 time for a news update and it's over to Donnery Daherty. Thanks Greg, good morning. Doney Gull Minister Charlie McConnelog has found himself in hot water after breaking strict guidelines and using public funds to advocate for a yes-yes vote in the referendum. That's according to this morning's Irish Independent. The press release was titled Minister McConnelog advocates yes vote ahead of March 8th randoms, however it was made unconstitutional to use taxpayers money to promote only one side in the campaigns. The issue lies as the email came from his government apartment, whereas it should have been sent out by his political party. The minister's office has been contacted for a response. Meanwhile, the government needs to reconnect with the public and reflect on the referendum defeats at the weekend according to one of its own MEPs. Vinegales Colin Markey says the coalition must take collective responsibility, claiming it was not the fault of one individual. The Midlands North West MEP says government needs to reevaluate ahead of the local and European elections in the upcoming months. We have to stand back and reflect on this and perhaps some other issues as well. There's no doubt we need to engage. You always have to stay in touch with the public and you always have to be aware and on the ground and I think that's something that the longer you're in government the more you have to focus around it. I think we certainly have to, if you like, reevaluate our situation and I suppose get out there on the ground and start talking to people. There's calls for a specific meeting to develop tourism for East Dunnegall. Councillor Patrick McGowan says previous efforts to promote tourism efforts have fallen by the wayside due to a lack of support. Dunnegall County Council has agreed to an initial meeting with councillors in the Sturnor-Leleford MD. Councillor McGowan has proposed a border corridor be established. We can plan with an employer if any, the main 13, 14 blue flag beaches in Dunnegall. You can also get to the Hampton there. You can ground to any location there, you know, even the walls or the dairy around him to get there. We're well located. We have the accommodation. This would complement the way that it might be way to have a border corridor, tourism, you know, a cycling, walking, just general outdoor activities. Two more names have been confirmed in the hat for the upcoming local elections. Labour's Shamie O'Doohey will contest in the Glentix Electoral Area. Meanwhile, Jimmy Brogan, who has worked with Dunnegall Deputy Thomas Pringle for the last 10 years, will run as an independent in the Dunnegall Municipal District. Looking now to whether today will be mostly cloudy with mist and patches of light, rain or drizzle. There will be a few brighter intervals, highest temperatures of seven or eight degrees with light, southerly or variable winds coasts of flooding possible due to unusually high tides. That's all for now from Highland Radio News. We'll be back again at 10 o'clock. It's not just that Sarah can't rely on the rains to come this year. It's not just that the only water left could cost her her life. It's not just that she has seen all her crops destroyed and she is struggling to feed her little boy. Like thousands of parents living in regions devastated by drought, Sarah is living in fear. And it's not just this lends your help can make all the difference. Visit trochra.org or call 1-800-408-408-TROCHRA together for a just world. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, the Ninth and Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello and a very good morning to you. Three minutes past nine this Monday, the 11th of March, 2024. How are you all keeping? Hope you're very well indeed. I hope you had a great weekend and Mother's Day yesterday. So if you are a mother, I hope you were treated like the queen that you are and had a wonderful day. And for those of you like myself who've lost their mother, it can be a tough day. Hopefully you got through that all right and thinking on to those mothers who are pre-deceased and again, a tough day. So if you, hopefully everyone had the day, the best day possible is effectively what I'm saying. What a weekend it was too. On Saturday, we got the results of the referendum. No, no. Donegal delivered the biggest no-no in the country, which is not an incredible surprise. The extent of the no-no right across the country, though, perhaps surprised some, though many thought it would pass as a no-no, if that makes sense. We're going to be talking about that in the first hour of the show. If you want to say why you voted no-no, get in touch with us. You know, there's an awful lot of jockeying now from people to say that we won this. You know, we convinced people to say no-no. I'm not saying that's the case. I think rather, unfortunately, some people are saying that people voted no because they didn't understand it. I think that's a bit of an insult, to be honest with you. I think people were well informed and there were certain elements of it you simply couldn't understand. That's not down to the electorate. So I don't think that's a fair accusation. But why did you vote no-no? If you want to share that information, WhatsApp and text, I'll wait 60-25,000 or call 07491-25,000. Just a reminder, you can email us well, comments at HighlandRadio.com. And if you want to watch the show and our guests as they join us, either in studio or via video link, then you can watch on X, on Highland Radio, at Highland Radio, on Facebook, Highland Hope, Highland News and Sport. And you can also watch on YouTube, Highland Radio Ireland, which means you can watch us on your smart TV or your Fire Stick as well. We have loads to get through. So we'll have a rattle through the front of the papers and inside some of them today. The Donegal News, the political establishment in Donegal is reeling this morning as supporters of two key constitutional changes faced crushing defeats out the weekend with the county delivering the biggest no-no vote in the country. 84% of voters in Donegal rejected the care referendum while an overwhelming 80% said no in the family referendum. This resounding rejection, the highest in the country, echoes through the corridors of power with Kevin Monaghan, Leish Offley and Mayo closely trailing behind Donegal's results out of 123,452 eligible voters in Donegal. Only 40% showed up among them. 41,030 said no in the care referendum. Just 7,834 saying yes. Overwhelming no vote. The Derry News, a move to biannual MOT testing for cars under 10 years old has been proposed to address significant waiting times for test appointments. The STLP has tabled amendment to a motion scheduled to be heard in the assembly today, which would attest political opinion on the move after former Infrastructure Minister Nicola Mallon issued a call for evidence on the proposal while in government. On to the nationals now. We'll let hop to the Irish Independent and cabinet minister used public funds to call for a yes vote in the defeated referendum. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConnell broke strict rules banning the unconstitutional use of state resources in referendum campaigns. The McKenna judgement made it unconstitutional for the government to spend taxpayers money promoting only one side in the campaigns. Yet the Fianna full minister sent out a referendum press release press statement from his government department last week. Mr McConnell pushed for a yes vote amongst farmers in the closing days of the campaign. Minister McConnell advocates yes vote amongst the farming community ahead of referendum. Read the statement sent out from the Department of Agriculture. Such statement should not be sent out by political parties. In this case, the Fianna full press office ministers were issued with specific guidelines warning them not to use taxpayers funds in campaigning for the referendum. As you heard from Donna Marie in the newsroom, a statement has been sought or comment has been sought as yet not forthcoming. On to the Irish Times Coalition on Ease Grows after referendum rejections. The emphatic rejection of the referendum on care and family over the weekend has led to a growing nervousness in government about increased voter volatility with a number of elections on the horizon. The coalition parties were left reeling after the historic loss with ministers troubled not only by the defeat but by the scale of the no vote in proposals that had the support of almost all political parties in it. Well, and that's where the mistake lies here in sometimes I just wonder and it's not just on this issues and others. If you have difficulties with the wording of it or if you think something is not right, surely you advocate for a no, no vote or yes, no or whatever the company and company nation might be. I don't really think it's fair. And I think we're not stupid that you sort of go. I don't really like the wording of this. We had it from NGOs as well. I don't really like the wording of this. So, but we're going to go. Yes, yes. And then after the fact go. Well, the government got it wrong. You know, this is a terrible indictment on the government and what have you. I don't think anyone who campaigned for a yes, yes vote on this referendum is in a position to sort of say it's not our fault. Surely whoever campaigned for a yes, yes and didn't understand the mood of the Irish public, it is their fault surely as much as it is the government or whomever is responsible for this. Because I see other parties in government and opposition and, you know, non-government organisations had distanced themselves from it, saying that, you know, the government threw us under the boss. They didn't campaign as hard as we did. I think if you advocated for a yes, yes at any point up until the day, then you can't really all of a sudden now say it's not, you know, it's not really your fault. Can you what do you think 0860, 025,000? The care referendum which proposed deleting the reference to a woman's life in the home and a mother's duty in the home and replacing it with a recognition of care with the family fell after a record 73.9 percent no vote. There was a 67.69 percent no vote in the referendum on family which proposed extending the definition of family to unions based on a durable relationship as well as those based on marriage. Now we were told in relation to the in relation to the care referendum that it was sexist language that this was anti-women and all that kind of stuff. Well, I think a very strong message was sent to say that people believe that a woman's life is wherever she wants it to be, being in the home or not and that the mother does have a very significant rule. I think most people would concede that that is quite obviously the case and maybe this is a pushback against walkism. Some might see it as well. On to the Irish Daily Mail now and some of you may have been very heavily invested in, because I see an awful lot of it in social media, on Kate from the Royal Family. She has underwent surgery, hasn't been seen for ages and a lot of people were speculating if the princess of Wales condition is worse than being said publicly. You know it became a bit of a conspiracy theory as to what went on. So yesterday, yesterday they released a picture from Mother's Day. Excuse me, your husband did. I've heard with three children and it all looks perfect. It's not happy Mother's Day and all that kind of stuff but the problem is that the picture has been heavily doctored to the extent that it might not even be her in the picture at all. Now this isn't conspiracy theory stuff, quite clearly the picture has been very heavily edited. Now not in terms of making people look more prettier or what have you, but in terms of alignment, i.e. the subjects in the picture aren't as the picture was taken. Personally it could be that you've seen the ads for that software that moves people's heads around. I don't think maybe it's that, but anyway it has caused what it has thrown petrol on the flames of the conspiracy. It was a beautiful Mother's Day image I read designed to calm nerves and quell vicious internet speculation about the Princess of Wales's condition but last night questions were raised of a possible digital manipulation of a new family photograph showing Kate with her three children. It's been heavily doctored by the way, not possible. The image is the first time Kate 42 has been pictured publicly officially at least since undergoing abdominal surgery in January but in an extraordinary development last night foreign pictures agencies including Reuters AP Getty and AFP withdrew the picture saying it had been digitally manipulated. Now, wait till you see what the pages are saying later in the day and tomorrow online and physically. They're going to go to town on that no doubt about it. Did you hear Pope Francis' calls in relation to the war in Ukraine and there's been a bit of controversy over those calls because Pope Francis has been criticised for saying Ukraine should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia. In an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI and partially released yesterday Francis used the phrase the courage of the white flag as he argued that Ukraine facing a possible defeat should be open to peace talks brokered by international powers. Specifically asked if Ukraine should agree to peace talks he said I think that the strongest one is the one who looks at the situation thinks about the people and has the courage of the white flag and negotiates. Now, I can understand why the reference to a white flag has angered some within Ukraine because they are sort of saying well the Pope's quite removed from the whole situation. He should walk a day in our shoes but I think the majority of people listening unless I don't have the mood of the people I think the majority of people listening might say yes look we understand exactly everything that's going on in Ukraine but at this point rather than sending tens of thousands of young predominantly men to their death perhaps now is the time to say is there a is there a potential solution here? I think a lot of people listening would be in favour of what the Pope said perhaps not quite in the way that he said it. Just back to the referendum this is the Irish Daily Mirror the public sorry the government has claimed it was you the public's lack of understanding of what the referenda entailed that led to a landslide no vote. The results saw the most overwhelming defeat of a referendum in the history of the state. Yesterday Minister of State Pippa Hackett said the government failed to put across the electorate why they should have voted yes in Friday's dual referenda on family and care. Voters overwhelmingly rejected proposed changes to care with almost 74,000 voting against it the highest ever no vote percentage in the Irish referendum. Ms Hackett said we failed to articulate to the electorate why they should vote yes and yes in the referenda. However because of the size of the no vote it is also being seen as a rejection of some of the government's policies especially regarding immigration and gender issues and that's why I'm really interested to find out with as big a sample as possible. Did you vote no against the government? Did you vote no because of other things? Did you vote no because you don't understand? Or did you vote no because you had a look at the information that was there you listened to various voices on it and you said I don't want the constitution changed in this regard please let us know. Would you like a piece of Daniel O'Donnell while the contents of his seaside mansion as it's described in Donegal are going under the hammer they include the original contents of his eight bedroomed former residence Donegal Shore House situated at Critch Island the I Just Wanna Dance With You hitmaker lived there with his wife Majella the cliff top house overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and Concashia the home place of the famous musician and some of the items up for sale include an antique modern and designer furniture along with some collectible items which is quite interesting must keep an eye on that and there's pictures of them and you can bid on them and all that kind of stuff as well all right that was a run through what's making the headlines just before we take a break and welcome our first guest on as you would know last week if you were listening the Kelly's Centre at the mountaintop top letter Kenny they have widened or extended the range of food from Donnie Brook Fair it's now available at Kelly's Centre at Mountaintop and we had a 100 euro voucher from Kelly's Up for Grabs to celebrate this and the winner who I didn't get to because I ran out of time was Michelle Gallinat from Ballet Buffet who correctly answered Venus so well done we'll be in touch with you to get that that voucher to you okay we're going to break down the no-no vote in the referendum after we take our first commercial break of the day stay right where you are the newspapers are courtesy of Kelly's Centre Mountaintop letter Kenny the Seastore National Large Four Court of the Year for 2022 The Ninth All-New Show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today despite low temperatures and high energy costs it's important everyone stays warm and well through the colder months it's also important to understand that saving energy where possible saves money and helps reduce the impact on our climate simple steps can make a big difference like turning down the thermostat by one degree limiting the use of high energy appliances like tumble dryers or ensuring we don't heat rooms that aren't in use government is playing its part too making a range of supports available to help ease the burden on families across the country for support and advice visit gov.ie forward slash reduce your use brought to you by the government of Ireland Well Grace, how are you today? 