 Thanks Greg, good morning. Education is the sector from where most complaints are received from the Ombudsman's for Children's Office. Bullying, expulsion or suspension were among some of the most common issues complained about. Last year proved to be the busiest year for complaints since the establishment of the office. In its annual report for 2022, TUSLA also came under the spotlight with complaints including how they communicate with service users and their families, social workers and supports for families. Ombudsman's for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon says governments needs to step up its gains as families and children are being let down by inaction. Children and families are finding that lots of services are letting them down in regards to cooperation between them. These are areas that the government have known about for a long, long time, children like child poverty, homelessness. These issues have been around for the last five, ten years and anything that's been tried by the government has not succeeded so we really need to step up our, the state needs to step up its game. The dismissal of wonky fruit and veg from supermarket shelves is driving up food prices according to the Irish Farmers Association. The IFA says having workers sort through wonky veg drives up input costs and adds to food waste. Vice-Chair of the Oroctas Committee on Agriculture Food and the Marine, Senator Tim Lombard says retailers shouldn't be allowed to dismiss fruit and vegetables that don't meet cosmetic standards as the price of food continues to rise. Donegal County Council is being urged to carry out repair works on a broken fence at a housing estate in Letter Kenney. It's said to be facilitating anti-social behaviour as well as posing serious safety issues. The boundary fence at Casual Park Estate was previously in place to protect against a large drop into nearby wasteground. Councillor Jim McHavena is hopeful that work will be undertaken. They basically said that they didn't fix fences as a rule but where there was an issue with safety that they could do on a sort of one off basis so I took that as a part of the banter that they do intend to do something about it and if they go out there and look at it they'll see that it's quite a serious problem and that it needs to be sorted protected from the safety point of view. And finally police in Straban are appealing for information regarding a hit and run road traffic collision. The incident occurred at Aztec Harpark on Friday afternoon last between 2 and 2.30pm. Anyone with information or dash cam footage is asked to contact police. And now for weather it will be mainly dry with sunny spells and temperatures today will reach between 14 and 16 degrees with light to moderate northwest breezes. That's all for now, we'll be back with a news update and obituary notices at 10 o'clock until then, good morning. And good morning to you just turning five minutes past nine on this Tuesday the 16th of May 2023. Interesting story there in the news about wonky fruit and veg I mean would you be put off by a wonky carrot or a wonky cucumber? You don't see them around too much do you? 08 660 25,000. That's the WhatsApp and text number, by the way, to get involved in the program today to comment on what we're talking about to raise your issues. Give us a call to an 07 491 25,000. Caroline Orr, of course, was always taking your calls. And Neve working with us on the show as well. You can email comments at highlandradio.com. Shall we have a look at what's making the front of the newspapers and on some cases inside? Let's start with the Donagol Democrat. Donagol charities say food poverty is growing a growing issue in the county and is causing a disproportionate amount of ill health access, affordability and availability of health food in rural areas have been identified as challenges by charities which say the situation is only going to get worse. The problem facing groups dealing with food inequality were raised at the food equality forum this week the event at the regional cultural center in letter Kenny on Wednesday was hosted by the HSC slant you care healthy communities program and Donagol food response network. The aim of the event was to share existing learning, identify models of good practice and develop a collaborative approach to addressing food inequality in Donagol. And we spoke yesterday on the show in case you didn't hear it to three ladies who were involved in providing food for people who can't afford food. And it was a sobering and eye-opening interview, certainly was aware of what was going on but certainly not on the scale that we were told it is from the coal face. It's available on our podcast. It's in the second hour, I believe, of yesterday's show where you can watch it back in fact on my own Facebook page as well. But it really is an eye-opener. And after that piece, I believe there were some really quite generous donations to people who are helping to feed a lot of them working people who can't afford to feed themselves because of the rising cost of living. So if any of you did respond to that appeal yesterday, I'm sure I can thank you on the charity's behalf. The Dairy Journal, a Guardian confirmed that a fire at a premises in Lisvanen which was due to be developed for the use of Ukrainian refugees was arson. Guardies say they're continuing to investigate the incident which was reported to them shortly before midnight on Thursday last in which their premises was significantly damaged. The incident occurred at a premises within a business park in the Lisvanen area. Guardies say they attended the scene at around 11.55pm. The fire was extinguished by local fire services. The premises which Guardie confirmed was unoccupied at the time of the fire was significantly damaged. And you would have heard on the show yesterday, Peter Casey, offering a €10,000 reward for any information which leads to arrests and convictions in relation to that arson attack. The Irish Times this morning, the Department of Immigration privately warned that officials were seeing a growing reluctance from some local authorities to accommodate more Ukrainian refugees in their areas due to pressures on services according to an internal briefing. The government is scrambling to find shelter for 520 asylum seekers. It's been unable to accommodate after anti-immigrant protesters targeted camps of homeless asylum seekers sleeping in tents in Dublin City in recent days. Minister for Children, Roderick O'Gorman has said it is hoped many of the asylum seekers currently homeless will be offered accommodation this week. The Department is due to open four new accommodation centres, mostly refurbished office buildings within the next four tonight. Three of the sites are in Dublin. One is in County Clare as controversy over the County Clare premises. Locals down there at the moment are depending on the reports you read, blockading or protesting at that premises. Reading on here, officials are also exploring the possibility of leasing barges to use as accommodation. However, one source said there was no expectation of any imminent move to use barges. In an internal briefing, the department reported a growing reluctance from some local authorities and communities to take more Ukrainian refugees into the localities. Now, maybe I'm reading this wrong, but there seem to be mixing up two stories here. One is the Ukrainian refugee situation, which I think some time ago the authorities in Donegal said that our services were maxed out. And the second is people looking for international protection, which is a different cohort of people as well. But the two stories seem to have been intermixed in this Irish Times article, unless I am misreading it. I suspect I'm not, but anyway. The Irish Independent tells us that European wine, beer and spirits makers are stepping up their actions to try to block Ireland's plans for labels and alcohol packaging linking drinks to cancer. They claim the proposals will damage the EU single market. Spirits Europe, a group representing small distillers and major alcohol producers, including Diageo and Pernault-Ricard, has lodged an official complaint. It is asking the European Commission to open infringement procedure against Ireland over the labels between brewers of Europe, which represents EU beer makers in 29 countries, as well as the European Committee of Wine Companies, which acts on behalf of 7,000 wine producers, have also lodged complaints with the EU executive. I would imagine they're fearful that if these labels are introduced on Ireland, it'll be like the smoking ban. It'll be one European country after another. But do you think alcohol with proven links to cancer should have labelling on it pointing out those links? Or is that something you don't want to see at all? Let us know. 086625,000. 086625,000. Irish Daily Mail, Leo Veradkar, said that there are not enough guardies on the streets to combat violent attacks on refugees, though later the Minister for Defence seemed to contradict him. But the Taoiseach said he was shocked and horrified at the burning of refugee tents in Dublin City and feels worried about further similar attacks happening. But hours later, as I mentioned, acting Justice Minister Simon Harris appeared to dispute his party leader's comments. Now, Leo Veradkar sounds a little bit like... This is just an observation, all right, it's not a criticism. Deflecting here, because I think there are some people out there that might argue that the reason people are on tents is, A, because of our immigration policy, but B also is arguably the government's failure to provide accommodation. That's why they ended up in tents on the street. That's why people were out protesting. That's why the Guardian took it involved and that's why he said there weren't enough guardies. If there was enough housing, we wouldn't even be talking about this. So I think there's a bit of distraction going on here. A bit of a look over there. Simon Harris appeared to dispute his party leader's comments. He said, we can always do with more guardie, but I'm absolutely satisfied from talking to the commissioner that he, to use his phrase, was operational, or has operational integrity and is satisfied he can carry out the policing plans in place. We saw a very visible guard of presence over the weekend. We saw the public order unit deployed. We saw a uniformed guardie deployed as well. So a slight difference of opinion, it seems, there. Staying with Thangarashi Akana, a guardie missed more than 75,000 days of duty last year after they were injured in the line of duty. These are figures published in today's Irish Daily Mirror. There were 20,807 days of absence caused by a malicious injury with a further 20 days lost where a guardie was attacked off duty. More than 40,000 days were lost to an accidental injury that happened during work, while 6,822 days were taken following a traffic accident while working. Figures released under freedom of information show more than 235,000 days were lost to illness last year, the equivalent of 645 officers off sick on any given day. I don't know why the freedom of information request was put in for that information. It's hard to make sense of it. Maybe no surprise to you in the sun today that a third of homeowners, and I think this is pretty conservative, a third of homeowners cannot afford to make their properties more energy efficient a new report has revealed. However, a survey of over a thousand adults found almost a quarter had recently improved their house to make it greener. And Savils Ireland found a further 23% of plans to carry out works that will cut energy bills over the next 12 to 24 months. Savils Beverly Enzo, yesterday said, without doubt, any move that makes your home more energy efficient has a multitude of benefits. And it's perhaps something we're going to have to look at because there are some rumblings in Europe and some legislation currently being worked on that would make it illegal for you to sell your property or to buy another if it didn't meet certain energy standards. What do you think about that? 2030, I think the target is, you'd have to have a certain energy rating before you can actually even put it up on the market. But as I say, it's early doors on that, but it's coming down the tracks. And lastly, in the Irish Daily Star today, T. Shockley of Radkar said he's spoken to his partner, Matt Barrett, about comments made on his Instagram about King's Charles coronation. He said it won't happen again as Mr. Varadkar agreed that the commentary provided by the cardiologist on a private Instagram account was irreverent. Mr. Barrett apologized for the comments yesterday evening. He said that it was poor judgment and he unreservedly apologized for any offense caused. Very few Finney-Gilty diesel senators were aware of the controversy, but some branded it silly. It was reported on Saturday that Mr. Barrett had 350 Instagram followers. That number dropped to 270 last night. Miriam Lord reported in her Irish Times column on Saturday that Mr. Barrett had posted several messages on Instagram while inside Westminster Abbey at King Charles's coronation on May 6th when asked about the incident at a press conference in Limerick, the T. Shockley said that he had spoken to Mr. Barrett about the posts. Matt is a private individual. My partner for over seven years now, he said, it was some private messages sent to some friends on his private account. He never intended them to be public, but that happens sometimes. How silly are some people now? You know, who cares? 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Indeed he has. On Saturday night when we got the news that he was leaving, I think Kilmachrenum, the tears running down like the linen, it was very sad. We don't want to lose him. We do not want to lose him. He's such a good priest. And we do our best, we can't do nothing more but we're doing our best to try and keep him alive. We also need a parish priest in Kilmachrenum. Kilmachrenum is an old village, a very historical village. We've had priests all from the 1850. That's well over 150 years. And now I think by the sound of it, we're going to lose a priest. We're going to lose our parish priest, which this is not fair. I don't know. I'm just only talking from the heart. We just know Father Paddy. And the reason this has come about is the bishop, as all bishops do, do tend to move clergy around from one parish to another from time to time. No replacement for Father Paddy has been announced at this point, Susan. As far as I can gather, Father Paddy is going to a different parish in the county and we're going to get nobody, not even a priest will we have in the village. I think it's very sad. The priest that is supposed to be, the priest that is coming to Terman is going to live in Terman. And the parish priest of Terman is living in Churchill. So we're going to be left with no priest. And I think it's very, very sad. Kilmachrenum, there's so much history to it. Cardinal, we had a cardinal born in Kilmachrenum. Since Colombo went to school in Kilmachrenum, we had priests down through the years. Unfortunately, we had a very dark period one time and not so long ago, but since Father Don came along, everything has changed. The chapel is packed with people. They're so happy to see him and the children very love him, the elderly love him. I just don't know why. Why is he doing this to us? We, it's very sad. I'm sure Bishop Allen is a very honourable man and I'm sure he should think on the people of Kilmachrenum and that's all I can say. Yeah, and it's not just having a parish priest in the area, is it Susan? Father Paddy has become an integral part of the area, a pillar in the community. Of course, of course, he's involved in everything. We have a group called the Young Heart and it's amazing what happened there. It was he who got us. There's a lot of people that never left the door since the COVID. And he has them all out and they're not afraid to come out anymore. And just because Father Paddy organised this Young Heart, everyone is speaking as an elderly person. And the young people are the same. There's football, there's everything going on in Kilmachrenum. Father Paddy just spare loves everybody. The children love him. We don't want to lose him. We're going to plead with the bishop to try to keep him. And I think to, maybe not everyone might realise that people feel this on a really very personal level. It's like losing a family member or losing a friend the thought of losing Father Paddy. I'm not exaggerating in that regard. Some people will feel this incredibly personally. I'm definitely not exaggerating in that. I can nearly swear in my bended knee here that the majority of people are something crying here this morning about thinking of losing Father Paddy Donne. Not only that, his grandmother lives up the road getting an elderly woman like myself. She lost her son a few years her last year. She doesn't want to lose another one. And her brother as well. And I mean, it's very