 No. Okay. They're only joking, yeah. You know, as soon as he said it, and I heard it, it sounds exactly like the ones I have, yeah. Yeah, so I'm going to post the wee video clip that Rory did, because it was Rory that came up with that one, and many moons ago, so I'm so happy. Yeah. So I'm wrecking me out. How much did he win? 730 euros. And he didn't, he lost his... But the way he built up to it, like, if it was wrong, I don't think I'd have been fit to come in and do the program, because he'd put so much... You knew to hit me a slap, would you? No, because he put so much, he knew what it was. He knew what it was? Yeah, he did. I'm so happy for Connor, so well done, Connor. I'm fantastic, and it obviously made his day, which makes our day, doesn't it? Yeah, so he said, like, it's Friday, and I said, yeah, and it was great, so... But it's Thursday. I know, but it felt like Friday. Okay, it's a long, long, long weekend for him. Yeah, super. All right then. Good stuff, you get making a new one, then. I don't know any ideas from going to tell me something new. A stapler or something? Well, you've not done a stapler yet, and you never get those guesses, so... Yeah, maybe. All right, good luck. Good luck. All right, take care, with a brand new secret sound. It's 9-0-1 time for a news update. Good morning, Michaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. Guardians say they are extremely concerned for the welfare of a woman missing from Dublin, who is known to frequent on a goal. 50-year-old Clodum Murphy was last seen in the Fox Rocks area of Dublin, 18 yesterday morning. Tom Douglas reports. Clodum Murphy is described as being approximately 5'8 in height with a slim build, brown eyes, and brown grayish hair, which is usually tied in a bun. When last seen, Clodum was wearing a long pink dress and black shoes and had sunglasses on her head. She was driving a blue Audi A3 hatchback car with a registration 07D 46026. Guardians say she's known to frequent the Dunfanahee area. Anyone with information regarding Clodum's whereabouts is asked to contact Dunleary Guard of Station. The housing minister has failed to agree to pre-legislative scrutiny and a defective concrete blocks bill. When asked in the Dall by Donegal Depply, it appears don't worry if there would be pre-legislative scrutiny. Minister Dara O'Brien didn't offer a direct answer, but instead said they are proceeding with the scheme in consultation with homeowners. The Micah Action Group has launched a petition calling on all TDs and senators to show their support for calls for pre-legislative scrutiny to ensure the right scheme is delivered for homeowners. Minister O'Brien is standing by his commitment to bring the bill before the Dall in the coming weeks. We intend to get this legislation through the Dall by the summer recess. You know how important it is that we do that and I expect as the main opposition party that you will support government in making sure that you support the legislation so that it's passed before the summer recess. We're proceeding with the scheme in consultation with the homeowners imminently. Nearly 44,000 fewer women were screened for breast cancer last year than in 2019. Just over 127,000 were screened by Breast Check in 2021 compared to nearly 171,000 two years earlier. Chair of Donegal Action for Cancer Care, Betty Holmes believes in terms of the Donegal picture efforts are being made by Breast Check to offset the delays caused by the pandemic. She says it's vital women attend their appointments to help address the backlog. If you get invited to Breast Check please do everything you can to make your appointment. If you can't make the appointment contact Breast Check and reschedule it because someone else would be able to use that appointment. We're then becoming overcast today with Rhian and Drizzle developing highest temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with news at again at 10 o'clock. Until then, good morning. Ladies and gentlemen, sex pistols. From director Danny Boyle, Pistol. Available to stream exclusively on Disney Plus. 18 plus subscription required, T's and C's apply. Hello, good morning. You're very welcome along to the Ninetale Noon Show for this Thursday. It's the second of June 2022. I hope you are feeling good today and hopefully you're with us now for the next three hours. And it's a particularly, a particularly busy show today. We all can always say at the top of the art. It's busy. And what this one is, we've a lot to get across. Local news, local news, local news, We've a lot to get across. local, national, and international. Hopefully later on, we'll have a bit of a good news for you as well and another issue we've been talking about. More on that as the morning wears on. Stay with us though, you won't want to miss a thing. Let's look at the news papers this morning. We'll start off with what is leading the Reforma Tribune. Cool reaction to 30 million deal for post offices while giving a guarded response to the 30 million euro lifeline for the post office network. Postmasters are anxiously waiting for the final detail to emerge. The new deal will see the service getting 10 million euro each For the next three years Tom O'Callaghan and the independent postmasters who've been Proactively involved in a new business model for the Irish postal network said last night that in effect This is only a sticking plaster Solution because the current model has been broken for many years and there's little empathy for a new purpose and Direction over these past 20 years The Donegal Democrat reports on an inquest into the death of a popular Church Hill man It's heard how he died as a result of a blunt force trauma Kieran Callahan was found dead at his home in Remote Russian Church Hill on July 7th 2013 a murder probe was launched into the death of the 50 year old who worked at Glen Bay National Park No prosecutions have been initiated and a verdict of unlawful killing was delivered at the inquest held at Letherkenny courthouse yesterday a deposition from Superintendent Gretty Sheridan told how she attended the scene and Requested the assistant of the state pathologist as she believed Mr. Callahan died in Suspicious circumstances 200 lines of inquiries have been pursued as part of the murder investigation and a hundred and fifty statements have been taken 143 people have been interviewed On to the Donegal news they have the same story on the front page But inside a well-known anti-vaccine extremist has demanded one million euro from a judge who adjourned his case Antonio Muradu appeared before Letherkenny district court yesterday on charges of no insurance fraud unit loose use of a number plate and Refusing to give his name and address the allegations arise out of an incident at Amin Kara Balaba Fey in October 23 last year The 45 year old who was accompanied by 16 supporters had intended to fight the charges and Just reading some of his social media posts. He I think his defense is under common law and when or not your need insurance or license to Drive a vehicle and Contracts with the state and the judiciary and so on and so forth. It's complex area the Irish independent They have an interview with Tarnas de Leo for a car and he says he wants to prioritize middle income families earning around 45 grand a year with budget measures including tax cuts and reduced child care costs in an Exclusive interview with the Irish independent. Mr. Varadkar said this cohort pay a fair whack of tax But do not qualify for many benefits from the state with the spiralling cost of living becoming the main political issue The finna girl leader who is due to become tea shock later this year outlined his budget priorities He said while the government might do something extra targeted for those on low incomes He insisted we shouldn't leave out middle income middle class families Mr. Varadkar also vowed that child care and higher education costs will be cut when he asks Take the tea shop seats. What is classes in this country? Like what is if we have a middle class and That's the the terminology. He used middle class like what is middle class? What is lower class and what is higher class? I don't recognize or understand that terminology to be honest with you But if you define a group of people in middle class, then you must also define another group don't mustn't use lower class That doesn't rest easy with me. We are all at the same. We all do the same things We all come in the world and head out the world Pretty much the same way as well. But anyway, good news if you are the squeezed middle The Irish share times just an update in this story. We were covering for you last week. This is about the proposals for Guarding to be given the powers to access CCTV video footage to fight crime. But of course the fear is and we heard it from the Group whose name escapes me just for a moment civil civil liberties group They were had concerns that this could be exploited that the use of this technology could go far beyond the parameters That would have been set we were told it's about capturing murderers or to protect children and of course instantly you want to say Right, let's we have to do that, right But the fear is is that if it's effective in that area great But it could be abused and used far more widely and some people have concerns not that many listening to this program However, but anyway facial recognition technology set to be used by on guard. She a corner will be able to identify and track people in Real time using CCTV cameras Minister for Justice Helen McAtee announced last week Her department is drawing up legislation to allow guardie to use the technology to analyze CCTV footage for suspects in Serious crimes or missing people. She said this would save thousands of man-hours as guardie would no longer have to manually Troll through footage. However sources confirmed there will be provision for guardie to use the technology in conjunction with live Camera footage rather than just retrospectively. So already the scope of what's being proposed has widened This would allow the force to track people in real time as they move about in public Sources said this would only be used where there is a risk to national security or where there is an immediate threat to life such As in child abduction cases, but as I say those Parameters can be used probably to cover a lot of things if that's what they want to do the Irish Daily Mail Obviously still loads of national coverage as it relates to Dublin Airport. Are you heading out at the weekend? Do you look enough to be heading out Friday Saturday Sunday or Monday? It's a busy one for Dublin Airport But I think a lot of people around here where they can use the regional airport So my perhaps even head off to Belfast not quite sure how reliant we are for the most part on Dublin Airport I could be completely wrong there But anyway passengers if you're one of them, you're facing missed flights and queues in the rain this weekend DEA Chief Executive Dalton Phillips is under increasing pressure after his appearance at the Rockers Transport Committee It did little to dampen fears of repeat of last weekend's chaos and the thing listening to much of that yesterday is the Lot of the questioning from these TDs. It's like Gotchas, you know, they want to get him or they want to land a punch You know when I think there was a lot of questions that should have been asked that weren't asked to be honest They may have been asked when I wasn't listening me home Martin heavily criticized the DAA over their response to the crisis telling a Fina form meeting they were challenging their sorry changing their story in recent weeks now TDs are speculating that DEA management will have to consider their positions if they cannot get the situation in order for the June bank holiday We can but I believe mr. Phillips is already leaving his post to take up a much higher paid post elsewhere Well coincide the Irish farmers journal we might take into this a little bit deeper Later on they have done a survey of Irish farmers revealing what way they would vote in a general election Some 37% of farmers would vote for Fina Gale 23% would vote for Fina fall and 16% would vote for Sinn Fein in a general election and Irish farmers journal survey has revealed so this is a particular direction of voting for people within the farming community and I'd love to know the reasons why to better understand lots of challenges Because everyone's entitled to their opinion but whilst the national general polls of general society would have Sinn Fein ahead of Fina fall combined It's a very different situation when you ask farmers So this would be good news presumably for the likes of minister Charlie McDonald who represents the government to farmers Almost 60% of tillage farmers would vote for Fina Gale 14% for Fina fall 12 for independent candidates and 2% for Sinn Fein 2% of tillage farmers would vote for Sinn Fein This is in stark contrast to the voting preference of beef farmers 32% of whom would vote for Fina Gale 25% for Fina fall and 18% for Sinn Fein 20% of beef farmers would vote for independence So if you can give us as I say we'll try and tease that out with hopefully get a journalist from the Irish farmers journal later But maybe you can explain to us That the the difference between voting within the farming community Compared to sort of more generally Where are we going to now? I've mixed all my papers up obviously ESB coal deal is bloodstained ESB chiefs have been slammed for replacing Russian coal imports with coal from notorious Colombian mines, so we're out of the frying pan and into the fire in March the energy giant announced that it would no Longer be taking deliveries from Russia following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine But the Department of Foreign Affairs has now confirmed that the ESB will return to importing coal from the infamous Pardon my ignorance here on this pronunciation Sarah Jean mine in Colombia the mining operation in Sarah Jean has been criticized by campaigners for its role in displacing the indigenous way you and Afro-Colombian communities and polluting air soil and water in Lagashira region so we are sort of saying right we're going to take a moral stance on not taking the car from Vlad And we have to do something I suppose, but instead we're going to take it from This operation which has garnered much criticism For more than two decades the ESB purchased millions of tons of coal From this region one of the largest opened open pit mines in the world until it halted imports in 2018 But we are back on to that supply there. Let me just see if I can find this page No, I've lost it. All right, okay, so we'll go on to This story here which might It might resonate with you only two of seven energy suppliers sorry only two out of Seven energy suppliers squeezed customers have fully received in the 200 euro government credit There's a word missing in the title here in March environment Minister Ayman Ryan told the doll that they would be paid within a week a series of hard-hitting increases on electricity and gas price households Put households under more financial pressure and the hikes applied last month in April The last of those took effect on May 7th when flow gas which was the seventh major energy company to announce Hikes supplied its new higher cost It means that all households have now been hit with the hikes But the energy companies are varying some bill payers that they could wait several more weeks before they get the 200 euro government credits there, okay, so if you're waiting, that's why now The trial the big trial in the United States has come to a conclusion the jury delivered their verdict sometime after 8 o'clock last night this is the Defamation case Johnny Depp took against Amber Heard Amber Heard took a case against him both won both he won More so though. She did one that wins somewhat, but you know stayed off Twitter last night I don't know the ins and outs. I don't know what one in our house. I know the accusations were made I know the impact it had but the language being used Against Amber Heard was shocking like I mean you can disagree with her and you can have a debate about what this means in terms of You know victims coming forward or actually what damage it might do to victims of Violence if you make false claims, which is what the jury determined them to be but it's the tone of the language against a woman That just is absolutely Shocking all together But anyway actor Johnny Depp won his defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard last night and was awarded 15 million Dollars during the US found she had lied in the newspaper article claiming to be the victim of domestic abuse during their marriage They concluded this guy never laid a finger on her It awarded Depp 10 million in compensation five million in punitive damages though that five million because of the local laws is reduced Well down he said I am truly humbled. She said it was devastating and One in her statement. She says, you know It's she thought you had freedom of speech and and that protected her and she was very disappointed but ironically I think it is ironic To for someone who believed her case was champion championing freedom of speech She switched off replies on the post on social media. So whilst in the post She was saying this was about freedom of speech. She didn't award the public the right to the freedom of speech on her post though She could say That she knew she'd get a lot of abuse, but if you're gonna suggest freedom of speech is important Then you don't restrict it yourself. 