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For a limited time they're offering a 40% discount on any electric fire when you purchase a work top there 40% that's an amazing deal Grace absolutely and trust me if the discount alone doesn't sway you there are huge selection of fireplaces stoves wood pellet burners beams and stone cladding certainly well contact made-to-measure fireplaces Chrysler on 07491 38365 on facebook instagram and on mtmfireplaces.ie take care of your family and guide you through a difficult time we've one planet and it's ours to protect from a pairing to swapping to creating and recreating learn the changes you can make every Tuesday at half past 12 to live a little greener tune in to ours to protect with me Donna Marie Daughey ours to protect is funded by Commissioner Mann with a television license fee and is a partnership between Highland Radio and the independent broadcasters of Ireland check out ours to protect dot i.e. for more information okay Angela good morning to you thanks for taking the call good morning Grace are you not too bad at all Angela so you went out Friday you cast your vote and you went no no is it because he didn't understand what was being put to you no it wasn't that and you know I I hate to hear that Greg because that's been used before you know making people like that they're stupid because you voted no but anyway and now the reason I voted no and again it's nothing against the government or any political party I would be a care of myself and I'm not gonna have been in the past and probably will be in the future but I've never had more talk about cares this last few weeks that before they didn't exist or they didn't really matter but I'm saying that we have to remember that cares are loving after people and you know I think the people with the disabilities or whatever conditions you have they've been forgotten do you know what I mean and that was one of the reasons I voted no did you feel that the definition of carers was too narrow too specific well I think the whole thing a bit carries you know cares do great great jobs and we've have people caring in a lot of different ways you leave the family care you have the care that comes into the house whatever but again I will go back to you know people care for people that we care for do you know what I mean so there's a bigger picture right there and it's just at the minute I think there's very little there for carers people loving on their own can't even get cares great and cares but maybe 10-15 months in the house and they're rushing to another house there's not enough cares do you know what I mean and it can't get cares if you will get people in the hospital who can't get out to their home or wherever because there's no place it's for them to go either and it was just that whole thing Greg that that's one of the reasons I voted no because there's nothing there at the beginning and I think if we change if we have to change the situation would have made the situation worse do you know what I mean and in relation to the family of their friend a man shaller yes you voted no in that regard as well yes well you know I wouldn't have any legal friend and Greg but again you know that was too simple I think if I'd go I would have gone through it was totally unpractical I wouldn't have worked you know what I mean so I don't think there's any point in giving people false hope and putting people under situations that could have made things worse for them you know what I mean yeah I get you okay so that was kind of one of the reasons and then I voted no there as well great all right you know yeah I'm just really interested to get your insight I know you're busy so I appreciate your time this morning have a lovely day that's great thank you very much bless you take care John McAteer is editor of the Chicano Tribune he's with me now good morning John good morning Greg nice to be here yeah good to have you on now we had a special show on Saturday where we talked through a lot of the issues what we'll pretend pretend that didn't happen because there's going to be crossover audience but a completely new audience as well this morning given the fact that it's a weekday you've had a couple of days to reflect on the outcome of the referendum why was it such a renounding no resounding no there's a number of different reasons and so we made very very good points there as a care cares have never had a good deal in this country it's left a lot of the time to the goodness of the hearts of the people who are doing the caring they're not been properly remunerated or rewarded uh our discussion on Saturday was was very well worthwhile given that we had very little to go on we made the very best of it at least we turned up unlike the politicians and unlike the talk to me about the significance of that because that was mentioned a couple of times at the weekend effectively now I wasn't there for an awful lot of the day but effectively the whole outside those working very hard within it was empty except for a few on God our members of the the goddess you call now and a handful of ain't two supporters and some media outside of that there was no one there why would those advocating for yes yes turn up it was a total disconnect with this referendum and that was right back for about a year the the government just didn't turn up Leo Varadka didn't turn up nor did me and marten a man a man Ryan did a fair bit but Roger Gokhan probably was left was left hung out to dry they didn't communicate that message was at all we got a lot of soft focused stuff from Heather Humphries as the minister for social protection she done a piece last week nobody will lose anything from from the changes March 8th represents an opportunity for us to vote for a caring and changing Ireland a society in which every family counts and the constitution that reflects the Ireland of the present not the past people are not buying into that stuff there was no no agenda out there to come on to the doorsteps and tell us exactly what they were doing but people don't want to reject the the families of the past I mean you know they don't want that they don't want to be they don't want the role of women they don't want the role of mothers they don't want the the traditional and inverted commas family to be watered down in any way shape or form they don't mind that being maintained I think and a lot of people to see maybe more inclusive language but the public don't haven't given up on on you know traditional somewhat conservative values most most definitely not but uh what was presented was presented to the people who was billed as as a vote or votes with an opportunity to embed and inclusivity and equality into a constitution from 1937 87 years ago there was no mention of this kind of terminology or this kind of wording people have moved on an awful lot and the constitution hasn't moved in a in accordance with the with the with the development of uh of the people and the country and until we until we do a lot more about the constitution itself and perhaps we didn't need that constitution or that referendum at all particularly on the family given that the Tipperary family the Omaris took the minister for social protection and the attorney general to the supreme court that was a long-going case where where the spouse's partner died four years ago that had been planning to get married they have three adult children and they're mid to late teens uh Johnny Omara went to collect his uh his widower's contribution pension uh to be told you're not entitled to anything you're not married and the court just cut along story short found in his favour the seven judges found in his favour and what you could read into that is like that that article of the constitution will now have to be changed the indicated that to the attorney general's office so uh that would that would now when that is changed will leave those who are cohabiting who people love wasn't who they don't love so are you saying that in that case the definitely the constitution has to be changed or do we not now have new interpretation of the meaning of of uh you know was his it was his exclusion from the widow's pension unconstitutional or was it was it sort of illegal in terms of how we interpret the constitution yeah what they found was that there was nothing in the article of the constitution that should have barred from from from receiving his payment so like what they were saying there they they recommended that the legislative change be effected to give to give voice to the decision that they made so effectively they were saying to the attorney general your interpretation of this is wrong and that being the case a they recommended that the article be changed in accordance with the really so like why were we why were we voting in those circumstances because that's what the third week of January that that that well I'll take that out with you a little bit more because we're also asking John and Yuri is interested in this as I am as to why people voted no no and Patrick you are correct in saying you never necessarily voted on you know the the the wording of the constitution this was more for you to send a strong message to government is that how you voted that is a great I think the ordinary people working class people you know reading reading information on leaflets and slushers can you work it out and attorney general can you work it out and attorney general give them advice we're ordinary people let's vote as far as I'm concerned it was completely against the government to say or come up you have politics in those company demands a mess with Fina fall Fina gale and together the same outfit you have a t-shirt in charge of the country who took six six counts to get him across the line you have a green party there smallest party in the country big tip and policy in this country now the moment politics is a mess and unfortunately the alternative they went with this this uh referendum they went with it you're talking about just take the one oh yeah of course yeah they went with it instead of saying we don't agree with the wording no so it's no from us until you put the wording and like they went what the and then one about just they going up okay you know we we should uh uh we should have we should have that we should just do the like no we're not doing nothing but as far as I'm concerned I have to vote against this government because people are second so Patrick I mean if you may have been inclined to vote Sinn Fein in the past has this put you off voting for them into the future now given the fact that they went yes yes well I'll tell you what it's probably done quick it's probably actually leveled the playing field again of voting for something and voting for for a complete outfit that's maybe that's not no use to this country so what else their their politics of the monarch is not represented in this country not representing people working class people of this country politics demand I don't know what they're doing up there so there's but they all seem to go up into a room somewhere and they just come close it over and they just get disconnected you know it is interesting and I was saying that because you know you listen to conversations and some of the media coverage of stuff and it feels like they're talking about a different country and I'm not just talking about the government even on a national level with with media particularly or opposition it's like they don't really get what life is like what life is like on the ground no they're just disconnected when everybody's just completely fit they were that assured of that vote come through like you know they were just sort of that assured of it but just they didn't care about people assembly they didn't care about anything they went with it they were that assured but I can tell you one thing if there's a right hook yesterday to a whole lot of parties every one of them include and I think it's also interesting I think it's also interesting in the ditch the ditch released leaked advice from from the attorney general and the response to that from from government ministers was like well we're going to have to investigate why this was leaked or who leaked it rather than sort of say you know have an introspective look as to why they held it back in the first place again that sort of if the regular people in the country go no the issue isn't here who leaked it because it's leaked all the time the issue here is is well why did we not have access to this in the run up to to these referenda that's what stinks a little bit not that it was leaked yeah so I actually was on yesterday they were trying to say find somebody that leaked it I think you there was a man on yesterday and today in politics and the puppet one was trying to say it was leaked he says I'll go through it if you want pieces there the attorney general raised maybe 30 or 40 questions about what you've done this is and I couldn't do it in this program this is the program wouldn't belong on so we haven't seen it so obviously the attorney general had given a load of recommendations and definitely and they didn't take him on board at all but as I say you go back Greg the no vote for me is because I'm sick to the teeth looking at a t-shirt we took six counts to get him across the line his own constictancy I think came back 63 percent so he's not there he's not representing people six counts here across the line is not representing people great that's second or third best and he's I'm there now that he's he's calling the shots he's the boy so what are some people are sick of it and people are not stupid hardly hardly people are not sure that's the part that's the suggestion that we don't understand is what greats with me perhaps the most in all of this Patrick thanks for your time really appreciate it thanks for input obviously well schooled in the world of politics John interesting point there I've talked to about a hundred people or more since Saturday afternoon and indeed all day on Friday out and about the polling stations and that's the singular thing that is sticking out there is what Patrick said exactly people who are waiting to have a whack at the government they're angry they feel disconnected they feel disowned there's no trust in this government and I mean that vote has to reflect that and you know what this does though this means that it is going to be next year now before we have a general election yeah there's just I mean I would be of the opinion John that this this puts pay to any talk of an early general election John you're going to stick with me for the hour aren't you yeah thank you very much I'll get another cup of coffee get a cup of coffee there Michael's going to be joining us with the reason as to why he feels people voted no no after this break stay white right where you are and get involved in the conversation people 08 660 25 000 watch the 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let's get this loud and clear said that if it was a a no-no vote that they would re-run it again if they would undo power with different warden that's total contempt for the Irish people the choices of the Irish people made how can you trust people like that and they were all in boards i think it was only in two and a few senators and a few independent TDs that went with a no-no but the one thing they didn't bank on was the Irish people saying through them in long last there's no regard for the Irish people whatsoever the way we've been treated for the last few years are are it's just unbelievable that these people are in power yet they're just despicable people it's unbelievable what they've done with Irish people and for Sinn Fein to come out and say that they would re-run of the and supposedly the party of the people oh it's just unbelievable what Mary Lou McDonald said all you have to do is listen to some of the interviews from the politicians it's just unbelievable and this goes right through our society you know what hasn't been mentioned here as the NGOs who have all supported a yes yes vote these are people that are not elected by nobody making decisions such as people when we talk when we talk about NGOs you're talking about like the women's council and and such of course the women's council they do not represent the women of Ireland they represent a self-serving people that all they want is the on the gravy train they're all on the gravy train if you look at what the NGOs in Ireland have got this this is diversifying from the actual question of the no-no vote but these are the people that promoted it they've got I think six billion euros and fountain they've got six million euros in fountain to promote a yes yes vote on a still field then people don't represent us the politicians definitely don't represent us and who represents the people michael the only the only people that stood up for the truth the truth of the matter was that they wanted to remove the word woman from the constitution they do not want the word woman because it's mother sorry woman that's okay yep that's okay uh they don't want the word mother and the constitution because there's another agenda at work here and the people can see it they can see right through it now uh give the Irish people and give the people that voted no a bit of a credit for for their for their understanding of exactly what's going on here they're trying to change the face of Ireland and that's what they're trying to take the Irishness out of the Irish people and that's exactly what the all these politicians are trying to do and it's not going to work because the people have wakened up to them there's a few people there's a there's one or two parties out there and they see exactly what's happened but we've got an opportunity I think I think I know the parties you're referring to but if you look at uh if you look at say for instance ain't if if you look at uh quite a few of their candidates are from different backgrounds from different cultures so I presume that's the party you're talking of but they're to some expect some some extent embracing diversity you see no there's nothing to do with diversity it's been it's being respected as Irish people it's nothing at all you know this is when you have a different opinion to the the government parties or the opposition party now at this stage you're you're you're automatically uh branded as racist well not here but that's how you know I understand what you're talking about and a lot of places I'm not one but racist I've traveled all over the world I've worked with all nationalities and have respected all nationalities and I'm not one but racist but I'm Irish okay I'm proud to be Irish yep as many of the yep I'll get you Michael listen thank you so much for your time I appreciate it before I go back to John McIntyre and we're bringing uh we're bringing uh Dr Joel Kelly into this conversation I want to go to Emma who is a carer um what way or yeah what way did you vote Emma and why I would know in the carer referendum and I've seen a lot of uh it's uh anti-government vote it's it's a protest against them it's actually not a protest against anybody this was a vote that was pro I vote