unfair. Everything was going very well. Why has he got to go? Why don't they send Anna McGeever to this parish or some other parish? That's really my personal opinion. I understand, but I suppose, you know, there are a couple of retirees as well and there's not necessarily a conveyor belt of new priests coming through and the bishop has to look at, he has to look at the area and try and provide the best coverage possible. And unfortunately, that's going to mean sometimes some tough decisions have to be made. I know, so hard decisions have to be made. As opposed to it's not very fair in them. Yeah, he has to make these decisions. But why picking up good man that we have that's doing so much for the parish? He's built up the parish. You, I would love for you to come out to kill McCrennan to the chapel in the sun to see the packed chapel. And also to listen to the music, beautiful choir that he has organized. And all the young families that are coming now. And Greg, you remember the tragedy in Greece? Yes. Who was there first? Our father, Parry Dunn, down Elpin, father John Joe. And he never left. I don't know. He has a heart of gold. I don't know how we're going to live without him. We need him. We have to keep him. Right, and there's been this. We're going to appeal and that my ship's good nature to keep him. OK, and he's supposed to be moving, isn't he, to kill Barron from the 24th of June? There's online petitions. Hundreds of people have signed them as well. Obviously, Susan, you're making your views known here on Highlands Radio. And I presume there'll be physical petitions. The local parish are going to fight for Father Patty. There's just no doubt about that. Yeah, at the moment, there are 500 people who have signed this petition. So that's that's goes to show you. And that's only in two days. And we're having a vigil here. Well, Greg, we're having a vigil here on Friday night, nine o'clock candle at vigil up at the chapel outside the chapel. We're we're we're just devastated. We don't know what to do. We're pleading with we're desperate. We're pleading and that's all. We don't want to lose our parish priest. Parry, Father Patty Dunn is just like a light that came into Kilmocrelan. You have no idea how how the feeling of Kilmocrelan was here a few years ago. There was a very black cloud round around here. Nobody was coming to mass. Everybody was the worst. They just turned against their. But everything everything changed, I guess you I understand. Sorry. Yeah, let's see. No, no, I was saying and then Father Patty came in and and everything changed, which is which is everything. I mean, yeah. And and and also our our neighbors are non-catholic neighbors. Just fairly. They they are they are signing the petition as well. They're so sorry to even lose them. OK, so I just need we are we're getting on to the I mean, I think we all I think we all respect the difficult decisions the Bishop has to make. So there's nothing personal here, but we we're making contact with his office to see what he has to say on this. And if anyone else wants to get involved in the conversation, they can do so, too. Susan, thank you very much for your very passionate contribution. I appreciate it. You know, would you announce Greg has wasn't only what would you know about the Vigil and Ray to make it right now? I will go. No problem, Susan. Have a lovely day. Thank you. Thank you very much. And just as Susan requested, a candlelit vigil will be held on Friday night at 9 p.m. outside the Chaplain Kilmer Crennan, and it is in a show of solidarity with Father Patty Dunn. So I'm sure I can speak on Susan's behalf and they want a really big turnout from the local community there to send that message. One more time. Friday night is coming Friday, 9 p.m. outside the chapel in Kilmer Crennan. The clergy appointments as follows, the very, very reverend Cahill O'Farrie, parish priest Kilbaran Balishanan. He's retiring with the very reverend Patrick Dunn, the parish priest of Kilmer Crennan to be the parish priest of Kilbaran, effective there from the 24th of June. The very reverend Michael McKeever, parish priest Garten and Terman to be in addition, parish priest at Kilmer Crennan. The reverend Martin Chambers, chaplain at Leicester County University Hospital to be CC, Kilmer Crennan and Terman, resident in Terman, reverend Francis Ferry, CC Mount Charles and Drummarone to be chaplain at Leicester County University Hospital and the very reverend Seamus Daggins to be AP, Mount Charles and Drummarone. It's a bit complicated, but anyway, that's the information there. We got an email to say, hi Caroline, I'm just forwarding correspondence I received from Carendona Community School regarding a change of uniform. Now, in a time of economic stress for families, this school decides to change uniform from uniforms which we had purchased in good faith last year and the year before in the hope that they would hopefully last a few years. Also, they are not allowed to buy any generic options which could be so much more cost effective. I could buy a skirt for my daughter for 10 euro rather than the 45 to 55 euro suggested. The Department of Education states that in all instances schools should allow generic options if possible indeed, they should. Obviously CCs are not going with this. Am I the only parent that's outraged given the current economic climate? Now, just bear in mind yesterday we were talking about hundreds upon hundreds of people in this county that simply can't afford to put food on the table. So to mark the 50th anniversary of Carendona Community School, we plan to update the school uniform following a meeting with the Central Parents Committee. So, I mean, some parents were on board. From next August, we're introducing a new jumper for senior students in transition year, fifth year and sixth year. We are also introducing a standardized skirt for all year groups. All students can continue to wear gray school trousers. We're introducing a standardized skirt for those who choose to wear a skirt. You now have a chance to pick which skirt and jumper you prefer with the growing trend for sustainability and the move away from fast fashion. We've chosen a skirt with an adjustable slider and so on and so forth, okay? But that's kind of cost people hundreds of euro. And one listener says there is no generic option. Do you agree with that move by Carendona Community School, particularly at this time, I'll wait 60, 25,000 now. Delighted to welcome on to the programme, Bishop Alan McGockey and Bishop Avrufo. Bishop, thanks so much for your time this morning. Not at all, thank you, Mark. I think you may not have heard my conversation with Susan, but we both recognise that particularly with retirees and perhaps not a huge influx of new priests, it's a difficult task you face in providing adequate cover, I suppose. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. But listen, let me say first, I know from the position I'm in how painful it is for a community to lose a much-loved priest and indeed painful for priests to move on. And in many ways, the outpouring of sadness that we're hearing is, it's a tribute both to the priest and in other cases, many other priests and to the people and the relationship that they have built up. Then there is, there's my position, I'm responsible for a whole diocese of 33 parishes in something like 50 church areas and the priests join me in that responsibility. And you know, so like while men give themselves heart and soul and they do in the parish they're in, at a certain stage, they have to move on. And listen, I know from my own life, this is not easy either on the person, the priest who's moving or on the people who's leaving behind, I do not underestimate that. And but like as I say, it's a testament to the richness of the relationships that our priests and parish communities have. But then, you know, I have to invite people also and maybe now in the moment of the grieving is it's not the time to do that to look forward to the next stage and you know, the Lord provides, that has been my experience all my life and it's what I call people to. Father Don will be made very welcome where he is going and I know that the priests who are going to be ministering and there's two of them, the parish priest and the curate who are going to be ministering in Kilmachranon will be welcomed to and there'll be great richness in that as well. Is this part of the process, part of priesthood, part of being a bishop that perhaps even someone who's done very well and the people of Kilmachranon perhaps will feel blessed to have Father Paddy for 12 years, but that he has work to do elsewhere? To do elsewhere. Is that how it's? It is, it is. It is. And I have seen it again and again where something great has happened in a parish when a priest has been there and then he has to move on and there's a great loss for him and it's almost hurtful to say it, but like, you know, a year later you find great things happening somewhere else and also great things happening back where he was. You know, like, there's pain and there is pain in this for everybody. This is, it's part of, it's part of living and it's certainly part of the priesthood. You know, and just that thing, as I said, the priests have to join me as bishop in caring for the whole diocese and you know, one area is lost, one area is lost, then there's another is gained and another, you know, like, you know what I'm saying. Yep, Bishop, can I put it to you just directly because it might help to clarify things for everybody this morning. Obviously, there's a massive outpouring of love for Father Paddy. Hundreds and hundreds, 500 odd people and more have signed an online petition. We heard from Susan there that there's going to be a candlelit vigil on Friday night at 9 p.m. But I'm sensing from some of the language, it's almost tough love language that you're having to leave if I'm not miscategorising it to you, sorry, that this is a decision that has been made and Father Paddy's going along with it, you have to stick with it. And that's just the where we're at. And as I said, I don't wanna put words in your mouth, but if we can while we have, if you just get absolute clarity in that regard. Yes, Greg, that is, I know it is painful for people, and clearly I hear all those voices. But yes, it is, it's a decision that I have made that is going forward. Caller believes that the area now has, does not have a parish priest, that your decision is effectively amalgamating Kilmachran and Terman and they're just looking for you to sort of clarify that if possible. Well, no, yes, the one parish priest is a parish priest of both communities. There are two priests where there were two priests, so Kilmachran will be very, very well served. And I do not want to resile from that. I want to be very clear that the provision I am making, and this is in a situation where we have less and less priests. There's no doubt about that. Thank God we have young men in seminary and there is a future for our diocese, but we have less priests. But in the appointments that I am making, both Kilmachran and Terman are being very well served at a time when this is not easy to do. Do, what is the process, Bishop, just to give us an insight into when you decide that you have to move people around? Is it normally triggered by retirements or do you look at different areas and think, well, that person maybe has some work to do there and this person can continue that work there? Of course, listen, there can be, in many ways these are personnel decisions that the same as personnel decisions will be made in any other area, but there's a discernment involved. What the Lord is calling us to at a particular time, and yes, but retirements are a part of it. And I'm sure sometimes a priest might choose to retire if he doesn't want to move. I mean, that's part of management as well, I imagine. That could happen, but listen, priests are, they have made a promise of obedience. Every one of us, do you know, like as a Bishop, I've had a man put his hands in mine and promise obedience to me and my successors and it's not obedience to the Bishop, it's obedience to God. Like this is a very, there's a very serious, spiritual, faith-based theology behind the commitment of the priest and we're all part of that, I suppose. And listen, in many ways that's what, that's part, that is a key thing that makes these things so important and ultimately so important for people, you know? Like there is a, there's a tremendous relationship that there has been there and Kilmachranon has been, has been often, I think it's a human reality, but it's a faith-based reality. And the big part of the faith of the priest is his commitment to obedience. That's ultimately obedience to God. Okay, and I suppose too, the congregation or the collective of individuals, I suppose have to have a bit of faith in your decisions and the reason for which you've made them. They don't have to make that commitment like a priest might, but I presume you ask them to sort of maybe, to trust the tough decisions that you have to make. But listen, you know, you don't lay that on, you're asking me these questions and I have to answer them honestly, but you don't ask, you know, like telling people that it'll be all right sometime in the future is not the best answer at a moment when I recognize people are really, really, really sad and hurting and I understand that and I want to honor that more than anything else. And very finally, I'm going to get texts in and I think one or two already have in terms of, you know, consulting the people, but I don't know how you could, given the area that you covered and you outlined it right at the top, it would be almost impossible, wouldn't it, to have a level of consultation and that's not really how it's done either. No, you know, as Bishop of this big area, I am also calling people to a sense of commitment to the church, which is a bigger thing than a local area. We all experience the church in our local area. Yes, we do. I know we do and that's a great thing. Like ultimately we all experience the domestic church in our own home, but then we're part of a bigger church beyond our own home and our parishes and people in our parishes are part of a bigger church of the diocese of Rufu and then we're part of a bigger church that is the universal church and that calls us beyond ourselves and then like somebody like me that in a certain sense is in the middle is of necessity, calling people outside and beyond themselves and if I was constantly overruled by a local concern, it would be impossible for me to run a diocese. Okay, that's everything clear. Sorry if some of the questions were clumsy but I just wanted to cover everything that might come in whilst you're here. Bishop Alan McGockey and Bishop of Rufal, thank you very much for your time. I do appreciate it. Thank you. Take care, okay. God bless you too. Bishop Alan McGockey in there. So unfortunately, we have absolute clarity for you. It's perhaps not the news that you might have wanted to hear but you heard from the Bishop himself there that he has had to make this decision and it's a decision he has to stick with and it's a decision because of that equipment obligation. I think the phraseology was is that the priests have to go along with loads of comments on that. Shall I just run through them now? I might as well, hadn't I? Definitely respect the tough decision the Bishop faces says this listener. What about engagement with parishioners though? What about respect for their wishes too? And you heard the direct response to your comment there from the Bishop. Father Paddy is a wonderful priest says this listener. He's a friend to everyone. We are all hope broken as his decision. We've been given a cure to, could have been given the parish of Balashana. It's terrible. We will have no parish priest. Well, you'll have a parish priest covering Kilmocrennan and Terman with a CC. And as you heard from the Bishop there, he feels that Father Paddy might have some work to do in the parish of Balashana. Another, we lost a parish priest in the parish of Bert Inch and Fawn. Not a thing we could do about it. Not enough of priests. Father Bradley is our P.P. now based in Bonkrana. That comes in from Kathleen. Glenn Swilly has been neglected for years so we understand the feelings of the Kilmocrennan-Pranish parish says another listener. Another here. I'd like to see Father Paddy Dunn stay. He was a great comfort and support to everyone in this community and further afield during the Creaselod tragedy with Father John Joe and Father MacGavi. Good luck to Father Paddy Dunn, but it's not a slap. Is it not a slap in the face by the parishioners or by to the parishioners to his replacements, Father MacGever and Father Martin Chambers who were also fine priests and who now may be reluctant to take up the new post in the face of this petition. I don't think that's the spirit of the petition. I think that this is more of an outpouring of love and appreciation to Father Paddy Dunn