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How are you? I'm good. Thank you for joining us, right? Okay You've been speaking about your heartbreak really and it's over the treatment of your son Can you give us the background to what's happening? Yeah, surely. Um, so basically I proposed on Tuesday Greg But I was just Wondering for me to explain to your listeners if I could kind of take it back to the beginning of why I kind of brought it I had on Tuesday if that's okay if I could take the time to do that if that's okay play ahead. Yeah, yeah so just to give the listeners a bit of a background about my Nathan and to understand so Nathan is 15 years of age and he's in secondary school in third year and He's a very loving child We actually picked the name Nathan because it means God's gift to us Nathan as are we get and we only got one child and So I'm we but nervous Just take your time As regards his autism, I was a late diagnosis He only got a point of 12 years of age even though he was on the spectrum until get assessed something five years of age And he doesn't like noise or particularly clouds, but still in all he gets on with this Obviously because he attends secondary school and he prefers routine He gets anxious times when he comes out of routine, but still he gets on with it And he gets frustrated times too also when he can't explain himself You know, he tried best to explain but he gets frustrated and we can't get the words out But apart from us like he can do every day-to-day chore and like he's a very loving child Yeah, he's got a dog what she adores and we haven't been past 12 years and he loved a game So he loves to play PlayStation and as I said, he has a tusk, but we do try not to let the stand in the way And he attends rugby and martial arts and he's a very Great swummer. We've taken to numerous swimming camps. So he's a great wee swummer And as mentioned, he had a late diagnosis when he was 12 But even though I've a top to 12 years of age, we put him into a primary school. That was amazing They went out of their way to provide the extra resources when really they didn't have to to help him achieve as My stones and again at that they seem to find it very difficult, you know Confidence-wise because he is extremely shy To make friends, but again at this that school went out of their way to provide like a friend Like a layout that helps them become confident and be able to make friends And so we had a friend since primary school and they continued and they are still friends However, during last year, they obviously couldn't see one another due to the pandemic And obviously it was this year now in September that they went back to school and at that stage His wee friends that he still friends with has kind of got different friends And that happens doesn't it particularly in the transition from national school to secondary school people move amongst friends groups and The people you think are going to be your friends for life They move on and you move on but it's it's a little bit more difficult for Nathan is it in terms of then making new friends Yeah, it takes a lot like you like as I say take a lot for him off his autism Approach somebody and like he is extremely shy But if you talk to him people talk back, you know, it's just he's not gonna initiate it. Maybe. No, no No, I just wouldn't have that confidence Greg, but and what happened then and from September and we'll kind of was more Halloween time and As I say, there has to be friends became friends somebody else But that's when then didn't like Nathan and he more or less turn around says from to go away that nobody likes you So that's what I've done for a couple weeks about my knowledge like anybody has a senior year one though They tell you nothing. Yeah And like a child he doesn't like it's a fussing over like he really he would rather suffer Like I give an example like he went to school one day over the launch money and to not to be a bother to us He won't be in Texas to say look could you come up with me lunch money? Which of course we would do and but and now he would rather You know start basically done to be a bother to anybody and but and as regards then and At lunchtime then he had nobody told me I must have gone off for a couple of weeks And I didn't know anything about it. But then we happen to be away for a weekend And you just cannot wear around the dinner table. He kind of just kind of blurses out that I'm actually don't have anybody at lunchtime and an actual fact the words he used Bricks my heart Is I guess I'm not a likable person So he'd be obviously been thinking about it quite a lot before he yeah, he didn't just come off the cuff with that For any parents to hear their child say I'm not a likable person It's heartbreaking So I know it's of course like you don't those girls I mean s and a so I explained her and I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Obviously. Good message. What have been said and Um, we got on then to this girl and I got shot to the senior car or header And I also got shot to the ladies officer who I've always been kind of doing them up And I because you know, they do they do try each you know what I mean, obviously He's get pumped because he needs an s and I he needs extra support and We kind of got it sorted then that he kind of got two new friends in his classroom and that was going grand and then This was going on for a couple months then again And it seemed to be happy enough because he was even on the playstation then with these two new friends um But then um, it started to turn sour He the boys then started kind of you know, taking a hand of them on the playstation and um again, he was knocked back down again because they just No, they didn't watch them being lost them. So that friendship ended and I think before we move on Stephanie to I think maybe two with the the other people like these two young Fellas or girls or whatever they were there are young people too and maybe don't fully understand the Ins and outs of it. Do you know what I mean? That's a problem here, correct As if nobody talks about the traits of autism and such what an autistic child is Like they they they do is like difference. There's no point saying anything different. They do is like different And I do He does come out with things But I know that he doesn't mean he doesn't really mean the harm that other people would actually Think that he means it's just his way of wording that you know And I think people could actually learn a little bit more about autism Then we could understand them that bit better instead of thinking that they're weird or You know, would it be worth then in not just the school we're talking of here? But for all schools that you know And people do it in the workplace Call an assembly and have a half an hour talking about, you know, how maybe A child with an autism diagnosis how they might act how they might be slightly Different in inverted commas and the allowances that had to be made if you did that in a You know in a in a group setting In front of the whole school and it could be about any It could be about You know anything that you could class us as being different on Do you think something like that might help? That they feel again like it's not that they're alone and that nobody really understands Their children or even really, you know must understand their children But as I say the criteria was there that if people knew the traits all Then they could understand that person that we've ever worked I think this is for one of the worst situations for for a parent as well And most people will understand this, you know if they Fall over and hurt the knee you can pick them up and you can make it better You know, but with something like this All you want to do is to make it better for him But you can't go in and say hang around with Nathan or you know, you know what I mean Like so as a parent it's even more heartbreaking because you're somewhat powerless Totally powerless and it's heartbreaking like Absolutely, but it actually got a lot worse than that Greg if I could just please go ahead Yeah, because what happened then because he had so many not back He then Wouldn't come out at lunchtime then he found this room that that you could go on to and He went down to this room then and he would sit alone at lunchtime again I didn't know about this for a few weeks because again, he wasn't telling me and he Because Nathan is a comfort a child of comfort So if he sees somewhere that's secure and it's been safe He will not then it takes a lot for me or anything to coax them to come out of it But in actual fact, he got that Safe and secure like he was going on then and he wasn't going to the canteen to get his lunch So it was going on then that he was going to school all day even though he's given them money But he was that scared to go to the canteen because he felt so alone and so alienated that he sat in a classroom And wouldn't go to the canteen to get lunch because he had that many not back But obviously when I heard about this again, I got back on to the school And at this stage the senior coordinator and the liaison officer And kind of we they were they were lost. They didn't know exactly how to deal with a fair play Now I have to admire all of them. So they did turn around and say look, we don't know actually how to deal with us So I says right that's gone. So I got on to next So next is the national educational Psychological service and we have been Through that I'm away because obviously we needed the next to have resources set up from primary schools to secondary school And there was a lady I met and she always said if I ever had any bother to always get contact with her So for three years, no, I never had no bother And I thought right this was getting way at a hand. I cannot have my child sitting around starving So I got on the lady and I explained my situation. She then just turned around says look You would need to go back to school again and kind of try and see if you started out yourself So we did and we eventually got nothing from the out of the class canteen But still no, he would always go back to his class. So we thought right We at least we got meetings But then again, we thought no, we need to we need to get his confidence back up again So we needed definitely next back on because we as this is not this is not my area This this this I don't know Like the garras as I say, they were honest. They didn't know exactly how to be buffered. So they said they needed the next To really come on board to sit down To figure out a plan and when I went back then again the second time The lady's response was Because I asked her please can we make a meeting because like this was going on too long And the response was do you not realize that I have other cases? Do you think that I can just drop everything? Take on your child just like that. Do you not realize there's a witness? So I had waited three years before I went anywhere near them And I was promised the moon and the stars when he went on there Any bother that I could get in contact with her and the time that I reached out for her help that was the response that I got Um, so at that stage then I felt right. Okay, and at that stage like new confidence What was as low as I was totally slower? So I thought right. I need to do something here. So I did take him to kinesiology and I fair play like the garras He did help like give him like emotional remedies and all but at that it's held him sort the The situation out of as regards that he's still in the classroom sitting at lunchtime on his own and so um like I've then went to his psychologist that assessed him and um I asked her for her help to see if she could you know do someone to one talking to game build up with confidence But again because he explained to me because Nathan was getting on Okay at home as regards that he was willing. He was able to go to his martial arts and his rugby Then she would not be able to take him on because it was only school solely related So it was a one particular space specific Exactly. So I had been to school. I had been to the next I had been to a psychologist And I was going around and I was getting nowhere and nowhere nobody could give me answers Um, I just say the kinesiology does help him a little bit But still he was attached to that classroom because it was a security blanket And even to that day he is still in that classroom all his own at lunchtime So what do you what do you think this solution is here because it sounds to me like if he did make You know a close friend or even you know a small group two or three friends that he could hang around the school in that a lot of the a lot of the behavior that is adapted might be reversed or adopted might be reversed I do think that but I also think Greg like if you don't want somebody being a part of your group If that's okay, but do not turn around to say to people. I don't want you on our group. I don't like you Yeah, it's the words that are cutting as well. Yeah That he has said to me that that he is told I don't like you But do you know since if you've raised this issue has the school No called an assembly or anything just to talk about how they treat you treat because even it doesn't matter for what reason Someone has been spoken to like that You know, I would have thought every there's a charter in every school to deal with bullying or whatever it might be and and it doesn't matter for what reason People say nasty things to you. It should be treated equally like I'm surprised. There hasn't been a response in terms of I don't think reprimanding the children That have said the but it's about education and saying look in this school This is how we treat each other a lots of us are different in very different ways and we don't judge each other on that and explain a little bit about how maybe um It varies of course But maybe you know some behavior traits that that they should look out for and to sort of try and give a little bit of I just wonder sometimes too as well Um, Stephanie and I'm not trying to stir anything and we're not speaking about individuals but Do you know like Could could he make a new friend and that new friend Say i've made a new friend when he's when they're at home And he said something like this and then the parents say well, you know, stay stay clear of him Then do you know what I mean? I just wonder if it's not just inside the school of it's right across society if there's a lack of understanding and empathy and sort of um Do you get where i'm coming from? I do and I don't um Well, what i'm saying is is, you know Let you says he can act a little bit different or say certain things. Maybe Children he says that to are carrying that home and their parents or guardians are saying well stay clear of him They're telling their children to go back and say Well, no, no, no that no, no, no, there's no there's no defense for that I'm just saying that what i'm trying to get to here is is that this could be just broader It's not just within the school All of us maybe need to listen to what you're saying and speak to their our children when they get home Yeah, even adults. I agree on that. They're definitely yes for sure. Um, but as regards in relation to school Like no, the school haven't done anything as regards to having an assembly, which I think will be great I tell like, uh, I begin to bring in like that That is unacceptable to treat anybody the way that Nathan has been treated And like this is why it came to head on Tuesday because And he did get the conference like we were away in portugal last week I took him away for a week's break and we had a magical time and my child was having On our flight. It was late on the Sunday coming back. So we didn't let him on the Monday So I dropped Nathan off or sorry, his father dropped Nathan off on Tuesday morning And I clicked him at four o'clock and I was obviously thinking it'd be great spurt because he's sure he's only got a couple of days left Um, so like summer break. Yes, he has exams, but still Nathan may be happy just get a few days off Uh, as soon as my child got into the car His words were, I hate this place. Everybody hates me. Do I have to go back here? He was nearly a few years as soon as he got into the car and I was like, I was in the car at that stage And I was just like hopefully full of words because I had the notion what happened or where this came into or what happened So I try to ask like what happened But because he then started to get emotional then he closes down on you And he then starts to get a wee bit anxious So then I thought right I'll just drive and we've got to go down the road And then I'll definitely be trying to culture again as to what happened So what I'm kind of calmed down again, and then I said right I said like what happened or what and then he says Because he got a wee bit of confidence because he had a week out of school He thought that he would try again Greg to try and get a friend So he went up to a different group of people So he says he didn't even know them because he was that desperate for a friend Do you know what I mean to try and be in part of the group? But again for the third or fourth time they turned around and said to him no you cannot be in our group We don't like you go away And like he just he was he was just totally, you know, he just thought to himself. Why am I even bothering? You know, so here at a week's holiday And in Portugal with comeback, you know, he'd come back refreshed. They started to give it a go We've got a wee bit of you know, I mean first speed away from the skill and again same response Don't like you go away like those words to anybody And also too and you mentioned something a little earlier on is is that You know when you tried to to raise the issue and you were knocked back And and accused of sort of, you know, I can't drop everything to help you You then that that you were being made feel guilty for Seeking the best for your child like that language didn't see it doesn't seem right to me when I heard it, you know I mean like that's it's like pushing it back on you for being the You know for being a problem yourself, you know, do you not understand how busy I am? I've got other people's look after you want me to not look after these other children and drop everything and come to yours Like that if that's how we're treating parents when they do Fight for their children. That's another significant problem. I think Yes Sorry to go back to this assembly thing because I do know some schools are great. They'll bring in motivational speakers They'll bring in people to talk about Martial arts or self-defense, you know, why if they're not why are they not bringing in people to Teach kindness and understanding Yes, well, they do actually know and saying that now they do have jigsaw in the school now at the moment Yeah, I actually have a Being like