 said there is no adequate funding available at this time to provide a permanent solution to the problem. However, Kehirlich of Letterkinny-Milford Municipal District Councillor Donald Mandy Kelly is on site and said the flooding is not as bad as previous times, but it is still unacceptable. And finally, the Road Safety Road show is returning today to Letterkinny. The annual event aims to highlight to over 3,000 young people the importance of road safety and the dangers that exist on a daily basis on our roads. So far this year, five people have lost their lives on roads in the county. Brian O'Donnell is the Donegal Road Safety Officer. That's so important. We've missed it obviously for the last couple of years, but we're back now. We have over 3,000 young people coming over the next two days, which is a great testament to what we're trying to do. This one is a hard-hitting message given by emergency services personnel. We have doctors from the A&E. We have a woman who lost her child in a road traffic collision a number of years ago, given her own personal story. So either now, cloudy and rather damp with occasional outbreaks of rain, highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees. That's all for now, but we'll be back with a news update again at 10 o'clock. But until then, good morning. Have you an account with Ulster Bank or KBC? Uh, yeah. Do you get a social welfare payment into your account? Yep. Your bank is leaving the Irish market. Yeah, that's right. Have you switched to a new bank and updated your new account details with the Department of Social Protection? Hmm, updated. You need to let us know your new account details to ensure you continue to get your social welfare payment. The quickest way to update your account details is online at mywelfare.ie. Oh, OK. Thanks. Brought to you by the Government of Ireland. The Ninetown Noon Show with letter Kenny Credit Union, now offering myCU current account and debit mastercard, bringing full banking features delivered with the same local trustworthy service of your Credit Union. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, The Ninetown Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello and a very good morning to you on this damp and breezy Tuesday morning to the 4th of October 2022. You're very welcome along to another edition of The Ninetown Noon Show. How are you keeping? I do hope you're well. A busy show for you, but if there's an issue you want to raise, a concern you want to express, some good news you wish to pass on, whatever it might be. It's your programme, so the lines are open to you right now. 08 660, 25,000. 08 660, 25,000. What's apps on that number two? Give us a call if you wish on 07491 25,000. E-mails come in to us at comments at HighlandRadio.com. If you want to watch the show, go on to our website. You'll see the Watch Live link there. It's beside the Listen Live link. And you can also go straight to YouTube, Highland Radio Island, or across our Facebook pages. So okay. Right, let's kick off this Tuesday morning, as we do every morning in fact, with a look at what's making the front pages of the Donegal People's Press. They also lead with that significant story for Donegal Town. 35 new housing units. A major new housing development in Donegal Town has been given the green light by Armbour Planala after seeking up-to-date information pertaining to a possible impact on special areas of conservation nearby. The Planning Authority granted permission. Planning officials have affixed 20 conditions to the development. Developer Sean Daherty has sought to construct 35 residential units at Bluestack Drive, Drumrusk West, in Donegal Town. The Derry Journal this morning. Condolences have been expressed to the family of a little boy who died after a collision while he was riding his bike ahead of his funeral today. Ollie Simmons Watt passed away on Friday following the tragic accident which occurred on Thursday in Limavadi. The five-year-old will be laid to rest this afternoon following funeral services at Christ Church Limavadi at 1pm. The accident happened at around 3.40 on Thursday in Limavadi's Irwin Avenue area and such a handsome, lovely young boy picture on the front of the paper today. Our deepest condolences with family and friends and school friends as well would have a huge impact on so many people, of course. On to the Irish Independent and a subsidy paid by householders. That's you and I to help big business with their energy costs are still being added to domestic bills. Up until last week it has emerged. At least 600 million euro in extra charges have been levied on householders. Electricity bills since the large energy user rebalancing subversion or subvention was introduced more than a decade ago. The Irish Independent has discovered. The subsidy has cost individual households up to 480 euro since the support was introduced during the last recession in 2010 by Energy Minister Eamon Rhyme who said it would protect jobs and the economy. The move caused anger in a year when 1400 customers a month were being disconnected. Neither the energy regulator nor the Department of Environment could explain why it was continued so long. Someone forgot it was there, didn't they? When the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities proposed removing it in a consultation last August, numerous large unnamed firms objected. They included a cement manufacturer which said production would have to stop. Can you imagine? That's how reliant they had become on this levy introduced on us in 2010. Hard pressed households will not even get to benefit from its removal though because while scrapping it will save them 40 euro a year. The energy regulator last week increased network charges for all electricity companies adding 41 euro to a domestic bill and swallowing up the saving. So rub you with one hand and give you with another. Now, rub you with that one too. Rub you with the other as well. Right. The Irish Times this morning the government remains skeptical about Britain taking a new approach to negotiations on the Northern Ireland protocol with fresh talks on resolving the deadlock over the post-Brexit arrangement set to begin next week. Tshok Meeho Martin yesterday acknowledged an apology by Minister of State at the Northern Ireland office Steve Baker for failing to understand Irish concerns during previous Brexit talks describing it as honest and very helpful. But senior government sources said while a change in from London was welcome, they were waiting to see if it would be accompanied by a change in substance. Several sources confirmed a wait and see attitude was being taken in Dublin and Brussels. This is really effectively a story about nothing here. I think Liz Trost's language yesterday very pointed towards unionism. Those that represent unionists about getting back into the Stormont assembly. She was really quite direct in relation to that you take with that other comment she's made about coming up with agreement and the apologies we were talking about yesterday and I don't know the signs seem quite positive to me. But Irish officials plan to wait to see if British red lines such as the demand that the European Court of Justice no longer has a role in adjudicating on disputes over the protocol remain or whether there is a new willingness to negotiate on these. They are also keen to see if the British government proceeds with the legislation to set aside the protocol which of course you would expect it would. As a safety net. The Irish Daily Mail tells us that thousands of homeowners face a massive mortgage increase after the largest non-bank lender announced yesterday was pushing up its rates by as much as 2%. Finance Ireland which is 5% of the Irish market that's about 36,000 mortgages announced it will raise variable and fixed rates for its home loans by between 1.5% and 2% depending on loan to value and you know if people didn't fix when I was talking about fixing I know the advice was a little bit well let's wait and see let's consider where it would sound I know what I did at that time but my mortgage is slightly complicated there's another string to it you know yourself coming up to what did we all do remortgage and extra mortgage and all crack that crack. But now to try and fix it the maximum the fixable rate has gone up really quite significantly and the max it could be fixed for is 2 years. So I don't know what the fixings options are for our people out there now compared to where they might have been a couple of months ago but for Finance Ireland if you're a Finance Ireland customer you are going to see an increase in your mortgage if you're on a variable rate. The new rates will come into effect immediately for new borrowers but mortgage applications that have been approved and are drawn down before close of business on Friday will be the existing lower rates. Interest rates campaigner David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organization said it's a big jump but it's only the start this was always going to happen. And of course too you have to we had the British climb down yesterday and the reason I mentioned this obviously is because a lot of people listening to this show are under are influenced by the decisions the British government make being in Northern Ireland but you know they had this climb down yesterday about the the mini budget and the 45% higher rate of tax and reducing it to 14 it's like I'm sorry we made a mistake as if it hasn't had an impact but that decision has driven up the mortgages of many many people sky high they could set they could be set to double in some instances in Britain and Northern Ireland over the course of the the next 12 months and a lot of it was triggered by that decision that no one had any warning of so a mortgage holder could not have seen what was coming and fixed a mortgage or taken a risk or or being able to calculate their risk and they're going to face a huge mortgage interest rate hikes and a big increase in mortgage which will effectively gobble up everything else that the government's proposing like the unit energy cap so what the government was trying to do to give some certainty and to assist the public certainly for mortgage holders on variable rates that's all going to be gobbled up and then some because of the reckless announcement of that mini budget which they've backtracked on but for many the damage has been done the Irish daily star a man filmed viciously assaulting an unconscious man on the ground has been refused bail John Sweeney who's 27 was at letter Kenny district court charged with the with assaulting with the assault to Burnside in Donegal in letter Kenny sorry on October 29th the court heard phone footage of the assault had been widely circulated on social media guard detective sergeant Johnny Sweeney said the attack was the worst he'd seen in his 20 years of service the court was told that as a result of widespread circulation of the video guard he seized the phone used to film the assault they then arrested Sweeney who's also charged with using threatening abusive or insulting language guard sergeant Jim Collins said guard he objected to bail as they had concerns that witnesses including alleged victim Sloane Murphy would be interfered with the accused is filmed punching and kicking the victim continuously and at one stage running up to him akin to kicking a football he added the judge said judge Etane Cunningham refused bail and the case was adjourned until next Monday so that's an update on that story we were referencing on the program yesterday from the Irish Daily Star there in the sun today mortgage holders face a repayment hike of 300 a month after a shocked decision by one lender to raise interest rates by up to 2% finance Ireland as I've mentioned has given application applicants until Friday to draw down mortgages on the old rates or or sorry to draw down mortgages on the old rates or face the increase in variable and fixed rates of between 1.5 to 2% Dara Cassidy from bonkers.ie insists switchers will feel the brunt of this as the lender goes from one of the cheapest in Ireland among the most expensive in the space of a few days he told the Irish Sun I think it's a bit mean to give such little notice other person's view on that and if you given much consideration or do you have much care about new plans to allow pubs stay open till six o'clock I think it really depends where you live but anyway some people in towns like letter Kenny and others could be heading to work while people are heading out of the pub which could be an interesting situation t-shock me hall Martin said laws to allow pubs and nightclubs to stay open until six a.m. won't be delayed too long me hall Martin said reforming the state's alcohol licensing system was complex the plans were first announced and the government's justice plan earlier this year and it was expected they would have been enacted before Christmas however it since emerged the bill will be delayed until next year when asked if he was disappointed about the delay the FINA4 leader said I can't say I'm that disappointed as if I was waiting with bated breath to stay out longer I don't think it will be delayed that long I anticipate the measure will be brought forward comprehensive measures in relation to the night time economy so what do you think about that plans to open pubs till six a.m. I think and correct me if I'm wrong I think there was a lot of people say for instance when the earlier closing times were introduced during Covid a lot of people I think even parents maybe of young people and when I say young people I don't mean like 16 17 year old young people it's kind of a comfort wasn't there sometimes to know that your young people were home nice and early the notion that people of all ages by the way will be able to stay until 6 a.m. I mean it's a phase complete they've decided it's going to be introduced but what do you think I'm not sure if we've had that conversation on this program 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a flash and I actually I was down and I helped them put the sandbags out there to try and speed the thing up I mean I can't express enough Greg how more than well that the council maintenance staff and a local engineer here supervisor you know they're more than well they address this problem if they're giving the phone and they're more than capable and I mean at the moment them poor residents down there there's there's children there's children in houses today Greg that will not get to school and they'll have about 30 yards from the school they won't get to school and and there's you mean their parents their families they're not they're trapped in their homes and I mean the road's passable but it's not in a great state and I mean this is going to cost money again now to clean this up and actually what this children been carried through the water this morning and to carry to get them to school I mean it's shocking stuff it's shocking this was twice now twice now in four days and three times and three weeks and I mean yeah there was constant rain last night but no it wasn't severe and that's this problem I mean there's nowhere else that I know that a Greg that has been flooded with a municipal destiny and I mean for to tell me that there's not an emergency pot they address something as severe as this I just don't swallow it Greg I don't swallow it. There is and for those watching we have a video sent through here I mean effectively it is a river running down the road I mean that water is not getting away so it's happening to above ground and run down this road I mean that's I'm no engineer again I keep saying that to you in conversations but that's what's happening here the water is not being dealt with so it finds the path of least resistance and unfortunately it's straight down this road Exactly Greg I mean I know exactly what the problem is I have expressed numerous times what the problem is the pipes that are there can't hold the volume up they can't take the volume of water coming down pipes need to be taken out of the ground and a four foot pipe put on and the problem is solved it's as simple as that Greg and I mean as I say the staff on the ground are more than walled to do it that's just given the go ahead and this is this problem solved forever more I mean Greg you know and like as I say it's caused the last time there no rough figures that I had received within the region of 30 or 40,000 to tidy it up it's not going to cost that best time but it's going to cost thousands again and I mean that's all our job and do the job right once and for all and you'll save money in the long run and that's what I'm trying to do So this video that can you hear me Don you can yeah