than it is a slight on anyone else's characters. And as you heard from the bishop there, he's confident that in time something good will come from these decisions that he's having to make. Another listening to the woman on speaking about Father Dunn, I was so sorry to hear the sad news also. I don't know why they have to take them away from the parish after such a long time. Every Sunday I enjoyed going to Mass in Kool. He's such a cool priest. Always put a smile on your face. He'll be sadly missed. Why does the bishop, why doesn't he bring home Father Joseph Brody? Brody, is it? And Father Amy McLaughlin to amazing priests and other. Susan, as much as I support the petition to keep Father Paddy, I don't believe the bishop will change his mind. And we heard that directly from him there. He didn't capitulate to similar petitions or requests from other parishes. And on they go. Carol's on line one with us now. Hi, Carol. Hi, yeah. How are you getting on? I'm not too bad. I'm just after listening to the bishop and no faults to any of his work. And because obviously he has a tough decision to be made. I am from Kamakranan and I've grown up around Kamakranan. I've been going to Mass for a long time in Kamakranan. And basically when Father Don came, there was very little young people going to Mass, very little turnout from young people. I had been 18, 17, 18 at the time. And since he came, the crowd of Mass now, I heard Susan earlier online, the crowds of Mass, that has to be credit to who Father Don is. That has to be. And I know like, at the end of the day, they are caught where they're meant to be and this. But I feel like he's more than a parish priest. He's a valued member of our community and our parish. And I think personally, I'm one of the ones behind the petition. And I think personally, if we don't give this a good fight, then it wouldn't be worth our, he deserves all the effort. And you are a young person and you were particularly a young person with Father Paddy came to the area. And you're saying he seemed to have the ability to reach younger people? Oh, and he still does, all the schoolchildren. And Susan said that herself, all the schoolchildren, he has such a way about them. And I mean, I suppose all priests do, you know, I'm not favouritising anybody. But Father Paddy has such a way about him that you don't just see him as a priest. You see him as one of your own, you know, he's a power of the community. And yeah, he has helped so many people. You know, we've had a lot of grief in Kilmachran and there's been a lot of tragedy. And he's helped each family at one or other time. And I just think it would be so sad to see him go. I really, really played with the bishop. The bishop seems very clear that he's had to make these decisions. And, you know, he's guided in his decisions as well, by his faith, presumably, and he feels... Oh, 100. Yeah. Well, I'm not saying he feels it, but, you know, you had 12 years with Father Paddy, maybe he's calling his elsewhere. Does there come a point whereby, Carol, and I mean this with absolute respect and just talking to a text from a listener earlier, that this decision is made and maybe we should start thinking now about ensuring that the replacements feel welcome in their roles that they'll have to take up at the end of next month? Oh, I wouldn't want any priests coming here feeling all welcome. I do, I will be honest. I think there's going to be a lot of resentment and a lot of anger. Initially, you can already feel your tension now, because, I mean, Father Paddy's so well loved. So I think there's going to be that aspect of it. It won't take away from the news priests being welcomed, but there's also the hand as well that, you know, we're not, we are our own parish. We want to remain that. We want to stay as CalMacron and parish. We don't want to be linked, and that's no offense to any other parish, but we want to remain our own and have our own parish priests. And I think there's a lot of confusion and in the sense of we don't have, you know, that deaf enough for sure that there's going to remain a parish priest in CalMacron. Well, the Bishop himself said, well, I believe the Procule House in CalMacron is being knocked, is it not? Someone mentioned that to me. Whether it's true or not, I don't know. I believe it to be true. But I mean, the Bishop himself also did say CalMacron and Termin are effectively being merged now. Okay, yeah, I've heard that as well. The Bishop said that. We're a bigger town and I think, yeah, there's just a lot of opinions and I think it's unfortunate where we're at at the minute. Yeah, yeah. Do you think there'll be a big turnout on Friday evening for the candle at Vigil? 100%. That's it. I would 100%, yeah. I mean, the petition has short, completely took off and that speaks volumes. That is the people saying we want Palo Pate. We, I mean, he's so valued. So as the petition doesn't say it, the turnout on Friday night should. And I would like, and I would really encourage everybody to step out with us on Friday night in solidarity. Right, Carol, well spoken, thanks for your time. Thank you. Okay, bye-bye, take care of yourself. Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at highlandradio.com. The Night on Noon Show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union with monster loans available up to 60,000 euro for all occasions. Visit letterkennycu.ie. 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Start your electric journey with us and find out more about our exclusive offers at volvocost.ie. Terms and Editions apply. I've just had the Eclipse cinemas experience. Wow, they truly have taken a night at the movies to a whole new level. Amazing recliner chairs, director's lounge VIP rooms, pizza and hot food serve to your seat. Have a glass of wine and enjoy the film on the big screen. Try it for yourself at Eclipse cinemas Bundorn and Lifford Sturban, where the stars shine brighter. By the way, the pizzas are amazing. You can book your seat anytime at eclipsecinemas.ie. OK, now, let's get to some of your comments here. I must say, Father McKeefer and Father Chambers are equally loving men. May God bless them in their work. Another listener says, Paddy is a good man, but I still... But it will mean people... Sorry, Paddy is a good man, but it will get mean of people to keep him when he can do the same good elsewhere. I understand what you're saying. Would that not be a good thing? So what they're saying, effectively, is that he can continue his good work in a different area. God bless Father Paddy Dunn, everybody's friend, young and old. Same happened in our parish, and most people never went back to mass, says the listener. Another, we have a grumpy priest who we would only love would get moved, and a new priest come to our area to breathe new life into our community. Why does some priests not ever get moved? Another, I don't agree that a church leader should feel overruled rather than work in collaboratively with parishioners during periods of huge change as any good leader would do. But if you imagine, if you're making six moves, you'd have to consult with the departure of one, you'd have to consult with the arrival of another and so on and so forth. And next thing, you know, it becomes some sort of a popularity contest for the popular priests. I can imagine that would just... And I'm not taking sides on this, either. I just can imagine that might be very, very difficult. Well said, Susan. We don't want to lose Father Paddy, and it's so sad for him and his family as well. Another, are the parish showing any consideration for the incoming priests listening to their views? It will be difficult for him to go where he feels he's a wanted priest, a human as well. I would hope that the priest that is due to come in would understand that it's not motivated by any disrespect for him, that it's just an outpouring of love for Father Paddy Dunn. A caller says that the bishop's decision is detrimental to the parish. If Father Paddy Dunn goes, not only will we lose the younger generation in the church, but we will lose others also when we're trying to encourage more people to come to the chapel. A caller says that it's not that she will not go to Mass, but she will go elsewhere. We need to make Mass to be a loving, welcoming environment, and Father Paddy Dunn provides that I'm sure the priests coming in will do the same and continue his good work. And maybe there's a job of work to be done to bring younger people back to the church around Balashana. And as I say, that's not a judgment or whatever, but maybe that's part of the process. What about the priest in our town says this listener who after umpteen attempts to move him is still there after threatening to hand back his collar if he's shifted elsewhere? I'm not sure who they're referring to there. If the people in Kilmah Crennan were to boycott the chapel until Father Paddy is allowed to stay, the bishop might rethink another. What will the bishop do now when people stop going to Mass? It's not right, says another. OK, that's not a huge Mass goer myself, but is it not the house of God that people are drawn to practice them to partake in the Mass rather than the actual priests themselves? Well, I can tell that bishop that people power is brilliant and he will soon see because our parish, the same happened and the people in their forties, fifties never went back to Mass. Some money wise, the parish lost out. Another I thought the priests accepted their new post. Yes, indeed they did. They have the obliged to do so. Just wondering, did anyone as Father Paddy how he asked Father Paddy how he feels about leaving? But I think we've got a good insight into the process into the process from the bishop in that there is a commitment that is made. And he has to make those decisions and it kind of is, you know, it really goes back to the very basics of priesthoods and the relationship with the bishop and all. And others says, change is change. It's not fair to stop the process. When a parish gets used to their clergy, they don't like to see change, but unfortunately that's life. Let another part, let another parish benefit from Father Paddy. That's my view. Perhaps the regular clerical changes contribute to the lack of young people taking up priesthood. Change is good, but not for everyone. I personally can't imagine not being able to create a forever home and feel part of a community and not just be passing through. Another I totally agree with, Susan, young and old are going to miss him so much. Eugene Green has caused carnage to the community. Can we not continue in a little with peace is effectively what they are saying. I saw someone messaged in and we have it up on our social media on Instagram. On route to work this morning at 3 a.m. near Lurky Bracken Letter Academy. I witnessed what I believe small alien ships, about 50 or 60, they were all in a line and flying low within a plane. I can tell you exactly what they are. They are Elon Musk's broadband satellites passing over Ireland yesterday. They are all in a line. There's thousands of them up there. So that's what you saw. Unfortunately, it wasn't aliens because they might come down and help us. But no, it's Elon Musk's satellites. He's Starlink, isn't it? Starlink, yeah. They're all in a line, in a perfect line orbiting the Earth. They're not, they are higher than planes, but they're in a lower part of space. Sorry, just a few more coming in here on the Father Paddy situation. Hi, Greg. I'll not sign a petition simply because I feel that listening to Father Don on Sunday last, that he's made up his mind to go and obey his bishop's wishes. And he kind of has to. The petition won't work as this bishop likes to use his authority and listen to no one's opinion. Same thing happened in Falkara a number of years ago, and the bishop in fairness is unapologetic and that he has to make decisions. A call says, not from term and parish, however, during lockdown and at present, I do know of so many people from other parishes who watch and attend Father Don's Mass. Please keep them locally as the parish changes have a negative impact on attendance. And I'm just going to stick with this to bring us up to 10 here now. To give hope to those people, the people of Strunaller were devastated when Father John Joe Duffy was moved to Creasley. In hindsight, the people there were going to need him more than we did. Everything happens for a reason, and that is an incredibly strong point there in that we do know Father John Joe was heavily involved in any community that he's in as a pillar in the Twin Towns area within the community and what have you. He was moved to Creasley and the listener makes an amazing point in that how badly was he needed and the fact that he was there, how important was it? Everything happens for a reason, they believe, back after the news and obituary notices. That's with a debt consolidation loan from Letter Kenny Credit Union. Call us on 074 910 2126 or apply online via our app or in office today. Hi, David Keeling here. 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When the move was first announced there was huge disappointment in the Kilmocranon area with the petition set up to bid to retain Father Dunne with the candlelight vigil also planned for Friday evening. Bishop McGuckian told today's 9-Toll Ninh show that the response from the community is a testament to the relationship between Father Dunne and them. I know from the position I am in how painful it is for a community to lose a much-loved priest and indeed painful for priests to move on and in many ways the outpouring of sadness that we're hearing it's a tribute both to the priest and to the people and the relationship that they have built up. The G.R.A. says Gardie can't respond properly to anti-immigration protests as policing is in crisis. It's after violent protests against migrants in Dublin over the weekend. Meanwhile, demonstrators are currently using cars and tractors this morning to block road access to a hotel being used for asylum seekers in Inch in County Clare. President of the Garda Representative Association Donnie Gall based Garda Brandon O'Connor says Gardie don't have the resources to tackle these issues. If the units that have been deployed are young, inexperienced Gardie they are not even trained to try to get their urgency no public order training in relation to tractors ever trying to manage crisis situations as they merge it's just simply not sustainable way to police. Education is the sector from where most complaints were received from the ombudsman's office. Bullying, expulsion or suspension were among some of the most common issues complained about. Last year proved to be the busiest year for complaints since the establishment of the office. In its annual report for 2022, TUSLA also came under the spotlight with complaints including how they communicate with service users and their families, social workers and supports for families. 