as regards have been talked or anything. What's jigsaw? But I'm saying that Greg I have what jigsaw one to one With Nathan, but because they're that buzzing they can't see him July. Okay, so I have You're heading into the summer and you know Hopefully now Nathan thrives, you know with the good weather and and and stuff that he enjoys as you've been outlining But as September edge is ever closer, you know, is he going to transition you next year or is it? No, no, he's just gonna have to have you right. Okay. Yeah, I couldn't I you know, I just couldn't Have him endure another year. I just wonder maybe Because like even people I know close to me had very small groups of friends and during transition year Their friends group exploded But I suppose you have to make that choice, you know, your son best But in my point I was getting to there is though that you know You might get a break from him feeling like this for the summer In fact, he might even sort of return to his himself and as September approaches You know, the anxiety is going to start building for both you and he and the rest of the family Yes, no, I do do realize that but that's what I'm trying to do I'm going to put them into like the grips like peer jumping and all that there that's like To try and go off as confident to try and maybe to get to know different people, you know I mean outside of you know more so it's got like you know people obviously outside of school as it is But you know, even if we get that chance because he might meet somebody that's around the same age Or as long as that he may be you know, might be in that same year and that they might have something in common So that's that's what I'm trying to hope for like you only you have to say positive Of course, of course, of course Yeah, but we don't want to just I mean my my basis as the idea that You know that it starts all over again in September. I hope it's not like that I would you know and I'm speaking as a parent here and thinking what I would feel like in that situation But you're you've a different outlook to me Stephanie and I respect that fully But what's clear is from coming in on the messages is that you're not alone There's lots of people and what's happening to here is it's why the conversation is broadening add Bullying for any reason getting quite a few texts in people saying that schools just Aren't dealing not all schools But some schools just aren't dealing with this the way they should Stephanie. I wish I hope for everyone That the summer brings good things as does the next term I really do and I appreciate you sharing the story and it's a story to say as you know already from Speaking on social media that a lot of people can relate to Yeah, yeah, no, definitely. Thank you for having me on Craig and I also can I also shout out a massive Thank you to ever be the message and like even the response to people offering to take this out on work placements And you know But we you can get him up confident and to approach people to make friends But if they aren't receiving that if they're still saying bad things in reverse You know that we need to make sure everyone is more understanding. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, okay. That would be yeah. All right. Listen. Thanks Stephanie for that. I appreciate it. 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Well, here it is It's been confirmed that following discussions the angiogram service at letterkenny university hospital will continue letterkenny university hospital will continue to run the service directly The angiogram service has until now been run by an independent private operator that traveled to luh Weekendly weekly the confirmation follows previous news that the important service will no longer be run by the mobile unit service Provider currently in place Minister charlin mcconnellog has been commenting. He's uh said that he's been contacted uh in contact with his colleague minister donnelly And leadership in luh and they sailed to a group to make sure that donnelly would not be left without angiogram services from the first of july 2022 so that is good news We'll have to tease it out a little bit more to make sure the exact same services are being provided as were before But that's what we're being told is happening and uh, it was to say that maybe even this could lead to Further, um, we this could lead to further Good news. I don't know. We've had no uh indication on that But those angiogram services are going to continue and if you've listened to this program at all over the last month You will know that uh, we've covered it extensively and we were A bit pessimistic. I think a lot of people talking about it But it turns out that we should have been positive Because the the news is good, but we'll bring you more on that after 10 o'clock I just wanted to get that news out to you just as soon as it was okay for me to do so Right, Leonard joins us now. Hi Leonard. You were listening to You were listening to to Stephanie there and you get what she's saying Greg she said it she she's speaking for hundreds of families. We're gonna go like it's like the partners stuck with me What Stephanie said is that she doesn't really need a lot of help over the years But when she went to look for the help which we were in summer of the first son And then you're just having walls and it's a fight all the time to get a service like it's You know and that keeps them there's a child in the middle here who's suffering or need help and You're just been told about waiting less. You're told about with 300 kids on a list, you know, it's And you know, it's just you're just a number left Yeah, and I think you picked up on the tone of the the language that she would have heard You would have an understanding of that. It's almost like, uh, you know, why are you bothering us? Don't you understand how busy we are? We've got an awful lot of children to deal with what you think you're at a special case sort of a thing Yeah, like you know Or a thing about cams where you're doing really two years like and you'll be told like, you know, you're on a list You're on a list and you know, but this is a child that needs help now Like, you know, it's and when you get a letter identity six months plus now we're in the system now Like and it's the one part when you're in the system It's great like But you know, you have to go on and like at the site and the phone calls and the letters and Just chasing all the time like it's just it's you know, what kind of stress does that bring? Leonard because obviously you want the best for your child, but it impacts everyone It must be it must be really, uh, difficult to be dealing with Uh, so Greg every time has a straight up, you know, not just family special needs You want to come but I can obviously we won't we won't get a lot of sleep at night. Um I'm just our child new is helpless And that's that's the killer like you know, you're you and you're You just feel helpless because you can't give the child that they need to help the needlet And do you think it's because there's a lack of investment the lack of resources a lack of The staff available to help uh these children or child or oldest child now 17 and we were getting a far better service 12 13 years ago like when you rang about things Now you had to wait but Greg you didn't have to wait six months in a year or You know, it's like even our oldest child needed to see cancer a couple years ago like again We were and he was just going through a really tough time at all like at school even school would tell us he's not coping at school Yeah, so like it you know And that's the part they don't get like you know this child is suffering and the family suffered because you you don't want to see your child suffering And you know, I think when you need cams you need it now or when you need neps or that like that they do there like her child Her child is suffering. You know and she needs help now. She doesn't need to help in six months Yeah, exactly They're like I know they'll pity drawing data the numbers and all that But you know I think even though like I always think there should be more after school stuff for children's special needs and they're like And it's having nothing to do with that like Like our our oldest fellow would probably struggle to make friends too like but I have to see the school He's up in ergo college and they're absolutely fabulous to me. You couldn't fault them. They're very good But again, there's a great understanding the school Greg But do they do anything actively to encourage him to make friends or Do they speak to the rest of the pupils to give them the better of understanding that we can all be different maybe Well, Greg had on heart. He has never had an issue up there. You see, that's what I think the gap for Stephanie Yeah, but I would think that friends the students up there have probably a great understand because there's an autism There's an ast unit in the school and the furnace. I would say day to day They're educating them on That's that's that's what's important Leonard. Listen, thank you for your input. I appreciate it. I really do Take care of yourself. All right. Thank you very much indeed Right a jury last night ruled that Amber Hurd defamed her former husband Johnny Depp following an explosive six week libel trial Pirates of the carabine star Depp 58 was awarded 50 million damages after suing mishord for 50 million over an article She wrote on domestic violence that was reduced somewhat because of the local laws But it's not reported in the papers for some of the punitive damages. I believe it was reduced and this I've never seen anything like This trial and this case and how it's divided people the language that's being used It's it's and what's happened since Nolan Blackwell is the CEO of the Dublin rape crisis centre and is kind enough to join us this morning. Nolan. Thank you Good morning Greg put to talk to you. I don't know if it's by accident or design But say for instance the me too movement. This is just completely thrown This is completely thrown that under the boss. What does this mean? What does this mean to someone listening who? God forbid was the victim of a of a sex crime Last night or is the victim of ongoing domestic abuse because this argument She could be made in either way that it will disc the only but the unanswered ends up discouraging people coming forward Really is what I'm trying to get at? Yeah, I Those are the people in my mind as well the people who are queuing up for a 10 o'clock or an 11 o'clock hearing this morning In some court in relation to domestic violence And somebody is saying see I told you so to someone of them along the way And now the thing was he got that award for defamation for the damage that heard did to depth reputation She also got an award of just over a million dollars. I think for Because her his lawyers had said she had created it as an elaborate hoax And and the and the jury also found that wasn't the case So I think in this case it was just one it was a circus for the general public And was treated like that. I mean a colleague of Ours in the Dublin rape crisis center was in a cafe where they had separate tip jars Depending on whether you wanted to tip depth or hurt, you know, it was at that level that it was just a show And what it is is to because this exploded on tiktok my concern as well is is the and it's primarily young people And it was the interactions of billions Yeah, it changes maybe a generation two or three generations attitude to the actual crime Not whether how bad it is or or not Or whether it's true or not. It's just merked it all So I would I would say though that it does remind me in a lesser way One celebrities are involved one of the things I would say for celebrities is like Depth reputation was damaged by that article that heard put out on a day that she was launching a new film that heard Did was was found not to have made it up. It wasn't an elaborate old But if you're celebrities, it's really hard to do these things quietly So I would say on the one hand. I would say the courts are no place To to really make good decisions make the best decisions around how to deal with the breakup of a relationship No, and it became about personalities and and and her interaction with the jury versus his But the reality is this was a incredibly toxic relationship and that's evident From the audio that it sounded like there was alcohol involved in a lot of their interactions With each other. I don't believe that she made a formal complaint a criminal complaint But decided to write some sort of an anonymous article which didn't mention him, but clearly implicated him And then you know, he his claims of what was done to him and so on and so forth All of it really It just sets everything back in my view that's that's really what comes out of it because the news cycle would change This will go away But but the damage Is left at its wake and it will be felt in every corner of the world That is right. That is right and it is hard enough to actually speak about About the sort of intimate abuse that can happen in a relationship And this has done no favour to any victims of sexual abuse But in truth the courts are used the whole time in order to silence people So he brought this defamation article Too late to silence her But but in order to put a chilling effect on what amber heard might say in the future in relation to his reputation That happens everywhere. That happens in ireland at the moment. For instance, one of the things going through Our legislature proposed in our legislature Actually by senator lin ruan is that people can't sign non-disclosure agreements unless they're really clear why they want to do it Okay, because because Litigation can have a chilling effect as well. I will also say though that there is There's a way in which we learn That abusive relationships should not be tolerated by anyone the level of disrespect In that relationship from an early stage and it was in both directions But one other thing because because we're quite tight to 10 at the same time, right? We we do have a default position and I've seen it as well that you believe Believe her and it could believe him whichever. Yeah, and if if the photos were doctored if things were exaggerated Amber heard also perhaps did damage in that these were found to be false allegations because every Every claim he made was it was found in favor of him Yeah, so so that business of I believe her or I believe him That's that is just the normal normally if you say something to me or I say something to you or to one of your listeners You will believe me at the start I may not be proven to have a court case that I can bring but you start by believing and then you interrogate it in a proper way Whereas in truth until recently nobody believed victims of sexual violence or domestic violence or very feuded And as a result the abuse continued. So I just feel my concern is is that every jury every jury going into any Case like this have been consuming this and and they're bound to have been influenced one way or the other In the last minute though, I just want you to speak to people who are going through this at the moment Or maybe they have the the ssa god forbid may be subjected to an assault on a night out What is your message to them those people? Yeah, so first of all part of part you what people need to understand is that Sexual assault domestic violence have a horrible impact on people and people can reach out There is help out there not going to court necessarily not even going to the guard sometimes But just there are confidential health lines available Where people can just tell what happened them and get the help they need first Then consider are they going to disclose it to guards if it's a criminal offense To solicitors if it's a domestic a breakdown of a marriage But there is help available out there and no one should suffer in silence Please reach out Please if this has hurt you if you are going into court at this stage Or going through a process and someone is using this against you Use the objective health lines that are out there use your own lawyers Use the guards who are getting better and better at understanding this. All right, no lean. Thanks for your time this morning I do appreciate it. 