Okay this video that you sent in to also I think it's you sent it in and you can see the water is being contained in an area by sandbags there is that the full extent of it or does it extend down or what else happens that we're not seeing for those who can see that video Yeah Greg yeah that was Michelle took that video this morning and when we were putting the sandbags down the lesson the sandbags are trying to help divert the water from going across the road because what's actually happening there the water when it gets across the road it rubs the fire shade of the road and takes all the gravel down to the bottom of the hull and that's what the council staff is doing there at the moment and now listen the rain has settled here but hopefully things will start to settle there but that's what will happen again Greg and I rang this morning rang our engineer and I have requested now for an emergency meeting no later than Friday morning and I'm waiting on feedback on that but it's not fair all these people are paying their taxes like everybody else and this is the way they've been there well let's bring in Teresa as a local resident Teresa you're a resident in the area of course flooding once again what's it like living there tell us what impact it might have on you or just people living in the general vicinity Good morning Craig and morning Donald yeah we live just here where the flooding is at its worst I suppose on the deficit of the school now this morning we I suppose aren't directly affected to the worst our neighbours they are actually affected a lot worse than us this morning but other than that other times when the flooding has been coming down our wall has basically I'd say the foundations are destroyed on the wall now we've got cracks all over the wall times where we would be waterlogged right in our garden up our driveway where you wouldn't be able to get out you know before the last time that they changed some of the piping up the road we had literally a river running around the side of our wall coming down into the garden and then it floods at the back of our house you know you just be worried that every time that there's a flood warning that you know are you going to wake up in the morning and see water half ways up your lawn and then of course there's you know there's always the problem like I've just witnessed my neighbours and their kids clambering over to fences to get to school this morning because they can't get out their driveway you know it's just not really fair this has been going on for so long now I mean twice and one week I think this is the fourth time it's happened since February and it's you know it's just it's dangerous and just you know temporary fixes like this they're just not really going to cut it anymore thousands of money being wasted this year alone and now another clean up operation needed today and you know like the men on the ground like the council workers they're trying their best and they're doing what they can and it's not just that they're given but you know whoever's signing off on these checks you know they they're kind of burying their head in the sand really and you know with us that's kind of left dealing with it every time yeah and it doesn't seem to take an awful lot of rain Teresa for the problems to raise their head no it doesn't I mean you know I think the residents here there's four or five of us that sort of um directly kind of I suppose affected every time and you know you wake up in the morning and you open them curtains and you think you know what are you going to be faced with you know and I mean having to clamber over neighbours fences and into fields trying to get their kids to school in the morning it's just really not it's not really on really is it no it's not it's no way to have to live your life so in the video that those who are watching the show are seeing it doesn't tell the full picture because it's like it's a river that runs then into a lower area that fills with water effectively like a lake yeah yeah I mean times gone past we literally had a force like a forceful river around the side of our wall that runs right down and in a big enough you know shock that should take a fair amount of water and then it runs down into the river sort of that runs at the back of our of all our houses here but it's just you know like it's you're just scondered every time you made a significant point as well and it's kind of a sense of the unknown although you can see some cracking what kind of damage is this doing to the integrity of homes that this is happening around you know it's I know for like our wall out there is probably is destroyed like there's cracks in it and you I mean we would love to do something with our wall but we can't because you know you're wasting money because exactly yeah you know it's it's just I mean as donals isn't we're all paying our taxes so you know how many times does it have to happen for a permanent solution to be put in place Councillor Kelly what's the answer you don't I mean you can sort of make representations as you are of course on behalf of local residents you think the problem has been identified we probably could work out how much it would cost to fix remind us what is the hold up here why is this being seen as acceptable for these residents Greg you want to thank the chair for coming on there just as well and welcome on the radio a local resident I mean you've heard it first time there I mean per three years to look out the wonder this every time it happens looking at the residents across I mean it's unbelievable it's unbelievable and you know Greg like I don't I don't think I have the solution to this and I know I have the solution to this I know 100% I have the solution and I have expressed it on numerous occasions when I had seen a council staff out on site looking at it I expressed it I know exactly what needs done and they know exactly what needs done you go out the pipe and put in a four foot pipe problem solved and Greg what the hold up is they're not well they're telling me they can't seek the phone Greg but I don't swallow this because that's as an emergency and as far as I'm aware and I mean I haven't followed it for two years there's always a pot set aside for an emergency call well that's what I don't understand here is the council broke I mean because surely money can be moved amongst departments to fix a problem like this like is the council broke I mean or does or are we so bureaucratic and so full of red tape at this stage that a particular project like this has to come from a particular revenue stream and be okay at a particular time I mean this is an emergency for people of this area if the council isn't broke move money around and get it sorted God knows a lot of money gets thrown on a lot of things that I don't even want to talk about but a lot of money gets thrown on a lot of things this is a this is a project that needs doing for people of this area that's fact Greg you're 100% correct and I mean regarding the council broke Greg I mean for anyone to tell me there's not an emergency problems up there for a situation as severe as well the school there was 260 pupils I mean I honestly feel like I'm not taking this seriously you know and it's making me myself as a local representative to look as if I'm not pushing hard enough Greg but like I know the local residents down there they know that I'm pushing very hard in us but we need to there's no afterbots that has to be done and that's the bottom line I mean obviously the water's coming from the sky they call us as well as the water coming from they don't mean it like that but is it running off fields like where is this water coming from that this pipe's too small to accommodate coming down the hill on ditches or what yeah that's true it's coming down off the mountains there like that's what I figured right Teresa is there anything you want yeah alright Teresa do you want to add anything as we wrap up this part of the conversation no I think Donal is you know Donal's been pushing very hard for all of us here and you know we're very grateful that we have him here in the area and I think that's you know the pipe would sort it out if we could just get the right person to sign off on the money for it but you know there's only so much that the men on the ground and us ourselves and then emails or you know whatever but if the person at the top's just not signing off on it then I don't know what we're going to go with it okay listen thanks for that thank you Bernie and in a moment but so just so I'm clear on this Donal the workers are there they will do it they know what to do if you know how to do it are you saying that this isn't being done because the council can't afford the piping 100% Greg the workers are there the workers are more than well more than capable they're top men and I can't express enough Greg how good them fellows are they're not just any of the day and they're soaked in carrot sandbags they're top crew and they're more than well give them the go ahead that's all and I'm asking that's why I called this emergency meeting on Friday and I'm not going to stop to get this meeting Greg because give these fellows the go ahead they know what the problem is and they're more than well and more than capable to have the problem with the rest and have it solved once and for all they don't need Greg to be there I mean they've been calling last Friday I had to ring them fellows in the middle of the night I mean them fellows had to get up out of their house and go out there and they're more than well they got up and they don't play you know I can't express enough how good they are you know Greg but give them the go ahead and they'll carry out yeah stay there Bernie joins us now, Bernie yours referencing this flooding incident directly is it more a general point about sort of drainage and maintenance etc I suppose it's just a general point about the whole thing but you know it was down there especially Glen Swally 2 there with all this flooding you know there was all the rain that fell down other years how come this hasn't happened before you know because the end of the day maybe was maybe construction or maybe you have to go back to the base of where this water is coming from you know and maybe people have built built houses or concrete paths and then maybe they didn't plan enough big pipes at the time bigger pipes and then it ends up then it's all out on the road you see Bernie and Donald will know better than this say for instance farmers up the road or whoever landowners were actually clearing shocks and letting this water flow through the problem is this problem occurs when it hits council infrastructure yeah well that's possible but the people themselves have to take a wee bit of responsibility too because I don't see like long ago there's nobody out draining opening drains now you have more or less maybe putting in pipes closing in drains not putting in big enough pipes themselves too which can happen you know the land I'm living in here now I'm just looking out the fields are all flooded halfway up the road this morning so you know you have to keep the drains cleaned and do wee bit yourself as well and there may be a bit of infrastructure there the people don't look after their own end of things either you know so then the water ends up on the road and like Glen Swally there's a fall and the road at all it all comes down the hill flying and bulls up to in and the whole place is flooded but I still think you need to go back to the base down through the years with different developments and what not and maybe people themselves are putting in big enough pipes so it gets us way to the end of the road surely but you know the council's not all to blame for the whole thing you know so that's my point no and it's a point we've made Bernie and I think you know a lot of people will agree with you Councillor Kelly I mean Bernie has a strong point there obviously we don't know exactly what's causing a particular instance in different areas but we have talked about it on this program a long time ago you go back 60 or 70 years there was a department that dealt with you know our waterways and the proper movement of water in terms of enforcement and working with various vested interests now everyone blames each other and says it's not their fault we've gone backwards in that regard That's Greg Bernie, Bernie has very valid points there I'm not going to argue with him but the Brigade and that's only happening recently this has been happening for years Greg this goes back years but it's just got more frequent in recent years whether it's climate change or what Greg I don't know Bernie has a point there too about drains and shops being cleaned and maybe not being maintained that could all be a factor but Greg at the end of the day this water is coming down now and it's going out on the county road and it's leaving it more or less impassable it's leaving residents stuck in their home and like the last time the mains water was ripped up I mean about how it happened there last night 260 people are off school there parents are going to have to try to get the day off to look after them you know like this could have been 10 times worse than it is this morning but what I want to best is the problem addressed once and for all Greg so as we can move on we don't have this situation to worry about it's one last thing to worry about there's money lesson there's money spent more simpler things and then there's a lot I suppose worse things that money should be spent on as well but I'm asking that this year be addressed Greg by the pipe by the pipe okay let's move on and we can focus then I suppose most of the things that's going on that's fantastic as well you know Greg I don't want to be on here and I don't want to be worried about money for things but this year needs to be addressed and that's the bottom line alright take care of yourself councillor Dillemore Mandi Kelly there and thanks also to Bernie and to Theresa all who had their say on that issue the 9 till noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union offering low rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today your next move matters better start your move to permanent TSB today apply in-app for our award-winning current account so don't just move bank move better apply in-app today applications for explore current account in-app in sole name for over 18 personal customers residents of Republic of Ireland only 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morning to you thanks for joining the conversation Desmond yeah yeah I was just going to tell you a story 7 years ago I had a daughter there and he drowned she had come from work at 5 o'clock on the evening she met the weatherman down the road the car spawned around the road and over the body and landed in that drain that Doral was getting about upside down and the water was coming through and they look up and they see what happened and they opened the bags and hatched back the car and they opened the back of the car and they got pulled out eventually and the water was coming through the car only for him and the other that happened at night and nobody was hangin' her and nobody saw her the story yeah because we look at this as if it's sort of an inconvenience kids haven't hopped through it to get to school potential damage to houses and that's really really important but it is a sort of a river out of nowhere as well and my word your daughter had a clothes shave there how scary is that oh terrible terrible I came up to walk myself and I saw her down on the side of the road I looked at her and she was able to have a big shock to you too an ambulance and I was like come on that's 10 of the yards that's still going on now that's 7 years ago when it was going on before that yeah and as you say luck played a factor and we shouldn't have to rely on luck should we doesn't not at all not at all alright listen that's 10 years gone on on on on and that's 7 years ago you've said so that's 7 years ago in July there in July that's so much and a lot of that a lot of that too my word okay okay well listen thanks for that Desmond it puts a different perspective on it as well and I really appreciate it I'm glad well I hope you're I'm sure your daughter is fine now with a big shock at the time for all of you yeah definitely okay alright Desmond thanks for that enjoy the rest of your morning take care bye bye thank you very much indeed a caller says we can't fix the road in Glen Swilly yet we can't send council members and their partners to America this week less running might help emergency funds right okay common sense is easy carried says a caller water where's the water coming from we've touched