and we want everyone to enjoy the outdoors with your dogs but just to be very mindful that this is how you do it in a responsible way to the environment but also being careful and respectful in your local community when your outdoors walking your dog Campfires and barbecues and other features of this year's campaign talk to me about that so we know from recent years when the sun shines in Ireland everybody flocks to the beaches for a bit of food poisoning and we have wonderful like we have incredible landscape here to enjoy in Ireland but we just want people to understand the impact of a barbecue that is being I suppose unkept in a woodland or in an area that has other visitors around. Last year we saw lots of people who had barbecues and that they didn't dispose of the barbecues correctly they buried them in the beaches thinking that was appropriate and we had a lot of burns from young children walking on that now we also saw a lot of fires starting because of barbecues as well so really we're saying do not use disposable barbecues in the countryside we're asking people not to do that Are you satisfied that we sort of maintain what seems to be a guidance and appeals type of situation here or is more enforcement required we're a massive country the amount of people that would be required for full enforcement obviously not practical but if people thought there was a chance that they could fall foul no pun intended of the authorities might be more inclined to follow the rules is enforcement part of the plan look it's a difficult balance of strike and enforcement has to be part of it but I think there needs to be a coordinated approach at national level to education and enforcement and that's starting to happen now in Ireland we have our first national outdoor recreation strategy being launched this year by Minister Heather Humphreys a huge component of that is raising awareness around respect and care around outdoor recreation and part of that will also link in with the piece around enforcement because there are issues that need to be managed for the percentage that will not respond to education OK more on this and thanks for your time this morning I appreciate it nice to speak to you thank you and we encourage you to visit leavenotracearland.org and check out Love This Place OK thanks very much indeed Mora Keely there CEO of Leave No Trace Ireland what do you think 08 660 25,000 whatsapps and texts to that number some of your comments coming in so far this morning don't forget by the way coming up after 10 o'clock Community Guard Information where we get the latest appeals and information from the God of Shea Khanna here in County my neighbour was attacked 10 days ago on the beach if the dog was on the lead they wouldn't have been attacked if you go anywhere and you don't have your dog on a lead and there are people and other dogs about you don't know what will happen what about people going to the cinema and leaving their rubbish behind them for someone else to pick up after them which is their attitude from house to cinema beaches and streets so they're saying are they that if you're inclined to sort of leave your mess behind you with the cinema similarly inclined to leave it behind you outside hi Greg Vinnie here I was on with you not so long ago about a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis hugely successful one it was too just listening to Anya about her son with CF if I thought the drug was available for my cousin Mark when he was 5 or 6 years old and he wasn't getting it I would be devastated and of course Mark is on a drug now and having fantastic response to it it's really changed his life but Vinnie says it's a miracle drug give it to them Mark is living proof of it ok indeed thanks for that Vinnie congratulations again by the way on what you did it was a really well organised and successful fundraiser good morning Greg we took our dog to the beach on Sunday we went to the small beach outside Kilbeg's fintra which is beautiful a beautiful beach was great to see a good few poo bins on the beach which we availed of furthermore there's a portable toilet there to which it was very clean and tidy and was great to see also just wanted to give it a mention well done to all on such a well kept beach yes fintra is a beautiful beach no doubt about it good to see the infrastructure there but those bins have to be emptied but if they're full will people still take their poo home I live in the countryside and people come in from the town to walk their dogs they don't keep them on a lead in the fields I've heard a few farmers complaining and saying it's causing their sheep to lose their lambs before reaching full term pregnancy is there a legal obligation to keep your dog on a lead they ask and I do feel by the way to during these conversations for the dog owners that are listening to the programme who very much love their dogs and the majority of them as I said really really care for them and care for them in the public environment but between country roads people giving out don't go into fields or whatever people giving out being banned from certain parts of beaches probably even feel that if you go on a beach where your dog is allowed that everyone's looking at you wondering they were talking about that on the radio during the week I do feel there has to be a balance truck and I feel for those people out there maybe you're one of them that you're almost being embarrassed as a dog owner is that the emotion how does it feel I can imagine if I were in that situation that's how I would feel let me know how you're feeling call Mikaela on 07491 25000 or whatsapp or text on 08 660 25000 is an estimated 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degrees so maybe we are edging towards slightly more drier weather got this in from one of our listeners they say my son presented with chicken pox I asked my mother had I ever had them as I'm currently 12 weeks pregnant and know that chicken pox can be dangerous in pregnancy she was unsure and couldn't remember so I telephoned Guiney in letter Kenny to clarify the matter they advised me that I needed to attend Guiney however I had to come in through A&E to provide a blood sample so they could check me for immunity I spent three hours in A&E in letter Kenny feeling uneasy and uncomfortable as a lady vomiting sat in the seat beside me and another lady was sneezing and coughing just in front of me I did think about going outside to be on the safe side but worried that I wouldn't hear my name being called and would miss my spot and was asked to provide a urine sample before I attended Guiney and was asked to sit back out in the A&E waiting area I went to the bathroom to provide my urine sample in the ED however there was a mother with a young boy with diarrhea so I had to let them in front of me for the mother feared he was going to be caught short I eventually gave my blood sample to the nurse in the ED and did not even make it to Guiney as it was only one blood sample I had to provide my point is I felt very unsafe as a pregnant woman sitting among numerous people who were actually ill in the ED and I was supposed to be in Guiney to give a blood sample I spent almost three hours exposed to God knows what disease is unnecessarily can someone please clarify why pregnant women are being subject to long sits in the ED for pregnancy related queries it used to be with my other pregnancies that you rang ahead the Guiney department bugged you in at the front entrance and you had your wrist band and stickers ready when you arrived and you waited in an unpacked waiting room in the Guiney department until you recalled the system made sense this system doesn't the new system means women who may even be experiencing a miscarriage and deserve a bit of privacy and dignity are made to sit in a packed room full of people some of whom may potentially have contagious illnesses until they are triaged by the nurses and processed from the ED to Guiney this is a disgrace in my opinion and as a woman I felt like a second-class citizen being forced to sit in the ED to be processed for Guiney I know the hospitals are under pressure and especially the ED but surely the likes of myself or other pregnant women attending Guiney but have to check in through the ED are only adding to the traffic flow problem in the department okay there's a lot there what do you think of that situation 08 660 25,000 have your say right Dr. Marie Haynesworth manager of the Donegal Domestic Violence Centre joins us on the programme Dr. Good morning to you thanks for taking the call I am good right now organisations like yours are on alert for any potential exploitation of Ukrainian refugees is this to sort of make sure that we are in before anything is happening Marie or are you getting some sense that there there are those trying to exploit these people come on the back of there were articles in the National papers last week or the week before in relation to escort sites that were advertising actively advertising Ukrainian women but it was being done in a kind of feeding into a male fantasy of wanting to have a war experience and I suppose that just kind of sent a few short waves around you know support agencies working in the areas of sexual assault sexual violence domestic violence and because while it might be obvious that this was going to happen it kind of caught us a little bit unaware so on the back of that I suppose we've been looking at just you know making sure that information about services is out there and just raising awareness so that people might be on the lookout for any signs of things that are not you know maybe appropriate or you know just accepting that there's another vulnerable group of people in the country it's not just Ukrainian refugees any vulnerable group is likely to be exposed or exploited in such a way I mean obviously there's money to be made here and there are people that will try and take advantage of that and the reason there's money to be made is because there seems to be like what's wrong with the men of Ireland here there seems to be a clientele for war fantasies actually people were seeing a spike in people searching on the internet as you know searches relating to having sex with Ukrainian women I mean what's going on with the attitude of men who are the main you know the main people doing this I presume and also you know we get websites that release the top searches you know adult websites and it can be geolocated to Ireland and some of the stuff that's being searched for there is there something needs to be done or is there a conversation need to be had about that why are people searching for this stuff I think there always needs to be a conversation it's not just Irish men but it's definitely I think in the past we might have thought it wasn't an issue that affected Ireland as much but it's you know it's here as much as anywhere else it's in Donegal as much as it is in Dublin you know it is an issue that's on our doorsteps and I think yeah it's not just around you know sort of war fantasies or extremes it's you know we're seeing it within cases of clients coming into our service where just even in a partner relationship you know you're expected to have sex with your friends or you know that there's money to be made even within what their classing as a relationship we would be saying that that's an element of prostitution you know if people are selling you're making money out of you for having sex with someone else that's not a healthy relationship and I think those conversations need to start happening particularly most young people which is where I think maybe the attitudes can can be you know people aren't as aware they're more vulnerable to being manipulated both men and women in terms of how you behave in a relationship yeah that behaviour doesn't need to be challenged and I think older people need to get involved in conversations and not think it's an issue that doesn't affect them just because they're in a stable relationship you know they need to be engaging with conversations all the time with people you know we don't hear enough about what a healthy relationship is all we hear are the negative sides of what an unhealthy relationship is How can you best protect people from the potential for exploitation I think it's it's raising awareness about what's out there and availability and support exploitation relies on isolation it relies on people being uninformed about what supports are available so the more people who are out there working with vulnerable communities who are aware of all of the supports who are aware of where you can go to where you can refer people to and where you can get your own information from the better because we need to break that ignorance part of it which is one element that would keep vulnerable people very exposed At the start of this obviously it was a desperate situation and people were invited to you know offer rooms or what have you the the danger is is it that you know people saw the pattern there got in early and there could be people staying in homes at the moment where they'd be much more open to vulnerable you know to being exploited the much more vulnerable do that and it'd be harder maybe to detect Absolutely you know and we see it all the time we see it even you know in the reviews in terms of hospital care families there's a huge amount of vetting and assessment of those kind of families and still people fall through so you can imagine where there's no vetting where there's no assessment where there's no ongoing kind of investigation as to what's happening but anything could be happening behind closed doors you know and it's the same issue we had with domestic violence 10 15 years ago when nobody spoke about what happened behind a closed door we're probably you know going to have the same situation here which is what we want to try and avoid so you know getting people out into community groups getting them to mix locally or get involved in projects so at least as an opening that they can talk about what's happening wherever they're staying Yeah and I think you referenced earlier Murray about the urban versus rural this is not necessarily a city problem to some in some ways the rural makeup of a county like Donegal might you know make it easier for people to exploit these people It does actually and that's where a lot of the escort sites come in because you know they tend we talk about internal trafficking in Ireland where people you know