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I'm Achille Clark with the news at 10 o'clock The angiogram service is to be retained at letter kennie university hospital Concern have been growing over the past number of weeks as the service wants to be withdrawn at the end of this month A meeting between the sale to healthcare group and members of the regional health form and eructous members this morning Was told that the go-ahead has been given for the angiogram service to be provided by the hospital itself Minister Charlie mcconnell says it's a significant move for health services in donnie gall I think what's really important here is the the expertise and indeed the machinery infrastructure which have been supported by the friends of the kennie hospital And the built infrastructure in terms of the rheological interventional suite That the capacity is there in the hospital and where the hospital is the capacity It's really important. We support it to develop all services in can locally I think this is a really good example of that happening and I look forward now to that service continuing to be provided at a Guinea hospital, but now by the hospital staff It's uh Guardi are continuing to appeal for information regarding the wear bites of a woman missing from doblin who is known to frequent donnie gall They say they are extremely concerned for the welfare of 50 year old clodum murphy Who was last seen in the fox rocks area of doblin 18 yesterday morning tom douglas reports Clodum murphy is described as being approximately five foot eight in height with a slim build brown eyes and brown grayish hair Which is usually tied in a bun when last seen clodum was wearing a long pink dress and black shoes And had sunglasses on her head. She was driving a blue audi a3 hatchback car with a registration 07 d 46026 Guardi say she's known to frequent the dunfana he area Anyone with information regarding clodas wear bites is asked to contact dunleary guard station The housing minister has failed to agree to pre-legislative scrutiny of the defective concrete blocks bill When asked in the doll by dunninggall deputy pierce da horde if there would be pre-legislative scrutiny Minister dar o brian didn't offer a direct answer But instead said they are proceeding with the scheme in consultation with homeowners The market action group has launched a petition calling on all tds and senators to support their calls for pre-legislative scrutiny To ensure the right scheme is delivered for homeowners Minister o brian is standing by his commitment to bring the bill before the doll in the coming weeks We intend to get this legislation through the doll by the summer recess You know how important it is that we do that and I expect that as the main opposition party that you will Support government and making sure that you support the legislation so that it's passed before the summer recess We're we're proceeding with the scheme in consultation in consultation with the homeowners imminently nearly 44,000 fewer women were screened for breast cancer last year than in 2019 just over 127,000 were screened by breast check in 2021 compared to nearly 171,000 at two years earlier Almost 23,500 women were screened this january and february about 5,000 below the two-month average in 2019 Chair of denigol action for cancer care betty homes believes in terms of the denigol picture efforts are being made by breast check To offset the delays caused by the pandemic She says it's vital women attend their appointments to help address the backlog if you get invited to breast check Please do everything you can to make your appointment If you can't make the appointment contact breast check and reschedule it because someone else would be able to use that appointment The doll has been told the hyzing adaptation scheme for disabled persons needs to be Overhauled in such a way that it meets the needs of people today Jebede Thomas Pringle relayed to the doll how one person received approval for a 30,000 euro grant But it falls well short of the estimated cost of the work Which is now over 70,000 euro Jebede Pringle says the underfunding of this scheme was already clear 20 years ago I remember back in denigol county council back in the early 2000s the council because of the Reduction amount of money that they were getting for the grants every year introduced a limit on what could be available for Different types of works to try and extend out the amount of money and make it reach more people And which actually have reduced the effectiveness of the grants and actually doing what what they were supposed to do That's a problem. And I think that we have to try and find a way to actually make the grants do what they're supposed to do And actually make them worthwhile for people to apply for Whether now becoming overcast today with rain and drizzle developing highest temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees That's all from Highland radio news for now. We'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock until then. Good morning The obituary notice says for this thursday morning june the second The death has taken place of jack patten a hawai bali buffet Reposing at his residence today and tomorrow from two o'clock until 11 o'clock Funer from there on saturday afternoon at half past one for service in kilty vogue parish church at two o'clock With burial afterwards in the family plot in strunaller parish church Family flowers only please donations if desired to klondae center care of any family member The death has taken place of mary tereza mcdonald sinfinian's park mobile mary tereza's funeral mass will take place tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock in sympias the 10th church mobile Fall by burial in balibrax cemetery And the death has taken place of con smith karik kandana con has gifted his body to medical research To honour his passing there will be a small gathering of family and friends at his home on saturday june the 11th from three o'clock With a memorial celebration by the family at half past three For more details including any family health guidelines for wakes and funerals, please go to hindland radio dot com And you're very welcome back to the second hour of the nine till noon show a lot coming up in This hour we're going to be bringing you Details of the retention of those angiogram services at nadir kennedy university hospital so much more besides Good morning to michael poll anny beth kathleen Grandia and others who are watching with us on our social media if you want to engage with the show that way You can go on our website highland radio dot com and watch live You'll see the links there or go straight to our social medias Facebook and youtube and you can watch us there as well So we've had a lot of reaction to giving over the first hour of the program to highlight the issues facing Parents some of your comments here from facebook. Thank you so much to this lady It's so hard to explain open the floor to a doctor a teacher parents and how the child feels too She's so brave discussing this issue. There are so many children struggling She speaks for a lot of parents groups repeating what this lady is saying all around arland this morning today You can feel the helplessness in her voice so difficult Another I totally understand I think society is ignorant to children with additional needs I'm on the same boat as you my child is in the first year of secondary school He's getting his holidays now and he won't see anyone from school for meetups over summer at all I have your back and I support you Another school seems not to deal with bullying. They can sweep it under the carpet. Unfortunately I'm dealing with something similar at the minute. I hear where that woman is coming from Living on your nerves every day. It's heartbreaking another crying listening to this mom's pain There's a large number of autistic children in schools now that I definitely agree from baby infant and information on the behavior Should be taught to children these children should be given every support to intriguing or integrating into classes because If a and we've seen it if a child were in a wheelchair, for example um I think the far more effort might be given to sort of saying To to to including them in activities to ensuring that there was no name calling It would not even be thought of or someone of a different race or whatever it might be It would not be tolerated at all at all at all So if a school has been notified that language certain languages being used to another child Because they are in inverted commas different That should be treated in the same way and this should be the same level of education to tell people that it's not okay We already know they're saying schools are very actively um talking about not judging people on on sexual orientation on gender on race whatever it might be Why if if it's not why is the same emphasis not being put on making sure that all children Because they're all different in one way or other that they are educated how to treat each other better Some schools do it great. I know some schools do it great. Others clearly not so much This caller breaks my heart listening to that wonderful mother talking about her son Teenagers can be so cruel at the best of times wishing your son all the best well done for speaking out We as parents have to take an awful lot of the heavy lifting on how our teenagers treat someone else if I thought for a second That that's one of my boys was speaking to another child like that there. They'd be Absolutely held to pain. They know that too and I mean in terms of You know play stations being you know that stuff the way you you could influence how a child behaves I'm not talking about anything else Hi, it's up to parents to tell their children that all children are different and to be at least civil and understanding to every child I tell mine you never know what your own children will be like and listen children click and they get on with each other And form friend last long lasting friendships and that's fine and some don't you know And there are children who are going into school and don't have any friends And they may not have autism or you know what I mean So there's an awful lot going on in there But unless we fully equip children to not judge other people because they may appear different Well, if we don't get that right, uh, then we we are falling behind Uh, let me see I want to see if there's any further comments on that in front of me I know they're coming in but uh, we go through them and then they're handed to me a lot of the time just to Make sure they're on topic Right and they're put into different topics I will get to them as the morning wears on stay right where you are It's jackpot day. 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Ukraine's hospitals are in life support They are in desperate need of medicine equipment and supplies without your urgent help They will struggle to provide life-saving care to the most vulnerable sick and injured children Unicef are on the ground ensuring medical supplies such as oxygen are reaching hospitals and maternity wards But we can only do this with your help Donate now at unicef.ie to support a hospital in ukraine and help save children's lives Thank you Okay, you're very welcome back to the program. I hope now we can welcome on to it minister charlie mcconnellow Can you hear me? Okay minister I can Greg. Yeah, good stuff. I can loud and clear good to have you with us Okay, some good news this morning in that you've been able to announce that the angiogram services to be retained at letter Kenny university hospital. Can you tell us what was going on in the background your interactions with the health minister? Yeah, yeah, it is good news. And of course the where this comes from is it up until now and currently an up until end of June there's a one day a week Angiogram service provided at letter Kenny hospital, but it's done by a mobile cath lab unit which comes to the hospital once a week and A couple of months ago that the company provides that service. So it provides it was providing the equipment and the staff who would come with it It informed the sale to hospital group that it was no longer providing that service in the future So obviously that presented a real challenge because we would have about 350 don't eat all patients a year who'd have angiograms Using that mobile cath lab. So as a result of that, then there have been significant engagement councillor Cairn Brogan and jerry Crawford my colleagues would have would have would have raised this initially at the at the Regional health forum when they were informed about it and engage with myself And it would have been supported the other public representatives as well And then I would have discussed it with minister steven donnelly But his attention as well as engaging with the sale to hospital group management and tony canov in the ceo and also importantly our hospital manager netto kenny shawan morphe so but the the Over the last number of weeks a couple of months then what was ongoing within sale to Was that they were doing an assessment of the capacity of letter kenny hospital to be able to actually operate that service in house In the hospital instead as opposed to having the mobile unit come once a week and shawan morphe the manager there had done a lot of work in terms of putting the case together and We're fortunate and then we have a very good radio or cardiology team in letter kenny led by doctor david and a very very strong team and The the assessment and not the other key key enabling piece here as well was the fact that we have the infrastructure because the new building There was built a couple of years ago included a new Interventional radiology suite so the facilities are modern And indeed the equipment in terms of the technological and medical equipment required is modern and key to that was The role that letter kenny friends of the friends letter kenny hospital organization played because Few years ago. They would they would have helped to pay for New equipment which is equipment that is going to be used now so In fairness to the hospital manager shawan morphe he did say on this program that he was confident That there would be a continuance of this survey I think he says look you can never say anything certain He was confident I think really some of that confidence might have been undone for writer rung in conversations with mr Canavan because he talked about you know an expert team reviewing this And there was a sense that this really could have been a process to say that we can't do it up to a certain standard So thankfully we can do you know if that assessment That mr. Canavan talked of did that go ahead and did that conclude and the experts suggested right we can do this This is how we do it or With through intervention through from your likes of yourself and the health minister Was the pressure put on them to say that no it's not about whether we can or can't you's have to find a way to make sure We can what was the process there? You know that assessment did did take place and it was led by dr Pat Nash who's a clinical cardiology lead for the sale to a hospital group and he would have engaged closely with the cardiology team In that a kenny as well as shawan morphe the hospital manager Of course the the key starting point here has to be in terms of provision of services that they're safe That's the starting point. We cannot be providing any services that are not safe So that had to be established and also that the equipment is appropriate as well to be of modern standard and that that is safe But as shawan morphe would have outlined to you in his interview with you And I know it was emphasized by cancer camp roger and his when he spoke to you as well Um, we do have very good infrastructure in that again both in terms of this medical team and in terms of the uh, the equipment thanks to the Support of the friends that can a hospital in their contribution to that So obviously from a political point of view, there was very strong support for minister donnelly in relation to um in relation to the the service and keeping it In in the area But the starting point has to be establishing that that can be done safely and where say services can be provided safely In a region in a local area They should be provided as local as as local as safely possible to the people who are availing of it And uh, that needs to be the principle that informs how we divide how we How we provide health services that has to be key to the development Of any hospital as well that is really in this case. That is reassuring But do you think then we need to work on communication? Because maybe there was a lot of stress and anxiety here that wasn't required You mentioned your colleague, uh, counselor kieran brogan He talked about the lack of communication that he was hearing of of of meetings And of of reviews from the media and not directly, you know Do you think we need to look at how these things are communicated? Then because we've arrived at good news and it is it is good news and it's to be welcomed But I just wonder if a lot of the stress and anxiety along the way I don't think the media locally fan the flames minister. Honestly, I hope we don't anyway I think we we try and platform concerns, but when you have elected reps who are also on on on on Health committees and they don't know this kind of information to be able to give it to the public There's a breakdown in communication there somewhere that I think if we got that right It might help going forward. What do you think and we all have a role to play in that, of course I think you've highlighted that in the past um, but But you know, um I just hope we can learn some lessons. Do you do you agree in any way? No, I think it's really important the regional health forum plays a really important role It's important that information comes through that. I know counselor kieran brogan and councillor cherry crofford who's My two colleagues who who work in that way is very close with myself and that happens across all political parties as well But I think there is a challenge here, which is probably an unavoidable one in that When you have such a change is what happened here It does create uncertainty and you can't remove that uncertainty overnight Because it did require the assessment to be carried out and the appropriate clinical approval and and assurance That uh, we that they that the capacity is there to do it and the ability there to do it and have that all verified now I know that a kenny hospital were very clear from the outset that they had the capacity that the Great team cardiology team and also the facilities there In terms of the new interventional radiological suite Which has been recently built in the last couple of years and also then with the equipment that have been in place through With the support of of the fans of that a kenny, but of course that had to be verified So there's no and that uncertainty that is there in that interim period It's probably unavoidable in the sense that until you have the clarity That the service is able to be maintained, which is the which is the clarity we got In the last this morning in terms of the the meeting with with silta Then people are going to naturally be anxious as to whether the service will continue But um, there was very strong work that went on by sale to by by by by show murphy and his team working with the cardiology Team that a kenny and also a clinical a clinical level working with minister donnelly To try and ensure that that process happened promptly. Yeah, and what's really important now is that as that mobile service Comes to an end and concludes at the end of this month that uh, that let a kenny hospital will be in a position To transition into to moving that hospital and moving that service in hospital. That can only strengthen Oh, it's it's good news. Any hospital to obviously, you know the the um The mobile unit came up on regular occasion Does this mean that we might actually see an improvement in the the the facilities that are available And does this also mean that maybe we can start using that piece