no for pro carers and they support people with disabilities they took into no account the damage that basically what they said was we will strive to help and even the attorney general's letter said that that that would be about litigation we shouldn't have to sue the government to get the supports that are needed and when you talk about the word strive I noted two and I kind of cringed a little bit and this is not anti-leovert car but he started talking then about the Irish interpretation and it was actually climb and not strive and I thought writes okay there's a problem here with the word I can tell you now I think it's not just about the word and here's the thing and I said this at a public meeting before the referendum I said listen here's the thing for people like myself as a care and I'm going to go into a bit of a rant here now we're not too concerned about what about what I'm referred to right and I'm not trying to diminish anybody's stance and wanting to be called a mother or a woman or anything else it's good enough I don't mean it like that but what I mean is as a care most of us are too exhausted to even even cut if they think that that's what keeps me awake at night lying awake at night is how I'm referred to in the constitution then they're very far removed from what carers go through and what people with disabilities go through most carers survive on three hours sleeping at night and if we're lucky we get four hours on a good night was the questions that keep me up and I are not too whether somebody I don't know and have never met what they refer to me what I'm concerned about is the fact that one of my children is making five years to see a consultant what I care about is that both of my children will have aged out before they ever seen the national children's hospital because it's five years too late it was supposed to open in 2020 now it'll be 2025 and it's way over budget I care about access to cdnt departments and the the vacancies that are in cdnt departments like the 62 percent in Donegal vacancies in certain parts of Donegal anyway and then I care if we qualify for cdnt departments or if we don't and if we don't qualify for cdnt like a lot of us don't we get sent back to primary care and their resources are not inexhaustible so what they do is they'll give you a block of therapy and they teach you how to continue this therapy at home be that your physio your occupational therapy your speech and language therapy your dieticians your behavioral therapy all of these things then we worry about whether we can get a NAPS assessment because most schools only get two NAPS assessments a year and most of these schools have an access of 500 students and then if another child joins the school and has a greater need or child gets pushed further down the weight must right and that's not to take away from the child who just needs the assessment but we worry about our child right and then we worry if we get the NAPS assessment and we're told that our child needs a space in the ASD in it like we were told you so is there space in the ASD in it and more often than that there isn't so then we have to pod on through helping our child manage the mainstream school that they can't cope with yes but the biggest question that keeps us awake at night is who's going to carry the torch after us who's going to lift up that torch and who's going to carry on for us what is going to be in place for our child who whether they be 30 or 40 when our day comes because nobody can live forever who is going to look after our child these are the things that keep us awake at night so the thing about cares is we're not just cares we're cares we're speech and language therapists we're physiotherapists we're occupational therapists we're our own triage nurses deciding whether we need to go to the hospital tonight or whether it can wait to see if we can get into our GP in the morning because do we need to expose the child infection by setting an A&E for us yes these are the questions that keep carers awake at night and to suggest that we voted no because we didn't understand or that some kind of flip it to the government is blatantly wrong and quite frankly insulting all right I'm a powerful okay all right thank you so very much indeed as I say I'm a point put it perfectly at the end I don't tell me you people didn't understand what they were voting on right okay we are going to take a short break if that's okay from this conversation and I'm asking Joe and John to stay where they are Brendan also to stay where he is we do have to go into a commercial break but that will give us a good few minutes thereafter to discuss to discuss more on this but I think we can say good morning now to Henry McKean journalist with news talk in Hollywood good morning Henry morning this is LA calling we're live in Hollywood how are you very very good Henry and we have a short window to get in touch with you but we just wanted to recognize the remarkable achievement of Killian Murphy he won an Oscar quite rightly so delighted also to say to see Robert Downey Jr also pick up an Oscar for his role in Oppenheimer what's the buzz over there is Ireland taken over are you painting the town green there is I was wearing a green tie earlier it's what time is it it's nearly three in the morning here so those after parties are still going on and you're right Robert Downey Jr was a very special moment because you know he talked about how his veterinary wife saved him and he was a sick puppy and he's had a second chance but the big story is Killian Murphy becoming the first Irish born man to win a best actor at the Oscars Oppenheimer took seven Academy Awards poor things produced by Dublin based element pictures on O'Connell Street won four with Emma Stone winning Best Actress so brilliant a brilliant brilliant night and just fantastic and Killian Murphy's been very giving he's quite a shy guy he doesn't like all the glitz and the glam he just wants to make movies head back to Cork or Monkstown and just chill out with his family but he was a gentleman I met him earlier on in the week and I got to speak to him earlier on at the press conference and he took my question that was coming in remotely and he got quite confused because he thought it was the voice of God coming from the ceiling and I just said to him how does it feel to be the first Irish born man to win and he said well he kind of gave an answer about how we need to fund and we need to help young actors a little bit more he talked about that and he also he laughed because I said to him what about you know playing that rebel song because at the BAFTAs I asked him something a question around that and he said oh maybe it's time that I sing a rebel song but there was no rebel song sung at the Oscars but I did think that Ryan Gosling was brilliant he got up there and sang a number from Barbie that was for me with the slash from Guns N' Roses I thought that was pretty good as well so there were lots of great moments and it was quite a I got the impression quite a calm relaxed atmosphere really chilled out there was no tension in the air there's a number of years since they accidentally called out the wrong winner and also that slap that Will Smith slap put everyone on edge on edge but this time around really chilled out and magic in the air real magic magic night and history it was an historic win for Ireland like you could say it's like Italian 90 you're good indeed Henry live from LA thank you so very much for dipping in I really do appreciate it take care of yourself Henry McKean there talking to us he's a journalist with news talk talking to us from Hollywood for the 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West Airport don't just take off take it easy all right mostly cloudy with mist and patches of light rain or drizzle there'll be a few brighter in fulls highest temperatures of seven to eight degrees Brendan Byrne thank you for joining us I mentioned in passing that you know this might put pay to an early general election you're not of that view and it's a view we always like to hear good morning Brendan good morning Noel I'm not of that view when you do an analysis of what really happened you had St Gale Finifon the government parties of course and Shinsane all advocated the strong yes vote they got a wallop in this the paper said yesterday but I don't think that's going to shape their opinion in terms of when the next general elections take place it has to take place before the 26th of March or sorry the 22nd of March 20 2020 25 next year the T-shirt real bad pair has already said he's not going to have a winter election and if you looked at the trajectory of the polls over the last three months the Shinsane vote was tightening been quite good for the governments so when do you think the election might happen then Brendan I've always had an opinion that the election will be before the middle of October this year okay and I think it'll be a strategic time for them to go it'll be very much based on what the opinion polls are saying at the time I think the current government are eyeing up or cozying up to the social democrats to be their third leg in the stool for the next government so if the numbers are there or they're about for those three parties they'll go to the country but I do not see this government last and beyond Christmas of this year right Brendan thank you very much indeed for that for accepting our invite to come on right Joe Kelly Dr Joe Kelly your synopsis of what went on you've had a couple of days to fully digest it now so you'd have to one move time muted you it's not your fault you see I was afraid you might start talking about the Oscars so I hit mute Greg I always enjoy coming on to your show and while we may not agree on everything we have respect for each other and we don't poll cheap shots on each other and you've always Greg spoken out about the disconnect and you've challenged me and politicians and others when they come on your show and politicians don't like to be challenged that's why they're hiding today they don't like to be asked questions that they don't want to answer and you've always challenged the people in your listeners to think and to get smart and Johnny Gaul got very smart last Saturday when we give an 84% no and look I don't want to be drawing people into maybe the reasons why I voted no and I listened to Emma and then to listen to Michael and others and I agree with all of that this was a gift from the Irish government to the people of Ireland this is the way I see it people are sick and tired of the agenda we're not allowed to speak we're not allowed to talk about immigration transgenderism or anything that goes against the agenda of this government and if we do we're hammered all parties other than A2 asked us for a yes nearly all NGOs asked us for a yes RTE yes and thank God for Highland Radio and for independent radio where we are allowed to speak and voice our opinion but what happened on Saturday or on Friday sorry people went in in silence and in security knowing that they could vote whatever way they wanted and they voted in silence but their vote was a roar and the overadher said you know after the last two referenda this was a political landslide so do you think this is a push back against wokeism just to suppose I'm using that phrase it's not one I'm terribly comfortable with but it is kind of a catch all a move towards a more liberal society let's be very clear here and I mean people may not agree with Joe Kelly and all his views but there's one thing that I'm man enough and liberal enough to accept this no vote encompassed all the people that probably voted for abortion and voted for gay marriage this encompassed this no Ireland's no was a together for no against what they see as the government telling the guys and trying to hijack us and just let me make it very clear Leo Varaguer talked about the political landslide the last two referendums this is the biggest no vote to any referendum given for sure and I see how you I see you how you see that go ahead Joe go ahead the point being this is this is a political reset this is a political up and Britain burns talking about a government and forming there is no TD seat safe at the length and breadth of this country this morning we have to get a grip with the reality of the political landscape we are in if Michael McDowell considers forming a party he could very well be the next Tisha over a million people more votes Finafile got in the last election got 485,000 votes first preference votes died Finaigale got 455,000 more people than Finaigale and Finafile or Finaigale and Schengen people I think the public are capable of voting no in this but still voting yes for Finaigale or Finafall I don't think this means that all of a sudden no one's going to vote for them but I take your point and also too though Joe just when you're sort of using the no vote well perhaps but when you're using a no vote as a catch all right I would have an issue if it was a yes yes and a yes campaigner come on and said now this this and it gives us permission to go in a certain way because it's a yes to a load of different things but I respect your view and you've made it there John do you do you see yes go ahead Joe no my point and I've been on your show before I talked to you about the image and I'm a historian I talked to you before about you know wealthy people being buried in the churches yes and eventually and people they were and the smell will come up through the boards after their bodies were decomposed and people went to the church to pray and say what's that gonna say that's the smell that's the stinking rich that's where the phrase stinking rich from it look yesterday on the vote people know that there's a stink and our politicians are lying for us lying to us every Dunneagall TD asking for a yes yet the people of Dunneagall voted no they get the smell they get the stink for whatever that means I don't know Greg and I'm not trying to claim it but there's a smell and people aren't going to put up with it John in a minute do you do you go as far as Joe does in his assessment of what this vote means and what the ripple effect from it will be well it's a very honest held opinion by Joe and he's always gonna shoot from the hip anyway and fair play to you Joe for doing that all of the cars with it on this morning have all spoken from the heart and with a genuine concern and a genuine belief that what's happening is all wrong this idea of gender stereotyping people mothers and women and we've heard this this is very that this woke generation that you refer to the vote to me on Friday was a total total rejection of the government and his behaviour and his policies for the past four years I don't think I've been writing editorials and opinion pieces are all began about that there about and in the land of the lame duck excuse put the doors on and their contribution was a big someone says the floss respect for you after you referenced on Saturday the Catholic church but the rules well I mean when you look at I have to break for the news unfortunately listen I think I think we quite comfortably could go another two hours on this Joe Joe thank you for your contribution I hope you got all your points across albeit fleeting thanks Joe take care all right bye bye Joe and also John McAteer as always thank you for your time and patience and sitting on the call with us there okay the news has gone to be a little bit late as we head for a break back after the news and obituary notices and suites more bedroom and dining room furniture and much more occasional furniture if 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Sheridan security systems letter Kenny show society annual pedigree ball sale will be held in Ruffo Mart on Tuesday 12th of March at 6 30 p.m. with 81 pedigree balls on offer consisting of 53 Charlie's 11 limousine 11 Angus and 6 Herford all stock are eligible for export to Northern Ireland online bidding available at martbids.ie that's this Tuesday at Ruffo Mart Good morning two minutes past 10 Donald Kavanaugh at the News Desk Minister Charlie McConnelog is facing questions about whether he broke strict guidelines about using public funds to advocate for a yes yes vote in the weekend's referendums this morning's Irish independent reports a press release under the title Minister McConnelog advocates yes yes came from his government department which would be contrary to the McKenna judgment such releases should come through a minister's political party in this case the Vinafone press office the minister quotes Minister McConnelog's special advisor is saying that they trapped it and send out the release and the minister wasn't aware of it his office has been contacted for a response the government needs to reconnect with the public and reflect on the referendum defeats at the weekend according to one of Finnegale's MEPs Midlands Northwest representative Colm Markey says the coalition must take collective responsibility saying it wasn't the fault of one individual Mr Markey says the government must reevaluate ahead of the local and European elections in early June we have to stand back and reflect on this and perhaps some other issues as well there's no doubt we need to engage you always have to stay in touch with the public and you always have to be aware and on the ground and I think that's something that the longer you're in government the more you have to focus around I think we certainly have to if you like reevaluate our situation and I suppose get out there on the ground and start talking to people there are calls for a meeting to take place to develop a targeted and specific tourism plan for East Dunnegall Councillor Patrick McGowan says previous efforts to promote tourism in the area have fallen by the wayside due to a lack of support Dunnegall County Council has agreed to an initial meeting with councillors in the Lifford-Strawlard Municipal District Councillor McGowan believes a border corridor should be established we can pray and be with an employer if any the main 13-14 blue flag beaches in Dunnegall you can also get down from there you can ground to any location there you know even the little walls of the area around him to get there we're well located if we have the accommodation this will complement the way that might be way to have a kind of a border corridor tourism you know a cyclone walkland just general outdoor activities Amman's been charged over a crash in which two teenagers were killed in County Monaghan last year 16-year-olds Slava Muhammad