who are trafficked are then moved within locations around Ireland and it tends to be rural locations because obviously it's harder for people to catch up with them it's harder for them to have access to supports and to link into services and then they move them on quite frequently so there's no building up of a network or support structure so anything that can counteract any of those measures is going to be a great help you know Alright Dr Murray Haynesworth as always Thank you very much for your time Thank you very much by now Okay Dr Haynesworth there is manager of the Donegal Domestic Violence Centre Your views on that 08 660 25,000 Right this caller says I am a responsible dog owner I have no problem picking up after the dogs but the issue is Rathmollen Beach have no dog waste bins and you would have to carry it for an hour if you're on a walk this must put people off lifting it but I kind of wanted to zone in on that with our guest earlier in the hour to find out what kind of an impact not having bins has on this problem but are these bags right say for instance you had something similar to a bag you know the reusable bags that you get in a supermarket and you carried that with you could you not put I think these bags for picking up the poo you can get them that are scented is it not possible to pick up the poo seal it in that scented bag and then have another reusable bag to put it in and carry it is that not practical pardon my ignorance by the way if it isn't but I would have thought that would be solution rather than depending on bins to be available because they have to be empty too and you know what happens they end up getting all filled up right okay that is the first hour in the bag thank you very much stay where you are coming up straight after the 10 o'clock news we will have community guard information don't forget you can watch the show live go on to our website highlandradio.com you should see the link there back after the news and obituary notes is the 9 till noon show with letter Kenny credit union is your bank leaving town letter Kenny credit union is now offering my cu current account 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diverse high on the canal road letter Kenny Oracle 9 1 22 600 live on air online and on the Highland Radio app this is Highland Radio News this is Highland Radio News at 10 o'clock I'm Daniel Brennan the teacher has warned that we rocky times ahead for fossil fuel prices as a result of new EU sanctions on Russian oil last night the European Council agreed a deal that will cut imports of Russian oil by 90% by the end of the year temporary exemptions have been made for pipeline crude oil to allow some countries to wean themselves off more slowly but T-Shop meal Martin said the move will have impact for consumers it is a watershed moment in terms of fossil fuels in general which will make for fairly rocky territory over the next number of years in terms of pricing around fossil fuels we cannot get away from that but on the other hand what's clear from the presentation from the president of the commission is that there's a need to double down on renewables a senior government minister says there is no justification for the delays seen recently at Dublin airport the governments demanded a plan from the DAA by this morning to ensure there's no repeat of the scenes witnessed on Sunday when 1,000 people missed their flights and thousands of passengers were forced to queue for hours outside of terminal buildings up to 100,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin airport over the upcoming June bank holiday weekend the finance minister Pascal Dunno who says the airport has many indicators that allow it to know ahead of time what kind of demands it's facing even if there are things that could be done differently or better to the structure of our aviation sector here in Ireland it is a sector that has served our country very well in recent years but nothing can explain or justify what happened over the last number of days it must and the government expects that it will improve a Dunnegal councillor has warned that a two-bedroom home to rent in a rural town in Dunnegal is now costing up to €950 a month speaking out yesterday's Dunnegal County council meeting councillor Neve Kennedy called for the council to engage with the owners of the 7700 Darren Lake and vacant properties in the county to repurpose the houses for much needed and sought after accommodation councillor Kennedy says people cannot afford to pay these prices for rent and that something needs to be done to make vacant properties available as accommodation to alleviate the housing crisis in Dunnegal Dunnegal Action for Cancer Care says has received confirmation that the second breast surgeon post at letter Kenny University Hospital has now been made permanent the incumbent took up the position in 2017 but it emerged at the time that the position was offered on a temporary basis and the DICC chair Betty Holmes says since then they've been striving to ensure the position was made permanent she says as the position was operating on a temporary basis patients and their advocates had concerns for its future or fear wall that a permanent post would be offered and again this would what we would have seen was another key element of key services at letter Kenny Hospital been in danger DICC initially came together 17 years ago to actually get a breast surgeon for letter Kenny Hospital so that was the first one and now we've got our permanent second breast surgeon confirmed the ASB is mourning people in Dunnegal against swimming in the Loch Dunloe Reservoir ahead of the bank holiday weekend the warning people about the dangers and potentially serious consequences of swimming in any ASB reservoir they say these areas are not appropriate for swimming because of the risk of deep and fast flowing waters changing water levels as well as uneven ground and finally members from the travelling community will gather outside the doll later to demand a government action plan to tackle high rates of mental health illness and suicide in their community the traveller mental health network which is organising the protest says it expects hundreds to attend studies show the suicide rate amongst travellers is seven times higher than it is for those in the settled community Hugh Freil from the Dunnegal Traveller Project says not enough is being done to support them we're having a pandemic within our own community in relation to mental health issues and suicide at this present time and we're asking the government basically who is accountable because all these strategic plans and aims and goals relation to the travelling community to better the wellbeing and health promotion is not working now a mix of clear spells and cloudy periods this morning with a few isolated showers as well cloud will build this afternoon and showers will become a bit more persistent highest temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees today that's all from the news desk for now we'll have headlines again coming up at 11 o'clock but until then good morning the obituary notice is for Tuesday morning May the 31st the death has taken place in weather bay west Yorkshire England Celia Feely Ne Croson Glengad Mallon Celia's remains will repose at Liam Collins' funeral premises, Caldaff from 6pm to 8pm tomorrow evening where you may pay your respects removal on Thursday for a family funeral mass at 11am in the Sacred Heart Church Cairndona followed by Burial in the adjoining cemetery Family flowers only please donations if desired to St. Gemma's Hospice, Moortown Leeds England, care of any family member the death has taken place of Kitty Ward Longacre, Gord Cally, Kerry Keele removal from the eternal light funeral home, mountain top letter Kenny, today at 5pm going to Fannett Presbyterian Church, Kerry Keele to repose overnight the church will remain open until 8pm for those who would like to pay their respects funeral service tomorrow afternoon at 2pm, Burial afterwards in Milford Presbyterian Cemetery the death has taken place of John Arthur O'Neill 32 Duncan Park, Fintana and formerly of 11 McCrae Park Drum Quinn and Craig Bann remains reposing at his nephew James McGonagall's home, 5 o'clock core Grove, o'clock core Sturban today from 2pm funeral leaving his nephew's home tomorrow evening at 5pm to St. Mary's Church, Ahabrak Requiem Mass on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery, donations and new flowers placed to Marie Curie care of quickly funeral directors the Requiem Mass can be viewed live via the Donahedee parish YouTube page the death has taken place of Oliver Hart, the Four Winds Baladurg letter Kenny and formerly of Rottenver County Lytrim, Oliver's remains will be reposing at his lit residence today from 3pm until 10pm and tomorrow from 3pm until 10pm funeral from there on Thursday morning at 10.30am going to the church of the Irish martyrs letter Kenny for 11 o'clock Requiem Mass which can be viewed live on facebook.com interment afterwards in Newlex Cemetery letter Kenny family flowers only please the death has taken place of Helen Martha Roelston Neymar Corkle Lustelisvue Imlek Karagans her remains are reposing at the family home funeral from there tomorrow afternoon to Monray Presbyterian Church for service at 2pm interment afterwards in the adjoining burying ground family flowers only please donations and new flowers if wish to Monray Presbyterian Church Hall fund care of any family member the death has taken place of Kathleen McGinty letter Hulu Clon Kathleen's remains are reposing at her home removal tomorrow afternoon at 12.15pm for Requiem Mass at 1 o'clock in her lady of perpetual secure Glenn Finn with interment afterwards in Kilty Vogue cemetery family time please on the morning of the funeral the Requiem Mass can be viewed on mcnmedia.tv the death has taken place of Doreen Brown Rusky Convoy her remains are reposing at her late residence funeral leaving from there tomorrow afternoon at 1.30pm for 2 o'clock funeral service in St. Ninnian's parish church Convoy followed by Burial in the family plot in the adjoining graveyard family flowers only please donations and new if desired to the Alzheimer society Dunigalt branch any family member or Terence McClintock funeral director Convoy the death has taken place of Con McBride Largon Ray Donnings funeral from his late residence tomorrow going to the church of St. John the Baptist Carrick Gart for Requiem Mass at 11am followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery the death has taken place of Anthony Grant 46 Ballyerton Road Cloddy his remains are reposing at his late residence funeral from his home this morning at 10.30am for 11 o'clock Requiem Mass in St. Patrick's Church Cloddy interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery the death has taken place of Ewell Blair 73 Bally Road, Straban Ewell's remains are reposing at his late residence funeral leaving from there this afternoon at 12.45pm for 2 o'clock funeral service in Carnone Presbyterian Church Carnone Castle Thin followed by burial afterwards in the family plot in the adjoining church yard family thurs only please family time before the funeral today the death has taken place of Michael Kennedy Bally Brack Maville Michael's remains are reposing at his home funeral mass for Michael will take place this morning at 11am in St. Mary's Church Bally Brack followed by private family cremation at a litter date family time please before the funeral today donations and new flowers to the Donegal Hospice the death has occurred with Danny Michael Honey, Tobin Burnfoot his remains are reposing at his late residence removal from there this afternoon at 12.15pm to St. Mary's Church Fawn for Requiem Mass at 1 o'clock followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery Danny's Requiem Mass can be viewed on churchservices.tv family time please before the funeral today family flowers only please donations in lieu of desire to the Irish Cancer Society care of any family member or Murphy funeral directors and the death has taken place of Joe Gallagher, Alton Balladurg Letter Kenny and formerly of Mean Dairy Falkara his remains are reposing at his late residence Requiem Mass this morning at 11am in St. Union's Cathedral Letter Kenny burial afterwards in Cornwall Cemetery the funeral mass can be viewed on churchservices.tv family flowers only donations if desired to friends of Letter Kenny University Hospital care of any family member for more details including any family health guidelines for wicks and funerals please go to Helenradio.com can I get two specials please one sourdough and Caesar salad and by the way I'm 12 weeks pregnant yes chef we don't always know who's at risk from COVID-19 and other viruses but we do know how to protect them keep hands clean and wear a mask let fresh air in, get vaccinated and stay at home if you are unwell from the HSC for us all with all the stories that matter across the northwest it's Greg Hughes on the 9 to noon show on Highland Radio a very good morning to you very welcome back to the program or you're very welcome along to the program if you are joining us very shortly we'll be joined in the studio by God of Sergeant Charlene Anderson with the community guarder item where we'll bring you the latest appeals and information we'll be going to Ballabaffet Letter Kenny Lifford and Letter Kenny again Abbey Park as well where crimes have been committed crimes a lot of you texting in thanks very much good morning again to those of you joining us watching us on our website and social media good morning Beth, Mel, Audrey, Mary and Kathleen good to have you on board we walked our dog on the beach say to this listener we carried our poo bags but we had to stop because of other dogs being allowed to run free and we're taken down to the ground by another dog trying to attack my dog it's even for dog owners it's going to be a difficult experience could you highlight the fact that Trusk Loch outside Ballabaffet is a place for walking and not for dogs filing all over the walkway dogs should be on leads, sheep in lamb as well show a bit of respect for others another, hi Greg, was at the beach on Saturday evening the amount of people pulling up with their dogs and letting them go to the toilet there should be no dogs allowed at the beach at any time thanks they say hi Greg, roll on tomorrow when the dog ban comes into effect on Thon Phanhee Beach and others, if owners were