on that other people might have their views as it relates to developments and all that kind of stuff but we can only deal with what's provable the facts at the moment so if they are that good the council why is this taking place then I think really the reference was to the workers Councillor Kelly was talking about the workers they know what needs to be done they're prepared to do it but by the pipe by the pipe some changes must have happened down at Glen Swilly with all this water on the road water diversion or some construction has changed it never been that bad to this year what you heard there from Desmond whose daughter nearly drowned in the same area seven seven seven years ago building houses too close to rivers again put in bigger pipe and it'll be okay for a 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pick up a real bargain Highland Radio Weather Updates brought to you by Grant from condensing boilers to heat pumps and underfloor heating trust Grant to heat your home visit grant.eu Okie doke, cloudy and rather damp with occasional outbreaks of rain high temperatures 15 to 17 degrees to light to moderate south-west or variable winds now can you believe that the drink industry is effectively going into schools to talk to young people about drink maybe that's the way of looking it will speak to people who know better than I what they think but secondary school teachers are being offered training in how to lead classroom lessons about alcohol by drink aware that's an organisation funded by the drinks industry the likes of Diageo, Ballmers Ireland and Heinegan have confirmed to date 15,000 first year to 30 year students have gone through its school program some organisations aren't too happy about this let's see what Paula Leonard alcohol form Ireland national lead for community things Paula I'll be honest with you when I heard the background to this I was a wee bit shocked not gonna lie Good morning how are you back again to challenge the industry Greg look we've been really concerned about this for quite a number of years the alcohol industry sponsors drink aware who then have put together this schools based program and teacher training program which has now been offered to teachers across the country including teachers in Donegal within the 15,000 students some of those would be close enough to the North West including some schools in Liedtrum and it's not just I suppose us in the alcohol harm reduction based that are now worried about this on the 9th of September we asked Deputy Shortall to raise some parliamentary questions in relation to what was happening and as a result of that we've had sort of a bit of a rolling piece on this that has been taken up you know across national media to the extent that the Taoiseach had to answer questions on this yesterday and the Taoiseach has come out quite strongly and clearly to say that he is not supportive of the alcohol industry being in any way involved in the provision of schools based education to children sorry but drink aware say right they've really come out strongly against this they say that they've been providing training to teachers in schools across Ireland on the JCAEP the programme does not teach students about drinking but rather centre on the fact that alcohol has no place in childhood and the programme fills a much needed gap in school education or alcohol education that schools parents and students themselves are calling for right so you know they're not pulling up in a Guinness lorry and they're not saying don't drink now but sure we're waiting for you when you're 18 so what is why is it wrong that they're involved on any level then okay but just to unpick that you know they're not pulling up in a Guinness lorry let's be really clear the drink aware brand is on every single alcohol ad that's produced in this country so whether they like it or not adolescents have an association between drink aware and the products of the alcohol industry so that's a really strong association that exists in the Irish psyche that we're all visibly exposed to we know from research that the drink responsibly message doesn't work it's entirely ineffective if it wasn't the alcohol industry would be so keen to promote it right across the globe but in terms of the programme you know the CEO of drink aware yesterday did come out defending the programme as is her right as is her job but what they haven't done is they haven't made the programme public so the HSE hasn't seen it the Department of Health hasn't seen it we haven't seen it the parents of those 15,000 students who have attended the programme haven't seen the materials so what we're asked to do is to trust something we haven't seen and I frankly don't think that it's credible that we can be asked to trust something that's sponsored paid for by the alcohol industry whose job is to increase their own profit margin and if they are arguing transparency which is what they've been arguing yesterday in the national media they need to make the programme available publicly but on principle Greg there's another issue in principle they shouldn't be involved in schools based programmes WHO strongly recommends that they aren't and as of yesterday we have very clear statements from the HSE the Department of Health the Minister for Education and the Tisha who are saying they do not have a place in our schools so there is an integrity issue here if they're being told very strongly by the leaders of our country but the departments who are tasked with protecting the health and wellbeing of our children that they don't have a place in our schools it is time for them to leave You wouldn't have Marlborough or Benson and Hedges going to schools talking about smoking or Paddy Power going in talking about gambling that being said and I think it's quite pointed in their statement they're talking about the fact that if we're not doing it no one's doing it to some extent do they have a point I mean in terms of what we speak to our young people in schools about there's a lot of gaps I mean this is one of them but there's so many other gaps as well be it domestic violence, proper relationships or whatever so to some extent have they shone a light on what is a massive foreign education system and how we speak to people about drink Well the first thing is the HSE the department of health, the department of education do have a schools based program for senior cycle the schools based program for junior cycle is almost ready we've been told by the HSE of yesterday now they are saying there has been some delays with that and that they are anxious to get that out as soon as possible DrinkAware have argued that they're filling a gap that's been left by the state agencies so I would like to know from DrinkAware today is when the HSE schools based program for junior cycle is launched are they going to move out of the space because the gap is then filled these are the questions that aren't been answered right now and you know the other thing to be really mindful of is that schools based education on its own does not change behaviour it needs to be part of a much bigger strategy that looks at the price of alcohol the availability of alcohol the marketing of alcohol and the people who sponsor DrinkAware make millions on the marketing, the selling, the production and the distribution of alcohol every year so there is you know technically a conflict of interest between those two things and also to you know a great deal of thought and consideration and research would have gone into the DrinkAware.ie the name of it I mean what does DrinkAware actually say like you know be aware of drinking as you say it's on branding it looks like something is being done and I've said this before and I said this to I can't remember what it was in relation to some sort of events that were being run around this area you know what does DrinkAware mean it doesn't like you know there's no warning in the title itself it's very clever you know and as you say it's associated directly with every brand I feel like something's being done but really in effect you know what's happening here we're talking about these booze and companies I'm not a marketing expert but what marketing experts have argued who have analysed this is that the word Drink comes before the word aware so you have the word Drink so consume alcohol you know as a normal ordinary everyday product and then awareness we know awareness does very little anyway to change behaviour and Drink responsibly is the same sort of message so the alcohol industry right across the globe we're interested in right now is the health, the well-being and the protection of Irish children but right across the globe those DrinkAware Drink responsibly rethink you Drink all of those are sponsored by the alcohol industry because they know that they're ineffective and years of evidence have shown that they don't work it's really interesting because they believe or they say teachers are best to evaluate the effectiveness of alcohol education programs and it's absurd to suggest that teachers would naively deliver it in appropriate materials to students I'm not questioning well it's a sweeping statement but I'm not questioning teachers ability to evaluate it but I think parents deserve to have a say and I think those involved in how best to communicate this stuff should see this and just to make sure you know I mean teachers aren't infallible either you know I don't think they were knowingly involved in anything but to suggest that they can make all the decisions and we can't have an input and secondly to they really don't want to give this up because they want to be given an opportunity to brief the education and health committees the HSE and Healthy Ireland on the program in its entirety so they're probably quite a fight to maintain this access to our schools absolutely look and I think there is some level of evidence in there we do know that teachers are best placed that's why the HSE the model they're developing with the department of education and with healthy Ireland with all of those other players that you just mentioned is to focus on teachers you know many years ago my own organization used to go into schools and do the shock and all sort of guess how bad I'll call this for you the evidence said that those models of intervention do not work so you know organizations like ours who have moved with evidence reflected practice and moved away from that what we know is that teachers like everybody else in Ireland has had a very low level of awareness of the conflict of interest many of them do not know the drink aware are sponsored by corporate donations from the alcohol industry and now I'm really delighted you know based on yesterday's sort of media focus on this that they you know right up to the T-shirt the Irish government has spoken and that will show leadership that will you know acknowledge that schools may not have known what the conflict of interest in may not have known what the risks were and we're now in a different place because people now know schools now know teachers now know and I'm really hopeful that what we will start to see is very different decision-making and that we don't see the roll out of this teacher training program or this alcohol schools based education program in our schools with our teachers with our children all right thank you as always for your time Paula Leonard alcohol form national lead for the community what do you think some of you are already messaging in when I was in school we had an interesting alcohol talk it wasn't a preaching of don't drink it was about drinking responsibly not to leave your glass on attended something many would have deemed inappropriate but actually they found it was to be useful what's her feeling re-indirect alcohol advertising on our TV soaps Monday to Friday for two hours all before the water shed we spoke and Paula number occasions about that and it's something that comes up because it's it's a problem I have enough talked as well about the the Saturday morning sitting around drinking glasses of wine so it's something that gets there quite a lot here as I say I've spoken to Paula about it a few times all right listen let's take a break for the news and obituary notices the 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60,000 euro for all occasions visit letterkennycu.ie Sabrina Rob here from Donnie Gaul hearing clinic if you're struggling to hear everyday conversations or find it difficult to understand people in a crowded room you may have hearing loss problems like these are common and we're used to helping people resolve them we offer hearing assessments and we'll discuss 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implement the budget day measures to help people with their energy costs so ever question marks remain over how this form of credit will work for prepay customers to ensure they're not cut off. Public expenditure minister Michael McGrath says the measure will be implemented monthly once it's in place Minister I will outline the full details later on but the intention would be to have one before Christmas and then two in the early part of next year and we have to ensure that this can be implemented smoothly as the last one was so we'll be discussing that at cabinet today and the full operational details will be made available then at Lens-Swedish resident is calling for a permanent solution to be put in place immediately following another incident of heavy flooding in the vicinity of Lens-Swedish national school after overnight heavy rain the area is once again flooded this morning with one section of the road covered in water and residents stuck in their homes it's the second time in a week and the third time in a month that the area has flooded the Kohirrach of letter Kenny Milford municipal district Councillor Donald Mandi Kelly is on site and says the flooding isn't as bad as it was previously but he's calling for an emergency meeting to be held to discuss the issue saying he believes there is a solution in terms of replacing a pipe but there is no money to do so at present but Trisa lives beside the school and told Greg on the day that every time there's weather warning in place residents are now worried about what they'll wake up to you know you just be worried that every time that there's a flood warning out there that you know are you going to wake up in the morning and see water half ways up your lawn and then of course there's you know there's always the problem like I've just witnessed my neighbors and their kids clambering over to fences to get to school this morning because they can't get out it's just not really fair this has been going on for so long now I mean twice in one week I think this is the fourth time it's happened since February the government is set to oppose a Sinn Fein motion calling for the new concrete level to be scrapped the new tax will add thousands to the cost of building a new home with more here's political correspondent Sean Defoe last night government sources began circulating old speeches from Sinn Fein TDs in which they had called for a trade towards the redress scheme they say now the government's actually brought one in Sinn Fein's opposing it and just blowing with the wind however Sinn Fein's housing spokesman Owen O'Brien says his issue is with the structure of the tax which will add at least 1600 euro to the cost of building a three bed semi D and possibly much more depending on which estimate you believe while it may be on the surface an industry chart ultimately it's people struggling to buy a home who are going to pay it and planning permission has been granted for 35 residential properties on the site on the outskirts of Donnie Gould, the development had been previously granted permission by Donnie Gould County Council however in September 2021 an appeal was issued on the decision and board plan Allah requested an up-to-date Natura impact statement to address issues arising including water discharges on the site while they also requested a revised layout and design of the proposed apartments after further reports of the proposed apartment in Donnie Gould the development had been previously granted permission by Donnie Gould County Council however in September 2021 an appeal was issued on the decision and board plan Allah requested an up-to-date Natura impact statement to address issues arising including water discharges on the site of the apartment after further reports the utility granted permission as the developer would not seriously injure the visual and residential amenities of the area and would be acceptable in terms of pedestrian and traffic safety an inspector recommended a refusal of planning permission however and board plan Allah said the revised Natura report had addressed the issues for the forecast I'm here in tell us it will be cloudy and rather damp today with occasional outbreaks of rain top temperatures this afternoon 15 to 17 degrees celsius light to moderate south westerly or variable winds and that's Highland Radio News we're back with news headlines again at 11 o'clock until then from the news team have a very good morning 6 p.m. with rosary at 9 p.m. reposing at his home in Mahari tomorrow from 12 noon with rosary at 9 p.m. removal from there at 10 30 a.m. on Thursday for 11 a.m. Rekri Amas in St Crohn's Church Don Low with burial afterwards in Mahari cemetery house private to family and neighbours only please on the morning of the funeral. 