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studio by guarder Granja Daharty Granja thank you so much for joining us no problem good morning Greg right a bit to get through so we'll get straight into it and an appeal for information in relation to criminal damage in Lisvanon yeah so this incident has been subject to quite a lot of media coverage over the past number of days so Gardian Bunkrana they're investigating a criminal damage incident this occurred at Lisvanon Bunkrana on Thursday the 11th of May so at 1145 p.m. Gardy were alerted to the fact that a building was in fire at that location and of course the fire services attended the scene they managed to extinguish the fire thankfully nobody was inside or hurt substantial damage was caused to the building itself so this fire is believed to have been started deliberately we appeal to anybody who has a dashcam and who may have travelled on the main road into Bunkrana from the dairy direction the R238 are indeed within the general area of Lisvanon on the 11th of May between 11 p.m. and midnight to make that footage available to Gardy just drop the footage into the station and the Gardy look after it from there go through the footage and we appeal to anybody who observed any suspicious activity in that area on the date and question between those times we would like to hear from them no matter how significant they feel that information might be we'd like to hear from them so any relevant information can be forwarded to the Guards in Bunkrana on 932-0540 and as always the Gardy Confidential line can be contacted on 1800-666-111 okay now criminal damage in Lek County this time yes so this criminal damage happened at Lek Cottages there in the Old Town area of Lek County on Saturday the 13th of May so at approximately 11.10 p.m. or shortly after that Gardy had received reports at that time that there were a number of youths three youths was a report that we received they were thrown bottles at houses in that area at the windows at the houses so unfortunately the window of one of these houses was broken and it had been struck by a bottle so when the Gardy arrived the youths were gone so we're just appealing to residents in that area road users in that area anybody who may have seen these three youths in that area unfought if they can provide an accurate description of any description of them indeed or if anybody was in that area with a dashcam who thinks that they may have captured these three youths unfought we would ask them to contact us also in Lek County on 9167-100 okay and sticking with criminal damage this time two instances in Dunlop yes so these two recent acts of criminal damage within the same area actually very close proximity to each other these two incidents so so between 6 p.m. on Tuesday the 9th of May and 10 a.m. on Thursday the 11th of May damage was caused to the door at the community centre in the Cushlocka area so the door handle was broken broken off no access was gained to the building and then between 11 p.m. on Wednesday the 10th of May and 7 a.m. on Thursday the 11th of May a resident in the area of Cushlocka heard a bang during the night and in the morning then they discovered that a small hole it's quite unusual a small hole had been pierced or made in their front door but access wasn't gained to their property either so we're appealing to anybody the Cushlocka area don't know if anybody seen any sort of suspicious activity in that general area between Tuesday May 9th and Thursday May 11th to make contact with Gardie and Milford on 9153060 okay and Karen Donna this time another instance of criminal damage yeah these Gardie received report that a resident in the Bali Losski Road in Karen Donna they had left their bin out as we all do for collection the night of the 9th of May their bin was left out for collection the following morning so on the morning then of the 10th of May at 6 15 a.m. the neighbour came in and woke that resident to say that her bin was on fire at the roadside so the bin was totally destroyed as a result of this fire so we're appealing to anybody who may have travelled on the Bali Losski Road between 5.45 a.m. and 6.15 a.m. that morning who had a dashcam or anybody who might have noticed anybody on foot or any activity that seemed untoward on that road in the Bali Losski Road area to make contact with Gardie and Bunkrana on 9.320540 now Gardie and Letter Kenny are investigating an assault that took place on the 14th yeah and unfortunately this is quite a common style of an appeal you know every week we have assaults of some variety unfortunately so this week is no different this assault occurred at Lower Main Street Letter Kenny in the early hours of Sunday the 14th of May so in and around 3 a.m. to 4.45 a.m. this happened at Lower Main Street one man is believed to have been assaulted by another man at that location this man sustained injuries none of what you're believed to be life threatening in nature we ask anybody who may have witnessed this assault at Lower Main Street to contact Gardie and Letter Kenny on 9.167 100 and as always again dashcam footage is sought so if anybody travelled down Lower Main Street who had a dashcam we'd appreciate if they would contact us also and make that footage for us okay investigations into a road traffic collision in Don Fanehe continue yeah so Gardie you're investigating this road traffic collision occurred in the area of Kildara Don Fanehe on Sunday the 14th of May this happened in around 7.30 p.m. so a driver had been travelling on a local or a back road or a local road between Kildara and Don Fanehe when an oncoming vehicle a silver Volkswagen with a possible partial registration of 08 SO struck their vehicle the driver of this Volkswagen didn't remain at the scene they travelled onwards the collision occurred near to where the pump house is located so the area in which the collision occurred is approximately 3 km outside Don Fanehe in the area of Kildara so we're appealing to road users again with a dashcam who may have travelled on that stretch of road on Sunday past between 7.15 p.m. and 7.45 p.m. to make the footage available to Gardie if anybody has any relevant information in relation to this incident they can contact Gardie and Milford on 9.1 53060 all right it's a busy week next week because it is community engagement week and a lot happening yeah so national community engagement week so Monday starts Monday the 22nd and ends on Friday May 26th so again in Garda Shea Connor we're partnering up with the Irish Farmers Association and the Department of Justice Ireland and other key stakeholders from the National Rural Safety Forum and this is an attempt to strengthen community engagement across Ireland so throughout next week from the 22nd to the 26th events will be held nationwide across Dunnegal and also nationwide for residents just to meet with their local Gardie to learn about rural safety, crime prevention and security techniques and for them to discuss issues that are important to them just a meet and greet really if they want to come in and discuss any issues that they have or want advice so there are daily themes each day has its own theme focused on the theme of rural living so that we can help ensure the people and communities in some of the most rural parts of Ireland are all feel and are kept safe so each day there's a theme as I mentioned already so Monday the 22nd the theme for that day is community safety the theme for May 23rd is road safety and pedestrian safety May 24th burglary and theft May 25th personal safety and well-being and May 26th farm and rural security so stands will be held across Dunnegal at various locations you know at Marth's at shopping centres just various locations and we will be posting those locations to our Facebook page also so people are aware of them and property marking will also take place now as part of National Community Week at Clon Lee Co-op in Newton Cunningham that's on Friday May 26th between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. so everybody's very welcome to attend that and make sure just that you bring your correct aircode with you make sure you have details with you before you attend for that and there's actually other just took a note before I left I was aware that there's other upcoming property marking events this week Valley Shannon Marth has a property marking event on the 20th of May and property marking will take place at Glenty's Market Hall on the 18th of May also we have the details of those events on our Facebook page and they're also on the Dunnegal PPN Facebook page and just in relation to the Facebook page maybe it's worth reminding people that it's a fantastic resource that you just maintain down there for spreading information out there and what have you but it is not a contact point in the event of an emergency Grania it's not and actually we posted to the page last week in relation to this one that is why I mentioned it and look at everybody's more than welcome to message the page there's no issue whatsoever but really and truly the intention behind the message posted to the page last week was the fear that that's a method you know in which that they can report if they need an urgent guard or response they need to ring the station can't be monitored 24-7 the page isn't monitored 24-7 it's checked and on you know regularly but not 24-7 so if they need an urgent guard response if it's an emergency contact 999 or 112 or contact the guard the district headquarters are all open 24-7 like letter Kenny is 9167 100 from Crown it is 9320540 Milford is 9153060 and Bally Shannon 0719858530 there you have it okay well done I wouldn't have undertaken that off the top of my head well it has started I remember them all I remember them all listen a couple of questions if you don't mind that came in over the course of the week a listener asked if you have a blue badge for disabled parking do you need a ticket for parking right well the quick and easy answer to that is no you don't have to pay for parking but the parking permit enables the permit holder you can park in the designated on street the parking base for disabled parking free of charge that's for an unlimited duration unless otherwise stated so unless there's a sign there to say otherwise you can park in a disabled bay a designated bay free of charge for as long as you like generally all street parking places so any public you know street parking places or local authority car parks provide parking at no cost to the permit holder there may be time restrictions in place in certain locations so it's important to check that before you park up if you're going to be there for a lengthy period and just it's important to note also for any permit holders just the scheme doesn't cover private car parks and practice the majority of private car parks do recognize this disabled parking permit as the basis for eligibility to park in their disabled parking spaces but if you're going to park in a private car parking place just check beforehand to make sure that payment may be required if it's a private car park so just double check that beforehand they normally observe the rules but they might have a different rule in place e-car park and of their own ruleship could you ask Garda Grania if the no-way pedestrian crosses with traffic lights have two lights on the right hand side and one light on the left hand side this is similar in Northern Ireland I'm just curious as to why there needs to be two on one side I never spot to be quite honest with you now and I put my hands up to this one this one had me stumped and I went I'm going to be totally honest nobody went and I checked it wouldn't really be a Garda issue you see it's more a matter for the roads department and the council but yeah but now I did I didn't endeavor to try my best to find out an answer to this but I would ask that listener to please contact me if there's a specific crossing that they have in mind that they're referring to if they wouldn't mind getting back to the station or contacting me at Letter Kenny station because that's to say kill the cat and I'm curious now myself to know which crossing that they're referring to and I would like to answer their question also I have tried my best to provide them with an answer I'm not familiar with the type of crossing that there would be two lights on the right hand side I even send a picture in because I will do my best I will find out an answer for them if I'm familiar with which type of crossing that they are referring to no problem at all right big night coming up on May 18th yeah well it's lunchtime actually it's during the day yeah so it's it's nighttime somewhere around here yeah so yeah the Dunnegal Youth Awards, Dunnegal Guard of Youth Awards so the ceremony will take place at Ingrin and Theatre in Letter Kenny on May 18th so it is it's half 12 that day they have to be at the theatre so the overall winners will be announcing that date they will then go on as they do every year to represent Dunnegal at the national level which we excel in every year so we expect no less this year no pressure no so every young person who is nominated will receive a certificate and we really wish we could declare them all winners it's so hard each year and I don't judge the winners by the way but I can understand I go through each forum when they come in and it's a very tough job it's very encouraging we have amazing young people we do and look at each person they've all achieved great things in their own way and they all deserve recognition so look at we look forward to meeting all these young people at the ceremony with their family members and also to meeting all of them because they were invited to attend also so we will announce the results on the Facebook page on Thursday after the event let's know who the winner is okay enjoy that's in the afternoon okay God of Granny is always thank you very much for your time I 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You're all very well indeed A wooden bench has gone missing three weeks ago It's from the front of NHS Building in Balabafe It's brown in colour There is a reward offered for it's safe return Anyone can contact NHS in Balabafe with any information just to stay on the appeals theme there Still loads of you messaging in as it relates to loads of you messaging in the paddies being moved from Kilmer Crennan to Bally Shannon Lots and lots of you A caller says it's not right for people to try and say to the Bishop or else it's wrong of people OK, I'll get back to those because I do want to welcome on to the programme now Councillor Jack Morrie, good morning to you Jack Thanks for taking the call today Good morning Greg Just during the Community Guard information we had an appeal as it relates to an arson attack on accommodation earmarked for Ukrainian refugees and it would appear that last night there was another attack on refugee accommodation What as far as you've been able to determine happened? My understanding is it's between quarter past eleven and half eleven last night a firecracker or some form of firework was thrown towards the window at the Flanigan's site on the shorefront of Munkrana which is obviously extremely dangerous there's men, women and children in there should have went in the window it could have set the building on fire and the constant sequence of that would have been absolutely devastating so I won't take this opportunity to condemn that to the strongest as possible Whoever's done this, the video footage that has already gone viral on WhatsApp is circulating, everyone's done this is not reflective of the people of Munkrana they need to be condemned in the strongest terms possible but I do think and this is something that I've been extremely fearful of for some time that people in this community that have concerns that have been voicing them for some time in regards of doctor spaces, school spaces and raising legitimate questions are being met with radio silence I've been working with my colleague and both local and national politicians are getting no information whatsoever but I think the radio silence from government level on this is allowing for anger to faster to the point that it's going over the gap I've been flagging this for a while I've been very very worried Even if people are upset Jack with what's happening there is no point should it ever even with radio silence and vacuums created by government there is no point that this should get to the point whereby someone throws a firework at a building that could have set that building on fire it could have gone through the window and blinded a child I mean that's not who we are as I say we can contend with government and we can protest and we can get out in the streets and have our voices heard and rightly so but it should never ever come to this should it No way You can see the footage there's one young man that you can see representing the community the good people who've gone so much for charity for the community if this is specable as I said prior to the Flanagan centre being opened for refugees I would have been speaking to the local community neighbours in the area who are concerned about fire safety in that building that's one of the concerns I would have raised in the past to think then that firework which is a small explosive that was thrown at that building the potential that could be devastating these are men, women and children who've been through a life journey that none of us will ever understand none of us will ever be able to compare to for whatever anger people have at government and there's legitimate anger at government it should not be taken out on these people these people should be allowed live in peace and the only accommodation that they've found safe for a long time so definitely there's legitimate concerns we need to work to address those legitimate concerns the avenue to take at all and I condemn it the strongest possible what is an appropriate response now we've seen one premises satellite we've seen effectively explosive devices thrown at another what is an appropriate response what needs to happen now in terms of I suppose reassuring these people that they're safe or to engage with those that are concerned they're struggling to some extent to try to contextualise this but what it's a difficult line two things need to happen anyway the Guardian obviously need to investigate in the fullest both incidents because there will be criminal investigations and they need to see that through but that's what we highlight in the point of the government this wall of silence needs to be lifted people need to be reassured people in the local community are decent people that have concerns because the more silence that is met with this the more people feel that they're being dumped upon at times that people will get angrier and it's more likely to spill so I think there needs to be a bit of leadership on government level at this point come and talk to people, explain what's going to happen and don't allow a vacuum for misinformation to continue to spread because that's where the real danger of