responsible and had them on leads and cleaned up after them I wouldn't mind but as soon as owners hit the beach they let them loose to bound around and come up to people and scare them looking forward to seeing how it will be policed and I also want to hear from dog owners as well I understand that people are motivated to text in and I really appreciate and keep them coming but also want, you know, use as dog owners to feel that you're being represented as well, I tried a little earlier but as to say, I just want to make sure we get all views hi, my son is allergic to dogs and has to carry an epi-pen with him because of it I'm sick to the back teeth of dogs off their leads, when you ask their owners can they put their dog on their leads or keep them away from my son because of condition, they actually give me a mouthful my son is more important than any dog and the ignorance of their owners, that's a very specific situation but a worrying one if you're out and about with your young man Greg, in relation to waiting in the ED, it is time sorry, it is the same for those with cancer if you become ill at home you need to go through the ED and wait for hours before being seen too, surely there should be a direct link to oncology that's off the back of a first-hour text where it was an email actually quite a detailed email from a woman 12 weeks pregnant she thought she could have been exposed to chicken pox and phoned the hospital they said come in, we'll check you out but instead of going through the front doors by appointment and waiting in a ward to be seen by Guiney the lady had to go into the ED and felt that this was dangerous and she could have been exposed to far more than she feared she could have had and now we have this comment coming in from a cancer patient along the same lines this quote of soul though says I get my bloods done with my GP and I take them to the lab myself ok, that's one way of doing it of course now, a few new crossings on Buffet, we were talking about this yesterday and it was quite interesting to see the Guardian putting up an information post as it relates to the zebra crossings on our streets and they were talking too about who is right away, when you have right away how to use them safely and it was also quite notably for me anyway it pointed out that they are identified by flashing orange lights now I just wonder how many of us as pedestrians and motorists are aware of that I think a lot of people, if you see a black and white crossing you just presume it to be a zebra crossing but it's not always the case and my concern was and driving through Ballabaffa a couple of times was that you're on a pedestrian feels they've got the right of way and because there's no lighting at night time, you're on it straight away and I come across a person who was in dark clothes walking on the dark section of the zebra crossing and I felt like it was closer than it needed to be they should be lit up or whatever, something has to be done in terms of safety but anyway this call is commenting on these new crossings in Ballabaffa they are a pilot scheme by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, there are no lights to be added to it, the pedestrians do not have the right of way regarding them the purpose of them is to monitor traffic pedestrian behaviour, let your listeners know that they can only cross at the courtesy of the driver and not to walk out indeed, but I think it's problematic particularly in terms of road safety we should have to think so much, that would be my concern ok, it is the line till noon show as I say, we're going to take a break 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Charlene Anderson great to have you in, good morning to you good morning Greg, how are you? OK, I'm good, thank you. We'll get straight into it so we'll start with appeals and a burglary at Glen Patrick Place in Ballet Buffet Yes Greg, so the first incident is in relation to a burglary as he said at Glen Patrick Place Ballet Buffet this occurred on Friday the 27th of May between 7pm and 7.45pm the residents of the house had left for a short period and returned to discover that the house had been entered and completely ransacked so it transpired that the house hadn't been locked at the time but substantial water damage had been caused both upstairs and downstairs as a toilet and shower unit had been smashed in an upstairs bathroom now a locked bedroom door had been forced open also and a TV in the downstairs sitting room had been completely smashed the only item that is believed to have been stolen from the property is a frizz broadband so we just appeal to anybody who observed any suspicious activity in the Glen Patrick area of Ballet Buffet between those times and that's 7pm and 7.45pm on Friday the 27th of May just maybe to contact Garthy and letter Kenny on 9167100 we're also appealing this morning for any sightings of two males who was wearing dark clothing and they were in around the Glen Patrick Place between those times also Okay, now there is also an appeal as it relates to an assault at Upper Main Street in letter Kenny? That's correct Greg Garthy and letter Kenny are investigating an assault that happened at Upper Main Street letter Kenny in the early areas of Sunday the 22nd of May and that was between 1am and 4am now a man reported that he was assaulted by a group of approximately 7-8 other men the man in question required treatment in hospital for the injuries which he sustained but none of which are believed to be life-threatening it is believed that a group of people gathered at the location as the assault was taking place and that some of them may have tried to help the man in question so we just appeal to those people that if they are listening this morning to come forward and to provide us with any information descriptions or any details that they may have in relation to the incident and again it's letter Kenny on 0749167100 and of course the confidential line available to people too if they were to choose that means of contact that's correct Greg so somebody didn't want to come to the station or indeed if they didn't want to contact any of the guard at the station they could contact the confidential line on 1800666111 and any information they provide would be forwarded to the investigation team okay now an appeal as it relates to criminal damage in Lyford in fact there's two instances of criminal damage there that's correct so the first one is in relation to criminal damage that occurred in the area of Clunley on the Coneyborough Road on Wednesday the 25th of May and that was at approximately 12.20am now Gardie received a report that a car was on fire at the location so Gardie and fire service attended and they were satisfied at this stage that from enquiries conducted that the fire was started deliberately and while they were at that call another call was received in relation to a second criminal damage incident and this occurred on the Coneyborough Road in Lyford also in around about the same time 12.20am it is believed that an attempt was made to set a car on fire at a house now the residents of the house noticed that the fire had been lit to the rear of their car and they immediately contacted the emergency services the car was damaged by smoke only so this morning we just appealed to anybody who has any information in relation to either of these incidents as you can see they happened on the same date in around the same time to contact Gardie and letter Kenny it would also appeal to anyone who may be travelling on the Coneyborough Road around that time who may have dashcam footage to make that footage available to us and again the confidential line is always there there is a lot going on there obviously setting light to a car completely unacceptable but in a residential area you don't know what the consequences might be and also tying up the resources of the emergency services really quite a serious instance absolutely well look we are keeping an open mind in relation to both investigations however they happened in close proximity to each other in around the same time so if anyone has any information absolutely it will help us with our enquiries now a criminal damage relates to Paddy Heart Road is that correct yeah that's correct and Gardie once again and letter Kenny are appealing for witnesses this morning in relation to a criminal damage incident that occurred in the car park at letter Kenny retail park on the Paddy Heart Road on Saturday the 28th of May between 8am and 1.30pm so a concrete block was thrown at a windscreen of a parked car at that location and the glass was smashed as a result so if anybody witnessed the incident we'd ask them to contact Gardie it goes from 8am to 1.30pm it's quite significant time frame you could have people maybe parking up going to work maybe going into some of the retail units they may have witnessed the incident they may have witnessed maybe somebody acting suspicious prior to maybe conducting this particular attack and we just asked them maybe to come forward if they have any information if someone looked at a place let the Gardie figure out if it's connected or not cars that are parked sometimes have dash cam it's not that if a car is moving sometimes they're on motion sensors so somebody could have been maybe parked maybe working in one of the retail units and again if they're listening to the program this morning and they do have footage they may not be aware maybe if it captured it or not but just make us aware of it and we could have somebody download the footage and have a look at it and it's not just in Domingo of course it's nationally it has become an important part of appeals because so many people now have dash cams and they've obviously proved useful in investigations just a part of modern life people in vehicles often have them and they're clearly very useful as an investigation tool absolutely and as you can see this morning in I suppose every one of our appeals it's something that we now ask for and again look just some small piece of information it could be we may have a description we may have information in relation to an incident that we're not always in a position to provide we'll just do a generic appeal and then somebody could provide dash cam footage and the next thing it will link in with our investigation could be the final piece of a pixel exactly that's it right and in terms of how that's gotten off I presume the sooner someone gets in contact with you better I imagine they purge as they go do they I'm not quite sure some of them might have external storage but it's not limitless so there is going to be a purging of video footage audio footage whatever it might be and in terms of it being taken off the device they already do that don't they they do yeah there's two trained members in letter Kenny station after the letter Kenny area we have members in Bunkrana and there's members in Donegal town like every I suppose dash cam is different because it's all different makes a model some will last for a week the footage some may last for three months some may last for only three days and then it just kind of automatically maybe records what has been recorded so probably the sooner the better and somebody is aware that they have footage just to contact us and don't worry about downloading the footage themselves at the mick also worry about we can sort that out for them an appeal as it relates to criminal damage in Manor conningham this time that's right so on Sunday the 29th guy they received a call to Abbey park in Manor conningham where it's reported that a criminal damage incident had occurred in around 1 10 p.m. now a man who was travelling on a scrambler possibly yellow on colour pulled up alongside a parked car and proceeded to smash all the windows of the car and he also smashed a headlight now the man was wearing a cap a grey hoodie combat style trousers they're possibly work trousers boots so we'd appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may have any information in relation to that incident and again this is another residential area it happened on Sunday people may be at home might have family over you know if anybody as I said witnessed the incident and has any information in relation to it even the likes of a direction travel anything like that can be helpful we'd ask them to contact our the in letter Kenny on 9167 100 okay in remelton now it's an interesting one it's an RTC that seemingly turned into the theft of a vehicle but what's the details here so guard the in millford received a report that a road traffic collision had occurred on Sunday the 29th of May shortly after 9.15 a.m. at macadoo's corner fun and on in remelton now a car had veered off the road and ended up on its roof in a field at that location the cars believed to have been travelling in the direction of millford from remelton at the time so it's believed that two males fled the scene on foot from the crash vehicle and it was later discovered that the current question which was a red Pujo 308 registration number 08 www 318 had been stolen from an address at column kill close in Kerry Kale at some stage overnight possibly from midnight to the time of the crash which was in around 9.15 a.m. so it appealed to anyone who may have observed suspicious activity first of all in the column kill close area of Kerry Kale overnight or I suppose anyone who may have been travelling on the road during the night and may have observed that vehicle 08 www 3318 as I said was a red Pujo 308 or indeed anyone who may have been travelling I suppose from remelton to millford may have saw observed two males you know and maybe walking along the road or maybe stopped and gave them a lift or may have just seen them maybe emerging from the field a taxi maybe just somebody travelling along the road good smile and gave someone a lift those kind of things and at all in relation to this particular incident would be delighted to hear from them okay so we are heading into the June Bank holiday weekend we know statistically we know unfortunately that these holiday weekends it's a it's a more dangerous time to be on the roads and obviously the guard here going to react to that and they are doing so again this coming weekend so what's your advice to people that's correct Greg so this upcoming June Bank holiday weekend Gary the across and dark tie visibility check points V checks and patrols as well as our focus will be on the detection of key life saver offences which includes