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our community Garda item as I say that's coming up for you in a moment according to the information from the Garda Ciocana as part of our community Garda item as I say that's coming up for you in a moment a caller says I'm not a pub person but I like a wee drink however pub staying open till 6 a.m. is ludicrous in my view drink where in our classroom what's their underlying agenda well maybe they don't have one but in any case a lot of people don't feel it's the right way to do things let's see what's the next one I can't believe the thinking of leaving pubs open until 6 a.m. in the morning this is a joke the need to change it where are they going to get a taxi it's a bad enough young people drunk early in the evening it's bad enough they look to open a good Friday I hope they change it maybe there's some logic to it that people will drink differently if they have longer access to alcohol I don't know I really don't know the parking at Lederkenning hospital is awful I've had to leave my family member to go into the appointment alone for an elderly person coming up themselves is awful it's frustrating the car park staff are more than helpful on a different issue there thank you for that hi Greg appointment to Lederkenning hospital at 9 30 a.m. this morning two of us had to go one to the appointment and the other to try and park I'm here 25 minutes and still driving around and around in circles okay well that's a couple coming on the same issue what's going on is there a a new issue in terms of parking at LUH or is this just a coincidence that we have two contacts on the same issue Greg regarding personal SIR houses that have or are falling down with mica they're coming out replacing bits and pieces off these houses how can they get these houses insured this is not proper thing to do they're just wasting money hand over fist well even if you get a full outer leave done and the house is signed off on you may still struggle to get house insurance it is a big problem at the moment it's certainly going to be one that's going to become more apparent as let's hope it happens more homes are fixed back to the pipes at Glenn's wheeler caller says while we're talking about fundraising for pipes we've been fundraising for cancer patients for years to try and get them to and from their appointments why are we not talking about this we shouldn't have to fund to raise to get basic services for people but look there's a ton of organizations that fill huge gaps that should not have to be filled you know in all areas of health another point where the hospital are walking in and out of the red zone to get coffee water and snacks what's the point in having them separated if they're allowed this with no services for non-covid patients available on their side of the waiting room is that really the case because that does seem rather pointless okay we'll be back with community garden information for you after we look at the bingo numbers we'll take them here they are 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Johnston yes at the incident occurred at the church of Ireland at Craigadoose st. Johnston sometime between Friday night last and Saturday afternoon so Friday the 30 of September and Saturday the 1st of October a number of stones were thrown at windows of the church and a number of small pains were smashed so again it's not a nice crime and we're appealing to anybody who may have observed any behaviour suspicious behaviour activity at the time in and around the church to contact the Garda at the Kenny 0749167100 yeah it's not nice at all we don't know if they're sort of you know historic or new glass but in any case a horrible thing to have happen and I'm sure anyone with information will be quick to give it to Garda also Pierce Road damage criminal damage in that area yes this is criminal damage Greg to a bus which occurred for Kenny on the Pierce Road area last Friday afternoon 6 the 30th of September at around 6 40 p.m it happened on the Pierce Road area in the car park between Larkins Lane and St. Oliver Plunkett road and a bus had been parked at location when the driver heard a loud noise and discovered the rear window of the bus had been smashed and again thankfully there was no passengers on the bus at the time so at this stage we're interested in any sightings of a group of youths who were seen in the area in the time males and females a mixture of both and if anything maybe to rule them out of the investigation and again anybody who has dash cam and travel along the Pierce Road or Oliver Plunkett Road last Friday evening on the date to make it available to Garda and again 0749167100 or again the confidential line now some of these instances and we've seen it in other parts of the country and what have you you know maybe sometimes these videos get those involved might video it share it on different platforms if someone comes in to sort of possession of that type of video I presume they'd also the Guardian would also be interested in viewing that yes if any footage is on phones again you're probably referring to everything that's grown at the minute on tiktok and things like that we can download footage off people's phones and use it as evidence currently great. Yeah okay just for those who may not have been aware right and you've got a property app an upcoming property marketing events this is kind of boring is it no but you know what I'm on about it's like what property marketing but it's so important in terms of getting stuff back to its owners there's a lot of stuff that's stolen a lot of the appeals the items may turn up somewhere or someone might be arrested and these items are discovered right and you have someone saying well I've lost this and then you have this but how do you make sure it gets back to its rightful owner and as I say it's not very sexy and it's a bit boring but property marketing is really really quite important in getting stuff back to people. Do you want me to make it on boring? I don't think you can make it less boring we'll give it a go look at it as I said in my history but it's important is what I'm saying it seems like it's really important when it comes down to it. Down through the years we've had numerous items properly handed into the guard station and we've been unable to trace the owner and property has been destroyed or given to charity and things like that so this property was launched by the commissioner at deploying championships last month it's a newly developed mobile app it allows you and members of the public to index and record personal property like bicycles, laptops, farm machinery etc so for years Greg as I say we're encouraging people to mark the property and make a record of it and property as you say that is clearly and obviously marked is less attractive to a thief so it discourages crime from the onset and it's more difficult to sell on if it's marked so if you're a thief and you stole somebody's property and you know it's marked then you know if you sell it in whatever market or whatever the possibility that the person who's buying it has seen it has it marked and reported to the guards and then we're able to trace who owns it and who stole it it's simple things like that the app will enable members of the public to take photographs, record receipts store codes, photographs and property marking it's completely standalone app it can be downloaded on Google Play Store or the Apple Store and also from the Garda website and you can safely record your personal information in the app and to start recording the property and if you report it stolen then directly from the app and I'm presuming you also have to make a report of a burglary or what have you as well but it creates sort of a database then it does yes for the Garda Cross reference items then that are so if you have the app and you have the reports stolen property that facility is there on the app similar to the Declaration of Tech property on the Garda website so it will be reported on the website and it will be passed to the appropriate district office where the crime occurred and for somebody to make contact with the person that's interesting so you don't have to make a separate report so then the guards, the investigating guard of access to better and more detailed information on the stolen property like serial numbers, receipts, images, pictures and things like that which will insist any investigation so if stolen property is recovered by the guards it is more easily returned to a trifle owner provided that a record is kept off the identification information. Right okay now property marking dates upcoming as well this is for different type of items say for instance I presume machinery trailer that type of stuff this is the one where we record your air code on your property so again if your property is stolen and recovered it can be given back to you easily and more importantly it helps prevent crime that if somebody is thinking of stealing something belong to you and they see it's marked with an air code you know it's more difficult to pass on you know so again there's one this Friday in Meenacross hall in Dunno between 6pm and 9pm so I think the celebrations in Dunno were probably over at that stage so get your property down to the Meenacross hall and in the show in Co-op in Cairndona next Saturday I think the 22nd of October between 9am and 3pm so dates for your area is there in the show in Dunno I think lots of people now are finding themselves almost getting up and going out and doing the business in the dark and for some depending on the type of work they do coming home in the dark so we're right in the wheelhouse of winter it's a great time for burglars and other criminals because it offers them a lot of darkness so we have to do everything we can to make their lives more difficult we do operation tour was launched there last week and began on the 1st of October and will run until the end of March so with targets organized crime gangs and repeat offenders to coordinate crime prevention and enforcement activities and again as you say research indicates that there is a surge of up to 20% in burglaries gender winter months at the lowest level and so again as you know the clocks will change a couple of weeks and we'll lose an hour in the evening and burglars are most likely to occur between the hours of 5pm to 9pm during weekends over the winter months so we are launching with the continuing with the lock up campaign again all the information that you need is on the available on the Garda website and we will be posted on the Dundigal Facebook page as well simple crime prevention matters like turning off lights, LED bulbs are more turning on some lights sorry Greg and LED bulbs are more energy efficient Dundigal traditional bulbs again we are worried about the cost of our bills use your LED bulbs and also too there are really quite effective lights that run off batteries LED really low power LED lights I got one on myself they run off batteries they only come on when movement is experienced because there are people and maybe even particularly vulnerable people that might forego or think they are doing the right thing in foregoing this type of security exactly when they are trying to keep their bills down yes we are all pinching it you can always have motion detectors and time switches so maybe for an hour at night time or whatever when you are in your bed or sleep and again it doesn't cost us anything to lock all doors and windows great at night and again using the alarm if you have them how we store our keys away from windows and doors and not keeping large amounts of cash or jewellery in the house again all this tips and crime prevention is available on our website and if you do need any crime prevention advice or friendly crime prevention officer Sergeant Paul Wallace is available at the Kennedy Garrison happy to assist in any way and I came with the alarms I mean brilliant alarm companies in this region people get burgled and then get an alarm it's when you know close the door and you know you can get a reduction in your house insurance there are ways to offset it and also to set the alarm that's the one too that is the one ok now these centenary celebrations have been going on for a hundred years now it feels like that so we are actually to speak again believe it or not in Guard of Stations in the division Saturday is the big one in Lederkenny and they are also having one on Sunday in Balashana so you have a choice I could go to both so we are having an open day in Lederkenny next Saturday between the hours of 12 and 4pm a centenary hour will take place between 11 and 12 during which time lights and signs will not be used so maybe for young vulnerable children so what we have at the minute we have boats, dogs boats, arm support roads, police and units finger printing, visit on the cells and just just to be confirmed that our helicopter will be arriving on Saturday we will be doing a flyover in the station obviously it won't be landed in the station but our principal in unions college is Launus so have the helicopter land in the football field outside the junior college just up from the station so if you come to the open day you will be able to experience everything in the station so maybe walk up and we will be showcasing is there face painting because the face painting was incredibly popular we have face printing that's fine and we have other treats for parents and children I mean listen any young people most young people helicopters, horses, dogs the armed response in all their gear and stuff it's a fantastic thing and it allows parents maybe to talk a little bit we pet hate in relation to guards and that is if you don't do this I'm going to get the guards so young people can be associate guards with everything with negativity and only when we do wrong but we're there to help people in good times as well so we're showcasing our equipment and our members so come along the ballet channel open day on Sunday the times are slightly different aren't they the sensory hour is a little later there it runs from 1 to 4 3 from 12 to 1 so the two are probably close together because of our specialised units from Dublin coming up for the weekend there might be people out there caregivers out there that want to bring their young people along but maybe have some inquiries specific to them ring the stations as much as possible everyone will be accommodated any inquiries requests in relation to anything dietary or whatever or any concerns that have right the Donegal Road Safety Roadshow is back I've attended these I've spoken to those that have they're impactful they make a difference you know today and tomorrow yeah go on what else is happening there the oral leisure centre in partnership with Donegal County Council members of Donegal Road Safety Torrey approximately 1500 students from secondary schools and uterite centres Donegal, Derry and Tyrone will be in attendance each day and we show what happens when a fatal or serious injury occurs they will hear personal experiences from members of Ngarade Shikana, ambulance crew Fire Brigade, a consultant from Rikene University Hospital and a few other guest speakers who bravely share their own personal stories and includes people who have lost loved ones in road traffic collisions so it's a very touching couple of days for the people attending the show grabs the full attention of the young people in the audience and sends a very heart-hating message clearly explains the heart reality of a serious collision and what result could mean and what impact it could have for you and your family members and again a lot of the young people who are attending this are probably starting to thrive at this time so it's very positive two days for them and maybe we're encouraging parents who are listening at the minute who have kids at the show maybe have a chat with them, sit down tonight tell them how they feel, how it impacted them and how it