and 17-year-old Kia McCann were on their way to a school Debs when the incident happened at Leggan Kelly outside Clonus man in the 60s has been charged and is due before Monaghan District Court today A local councillor in Castle Finn is urging the community to get behind the Brennan family Councillor Gary Doherty was speaking following the loss of the family owned pub after a fire yesterday emergency services fought to control the blaze that broke out on the diamond Councillor Doherty says the business and the family are well known to all in Castle Finn Everybody's sympathies and concern is with the Brennan family who no matter what is going on in the town they were always supportive of football clubs and voluntary organisations in any time that there was any assistance they could give in regards to sponsorship or helping out they were always there and now I think it's time for the community to be there for them and to return that support and to be there for the Brennan family in whatever way we can Two more names have been confirmed for the upcoming local elections Labour's Shemi Odui will contest in the Lenties electoral area Meanwhile, Jimmy Brogan who's worked for Donnie Gull to be Thomas Pringle for the past 10 years will run as an independent in the Donnie Gull Municipal District Andy's supermarket in Balaba Faye is set to reopen after being forced to close last month due to a major electrical fault fire services attended at the time of the incident almost a month ago a spokesperson has thanked the ESB local tradespeople and customers for their support during the closure It's now hoped that they'll reopen their doors on the 28th of March A number of hotels in Dublin are charging up to four times the normal price to stay in the capital of this St Patrick's weekend Around 220,000 people are expected to arrive through Dublin Airport for the weekend according to Dublin Airport Authority figures However, it's been reported some hotels and hostels are charging a lot more The Irish Rugby team are also playing in Dublin on Saturday Kerry Hotel owner and councillor Nylo Callahan says this will impact on the reputation of every hotel in Ireland It just feeds more of this culture of oh shall we get great value over in Spain look at the prices here I know Calownay is a great place to come I know you're going to get great value here and it's very hard to keep fighting that argument when things like these happen and you'd hope that people would understand how are we going to get the battery back down to 9% when these things happen The weather forecast mostly cloudy with mits and patches of light rain or drizzle some brighter intervals with top temperature 7-8 degrees celsius light southerly or variable winds coastal flooding possible as a result of unusually high tides and that's Highland Radio News we're back with more at 11 o'clock in the interim of course check all of today's news on our website highlandradio.com but for now from the news team good morning The obituary notices this Monday morning March 11th The death has taken place of Paddy Care Cologne Mara Cross Connell Clon Mani Removal from the Eternal Light Chapel of Rest today at 2pm Going to St Cologne Kil Village Oratory Clon Mani to repose funeral arrangements to be confirmed The death has taken place of Greta Gillespie Bally Bow Convoy who remains a reposing at our late residence Funeral leaving there tomorrow afternoon at 1.30pm for 2pm service of Thanksgiving and St Ninian's Church Convoy followed by Burial and the family plot in the adjoining graveyard Family time please from 10pm tonight and before the funeral tomorrow Family flowers only Donations in lieu to Brindley Manor Nursing Home and St Ninian's Church care of any family member or Terence McClintock funeral director The death has taken place of Kathleen Bally knee Conwell 89 Murlock Road Glen Mornan reposing at our home Funeral leaving her home tomorrow at 10.20am for Rakeway and Mass in St Joseph's Church Glen Mornan at 11am in term and afterwards in the adjoining cemetery Family time please from 11pm tonight The death has occurred of Marjorie Kelly knee Macklehenny Church Town Karen Donner Marjorie's remains are opposing at the family home where you're welcome to pay your respects Removal tomorrow morning at quarter past 10 to the Sacred Heart Church Karen Donner for Rakeway and Mass at 11am followed by in term and in the adjoining graveyard Rakeway and Mass can be viewed on churchmedia.tv Family time please from 11pm tonight Family flowers only please Donations in lieu if desired to ICU Elton the Galvin Hospital care of any family member or Murphy funeral directors The death has taken place of Charlie Boyle Kilmore Church Hill Charlie's remains are opposing at his late residence funeral from there today for Rakeway and Mass in St Column Hills Church Glen Down at 12am followed by in term and in Garton Cemetery Family time please before the funeral this morning The death has taken place of Peter Shovland Sligo formerly Kilrain Glenties remains are opposing at his residence in Kilrain funeral from there this morning at half past 10 to St Connell's Church Glenties for 11am Rakeway and Mass with burial afterwards in the family plot in Kilrain Graveyard The death has occurred of baby Katie Fullerton Megan Avenue Boncranagh County Donnie Gall Funeral is currently on route from her grandparents home Patrick and Patricia Grant for Castle Park Boncranagh going to St Mary's Church Cock Hill for 11am Rakeway and Mass with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery family flowers only please funeral can be viewed on churchservices.tv for family information and more details regarding rakes and funerals please go to highlandradio.com the county's number one talk show the 9 till noon show on Highland Radio okay you're very welcome back to the program how are you all doing out there we do really appreciate really appreciate your company good morning if you're just after joining us we had a lot of comments coming in over the course of the morning so far so we'll catch up on some of those before we get on to some of the other business of the day a caller says and I just referenced this before 10 I used to have respect for John's opinions but I take great issue with the phrase he used on Saturday's show especially when the Catholic church struck its oars in that's his exact words because I wrote it down at the time he blamed a Catholic constitution for Catholic people a cheap shot at Christian principles John morning Greg can you get a Donegal TD on and ask them why not one of them voted to vote with the people we are not all in this together it seems unless you do as we say who exactly did the women cancel represent tasks a listener are they any stay at home mothers single parents low income or traveller women on the council no also most of the leaders of the political parties have gone to private schools so they are all in a little bubble of groupthink which has nothing in common with us the people morning I absolutely agree a hundred percent with Michael who was on the show in the first hour those politicians he says so they say are a disgrace every last one of them another I really don't understand why the government is surprised at results the people who knew what this was about went out and voted no no hi Greg would agree with Patrick a hundred percent the people of Donegal are disgusted with this government they say another hope that the lady who got her appointment in the high court for April to challenge the government on losing her money wins in every care get their rights another Sinn Fein took the worst hit than government parties if they went with no no they would be heroes Mary Lou would be heading for the Oval Office they must be hurting this morning another here think about it the government is funding the NGOs to lobby them to make changes to the ordinary Irish person that is the stupidity manifested that money could be well spent elsewhere people don't want changes that minority wants I just think because NGOs are funded I think they would strongly they would strongly reject that they are instructed or told which way to vote but that seems to be a lot of people's opinions out there that man is correction Fein a toxic to Mary Lou has a cheek threatening to rerun time for her to go says a listener I had to laugh when I heard the interview yesterday the woman's council who can't define woman said the people didn't go far enough they do not represent us and should be disbanded my heart my heart goes out to that man me fair play she made it crystal clear yep that was Emma who spoke superbly in the first hour anti-government vote no way intelligent people who read the words that the government tried to put in our constitution and knew it was all wrong do not insult her intelligence by saying we voted no because we do not like the government as for the women's groups that man said it all they need to be disbanded and other hope the politicians are listening to radio stations throughout the country this morning they might learn something and by the way I see the Bunkrana sign down in the shore green in Bunkrana what a waste of good money needs to be looked into how this happened just more glorification for local councillors disgrace total disgrace two for the price of one there let me see hi Greg your guest mentioned the Omara case and referred to a change to the constitution being required this is not the case the court recognised that a couple who co-habit for five years or more redeemed as common law married and ordinarily acquire the rights that a marriage affords in accordance with the constitution that's what I kind of questioned John at the time I would have thought that but I think maybe there was a recommendation to change the constitution whether it does or not it's five years co-habiting I think it's two if there's a shared child morning Greg I listened to the voices of Michael McDool and Dr Joe Kelly voicing their concerns over both referendums and made the decision to vote no to both I fully agree with everything your last caller Patrick said on the main parties having lost touch with the ordinary people the alternative parties shouldn't feign have let the people down too by calling for a yes vote thank you and so so so many more which we will get through us this morning where it's on there's just one I wanted to reference here Greg on Thursday's show you wouldn't read out the comments because they were all for no no and the moratorium wasn't in the media all for the government no it's it that genuinely is not the case we are compound or compelled and bound to as as much as is possible in the round okay it doesn't have to be right in the moment but certainly in the round we are compelled to represent a balanced point of view now if I were to read you know 50 no comments and no yeses that could be easily perceived and get me into quite a bit of trouble and complaints and what have you as being over platforming one side than the other but for an example too just to flip it on the other side say yes yes had a group of individuals had organized to text the station and on mass let's just say for an example they said right we need to contact every radio station and we received three or four hundred yes yes comments and I sat here and I read read a 50 yes comments is comments with no noes I think if the shoe was flipped onto the other foot you would say well why is he reading all yes comments and not no comments do you get me so we had equal space for both yes and no it was very very clear which way this county was going to go in any case I knew very very quickly that we would go no no and the country would as well but that's what that comment so I'm glad you picked me up on it but that's what that was in relation to I had a pile of noes and it was just ahead of the referendum and I wouldn't necessarily have had the opportunity to try and strike more of a balance I voted yes as a protest against Mr. 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church hill and that in the central and church hill closed and we got COVID and it has remained closed ever since and I know Chancellor Donald Kelly had you know raised the issue in the past as well and but it remains closed and in recent weeks we got notice that the primary care center and Kilmackren was closing it's been there since the 1950s very busy center and there's both well know that that community has continued to grow it was closed without any notification or any public consultation and all of a sudden the service users got letters out to say that they would now be a bus coming out to collect them they would make an appointment the day before and bring them into Milford now that bus Greg would have to leave Kilmackren and it will start collecting people at 9 a.m and the bus would return at 1 a.m now whenever you think about the types of people that are using the centers and the health problems they have I think it's absolutely ridiculous to expect anybody they spend maybe five hours of their day risk and cross contamination you know people will maybe get their bloodstone for cancers and all types of stuff like this and the local community are not happy with it I've been approached to both on the church hill and the Kilmackren area and I've been asked to raise this issue to try and have them reopened on behalf of the local community so that's where we're at currently we have a petition an online petition and we've also got sheets and a number of locations and term and the church hill areas I think in term and they're in Mandy Swinney shop the grieving and the Lagoon shop Kilmackren and they're in the post office Northwest Aluminium and the Milbridge shop and the church hill with about the church hill and Glen Swally areas we have women opens bar we have them in Kiernan's and New Mills and McFadden's and Brina and there seems to be a lot of people signing the petitions because we have had full costs looking for more sheets out to these shops so that's currently where it's at and you know the solution for many is not actually a solution at all you know on the face of it if you're sitting in an office in Dublin or elsewhere you'll say right we'll have a shuttle boss and we'll take them in from Kilmackren and the church hill and the surrounding areas into Milford but as you say you know that's an arduous journey for some I think you make an interesting point about cross-contamination given the fact that that was the reason the church hill primary care centre closed to begin with presumably to stop cross-contamination with Covid but again it always for me it comes back to those who actually opt not to go for treatment or care because they just don't want to undertake this five-hour bus trip for whatever not five-hour bus trip but you know it is effectively a round trip with the stop in Milford that they will just go nah not doing that there's too much for handling or you know they might have issues in actually using the service itself you know because we are talking primarily about older people who might have mobility issues and what have you that's absolutely correct Greg and I think you know whenever you've got a local centre in either church hill or Kilmackren and a lot of their family some people drive themselves obviously yeah of course but many people their family can drop them off they can go to the shop get to do about some of their business then they get a call to come and collect me again get home you know it's all turned around in the minimum amount of time but the problem is you know this just seems to be a part of the government's agenda and that's contributing to the shutdown of rural Ireland we can look at like the garden stations the post offices and now it's the primary care centres and you know I think the people out there are absolutely sick of it and I think it's time for us to stand up as a community as other communities need to stand up and say no we've had enough of this we want our local services and our local villages and Kilmackren and church hill are both thriving communities you know they're not in decline and there's no reason that these centres were closed down without any public consultation and if there was public consultation I can guarantee you know the result of it yeah but that's why we don't do public consultation that's correct I mean you know but again you know if obviously they they feel there's capacity in Milford for to be busting people from Kilmackren and church hill and surrounding areas what what is the motivation for centralising services in Milford I wonder well that's a that's a million dollar question Greg we haven't been told that and you know they said that they have an extra room there and you know but I mean the cost of awesome people and from the Hunterland and to Milford and taking them back out that's not cheap and you know we also have to think about want or day want or days whenever the roads are are frozen over the buses won't be able to get up the back roads to collect the people to get them out towards their family members would get a four-wheel drive or a Jeep or something and get them into Kilmackren or get them into church hill when they needed to be there so there's a lot of problems you know it's just not straight forward and what I want to do is to get a strong number of people to come out and support the campaign I believe that our next move will be to have a public meeting on it and that will get a petition or a delegation then to go and meet with the HSE you're looking for these two centres to be reopened again and do the right thing did they give a reason I mean obviously that it's the church hill centre that closed during COVID is that correct correct right so so never waste a crisis we get that Kilmackren and was in the letter that was sent out I haven't had an opportunity to see it I know you're not here to speak on behalf of the HSE but did they give a reason as to why these services were being centralised there's no reason given for it at all Greg that just tells the service users that their appointments will now be in Milford that tells them that they need to book a bus on a certain day to go on to Milford doesn't even give the number for the bus which is unbelievable and it'll be a central pickup point then presumably they're not going door to door they're asking I think what they're saying is that they are going to go door to door yeah okay right but your feedback certainly is is that people want these services in their local community for good reason across the board I've hadn't spoken to one person that thinks