speeding drink and drug driving non-wearing of seat belts and driving whilst using or holding a mobile phone so we're just asking people to slow down and ensure that you remain within the legal speed limit at all times that you never drive whilst under the influence of alcohol and drugs and if you do you'll risk your own not to use your mobile phone whilst driving. Our priority is always to keep people safe, so please make responsible decisions this bank holiday weekend in relation to road safety and help save lives on the road. Finally, initial and pride parade. Tell us about that. That's correct, Greg. This is happening on Sunday the 5th of June at 3 o'clock in Bunkrana and I understand that it's the first initial and pride, but I believe it's the first pride parade we've had in Donegal. I believe so, yeah. Which is quite significant. So yes, there'll be traffic diversions will be in place in the town centre from 2.30 p.m. till approximately 5.30 p.m. All the information will be on the Guard of the Facebook page and there'll be diversion signs and Guardie will be present in around the town. Look, we look forward to welcoming everyone to Bunkrana and I know the committee members are very excited about the whole event. I suppose with your spectator or participant or even if you're just an ally coming there to support somebody involved in the event. We would encourage everyone to come and enjoy the event. As I said, it's the first ever time something like this has taken place and I suppose this year it's happening in Bunkrana and we're delighted to be associated with the event as well. Okay, brilliant stuff. Call or just message and you might have an answer to this one please if you don't mind. Could you ask the Guarder, Charlie Nanderson, Sergeant Charlie Nanderson, if you saw an incident taking place, are you allowed to take footage on your mobile phone as evidence? Okay, well I suppose there's no, what I would say to that is there's no actual legislation in place that prohibits you from doing so. Okay, however, if an incident occurred just for instance we'll say an assault and a serious road traffic collision, we're looking to gather all information and all possible footage and all those things. Now there is case law in relation to that and for us to gather all available footage so we would be going looking for the likes of the footage in your mobile phone. Now if it was you Greg and I was aware that you had footage on your phone and I looked for that footage and you didn't want to give it to me, well then there is law and legislation, there are the covers that that I would have to seize your phone. So it's just to be careful and be mindful of that and I suppose there's nothing there to prohibit you from doing so but in the event that something that you recorded could be used as evidence and you didn't want to part with your phone then we do have the power to seize that phone and seize the footage on it. Okay, all right, listen thank you for that, I appreciate it. That was Guarder Sergeant Charlie Nanderson and that was the Community Guarder Information Item for another Tuesday. 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It was last Friday and it's an usual for me, unfortunately, and at this crossing, the Zebel crossing, they're going towards Aura and some people. Trying to cross there is an accident because drivers don't see me or don't see the Zebel crossing. And what's then, so I have to waste and to find somebody that will actually see me. Is this the crossing that you kind of come round a corner and next thing you're on the crossing, Pat? Are we on about the same one? You know the Aura? Yes. And so coming into, like coming from town and going towards the Aura, Aura. Now, you're not necessarily blaming motorists, you, except that they can't often see you. It's a Zebel crossing. Yeah. Because it's a white and black one. And so if they're looking around and they see me, then it's obvious that the Zebel crossing see a person and it's obvious that I'm looking, looking at the Zebel crossing and looking at the car. Yeah. So it makes sense that they see somebody who's wanting to cross the Zebel crossing. Now, I don't know whether people are aware of the Zebel crossing there, which there is. And I don't know if the council needs to polish it up. But I'm unsure because one of the, thankfully, it was the lorry driver that stopped while some of the other cars seemed to continue on the other side. And it was just, it was last Friday and it was seven before that myself go for a swim. I decided I'd walk from Dillon Dunn up to Lincoln and still crossing the roads at the, at that Zebel crossing. I find it awful, awful challenging. And because I've got a massive epilepsy, it adds to the factor that I can't stay static and stop and start there at the junction. If the drivers could just be aware that there's a person there and the Zebel crossing there. And to guess that the reason why that person's there is actually the Zebel crossing. Yes. And also becomes the fact that not everyone can sprint to cross the road either. I hope so. Great to let you say, Greg, it's first time ever, because my colleagues used to say that, to use the clutch. And it's first time ever, I said, I've been a coach of me. It's actually, it's, it's, one of the, the, one of the, they didn't see, but I was there, I was there, I was there, I had a coach of me, that they, they just ignored us. And that, that's the, it's the difficulty for me, Greg. It means that I have to sort of then get transport to some point. And the way the Zebel crossing works really, you don't have right of way until the cars slow down to a halt. And then when you step on the Zebel crossing, you have right of way there. So you are at the, you are at the whim of the drivers there. If they're not stopping, you're, you're stuck. Correct. And yeah, because it's best legislation for sure. But so it's, it's, you're trying to tilt towards the Zebel crossing and, you know, chicken and egg, which, which goes first to you. And so it's for, first of all, Greg, and other drivers are exits, which has happened, but some drivers are unaware of that Zebel crossing. Yeah. So in your opinion, from your experience, Pat, do you believe that there is a lack of respect for the Zebel crossing by drivers, or do you think that they don't see it? They're not, it's not clearly notified enough to drivers. What do you think the problem is there? Or maybe it's a combination of both? I think, I think it's a combination of both. Because we, there's at least 40 cars, 30, 40 cars have passed by before somebody saw me. And like I'm about six first. And they're at that Zebel crossing junction. And, and so question is, is it just that it's normal for them to ignore that Zebel crossing? Or was it that there's something else in their mind? Yeah. Okay. Because I think sometimes, you know, if we don't get these type of things right, they can cause more damage than, you know, what was there before. Because, as I said before, obviously it's pedestrians, we always have to be careful. But as a crossing, you know, you can give you a sense of security that may not be there in this case. Yeah, correct. And it was, it was funny, because myself and my friends were there. What we do is we have to, because of their message, I have to guess the distance of the car that's coming to me, the speed at which it's coming to me. And no one thought, well, there might be possibilities of that. That car wouldn't stop at all. And because the epilepsy is one of the spots, what's my brand taking all this information in? It can be, can be a challenge. And I mean, are you prepared to roll those dice? Or do you try and avoid then using the Zebel crossing, Pat? I say, pull it back the way. I would attempt this, but from last Friday, it's getting more and more dangerous. Right. Okay. Right. Okay. Listen, Pat, thanks for sharing your story. We'll throw it out to our other listeners. And even, you know, drivers, maybe they have an opinion on the lines of site and what have you on the approach to the Zebel crossing if they're familiar with it, if they're traveling in this area. Thank you for joining us, Pat. I appreciate you sharing that with us. And finally, Greg, just one thing, if you just can give us a chance. And also, not presume, as I said earlier on, Pat, not presume that everyone, once they see that gap, can fly across the road. Those pedestrian crossings are also for those who maybe can't move as quickly. Or they might be a little bit older, or they might have a buggy with them, or they could be a wheelchair user. You know, there's lots and lots of different people with different ranges of ability using these crossings. Yep. Thank you for your time, Greg. No, it's our pleasure. Thanks for taking the call, Pat. I appreciate it. Thanks for calling us. Have you an experience of that or a view? 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Ireland West Airport, you're flying. A mix of clear spells and cloudy periods this morning with a few isolated showers too. A little more cloud will build this afternoon and the showers will become more persistent for a time this afternoon and into the evening. Light northerly breezes, highest temperatures today of 13 to 15 degrees. Right, okay. Sebastian Barnes is chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. Good morning to you, Sebastian. Thanks so much for taking the call today. Good morning. Good to have you with us. Right, now you are warning the government that it faces a delicate balancing act managing high inflation, protecting poorer households and delivering major policies. And also, you have been commenting again, it's quite consistent from the Council, over reliance on corporation taxes and as much really as it relates to how we're spending that money, Sebastian. Yes, so coming to the corporation tax, it's amazing. So last year, one in five Euros of the Exchequer revenue was coming from corporation tax. We know that about half of that is paid by a handful of really big multinational companies. And the things we're basically spending that money on, health and education and all the other things that the government does. And that means we're very vulnerable because if some of those companies were to change their strategies or to take their money out of Ireland, we'd end up with a significant hole in the public finances and that would be very difficult to manage. So what we're saying is the government should gradually reduce our reliance on that money, even if it's coming in by putting it in the rainy day fund or using it to pay down debt. So if there was a sudden adjustment, we wouldn't be hit very badly. Yeah. And that's the equivalent to me, is it getting a 25-year mortgage on a one-year contracted job? It's basically like that, isn't it? Yeah, it's really that problem now. It may well be that this money comes in at a higher rate. We might even get more revenue from it in the years ahead. But the problem is we are dependent on it, as you say, for our day-to-day spending. And it's something we don't have a lot of control over. And so if decisions were taken, if things were to change, we could find ourselves really with quite a significant gap in the public finances. And that would be really, really challenging for the government to manage. So we're saying we should reduce our reliance now when we have some control over it. If we do it gradually, it's not actually going to make that much of a difference on a day-to-day basis. But it will mean that we're less exposed if that shock was to take place. Yeah. And obviously, there are pressures on government to spend in terms of social welfare because of the increased costs of living. There are the public sector pay, slant to care, even the micro-read-dress scheme. There are lots of places to spend money. We have to be shrewd and balanced in how we spend that money, then. I think the government, I think it's always very difficult, but you have to make these choices. And we have both some long-term things that aren't fact into the government's plan. Climate change is going to be very costly. But the government hasn't actually told us how much it thinks it's going to cost with implementation of slant to care. The aging population is every year costing us more as more people reach retirement age and people live longer. And of course, there's all sorts of pressures. You mentioned Micah, there's also increased defense spending might be coming up in the light of the war in Ukraine. So there's always a lot of choices the government has to make about the long-term, which is why long-term planning. And on top of that, right now, we have this inflation pressure. We're all aware of how much cost of living is increasing. And that's going to lead to big pressures on government spending, basically to upgrade, to adjust wages, pensions, welfare rates. And there the government is going to have to strike a very difficult balance between protecting the economy, particularly protecting the most vulnerable lower income households. But they're not spending too much money into the economy at a time when inflation is high or encouraging everyone to raise their wages by too much. The government can't compensate everyone for what's happening. They're going to need to use that money wisely to help those who are really hard hit. And it's kind of a strange one, isn't it? Because the same companies that we're talking of could offer Ireland some protection if there were a global recession. Exactly. Ireland has actually been surprisingly resilient during the pandemic. And that's partly because of all the money the government was able to put in and temporary supports because the public finances were in good shape going into it. But it's actually been supported in a deeper sense by the fact these multinational companies are paying both both corporation tax and Ireland, but they're also creating a lot of high pay, high tax jobs. And that sort of benefits everyone in us. And that means they're very vulnerable because if some of those companies were to change their strategies, were to take their money out of Ireland, we'd end up with a significant hole in the public finances and that would be very difficult to manage. It's selling that likelihood though, isn't it? Because, you know, at the moment we're doing okay. I mean, is it possible the government might say, well, that's what the council thinks, but we think that this income is long term and we're going to act and spend accordingly? Okay, we've