will affect them moving forward I don't want to see the flip side of it as well as the all the excitement of maybe getting out on the road okay, listen thank you very much for that see you on Saturday, Saturday, yep, all Sunday but you're not going to be down in Balashan a long day Saturday so I don't think I'll make it looking forward to getting your face painted alright, okay, thanks very much as always, Yunan, I really appreciate it that's Garda Sergeant, Yunan Walter of the Lettergen and Garda station you can see him on Saturday as well Saturday in Lettergen and on Sunday in Balashan and as you heard the helicopter and Lettergen, the horses, the dogs the armed response unit lots of young people would get a real buzz out of that and of course treats and face painting right, okay that was the community Garda information item for this Tuesday the 4th of October it will be available for you to watch later on our Facebook page and also on the Garda Sioukhana Facebook page and we'll be back for you live on air next Tuesday shortly after the 10 o'clock news is brought to you by Lettergen & Credit Union digital loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account add on post we believe in giving you more power over how you bank that's why AIB and Bank of Ireland customers can now lodge and withdraw money at any of our 900 post offices across Ireland six days a week that's right, your bank is in your post office for personal and business banking alike meaning you 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Goneg Altile Centre together with other employers are having a mega two day sale this Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th of October with wall and floor tiles at less than half price vanity units, bathroom suites and bathroom furniture all at ridiculously low prices get a massive 40% discount of a huge selection of light fittings and pictures also see the range of real leather sofas dining sets and occasional furniture all at rock bottom prices so come along to Rossview Business Park and let us know around about Leather Kenny this Friday or Saturday and pick up a real bargain We know every business is different from coffee stalls to car dealerships and footwear but behind every door hatch and counter they all have one thing in common, payments at AIB Merchant Services we provide payment solutions that work as hard as you do building systems to fit your business needs whether that's in store online or on the go search aibms.com for more your partner in payments Now I want to play a very special request for Marie Houston Happy birthday to you Marie all your friends and staff at FM Services are wishing you a happy birthday and they also say get well soon so a big happy birthday to you Marie Houston we're also wishing our dad and grad dad Jimmy Tinney a happy 65th birthday today from sons James, Paul, Mark and Christopher and grandsons Josh, Alexander Reese, Corey, Ordon and granddaughter Courtney see you later for D your day okay happy birthday to you Jimmy as well all right let's take that piece of music right now here are the cranberries all right that is dreams there from the cranberries okay let's move on in the program now and welcome on to it consultant of public health with HSC North West Dr Anthony Breslin good morning to you Anthony thanks for your time today good morning not at all you know at this time you're reaching out to particular groups I think and all groups dependent on the vaccine as it relates to both the flu vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccine booster this is the adapted vaccine which is available as a booster to whom it varies according to age well I stick with the flu for a start that first that's okay so obviously this time the early launch vaccine and it's a very effective vaccine prevents a lot of illness a lot of admissions and thankfully as well so the people who are to get that are people over 65 people underlying conditions and pregnant women as well and also healthcare workers and importantly as well people who work with the pig industry and the poultry industry because we know we could get cases of swine flu and avian flu among those animals and we don't want the workers there to become infected with both so that's important too so that's the flu it's a good safe vaccine go and get it people might have got out of the habit over the last years with COVID but we have seen a tiny bit of flu already this year in all age groups it's tiny bit earlier than we usually seeing it used to see it but therefore we're saying get the vaccine. Regarding the COVID vaccine sorry can I add to my and doctor stay with the vaccine I thought younger people who can get a nasal version of this vaccine yes sorry my apologies yes so they can get it too as well and that will be launched another week or so and obviously you can get the vaccine from your GP or your pharmacy and healthcare staff can get some healthcare services are offering this depending on where they work regarding COVID vaccine then we still have some people who haven't got us first dose so get that some people haven't got even one booster to get that and then people the elderly people who have underlying conditions and healthcare staff they are advised to get the booster as well they'll be a mixture of that the booster I know the HSC is encouraging people to get their first if they haven't to get their first dose so the majority of people have the same majority of have that being said it's the original vaccine you get for your first vaccine and it's this adapted vaccine that's given us a booster it varies some people are getting the original vaccine and some people will be getting the new variant depending on what stage you are with your boosters the new variant is very very similar to the original vaccine it's just it's got a bit more of the Omicron we had it's sort of targeted a bit more towards that but if you've had previous vaccines it'll boost protection in general so that's what we want because obviously we do have small numbers around but what we want to do is make sure we don't have the situation we had sort of two years ago before vaccines when we had a lot of people sick it won't as I said before necessarily stop you getting sick but it'll cut down the severity so you just have mild symptoms and maybe you don't even notice anything at all and then stop admissions and stop hospital admissions stop serious illness that's what we want to achieve and dependent on age groups the uptake has been relatively low for boosters and I think relatively low in terms of certain age categories in in Donegal I think the only real coercion there is if I could use that word is what people think themselves at this point is do you believe that you could get very sick from this if you do get the vaccine now I mean obviously you're encouraging everyone who can to get it but I think that's the space we're in at the moment we don't want people getting sick we don't want disruption from school work, general life etc and we don't want those people sick enough we don't want one who need to get to hospital we don't want those hospital beds taken up with Covid as a work and then one last thing is we did have during Covid sort of vaccinations in general childhood vaccinations Mies and Moms Surabella meningitis they fell off of this because it's difficult to access them and clinics were cancelled etc so we're just making the plea to parents to make sure they get the kids vaccinated there's school vaccines, there's school vaccines there's meningitis vaccine as well which is very important for people going to college etc and we'll talk about that because unfortunately we've had a very stark reminder of why that's important but I just wonder obviously there's been a great deal of conversation about vaccines in the Covid-19 vaccine context and there's bound to be a bit of contagion then for people who would perhaps in the past have been fine with the childhood vaccination sort of grouping them all in which I'm trying to avoid doing it here so I mean maybe people need to just re-evaluate their attitude towards other vaccines even if they may have got sort of influenced as it relates to the Covid-19 vaccine, does that make sense? No, I see totally a coming from and when you have to think that for instance if you look at London and New York they have had cases of polio we don't have polio here we don't want polio we haven't had touch wood, a lot of measles we don't want to get measles back I've said to you before in previous years people think measles is nothing but measles if it gets outbreaks it can cause serious infection it can cause admissions it can cause brain damage, deafness and it can cause death way back in 2000 there were about three or four deaths in an outbreak in the east coast of the country so the vaccines that have been given per year for childhood of the MMR vaccine the polio the meningitis vaccines they're very effective very safe and we do need them particularly now when this year we'll be socialising a lot more clubs, schools every sort of activity you can think of people mixing a lot more and a bigger chance for infections like that to spread and we don't want that to happen whatever people's views about the COVID vaccine they need to get the other routine vaccines and unfortunately we had the recent death of a teenager from meningitis indeed and very very unfortunate a caller says can I ask you about the nasal spray for children their fear is that it's so close to the brain membrane no, no, no there's a thing called the blood brain barrier which is very protective in keeping bugs even some medications away from the brain and that's why there are some medications that have to be particularly designed to get through what we call the blood brain barrier antibiotics and things like that for meningitis so it won't affect the brain it's given in the nasal passages because it gets into the respiratory system into the lungs it gets into the body that way so that you build up your immunity that way I've had four vaccine injections two boosters, the last one in April do I still get another one? yes the flu and the flu vaccine and the COVID vaccine can be given at the same time as well you can get the vaccines at the same time but otherwise three to four weeks between them you can get one, both today and one tomorrow I mean there is a situation people are going to have to go on the website to see what's what but there are situations where people will be entitled to the free COVID vaccine but have to pay for the flu vaccine yes indeed unfortunately okay Dr Anthony Bresen thanks for your time today consultant of public health with HSE North West 08 660 25000 text a caller says as it relates to the marking of equipment can you ask the guard if it's going to be available in all areas where Glenty's cardiac first responders group and we'd like our equipment marked, well you do a very very important work and I'm sure the guard will work with you to get that gear marked but we'll pass that inquiry on to Unan but I have a feeling that they'll because of the very important work that you do and the important equipment that you have and also to strangely that type of equipment in the same space being targeted last year or was it the year before very important that you get your stuff marked so leave that with us I'm pretty confident that the Glenty station would accommodate you there you know but we'll try and get something more confirmed for you by the way will the who's what the man's name now is the gentleman from what we had on the program yesterday he has his free tickets by the way for the county final thanks to Sinead she set them through for our guest I was speaking about him so much yesterday his name's on the top of my tongue that will come to me now in a moment a great character lots of you enjoyed that call but he's got his tickets for him and his nephew to go along to that event which is good isn't it it was not about the money by the way he raised an important issue and it's one that we're going to pursue you know I mean obviously obviously there's an awful lot of work goes on that has to be funded and so on and so forth but there 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budget by the government and we're all talking about on the face of it though perhaps the consequences could be much greater 80 odd million it's a a real own goal i'm sure you might feel from the government here yeah and it's very hard to understand why they have decided to do it in this way so let's be very clear and you know the last time we spoke about this i've long argued that industry particularly those sections of industry responsible for defects of block or or fire safety defects in houses and apartments have to make a contribution to the scheme i'm absolutely convinced and i'll outline in some more detail in the doll this evening with our motion how that can be done in a way that would really limit the the potential for increased costs whether it's for defective homeowners looking to remediate their homes or buyers what government has done is they've taken one tiny section of industry which is concrete products block and they've taken one tiny section of industry and who will bear the cost of that well in the first instance your listeners and don't go who already have been left tens of thousands of euros short for remediation and will have to pay an extra 10% for the blocks that they purchase and also home buyers what the government should be doing is should be looking at a levy in a completely different way and the first thing is they should be looking at a levy across a much broader range of industry so two examples we have a banking levy and let's not forget a lot of the defects were in part feel by reckless lending by the banks during the Celtic Tiger era but also the banks stand to profit from the remediation of homes because they have loans secured against homes that have no value the government have extended the banking levy for another year it raises 87 million pierce tardy importing McLaughlin my colleagues have long argued that the banking levy should continue to be extended to make a contribution to defect likewise very very profitable companies either in the product side of things or construction care homes for example a very reputable builder they saw their profits increase 44% last year they made an operating profit of 57 million they are excuse me giving 97 million back to shareholders in dividends and share buybacks this year companies like that that either have a direct or an indirect relationship to previous developments that were found with defects should be making a contribution and then finally go ahead sorry the third is the pursuant of those companies that are directly responsible we were told by this government they were going to appoint a senior council there was going to be a terms of reference there was going to be an attempt to ensure that those people who are primarily responsible for defective products or defective building will be held to account no senior council has been appointed no terms of reference agreed so we're in a situation where a good government and homeowners and particularly defective homeowners are the ones who end up footing the bill okay is it not the case though that at least we know where the government is at it's there it's in our face we know we're going to end up paying for it but no matter how you try and target this or position this it will always trickle down on to us the the taxpayer us building houses you know no matter how you might try and sort of chop it off the top of profits and all that type of stuff and it might look better and feel better but basically they're not going to absorb these companies and banks and the developers that you talk of they're not going to absorb this because they would come out and say do you know what government will do the right thing we're going to donate a certain level of our profits to this because it's the right thing to do they'll always find a way with the teams that they have to make sure that the interests of their shareholders ETC are protected aren't they two counter arguments to that great because the reasonable proposition again if you take Karen Holmes and the only reason I'm using Karen is because they're a PLC so we have access to their annual accounts if you look at their annual report for last year published early this year they said that construction costs went up by 6% but they were able to fully absorb that and still make a 44% increase in profits so it is possible and we have evidence of that that if you design these things in the right way those companies that have the ability to absorb them can absorb them and therefore I believe that is