it's a good idea to centralise it and what we have to realise is that both Church Hill and Kilmackren they serve a massive hunterland you know you can write down at the Glenswally Glen Doan back at the centre on the Church Hill out to Shaker basically back to the Fairman's Junction and the Kilmackren one goes right on to Balear out includes Thurman you know right back out to Eliston so these are massive hunterlands that these centres are serving so what we're asking today is as many people as possible to please get out sign the petitions and we will try and make use of the petitions whenever we meet with the relevant people looking for these centres to be reopened again I think it's a very very important issue and to say we're not accepting that these centres are going to be closed we're not going to be part of the demise of rural Ireland and I think it's high time that we stood up for ourselves and that the government know loud and clear that we want them open yeah government might not even know this is happening but I take your point you believe it's part of a wider sort of agenda okay you mentioned where these petitions are for people to sign we've contacted the HSE with a view to get an actual reason you know I think service providers at the very least even to say well this will be far more convenient because of such and such or we're doing this because of for this reason rather than just saying that's the way it is like at Olympic because I know there are people who won't get on that bus and what happens to them that's exactly right Greg and to be just to maybe to follow up just to maybe to follow up on your point I sent a letter on the 27th of February or an email to the HSE asking them for to come back and give me the reasons for it I haven't heard anything back from them since but in a funny twist they did put a statement out on Highland Radio the following day you know saying that services were going to continue for these people but they were going to be in Milford but it didn't give any reasons for it it was just a general statement the same as the letters that the service users got and they haven't come back to me none of it at all you know I cited about strange yeah well it's a bit disrespectful really too okay listen thanks very much for your time that's councillor Michael McBride there if you are in the Kilmockran and Churchill areas and you received that letter or and you will now have to go to the primary care centre in Milford let us know what you think please 08 660 25000 that's the whatsapp and text number the people of this country don't trust this government and now we don't trust Sinn Fein either that's exactly why this was a no vote and Leo saying if only if only his family needed carrying he would make sure they would get it caring and be depending on the state to provide it if we all had money he's getting then none of us would be dependent on the government and I think to the narrowness of the language and the striving and it was really interesting for Emma to reference and it comes up on the show so many times with carers what happens when we pass what happens to the people we care I know for people who care as people get older the people they care for the anxiety of that goes through the roof an amazing outcome on Saturday with an overwhelming no vote in both camps says a listener how dare this government try to hoodwink the people we're not stupid my partner is a full-time caregiver the government don't care about the carers as the carers not even are getting a stamp for staying home 24 seven and caring for the loved ones the carers are not entitled to a pension unless they have been doing it for 20 years the stamp was promised to the carers years ago but still is not materialized the government don't care about the people but the people have spoken loudly in their votes on Friday another morning Greg well done to your call on Michael earlier he's spot on with his views on politics in Ireland at the minute none of them are in touch with the people I've lost faith in all of them thank you a call says I went to the camp centre we weren't allowed into the camp centre we were told that we needed passes from the council I thought that the public were allowed in this could be why there wasn't a big turnout at the camp centre there wasn't a big turnout from politicians you know those that advocated for a yes yes vote they weren't you know around the can you know and they would have been of the they would have been of the knowledge they would have had the knowledge that they required passes to enter the centre as it relates to why the public weren't allowed in or how they go about accessing passes obviously that's in the past now but those that were advocating for a yes yes those elected would have known that they would have had to have got a pass from the council and they weren't there that I saw anyway there's an interpretation that people who vote no were stupid we in Donegal could be interpreted as being the stupidest as we voted no people think we voted no because we didn't understand what the referendum was it's because we believe in a no and that we don't understand it the people of Donegal and this country you know I mean we're not outliers I think we are more critical in our thinking but my word this is this is why on on saturday 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good morning to you Greg thank you no problem right talk to us about this research and why it's important focusing on this specific area of this crisis sure this research kind of came about a couple of years ago when myself and paul dollop who've been involved in research at Ulster University got together with lots of our colleagues at Ulster and to discuss lots of other areas of research that was were potentially of interest and would be of value to homeowners and their quest I suppose for for redress and justice and one of the departments and schools that came forward was the School of Psychology so Dr Karen Kirby is the researcher who's leading this research and really what it is it's looking at the mental health impacts and the impacts overall on families of the defective concrete crisis not just in Dunnegold but in Ireland so kicked off last week myself and paul dollop are also co-supervisors on this PhD research project which has been undertaken by Bushing Keenan at Ulster University so it's very exciting we're delighted to launch it it is really well overdue in the sense that we all know Greg that this has had massively negative impacts on families on individuals within the home and really just asking anyone who's over the age of 18 to come forward and to fill in our survey yeah and we do know that and we know how it's affecting young people we've heard the story of you know particularly in a show creative pieces being written by children or poems or essays or what have you often have you know defective concrete at its core it's so ever present in their lives we can't protect them from that we also know you know how negative the impact has been on people's mental health to the point whereby we also know that people have taken their lives over this crisis so what does putting that down on paper you know by speaking to people what what do we do with the findings of this study what does it tell us or what uses it beyond what we already know and I ask that with absolute respect by the way obviously no absolutely it's a very good question Greg I think a lot I think to go back to maybe even if you think about the research work that Paul Donup has done over the last few years we can talk all we want Greg and say and give anecdotal evidence to say this is what's happening on the ground I Paul could have said I believe this is not a mic issue he could have said that I believe this is nothing to your pirate this is a but unless you actually have the evidence really is not taken seriously at government level so we need to do as much research as we can in all aspects of this crisis and we then have a document and multiple research papers that we put out there and disseminate that we actually have the evidence to support all the things we're saying I mean there are not enough support on the ground Greg to support families there are not enough there's not enough supports in schools to support school children there's so many areas that this defect of concrete crisis is impacting in our society and it's not been taken seriously at government level so the research has been undertaken at Ulster University lead by led by Dr Karan Kerby and undertaken by Oshin is incredibly important for us to go back and say look you need to take this seriously and we need to have the adequate supports in place the students who are undertaking exams must be these this must be taken into account and so and so on so many other areas of society like Ann Owens I was speaking to Ann Owens a couple of weeks ago and Ann as you know was at the cold face she speaks to people on a regular basis about the impact this has on the financial and also their mental health and physical well-being and she was saying to me that she has strongly believes that everybody who is affected with this crisis should be given a medical card she said the amount of physical and mental health you know consequences caused by this crisis is really off the scale yeah okay I think Karen Kirby can join us now Dr. Karen Kirby senior lecturer of psychology at Ulster University who is the chief investigator good morning Karen are you there I'm here hello good morning I feel like I should ask you for your your votes and your revision the way you came in there it's lovely happy with us Karen I was trying to I have to be very careful with my language here but this to me is like a study that one might do if it's ever done like after an earthquake or you know some other natural disaster that's the scale we're talking I can't think of another example in Ireland whereby such a large group of individuals are being polled or surveyed on something that affects so many people it's it's really quite fascinating I think in that aspect of it well yes in fact the title of the study would you believe is called an earthquake in slow motion right okay so just just as you have described there we have tried to capture that you know in this study and I suppose the reason for beginning this study in the first place was to do with the the conference that Eileen and Paul Professor Paul Dunlop had invited me to in November 22 and as a psychologist and researcher I started to get a sense of the the potential scale you know of the impact you know after speaking to some families you know at that particular conference and hearings people speak so then we embarked upon applying for funding because we realised that we needed to do a really robust study on this and we recognised that whilst there was some smaller scale surveys happening you know on the ground we wanted one that was carried out that would give us a true sense of the impact and the scale that could potentially happen into people and I suppose we we were also kind of recognising when we started to look into the psychological literature but like when you start to dig into this you know and you do a literature search you start to find out that displaced communities can be impacted from a range of issues anxiety, depression but even some elements of trauma so we are not sure about that and we therefore when we got the funding for the for our PhD scholarship so we have a fantastic PhD researcher Washington and he's devoting the next three years to study in this in depth and this is the first phase I mean obviously there's a solidarity there right so there's lots of people affected by this and you're surrounded by them and they get you and they understand that is there will there be will it be interesting to explore whether that can also with all its positives be quite negative as well in that the there is no escape for the situation you're in because even outside of the home you're still surrounded by it because you can see others also affected by it or is that just a a fact that doesn't really require any further analysis well we are kind of trying to you know explore that too and investigate that because because this community because so many people are impacted by it the community therefore is impacted in and of itself so you can't there's nowhere you can turn so it becomes kind of like a contagion effect you know where there's so many people and it's the daily language it's the daily conversation of people that's in parents mums dads and therefore if it's talked about in the home then it's it's it's affecting attention to children and another thing too Karen I'd be interested in and this is the only phrase I can use to describe what I'm talking about but it's probably inaccurate but like Survivors Guild right so say people that have been able to progress progress their homes or aren't quite as badly affected or you know they've got neighbours who have at houses that are farms and they're stuck because they've got no supports too I would imagine that too can can have a psychologically impact on people if yours if you'll you know have a pathway out of it or it feels like that yeah yeah because there's so many people aware that people cannot get on to the scheme and there's still so many barriers to getting onto it or they're in a situation where they have there's so many different scenarios people may be on it but they can't afford to move out rent the place or you know put up some of the money you know at the beginning so that they can progress with it so there's there's certainly people who have come through it who are kind of feeling that sense of helplessness because everybody has to go through it individually that has to be their own individual application you know to get on to the system so they they therefore feel that well what can I do to kind of help you but I think some of the the my group are trying to support and develop a new campaign as it were but they're also trying to bring that little bit of sense of hope again that people maybe this might make things a little bit easier and that's really what I think the people need you know people need a sense of hope that they can overcome you know that the issues that they're experiencing you know and I suppose to some extent Eileen we're asking people to sort of take another thing on with everything else that they've got going on in taking part in this Eileen but you know I think it's important that this is as broader study as is possible you'd encourage people to take part and assure them that you know it's strictly confidential and that their their information is only it's not shared with that not shared with anyone outside of the the project itself Eileen yeah that's that's absolutely true Greg yes so it's absolutely confidential the data will be stored and to be honestly predominantly primarily we will be analyzed by Oshin so there will be no there's no concerns around that yes it looks it's a very broad study it looks at everything as Karen has described from you know within the family unit but also it includes people like business owners you know people who are also affected who really have have no pathways you describe out of the scheme Greg so it will really look at lots of different types of of those affected and look at really just the level of impact this has had on their mental and physical health I think it's really important to be clear where this survey is online the probably the easiest place for people to get access to it at the minute is probably going on to the MAG Facebook page MAG have kindly shared this it's also on Twitter myself Karen pulled on up and whoever that's on our Twitter feed as well so we would absolutely encourage as many people as possible to fill this in more than one person in the home can fill it in so as long as they're over 18 they can fill it in and as I said it's a really important study that we really have a resounding message to send back to government through this scientific research and Dr Kirby will there be a way for us to sort of get a sense of the impact on children in this like our parents asked whilst it's over 18s that take part in it are we as parents able to sort of give an indication as to how it's affecting our children Yes yes there is an element of the survey where they ask the parents to complete a series of questions that relate to their children so whilst we're not asking children any direct questions and the parent can complete on behalf of their child in terms of what they have observed so we're very very much interested in how our children and young people have been impacted and hear the individual stories from the parents and families Okay we'll share the link as well it's quite a long URL and Eileen quite right to point out that you better off going get the hyperlink from the mag facebook page from twitter and as I say we'll share it on all socials as well what is the window Karen in terms of you know so it's there now how long have people got you're asking them really to dedicate about 13 minutes of their life to this so when do you close that portal we will keep it open for it we want we do need thousands of people we need a large population sample that's true and representative of the community so therefore we are keeping it open for a couple of months but we do ask people to give the time to it it will take about 30 minutes to complete they're just like a series of multiple choice questions there's a section where if you want to you know type a little bit of your own individual's experience you can do that but we are trying to keep it open until I think we probably have to keep it open until we get the numbers yeah okay so and we do need thousands at the minute we have 89 and that's with a fair amount of media coverage last week so we're really asking people if they if they could you know give the 30 minutes to this and complete it we would really really appreciate it it's not a bad start but I think go ahead Eileen yeah sorry I think I will then just say but Karen has obviously said we will potentially keep it open for a few months we would like to people to follow that in the next couple of weeks ideally because obviously as Karen said like Oshin's you know waiting there to start reviewing this and analysing this this data so I mean if people can really prioritise as the next few weeks you don't have to be on the scheme by the way you don't have to be on the scheme either this is just and also I think yeah cool and I think I'm trying to cast the net as wide as possible