of equipment fund raised by the people of donnelly gall you know To its full potential or or somewhere close to that have you had any indication on that or is the conversation just starting on that now No, it provides the capacity to do that now So what what's going to happen from the end of june is that the service that was being provided by the mobile unit will The same level of service will move into the hospital But obviously now that it's in the hospital This the staffing is there to be able to operate that Seamlessly taking over but there is the capacity there to look to see how we can increase that capacity over the time ahead And even use it more so it's a really good a really good starting point now There is a cardiology review happening of national cardiology services at the moment Which will inform how national cardiology services evolve over the next number of years I think the fact that we are now having this service provided inside the hospital and that that is going to be up And running over the next number of months puts letter kenyan in a much stronger position in advance of that review as well to have that To have that service established and the other thing that's going to be important as well Is that we continue to look to see how we can Provide the services at a regional level working with for example alton agalvin hospital because we have seen Really good developments there in the last few years where there's engagement now between letter kenny and alton agalvin for emergency interventional The steps so that if there's someone in the north and donnie gall who needs emergency intervention in terms of stents For example, they can be brought immediately to alton agalvin Um, uh, so how we work together in the future like that to the benefit of both hospital both letter kenny and alton galvin But particularly and ultimately what's important to the benefit of the people that donnie gall Is going to be important to and and it's coming in the week as well, greg Where we have had confirmation of a second full-time permanent breast cancer surgeon It's really important to because again, that's an example of another service You know, which is provided in the hospital as a satellite from golly But it means the services are provided locally Um, and it's really important that is again in a really safe way with really good staff But that we do as much of that as possible Looking at it looking at letter kenny hospital in general The government are investing in it. It's always more challenging. Um For hospitals that are in the periphery of the country rather than the capitol cities in terms of recruitment And that has been a challenge for the last few years But the investment in the hospital has been working really hard To to to develop staff and to develop services and last year, for example, the largest recruitment Campaign in the history of the hospital where there were sanctioned for a hundred additional staff in the hospital It was provided in the hospital where in the process and over the last while of recruiting additional staff Through that and we've seen the budget for example I don't know what you're saying and we were going really well there open to laughter the permanent appointment of the second Uh second uh breast check uh breast surgeon But you know, I mean people want to people appreciate your words about how you know recruitment investment But but what we hear all the time is if people's experience and it's not the staff they do very well But you know the people's experience seems to be dis improving So uh, we need to be feel assured that this investment in this recruitment is actually improving those services because sometimes It feels like we're going in the other direction. I appreciate your comments final quick word 37 key key to that key to key to that is the staffing and and the investment and we've seen that the the budget of the hospital For example go from a hundred million euro five or six years ago to 160 million euro today, but Absolutely, that's an improved 60 percent. I'll take your point. That's it. It's about the delivery very fine You know yourself the only opinion polls that matter are the opinion polls on election day Uh, I presume you probably get the farmers journal on the wednesday night. You can't wait to get into it There's a bit of a study on the popularity of the government Fina for filigale as the government combined really popular. It seems amongst the farming community you yourself Your the all rating is not bad. I don't know at a difficult time 21 farmers are positive towards you 36 percent are indifferent so easily swayed 43 percent less than half negative What what's your action to that? I mean Is that a success in in difficult times with all the challenges that you have less than half of farmers negative towards you I mean it's a half glass half full thing or does it not matter a hate? No, you can look at it either way and listen you can control the polls, but I like I have been Doing everything I can as minister to to support the farming community and to work on their behalf And and ultimately then I mean people forming a view When it comes to times to make decisions in terms of Elections and that on that and polls are can be useful in the interim period I know this wasn't a poll conducted by a polling company as such It was a sample by the the farmers journal themselves But I think um, listen, I've been you know, I've been happy with the feedback I've been getting for farmers around dunnig all in particular I think certainly the the common agricultural policy program which I've brought forward Is one that farmers across dunnig all feel is one that's very strong for them and very much recognizes their needs And is bringing the additional funding to the county and to the beef and sheep sector in particular and The schemes I've brought forward this year in terms of the tillage scheme and the The the fodder support scheme the 1000 euro per farm family as well to to make hay and silage this year Has been welcome. So listen, we keep working hard. Um, you certainly uh, you and politics You'll never please everyone and that's very true in the in the in the farming and farming Sorry, but but I have a good relationship working behalf of farmers and working hard for for fishers as well I have to say but and also in general areas in relation to the county, but um, Okay, that's that's that's all you ever control over is is doing the best you can. All right. Thanks for that I appreciate it. That's minister charlomacanologue minister for agriculture food and the marine Just to let you know later on today paul mclaughlin of balak their garden centre He'll be on after 11 o'clock. He's answering your gardening questions. So what questions do you have? Every week every month brings up new situations. So we're going to talk a little bit about lawns We're going to be talking about watering the importance of that and bloom is ongoing as well too. 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It's you know, there's no ambiguity here It's quite clearly to keep these camper vans out. George Dumbigan is a member of total motorhome arland. He joins us now. Thanks, george Hi, how you doing? All right. What's your reaction to this? You know, no room at the end even if you bring your in yourself Yes, uh, you're a little bit concerned about the trend that seems to be happening that we're being excluded from some of these places and uh It's a little concerning You know, sometimes we just like to stop by for a few hours and go for a walk on the beach Like anyone else And we feel that our motorhome is no different than the car in most ways Uh, as a matter of fact, I think we're probably less put less strain on the Facilities there because we use itself contain we bring our own water in our own toilet facility We don't have to use them But what you say makes an awful lot of sense because one of the attractions and it's in right across continental europe as well Is I mean, there's two ways of doing it. Isn't there you have a car and you tow a caravan or you have a motorhome where It's all combined. So if you're touring In the the camper at the motorhome You know, you're going to be driving to the beaches driving to the walks Pot up sign saying no overnight staying Enforce that but to ban you from visiting these places simply because you're driving this type of vehicle I don't think it's fair. It seems it seems like taking a sledgehammer to crack a knot absolutely I say the the the reasoning behind it is mostly because they say it puts more strain on the Facilities and I just don't I don't see that I see that The average car can carry five people most motorhomes Those are going to have two people and them are three of the most So we're we're going to be less strain Um, so I'm just not quite sure what they're trying to accomplish. No because the the the language they use This is the spokesperson say in recent years these car parks have become increasingly popular with camper vans and caravans However, they've limited parking spaces available and run the risk of being overwhelmed when Disproportionate numbers of camper vans and caravans spend prolonged periods of time at these locations Obviously the prolonged period of time might be the key words there, but Why? Just because your vehicle is a little bit higher Should you not be able to go and spend an hour or two walking the beach? Like everybody else There's no reason I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to a lot of these vans You know, I think the majority we might see what brother I couldn't akin to the size of a transit van Or you know, maybe they're a little bit higher, but in terms of the car parking with they would take up They're not much bigger than that Yeah, exactly My motorhome for instance is a bit larger And uh, I'm very careful about where I park it if I'm You know making sure that I don't block anybody or or inconvenience anyone But uh, like say most of the camp smaller camper vans, you know, absolutely no different than a car And they're the thing is that they they are um Designated as a car like if we go through a toll road or anything we pay as a car We don't pay any different and uh, I was really in in in order to exclude A particular class of vehicle from a parking lot and the council would have to make a specific by-law um designating those vehicles as a specific Class and they may way have done so now this spokesperson also said that the height barriers at beaches aren't locked right, okay So they're just sitting there, but they can be locked if if required so From your perspective, you don't know Until you get there whether or not you have access now I'm not sure if they're locked in situ and you can go and lift them and rotate them and drive through and close them Again, or if they're they're off to one side it all sounds very very confusing not very welcoming At least if you knew precisely the situation you could deal with it Yeah, and I think the council, you know, instead of seeing this as a problem. I think we need to see it as an opportunity um, like the total mode of home island, uh, we have close to 10 000 members in ireland northern ireland And uh, you know, there's a lot of money to be spent there so A lot of them right now we're filling on welcome in a lot of places. So we're bypassing And spend our money elsewhere, but you would know that the council is currently Uh offering grants and assistance to people to create Parking spaces for camper vans and and provide facilities Do you think it's possible really that you're being seen as a cash cow? Stop you going where you can go for free so that we can direct you to some of these new places where you can Be charged for I mean and is that acceptable if that were to be say arguably the motivation Yeah, and most people in in our community have have no problem with paying a small fee uh to park it's great and um In principle a lot of pubs and restaurants now are are taking advantage of the situation and And allowing the camper vans and campers to uh to park in their parking lot as long as they use the restaurant And some of them will charge you 10 10 euro a night to stay over you don't mind that and and then they'll give you a 10 euros off your meal if you eat in the restaurant All right. Well, that's that business deserves to be supported because they're thinking outside the box somewhat Have you have you traveled elsewhere george? Um, and if so, how does it compare to our attitude here in ireland? Um, of course, I I haven't traveled outside of ireland yet But many many people have and yeah, there's a huge difference between here and like france or spain where they cater To the to the encamp revenge and they know that there's money to be made Um, a little tip that I just saw is um Kind of care. Let me just spend until I get my piece of paper ready here There was a um Both why do you look for that? Let me leave the car park. What's that say that again? Well, we were traveling just recently. We went up to northern island. We went to the Motorcycle races up there And on our way back, you know, we drove up around the coast And we we came to a beautiful spot called port And an easy car park in view point to train near belly a belly castle near the care career roll bridge Beautiful spot and we were able to pull in there at our motor home and stop For an hour and enjoy the the view No high barriers. No nothing and uh, you know, it wasn't the There was only two motor homes in there ourselves and someone else And uh, you know, this is the way it should be right So um in terms of though this is a decision the council say they made off the back of a public consultation which included You know caravan and camper van owners motor home owners So, I mean if this is the will of the people I would love to see the statistics on I would love to see I'm not sure if it's available, but it would be interesting how many people Gave out about camper vans and caravans taking up parking spaces at beaches. I think that would be useful Uh, if it's not available for that to be made available So we know how close to the will of the people this is this is compared to how, you know I just would I would personally as a journalist would like to see The level of submissions from the public saying that camper vans motor homes are a problem in beach car parks I don't think that's under an unreasonable request. Is it? No, I don't I mean, I understand that it is a problem in certain places and But I like say that can be it can be controlled and instead of taking the easy way out and taking the easy way out and um, I like to say to make proper proper signs for the times of You can stay there. Yeah, and I think most of us are law-abiding and respect signs. You know, we always talk about enforcement I think most of us do stay where you are because Eddie's on board with you. Eddie. Good morning Good morning. Great. Are you a motor home driver as well, Eddie? I I am indeed and I'm what the George there in the tmi group But that as George says we have 10,000 members north and south in the country a lot of money that's You know exchanged hands for for our motor homes camper land, etc. You know, and we We contributed a lot to society financially Especially during the the summer months, but right throughout the year on like any other tourist activity Now, you mentioned there earlier on there, Greg. Yes, but barriers not being locked I think that may be may have come from an earlier barrier that had been erected at The the the pier in Dunfanny. Yes, but it was locked and it prevented It was put there it was put on by a member of the public And and it prevented emergency services from getting in in the event of an emergency, you know So whether that would be the reason that they don't have the lock on on the barrier I'm not sure but barriers as George says barriers discriminate and we feel discriminated But Eddie is it possible right on the facebook groups or forums or wherever you communicate that if you said right Let's just pick merver beach for example. There's a lovely car park at merver beach Um and you know, there's no height restriction there and it's right on the wild atlantic way a beautiful spot Is it not possible that others might go all right? That's okay And next thing you know, you would have seven or eight motorhomes or caravans parked in there And then it starts restricting access for everyone else. I mean, is that what they're trying to avoid? Is that a scenario that actually happens, Eddie? Yes, I would mean we have to be realistic here. There are people Especially since the pandemic started there people couldn't go abroad and home and the porches camper vans motorhomes vans, etc And they're not a member of any group and they don't know the ethos that that we have with us Where we leave everything exactly the way we found it and in most cases cleaner Now that is that is part of our ethos as not just tmi But all motorhomes and would it be fair to say that actually people that are members of your Group that you talk of might be actually the first to call out People who are leaving stuff behind them are making a mess Absolutely. And the other thing Greg is that you know, I would often go into parks there and see some vans made up vans Or small camper vans that have been purchased by some individuals But a very very small percentage of the overall sector you're talking about point of A percentage and they don't understand that you don't take out deck chairs if you go into a car park They don't understand that you you don't use barbecues. They don't understand You know, just the very okay. Well, let me put it to both my solution I I I had been I had been at my myself and um, um, uh, another member of tmi Where I was down at the silver taxi there, uh, last week when the donning all cutting council were You know advertising for this grant that you mentioned earlier on now the the council says that they said two things that What what people are doing is putting putting up signs to say that That you can park here But there's an alternative place where you can park at That's now at least at least that that is something but I suggested to them down there on the day that The litter warden is mobile in the country now I don't