something that the government should at least be trying to achieve likewise the banking levy if we continue the banking levy it's not going to add a single cent to the cost of any new built home or remediation of properties in Donegal, Mayo, Clare and elsewhere so there are two concrete propositions one of the concerns I have is that we have a heavy concentration of very very profitable companies in the construction industry and then we have a lot of small traders and SME businesses who are barely making a return and if you just apply a blanket levy to products you are hitting both profitable companies who can absorb and those who may actually be put out of business by a badly designed levy and therefore it's really important if you're going to do a levy and I passionately believe industry has to make a contribution the total bill if you add what the Department of Housing estimates defective block is going to cost and keep in mind since that estimate was put out there defective block has now been found in 13 counties in the western and eastern part of the country add that to what the working group and defective buildings report suggests will be the cost of remediating Celtic tiger error defects we're now looking at a bill upwards of five billion euros and the taxpayer through the general government contribution should not be footing all of that let's also not forget in the budget just announced all the government has increased the funding for defective block remediation for next year is by a paltry five million and if you look at what they've actually spent they allocated 30 million for defective block in the last two years since the scheme opened in Donegal and Mayo they've only spent 10 million of that only 14 home mostly on a minute to do with the defective block issue because there's no houses there's a handful of houses being repaired so and only 14 homes in Donegal have got full grant payment and none in Donegal okay we have thousands and thousands of homes defective block and Celtic tiger error defects we need a large estate contribution and a fairer more sensible levy to be imposed okay well how can you be sure that because these companies will probably be looking forward and just two minutes with your own these companies will be looking forward to their activity do you know what I mean maybe a slow down you know hold their fire for a couple of years maybe if the capacity to do that how can you be sure that how you would apply this levy would not maybe accelerate it I mean whether we like it or not we do need these people in building houses your housing plan is very ambitious it requires a lot of these people on board like how can you be sure that what you introduced doesn't speed any slow down in construction or blunted because I think if you focus on profits rather than on all in development costs and material costs and I think if you make the levy reasonable those companies with the capacity to pay will be able to pay you're absolutely right we have to then make sure there's a safety mechanism sure they don't pass it on and we could talk about for example windfall taxes or excessive profit taxes but I also think some of these large companies because they're limited trading companies they have reputations to protect whether that's C or H or Cairn or others and the other thing that strikes me as odd is government doesn't have any discussions with industry about this I don't think there should be a voluntary levy I think government should legislate but if I had been the minister what I would have done is as my officials were working on the legislation I'd have been in talks with all of the sectors and I've been saying look let's collaborate and reach an agreement on this if we don't I'm going to go ahead anyway but let's try and do it on the basis of we've a big bill we all have to play a part let's do it in the most sensible way possible and I actually think some of those large companies as I've already outlined that they've absorbed increases in construction costs would be open to that conversation but that was fair enough at the same time that was fair enough that was a decent thing you could argue that they did yet we perhaps are arguing to use it as a stick to to beat them with you kind of mentioned it but there are those still in the industry that were involved with companies that could be found to be responsible for this it's a big frustration for a lot of people as they go and source materials we heard from a leading person in construction last week on this show who said he wouldn't source his materials in Donegal if he had a choice I thought it remarkable comment from someone within the construction sector and then I think I'll just go back to the conversation and then I'll talk about the generation of Ireland just just in 30 seconds some remarks on those two points we need government particularly for the national building control office and building control sections of local authorities to have a zero tolerance policy we need to clean up the quarries the block manufacturers and the cement producers and you know as well as I do the testimony done nothing. Good work has been done by the National Building Control Office. The local authorities are limited in staff. But until government takes a zero tolerance approach to this, unfortunately, as building increases in the years to come, which I hope it does, we could have a repeat of the Celtic Tiger Air Scandals. It's up to government to get tough and clamp down it. Put those people out of business if they continue to produce defective block and defective products. Support the good companies that are doing things right. No tolerance for people who are breaking the standards and the right deputy owner, Bryn of Sinn Fein, the spokesperson on housing, local government and heritage. Good morning to you. Thank you for your time. I do appreciate it, as you can imagine. A lot of people looking to speak to that deputy this morning with everything that's going on this evening. Look at that. He's not going to pass. But I think it's a lot of people see it very worthwhile as having the conversation sort of out in public cutting through the spin. The 90 noon show on Highland Radio. All right, it's 11 o'clock. Let's get the news update. Good morning, Emma. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. A man was injured in an arm provoke attack on in Letterkinny on Sunday. A male was assaulted by another man on Sunday afternoon, October 2nd at around four 55 p.m. on the high road area of Letterkinny. The man was injured during the incident, but the injuries are not believed to be life threatening. Guard of Sergeant Union Walsh appealed for anyone with information to contact Guardie in Letterkinny. Households are likely to see another energy credit issued before Christmas with two more to follow in the new year. Government ministers are this morning discussing how best to implement the budget day measures to help people with their energy costs. However, question marks from Ian over how this will form. This form of credit will work for prepay customers. A Glens-Willie resident has called for a permanent solution to be put in place immediately following another incident of heavy flooding in the vicinity of Glens-Willie National School. After heavy rain overnight, the area is once again affected this morning with one section of the road covered in water and residents stuck in their homes. This is the second time in one week that the area has been flooded and the third time in a month. Theresa, who lives beside the school, says every time there is a weather warning in place, residents are worried about what they will wake up to. Sinn Fein is due table emotion in the dial later to scrap the new concrete levy that was announced in the budget. The 10% tax on blocks and pouring concrete is expected to raise 80 million euro annually, which will go towards the micro redress scheme. Sinn Fein has opposed the tax, though Government TDs says it goes against previous calls from the opposition to make the construction sector pay for redress. Planning permission has been granted for 35 housing units in Donegal Town. The development at Blue Stack Drive, Drum Rust West, will consist of two detached bungalows, four semi-detached bungalows, 17 two-story houses and 12 apartment in three in three apartment blocks. And finally an Indonesian police chief and nine senior officers have been sacked following one of the deadliest sporting events in history. 125 people lost their lives at a football stadium in East Java on Saturday night. 18 other officials will be investigated over over the firing of tear gas, which sparked a stampede. FIFA will also be assessing the stadium. That's all for now. We'll be back with the news update again at 12 noon. Okay Emma, thank you very much indeed. 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A better life with Irish life. Irish Life Assurance PLC is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Okay PD-4 the association representing over six and a half thousand enlisted soldiers, sailors and aircrew of the Irish Defence Forces are commencing their annual delegates conference. It's in Jackson's Hotel in Balabafe and it's good to see Donagall hosting this event. Mark Keane, president of PD-4. Good morning to you. Thank you. Thanks for having us on again this morning. No it's good to have you on important issues affecting a lot of families here in in Donagall and as we know it can be hard for members of the Defence Forces to speak at Mark we hope that's not being exploited. Yes as you said it is difficult times not alone just for our members who are indeed citizens in uniforms but also right up you know across the country. We'd like to think so that our voice has been heard and that people are listening to us and that's what as I said we're very much welcome you have to speak with you this morning because this is a very important exercise for us to get our message out there and to tell people our side to the story as such. Yeah and much of the three days I'm sure there's 42 motions down for debate and there's a lot really that needs to be talked about I'm sure but you know conditions for those within the force the retention recruitment you know are those the big issues still at the moment? Yes unfortunately so we've lost another 300 members of the Defence Forces this year. We've said it before that it's akin to a leaky bucket syndrome but unfortunately the bucket is well and truly dry at this stage. You've seen the Commission on Defence where the aspirations are to recruit upwards of 3,000 personnel into the Defence Forces. This is something that we feel we should deal with the retention crisis first then try and build on when we have a stable platform then build on recruiting people into it and as you said yet there's a number of issues across those 42 motions such things as contracts, working time director, payments, loans and even the rations provided to our members on duty. They get less money spent on feeding them than we spend on prisoners? Yes currently so you would attract the daily allowance in the Defence Forces of €4.20 but unfortunately as I said at the outset we've seen you know right across the country that inflation has taken it foothold it's no different for our members in the Defence Forces and ensure your listeners can understand fully. It is difficult to fill a shopping basket and find that extremely difficult at the moment. And I mean dependent on what part of the services we're talking about you know you want to hold on to your best you don't want to be seen as a training service for example for the private sector but you also want people within the Defence Forces talking about you know the word of mouth the organic way of saying this is a great place to work this is something that you should consider but whilst you having to spend much of your time pointing out the failings you would look at some a young person and and and and say well why would they join the Defence Forces like it has to be gotten right or these problems are just going to continue on and on and on. Most definitely so otherwise we're just repeating the past mistakes we're going back to the dark days of the 1970s when the Defence Forces were were again the poor relation of the public service and we're in the daldrums. We have a very unique lifestyle we have military service it's something that I've enjoyed myself over 32 years but unfortunately it is not easy to attract people into a robust lifestyle that we have and also people want to be rumoured to be renumerated for the job they do they want to be compensated for the hours they work and for the time they spend away from their family which is only natural. Is there any progress being made in that regard Mark? Are the powers that be coming to the table to hear these concerns? I'd like to think that we we have a good relationship with the Department of Defence and indeed the Minister and I'd like to think that something we can build on I think the recent budget has seen an allocation of an extra 67 million we've seen small changes taking place across the Defence Forces it's not coming fast enough we're starting from a historically low place but at least it's the start and we've always said we're always willing to engage with all the stakeholders to make all of now here in a better place for all of us and I'd like to think that with the Minister on attendance to the conference this week that he will hear our concerns and take on board what we're saying and what we're trying to do we all have a vested interest in this we all have a stake all in the Defence Forces and I think when the military community and the family military family gets together every time we discussed what is positive about the Defence Forces. Yeah and do you think maybe the language that's being used but I'd like to Simon Cove from another Senior Government Minister is about our defence you know about our sort of role in in European global matters you know talk of increase on spend there's no point throwing money out of either really the army the Defence Forces all branches of it really are the personnel it's not necessarily equipment or whatever I mean and if you want a proper Defence Forces you have to look after the people that are the Defence Forces. Most definitely so our most valuable asset is the personnel who serve and we've said it many many times they both have to go hand in hand with the investment in the equipment the material equipment has to go hand in hand with the investment in the personnel I've said it before but the most technologically advanced equipment is made redundant without the skill of the personnel to the operator and unfortunately at the moment we seem to got it wrong we seem to be investing in the equipment and not the people but maybe that's something we could discuss with them in the arrive tomorrow as well. Well what is the attitude like amongst members you know like say for instance this flooding call in the army there's a problem at Dublin airport call in the army there's a big event taking place in Dublin call in the army and have them you know half fed and and and lying on uncomfortable beds you know the members of the Defence Forces feel like they're I don't know I don't want to put words in your mouth but dogs bodies or you know what I mean sure the army you'll cover that that attitude towards them Do you feel that? I'd like to think that one more call upon to do taskings by the government we will do it that we will serve the state and we've done the proud to be over the last 100 years unfortunately at times it is seen that we're cheap labour there's no other way describing it we're seen as the people who will go in there and do that job in saying that we've always stood up to the plate we've done what's been tasked with us but at the same time we feel our members should be compensated for the job to do that no more no less than anyone else in the private or the public sector who do the same roles that both in saying that we wear a uniform conscious of that and we will do taskings assigned to us we could see this year finally we could see you know more people leaving the defence forces than are recruited in other words a shrinking of personnel and that last how how long might it take to reverse that type of a trend do you think if the will was there from government I think that generally the Commission on Defence gives us a good place to start it will take many years it's hard to reverse the trend that's still present we understand that but if the full implementation of the Commission on Defence it's a very good place to start and sooner the better we as I said we all have a stake in the defence forces we need to start building that foundation