I think it's important to that people share this that this is not an in a shown in case there is that perception there share it to Glent East on the Goltand down the west coast wherever anyone is affected so if one person invariably is going to know two people if they fill it out and share it with two people that are also affected by defective concrete I think you'll see those figures go up really quite quickly and we'll be back we'll discuss it again we can give it another push down the line if that helps as well Karen thank you for your time I do appreciate it thank you all right I appreciate it well no no no it's no problem Dr Karen Kirby really nice to 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elderly man with an unclaimed bicycle for transport during the pandemic and what this case highlights for us because we speak to Brenton O'Connor the GEA president quite often Brenton this is a this is actually a case that makes a point that you've made a number of times on this program it is how long protracted and you know tough on members the disciplinary procedures are yeah that's not going to work okay Brenton you're not there no okay we'll leave that because we're tight to 11 as well it's fine we'll get back to we'll get back to Brenton another day I think come on Greg at least mentioned Killian Murphy winning an Oscar we need a good news story of course sorry that came in at 9.32 and then about 14 minutes later we were live to Hollywood to get reaction to that Greg could you please play a massive or say a massive thank you to letter-calling medics to the brilliant help in my emergency case on Saturday their service was totally outstanding thanks that comes in for Anne-Marie in Don Low Anne-Marie hope you're well today after your scare Hi Greg Israeli president Mr. Herzog was at the opening of a Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam and talked about the rise of anti-Semitism in the world today and called for the release of hostages taken on October 7th he and his colleagues have made similar speeches in these past months but never ever even mentioned in passing the tens of thousands murdered by the army speaks volumes of the mortality okay let's try Brenton or Conor again are you there Brenton Hello Greg how are you good good in the intro there in the intro there I was saying that this latest case really highlights what you've been talking to us about for years now the the crazy disciplinary system that operates within on Goddess Yukana Yeah I suppose what we've seen now is that the public have actually got an understanding and an insight into the feelings of our members and what the atmosphere has been created within the organization and look discipline is around a long time but the overzealous application of it and I think it's a well-established fact that that in recent years there's kind of been a push to say that the the organization got tough on discipline so and and also the police and authority as reasons last week chose to to say that the application and the use of suspension was it was it was a good tool and it was bearing fruit based on on some statistical trends but this is the reality of what harsh discipline and suspension is within the Goddess Yukana it's actually driving a wedge between the community and the guard and creating an atmosphere of fear that's something that we have highlighted but this case crystallizes for the public and makes them understand maybe some of the things that we're talking about and it's not just its impact on someone's life it's actually with actually their life we know very sadly members have taken their own life whilst in the whilst in the process of being investigated and then very sadly being vindicated afterwards and we've heard from a suspended guard today who said he was mentally murdered amid a GSOC probe and he sent a letter to a TD threatening to kill himself that's the reality of of what happens whilst some people are under the investigation of GSOC yes and look we have to have oversight and we have to have transparency and there is there is individuals who need to be suspended to be investigated but I think the level of the proportionality and the transparency it seems to be lacking in the system so certainly what we saw today or what is unfolded already in the last week is a guard who had very honorable intentions maybe breach the protocol maybe didn't go about in exactly the correct manner but to suspend them for three years to have you know detectives that should be investigating serious crime visit in their home when a search warrant it all just it doesn't make sense to anybody who has a knowledge and understanding of the style of policing and how it's delivered in this country and how most people would what would they expect and also it's very important Greg to remember at the time was the middle of the pandemic and guards were being told very much so that their their main role was to support communities at this unprecedented time and doing shopping and getting prescriptions and doing the things that weren't traditionally associated with police and then there's one guard who carried an act of kindness with no intent to ever do anything wrong a final step in the situation so a lot of questions to be answered from people in authority that are part of the decision-making process Brendan O'Connor thank you for your time today we were speaking about the emotional and mental impacts of the defective concrete crisis this caller says this will be our last Christmas in our family home for children and the mental pressure both at home life and work is very hard to deal with on a daily basis we had our heads in the sand for a long time but the 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of Ireland business bank of Ireland begin bank of Ireland is regulated by the central bank of Ireland all the stories that matter across the northwest it's Greg Hughes on the 9 to noon show on Highland radio okay it is 11 o'clock we're broadcasting live across the northwest on air and across the world online it's time for a news update now and it's over to Donald Kavanaugh thanks Greg good morning Minister Charlie McConnlog is facing questions about whether he broke strict guidelines about using public funds to advocate for a yes yes vote in the weekend's referendum this morning's urgent dependent reports that a press release from the minister advocating a yes yes vote last week came from his government department that would be contrary to the McKenna judgment it should have come from the Finafall press office an advisor told the paper that he had drafted and sent out the release without the minister's knowledge the government needs to reconnect with the public and reflect on the referendum defeats at the weekend according to one of its own MEPs Fenuguel's Colin Markey says the coalition must take collective responsibility the midlands northwest representative says the government must re-evaluate ahead of the local and european elections in june an update on the status of transitional applications has been presented to a meeting of Donegal County Council's enhanced effective concrete block grant committee this morning over 21 million euro has been made in grant payments to date to 129 applicants under both the old and enhanced scheme a petition's been launched in Kilmackrennan and Church Hill to have local health centers reopened the Church Hill Center closed during the COVID-19 pandemic the Kilmackrennan Center closed recently with a bus service bringing patients who have appointments to the health center in Milford however Councillor Michael McBride told the National Noon Show this morning that's not acceptable to the local communities there he says a public meeting will be called shortly and the HSC will be asked to receive a community deputation a man's been charged over a crash in which two teenagers were killed in County Monaghan last year the 16 and 17 year olds were under way to a school debbs when the incident happened near Clonus a man in his 60s has been charged he's due before Monaghan District Court today and there were calls for a meeting to take place to develop a specific and targeted tourism plan for East Donegal Councillor Patrick Mcgaun says previous efforts to promote tourism in the area have fallen by the wayside because of a lack of support Donegal County Council has agreed to an initial meeting with councillors in the Lifford-Stranholder MD councillor Mcgaun says there needs to be a formal border corridor established there are the headlines back with news and fall later but headlines again at 12 noon so how are you all feeling post-adams family post-adams family satisfied and knackered in equal measure which comes first at the moment the knackered comes at this stage as the further away you get the more the knackered takes over it was a huge success for you all wasn't it was great fantastic reports coming back from it all right Donegal thanks very much indeed it is the 9 o'clock noon show Brendan Devaney's joining us in about he's looking very smart today is this a mid-life crisis Brendan what's going on things stop working I like your glasses I like your hats you are the boss boy and then if in half stop as well all right we'll be chatting freebies freebies freebies we'll be chatting to Brendan just after these the euro millions mega draw on Friday March 15th is for a guaranteed jackpot of 130 million Ireland's daydream numbers act through the roof 130 million euro time to dream big the national lottery it could be you play responsible play for fun okay you're welcome back to the 9 o'clock noon show the deal debates live for you after 7 o'clock this evening it's host is Brendan Devaney's with us now hi bram how are you getting on good to have you on the show uh what a weekend it was for the AVS put that put that success into context for us we kind of flagged it last Monday but they I mean it was a mixture of a heartbreak for school more upon crowning but we'll focus on on the good news from the AVS yeah a huge good lesson only third time in history at Donegal side is is reached the the pinnacle of an all Ireland title one and you just think of all the great work has been done in the area around the rates and it's coming through and the effects that it can have in different teams and there you have a school team with a with a dream day out you know a very impressive victory as they've been all season you know there was no doubt in the winners of this competition scull worries they're going down by a single point which is heartbreak for them but abbey won 15 9 points uh vectors over uh iceberg community skills so huge huge day we're getting something to suppose you know with underage you only have maybe a year something maybe of two at it but uh you know it's a very special time to win a competition because it can only happen in in that season quite often yeah okay so it's a mixed bag for both uh but both did very well indeed uh good victory uh for Donegal in the hurling at the weekend too yeah fantastic victory this isn't also nice comment sitting on level points we were going away from homework so it was by no means a foregone conclusion and and you know we control the game and I think Mickey McCann he's in there today coded and not being happy because we were in such control I think they dropped in deep then we maybe took the foot off of gas and made it a bit more of a stickier game but we pulled away in the end again and St Patrick's Day now we have London in the park who they're just sitting behind us Derry of course who were favourites for the league in a way right there they're sitting top and seven we're next in five Londoner and four so it's a crunch game now was was London in the park so if you're around St Patrick's Day before the parade in the town you may call out the hurling support the voice what tan little Kenny yeah exactly there are other tans Brendan do I have to do this with every person that comes on this program the capital the capital uh you'd fight me on that one go on I'm only messing well well that is that is I love I love that it's it's the only place they play so I know I love letter Kenny and I'm only joking um right so that's looking backwards and forwards and also two interesting conversation I'm sure by the way I should mention uh Cajero Kane of the Irish news and Dara Bonner if the Donegal news are going to be uh two of your guests uh two games to go in the league of course Donegal and Derry still in there uh it's going to be interesting to hear your guys you guys views on on how all that's going to play out yeah I'd just like to go through with the guys you know in terms of the the two squads and the new players that have come on and where they see the Matthew the interest obviously the defeat of Dublin recently and what way Mickey Hart's played it and there's things happening at club uh there there's been rows in the camp and that and Derry and that so Cajero can bring us up to speed and that as well and Dara Bonner was was at the um the Abbey victory as well so uh be interested to get his views on that and this new wave of players coming through and when you think about coaching and success to all these guys like these things breed you know potential county fubblers and I suppose when you're if you're from Derry or invested in the school that's great but from people that that are new neutral in many ways of just being a Dury Gaul man you're always looking at these teams of progression thinking can there be a top player that springs out of that so listen the two lads is going to round that off first Connor Connor Garland who's the uh vice captain there or the joint captain of Donegal he's coming on as well they talked to us about our first common game so we'll be patching everything up between the three lads of what's going on and uh and Dury Gaul I'm always interested get her there gives us a good insight into what's happening and Derry we're always kind of looking across going way and up these Derry men they see what they're going to produce in the championship yeah exactly and that's really it now isn't it it's hard to believe that you mentioned and passing St Patrick's there that's next weekend there is the league uh to be sorted and all that but it's very hard not to sort of be casting life forward to the championship uh as I don't know at what point sort of the management team feel the team are at heading towards the championship in terms of the building process but you'll talk about that and other stuff this evening but it is you know it feels like we're just on the brink now of the exciting championship times yeah it's coming very fast again I'm not too sure of these seasons around the quickness and the turnaround there used to be this big break between the league and the championship and now it just seems like it's bang bang bang if we if we make the league final which looking likely we will it's three weeks to Derry it just it's all very close in terms of I guess teams peaking and getting right and being ready for championship and as we've spoken before here the fact if you did if you did happen to one in Ulster you're gonna do a group stage of championship there just seems like there's never a let up whereas other teams can kind of peak at a better time to you so it's a dangerous thing but as Jim has highlighted in an interview he's going all out for Ulster and him and Mickey Hart of course the previous uh Justin uh is a backstory to this as well you know in terms of Jim and his time and how he targeted uh Mickey Hart's team then which was to loan of course and and all that as well so I'm sure between the three managers there's a there's a big uh level of competitor in this as well what would you be thinking if you were an active player currently Brendan about the games coming so uh thick and fast because I think you may be coming at it from a you know looking at it in a more nuanced position now as a former player and with you know knowing how management works and analysis and all that if you're a player is it like oh my god are we are we at it again or can can the first game in the Ulster championship not come quick enough it's you know it's hard to say uh right I just wonder about the example maybe of the Glen players more on the dairy side uh how they keep they were in the final they actually in the Ulster semi-final two years ago so they basically have been going maybe three years all airing the club finals and then they've been playing a lot of games and I know they did get a small rest there last day but I'm just mentally and physically you wonder then when you get to the end of the season are you buzzing for the big game I don't know how you keep that up continually but players will always tell you they prefer playing the training yeah so I suppose if you keep the league at a certain level and keep people in progress then you lift it get into the championship I'd say just because Ulster's got so competitive now you just wonder how much that might take out of a team but no one will ever use that excuse you know like you just it just seems a wee bit condensed now at the minute I don't know should the pre-season kind of competitions maybe and it seems like it's a wee bit condensed now particularly because of because of Ulster if it was in another province I wouldn't be worried about it at all particularly if it was in monster or or uh lencer I would be quite happy the way things are so I guess getting that balance is the one you're always wondering about coming coming for an Ulster team as as a group stage of the of the championship then kicks yeah of course and that's what the modern manager has to all consider as well in terms of what you talked about the league and build into the championship and stuff listen you'll have a great chat with kaha and Dara and yourself of course uh on the show tonight this evening lots to go through it's live just after the seven o'clock news and then available as a podcast for you to listen at your leisure if you're training or out walking or whatever it might be Brendan as always thanks so much for your time great to have you on the show thank you uh Brendan the bunny dl debate okay uh i'll give a mention here if you don't mind to the community hero because there's a lot's coming up over march it's going to be really quite busy all excited for friday caroline when is friday going to be when are we going to mention what's happening is it still a secret because like it's literally tomorrow is it right so friday we have a big uh fundraising date celebrate and highland radios birthday and we're