know what whether they have one two or three litter wardens in the country But surely this small task can be given to the litter warden where he goes He goes into he goes into the car park He sees where a van or a camper van or whatever Is not doing what they should be doing. He approaches them and says you're look at the sign If they have the proper signage up before they put the barriers up Okay, but I mean you're up there. Yeah, I get you any but you know, let let him police that Yeah, but we're a massive county, but I take what you I take your point Let me put it to both of you finally though You know, there are Fantastic facilities in some parts of Donegal and hopefully we're going to increase on that So where you can you can get rid of your wastewater effectively you've access to fresh water and electricity That requires an awful lot of investment maintenance insurance and everything Is it fair for us to say well? We don't have those type of facilities when many people wouldn't use them because they can go into a beach car park For example for free in other words, you know, is this not really a fair enough compromise that we let's increase paid for facilities But that means we also have to restrict People staying long term in free facilities. What do you think of that? George? Do you understand the the the balance that has to be struck there? Well, absolutely I don't think that you know An ordinary parking lot should be used that much for overnight camping and I would never do that I'm not interested in spending the night in a in a car park But uh, some people might but there are places where there's plenty of room To do that if you want to do a visit during the day before you head off on on any journey Okay, George listen. Thanks for your time this morning. I really appreciate eddie. Thank you for your time as well Okay. All right. Take care of yourselves. Happy camping. I'll wait six 60 25 000 I get all sides of the argument try to present them there, but listen. I want your views I'll wait six 60 25 000 I can see it from all sides, but I think particularly if you're a motorhome driver So in other words, it's a converted van or something You can't really see Ireland if you can't get into the car parks of some of the nicest places Can you and is that going to discourage people coming from at all? Definitely if you're drawing a caravan You can drop that off where you're staying and then touring your car or jeep or van or whatever But if you're a motorhome owner And you're being banned access from beaches God forbid you'd have a dog with you as well. Uh, is that fair? Is that the right approach? It's like Trying to fix one problem, but it's impacting a whole group of other people right, okay, and The text coming in not hugely sympathetic. I think from what I can see we'll get to them as we take this break The 90 noon show is brought to you by letter. Kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions Visit letter. 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Good morning to adan Thanks very much for taking the call today Good morning to you Right now you say that the proposed defective block redress scheme is not workable. Why so Why so adan Currently is not workable in my opinion in its current format, but with a small amount of tweaks. I believe it would be essentially the The way the scheme is going to work initially as far as i'm aware Is that submissions will be made into the prior resolution board? And the housing agency and then the housing agency In conjunction with the priori resolution board will determine which properties are most severely damaged Prioritize them and then move on to say, okay, you can now proceed to repair the properties Where in your dealing with properties that are very significantly damaged and let's say that there are two different scenarios One is mica one is pyrite And now i'm being a little bit simplistic when i say mica only because currently there's a lot of people saying that there's also Apparatite problem with properties open to any goal in relation to mica That has yet to be fully diagnosed or fully determined in terms of extent And how it's going to affect the migration to any goal And there's a there has been a lot of discussion in relation to research, etc That is required to do that But if we take it that there are extremely but damaged badly damaged properties The decision is going to be relatively straightforward for the housing agency It'll be a demolition largely for the really badly damaged houses Whether they are mica or pyrite, that's fine And that is relatively straightforward to proceed on it if you're dealing with a demolition And you're demolishing down to the top of foundation level It is a planning application. You are talking about new building regulations for the entire property from the foundations up Some people are saying that you have to do the foundations as well Well, our practices are dealt with probably in excess of about two and a half thousand properties and repaired them currently to date And of those we have never come across one that actually required any work to the foundations Why is that if the foundation is made of the same material? How can homeowners be confident of building on top of that? I'm not saying it is always of the same material because you have different sized aggregate And essentially what will happen is that if you've got a very weak material like mudstone, for example When you crush it, it tends to go down into the very fine material It doesn't really crush into large solid fragments and therefore it tends to go into the fine component of a concrete The concrete mixes a blend of materials like a Christmas cake. So you have got powder, you've got sugar, you've got flour And you've got larger sized materials But essentially what you have is you've got maybe 25 30 or 40 newton concrete in your foundations. It's an extremely strong matrix It's a very well compacted and vibration materials. You don't have air voids You don't really have the same mechanism by which moisture and air can get in and cause expansion Okay, so then you talked about that's that that's that's scenario one scenario two Scenario two is where it then starts getting very difficult scenario two is where you are now Having a judgment called by an engineer in terms of what I believe it needs to be demolished Entirely or I believe it needs to be demolished partially or whatever the housing agency in those circumstances are saying that they are going to determine What is the appropriate resolution and they are then going to say right mr Uh engineer you can carry out the remedial option number one or immediate option number two What is the liability for an engineer in that because I would be if I were an engineer and I have I don't even understand really anything about it But I would be unless I was sure I'd be reluctant to put my name to it, right? So I think that could be one of the problems that you're identifying here What is that? What is the liability to an engineer? Is it just simply professional or is there actual illegal liability if they sign off on something that actually turns out To start deteriorating internally as well if the internal box will retain for example So you've just you've hit the nail on the head That is the problem the problem here is that there will be full legal liability because What has been suggested is that the engineer takes responsibility for the solution that the housing agency will direct the engineer to implement And adopted as their own solution engineers aren't going to underwrite the government No, no and that and that is the issue here And that's why I'm saying it is currently unworkable when we're dealing with these not so clear resolutions The ones that are extremely badly damaged. That's straightforward. The ones that are no damage at all That's straightforward. The ones in between is where the arguments are going to come And the biggest problem we have is that engineers cannot get professional damage the insurance To cover them says for a scenario that the insurance company is going to go Well, you don't know what we don't know what we're ensuring here because the insurance company themselves would have to take on a risk Why would they they try and limit their risk as much as possible? You talked about a couple of tweaks. Did you Could this work? What would it take? Yeah, it could work And I think the only way it can work in my opinion is that the decision is taken away from other bodies and left Singly with the engineer. Yeah, but the government is fearful that every engineer is going to err on the side of caution and say full demolition Um Then that is The how it will end up being and then but then the entire thing Goes from scaled from three billion to five billion And just keep on going In in the current environment, like we've had such huge increases in the bill costs That I I've already said and put on record. I'd say we're looking at 25 30 increase in general bill costs already And when you take that we're now saying that instead of partial rebuild it if it goes to a full demolition That then means you're bringing current building regulations, which brings another 38 percent increase in bill costs A cynic might say that this stall the inevitable stall of maybe a standoff between engineers and and Housing officials might play quite well in terms. It kicks the ball down the road a little bit That would be a cynical point of view. I'm sure you wouldn't share that No, I look I I'm too long the two to good to become a cynic in this regard and I've I've I've dealt with the housing agency for Many years now under the is three nine three nine eight scheme and to be fair if I'm extremely honorable I've I've found everybody I've dealt with being in the apartment environment nsai or the housing agency very straightforward and very honorable But the difficulty always is And has always been what you do with the gray area So under the three nine eight scheme, there are properties there that are shown Minuscule amounts of damage and while they may have slightly elevated levels of pyrite The homeowner is saying oh, we need our house completely remediated But there is no damage there and there are properties that That are of more urgent need to have that money spent on And different people homeowners are extremely subjective and I understand that I tend to be a little bit more clinical and objective and I kind of go okay You're not of the urgency phase now at the moment less deal with the more urgent And your damage may progress to become so that you move into the more urgent phase Yeah, is it an argument though to spend less and and uh fix the Less damaged houses at the at the same time rather than just presuming it's going to be a big spend For every property Yeah, but see every single house Okay, there's other another discussion here that has been thrown out there But it hasn't actually been brought forward and it really does need like we need to stop hiding behind sound bites And politicians come out with sound bites the whole time you understand that The sound bites are the most important thing for radio But if we say here, okay, it was suggested that we were going to pursue The queries and the suppliers well most those queries and suppliers are no longer trading no longer business Don't have assets etc. So that's a that's a reality check We we there may be some that are out there that we can pursue But that means and because each property is a separate legal entity You have to make a full judgment call and have full legal proofs that this property required remedials So when you say, okay, should we spend less money and just do some remediants? Which ones are you going to pick? Okay, and of course we don't do class actions in this country Thank you. Thank you for the time. It's very important to for me to point out if I didn't already that AOCA engineering consultants has consistently been the biggest consultancy in Ireland dealing with pyrite Since 207 and similar problems If if I were trying to come up with a scheme, it's you guys that I'd be going to For the advice. Thanks for your time this morning. Aiden very much appreciated Thank you very much. Take care. Take care of yourself. All right. Okay. That's interesting And as I say that's someone from right at the cold face there who understands that better than most Okay, it is 11 o'clock you tune to the 9 till noon show another hour on the way But first it's a news update. Good morning. Michaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning The angiogram service is to be retained at letter. Kenny university hospital Concern have been growing over the past number of weeks as the service wants to be withdrawn at the end of this month A meeting between the seal to health care group and members of the regional health form and a rock dis members this morning Was told that the go ahead has been given for the angiogram service to be provided by the hospital itself Guardian are continuing to appeal for information regarding the whereby of a woman missing from Dublin who is known to frequent Dunningall They say they are extremely concerned for the welfare of 50 year old clodum murphy Who was last seen in the rocks fox rocks area of Dublin 18 yesterday morning Meanwhile, police believe a woman missing from dairy may also be in Dunningall They say they are growing increasingly concerned for 32 year old 20 and shea She has said you have lost me a contact with family in the dairy area early this morning The housing minister has failed to agree to pre legislative scrutiny of the defective concrete blocks bill When asked in the doll by dunningall deputy pierce. Doherty if there would be pre legislative scrutiny Minister dara brine didn't offer a direct answer But instead said they are proceeding with the scheme in consultation with homeowners Nearly 44,000 fewer women were screened for breast cancer last year than in 2019 Just over 127,000 were screened by breast check in 2021 compared to nearly 171,002 years earlier A national slowdown day is in effect until 7 o'clock at two more morning as guardian calling drivers to reduce their speed for the weekend New research from the road safety authority has found the three-quarters of drivers speed on roads Those are the latest headlines. We'll be back with an update again at 12 noon Okay, mckaylor. 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Contribute to this fantastic charity and be in with a chance to win daily cash prizes of 400 euro books are now available from your local retailer Okay, paul's going to be joining us very shortly paul mcgloughlin of balagdere garden centre With your gardening questions get in touch with us If you want to get one in um 08 6 60 25 000 whatsapp 07 no 08 6 6 25 000 or call 07 4 9 1 25 000 right Let's see if I can Hear you mark Can I hear good more to paul? Sorry about your pardon Yes, hi, gregg. How are you good? I can't hear you. I'm fantastic paul Paul mcgloughlin has mentioned of balagdere garden centre right bloom. Have you been done to it? Is it uh, Bloom I would go to bloom I would go to bloom most years up until covid and say that probably the previous ten had been to it It's actually it's a brilliant weekend away. Talk to me. What is it? What happens? Uh, it's just supposed to build as Ireland's premier garden festivals like a sort of mini chelsea flower show Yeah, but it's great to have Um, obviously show gardens there and stuff and they have like stalls We can buy plants and stuff and yeah, and there's food and there's drink But like so people create gardens At what scale do they do it up? Uh, something quite big now Probably chatting financially could be up to hundreds of thousands euros. They're all built over the course of the last month Showing for four days then taking a part again. Hopefully someone will be sold on if you know someone just come back into parts So do but in terms of flower arrangement and stuff that massive marquee's there We sort of flower arrangements and stuff But definitely if you're in the garden now that's definitely worth the trip and obviously like everything There's trends there's trends in planting this trends in flowers I presume that's all on show as well and whatever wins might dictate The calls that you're getting absolutely generally the show gardens that reflect what sort of is in fashion and the drive The fashion as well if you know what I mean, so generally what plants what plants featured bloom We will see in demand next year. Yeah, it's interesting stuff. Um, you didn't get down this year No, you're not getting down this year. No, we're just too busy at the minute. So we are unfortunately Yeah, all right. Well, I know there's bus loads have headed down Already from donning all and I'm presumed from every they're looking at 25 000 a day over the four days of it So pretty much I had sectioned usually the sunday in the back holiday monday There'd be huge crowds all together for some if you were going probably the thursday and friday It would be the better days to go because it's wee bit quieter for some people flowers are gareth brooks or edgier Very much so Right. All right What's the story with our lawns now because this cover is probably a lot of what people are listening to If you're lucky enough to have a wee bit of space around your property Um, the lawns, I mean you could be cutting them every day It feels sometimes at this stage depending on where you are. What's the situation? What are we seeing at the moment? Uh, very much the one at the lawns are Lawns theoretically should be growing flat out at the moment, but their growth has been sort of patchy at the moment That's been quite cold. So it has because it was said for you know, four or five six degrees overnight Pretty much growth isn't where it should be But I'd say if it comes good now, it was the forecast was good for over the weekend But now you should be prime time for it growing So and if it actually comes dry in the next week while it's a good idea to lift the blades You're on more than a few clicks just actually not put too much stress in the lawn We cut them too short Is that why you might see sort of whitey yellow wee patches if you're you're just going too aggressive at it? Pretty much a lot