and build upon that approach all right listen thank you very much for your time thank you again I appreciate it greatly take care it's a busy couple of days of course that is the PD4 annual conference which is taken place in Jackson's in Ballet Buffet the there's 42 motions down for discussion the key ones of course they want fair working conditions contracts and payments and much of that is set out and you heard it referenced there in the Commission on the future of the defence forces it's proposing a radical overhaul of the defence forces structures the pay arrangements and time management it was published last February some 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fundamental issue of light touch self-regulation this needs to be addressed urgently to prevent yet another catastrophe well from from deputio nobrin he was very pointed in his remarks maybe that text came in before the end of that interview but listen to it back he was very clear in what he and his party claim they would do Eva says many of us feel very worried on the safety of letter kenny streets now um yeah indeed i know there's a lot of conversations out there and we are going to be part of that conversation uh between violent instances between um a lot of people coming into a lot of towns like letter kenny uh and what have you there's a lot of fears and anxieties out there there's very little information you see you know what's happening where it's happening it's just popping up uh we you might remember there's been instances where you know there might have been one um center established um and it was there was a big hoohar about it public meetings angry a lot of lack of 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Greg if it's not inappropriate would you please give a big shout out and a huge thank you to Ayman in Spears Locksmiths in the courtyard shopping center for not only fixing my car key remote free of charge but shut his shop and walked out to my car with me parked on the main street to make sure that it was working I was blown away by his extra service way and beyond good customer service thanks a million so much appreciated by me of course we've no problem saying it well done to Ayman he's in Spears Locksmiths and he's our above and beyond hero of the day he went on above and beyond to help marry there so fair play to you businesses like that deserve to be supported of course morning Greg maybe you've covered it already but the price of coal is shocking 33 euro to 40 uh one bag of 40 kilograms how can people afford that and especially the elderly well you would hope that the increase in fuel allowance would in some way help uh how can people afford that I don't know for something that goes up your chimney I really struggle to justify it to be honest with you um because it's an awful lot of money and um in my situation it's more for effect because I don't put an awful lot on but still it's so expensive I wouldn't like to be solely relying it for heat though I have that problem with oil and we're all affected but in different ways my estate is mica but only a few houses around 10 tested for it not including mine I mentioned this to my insurance broker last year and he said they have to say to all insurance companies now and said there's only one insurance company covering mica houses but is over twice the price was 600 last year now 712 euro minimum the other companies will ensure my home for the standard 300 euro give or take but if anything happens to the house even non-mica related then it may not be covered as there's a fault with the house is there anyone else going with this insurance company or am I the only gullible one it's it's it's very hard to know what the story is there like the bottom line is is and it's the way insurance companies work what is it that as soon as you go to make a claim what's the first thing they try and do figure out how maybe it you know they can avoid paying out on it I don't know what the answer to that question is I've lost the info for that interview Caroline not that there's much interview anyway I'd normally just get a name I should wing it will it for my knowledge of Glenn Swigley that's the flooding program that used to be an open drain where the water would flow easily down the shock then the council decided the open drain couldn't be along the road and decided to pipe it and fill it now it just washes out the full and pipes to the road buy the pipes hashtag buy those pipes don't go counter cancel apparently everyone else is willing to do their bit you just need to provide their pipes you need to provide the pipes that's what the that's what the councillor was telling us anyway right okay let's see we're joined on the program now by senator Nile Blaney he's spokesperson on Northern Ireland and a member of the Good Friday Agreement Committee joins us now to discuss really I suppose the latest developments there was an apology from Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker over Brexit negotiations I mean he really was pretty out there he seemed pretty keen to get some sort of a resolution and then acknowledge his and his government's role in where we're at now Liz Trost also says Liz Trost there's no reason why we shouldn't have the institutions up and running in Northern Ireland senator Nile Blaney as I mentioned joins us now and in fairness senator Blaney I was probably more cynical skeptical maybe I still am but you called this I think you said that Liz Trost might see this as an early win for her government do you think that's how it's playing out I think it's starting to play out that way Craig you know what happened last week you couldn't make it up and doesn't require more urgency on her now I said to you before she probably had to march she might not have to Christmas at the minute I believe there's 20 names on the ready and the 22 Constitution Committee they need 54 to take her out as a leader so pressure is upon her serious pressure is upon her and the only as I said to you before the only goal that she can achieve is around the protocol and what can follow that and trade agreements and they have really messed up relations on an east west basis and and also in relation to northern Ireland so it's and it's kind of free fall and so there are no starting to grasp the metal in relation to the protocol thank the negotiations are getting under a wave this week with the EU and we hope that does come to reasonable conclusions reasonable conclusions though that will be with an agreement with the agreement of unionists I heard the dup earlier I think it was a Edwin Putes state and I thought this was quite a statement but I don't think it was really picked upon he said Joe Biden coming could be coming next year to the funeral of the Good Friday agreement incredibly strong words about such an important agreement coming from a very senior member of you know a very big party that represents quite a lot of people in northern Ireland yeah I suppose quite reckless words but not surprising at the same time I suppose it's typically paid to one of their way or no way give us what we want to sit there and talk to you but whatever you want but if we don't get what we want then whatever happens now then happens until we get what we want it's it's petty politics it's a real lack of leadership there is a reason they weren't forced in the fall of the last time but all that all that said and the protocol as a matter for the UK government and the EU I have no doubt the the dup have found themselves in a position where they were calling the shops to now maybe whether I haven't read an input and they don't like it yeah and in fairness it felt very much like listening to Steve Baker and Liz Trost that their views really aren't necessarily that important that's from the parts of the interview that I heard you know when you talk of Steve Baker talked of getting into a tunnel with the EU to a solution it's clear that they know there's going to have to be give and take on both sides it's very specific type of language I'm just wondering can they exit that tunnel with an agreement that gets unionists on board because as I say Mr Putes very very clear and strong in his language and really does it not have the have to have the agreement of the dup for us to avoid an election at the end of this month and have you know power sharing government in northern Ireland well they're two very separate things Greg first of all the people in northern Ireland had their say in a democratic election nobody questioned the results of those elections are completely democratic as a result of that storm and should be up and running there's no reason it shouldn't be dup trying to stay with the protocol and bringing the assembly up and running until until the equation isn't helpful it doesn't help with anybody but either way from the point of view of the British government this is probably the forest time we've got indications from the British government in the last 18 months that they're now maybe willing to sit down and be I suppose a willing participant in negotiations around the protocol because they have played games in the last 18 months so we'll see how it plays out at the moment I start to look more favourable and I think the UK government realize and they need this this monkey out their back and they absolutely need to get the protocol over the line and get some ones quick ones following that the UK government were told yesterday that they could face gas shortages and there's no guarantee about gas normally available to them from Europe that would help them over the winter do you think bigger issues like that are are playing into this now I don't I'm not suggesting that EU have used this as leverage but do you think bigger issues like that though maybe might be also influencing the the British government or do they just see this as a standalone issue that needs resolving absolutely great their their economy is is in poor shape and they they suffer the same consequences of the rest of this as result of the Ukraine dilemma and they need they need governments across the EU working in tandem with them to tackle this this nightmare of increasing the energy costs all in certainty that brings and they have to build relations that can continue to play the the great Britain of old and expect to fight this out in their own it's just not possible I think they're starting to realize that now let's hope we do all right and get on with the protocol all right final quick question just switching subjects if you don't mind do you back the your your party and the government's proposals on this 10% levy on on the concrete products yes what is interesting Greg um June 2021 champion of the motion down calling for this and I have a approved members motion done this week calling for the undoing of it um it's it's it's typical hypocrisy from champion the question you asked me somebody has to pay for um the the catastrophe that has been Micah and it's now seems to be um pertinent to other counties and you'll see other counties been out on the scheme as time goes on and also you have defects and and flats and apartments uh across different parts of the island um it's it's not it's not an easy one Greg and the current environment is not easy and there's some calls on our own party to maybe defer for a year considering there's been so much inflation um over the last 18 months um by the way in the longer term um I wouldn't mind it being deferred the longer term there's going to have to be a levy you don't think there is an argument though for it to be more refined you know the notion that uh in a housing crisis with inflation as you've referenced that first time buyers second time buyers people maybe even downsizing uh and and particularly those affected by defective concrete blocks for them to to be asked to pay for this god knows they're paying enough already you know maybe sometimes should be taken to analyze some of of the opposition's proposals that maybe this could be more targeted across the industry bring in the banks bring in the insurance companies you know target profits for the sake of 80 million out of an 11 billion euro budget do you not think it's worthwhile at least considering some of these alternatives well figures that's that's been banded about at the moment Greg say that this levy consists of one percent of the overall cost of a house so we need to keep that in perspective first of all and secondly there never has been more um aids available to somebody looking to buy their own their their own premises um the the whole house building from the point of view of local authorities to start and come back into being um our own kind of council are getting extra staff in place um the provision of housing is a is a major concern for us um but we have we have very good plans in place to tackle that um but the money has to come from somewhere and dealing with the making situation um and i think i don't see any alternative to a levy here what you're saying in relation to to the banks and the um the insurance companies um and you may have a point um from from the point of view of the insurance companies how they got out of this um but then in the day they went to creators but for the moment there's a there's a bank levy the question is do we defer it for a year um before we have reduced the finance bill um there's there's quite a mix few and i would be one that would be for deferring it for a year um but there will have to be a make a um a concrete levy into the future okay doc all right that's uh the views there if senator now blaney spokesperson on north and island and member of 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noon show here on that highland radio just some of you comments here um 40 000 to fix a flooding issue that still isn't fixed please please someone explain this to me the men are employed anyway the equipment they already have surely the only thing they need is to purchase a few pipes if it took 40 000 to buy them then inflation is not only through the roof it's gone completely crazy but buy the pipes uh this is down to two pipes being blocked and everyone knows it sought the pipes out and the issues will be sorted but some are saying that they aren't of a capacity uh to the honest of the capacity to um to um to um carry all the water is what i'm trying to say hi greg have a truck of mortgage shall i look for a fixed one any ideas do you know a man who does will look at we can revisit that issue uh i i think interest rates at this point are only going one way uh truck of mortgage is on always set at the the base rate either so that's something that you're going to have to have a look at but definitely get some independent advice and um as best you can um try and give yourself some certainty going into the future uh can someone find out why it's so difficult to get planning for wood cabins i can afford a three-bed wooden cabin at 70 000 euro but it's very tough to get planning they make it near impossible i can't afford a mortgage of a couple of hundred thousand plus with mica i don't trust concrete in the county anyone with any insight into that please pass it on right here now uh the Dyslexia Association of Ireland will be celebrating Dyslexia Awareness Month this october along with Dyslexia organizations worldwide the focus this year will be on empowering people to trust your instinct i'm joined by a couple of guests uh to discuss this uh rosie uh bissett ceo of the Dyslexia Association rosie i hope i'm pronouncing your surname correctly there yes that's perfect okay thank you very much and keith uh keith murphy he's an adult with Dyslexia good morning to you keith good morning how are you i'm fantastic and it's great to have both of you on board with it with us sorry keith can i start with you actually just in terms of awareness and helping people understand Dyslexia can you talk a little bit about your situation i understand you were diagnosed later in life when you got that diagnosis did a few things start to make more sense to you yeah absolutely and i was only diagnosed about six or seven years ago and i was missed completely in skill and kind of thought from my experience as a child and then as an adult with Dyslexia but not known um i would have really thought there was something wrong with me or that i wasn't quite as intelligent as other people and then when i was diagnosed it was kind of like a light bold moment and made me realize a lot of the things i did were because of having Dyslexia as opposed to you know having something wrong with me or not you know you feel stupid when you don't know and then when i found out as i say it was like that light bold moment where i cleared enough a lot of things up from me and then