hopefully going to be able to give real great financial support to three brilliant charities and friday's going to be a bit of fun um and you know we've got lots of different voices well i can't say any things it's going to be launched tomorrow but anyway it's just going to be good fun right so hopefully uh you'll be with us for that but also what we have to wrap up by the 18th of march is our community hero award now where it's simple we're just asking any of you out there if you want to recognize someone in your community that goes above and beyond that helps the community uh there could be a carer a volunteer we've been talking so much about carers right over the last weekend and and and in the weeks in advance of that we know how important carers are right or volunteer how about recognizing them so we're going to from all of your entries select five community heroes for 2024 highland radios community heroes five of them and as a token of thanks and recognition of the work we have one thousand euro each for them now you can nominate someone you believe is a hero in your community by emailing their name address and the reason why and your contact details to hero at highlandradio.com or post your nominations to highland radio mountain top letter kenny if you prefer to do that you don't have to write a big splurge but you feel free to do so if you wish but i don't want to discourage anyone who goes oh i don't want to write an awful lot of things that it could be look it's greg because he does this because he does that and this is why that's it nothing else right i'm not suggesting you anyway you know what i mean just giving an example so the closing date for entries is the 18th of march and you can visit highland radio dot com for more info there so the more nominations we get the better so we really hope uh load all of ready we've had tons of nominations and we want more uh and as joe donnell would say more and more and more i would like to thank michael mcbride for being the only politician to stand up for the people regarding the closure of the health centres where are the other representatives from the kill mcrennan area i think he did himself mentioned that uh i think he did mention himself that um um donnell kelly had made representations on that as well the public and never allowed general access to account centre in aim to we applied in advance and were allowed five passes anyone wishing to attend must apply in advance to the court office that comes in from mary t sweeney uh who is the aim to rep there okay thank you for that uh good morning greg given the outcome of the referendums and the fallout from it the disconnect from all in government is offensive to the people the mindset of we need to find out where it went wrong shows that in abundance and unfortunately things won't change given the main opposition parties seem to be of the same mindset gary thank you for that another the government blatantly lied to try and get a yes vote saying a woman's place is in the home wording which is not in the constitution they're supposed to work for the people they are nor not working for the people we need to clear out all the politicians and have people in politics who are not so impeded in moral corruption senator lisa chambers voted no no wise no no mention of her well you only found out after the fact and uh i presume if we had invited well i can't presume that but senator lisa chambers could have advocated a no no ahead of the referendum we could have spoke to her there she's a regular guest on this show i don't know she has voted no no lots of people uh in the government parties voted no no too i'm sure let us hope that the woke rocket has finally run out of fuel and is now falling back to earth that comes in from brian uh now is the time to start the no campaign to the euthanasia referendum let's show the government we will not be led by the e you that's very early doors but i suppose that's why they call a let's stop saying let's start now the cheek of the government to say that basically we were all stupid who voted no that the government didn't manage to convince us all to vote their way they might be better to take note that they were well enough educated to make our own informed decisions now and going forward leo of radcar said on saturday evening they lost because of misinformation on the no side that's the planet he's living on um there's i don't think that's true at all from uh i i listen if you wanted to highlight elements that tried scared tactics you know unfortunately fear is how some people try and influence others there certainly was an element of the fear factor i.e this is what this means and this is what could happen i don't think that was the loudest voice in the room at all i think the no no arguments that i heard now i'm not saying the fear arguments weren't accurate that's not my point but i thought the no no was the the concerns that the highlighted were articulated very well and easily backed up as well uh because those questions that were being raised were put to people advocating a yes yes on tv including michael martin who struggled to answer what our basic questions i think basic questions that people might have when voting uh many people were not well informed who told you that you are on a different planet why the government kept in for four years this is too long could they half the time and the government could do their job more efficiently uh the average cost for a modular home is 400 000 euro says listener this is a prefab michael families would be looking for this price too this is uh a complete disregard for public finances a modular home 400 400 000 i suppose it depends on its size you can get a modular home for remarkably an amazon i sold them for 28 grand um but it's obviously not a forever home when i quote that who are the opposition party that we vote for it won't be shin fane anyway as they are the new fena fall that's what one listener believes it'll be very 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took an hour to come out here and have a chat with you guys yeah so thanks for having me so when we talk about you know the consequences and implications of using unlicensed product how does that look like like where are we going to get it and and and and how is that whole sort of area where it's working illegally operating i wonder yeah so with botox is actually a brand of botulinum toxin and that's what we use for anti-wrinkle injections now since it has been rebranded to vestibule so there are other licensed botulinum toxins such as azalea etc but so these are licensed for use in ireland um by dentists or doctors but you get you know you get emails and spam emails and you know people selling um botulinum toxin from south korea from china and they're often named botulax there's lots of different types of vision all you do is you know you click and purchase and you get it to your door now thankfully the hp ra have been up in their antics and they have been you know stopping them at the border so these get confiscated but like reg you could go online and search up by botox online and you'd be able to buy some maybe get it sent to neary or uk really anywhere across across the border and get it collected with no with no issues now there's a lot of issues with that because botulinum toxin has to be stored at a certain temperature as well so it has to be regulated temperature controlled so if you're going um outside of the controlled uh suppliers you know you cannot guarantee the the effects of it um so that's where it lies it's it it is scary how how how broadly available it is and farah are many people ordering it online and self-administering it i i would say there would be a lot you know um like i've been doing this for 10 years now and when i first started practicing aesthetics there was a whole rigmarole about trying to get a prescription for if you'd have to be properly trained etc to be able to buy botox and um you know botox is expensive to buy so if you're paying a premium price you're likely to be getting the right produce you know um but quite often there are deals on as in you know we buy two areas get third free you get you know half price botox all these kind of things are out there and you know it's kind of tricking people to believing that there is an offer on like treating a certain area of talk like for toxin say if we're treating your forehead you need x amount of toxin to treat your forehead so you cannot actually reduce the price of it for you to have a business out of this if you if that makes sense so by halving the price you're still using the same amount of botox so if you're using the right stuff you're making zero money in fact you're losing money so that's where it lies you know it's like the the whole thing about social media and everyone's kind of going towards this flawless filtered look and you know put pressure on people to to get these anti-aging treatments when there's no need for them necessarily yeah a lot of uh what we are seeing is younger people who probably uh you know don't actually need these types of treatments i mean are they are they going in to some of these more less reputable places and being said you don't need this yet this is this is maybe you know to stay off the signs of aging or to some extent reverse it you know but when when there's so much money involved and it seems like touch regulation it's inevitable that people are going to uh play fast and loose with the rules isn't it oh absolutely i mean i think it's particularly worse since covid um because everything was shut down and there are several companies in the uk that would train anybody to inject botox and it's a day or two day course and you get a certificate and then they will hook you up with insurance and i'm not sure where they're getting the suppliers from do you know and that has to be prescribed as well so it is a whole big great area here and i know i have a couple of people coming to me um after getting cheap fillers done from other areas right okay and they got they get fillers under the eyes in their lips and i can tell you that it is horrific you know having to reverse these products when they've been in someone's body for quite a while you know and that kind of causes like quite a significant negative impact on this person you know and this person that never really need those treatments in the first place having to endure all of that time with the complications and getting it reversed as well you know so if it is appropriate and people want to get these types of treatments be it botox or fillers or what have you like is there a you know a register of people with the level of qualification and training that you have for an example so how could i find you versus someone who's you know diversifying from hairdressing and has decided to do this also as well and has sourced the product and done the signage you know and is wearing a mask and looks like a doctor so all's good do you know what i mean so how do we how can the public people going to seek this out right so there's no point saying don't do it so how can we be discerning so in ireland in the republic of ireland or only dentists and doctors are allowed to inject botulinum toxin so any doctors any doctor or dentists are on the register so i'm on the irish medical council register so they'd be able to go on to the website put in my name and see if i'm registered in the medical council and that will confirm that i am and you know you're pretty much in safe hands you know whereas yeah so beautician wouldn't have a beautician for example like a hairdresser you were saying is diversifying they wouldn't have said register so they're not regulation with that so it's it's impossible to confirm is it illegal for them to administer this though as well too because whilst we talk there being a register there uh you know is there any crackdown on those that are doing it off the register what's the right what are the regulations in that regard yeah so according to the hp ra it is illegal for anyone that is not a doctor or a dentist to inject botox in the republic of ireland they may be okay to inject it in northern ireland or the uk but they're not allowed to do it in republic of ireland and the hp ra are clamping down a little bit and i know that you know there are certain clinics the garrids have been involved and things like that to help kind of shut it down to to just keep the members of public safe essentially so what are the consequences for this being done wrong then what kind of impact can it have on the person if you know fillers or or botox i think there are two separate things aren't they uh yeah so if if like what are the what are the nightmare cases the nightmare case to see botox is the temporary product anyway so um generally the worst that could happen is if you're injecting it into the wrong area you might have a dropped eyelid which will resolve itself anyway and you know so you might get on like displeasing cosmetic outcomes from botulinum toxin however fillers have detrimental side effects so fillers are you know they're they're very they're an excellent product but they have to be injected by a trained practitioner fillers can cause necrosis of the skin or that means your tissue can die if it blocks the vessel when you inject it so knowing what the product is is a dissolvable the degree of thickness that it has because some products aren't as easy to dissolve as others so there is an antidote that you can get hyaluronidase and that can be only that can only be injected by a medical professional you know so if you're in trouble you get fillers you see the the alarm signs first of all are they able to recognize the early signs of necrosis or if you're blocked a vessel you know that needs to be that needs to be you know said as well like you need to be able to identify it before you can treat it so and the worst thing with term of fillers is that if it's injected into a deartritis that supply the eyes that could lead to blindness and that is a whole different bargain so I listen I really don't judge people people can do whatever they want you know with themselves I just hope people stay safe and what have you so this is not hope I don't I'm not being nasty and saying this right but in terms of fillers you know particularly in the lips and and up around the eyes and cheekbone area okay it's obvious when it seems to me it's obvious when it's been done right is that is that a reality or can it be done in a way where it's not so obvious I mean you can see it in my life you know a lot of people that have it done is there is is that the outcome to expect or is someone gone OTT it's definitely not the outcome that you'd want to expect and you can people notice fillers when it's done you know not quite right so sure not you know you don't want it to be obvious so fillers the rule of fillers is really to replace the losses on now for anti-aging fillers are not the answers all the time because you do need to have you know you need to improve skin quality your skin health so there are other skin type treatments that should be done before fillers are considered in my opinion um otherwise you need quite a lot of filler to fill in the space to try and tighten the skin which just doesn't work though when you overfill someone it just doesn't look good it doesn't look natural and it's displeasing to the eye so it kind of you know kind of it's not a good look basically but yeah you know you should not notice but in a way I think I think to some extent the exaggerated fillers has actually become a look in and of itself right because if you watch a lot of if you watch a lot of Love Islander shows like that right it is clear that it's been slightly overdone if I could put it like that there and that almost becomes a norm because then you get regular folk mostly women aspire to look like that but it's not actually a representation of of the natural look of a human face if that makes sense absolutely you know and that is something that you have to be careful with and you know for me um if somebody does not need filler I just don't treat them I just don't treat them you know I can educate them I can explain why I'm not doing it and what they need and said if if anything at all um but no I just wouldn't treat that like that they overfilled exaggerated looks like you said it's not your normal anatomy so why change it to suit you know to suit what social media expectations on it that's just the way I kind of run my business and I've always been but that works for you too because you know that means you get a reputation of you get more thoughtful because you get the reputation of not pumping stuff into someone for profits and that works in you know presumably in in the people you say look you don't really need this product that benefits you because it you know it improves your reputation of course so it's all very very fascinating I do appreciate your time thank you so much dr farah miden it's been lovely chatting to you thank you great bye bye take care have a lovely day dr fiden sorry dr farah miden she's a gp and an aesthetics consultant any views on that let us know oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand that's the whatsapp and text number um where would I begin with the comments so so many uh comments coming in on various issues particularly a big pushback against the suggestion that we voted no no and I want to say we are don't me me me I mean we as a county we as a region voted no no because we didn't really know people don't like that suggestion um I read that story and can't believe what that poor guard went through for doing a good deed for a member of the public the stress that poor man and his family put through is unbelievable indeed that's the guard that gave the bite to the older gentleman uh my dear god discipline for a guard who helped an old person uh but none for the failings of the handling of the guard that harassed the whistleblowers there are so many examples of of uh different approaches in different situations I no one could put a counter argument to that this narrowest comment there because you know any right minded individual would probably see it the same watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the 90 noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions visit letter kenny cu dot ie century complex is the perfect destination for your family to out this easter with lots of options in backstage bar and grill a selection of movies and century cinemas and don't forget our easter party and century play on