lost that line to Sebastian there. We appreciate his time. Nonetheless, we got the nuts and bolts of the situation there. No, that's the chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Sebastian Barnes. He says targeted measures are needed to ensure any economic recovery is beneficial to everyone, 0860, 25,000. Your WhatsApps and texts to that number are call 07491, 25,000. A caller says you have to have flashing lights at a zebra crossing for it to be a zebra crossing. So that's why motorists are driving on through. But pedestrians then think they have the right of way. The council needs to install flashing lights to make a zebra crossing or it's the TAI on certain roads. I get that right, but the fact that we've been having this conversation off and on now for a couple of weeks, whereby it's now there has to be flashing lights. No, there doesn't. Well, it's a zebra crossing. No, it's not. It's just a crossing. You know, we, as I said, I think it was in the conversation a couple of weeks ago. We're not guinea pigs. You know, this is road safety. We can't do tests and studies to see if, you know, maybe less safe systems actually work. You know what I mean? If it looks like a zebra crossing, especially for young people, try and explain to them, well, if it's not got a flashing light, it's not a zebra crossing. I think it's too complicated. I don't want to sound like I've got a hobby horse on this one, but it should be much simpler. We shouldn't be able to have these debates because it should be no pun intended again, black and white. This text just says, what do TII mean by the zebra crossings being experimental? Does this mean they're going to monitor how many pedestrians are killed or injured in order to gauge their effectiveness? How can you do pedestrians into a sense that they can safely cross the street and tell them that the crossing has no legal effectiveness? Only in Ireland could someone come up with such a harebrained idea. That kind of sums up that text and thank you for it. My feelings a little bit there. I've been, I've seen dog walked, this is what it says, I've seen dogs walked late evening or early morning, messing an area on the way. They think no one sees them. Please can we have a sign put up? They might read it. Okay, so maybe people using the cover of early morning or the darkness of night to not pick up their dog's poop. But that someone will happen upon craft on that the next morning. Hi Greg, just to follow up on yesterday's discussion about hotel and hospital stays. Some hotels have reinstated concessionary rates with proof of an appointment. However, it is still out of reach for most people without concession. Bed only for one night was 316. It was reduced to 289. And if you want breakfast, it's an extra 20 euro. Yeah, it's a concession. But hey, 289 for one stay. That is a huge right. Okay, Betty Holmes, Donegal Action for Cancer Care, joins us in the program. Good morning to you Betty. Good morning Greg. Tell me what is the significance of the second breast surgeon post at LUH being made a permanent one? Well, when it was announced and I'm doing it from memory January 2016 that we would get a second permanent breast surgeon, we were absolutely delighted because we, as you know, the ACC initially came together 17 years past in April there to get our first breast surgeon. So this was great news, but the ACC was following up on it. And we discovered that the post wasn't a permanent one, that the breast surgeon was actually a locom position. And the reality is that if we don't get that second breast surgeon post approved, there is a high danger that if another post, a permanent post was advertised elsewhere, nobody could fault the person for actually applying for it. And the reality is, again, we're here, we are in danger of having, I suppose, another key appointment and position of letter Kenny hospital in danger of not happening. Has that danger been averted now with this post? Yes, absolutely. We've had so tightly on a break and we don't shout all the time because it doesn't always help to be sort of dragging up the negatives all the time, because we have to remember always the breast cancer patients or all the cancer patients or families and all the sick people, but it's been a long journey. So yes, the second breast surgeon post has now that contract has been signed and the post is now a permanent one at letter Kenny hospital. And what that means really, it doesn't change anything as such other than removes any concerns that this position could be lost. Absolutely. Without a doubt, the second breast surgeon will continue to do the work that he has been doing at an excellent standard. And we're delighted. Now the threats are the danger that he may leave has been removed. If he decides to leave, it'll be his own personal choice. It won't be the fact that he doesn't have a permanent post at letter Kenny University Hospital. And this is a really good news story, Greg, because we have concerns about so many other things happening at the hospital. And you know, they are serious concerns, but the good news shouldn't get lost, you know, 100% story. Yeah, it took five years, though. But listen, you'll take the wins when you get them. But I mean, this person was a locum effectively for five years, we were lucky to retain them until such time as that position was made permanent. Absolutely, Greg, because there's been so many letters, emails, meetings over those years. And you know, at one time we were actually told, well, you know, he's not a breast surgeon, he's a general. So I mean, the discussions that went on was, you know, but the reality is, at the second permanent breast surgeon at letter Kenny University Hospital, and it's a good news story. And we're absolutely delighted that we kept as we always do our finger on the ball. It hasn't been easy, but we're celebrating the fact that it's now a permanent post. And this is good news for letter Kenny University Hospital, but more importantly, for the patients who actually need that service. Yeah, and the maintaining of that service, we don't want to see any services being lost, no going backwards. And, you know, having one permanent breast surgeon, one locum, we don't, we could have been in a situation where maybe that could be used as an excuse or something. So that's, you know, it's a case now of retaining and improving what we have. Yeah, because Greg, the more that the word locum was brought up to us, the more fear and the shivers sort of go down your spine because you're wondering what's going on behind doors, those doors, what are we not being privy to? And we're very good at reading documents and letters and all the rest of it. And we're able to actually read behind what's been said. And the more clear statements were coming out, you know, it doesn't give you any comfort. But now it's a permanent post. It's a good news story. It doesn't take away from the other serious issues and concerns that we all have regarding letter Kenny University Hospital. But this, this is good news for letter Kenny University Hospital. And as I said a minute ago, more importantly, for the patients who need it. All right, thanks for sharing it with us, Betty. Appreciate it. Have a lovely day. Take care of yourself. A couple of announcements. Moltres are informed that traffic management will be in place at the Pierce Road Justice Walsh Junction in letter Kenny from 8am to 7pm today. It's to facilitate the installation of traffic loops and traffic lights. Moltres are advised to use alternative routes during these times and the council is apologizing for any inconvenience this may cause you. And more traffic announcements for letter Kenny this, sorry, is it today and tomorrow? 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We're joined on the program now by Dunigal Deputy Padre McLaughlin, who is Sinn Fein's spokesperson on fisheries and the marine. Good morning to you Padre, thanks for joining us. Good morning Greg. And also with us sitting beside Deputy McLaughlin is Fisherman Jared Kelly. Hi Jared. Hi good morning Greg and good morning to all your listeners, Dunigal. It's good to have you with us now. Both of you are part of a delegation of the fishing industry and fishing communities in Brussels to make the case for Ireland's fishing fleet to be allocated a fair share of fish in Irish waters. Ireland is allocated an estimated 15% of fish in Ireland's exclusive economic zone. From a fisherer's perspective Jared, what does that mean or how does it make you feel? It means shrinking opportunities. It means death on the vine if it continues and thankfully Sinn Fein have listened to the voices of fishermen and fishing communities that have enabled us to get out here, community small around Ireland, to get out here today and meet the people who are making the decisions and so they can hear our story at first hand. We had that meeting earlier on this morning with the Director-General. She took great interest. She understands communal needs. She understands the difficulties the Irish fishermen and their communities have suffered as a result of particularly Brexit but maybe the long-term inequalities of the common fishery policy. We are looking for some flexibility in the common fishery policy where we can use coders and opportunities that other countries have in our waters so we are going to explore that. They will explore anything possible that we can put to them and they are hoping to come to Ireland in the near future to see us to bring this discussion a bit further and see how we can help save our coastal communities. Do you think that will happen because of course it is easy for them to have a listening sympathetic ear but a lot of these people are part of the negotiations that are batting for their countries. They are aware that Irish fishers are being squeezed out of their own waters. None of this is news to them surely, Gerard. Do you know what is going on? They are prepared to throw us under the bus? Yes, but I would say in fairness and being someone who is advocating for fishing and fisheries for quite some time, I was taken by their empathy, their understanding of fishers presented to them in a way where fishermen and processors presented their issues rather than elected officials or for that matter our department officials. We definitely know our department officials have not served us in any way well over the years and the director general thought it was a breath of air to speak to people directly. Daphne McLaughlin, we hope we are part of a union that is fair to all. Whatever you can say about this whole situation, it is not fair, it is simply not fair that an industry that is part of our community, our culture, our income as a country, the share that Irish fishers get is simply not fair. Absolutely. I thought it was powerful to see six national organisations representing fishermen and fish producers, fish processors, and then you had two co-ops from London, Foyle and North Dunny, and one from Galway and Arran, but the leaders of fishing communities across Ireland speaking directly to the very top person in the commission who deals with fisheries and the marine, it was a very frank and honest and open exchange. Definitely they are aware now more than ever of the real issues, but what we need is fairness, Greg. We emphasise again and again, this is a natural resource of the Irish people. We're seeing more and more vessels being decommissioned over the years and we need to reverse that. We just want fairness. I also have to commend the organisations. This is their delegation and they had solutions that were practical. It doesn't require a full negotiation of the common fisheries policy with all of the member states and all of that. So I am hopeful that's over the period ahead when it comes to Ireland and to the director general that we can start to just turn this around and start to get fairness, Greg, as you've asked. I mean, at this point, we are almost looking for crumbs off the table in that if European countries are given quota in Irish waters and don't use that quota, at least let us use that up. I mean, that's the starting point here. I'll put that to you, Jared. Yeah, that's one of our solutions we offer today. We have found unused fishing opportunities and those unused fishing opportunities could be available by the Irish fishing vessels. Ironically, these opportunities are for Irish resources and Irish waters and if someone else doesn't want to use them, then the first call should be on the Irish vessels. Now, there is a policy within the you call maximum sustainable year. It sounds beautiful. But the thing is, if the quotas and if the stocks have reached a sustainable level and then they're not been fished to the follow amount in fairness, then we're actually not fishing at maximum sustainable year, we're having them weather on the bank. And so that's justification for the Irish vessels to use those opportunities to bring wealth to our own coastal communities. Some might say that, well, I'll set it up that in any union, there's give and take. You know, there's give and take in certain industries, there's give and take in whatever it might be. And that it's been decided that really our give is certainly our fishing industry and our arguably agriculture. You know, within the EU, maybe they don't have a future in Ireland. Do you feel that people could be justified in feeding that and can that be reversed? Still look forward to answer that. Yeah, I mean, if you look at the common fisheries policy, Greg, you know, you have the pillars of, you know, the environments, you have the economic social centers that this is about, they say, about resilience and strength in coastal communities. And the truth of it is, if you look at, you know, the policy of, you know, major corporations, be they Dutch or Spanish, buying up quota from other member states, you see the huge super trawlers that are out of our own waters backing them up, fish, while at the same time you're preaching all of these values to fishing communities in Ireland. So people can see that there's contradictions and it was a frank exchange in that today. But the thing for me is that what's been asked of us in terms of our fishing communities is unfair on just, yes, we want to be part of the European Union. Yes, we want to avail of the market of 500 million people, but you shouldn't, you know, destroy fishing coastal communities in return for that. And that's the point we're making is that's by the