of people sort of go aggressive Some people are not big fans of cutting the lawn and generally that cut it very low to make it last longer Basically, so it's but that's a good idea to keep it up But just put a wee bit less stress on the grass. All right And in terms of fertilizing is this a good time of the year to do that? Now it's perfect time to put on fertilizer Actually, a lot of people would have done sort of spring treatments with a feedweed and masculine earlier But if you hadn't actually just green up the lawn a bit A wee bit of a sort of spring summer fertilizer now would be perfect Is that expensive at the moment? Yes Hard to get Hard to get an expensive genoise so about a hundred percent up on what it was last year Right So doesn't that seem to be across the board Okay In terms of fertilizers Right, okay, but still if if if you want results you're gonna have to dig deep for them That's just the bottom line There's no alternatives. Is there any sort of cheaper alternatives? Um, once again you can use seaweed stuff like that On a seaweed is a good, it is an element within us called just mannitol I think you've got Which actually unlocks the sort of fertilizer that's already in the ground So it can be quite good But generally seaweed you get away with for one year Half that you probably end up having to go back to that nitrogen based stuff And does the seaweed, I mean does it go on in seaweed form Or is it grounded down to a powder or what way does that work? You get it in many forms now Uh, generally you can actually buy it in liquid form That's actually made in Donegal down here And Donegal so it's a good local product Okay, because you know if I had not asked you that It would have just ended up at like there was a high tide at my house Yes But funny we actually do that quite often for people with raised beds and stuff Yeah What people would do actually is go down and say September, October Harvest seaweed just in its own form And it's less noticeable obviously in that environment Pretty much and just lay it on top of the bed And actually just leave it over the winter then chop it in All right, uh, Paul let's get to some questions here We'll talk about watering and stuff as we wear on What is a good fast growing hedge for a windy site? Pretty much our most popular hedge down there by far would be Grysalinia Which is a nevergreen hedge sort of limey green leaf And the stems on are quite flexible So on a windy site they tend to flex with the wind As opposed to standing up to it Okay, uh, I have Sweet Pea grown from seed And I planted out five and they got eight at base What's attacking my Sweet Peas? The Sweet Pea chances are slugs I would have thought it'd be my number one suspect This year has been actually because it's been mild winter And that seems to be a huge amount of aphids About the green fly and white fly Seems to be doing a huge bit If you look at the underside of whatever leaves is left Pretty much you'd see any signs of green fly or that Otherwise I would suspect slugs Okay, so this is, I suspect a little bit like some A lot of us has pulled out the pots, right? They've taken the old plants out And they're sitting there full with compost from last year They want to know can they reuse that compost? Can you just maybe give it a squirt of chicken poo Or tomato food and plant into it? Yeah, sorry That pretty much would depend the size of the pot A lot of the time you're putting in your flowers And you want to get the best out of them So you need a fair bit of nutrition there You could sort of rejuvenate the old stuff But ideally what you're doing a fair size pot Would be actually remove half of it And as you remove it once again and get back to your slugs Check it for like slug and snail eggs Or something like that Because it is enriched with nutrients presumably And the flowers eat that And they draw that food source from it So you end up with what might look the same But doesn't contain the same Pretty much, and on a big pot It's not practically good at all The compost is really new at all every year So if you do half every year What could be eating my sunflower plants? Once again, probably either your aphids or your slugs What's an aphid again? An aphid is the green flower, the white flower Now this caller says the sunflower plants Some of them are completely eaten down to the stem It's the first year this has happened Yes Once again, I'd say your mild winter is probably the root cause All of that Because the eggs and stuff didn't get killed off With the natural frost as should have been But sort of just keep an eye on it And you get organic slug pellets and stuff like that Now so you can actually put them around it And it should help If you do that once or twice it should sort of dwindle the population Discourage them, yeah, okay Right, I can't seem to keep any indoor cactus alive Should the soil be dry because they're desert plants Do you have any tips on this? Now I would have thought if you aren't really green fingered The thing you kind of go towards is a cactus Yeah, pretty much cactus should be very easily grown So it should, the arid desert plants will do like it dry So they do, and funny, some people think about that Get around what can happen when indoor plants are regular water Is like you sort of forget about them for two, three weeks or both And then pretty much you'd remember twice in two days And sort of flood them if you know what I mean So a good test of that is actually to use your fingernail If you dip your fingernail into the soil at the top of the pot Generally a plant if it's still dry down to the depth of your fingernail It needs water, but cactus would tend to sort of go a wee bit less Yeah, so how often would you water a cactus? It depends on the humidity in your house, of course And stuff like that, but is there a rule of thumb? Even time of year Probably if you get into the habit of checking every couple of weeks I would say, but generally probably three to four weeks Because the top will dry out anyway because of the environment of the house That's why you're digging in a little bit to find out what's happening in the soil Yeah, and sometimes actually if we're too close to like a north facing window as well It can be chill to get some Yeah, all right Okay, you don't want chilly cactus Trying to grow an evergreen hedging around my garden And I'm doing it from clippings What's the best method to go about this? Generally clippings, a lot of people do it just by putting Obviously it depends on the type of hedge that you're growing But a lot of people what you do is sort of August, September time Is take loads of clippings and put them into pots And actually put them, you can make like a, if you google it Even you can make like a makeshift sort of greenhouse You want to see their taking first before you come to them, yeah? Yeah, and the other thing about it is taking cutlass like that It's sort of, it's an exact science And what you want to do, if you say you want to get 50 plants We'll be putting 150 Yeah Because you're never going to get 100% Right, okay So just make sure your volume is on person If you're clipping the hedge, you're getting the cutlass for free anyway So you meant we do plenty All right I've seen videos online where potted plants are sat in a basin of water And watered this way, you leave them until the plant has stopped sucking up the water Ever heard, tell her that? Is it beneficial? Yes, it would be quite beneficial, all right If you go on holidays, I think, or away for a week or so Pretty much leaving them permanently in the dish of water Is probably not good in terms of taking up too much water And can actually rot the roots a bit So what you would do is, generally, if you have a saucer Someone set it in it for about 20 minutes That should be enough time for it Okay, so it's not a long-term watering solution And if you go away for the thing, a lot of people would do is To make a sort of a wick As they get a few bath towels into them in the bath As you wet them Use them like a wick and set your mask down So it regulates the water intake to some extent But it doesn't stop it I have never gone before And I want to put up hanging baskets at the front door Which do you recommend for first-timers And can they stay out in heavy rain? Yes, probably the easiest plant for hanging baskets Would be the Petunias or Nestertiums Either of which would be a very easy sort of mandate Pretty much all you have to do with them is just water Once you water regularly, they'll actually fly on So they won't have... Exactly, it is easy I mean, it's not complicated You know, plants are like weeds They're in the same family If they're fed and they're in a decent environment They'll grow and they'll keep growing all summer for you Absolutely And you'll get great results really quick If you do nothing else and just keep up in the water You're pretty much guaranteed results And another thing I've noticed too If you go into a garden center like yours or others The people there can't help you enough Yes, absolutely not, they're what they got We can be a bit shy to ask But once you ask, they go, well, where is it? What do you want? What colors do you like? And next thing you know, they're, you know Yeah, no, like I said People in the garden centers tend to be fairly passionate About their plants So they are only too happy to help Skimmy in pots Do I use Eric? It's almost like this is... Ericaceous Hold on, I was going to try it myself Don't spoil it I'm going to try it again Please ask for planting skimmy in pots Do I use Ericaceous compost? Ericaceous compost Did it do alright? Yes, perfect So Ericaceous compost Yes, the wood benefit probably from Ericaceous compost Alright, that's the lime-free stuff Yeah, alright We get, you know yourself all the time We get questions on roses So what should or shouldn't we be doing it This time of year? Roses pretty much Ideally by now you want to fed them They're just sort of starting to come into bloom now So they are So generally a good feed at the start of the year We're a granular sort of fertilizer And keep an eye on them For the likes of your green flyer Because roses, green flyers love them So they do Right Then just keep an eye as well You get black spot Tends to come on them at this time of year This a day like today Sort of a mildish damp day Ideal time for black spot Right, okay What can you do about that though? Generally get sprayed They're very cold They're actually They're a few sort of more organic methods you can use But generally the big thing is If your rose is well fed And a healthy plant It's able to fight off Attacks better than Well, you wouldn't be in favour of Because you know obviously they're beautiful Different colours Beautiful smells Is there any advantage to spraying them You know routinely As a deterrent to the likes of black spot Yeah, like a lot of those rose growers Would actually spray every 10 days Regardless So they would Yeah Generally what the thing is going to A fungal treatment is going to help them Keep away the black spot So generally if you get into a routine That probably is If you want So it shows specimen roses That would be the way to go And another enemy of the roses The green flies Is there anything Yes, the green flyer They just love them Yeah, what can you do Rather than give them a banquet There are a few things there One would be to actually Spray them just water and spray liquid Yeah Would actually help to jet them off that way Okay, brilliant stuff Listen Paul, thanks as always Grant, thank you very much I really appreciate it And thank you to everyone Who texted in with questions Anything we didn't get to We'll carry over Paul will be back for us With us in a couple of weeks That's Paul McLaughlin Of Balloch Dirt Garden Centre Just down the road from us Here at the mountaintop In Leather County, isn't that right? 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Ah, not too bad Fantastic What about you, Simon? Got a laden kickin' Good stuff Listen, you used to sound very exciting Heading off on tour next month Yep What's going on there? Where are you going? What are you doing? We're going to Ottawa and Canada We're playing a few shows We're playing the Almond Keltfest And then we're playing Redbird Live And are we winery? And we're doing a wee songwriting workshop And we're over there So a few things lined up Is it exciting? Or are we nerve wracking our mixer? Yes, both Because we've been out of, obviously, for obvious reasons We've had a bit of time back now But we've been out of the groove a wee But we've all changed a little bit You know, it's not just about artistically It's about, you know, our attitudes to everything and stuff True Plus the Q's and Dublin airport's not helping Well, hopefully they'll get it sorted by July Or we're completely Banjaxed all together And are you out sort of meeting a new audience In Ottawa, Simon? Or do you have a fan base there already? Or what's the story? Hopefully We have some people I don't know if we have a few Canadian fans yet Actually, one of the messages saying we'll be there At the festival So that's cool We've never met these people But it's a class that we can connect That's through social media, presumably So those connections have been built up Anywhere else? Is it going anywhere else? Or just focusing on Canada for now? Canada with a few local shows lined up too We'll be playing actually for the Bringing it Home Festival And on Fana He on the 24th of June before we go So that'll be in the oyster And then when we come back We'll be headlining the club yard on the 19th of August So now a few things lined up Very good And what in terms of songwriting and stuff You know, I mean I presume you still did a lot of that Through lockdown Worked together Were they any good? Because I often think, you know So I don't mean this badly But you know, when you're trapped inside And you're writing stuff And then obviously we're back out again If you reflect on it and go What was going through our heads when we were writing that Or are you happy with your output? To be fair, like our songs were sad before But oh my god It's different level stuff now all together It's another level And we've been at both, you know And we're kind of, you know It was a nice love of the time as well Yeah I think at the start to a lockdown I think every musician was in the same way It was just like, oh, we know we've all this time to write music And then when it came to it we were just like Yeah, because you can't just pull it out of the air, can you? I mean, it has to be You're presuming you have to be in a space to sort of You know, good or bad or whatever it might be It was where I think I feel like you're putting so much pressure on that first time That you're just like, oh, we have all this time We have to write And when you're the busyest That's probably when the ideas come flying in You have to take your notes But you have least time to You've got all the You've got the momentum I don't know how long the flight is to Canada But sure, you can bang out a couple A couple of songs on the plane In terms of releasing music What's the situation there? Yeah, we just released a single there on Friday Called Nightingale So that's actually available now everywhere Spotify, Amazon Everywhere online Preferably if you can buy it Ideally, if you want to buy it, that'd be great But Spotify is great for getting We talked earlier on about reaching fans all over the place All through that And them being able to interact And feed back with you And of course there's, I presume, like other parts of Canada There's probably a decent Irish community over there as well It would be a real treat for them To see a couple of guys from Donegal landing over Yeah, well, the festival we're playing at Is kind of a Celtic festival anyway So it'll be nice, yeah Good stuff Right, so are you going to perform for us now? What are you going to do? The new singles? We'll do the new single, yeah Okay, so this is Nightingale Right, okay And it'll be heard in Leo's tavern in August and in Atua in July But live for you now here on The Lantel Noon Show Here's Karen Kelly, Simon McCaffery Collectively Without Willow Alright, that's lovely Nightingale from Karen Kelly and Simon McCaffery Which begs the question Because I think these are, you know, one of the most well known groups What's taking four years to get a song out Since your last single, it's four years, isn't it? Yep Oh, just life, you know We didn't get the word, we weren't able to meet up for a long time Yeah, I'm really Just didn't get round to it I like it, that's the right answer That's literally my answer to everything I just didn't get round to it So it's quite refreshing to hear Do you actually write songs together? Is that possible? Can two people write a song at the same time? Yeah, we have kind of sat down at the table and say we'll have a guitar idea And I'll just kind of start writing a melody and vocals award Because I would do a lot of her And then you say, well, that would sound good in there and all that kind of stuff Yeah, brilliant to suppose, yeah, it works well Are you just doing the one or are you doing another one for us? Can you do another one? Yeah, that'd be fantastic As I say, just for you tuning in, we are in the company of Without Willow, Karen and Simon That was their brand new song, Nightingale The first single released since 2018 It's released ahead of a miniature of Ottawa in July Karen's also going to be running songwriting workshops over there Which will be of huge benefit if you've just listened to what they've put together And locally in August in Leo's Tavern All right, what are we going to hear next? Do you think? So this is another new one called As Autumn Falls Lovely, okay, whenever yous are ready I will view the trees I've changed since that last song My night's grown Cobblestone and suitcase said Hoping you might stay by a stone Cold leaves with the ease fall Could let go and trust it Cobblestone and suitcase said Cobblestone and suitcase said All right, Without Willow there The new single is available for you now on all the usual platforms And you can go and hear the studio version of that Which was engineered by Ari McBrurty And featured the talents of Cello player Laura McFadden Listen, thank you both very much Safe journeys and huge success for the future as always What do you sing in the shower? Out of interest Because obviously the music you hear I don't sing in the shower A lot of you, yeah of course you do A lot of your own music is, you know, it's haunting And melodic and that kind of stuff I'm not, would you sing it in the shower? I would sing like, also like the big 80s hits in the shower Yeah, like Carlson's When I'm Fun or something Exactly All right, okay What about you, Simon? What do you sing in the shower? Actually, don't I just get Good night or just not so sure Worried like that I wash three bits and away we go Listen Listen, both of you, thank you very much indeed I really appreciate it That's without willow there Back with more on the program after the break Stay where you are It's not need to go on about this Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Strawberry He says he's quite fresh like But I'm a little strawberry Like come on Torn up, what did you have to say? Yeah, yeah, you're joking me He did what? Everyone loves little beef Well, almost everyone Lidl, more for you Your specialty is quality tiles, bathroom suites and wooden floors Who is the best range of tiles and dunny gold? Crawford tiles The best wood flooring? Crawford tiles The best bathroom suites? Crawford tiles Five day bathroom refits? 