enabled me to kind of look at things differently and understand things differently and then really you know i always felt there was nothing wrong with me so again if you talk about trust in your instincts i felt that but then it was kind of proved to me and it really enabled me to go forward and to deal with a lot of the difficulties i had surrounding Dyslexia. Yeah when when you reflect on on your school life your education um how you must have felt at that time then of course it's going to have an impact on what options you would have had in terms of a third level or indeed you know you're working to adult life and as you say then you got this diagnosis later in life was there anger there or or or what that you know what maybe you feel there was missed opportunities or whatever like were you peed off reflecting then on your younger years? Well i suppose you know when i found out when i did begin to reflect i think there is kind of a sense of anger or is it injustice or something like that where the opportunities won't kind of present it to you as the others like in my day you were in the A, B or C class and i was actually in the A class but i just never really learned how it was being taught so then i was kind of identified as you know the stupid one the messer the problem etc which still goes on today but yeah i did but then look i reflected but you know i did really well i left school early because i didn't do exams or anything like that i left school i did the old intercert and then i didn't go to third level but where i was grown up and when i grew up i don't think third level would have been an option for me yeah that's why i kind of threw in other career paths as well i i know exactly what you talked about kithy we wouldn't have been really realistic option for me either i'll come back to you at this point i'd love to go rosie visit c of the dyslexic association thankfully you know we've learned so much and that this could never happen in in this day and age but sadly that's that is not the case rosie unfortunately it's not the case all look things have undoubtedly improved but we are still far from where we should be in terms of our understanding of dyslexia there's still far too much of a way to fail you know let's not rush to assessment you know parents are often so frustrated you know and feeling that you know they've been talking to the schools raising concerns for years and maybe only when the child is in late primary maybe even at second level are is the extent of the child's learning difficulty taken i suppose fully into consideration and maybe an assessment looked at and i suppose the the thought reality is that every year that you wait in terms of evaluating a child is that you can't get those years back you know and you're not only missing potentially learning opportunities and doing things differently introducing technology but you're also creating a huge impact on self-esteem and mental health you know if you don't fully identify a problem you don't fully have to fund it you don't fully have to fix it you don't fully have to hire all of the staff to fix the problem that you yourself has identified i hope it's not the case that the department of education or whomever might be responsible that i'm sure it falls under the auspices of a number of departments i hope that's not part of what we're talking about here today that we are letting this slide for fear of what we might uncover and have to fix i think there's a lot of a lot of us and a lot of parents and a lot of individuals would would absolutely share that concern Greg because i think the the system has as you say and there's many departments involved in this has taken a flip from a more medical based model with diagnosis to a more needs-based model but a needs-based model that is not actually doing evaluations that is not actually allowing people to identify what their particular profile is and i think it's absolutely true if you're just saying oh we don't need to diagnose dyslexia we can just say this child has a literacy difficulty again you're placing that very much as it goes back to becoming the fault of the child the child is the problem the child can't do this we need to be actually empowering children empowering parents and also empowering teachers by training them better and allowing them to be more comfortable in terms of saying dyslexia and raising it as an issue in schools so that we can say no you know it's it's not a problem okay your brain works differently we know that dyslexia is a neurological difference and with the right supports put in place and accommodations we can help these individuals to do really well and achieve their potential for sure and i think the general public in terms of parents and guardians and caregivers too we have to sort of you know don't say anything about our child there's nothing wrong with you know you know what i mean be open to if we get to this space whereby it were like that that we are also not offended and open to a conversation that is in the best interests of our children because there's two sides to this i think a little bit too rosie absolutely and we would see that i think it's it's certainly it's getting less and less certainly in my time in the whole dyslexia sphere like i know many years ago it would have been you know the conversation of oh i don't know where this came from it's not it's didn't come from our side of the family you know it was still that shame associated or connection between literacy and general intelligence whereas we know now that that's not the case and i think as we are becoming more open about dyslexia and about neurodiversity and lots of other learning differences i think there is definitely more of an openness to it but yes for some it's it's harder than others because it takes confidence to step out there and to to say this is an issue for us for our family probably for our child for myself etc keith i think everyone's situation is different and maybe it's different depending on what stage of your life you're at but how did think once you got the diagnoses of dyslexia during your studies for your phd which congratulations you've went on to achieve since how did your learning change at post diagnosis that made the learning you know better suited to you keith yeah thanks well i suppose before and i was diagnosed i just continued to kind of learn the way i was being taught or the way everyone else was learning i was comparing myself to them i wasn't doing as well i wasn't doing as good i was doing 10 times more work the post diagnosis then i had some supports put in place and i mean dyslexia orland were great with their support in this voice so then i began to get confidence in myself around intelligence intellect i wasn't afraid to go and learn how i learned once i had the diagnosis i got the confidence in myself to you know make decisions on how i best learn what way is it best for me as opposed to what way are they doing it or telling me so i learned the techniques with the support i had yeah to do that and that really helped me then brilliant so it was almost an empowerment for you then but also you were in charge of you were in charge of it for our younger people that we're talking about we have to make sure that we have fashioned supports for them because they don't have the life experience that you have to be able to sort of say right this is what works better for me it's our responsibility to ensure we have those supports for the younger people keith i keep making talking about you being an older person as if you're 90 or something that's not my intention i hope you're okay but i'm comparing you to a a national school student for example yeah no i understand that no absolutely and i am older and i do have a lot more life experience but i think that could be a hindrance also because of the life experience of being either you know not knowing you had it or knowing you had it and all the implications i mean rosey talk about self-esteem self-confidence it's massively affected it really impacts when you don't know and you've no help even the research i've done the earlier the intervention then the easier the path will be for the child going forward yeah so we're not going to marry an infant school and when we are we don't have the supports in place and it's a funding issue and i don't know what department but one of them would want to come to the party because when they get in the intervention early they learn to cope with it they learn how to learn their way and they learn strategies which really helped them then to excel like so many people are missing out on the potential because of fear because of self-esteem because of self-confidence and because i'm not known you know for me i was lucky you know of a good support network care great family great supports in the college and and dyslexia urland and then i learned to confidence myself but i had to learn what worked for me yeah and listen it is it is clear and this is not meant to be controversial or conflating but it is clear now in in the modern school environment that we can adapt the space to accommodate students with various you know in various different circumstances to make it a welcoming and open space so i'm sure it's already being done but if it needs to be extended to people with dyslexia to demystify it or de-stigmatize it we've a pathway there that we've proven that we can do it with with other things surely we can do it do it with this but if one in ten and maybe that's even conservative roles if one in ten young people have dyslexia surely then i mean why don't we have sort of the resources in place to presume that's the case the curriculum that has built in flexibilities as much as is possible you know to say well ten percent of the school going population probably has dyslexia and we have a system in other words that we don't tackle it in a case by case by case by case basis that the the system accepts that this is the case which might take a bit of a root and branch but let's do it if it's required because we'll cross over with other things as well absolutely i mean one of the things we often say is look what's good for dyslexia is good for so many students because it's about presenting information in different ways and you know being flexible not just chalk and talk you know more interaction access to audiobooks or digital books different things like this i think one of the biggest challenges in the school system is the diversity and i don't mean diversity in the positive sense but actually the diversity of experience of our young people with dyslexia in schools because it's not consistent there are kids having good experiences in schools and there are kids frankly having terrible experiences in schools and a lot of that comes down to teacher training is not properly resourced teachers are coming out of teacher training college having done next to nothing on dyslexia and other learning difficulties so if they're not spending their own time and money researching on it later on there's that's creating huge gaps and huge differences in terms of the experiences theoretically though you see this is a problem as well we train the teachers up to the hilt and they're spotting as much as they can right and they're making parents aware or kicking in whatever needs to be kicked in people want a formal diagnosis of that say it happens in third year they're at a national school perhaps before they can get an appointment for a proper diagnosis so it can't just be one strand of this we have to be able to make sure there's a a reasonable rate waiting time for diagnosis for assessment absolutely and one of the things certainly we've been advocating for is at the moment one of the challenges is assessment for dyslexia is very much still retained within the psychological profession and educational psychology but actually you know there is nothing to stop us and this is happening in other countries to actually have specially trained teachers to assess for dyslexia so that you could have a teacher in every school or in every cluster of schools who can do dyslexia assessment you can still consult with the educational psychologists for complex cases but actually we need to really embed within our system and at a local and regional level right the way along training and supports both for identification but also for how to properly include these students in the classroom in a holistic way and where we're not just focusing on you know at a superficial level on let's say literacy reading writing spelling challenges but actually where teachers also get a holistic understanding of the other ways that dyslexia can impact and in particular mental health and well-being right okay if it's helpful and i don't want to get on this road of it's not helpful but rosie you know we're talking about we're talking about teachers notes and things we're having parents texting us what should they be looking at for at what age and then the following question there is of course then how do you go on to try and get to your child to assess so are there think without starting any parents because there's lots of crossovers and lots of things but are there some tell-tale signs that should at least alert parents that's you know it should be in the back of the mind for down the line if not immediately then yeah um i suppose the the obvious thing is where a child is not picking up literacy to the level of their peers or let's say if they have siblings where that their ability to learn and retain information is not happening you know the classic things parents will talk about is you know spending hours working on a child with let's say spellings ahead of a spelling test on a friday and then by the following morning the kid has forgotten so say for instance worried mom or dad out there and their toddler is not picking out a b or c out of the box right at that point it's really you want to be waiting for the school environment then really is it yeah i mean you can certainly see signs of dyslexia you know from certainly five onwards and particularly because dyslexia is a you know there's a strong genetic factor so it's in the majority of cases there's ones in families so certainly if you know there's anyone within the the immediate or extended family who has dyslexia then certainly you know keep a close eye you know because it's more likely um but certainly it's usually certainly in that certainly junior infants senior infants they're the kind of critical times and if literacy is not happening as readily for that child as their peers or as let's say an older sibling then those that's the most obvious kind of you know sign and i suppose where we would say to parents trust your instincts is you know don't hesitate to talk about it contact us in the dyslexia association have a look at our website dyslexia.ie or come along to a webinar you know learn more about it talk to the school talk to other parents and if you're lucky enough to know someone with dyslexia talk to them because they'll be such a great really get out in front of this can't you i mean you can really get out in front of it and we've heard from Keith and Keith has explained it perfectly the importance of of getting the diagnosis isn't that right uh Keith you know what i mean this is not something uh moms and dads and whoever sort of want to pretend it's not there get in front of it and and uh it's best for the best for the child best for the family then of course Keith Keith can ask you what you did your phd in uh so the subject was anthropology and someone else mentioned antrothiology on this show last week and i i didn't have the bees to ask what it was right because i didn't know so you know what i've i was gonna say grown a set but i won't i have the bravery now what is anthropology please anthropology is the study of culture well i should know that shouldn't i help people in our culture yeah but my topic was dyslexia and i just i studied students who have dyslexia and studying total level education yeah okay brilliant and a former painter are you enjoying this yeah a bit more than the graft of painting yeah yeah i was a painter yeah that's why i left school and again it was something i always wanted to do so i left school to do that all right and then i ended up having an accident so in 2008 i went back to do a computer course is it funny if you hadn't had that accident as as as life changing as it was we probably wouldn't be having this conversation now about you getting the diagonal isn't it funny how sort of things are connected Keith it's been lovely chatting to you thanks so much for your time this morning i really appreciate it no problem all right fair play to you 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