solutions and proposals from the fisherman. And she said this, Shardina Vacheva, the director general, you know, they were pragmatic. They were reasonable. And I think they need to be just now probed through, probed through to see can we start to turn this around other than these proposals, which, you know, aren't going to fix everything, I presume, you know, Minister Charlie McConnlog would say he's arguing, you know, morning, noon and night for Ireland to get a better share of its own resources. And let's take him at his word, he is doing that. But for those within the industry, what we're getting is not enough. What could be done different? You know, as I say, there are some proposals here that would would see, you know, a better situation for some fishermen. But what could our MP do? How can we strengthen our negotiations, Jared, to make that argument? Because as I say, Charlie McConnlog will say he's doing all his can, what could we be doing differently then? We'll give you one example. One of the suggestions again from the director general was, you know, some diversification and obviously diversification from fisheries and staying in that same area is aquaculture. So in fairness, I'm an aquaculture person. I tried to get them making recently where I reckoned I could increase the aquaculture production in Ireland by 40 million. Charlie McConnlog failed to facilitate me attending that meeting. So I don't know what he's doing at the European level, but I do know what he's doing at a local level. And it isn't helping our industry. And fortunately, I think Charlie has become an ecologist for the department and representing the department amongst the people rather than the people amongst the department. And we'll even go a stage further than say, as regards Europe, all we get from Charlie is the story that Europe wants. And I don't know how often Charlie brings to Europe what we want. The minister is not here to defend himself, and I'm sure he would say that's simply not the case. Yeah, right. Well, listen, we're always open to that. I mean, do you think that's a fair criticism Potter? I mean, you know how politics works. You know the give and take. You know the ins and outs. You know what your party is going to have to be contending with when you're in government. And you know, it's going to be much more difficult for the likes of yourself to do interviews like this, because you're going to be faced with the reality of working within a system that might not always facilitate everything you want to achieve. So are those type of criticisms of of Minister McConnell? I mean, they're fair because that's what Jared thinks. I'm not I'm not speaking about you, Jared. I don't want you to think that. But I mean, you know, does the system allow what Jared's looking for, what the industry is looking for? Well, the fishermen are all across. And I, David Fisherman, not just in my home, kind of done, you go right around the coast, and they do feel disillusioned with their own department of the Marine. They call it the department against the Marine. And there's a deep anger about how poorly they're represented. And that's why the power of bringing fishing delegation directly to the top person was what this was all about. And you can see the impact that made today. I mean, I think the issue with Charlie McConnell is if you look at Pat the Pope, he was the Fina Falls spokesperson on the Marine, and it would be seen that he was a strong spokesperson. And he would have taken a strong position in the last government and challenging them holding them down. For example, he was the person who got the heavily points annulled, which was the first time in the history of the state that happened. So he was strong. And then all the things that Charlie would have supported Pat the Pope on, it was very quick to see some of the reversal. So I think the issue, if I might volunteer to, and I've said this to Charlie McConnell, our minister is, you know, he needs to listen to the immense resource he has in this county, unbelievable intelligence, knowledge of the issues, work with them. And all people are asking for it. It's not personal because, you know, he's a nice person is to go out and fight the good fight. Just fight a try. And like I've said, if I were in that position, just fight, do your best. You might not succeed, right? It's a huge challenge with all the member states. But like what the guys have done here today, there are proposals that would make a difference and start to turn us around. So I think that's the challenge is to work with the work with the fishing community, stand up to his own department and marine officials who have been failing us for so long, stand up to them, and then just fight the good fight. That's all people are asking. Jared, the clock's ticking on this, isn't it? The damage we've been, the damage has been happening for years now, speaking to people within the industry. You know, it's an aging workforce. You know, younger people aren't seeing as an optional, they're simply not work for them to do. You know, so if there are to be positive changes, the sooner it happens, the better. Yeah, time is up the essence. I mean, I've got a young family, one of them, not young anymore, but I've got a family that would like to go into industry. And the first thing they have to do now at the moment would have to sign up on the list, on the offenders list, as a result of legislation that Charlie Brevin, the register of masters. So it's pretty hard to ask some of your family to say, you know, sign up and be a possible offender to take the fishing boat out. It's never too late to do the right thing. You know, lifetime has got a moment in time. And we haven't been this moment of time now where we can make change, hopefully make change, that will be there for years to come, because natural resources are something that requires forever and ever and ever and brings wealth to the communities that resources are. So it's never too late to make the effort to do it. What does the Minister for the Marine, Pottery McLaughlin, standing up to Department officials look like? I think that what you do is, and I won't name, but the very senior officials at the top of the Barber Marine need manners below them, that I and Charlie are directly elected by the people. We put our platform in front of the people. They need to implement that platform. They need to implement it. They need to show respect to fishing communities. So if I were sitting as the Minister for the Marine, I would demand respect for fishing communities. I would demand a partnership and demand that they start to represent Ireland's interest properly. Okay, stay where you are. The Minister for the Marine, Charlie McConnelogue, joins us. Charlie, thank you. I'm glad you're able to take the call. I didn't realise we were, it was kind of go down the road we did in terms of the assessment of you as Minister for the Marine. I don't know how much you've managed to hear yourself, or maybe someone mentioned that your name was mentioned, but there's strong criticism of you that you aren't standing up to Europe, that you aren't doing enough, that you aren't listening to those within the industry to help them, that you're not standing up to your Department of Marine officials. Good morning, Greg, and listen good to be on with you. No, I haven't heard what's been said there before, but I'm glad to be able to join in the programme as well. And listen, I mean my only objective as Minister for the Marine is something I'm delighted to be able to do, coming from the county, which is most important in the whole country, and indeed a part of the county as well, where fishing is really important, and with Green Castle next door, indeed a lot of the inshore sector being really important, and North and Ashorn is indeed Kelly Beggs is to our national flags sector, but listen, at European level, each month I attend the European Council meetings, and I'm fighting in there each month in every way I possibly can in relation to improving our fisheries position. The common fisheries policy would have been set at European level back in the early 1980s, and it was set based on various fleets fishing activity at that time. And obviously, at national level and among our fishing sector, we want more fishing. We absolutely believe that the fishing quota we have is not representative of the amount of fish that's caught in our waters. Despite that, and despite the common fisheries policy having been set in the early 1980s, based on what fleets were catching at that time, there hasn't been any change to that policy or that relative stability over the last 40 years, despite many battles at European level over that time. The common fisheries policy is reviewed every 10 years, it's going to be reviewed by the end of this year again. And likewise in terms of the run-up to that, I'm battling and engaging in European level in relation to seeking to improve our position as part of that, and have put together as well a committee of all the fishing, key fishing representatives to actually inform and develop the strategy for that. And I'm looking forward to their report, which is due to come to me later this month or later during June. And that's very much going to inform the approach that we're taking and any tactic and every strategy possible to improve our situation will be adopted. And that has been my form since it was appointed as minister. The big sideways impact to the common fisheries policy and the one big impact it's had over the last 40 years has been in fact the impact of Brexit. Because that by the British leaving and the UK deciding to leave, that impacted quota in terms of the trade and it was all Scott the hammering on that. Well, we're not the worst affected by that deal and you were there negotiating that deal. So, you know, we can identify what the problem is, but you were there thrashing out the discussions. And yet it was Arlen that was chucked under the boss because of Brexit, whilst our continental neighbors, their situation either improved or didn't worsen. So what you're citing as the problem, you negotiated that problem. Well, first of all, the Brexit agreement was negotiated at European level. I fought very hard in terms of representing the national interest in that as did the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney and the Taoiseach in relation to putting the impact, the potential impact that would be in fisheries and particularly national fisheries as part of that. You're right and that we have taken the biggest impact from that. We're the member state that is closest to the closest to the UK. The shares, the vast majority of the stocks we fish are fished by the British. But in a fair union, that means because we're the most to be impacted that we should be the most looked after, looked after. Just because where our, I mean, obviously the geography is important because of the waters, but simply because we're the nearest neighbors. Why should it disadvantage us more than the Belgians? No, exactly. And that's the very point I'm making at European level as well. And it's the very point we were making and we were pushing in relation to the actual Brexit agreement that any pain that would be there in relation to Brexit should be shared equally among member states. The reality is that wasn't the case. There was no European member state that improved their position coming out of Brexit. Everybody was disimproved, but we were, we were disimproved the most. We were, we were lost. Right. Stay with me, Minister. In relation to the common fisheries policy review now, the key objective I have Greg is to seek for that to be redressed and to have that imbalances there redressed. As I did throughout the Brexit process, I worked hand in glove with the industry representatives, meeting with them all the time, taking the same approach, the approach that I took to the Brexit. But it didn't work, Minister McConnell, with respect. Like you're saying that you were there fighting hard for Irish fishermen during the break. But now we're here saying, well, we got a crappy deal. We were the worst affected. And now we have to crawl that back. You were there around that table at that time. I'm not saying, I'm not saying we weren't impacted. I'm not saying it worked the way we wanted it because we didn't want to lose any fish. And that was our objective. But the challenge that was there for Brexit is that one third of the fish we caught, we catch are caught in pretty swaddle. So in the event of a no deal scenario, for example, one third of our capacity to catch that one third of a fish, we've been impacted by nothing able to fish there. So that was the stakes that were at play. But there's no taking away from the fact that the actual agreements that came at the end of it did impact our fisheries sector. And that's what now I'm seeking to have an address as part of the conversation. Right, Jared. And working very closely with the sector. Yep. Jared Kelly, Minister, you're hearing the minister. He was born by the eminence of how we fight that battle. Jared Kelly, you're hearing the minister. He's listening to the fishing industry. He recognizes the problems that are there. And he's going to fight tooth and nail for a better deal during the next round of negotiations. What more could you want? Yeah, but when there's an extra round of negotiations, because the people here, the banks won't give them enough time until the next round of negotiations. And unfortunately, I think what our department did, instead of getting, instead of looking for fishing breaks, to look for money instead, to look for compensation, and very little of the compensation or the dislocation money will ever get back to the fishermen. It's going to departments and all types of people. I'd like to ask the minister what part has played, what part has his department played in briefing Simon Coveney on the 5th of December, 2019, on meeting the French fisheries minister on mackerel. Because mackerel took the greatest, just for a short few days after that. And my understanding is, and that the minister tell us otherwise, that Simon Coveney did a deal on mackerel for the UK. And that deal, though. Any truth to that, Minister McConnell? No, no, that's simply not true. We thought, and I mean, we were united in terms of our national approach, as indeed we were with all the fisheries representative organisations. We had the one united approach in relation to trying to ensure that