this is spinning over and it's a concern I've had for months now in reality so I do think there needs to be leadership at the government level just to step in and try and calm this down before it gets worse we've seen what's happening in Clare last night we've seen what's happening in Dublin and its potential to spark all over the state so people need to stop being treated per day as well and they need to be told exactly what's happening in the local community and there is a need for additional resources and additional resources need to be given to these communities OK thank you for that I appreciate you coming on with us the owner of this centre is Christopher Flanagan Christopher what happened sorry I beg your pardon Christopher I heard the wrong line up there so tell us what happened I was just going to bed myself last night and I got a text from one of the residents to say that the centre had been attacked with a firework initially my reaction was kind of a misdemeanor of somebody just missing a bite but I obviously went down to view the CCTV footage and when I saw it it looked pretty bad you know it looked almost like he was holding a petrol bomb only for the fact that we knew it was a firework after the fact but the most disturbing thing about this is that that person through that firework at it with a trajectory aimed at one of the top windows to get it in an open window sorry just say it one more time you're saying the trajectory was to get it in a window because if they were aiming for the front door you probably haven't seen the video footage but the trajectory is sky high aiming aiming up in the way not in a kind of horizontal direction which is what you would do to throw it at someone's front door but I mean this has been a long time coming this project I started in October last year and by about December a local guy in the town started a Facebook page which was drawing attention to the fact that refugees were coming to the town I just want to be really careful here Christopher if you don't mind I'm going to stop you there because it's very possible that the way you're going to describe it and you might have this view Christopher by the way and so I hope you really understand where I'm coming from but the way you're about the way you're about to describe this might be an identifiable individual and then we could end up linking it to this so do you mind if we just park that line and is that okay if that's okay to keep it in generalities then we had a direct threat on Facebook to have the building burned down in December and we reported it to the guards and we had a direct threat to burn the building down in March and we reported it to the guards the refugees arrived on the 31st of March and there was one person standing outside with a camera full watching them come and reported that it was all men it was an army of men that arrived in Bunkrana like a call to action almost it was couldn't have been further from the truth it's all women and children there's very very few men and I had deliberately asked for it to be that way because the area lend itself to women and children and families so now there's in the centre there's about 50 people in the centre there's a couple of pregnant women in there there's a newborn baby in there there's two small toddlers so you can imagine when we get up this morning they're all traumatised now they don't feel safe in Bunkrana they're asking us is it safe here you know we're telling them of course it's safe that it was just a firework but it reflects terribly on Bunkrana what has happened because the people that we're talking about on Facebook they put the message out that they had nothing against families but the incitement to hatred over the last three months, four months has been so bad that it has driven one of these young fellas to do this and standing there I understand what you're saying but I'm sure the argument will be made okay that they're expressing concerns about government policy in terms of putting people into certain areas and would not in any way condone this level of action and I can understand if you feel that one thing has led to another but I'm sure they'd very clearly say that they aren't against people as such it's just how it's being done with a lack of public consultation and I understand where you're coming from Christopher and I hope I'm not trying to the only problem with that argument is that everything they've said on Facebook has been mistrust, they have lied they've told lies from the very beginning that an army of men had arrived and trying to incite anger in the town which was a lie it wasn't men it was a lie that the building had no fire certificate which it did and they made it out that it was a cowboy effort it was just lies after lies somebody said there was an open sewer main that the service can't handle the people and it wasn't we were building wheelchair ramps as part of our conditions for our fire certificate what next Christopher what next you've been able to you've tried to reassure the people living there that they are safe you have had by your own testimony there a lot of abuse off the back of this right, that's going to great on you I mean you're in a contract I presume what's the story the personal abuse I can handle what's very difficult is talking to a young mother at midnight who is terrified you know how do you how do I say to her like I've been living in Bunkrana for 46 years it's a safe town there's no harm going to come to you how do you convey that to somebody from another country these people are absolutely lovely people they're desperate for work a lot of them have taken up jobs in the local community already you couldn't meet nicer people but some of them are coming from in fact quite a few of them are coming from very traumatized backgrounds very traumatized backgrounds we had an article in the paper to try and highlight that to try and diffuse the hatred that was out there you know but even that there's a woman in the centre here and her husband and son were shot dead at mass in Nigeria and she fled and ended up in Bunkrana the replies that came on Facebook well why did you bother coming to Bunkrana when she goes somewhere else that's the kind of hatred that's in Bunkrana at the moment towards these people this is a Catholic Christian woman who fled Boko Haram in Nigeria her husband and son were shot dead while they attended mass and she was in the local markets and she's lost her daughter in transit from Nigeria to Europe somewhere along the way across the Mediterranean it's real tragedy and she cries every day we said we're going to put together an effort to try and find her daughter she's lost her daughter lost her entire family actually to be sitting in the centre and have somebody then attack that centre at night time what does that say about Donegal or Bunkrana it's unbelievable and the person who threw it is wearing a local football jersey so that reflects terrible in the football club too OK but you're going to continue with this with this project Christopher I take it to house these people you're not going to be discouraged by this as I said from the very beginning to a lot of the local residents and anybody who asked me I said this is a temporary project I said my mum and dad live across the street from us I said I go to work every day in the same area I'm not going to I was never from the very beginning going to fill this place up with an army of men as the locals like to say I never had that intention and I stand by those words you know I didn't see the harm in it the government put a call out looking for accommodation desperately they had a building sitting there doing nothing the pandemic had pretty much killed bricks and mortar retail it all went online so you have a building sitting there that used to be called the sailors rest back in the First World War and I thought this is a good use but put it back to its use what it was back 100 years ago during the First World War and in the time of war here it is yet again holding people offering accommodation to people you know the centre's first class we're making it more and more comfortable as every week goes by for the local residents there the children in the centre love the local area they go to the local boxing club they go to the football club and to be quite honest with you there's a lot of people in Bunkrana have been very receptive people started giving donations from the moment they arrived there's people who have brought them into the local exchange there to teach them English you know there's been a good reception as well but there's a fringe element which is extremely dangerous but this is really really dangerous if it's not stopped you know okay Christopher thanks for your time this morning I understand people services are stretched I find myself in the hospital there a week ago I just slipped a disc in my neck and I was in the same situation the services are completely overstretched up there but the reality of it is most of the people up there are not foreigners waiting to get operated on all Irish people you know to turn around and say 50 people in Bunkrana have overstretched the services and made it unbearable I think people are talking about maybe getting access to a GP service or school places but I understand the point you're making Christopher thanks for your time this morning I appreciate it Christopher Flanagan there who is the owner of that accommodation which was attacked with a firework last night Christopher of the view of Beggy Pardon that there was an open window an attempt was made to get that firework through that window he says it could have been a major disaster and it's appealing for this behaviour to stop you're drive home the sleek new 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Father Paddy's departure which is a great loss sometimes we can wish that we could resurrect the past and stay with the present but the reality is that people in situations change and we have to adjust our thinking and practice to present realities and respond positively to the challenges we now face and other do not allow the work of well respected Father Paddy to be lost with threats of non-attendance at mass this action would undo years of building a strong Christian community in Kilmerkrennen Father Paddy's work is well recognized perhaps it's time his wonderful way be shared in other areas needing his import his input and support okay Kim McMenham is a member of Bunkranna Community Watch good morning Kim thanks for joining us Kim are you there you are right okay so you're a member of Bunkranna Community Watch now I'm not familiar with Bunkranna Community Watch what is it Kim? It's a group on Facebook of a group of people who got together who are really concerned about the mass immigration that's going on and you know they're concerned mostly about that you know under the banner of Ukrainian refugees that other people from other countries are coming in like from Somalia there's no war there there's no war in Georgia and there's no war in Albania so there is there is this in search of economic migrants if you want who are leaving their country because they can come here and they can get you know payments and they they're promised everything like O'Gorman has advertised in I think six countries maybe seven to come to Ireland and you'll get a front door come to Ireland you'll get money well the money is okay but in actual fact these people are coming here they're being warehoused in disused factories and buildings and hotels office cubicles not fit for purpose at least these people are treated inhumanely and they're being warehoused and moved around the country and that's a kind of human traffic and moving people all around the country just for profit there's no other reason just for profit and how convinced are you genuine refugees to get my wrong genuine ones how convinced are you that these people aren't fleeing oppression or threats of violence or I mean how do we know that these people aren't well we don't know for sure because they're coming in on Venice like they are totally on Venice like we have reports that passports and their documents up on the plane and land at the Dublin airport and they have no documentation they just say they had to flee and they get into the country on Venice and a lot of them if you look on YouTube or I can send you links there's loads and loads of documented evidence that a lot of these people are criminals a lot on and they've committed serious crimes but if they don't have any if they don't have any documents Kim how do we know they're criminals because they got caught in Ireland in Dublin and they've been fined, sentenced and the Irish government gives them self deportation documents they don't get deported when they come out of crime they're told to deport themselves which is kind of ridiculous but they and apart from that the infrastructure is not there they bring these people in right so there's no no extra guards, no extra teachers no extra passengers, no extra doctors no manufacturer no construction jobs, no houses no rental houses, no council houses no mortgages, no accommodation for make-up victims so there's absolutely nothing here even for Irish people there's nothing for the Irish people that's why our youth are exporting themselves to Australia and things like that so do you believe we should stop do you think we should stop all immigration now at this point is that what you're feeling when a country is not fit to do it when there's no money the inflation rate has gone through the roof because of the pandemic payments and the money printing it's got ridiculous there's a quarter of a million homeless and these are known as couch surfers these are young couples who are living with relatives who can't get on the housing market can't get a rental there's no Airbnb I get you there's a ton of them I made inquiries with the guards recently regularly asking had there been a particular problem with migrants in terms of crime or any increase in crime or what have you and the guardie said to me that they've had no not to me personally to the program you know yourself they said that there's been no peak in crime or assaults or robberies or whatever that they can that they link with the with the people that have moved here so is it possible that maybe in terms of talking about on vetted males military aged males and we talk all about that that maybe you know that it's a perceived threat the threat isn't there and we could be whipping up fear and tension and aggravation that could lead to serious instances Kim is there not a bit of responsibility that we have to show and I'm not saying to you in all of us do you know what I mean when we're having this conversation out and about in private and what have you yeah well apparently the crime rates up by 75% they just seen a poster last night in Ireland so whatever you're hearing from the guards is untrue and tourism is down by 50% because there's no way for people to stay like I know there's like there's a place in Bunkrana at the moment and people who used to stay there can no longer stay there and people like Airbnb's they like the privacy of it and they can't get on the hotels because they're always booked so now the ordinary person in the street the person in the restaurant the person in the pub they're all going to suffer so the government throw this on the people and without any consultation like there's no being no local consultation with people no well that's policy you might remember when there was the controversy over Movil this is nothing new we've been doing this for absolutely years anything has actually changed as such really you might remember the incident in Movil not the incident when people were to be moved to Movil it was made very clear at that time that there is no consultation with local communities it's not policy but I'm not saying that's right or wrong I'm just saying we shouldn't be surprised there's no consultation because they've announced that there won't be any but finally Kim obviously we're speaking off the back of this apparent what appears to be an attack on this Flanagan's accommodation in Bunkrana I know in your comments here you're saying you don't you condemn that behaviour is that I don't want to put words in your mouth but just in the last minute we have what's your response to the that action that we saw last night everyone totally condemns that like nobody has right to take the law into their own hands and look during the troubles in Northern Ireland of course it was a perfect place for psychopathic people and violent people to vent their anger is join an organisation and go out and do that so we totally condemn any violent act and anything like that of course like what decent person wouldn't like it's just the issue isn't isn't about that that shouldn't happen the issue is around you know the pressure that is putting on the local communities is unbelievable like I spoke to a lady a few days ago and she could not get her a place in the school and she had her older