sunday the 31st of march from 10 30 am to 12 p.m for that final hurrah before our extensive renovations begin check out our website at century cinemas dot ie new this weekend home store and more all pyrex kitchen where is all half price that's right half 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monday night sessions on the show this week we welcome the brilliant joanna harkin local grip with taylor trouble will also be joining us and from castle derrick we welcome back the fantastic loads we'll also be playing you some of the very best of new releases from around the northwest and around the country so that's the monday night sessions this monday night between eight p.m. and ten p.m. right here on highland radio okay so um hugo on facebook says the irish people are beginning to wake up to what's going on in this country hugo the irish people have always been awake uh and they pick and choose uh you know i don't think there's any mass awakening here i think uh we as a people are very clever so some of the uh issues uh we've been discussing the fallout from the from the the referenda uh referendums but there's been other issues too which have been highlighted carmel's going to help us highlight one of them as well hi carmel hello uh whilst lots and lots of people came out and voted no no you're saying those that wanted to vote either yes or no we're unable to do so and you've got your own experience of that yes uh on friday i collected my mother who's 87 and brought her to her local polling station and we arrived and first of all she had no polling card and i said rammy they'll not let you vote without a polling card and she says of course they will they just take your name and away you go she's right there yeah so i said well you better have id with you so she collected her id and off we went and went to the polling station and she gave her name and they couldn't find her on the register and our polling station happened to have two registers uh for two different areas and she wasn't on either register and they faffed about and they thought oh i don't understand this and eventually telephone calls were made at this point i had my mother seated in the polling station she was greeting all the neighbors they were calling her by name they were saying oh bridge it haven't seen it for ages you know and between one thing and another multiple telephone calls were made and she was told that she had been registered as deceased in 2021 so she couldn't vote and this is us last week talking to people that there's no there's no seemingly there's no easy way to actually get yourself off the register or get a loved one off the register if they are deceased so your mother's sitting there uh healthy and hearty chatting to the neighbors to be told only that she according to the register passed away in 2021 yes and then we were told it was an administrative error and i thought well that's not an error that's a decision somebody made they they didn't decide that she had moved to a different area and transferred her vote elsewhere somebody had sat somewhere and clicked a button and said oh deceased what was the reaction well initially we both laughed and i said well clearly here she is and we laughed but eventually it kind of sunk in very i can almost got emotional thinking this is this is really weird this is just not on so multiple calls were made we were given a telephone number to contact the county council uh when we phoned that number three times went to voicemail it was some sort of a voice box or like a mailbox and so we could get no answer there eventually they did speak to somebody and we were told that a form would be left it could be posted out and i said well that's no good to us today can we collect the form so we were able to collect a form at lyford in the county house and i asked to see the person who left the form down at the front desk my mother started filling out the form and she said oh i have to go to the guard the station now and get this signed so eventually the person who left the form at the front desk didn't meet us but sent someone else in their place now we got an apology we got a very laughing apology uh saying it's just a human error it's an administrative thing well when i said it wasn't an administrative error like somebody had done this and they said well it's a human error i'm really sorry the only thing i can't do i can apologize but the only thing i can't do is let you vote today now your mother over her 87 years has seen a lot of change uh and she was looking to exercise her constitutional right and what was international women's day yes yes both went to a lot of effort to try and allow her to exercise that right that can't be undone she didn't get to have her say on something i imagine it was quite important to her exactly i mean if it had happened to me maybe i wouldn't have been as impure here is it but i was absolutely raging on behalf of my mother because she knows the value of a woman's vote and i know the value of a woman's vote unfortunately i haven't always voted i haven't always been registered but in my mother's case she would never though we were told initially that we should she should have checked the e-register and i thought no my my mother would not have been capable of checking an e-register however there's plenty in our family that could have yes but there was no reason for us to believe that she would need to be checked to see would she still be on the register yeah because she was removed from the register yeah so yeah exactly uh i received polling cards to to my house that from from i couldn't get them to the people i don't know who they are uh other people said they didn't receive polling cards uh and turned up with id and like your mom weren't able to vote it's a mess and it comes around every single time there's an election or there is a vote it exposes the mess of the electoral register but nothing seems to be ever done to actually fix it i'm sorry for your mom um and that she didn't get to to to exercise her right her hard fought right as well particularly in the context of the constitutions but calm off thank you very much for helping us to highlight and pass on my best wishes to you mom if you don't mind thank you i just hope that i hope this doesn't happen all our senior citizens because they won't have the ability to check e-registers yeah agreed i agree thanks carmel okay take care bye bye now i call us this greg may i ask and they ask so politely may i ask if you might manage to have a short interview with sister breege mckenna leading her retreat in creasla today monday and tuesday and wednesday well we are ahead of the game here because uh sister breege mckenna will be a guest on the show tomorrow just after at the start of the show effectively at around about 20 past nine so um she's going to be in studio with us having a chat so if you have any questions or comments for uh sister breege mckenna um a popular lady of course get them into us now and we'll carry them over 08 660 25 000 that's the whatsapp and text number good morning greg i think the people voted to show the government what we are sick of them maybe now leo virad karmie hall martin will see that at the end of the day it's the people power it's not what they want it's what the people want greg that man says exactly what i'm thinking and presumed this is michael no one stands up for ordinary working class people another what's all the fuss about a low poll the abortion referendum was passed on the low poll there was no complaints leo should stand down as leader the cost this cost the taxpayer 22 million morning greg the irish people gave their answer to government with the no no vote it's time now for a general election asap leo needs to step down he's failed in his job along with the rest of the other parties people have had enough of lies and nothing but lies from them i note to the hotel down the contrary that was supposed to be uh it was announced as dual purpose uh it's now been confirmed that it's not dual purpose that kind of slipped onto the radar uh a little bit um and also to this money that was supposed to go to counties that have taken lots of migrants do you remember the announced a multi-million euro package uh to support counties where that have taken up in more uh migrants and refugees than other uh countries i wonder is a penny of that money arrived in donningall yet and where did it go you see we we hear these announcements and it's welcomed and there's press conferences and all that kind of stuff but where did that money go did donningall get any of it where who got it what's it been spent on if any of you out there know 08 660 25000 you know it's time we write things down and then follow them up that's what i try and do here uh right okay we highlighted um in fact we broke the story of the blood room at letter candy university hospital uh there were appeals for more space they needed more space uh to get through uh tissue and blood samples they had made suggestions the management had made suggestions to the management to the hospital how this could be achieved they made representations to the hsc at at meeting level all those suggestions were rejected and effectively there was no solution found this meant that they had to tell gps and consultants that there's not a guarantee that we'll turn around tests in the same day if you don't turn around the test in the same day that means the test then uh is invalidated because the the source material uh is no longer fit to be uh tested uh michelle it's uh joins us on the program now michelle this is um an example really of a crazy situation because the management were clear this isn't about equipment or this isn't about staff or funding this is about literal uh space and well what's your view on this story and suppose how it sort of feeds into other uh health stories that we've heard i think it's completely unreasonable like it's completely unfair and uh like and everyone is really angry like you know we've won hospital and donnie go like letter kenny like our patients have to go to gallway doubling everything's going out can we not ma can we not do our own blood because this is going across a whole could be mistakes made like when smear tests were outsourced to america we know what happened and this was bound to be known before it's actually came out and we're not complete compliance to building more space like when we have the people to do it like it just seems so so so bad just the hsc says that they are um reviewing options to address the workload pressure but what they're saying in the interim and this is where the concerns come from uh that in the meantime they are going to outsource tests and as you say and if you said well that that was a big problem with the with the smear test can we have and i'm not saying we can't have faith in the results of these tests but there's enough there that people are going to be concerned because no one wants a false negative on a cancer diagnosis for an example or as part of their treatment yeah like i mean we've cancer patients here the patients already have to go away why does their bloods have to go away like it should not even be an option the everything should be put in place for us to have it and letter kenny no like i mean it's going to you know i mean you know it's just about floor space hello like you know it just seems unacceptable because bloods have to be done straight away so you know greg the cost of outsourcing the cost they 24 hours that's available sometimes for some bloods for diagnosis of you know not immediate diagnosis bloods have to be moved on again like the hassle and the cost of it cannot not outweigh yeah michelle you talked about the cancer side of it too like i've spoken to people off air who have have certain aspects of their blood monitored you know to determine whether or not they need to go on for further treatment or if things are in abeyance if you know what to mean i'm not phrasing that correctly but the then becomes a distrust of that information so if you're told you're such and such levels are okay can you be fully confident that's the case you know when it could put another three or four months it could delay you know what i mean like you can see why the distrust is there it's the problems michelle yeah like i mean if this is not happening like you know what's the point in having a hospital having a lab you know at the moment are you know at the moment we have to stand up for occasions that already have to travel so now they could get you know where bloods can't be down here like our own bloods from our own country yeah like at this i just need children people like yeah okay michelle listen great points well made thank you for your time and me struggling to articulate i'm trying to be careful with the language in that not to identify anyone or anything but the point being is is that you know with the concerns over the turnaround times not being able to get through them all and now at sourcing there are some people now that are wondering is the good results say for an example they got back the right results and conversely if they got bad results are they the right 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Coastal flooding is possible due to unusually high tide. So Coral says, I had to get my name removed from the register as I was getting jury letters to attend court. This upset me as I suffer from mental illness. I didn't want to give up my right to vote but I had no choice. She didn't need to remove her name by the way. There are other ways of doing it but this person thought that the best way to stop getting jury letters which I've never received one was to have her name removed from the electoral register. Okay, John is with us now. Hi John. Hello John, can you hear me? We're talking about taxi drivers John, are you there? No, that line is going to have to be reconnected folks. The numbers there shall only if you need to grab that. Morning Greg, the Irish people gave their answer to government with the no no vote. It's time now for a general election, says another listener. Sinn Fein's support of and in action in this referendum has cost them the general election, believes the listener. NWCI women said etc. are overfunded and do not represent women but they do represent the world radical feminists who believe most men are abusers and that women are superior and not equal to men. They are so extreme that they support male abusers who use parental alienation against children and mothers and grandmothers by ignoring this abuse because more men are affected by it. They also support the rights of men over women to identify as a woman so as to abuse the right status and respect for women in Ireland but women have different views on those issues but I take your point. Hi John, you're there now. Yeah, John, you're speaking. Yes, John, right. Now, you're calling out at least one or two taxi drivers that you've observed. What's going on? Two taxi drivers I observed one about five months ago. It happened outside the Japons than earlier. I was turning right to head on for, as we call it, the cost for the bus there, you know, and there's two or three spaces. You have to wait to get up to get onto the one to turn right. And I was fair forecast in front of me and no, I didn't get turning on and there was a taxi about fair forecast behind me and just walked out in the passes. When I was ready to cut in, they'd just go on their nose and they'd ask the road. Wow. So he cut up the inside to turn right himself. Yeah, and it was at least four or five cars too soon. Right. Because there was a space if you wanted to turn on to your right to go onto the Japons car park. That happened to me about five or six months ago. And last night, I was taking the modern law up the bingo at Jackson's Hotel and Barber Fair around about seven thirty or twenty eight and around that time of night and approached McKay's corner and the lights was red. And there was three or four cars in front of me. Yeah. And I waited and I waited till the lights turned green and there was a taxi on the left hand side of me. Should have been dropped off a passenger or whatever you want to call him, left up and I see them getting out of their taxi and the taxi as soon as he got up as far as the lights just cut straight on in front of me and headed for Barber Fair, which should have been going to call it from the left lane. He cut across. So what did you do? Did you did you challenge the driver? Did you ring the taxi company? Which we won't mention at this point. I blew the horn. I held my hand for a couple of seconds. We stick on the hazard lights. We drove down as far as we called John Doe's Cafe with the hazard lights on and I followed him over the town and they cut him. He turned in and parked up in front of cheers pub in Barber Fair and I got out because the blood was boiling in me. Right. And I went up and opened it. It was two passengers got into the vehicle and I went up and I opened the door and that's just what the so-and-so we had up in the case corner. Mm hmm. This is why you ask is absolutely 100% you done on the wrong. You cut across the left side lane in front of me and he headed over the town and he sort of laughed at me. And that's just kind of with accidents on the road. A man should have been going left, cut stood in front of me in the right hand side and headed over the town. What we had? This is we have a company to run. I started to laugh at me and sort of drove off and me trying to spit them on the passenger door. Mm hmm. Okay, so you got those satisfaction there. No and I phoned up the I got the number after taxi for back of the taxi boat and actually got the number plate and I phoned up the taxi cloud last night and obviously half of us was closed because it was half seven or and around twenty eight time a night and I phoned this morning again and I got a walker and it's all we can do is it's all reported to my my boss man and it's back and I know at least they heard you. All right, well listen, let us know what happens with the call back John. I appreciate your time today. Is that something you've experienced out there? Oh wait, six, sixty, twenty five thousand. Right. That's where we have to leave it on today's nine to noon show. Thank you so much to all of you who listened to the show, who watched the program, who messaged, texted, called in. We still have a couple of dozen of comments that I just literally haven't had the time to get to as of yet. We'll return to some of them tomorrow of course. Have a great Monday everyone.