there would be no fish impact. The reality was to get a in order for the Brexit deal to be done at the end, that there unfortunately was an impact. And we, at all stages, thought to try and minimise the impact on the country. We did have, unfortunately, an impact greater than others, and that's something that we're seeking to change. In relation to mackerel, for example, so I mean, at European level last year, I fought very hard to increase our blue-whiting quota, and indeed had voted against proposals at European level, but ultimately got an increase in blue-whiting quota last year. At EU council meetings now this year, I'm fighting very hard to try and increase our mackerel quota. Indeed, the Danes, the fishing industry will be reading fisheries commentary. We'll see whether the Danish are accusing myself as Minister of trying to deal their mackerel quota and of conducting a midnight heist in them at an EU council meeting. So just that Simon Coveney meeting. Did Simon Coveney make a concession on mackerel stocks that did or did not get Brexit over the line? Did that actually happen? No, certainly not. For the Taoiseach, Minister Coveney and myself at all times fought a united battle to seek to ensure that there wouldn't be any impact. But were you privy then to Simon Coveney making an arrangement with the British on mackerel quotas? There was to be clear there was no arrangement between Simon Coveney and British or indeed with the EU in relation to mackerel quotas. All of us at exactly the same position. I asked what preparations, turning the convokes department made in briefing the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he was visiting the French Minister in 5th of December 2019, because from a moment when there was to be no hit on mackerel, within days there was a massive hit on Irish mackerel. So that was a question. Right, okay. Sorry, I was just trying to progress it on. When the Irish Government for Foreign Affairs said they were going to brief the Minister of Good Brief on Brexit, the French have said at the same time, Minister Coveney was calling to discuss fisheries and Brexit. And we do know that Minister Coveney was briefed by the Chairman of the Department. Just a quick sentence on that. Absolutely. And Minister Coveney and myself, every opportunity we got to engage with fisheries ministers from other EU member states we took. And we took it in order to put across the clear message from the Irish Government of the importance of holding the line of fisheries. And indeed, I would have conducted a number of meetings with other EU fisheries ministers to try and stiffen the resolve within the EU of the EU negotiating team to try and ensure that we get the best possible outcome on fisheries. And for that particular meeting, for example, in the run-up to Brexit, both myself and Minister Coveney would have met directly with fishing, the representatives of all the fishing organisations in relation to holding the national position in relation to being fully briefed. And for us to work at a political level with other EU member states and indeed for the fishing representatives themselves to work with their representatives of organisations in other member states. Because of course, there's many things that play within the Brexit negotiations. We knew the challenge was there for fisheries and we wanted to ensure that voice was heard loudly. The British, in deciding to leave the EU, wanted to reclaim all of the fish that the EU fleets, including ours, would catch in their waters. That was they wanted 100% of the fish that we catch in their waters back. Ultimately, the deal they got saw 25% of the fish that we, the Irish and other EU member states catch in their waters back. So we can still catch 75% of the fish. But we didn't want to lose a single fish and we fought to them there and everywhere we could. Jared, sorry, go ahead briefly please. None of that. The minister always says that the UK only got 25%. Yes, but they got an extra 25%. So as to Brexit, they ended up with 75%. Now Ireland at the moment has got 15%. And I think it is very poor of the minister to be defending the Brexit deal based on the 25% that the UK didn't get. The UK now has 75% and Ireland is 15%. And that should be something that the minister should be focusing on. I'll let you back in in a second, Charlie. Just as the figure came up today, the blue whiting at 9000 tonne quota of blue whiting. Norway, which isn't even on the EU, catches about 290,000 tonnes of blue whiting in our waters. What was the Irish figure there? Because you just lagged out briefly. 29,000 tonne for Ireland and 290,000 tonne for Norway. And I want to bring Deputy McLaughlin in, but I just want to give the minister an opportunity to respond to that. In relation to blue whiting, that was one gain that I did gain get last year fighting at European level was an increase in our blue whiting quota because I prevented swaps happening, which would have normally happened. I stepped in to prevent the vast majority of those swaps so we could keep more of the blue whiting. So that was something that was done last year. But listen, we can never get enough, we're fighting all the time for more fish. But just on the point that Jared made there, so the British wanted to reclaim all of the fishes caught in their waters with the EU fleet, they reclaimed just 25% of that. 75% of what we caught in British waters can still be caught. But listen, we wanted to keep that 100% and we fought very hard for it. And now, in terms of the common fisheries policy review, the fight is to try and improve. And you've made that point. I just want to bring the Sinn Féin marine sports person in. But just one one last one. Yeah, briefly please. I beg your pardon, as I say, I brought all of the fishing representatives together to put together the strategy for me to fight. Every idea they have, I will follow up as has been the case throughout my time as minister. Okay, you've made that point as well too, Charlie. And I welcome the delegation to Brussels. And you said that as well also. And any feedback or any suggestions or ideas or learnings from that from the industry that they want to feed into their strategy to provide me, I certainly look forward to hearing that and to backing them and doing all I can. Okay, let me have a word with thanks for waiting patiently. Deputy power McLaughlin, your response to what you're hearing from Minister McConnelog and your view there. Yeah, my appeal to Minister McConnelog is to listen to the experienced voices within fishing community in Johnnie Gollum across the country to stand up to his own department officials. I mean, Minister McConnelog was present at a public meeting in Kelly Beggs recently with the anger of hundreds and hundreds of people who was palpable at the Department of Marine and the SFPA. So he needs to stand up for those communities, challenge those in the Department of Marine and SFPA who have shown such disrespect and apply bureaucratic madness like nowhere else in the European Union are fishermen treated the way that they get treated in Ireland. Nowhere else are they treated. Nowhere else in Europe is the level of oversight and almost criminalisation of fishing communities. So I'm saying to the Minister, and I know Charlie personally a long time, we have a good relationship, is to work with all of us together to stand up for these people. But that sounds exactly what the Minister said he is doing. He's listening to the reps from the industry. He's fighting the fight in Europe. He's looking to achieve the best he can. I'm asking you, Deputy McLaughlin, he said he's doing what you're doing, what you said he should be doing. What else could be done? What could you actually do in the same position? Well, what I'll say is that Greg, in recent weeks, Minister McConnelog, Charlie was at that meeting in Kelly Beggs. And he must have taken from that meeting that there's a palpable anger and there's a sense that it hasn't been done, that they haven't been stood up to. And there was expressions of no confidence and so on. So, there just needs to be a confrontation of that. And that's all I would say. All that we're going to ask is that we stand up to those in the department bringing SFPA, we treat people with disrespect, and we go out to Europe and fight the good fight. And if Charlie's on the same page as Oz and that, then that's fine. That's what he needs to do. Right, it sounds like you are on the same page, Minister McConnelog, but what about standing up to maybe, you could argue, those that are running the show in Ireland? No, we are on the same page. Our absolute objective is to improve the situation of our fishers and say any ideas, suggestions, and everything has in terms of the tactics and strategies that I can adopt to do that. I certainly follow them up. I fight every EU council meeting forward. I vote against and every other member state is absolutely sick listening to me in relation to putting the Irish case in terms of the impact on Brexit that Brexit has had on us. And they'll be even sicker listening to me over the next number of months as they continue to fight that battle. In relation to our officials, I have to say, I have found right across the department that the interest of improving our situation is very much at the heart of our officials as well. I look to focus on the issues, Greg, on calling out exactly what the things are we have to do. I do find that in relation to the common between fisheries too often it gets personalised and the attacks can be there in officials as opposed to speaking to the actual challenges we need to do and the options available to us. And listen, you know, I was speaking to someone I was speaking to one of those. I think it's what you should you should also talk to that department because I was speaking to one of those officials recently on this programme and they didn't really rule out the fact that they think there are elements within the fishing industry that are are egging things on them, which I thought was a little bit of a personal commentary as well, which we have to be careful on. I think that we have a lot of work to do in terms of building the relationship at national level. In both directions is the point I'm trying to make here. I agree. I agree and that's, I mean, I attended and I went, it was 250 to 300 of that public meeting Kelly Beggs and I went along because I wanted to engage and talk and give the best account I could of where we were at and what I was trying to do and listen to what the feedback was from all of the fishers and indeed the wider stakeholders and community and Kelly Beggs that were at that meeting as well. Okay. So listen, I think we've a lot of work to do in terms of improving relations at national level, but also then all of us really working hard at European level to actually improve our situation. I appreciate you sparing your I appreciate Yeah, I appreciate you talking to us this morning, by the way, because it's it's to be actually that you come on and speak to us. It's very much appreciated. It's not insignificant and if definitely McLaughlin is a minister in the next government, however, that pans out will have the same access to you. Padre, is that a commitment to nod? Yeah, it is. Okay, good stuff. Listen, Charlie, thank you for your time this morning. Thanks, Greg. Take care yourselves. Jared, thank you very much, by the way, for helping us understand it from within the industry. And I know you've got loads more that you'd love to put to the minister and vice versa, but we got a bit of interaction there and I appreciate it. And I appreciate your time. And at last, but not least, Deputy Padre McLaughlin of Chinfane. Thank you as well for facilitating this and being part of the discussion. It's very much appreciated. Thanks, Greg. Take care yourselves. Thank you very much. Indeed. Okay, there you go. Right, that turned out to be something we hadn't fully planned for. A healthy debate, I hope, on the situation now. You heard from Deputy Padre McLaughlin, a fisherman, Jared Kelly, and also the Minister for the Marine Minister Charlie McConnelogue. 086625,000, your WhatsApps and texts, keep them coming into us. Hugely important, as you know. Let's take a break. 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Wednesday 1st of June 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Carendona Recycling Centre and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Milford Recycling Centre. Thursday 2nd of June 10 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. in Lahi Recycling Centre and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Stranollar Recycling Centre. Householders should bring their own bags or container to collect the compost. Compost available while stocks last. Okay let's get to some of your comments. The main problem with the Irish fishing industry is that Irish politicians actually believe the EU or the British care what happens here. Another, I've yet to see Charlie vote against the government on anything yet just bombards us with waffle. That's what that listener thinks isn't. We employ a whip system in this country for right or wrong. I think it's for wrong personally but those within politics might think it's right. I think people should be able to vote freely but they can't and you know if you vote against the government you're out. You're out certainly out of your minister's job. You're out of the parliamentary party so it's not insignificant. Now a very important event is taking place today. Members of the traveller community are holding a protest outside Lancaster House calling on the Taoiseach to address what they say is a denial of their human rights. The National Travel Mental Health Network has said that successive governments have failed to address the dire conditions in which travellers are living in. And we're joined on the programme now by a regular guest on this show Hugh Freel from the Donegal Traveller project down in Dublin today. Good morning to you Hugh. Thanks for taking the time out. I know you just arrived and we're not too far ahead of the event so I appreciate your time. Thank you Greg again. I apologise to the listeners for the noise. I'm just walking to the protest here. That's one of our better phone lines we've had today. Funny enough Hugh. Come here tell us you know what is the message you want Meehol Martin to hear today? I think one of the messages we want to Meehol Martin to hear is Greg. It's around the systemic