two siblings and she could not get this older one Did you hear Mr Flanagan describe the plight of the people in that building like I don't know like you can correct me if I'm wrong but I think you would be one of the key sort of anti-immigration voices in the inner shown area that's not an insult I'm sure it's not something that you're ashamed of like do you have a leadership role here to maybe I don't know tone down the fear side of things a bit of what Africa I'm not making any accusations I'm just I'm trying to cover text messages that might come in once you're not on air do you know that sort of why Kim so like do you when you look at all the attacks and all the violence that's happening especially in Dublin and the large studies when you look at that it goes on reported in RTE so people look to the internet to get their news and people know how to research and there's all this thing about oh if anything's on the internet it's fake it is not everyone has a camera everyone there's our own reporter things are recorded in real time okay and you can see the video footage you can clearly see for yourself that this is real and that the real news if you like is on YouTube and Facebook that footage I don't have footage of the tense being burned down in Dublin I mean I watch that unedited and it's not pleasant though is it Kim I mean it's not I mean no I'm not saying but it's real you're really saying that I'm sure RTE did report as well but I'm just saying there's loads of instances there's a rise in citizen journalism in this country 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in Bunkrana at around 11 45 p.m. on Thursday last Gardie were notified of the building on fire in Lisvanin substantial damage was caused to the building by the fire which is believed to have been started deliberately a man has been injured after being assaulted by another man in letter 3 in the early hours of Sunday morning the man is alleged to have been set upon in the lower main street area between 3 a.m. and 3 45 a.m. his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening the Micah action group has published an update on draft square meter rates following last week's meeting with housing minister Dara O'Brien the group was told a meeting to inform them on final rates would take place however that has not yet happened as a part of a number of clerical changes announced by bishop Alan McGuckey and in the diocese parish priest father Paddy Dunn is due to take up the role of parish priest and killed Baron on June 24th when the move was first announced there was huge disappointment in the Kilmackranan area with the petition set up in a bid to retain Father Dunn with a candle at vigil also planned for Friday evening a bin was set alight on the Bally Lossky Road in Dunna on Wednesday morning last a resident was alerted by her neighbour that the refuge bin she had left out for collection the night before was on fire by the road at around 6 15 a.m. the bin was totally destroyed as a result Bonkranagh Garde are appealing for information those are the latest headlines we back with the latest at 12 o'clock until then good morning Donna Murray thank you very much indeed Hi my name is Julie I have a disability and work in a busy cafe I love meeting the customers the bulls, the chats it's a really great place to work so if like me you're a young person claiming disability allowance you'll be invited to chat about the employment and training supports available to you taking part is your choice but it could be a great opportunity for more information visit gov.ie forward slash disability brought to you by intro a government of Ireland initiative okay the genuine story voiced by an actor I think I speak over that every single day Kathleen and Tony McCarrie and Fannard it's their silver wedding anniversary today have a lovely day from Eddie and Rose and family my mum Angela Freel from Bonkranagh turns 90 today is there any chance it could be mentioned on the radio of course she'd be chuffed to pieces she's been an avid listener since Highland Radio she's hosted broadcasting from her daughter Annette Breeder, Doreen and Karen have a wonderful birthday Angela Freel listening to us in Bonkranagh it's great to have you with us listening to us do not allow the work of well respected Father Paddy to be lost with threats of non-attendance at Mass etc this action would undo years of building a strong Christian community in Kilmercrennan Father Paddy's work is well recognised perhaps his time is wonderful he's shared in other areas needing his input and support and I know that Father McKeefer and Father Chambers will look after the parish and it's fine people very well and although the people of Termin are being selfish and not making it easy for Father Paddy much as I emphasise or empathise with their loss of Father Paddy they do need to understand that a change of spiritual leadership brings a challenge and revitalisation to the parish and for both priests on their new appointments we live in a time where the church has seen a decline in vocations and mergers are essential to maintain that the laity are adequately served by the clergy alright thank you for that the bishop has said he hears the voices but I feel that he is not listening to the clear and overwhelming message that the people of Kilmercrennan want to keep both their priest and parish Bishop Allen must press the pause button today and take time to engage with the people but again it's clear that that's not the way it's going to be I share the sorrowful sentiments of the Kilmercrennan parish I've known Father Paddy for over 30 years but I see where the bishop stands in a way Father Paddy succeeded in doing something amazing for the Kilmercrennan parish during his time there he took up the button at a very dark period for the parish but he restored the light in a big way so let's be glad for him and let him know we're all just a phone call away and still they continue to come in thank you so very much indeed for all of your messages today now Martin McDermott is community and social enterprise assistant manager with the Donegal local development company he joins us now good morning Martin good to have you on the program right okay so we're talking today are we about innovating communities is a free training and mentoring project what's this all about Martin yeah well the innovating communities project had been going on for a few years now delivered by ice cream architecture but supported by DLDC through the community development team and the leader team various communities in Donegal were invited to Dickparton in various training and mentoring programs one of which we're talking about today is Dunfani so last year from mid to late last year the community in Dunfani were invited and taken part in a training kind of program where it was like maybe weekly or fortnightly courses online where they were identifying really a particular challenge in their community and then ways then that they could find solutions to address that or to overcome that so the community in Dunfani had been going through that process with themselves we were co-trainers on the project and now we've got to the stage where their survey in the community has been complete and we're now ready to launch the results of that survey to the people in Dunfani. Brilliant, what was the interest like last year in this process because it's a different way of doing things isn't it? You have to have a good level of buy-in for people to sort of fully engage in the process. There was great support and interest and I feel like there was lots of things Greg so where there and it has to be from the people in the community and it's led by the people in the community so you do have a lot of interest at the start and then it's a commitment so there's a big time commitment for people and it's voluntary so people are given up their time and sometimes the courses are in the afternoon or they're in the evening and as I said they were online some we did hold them person too and we did try to get together physically when possible and then throughout to the end process like we still had a good representation there and a commitment from people that they wanted to see as the course title was called a shared vision for Dunfani so they wanted to see the process they wanted to see it through and they wanted to get to this result stage now where they will actually have here's the evidence we've done a community survey and this is what people are asking for people are identifying and then let's now take it to the next stage which is what we're going to do on Sunday which is launch the results and then invite people to become involved in what we can really achieve at short and long term Yeah and I presume you want Dunfani he to be the first to hear it on Sunday so I won't ask for any details but maybe give us a sense of even maybe generally speaking when we have this type of engagement is it about an area's infrastructure is it about parking or is it about facilities is about sewage like what kind of stuff falls under the sort of the umbrella of this whole project generally speaking about an area Okay well it's a particular challenge in any of the communities that was different and it was actually specific to the community in Dunfani he the survey was focused on there was quite a few key areas obviously the demographics but also like the development of Dunfani the services that are existing or you'd like to see existing there employment and recreational opportunities so there was a lot there and from the survey results once the results have been collated and been analyzed it's really brought what we call a roadmap it's really brought together like kind of key areas of a roadmap and from that then it's the different directions that you can go so the key things that we're looking at is the development of Dunfani for the community the services that people would like to and this is all like future projects that would like to see recreational activities the community activities the services and so on so that's kind of what has been kind of identified and the purpose now of this event is to say well hang on these are these are now what's been identified where do we go from here so this is why it's called a roadmap as in like we're at a junction now so let's do you know we can identify that this is a achievable short term this is a achievable long term and who's involved or what are the vehicles that we need to kind of go down that road so presumably then say for instance if it were we want a we want a playground here let's just save that for an example right and that was one of the priorities so what happens next I mean obviously then you don't fundraise and build it yourself presumably you have to start engaging with the council or whomever is the responsible authority and I presume you would hope would it that then the local authority or whomever is responsible gives extra weight to these types of proposals because of the process that was gone through to get to where we are now yeah well that's a great because I mean what we do in DLDC with the community development team we support the local community groups so we can help them and we can support them with assistance that we can provide but it's really driven by the local community and by the groups there so what they have now is evidence so when you so like we can support them would say with maybe directional for funds and or applying for funds and or helping them with that but when you go through that process and lots of people will be familiar that you need to identify the needs so where's the evidence so here is the evidence now because a very recent survey has taken place late 2022 so we now have the results that server to substantiate Hang on this is now what the people are looking for and that will help you lobby for if it is as you say for the local council or whatever the funder is so it's really it's that evidence now that Hang on we have the need here so let's now use this evidence to address to address now the development and it may be fun reason it may be a profound and so everything you're saying it's all like it's not yeah but I don't I have not had sight of this but I'm really conscious of the fact that if it feels like we're talking about it before it's publicly announced that's why I'm trying to be general and pick random things so that's on the Dunfany community survey and roadmap will be held in Holy Trinity Parish Hall on Sunday this coming Sunday the 21st from 3pm to 4.30pm DLDC Martin who represents them are facilitating the meeting in conjunction with Dunfany family resource centre so what other than this being out laid out the findings of the survey and the roadmap is there a discussion at that point or what's next from there Martin okay so on Sunday well come along and you'll have some some refreshments so we'll provide you know so you can have a cup of tea you can have a chat you can meet other people like people that were involved in the survey like the survey was not all residents like you may have people that were working in Dunfany but they live outside the town or holiday home residents or visitors to Dunfany so it's really for all the community not just the local residents so come together let's have a chat we can launch the results we can discuss like kind of what is achievable who's behind who wants to get behind it who wants to become involved and from there it's really making a plan so it's a community discussion really than like a launch it is a launch event but it's going to be opportunities for those attending to have their say maybe contribute to what projects they'd like to be involved in and then whatever supports are available for that so yeah it's really just having that opportunity to contribute yeah and I think you've done a great job in articulating it but I think it'll all become far more apparent when people turn up on the day because there's a process to be gone through and coffee and a biscuit as well even open up the good box of biscuits alright Martin take care of yourself thanks very much indeed Martin McDevitt community and social enterprise assistant manager with DRDC that's the Dunfany community survey and road map it's being revealed in the Holy Trinity parish hall this Sunday from 3 p.m. to 4 30 p.m. hopefully there's a nice big turn out there right so we posted someone spotting what they believe to be aliens in the sky or for a letter Kenny last night I'm pretty much convinced it's the SpaceX Elon Musk satellite they're astonishing things all in a line but anyway some of your posts on social media Bernie says if we were asked to go with them you should have as it can't be any worse than this planet at the moment anyway they won't hang around here for long that's if they were aliens I don't think so Patsy say seen something but was around 10 o'clock wasn't an airplane check flight radar and flight scanner I seen Starlink as Starlink I'm confused with SpaceX I seen Starlink before watched them from Dunlewy around New Year few years back this wasn't Starlink they say right okay Mary says though definitely Musk Starlink satellites they can be seen as a string of lights at times depending on the position of the sun there are about three and a half thousand of them in the sky John says this is what I seen to a line of lights passing overhead so some aliens would bring a bit of excitement wouldn't they what would 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Common is of the state of Ireland the automobile association is with us now Paddy good morning to you good to have you on the show good morning to you right your latest survey shows what many of us are seeing at the pumps and that is the price of petrol and diesel coming down and it's been they're at the lowest level for quite some time now yeah they're lowest since about September of 2021 and look it's an asterisk beside that lowest I mean they're not they're not low by any and unfortunately they're artificially low as well because of the reduction that we had on exercise duty which is unfortunately about to go back up again so so for anyone who is filling their car this is probably as low as it's going to be for some time because from the first June they go back up and all the way up when we get back to the 31st of October they'll be back quite a bit again unfortunately yeah but because of the the rising price of the core product the government did make something like an extra 180 million last year didn't they in terms of revenue for their tax on petrol and diesel surely they could give us a break for another wee while yeah you would think you would hope but now look at they always said that they were going to do this for a short period of time and as well as that when we have Green Party Minister for Transport we're always going to see a situation where there's no real incentive for petrol unfortunately so I think there probably would have been some internal friction about the exercise duty reductions at the start so we know we were unlikely to