racism that travellers are facing in terms of suicide and mental health issues. We have a pandemic in our community of mental health and also the suicide rate's been seven times higher. So with the government and the Taoiseach needs to listen. We're handing them a letter today to ask them to meet the network which I'm part of for the last four years and calling them to look around a strategic plan to deal with the mental health issues and suicide rate within the travel community. Up to 90% of travellers have been affected by suicide. It's around about 82% but it's up to 90%. Now this is not, this is presumably we need to look at the factors that lead to this. You can identify them Hugh. The challenges members of the travelling community face and they're ever changing aren't they? Talk to us about some of the things that you feel need to be addressed. I think the forever changing Greg is the education system for startling needs a review. A stark review in terms of the outputs for the travel community. Traveler children are leaving school at a very young age or they're going on to daybreak or they're going on to special initiative schools on the advice of the teacher to the parents. And what happened to a lot of travel adults is they're going back into the adult education and they're getting their degrees, they're leaving search, they're getting you know different formal education passes and certificates. So I do think that the education system needs a review on what's happened to travellers at a very young age. The systemic racism that's built into the education walls of the system has failed the travel community. What about identity? Throughout the traveller community but even amongst young travellers you know do you think young travellers feel there is a place for Ireland in them and elements of their culture? Yeah I do think there's a massive issue for identity issues to the minute because what happened is the segregation and the I suppose assimilation of young travellers and traveller families in the housing and safety areas throughout Donegal throughout Ireland has had a massive effect on travel culture and so young people that these days don't know they're caught between two words in relation to their identity, they're caught between several words and they're caught between travel words and it's very difficult for young travellers to identify and then issues of mental health suicide you know creep on I suppose in the sense over the years. Yeah and I noticed too and it's kind of interesting I don't know I haven't really, young members of the traveller community on social media I've noticed you know sometimes it pops up on your timeline and they do sort of Q&As that some of the questions they have to answer from the settled community in inverted commas myths that have to be dispelled the challenges they're facing in their life. I think they're doing a good thing in spreading the word but it goes to show the type of questions that are being asked of them what a lot of the settled community they're viewed towards travellers are. Yeah yeah and Facebook can be a very dangerous place as well Craig and race to Instagram or Twitter for young travellers to get bullied, isolated and you know intimidation where systemic racism happens and it's allowed to happen. You've got trollers online who you know that directly talk about members of the travel community how they isolate and pinpoint young travellers within that and that can be very very dangerous for young traveller to be monitored or bullied in that kind of manner. Yeah do you think the government need to do a study on this right across the board the situation because we have some bits of information like the behavior and attitudes survey that I referenced but if the government were serious about addressing some of these issues they have to have a true understanding of it and I don't think we have ever properly compiled that data have we? We're having Craig and I think that they need to say as they have a review have you looked at the employment rate of 83% of travellers and applied 13% of travellers is employed in traveller organizations and the other 3% is employed in mainstream and employment so if you look at that and you look at the this systemic racism discrimination that happens in the climate alone of travellers not getting employment. So you think of how what chance has somebody a young traveller in 16, 17, 18 getting employment in mainstream areas so the government needs to take an initiative or take you know format where travellers get employed to some opportunities through the bus and sector. All right listen I won't delay you any further I know you're making your way to that we might do a follow-up with you just to get a sense of what the reaction has been I just wanted to set the scene with you on such an important event and I appreciate your time as always. Thank you Craig. All right take care that's Hugh Freel there from the Domingo travellers project they themselves recently tried to book an event that when I say they themselves I mean the project themselves tried to book an event at a hotel a hotel says sorry it were fully booked on that day. I understand they got another person to ring the same hotel and they had vacancies in space there. Again I'll invite you to text or call the show you know the numbers. A caller says, read the new extension of a ban on Russian oil now estimated to hit 220 per litre at four courts by next week. However good news is that Miho Mart and the rest of our politicians won't be affected by the rise in fuel prices. Nope the taxpayer as usual will cover the cost of their gas guzzling cars and meanwhile Russia will find a new buyer for their oil once again the only loser is Joe public and this new deal is listen if you get it by a pipe you can but you can't get it from the sea you know you can't sell it on if you get it by the pipe but you know what's going to happen. I don't know what impact that's going to have on on on Russia and listen let's not forget the higher the price of petrol and diesel goes the greater the take from the status. I just want to know why so many facilities are gone or almost gone in Karnedonna the courthouse is closed a few years ago for refreshment never reopened the day centre for senior citizens closed with the pandemic was open five days per week it never reopened the motor tax office used to open five days per week as did the library and since opening post-pandemic they only open two days a week and the politicians and councillors are turning a blind eye. All right what's going on in Karnedonna it does come up from time to time at council meetings but services and facilities has been clearly outlined by that listener being stripped from Karnedonna never to return and what impact might that have on that area if you're from it and have a view on it let us know. Warning for convincing insurance company scam calls a lady rang and had the correct information for my husband his name in address but when I asked how she had this information she hung up she also did not say what she was calling from please be aware okay thank you people and businesses like hotels and schools need to take the first step and stop flying EU flags well I don't think we're talking about an I-Rex at this point but I'll take your point what kind of joke is the EU when our ministers in their own words have to fight them for fairness it's an interesting point if your starting point is a battle for fairness and you're a member of this club it's questionable isn't it Ireland to the EU is like Tory Ireland to the rest of Ireland I lived in France for years and there was never any mention of Ireland that's why we have to take what we get and there's others waiting on an oyster license for the last two and a half years what's causing the delay I don't know the answer to that 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well as a both greg we had a meeting of the joint policing committee a week past last friday and at that meeting i asked that we would take in um that the air support unit would be brought on and that the sniffer dogs would be taken on for the rally weekend and as a both to be fair about it it's just a matter of using the tools that's available um to unguide the sihana for to make sure that um you know with rally weekend um off as smoothly as possible um we want the people in donagall and their visitors to have a very positive experience and um i think at all the tools at the disposal of unguide the sihana should be used over that weekend and this is not donagall rally specific as such but a lot of people around the country will be descending uh on the county for the rally and you know there is you can probably distinguish between those that have come for the motorsport element and those that come for the crack that surrounds it you're saying that get this information out there early get it in place and it lacked as a deterrent for the small group that might be inclined to bring drugs with them look at the both you know i don't want to start drawing on any lines on who uses drugs or who doesn't because we do know what you know that's the widespread the use of drugs and donagall in ireland and um i just i just always feel myself with the people who are genuine rally fans come to uh donagall you know the the rally drivers their navigators their crews the marshals and all these type of people and people that are as our motorsport fans and you know it would be nice to be on uh highland ready with a monday after the rally saying that it was a great success and um but we do know from from the past you know that that there's massive crowds of people come into town and i think it's fair to say that there's a lot of the people that come into town really don't have that much interest in motorsport to come for the social um side of things so i think you know um the first thing you have to do is to prepare for the weekend and i think donagall motor club i've worked with i think they have a good enough plan in place um i think if they use all the tools for it it's a great weekend for people in business and donagall um i think it's a great weekend you know for for the yeah and we'll talk about we do talk about the positives and and it's 99 99 positive but they're also of course and i know you're not trying to shut this down there has to be a space for uh people who have been discommoded or upset to have their say planning is a word you use really important you know like are we planning now spaces where people can maybe diff their cars uh you know are we accommodating that uh because if we if we just block off all the spaces they'll end up up the back roads doing it and then we'll be speaking to you know disgruntled local residents you know like have we i wonder have we learned any lessons from what we know will happen with this small minority that just landed on the goal or are we just going to keep doing the same stories over and over again i wonder well i'm not i'm i'm not sure what people plan to do with their camp x rig and it wouldn't surprise me if some people close them off but my own opinion on it is when you have something on like the donagall rally maybe at night time there should be concerts and stuff like this but on you know um kind of events at night time for for to entertain uh the people that are here in town you know but look it's a very difficult one um but i think you know we still have to ensure that people can get around reasonably freely you know that that that's a that it's an enjoyable weekend and the people who come here to experience and want to come back to donagall again and um look as the man says we're not going to um you know try and rewrite the books but at the same time like you say we have to learn from past experience and some of those experiences haven't been good and i just think that at the right place in the right time for you yes that can be made um you know a lot more work okay let me just ask you directly i should have at the beginning you made the calls for sniffer dogs to be brought in and we've had similar calls in the past nothing came of it were you given any indication as if to that will as if that if that would happen or if inquiries would be made to see if it could happen um since the joint policing committee meeting um i've got a a reply by email to say that their support unit is coming on to letter kenny and i think that has to be welcomed you know to identify pressure points and get the resources that to those pressure points so as things can be handled as efficiently as possible um on the issue of dogs coming on that has not been decided yet and that was also on the email it that there's no wild commitment that they will become neither did they say they wouldn't become okay we'll probably need that air support up most uh most days in letter kenny at this stage but anyway cancel Michael Mcbride thanks for your time this morning okay all right take care of yourself bye bye oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand uh in response to our conversation with Hugh freel i called us as i'm a teacher and we do everything in our power to ensure we treat traveler children the same as everyone else then when we hear Hugh saying that the Department of Education is not looking after children within the community it's infuriating when we do all we can for them Hugh is obviously not still on the line to respond to that but i think he might not be talking about individuals and teachers i think he might be talking about how the system is structured and teachers themselves have to work within that so i don't think it was a personal criticism or a lack of appreciation for those that do all they can but more um the system as a whole i hope i'm not putting words in his mouth but i imagine that's what he might say this caller says i'm a settled traveler and i was never contacted about any of the courses i'm interested in them and this is known but for some reason i was passed for them it's a question on our social media the draft bylaws banning of dogs on blue flag beaches during peak summer times is to go out to public consultation do you support it when it's actually being applied actually from tomorrow here uh the answers on facebook yes 50% of you supported 50% of you don't on twitter 66% of you supported 34% don't on instagram 56% do 44% no we're quite divided aren't we and that actually probably plays out as it relates to the contacts we get on this program as well all right listen thank you