see that for a long time but look a few prices are reasonable now both look they're going back up as I said quite soon 6 cents per litre for petrol 5 cents per litre for diesel on the 1st of June then 1st of September again we see another 7 cents for petrol 5 cents for diesel and then it's rounded up on the 31st of October why the final 8 cents for petrol 6 cents for diesel so they will go back up and what can we see on the markets in terms of oil prices I think there's been a slight increase of late is that eventually going to come down to the pumps in other words we'll see the tax increases but also the actual price of the product increasing do you think as we head into the winter yeah and evidently as he said there was a slight bump over the last couple of weeks it was down sort of $74 a barrel but it has gone up again but look you're right unfortunately we seldom see these things coming down dramatically and very quickly but we will see them increase again a part of the benefit I suppose in terms of the diesel pricing was that so-called wild winter across Europe which meant that diesel wasn't you know there's still the Europe is slightly awash with diesel huge demand for it but look it's a blow I guess for people who are looking at lots of expensive bills even EV drivers aren't escaping this I was going to ask you what's the story with the growing number of EV drivers out there do they see the same level of fluctuation in their running expenses they wouldn't see the huge fluctuation I suppose but they've definitely seen increases and for people who have an EV and we're beyond the stage of the early adopters who really were into the finer details we're now starting to see EVs becoming quite mainstream we are seeing quite fast differences between how much people are paying for the electricity for their car so if you're the average EV driver we reckon it spends about 1100 euro per year charging their EV but you could be as low as 450 euro if you're using a smart meter charging at no time at certain rates and it could be as much as 2100 euro for the same car if you were using the public charging network which is pretty much akin Greg to using petrol or diesel if you're paying 75 76 cents per kilowatt that is the same as putting petrol or diesel in your car proportionally and cost wise and I think really we have to lose this notion that you go green to save money do you know what I mean it was a big selling point but it's just I mean obviously then we could have an argument about the overall cost and all that kind of stuff but it's not really the incentive with reduction in grants and you know the running cost not being terribly dissimilar well you're right and when we've done surveys in the past about why people choose EVs it primarily primarily the main reason is people hoping to save money you know the green credentials are somewhere down the list and that is starting to balance out and if we ever got to a stage where domestic electricity was as much as 76 cents per kilowatt you would be there would be no cost benefit especially to driving an EV all right listen great to have you on the program no good news but anyway look at it is what it is we can't bury our heads in the sand either alright Paddy thanks very much for your time bye bye Paddy Common there who is of the AA Arland right let's get to some of your comments here the Irish government have deceived its people they're bringing mass amounts of people most unvetted we should have a right to know who's in our towns and villages we also have to look after our own people first yes help those vulnerable people from war-torn countries but a lot are coming from countries that the Irish government advertised in which is not far from any war they are economic migrants we have to have a better infrastructure for anyone coming to our towns and villages we are at breaking point we heard from Deputy Power McLaughlin and others recently that there's lots of people I've never been in my life to be honest with you I've never had to be but you know there are photograph finger printed on arrival all of them and Guardi now tend to be at the door of the airplane checking if people have passports or not particularly if flights are coming in from parts of Europe and I suppose again you know I'm not here to influence one way or other we've heard different views on the program today but you know we're looking to attract people say for instance to come and work here in IT and to come and work here in our health service and a lot of them are from overseas and I just wonder with the some of the language and mood as it relates to people particularly those of a darker skin colour let me put it like that would they be inclined if it keeps going like this to come here at all regarding non-nationals not being vetted irrespective of anyone's view people must recognise that vetting only captures those who are convicted of in a wrong doing our vetting system is nothing but a money making racket why can't we be vetted say annually for or every few years and carry a card like a safe pass ridiculous that an SNA for example needs vetting in each school surely in a world with such technology available there should be a more economical and quicker process and you know we have a serious problem in this country the abuse of children historic and it continues and we're seeing record breaking figures and we're seeing our children suffering greater than they ever have with mental health issues we've got 200,000 children in poverty I think I would love to see a lot of our attention and worrying and lobbying and Facebook and other groups as well also campaigning to get those children sorted to get them looked after to get them protected there's a great danger right now just in Irish society amongst Irish people and we're always looking for what's on the way let's we should really be focusing I think too on what's currently going on here 08 660 25,000 if you have a view on that or give us a call on 07491 25,000 right Rory O'Sullivan executive engineer with the Central Technical Services Road Design with Donegal County Council good morning Rory hi Greg thanks for having me on the show good to have you on the program right the council are working with the Department of Transport and are inviting people members of the public and other interested parties to participate in the first public consultation for the letter Kenny Southern Network project what is this project yeah so the letter Kenny Southern Network project aims to develop the transport network around the south of letter Kenny town some of the goals would be reducing traffic congestion supporting compact growth for letter Kenny and encouraging model shift so the the project is really about developing the transport networks out of the swilly all right okay and you're looking for people's input to see what's required they feel might work is that the purpose of this process yeah absolutely I suppose for the listeners it might be useful just to understand what stage of the project we're at and what they'll get from the public consultation so we brought on an engineering consultant just at the beginning of the year and the first major step was to identify a study area so for letter Kenny and for the Southern Network project to give an idea the study area in the east would start approximately at the dry arch around about stretching to the west then roughly to Ballamacool park north roughly around the Neil T. Blaney road and then coming south approximately a kilometer from the the lake road so that's the study area that the project is working within so the first stage and one of the things that will be discussed during the consultation with the public this Thursday would be the constraints identified within the study area so that would be stuff like the existing infrastructure services future projects you know things like building structures and I guess the topography as well is kind of important if we're putting in place network improvements where you have steep gradients it becomes unfeasible for putting in roads pathways things like that so I mean obviously a lot of people would have an interest in this not to go to letter Kenny but maybe to head to a different part of the county through letter Kenny so is this about sorry so I'm clear is this about how traffic is moving in that area is it much more than traffic is it about maybe what options there might be there in terms of some sort of public transport connectivity or does it encompass all of that it's pretty much all encompassing I suppose the first three goals that I mentioned there I can touch on each one if you like the traffic congestion yeah go ahead yeah there's sort of two avenues to that traffic congestion and the existing network a lot of traffic that's travelling through letter Kenny because of the existing network you have a lot of unnecessary traffic that's travelling through the town centre to move through letter Kenny so the project will look at opportunities and avenues to reduce that which would have a big impact on letter Kenny town centre itself the other avenue of reducing traffic congestion would be looking at putting in options like park and ride and park and stride park and walk whereby you know traffic or people are trying to get at the town centre but by putting in infrastructure and facilities within close distance to the town centre you're still reducing traffic within the town centre itself so that would be the traffic congestion side of things you mentioned to the west of Donegal so again that kind of comes through the existing traffic network whereby coming from the west traffic is generally you know geared and diverted through letter Kenny town centre at the moment so it's a bit of a barrier to steady flow of traffic to the west and from the west so I suppose the other points then compact growth so if you were to look at the development plan for letter Kenny at the moment there's large areas of land just out of the swilly that are identified for growth in terms of housing and businesses but at the moment the network capacity just isn't there so to the swilly so the project will look at things like additional river crossings of the swilly and improving the existing network to facilitate compact growth and the housing you know the forecast population for letter Kenny is set to go up significantly over the next number of years and then the last topic on modal shift would be putting in place facilities that would allow people to move away from sole car dependency for transport in and around letter Kenny so you'd be hoping to look at public transport buses and then improved cycle and walking facilities for houses that are within close distance of the city where it makes sense Scooters and what have you are going to be a factor of the future there's a lot to talk about it is a public consultation event taking place in letter Kenny this coming Thursday between 12pm and 8pm it's in the letter Kenny public services centre there it's in the letter Kenny road in letter Kenny and presumably it's run over the eight hours for people to drop in when it suits them you don't want us turning up at 12 and sticking around to A to hope you're very welcome if you want but there'll be you'll get the big box to do that I'm not doing eight hours there'll be a public display for four weeks following the day of the consultation in the foyer of the public service centre itself whereby people who can't attend on the day can come and see all of the consultation material and the project questionnaires will be there as well we also have a project website www.lsnp.ie and there'll be links to all of the consultation material project links if people want to get in touch by email and it's just an opportunity I guess for locals who are directly impacted by the study area and then the wider community in letter Kenny to come and view the project to get a feel for the timeline and I guess for more point of view for us to portray the sort of transformative potential of the project on letter Kenny Thanks for your time today, I appreciate it very much Take care of yourself, that is Rory O'Sullivan Executive Engineer with the Central Technical Services Road Design Donagall County Council Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at HighlandRadio.com The Ninetal Noon Show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union Digital Loans now available Apply online or 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it's not really something we can get out of that's just the reality we signed up to it doesn't matter who's in government that agreement is there business people go to have worse tourism season ever this year I hope the government helps them out say some other listener 08 660 25000 WhatsApps and texts but I think we all have to as much as possible talk to each other rather than just having as much as we can what's all the fuss about aliens so they're already here in Lenster House wow okay hi what was the two black helicopters over and around the parking letter Kenny yesterday around 4pm interesting you should say that I saw the same two must be the same two helicopters flying in convoy a cross tonig old town at probably about five don't know where they're coming from probably golfers there's quite a lot of helicopter traffic into a couple of golf courses around the county as well I suspect that's what it was I don't know what else it might have been let me see I want to make sure that everyone feels their voices being heard here today but we have literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of comments it's astonishing what happens here on the show every day and we really do appreciate every single one of them lots of people talking about priests being moved around a caller says at the end of the day the role of a priest is to guide instruct comfort and save souls of parishioners not people please pursue popularity nor fill pews priests okay I can't make up there's a word that's the wrong word it's auto-spelled check and I just can't work out the word it's supposed to be call us as I accept the idea of moving priests if there was genuinely good reason in our parish a priest had to retire when he didn't want to and the person put in his place begged not to be put in such a huge parish and he had health problems and wouldn't fit for it the bishop went ahead with his plan and the result is unfair caller says this priest works for the bishop so what he says goes get on with it okay hi regarding Father Paddy we are so blessed to have such a wonderful man grace our lives of course we don't want to let him go but we can't be selfish either Father Paddy has to do what he thinks best I lost my brother and Father Paddy was a gem there are so many ways he has been there for so many people such a special man with a very special gift so let someone else be touched by Father Paddy's gift you see and what happens to is you know you can have a priest Father Paddy could have confirmed someone and that person has a connection with him and then they're getting married and hope you know want him to be the person but that's not how it works decisions have to be made and they have to follow you know I mean the the bishop implied to there's a bit of spiritual guidance there as well and you know I mean if that's your thing you know what I mean it's not right for people to try and say to the bishop or else it's wrong of people they believe and although not sure how the bishop makes decisions but we have a priest in our parish for 22 years I can't read the rest of that comment because that person would be easily identifiable and it's just your opinion but I've read it okay and it's noted I just have to be careful that we don't make the rest of this it's not bad it's about holidays and stuff but I just want to make sure that the person's not identifiable but we've read it here I appreciate the sadness of the people of Kilmackrennan however as Bishop Allen said this is a greater call to growth for all it is about discerning God's call and we have to trust that the decision discerned by the bishop and priest is guided by the Holy Spirit and other it's like any job people move on it's not quite but let's take your point my prayers are for Bishop Allen who has to have to make tough decisions if people only go to mass because of the priest then they should stay at home another have not been to mass for a year because of priest changes numbers dwindling it's all very sad and other people fail to see that Father Paddy has accepted this move but still people will you know it's an expression of love to some extent too to a great extent current on a community school now is not the time for changing school uniforms when families are struggling to feed themselves never mind bring in a school uniform two years after releasing the last one sometimes what we have to do and I'm not here to preach is you have to read the room and understand the pressure such a change might have on lots and lots of people what about putting labels on cans and bottles warning alcohol may cause violence and societal problems I suppose if you go down the cancer route that's a fact as well too back to the school I have three children at current on a community school so three skirts alone will cost me 150 jumpers struggling family as it is never mind this carry on I sincerely hope this uniform does not go ahead also one of my girls is in fifth year meaning a new uniform for her final year ridiculous a lot of mad parents out there yeah listen as I say read the room um counselor support group for bereavement Greg I came across yesterday support group called cruise based in Derry they offer free and confidential support services no matter when the death has occurred please tell your listener I am thinking of them and that's someone who was bereaved looking for a support group they wanted it around letter Kenny but maybe Derry's close enough for them if that person is listening today I have a number there that we can pass on to you if you want to join that group um so for adca's partner apologised for his text sent during the coronation of Westminster at Westminster and says it won't happen again what does he honestly believe he's getting another invite his childish action has only reinforced people in England stereotypical view that the Irish can't behave themselves even at the highest level all right is that true uh listening to your show heard that guy saying nothing for the young people in Ireland we advertised two or three jobs we never received any interest in any of them another I don't think people are objecting to housing Ukrainians it's the asylum seekers mostly young men who people are concerned about why are so many coming to Ireland that we've always had an influx of them the numbers have been greater the last while but a lot of people are being displaced for various reasons um as I say I mean how long is it since we were talking about my villain elsewhere letter Kenny do you remember the big who are there it's been going on for ages um good morning Kim's exactly right we do not have any more space left for asylum seekers or refugees we need to see our own citizens uh helped first and then see who we can help another what about the Irish who are threatening threatened with violence what country can they flee to and get what they're getting in Ireland um I don't know but we flee everywhere I mean we're talking about our Irish people deciding to move to other countries uh there are homeless people in these other countries as well there are more Irish people in Australia than there are homeless in Australia um someone over there could be arguing send the Irish home and house the Australians I don't know they could they could uh maybe someone is I don't know uh I know we're they're working and it's somewhat different but uh you could get a local over there that could take that notion all these men coming in without any documents and uh without families uh scary they believe look what happened in England most of them turn into criminality I don't think you can say most of them are but I understand where you're coming from um right okay read the school uniforms I don't get the problem the uniform is supposed to be the same for everyone not somewhere in leggings and somewhere in flares nurses guards etc where standardized uniforms I wonder if those crying loudest about it have the same problem paying out for other unnecessary stuff for their children such as phones and fashion but bottom line here is is that um it's being changed to mark 50 years of the school being opened why I understand it's to mark a particular event but it's putting families under pressure and we can't presume that the families under pressure are spending a fortune on phones and fashion as well I I there is a a lot of people that seem to want to deny that others are living in very difficult circumstances uh we get it a lot on to this program as if the the real heartbreaking stories we hear on this program are not true that people are lying how could anyone really be living in poverty in this country that's the kind of impression you get from some of the remarks but anyway uh we put a poll up on instagram by the way huge reaction to it uh heading towards a thousand votes we asked the question with the high cost of living we asked have you noticed a high increase in prices with your weekly shop uh not surprising 90% of you said yes massively 2% say not really a minority 8% saying it difference week a difference week on week so nine out of ten of you listening to this uh program and interacting with us on social media nine out of ten of you have seen a massive increase in your weekly shop and another poll just ca uh catch up on uh seven in ten adults of no experience working on a building site or learning trade skills we asked have you experienced in the above 14% of you say yes I'm one of those I worked on building sites for six or seven years uh 86% of you said no never got your hands dirty my hands are just about recovering now of course you got your hands dirty in different areas you know what I'm saying I'm only joking alright okay uh Gregory smart meter installations could you please make people aware that by signing up to this installation the meter readers will lose their jobs and that the products provided with the meter will cost extra to the normal bill thanks uh some of the nighttime saver deals that you can get with a smart meter I don't like them because the electricity during the day is more expensive yes it's cheaper at night but I don't want to put my washing machine dish washer or dryer on at night I don't really use them much anyway but you know what I mean uh everyone's going to end up with a smart meter anyway because it's only a year or two until they say that your meter is playing up it doesn't work with the current infrastructure we're going to have to put a smart meter in so you can resist for now but I think it's probably going to be futile in the end we don't want to see anyone losing their jobs but look at I see people every day queuing up at uh uh tills in shops where there are no people working I remember two or three four years ago there were campaigns don't use them don't know everyone uses them it seems not everyone sorry a lot of people use them so people put up talk and brief resistance as well meaning as it is but it just seems that things 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as well so just to recognize that that is an option that arland has gregg i'm open to contradiction but to my knowledge that if we were to so wish and as i say i believe that's a provision of the lisbon treaty but presumably the government wanting us to be good europeans decided to voluntarily sign up to that commitment i call us as irish people of jobs to go to they do not go to leech off other countries and i'm open to contradiction and i'm open to contradiction and i'm open to contradiction and i'm open to contradiction jobs to go to they do not go to leech off other countries thats a terrible statement these people coming to arland are deserting their own country that probably needs them to build their country not to cast it aside it was another terrible statement because it not intended that way my point is that if you it is possible that you can get a group of individuals in another country that could turn on us at some point and i did recognize that we're over there working and contributing possible that someone could make this connection between us in houses in different countries and homeless people not having houses, which is, it is, it is a fact. But I don't think it was a terrible statement because it was not meant with any bad intent. It was just to say that the shoe at some point potentially could eventually end up on the other foot. Hi Greg, can you imagine the Australian treating our young Irish the way the people of Ireland are treating true war victims and I think it really comes down to whether or not you believe the people coming to Ireland are are trying to are escaping something that is of great threat to the life of the coming here because the money's good. That seems to be where the much of the debate lies. Could you ask him Greg when lurky brackets going to be sorted it's a disaster you have emergency services using side roads because they can't get onto the roundabout at the bottom of the hill. He couldn't answer a direct question like that because it's not under his remit or the purpose of the interview, but you've put it out there now and someone else can have their view as well. To give hope to these people, the people of str... I've read that one already, beg your pardon. Since our parish priests left, not a young person is seen at mass, such a loss to the youth and although the people should think of Father Paddy and not of themselves, I feel for the new priests. I hope the new priests understand that this is an outpouring of love and affection towards Father Paddy and not a reflection on on them and I'm sure they're around long enough to understand that and they will when they take over, I'm sure they'll reference that. I'm sorry to hear the sad news that Father Paddy done is to be removed to another parish. During COVID and to this day, a lot of people from our parish still father follow Father Paddy on Facebook and church services.ie with his mass and rosaries. He's a wonderful caring priest. Wish we had such a great priest in our parish. Our priest has not the time for his parishioners with him being busy elsewhere outside the parish. We've got no Sunday funeral services, no Sunday Christenings and our Easter and Christmas services have to fit into his busy schedule. He's been here quite some time now and in that time we've left and went to other parishes. Weddings, Christenings and funerals have been taking place in other parishes, including some of my family. Please God, Kilmer Crennan can keep such a great priest, but I don't hold much hope with what the bishop said. He won't want to be seen to change his mind. Please do not say, okay, I get you. Now that's no problem. Alright, thank you. Hi, Greg. Sad to hear about another incident regarding protest against asylum seekers. The government are to blame. Our country is on its knees in regards to the health service and housing crisis and they still have the door open to these people. Some genuine others not. It's happening all over the country. These protests last week Dublin now Donegal and County Claire tractors are blocking roads in protest. Just look at Sweden. They opened their borders now. The country is in mayhem, shooting in school grounds out of control and off is enough. Our own people are being neglected. There is no vetting system or anything in place. The Guardian cannot cope with the added workload time to put strict regulations in place or our country is in dire danger. Let me see where else it's shameful behavior of our representatives that the coronation of King Charles. Well, Matt is not our representative. He's Leo's guest. He's not. He doesn't represent me anyway. He was over there in a private capacity, but I'll read on because I think the text or I think the text or refer references that it's shameful behavior of our representative at the coronation of Britain's King Charles. I know Leo said Matt was there as a private citizen. I don't know whether any other private citizens who were invited. The bypass road of Bonnegie over the swilly seems to be lost in the 10 t project and four lane project. The town boss has been a failure. That comes in from Daniel who's not too enamoured with everything with with what is going on. Right, another caller says I was looking to buy a house. It was recommended that we carry out a mica test and the results came back 3% which is well under the given spec. So we were going to proceed with the purchase, but then someone said that most insurance companies are no longer covering houses with any level of mica in them. If we had owned our home and previously had it insured before the test, then they have to keep covering it, but not with a new buy. Does anyone know what the situation is with this? So they got a test. Low levels of mica in the concrete though at this point, you really should be checking for other mineral, but I take your point. Can you get insurance with 3% mica in a block? A few weeks ago I had an energy provider at the door and signed up to what I thought was a fabulous deal. I was told I had 14 days cooling off period if I changed my mind. Having read the small print, I realised it wasn't such a hot deal and went to cancel it, thinking I was well within my 14 days cooling off period, only to discover the 14 days started the day the fellow was at my door and not from receiving the contract. Hence, I was tied in and couldn't get out of it. We went together as a group and of, sorry, only by chance I discovered a few of my neighbours signed up for what they thought was the same great deal. We went together as a group and eventually they had to accept we had been hoodwinked and let us out of the contract. I did want to warn others if it sounds too good to be true, think carefully. It most likely is. So that's an interesting one. The 14 days cooling off period was from the day the fellow got you to sign at the front door and not from when you actually received the contract from the provider. So well worth keeping that in mind. Morning, Greg. I did that school run every morning and evening for 12 years. This is the first time I've been doing it. Parents need to take some responsibility to the number of cars that come out the exit at the top. This is this is Lergy Brack National School, by the way. This is at the top of the big hill heading out of letter. Kenny for those not from the area. I did that school run every morning and evening for 12 years. This is the first year I haven't been doing it. Parents need to take some responsibility to the number of cars that come out the exit at the top and turn down the hill when two lines of traffic are coming. I witnessed it so many times. I witnessed it so many times. Where am I here? Oh yeah, how there hasn't been a major incident there. I don't know. Well done to Jimmy Kavanaugh for highlighting this. Okay, more than I'm not going to have time for that. I don't think Caroline. So get out there and bring me something else. Thanks very much, indeed. I've about a minute and a half. Good morning, Greg. I've been inquiring about the supposed door to door provided by local link for people with mobility issues. It seems there is no such service provided in my area. I was informed by local link that there is no demand for the service. Therefore, a service is not provided. I am for one in need of this service. How many others are out there and have been told the same thing? I think this is in and around the Kilmachrine and Milford area. I'm open to correction on that. They've been told that in that area there isn't a door to door service. They go on to say that people with mobility issues in our community need this service, which is paid for by the taxpayer. Why is it not being provided? Greg, perhaps you can inquire on our behalf and maybe something will be done about it, given the wonderful influence you have when raising such community concerns. Well, that's a very nice comment of yours and I really do appreciate it. We've contacted local link to find out what the situation is there. We don't know off the top of our heads, but we'll find out if there is a demand for a door to door service in those areas and if there is why it's not happening. Oh, passport delays. Are you suffering big passport delays? I know there's a few people getting caught out here. This listener applied for a passport in January. He's still not received it yet. Listen, I would check in with that because I say I. When I say I, I mean we applied for a passport recently and I got it done in the local guarder station, which is in a 24-hour guarder station, and I was sitting there waiting for it to arrive as you might. And it turns out that the passport office had called the guarder barracks five times. They called them five times seeking to speak to the guard who witnessed the form and they couldn't get hold of them and it kind of threw the whole process out again and delayed everything by months and any sort of half notions of plans that we had went out the window. So double check and you know local TDs are pretty good for this type of stuff as well. But if you have not received your passport from January and it's a standard renewal, there's something seriously amiss there. If it was a first-timer for a baby, maybe there's some sort of a arguable reason as to why, but I think if it's just a standard-ish renewal, it should certainly have come through by now. Right, I just want to remind you, by the way, that if you've missed any of today's show, and it was a particularly interesting one, and thank you to all of you who listened to the show and the hundreds of you that watch the show on different platforms every day, it's really greatly appreciated. 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