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Fine, and as much as you're comfortable in explaining the situation And what happened, that's up to you But we know that someone close to you Ended up having to go to hospital So pick it up from there as much as you want to say, Caroline Yeah, well, my good friend She went to hospital eight weeks And she was sleeping in a mass carriage And she had a certain A and E for four hours While she was going through this And that's a very personal journey To go through and a very traumatising journey to go through And I couldn't understand it Because whenever I was having my children My eldest is 25 and my youngest is 8 And the thing like that was to happen to me Or with my friends We just went to the doctor and directly to Guiney And the ladies was very private And very personal there And gave us the treatment that With empathy and care and kindness And very gentle But when you're sitting in an A and E department With God knows maybe 20 or 30 people around you You're always sure to meet somebody You know, and they're saying, oh, what's wrong? You're already in for it You don't want to be disgusted And it's not about, you know, no disrespect To someone with a broken ankle There's an awful lot of emotional stuff Potentially going on What I find confusing about this, Carol Caroline, sorry Is because ourselves during lockdown For similar reasons Had to go to the hospital And went in through the front door Now officer, I wasn't allowed in It wasn't through the ED So how recently is this changed? Oh, see, I don't know And that's what I'm hoping that you shall find out For me because So then my friend went on then at 12 Because she actually did suffer a loss And it was, but she still had to go then To A and E again Even though she was talking to her doctor And talking to Guiney She still had to go through this protocol Of being tree-eyed in A and E Now we're going backwards with all our Health up there, can I? Because of 25 years ago I could have went straight to Guiney from my doctor And now you have to go through A and E That's so inhumane Now in relation to the second experience Was it a long wait in ED as well at that time? Three hours at that time And she was actually in that mess She was there in the toilet That's what I was going to say Yeah, I was going to say We spoke her baby And I'm sorry, that's why Not we shouldn't be saying this over here But that is Well, you know what? We can't hide from him So what do you mean? Yeah Then dignity of it all And the same age And my heart broke for her Because she didn't have the privacy of her own wee room Where you go to Guiney If something like that happens You get your private wee room The nurses is tough and hazy They're just so good at what they do up there And they're giving you all the empathy that you need And privacy Look, privacy is the main thing You know And her partner wasn't even with her Until she went up to Guiney You know? Yeah That's crazy I mean, so this is She's not At that point, she's not in a pre-care situation Where you're sitting waiting for care That is in any situation Where people understand the human side of things And the practicalities of what she was going through And what she has to deal with and manage Right, not just mentally but physically That should be right You're in You're in and we have a specific department for that You shouldn't be sitting there While the process is happening Waiting for that care We can't lose our empathy and our care No, we definitely can't It's a very sensitive situation again And you're going through trauma And it's not just you going through the trauma And you need your care system Your partner there with you To hold your hand and tell you, look I'm here with you It's very important for women to know That they're being heard and being listened to But you can't get that there When you're sitting in an open room With 20 or 30 other people that have broken lums Or like vomiting, bog and stuff like that And you're saying to yourself, please just get me to a private room You know, and why has this changed? Why now, can we not just go back to that? Maybe it was because of COVID I don't know, but I mean like Could we not just go back to going to the doctor And the doctor send us directly to the guy Now you're getting to that You know what's going to happen Caroline Is, and if it's not all happening already People are going to stay at home They're going to say I am not doing this I know what's happening Whether they're 100% right or not You know yourself I am not going to do this publicly Yeah, but then you have to think That they have to get checked No, I know Yes, of course I know But my point is, is unfortunately Someone might make that decision Because of this is the way they would be treated And that's what worries me They shouldn't They have to get in there and get seen straight away Because everything isn't always as it seems But I'm just worried that People go, I cannot physically go in there And go through this process Not under the care of the hospital And in public Yeah, and you know It has a very heart-breaking Thing to experience And it's very traumatising But this is an insult to injury By making ladies that are threatening To mascara or, you know, the likes To go through any That is just so There's no dignity in it at all People are, as far as I understand The way emergency departments work is They will decide who needs to be seen first Right, and I get that So someone has to make a decision That a woman clearly having a miscarriage Is down the line Three or four hours down the line I would have thought that this is one of those medical emergencies That is dealt with with compassion And through the front door Yeah, 100% Yeah, which it was It used to be like that all the time As I say, we don't need to be going backwards We have to start Keep going forward all the time And improving our maternity services I did just contact transforming births on EGAL They have now sent emails to the Minister for Health And I have contacted Thomas Pringle's office And he has sent emails to the hospital To find out why is this happening And why ladies in this position Have to sit for three and four hours Or even more There was a thread on the letter And oh my god, about this here And the amount of ladies that commented and said Yes, I had to go through an A and A This happened in that And I was sitting there thinking This is very traumatising for me to read Nevermind for them ladies to go through You know And it's heartbreaking Like in this teenage, I don't want my girls I have three girls and one of them is 22 I don't want her to ever have to experience a loss But if she does, I want her to I mean can you imagine sitting there for two hours And you feel for obvious reasons That you need to use a bathroom And you've got other people in there Maybe with vomiting and diarrhea And they're trying to get into that bathroom And you're in this public space This is happening to you And there are other people And you're thinking I know they're trying to get in How long can I stay in here You know, just even in that moment How that must feel Now we got a response from the HSE And I'm really disappointed by it To be honest with you Because firstly, they're hiding behind GDPR And secondly, they're effectively saying Sorry, this happened You can make a complaint That to me is an extension of the impassionates As I don't know if that's the right word But the impassionate treatment of this person Because not only is what she went through That was bad enough But now they're saying She can make a complaint if she likes We're not commenting on it That's ridiculous That's just And if she doesn't like the answer to the complaint She can go to the ombudsman Where is the heart there? Where is the humanity in any of this? Either in the initial treatment or in that response Sorry for the negative experience You know, make a complaint Have your say If you don't like our answer You can take it up with the ombudsman I mean, is that where we're at now? Yeah, well, that's ridiculous To be honest with you, that's a really pathetic answer But this lady did make a complaint So she did And then she was talking to a member of staff And she said to the member Why did I have to do this here? Why did I go through this? And the member of staff said Well, it's just because a senior member of staff Thought during Covid that that was the right thing to do Because you were triaged and you were swabbed And you were all out there And to stop infection But like Everything else has gone back Mostly to normal I don't know why You can't just go to your doctor To your Guineap department And that's it This is not a complaint There's enough people setting an A&E For other things without ladies that must carry something there too Yeah You know This is This also the response, okay This is not It's as if we're complaining about how long someone had to wait in A&E That's not the The issue here is not the length of wait Though that compounds the situation This is women that are clearly miscaraging Maybe have a GP referral But you know yourself and you head straight to the hospital That's what the plan is with that And you believe you go in the front door And you prepare yourself for every outcome You don't I don't ever associate If someone is having a suspected miscarriage Or is evidently having a miscarriage That that is a sit and wait in ED medical condition So make it complained They might say Well, we apologise for your long delay This should be about what is the policy here That's the conversation here Not sorry for your inconvenience This is what is your policy We can't continue to have these women And their families and partners And it's an incredibly stressful time for partners as well Have a situation whereby it's treated similarly to a broken finger Yeah As a bereavement at the end of the day Sadly, you know, a lot of them are being bereaved Like it's not been treated the way it should be treated Whereas the ampers here That's unhuman There's no dignity in it at all And what is the cut-off? Is there a different treatment for four weeks For eight weeks For 12 weeks What happens at 16 weeks? I know if you're over 16 weeks If you're over 16 weeks You go to the maternity then department But explain that to us Let us understand that What is the thought process behind that? Is it that oh well sure It's only 12 weeks I'm not trying to upset anyone okay And I'm not trying to throw fuel on the fire But we need to understand Why is what what's the the cut-off definition Has things changed since maybe Ireland's attitude to Things have changed I don't know like but we need answers All right We need thank you All right Caroline And my best wishes to your your friend Yeah, thanks Okay Genuinely all right Okay, thank you for that Listen what's your views on it Are we overstating it here 08 660 25000 What's that what's app and text to that number The 9 till noon show With letter Kenny credit union Now offering mortgages With life cover provided At no additional cost Letter Kenny credit union 9102127 A lot of the best things in life Have been a little out of reach for a while Like those belly clutching Back of the bus laughs Or having the chats with their mates As you're getting ready to go out We've all missed loads of things But luckily most of them are making a comeback And so are we at Faroaga Clubs Join thousands of adult volunteers Who make Faroaga Clubs a community Where young people can become who they want to be By giving them a space where they belong Become a volunteer today at faroaga.ie Okay, open wide there Perfect Let's have a look at these teeth A range of treatment benefits are available to employed Self-employed and retired people Who have the required number of PRSI contributions Some benefits are free Like eye tests and dental check-ups While for others you receive a contribution Towards the treatment Such as for hearing aids or wigs And now if you're 25 to 28 years old The number of contributions you need has been reduced Find out more at gov.ie Ford slash treatment benefit The treatment benefit scheme It's there for your benefit A government of Ireland initiative Brought to you by the Department of Social Protection Okay, I meant to mention actually As we were wrapping things up with Without Willow If you're out there, a musician out there You're creating or releasing new music Get in touch with us We have a number of slots over the course of the year We'll try and see what we can do now That we can have live music back in studio again Thankfully So if you are a musician or a band out there And don't prejudge what we play on Highland And it means it wouldn't fit in Get in touch with us And we'll see if we can work with you To give you the platform Which is not insignificant to hope It's the overnight staying of camper vans Staying its free parking I kind of put that point to that listener I'm going to run through some of your comments On different subjects here Greg, in January this year There was a tiny wee piece On the bottom of RTE's website Reporting that domestic violence against men Had risen 32% in the previous year I didn't hear it reported anywhere else Can you imagine if it had been a huge rise In violence against women What the outcry would have been Hopefully this Johnny Depp case Will encourage more male victims to come forward That comes in from Noel Yes, indeed Noel But I'll tell you what I don't want to be involved in Is versus versus You know women versus men You know men get We need to stamp all of that stuff out Now the 32% increase in violence against men Would be coming from a very low base It happens Men should report it And this should be backed up in doing so, okay But the reality is the overwhelming majority Of domestic violence victims are women But that does not mean We have to sort of compete one with the other I don't know where we get on with that Right, Pat O'Toole's political correspondent With the Irish Farmers Journal Good morning Pat Good morning We had Minister Charlie McConnelog earlier on I put three of the findings of your poll On farmers sentiment towards him It was a mixed bag There was some good in there, some bad And also you pull people on Their support for political parties What were your highlights that jumped out From you Pat on it? I suppose it's the Rose of Chintain They previously had polled 100 and 6% In a succession of polls over the last 15 years And that would have been in 2018 They reached 6% Now they're on 16 It's a significant increase I suppose it matches the rate of increase they're having In national opinion polls in the general population But at a lower rate So when Chintain were at 10% to 12% In the general population They were at 5% to 6% Half that level of support among farmers Now they're polling in the mid 30s And they're at half that in the farming population So they're still trending The farmers' patterns are changing more conservatively They're changing more slowly But they are changing And the impact of Chintain's emergence As a third force in electoral politics Is now manifesting in the farmer vote as well As of course are the rural independence at 20% Rural independence Or independence in rural constituencies Are a very significant force in our politics Although not in government But there's 23 independents You could say that 17 of them Are identifiably rural independents Who push very strongly on rural issues Whenever something like turf comes up Or rural transport Or farming supports Those people will come to the fore And their level of support is high and steady Yeah, and interestingly I think in fairness One of the first people to come out To counteract what Eamon Ryan was saying Was Leo Faradkar And he obviously was speaking to farmers I was not aware that really Finnegale seems to be Although they've dropped somewhat The party for the farming community Yeah, so traditionally And in page 16 In the third page of our analysis We look at a poll of polls Going back to 2007 Traditionally, and was picked up In those early polls Finnefal and Finnegale would have split The farming vote between them Polling in the low 40s Sharing that vote equally Finnefal's vote collapsed After the economy collapsed And some hard decisions Had to be made around farming And around the general economy It collapsed down in the low 20s And they've been stuck there ever since Finnegale on the other hand Surged up to over 60% And then It's only Pardon me In this recent poll That we've seen their level of support Has fallen very sharply down From the mid 40s to 37% But if you combine them 6 out of 10 farmers Still, you know, are in favour Of the government parties More than less than 50% Are dissatisfied With Charlie McConnelog It's not a bad school report For them given the environment Muyin, is it? Given the environment I think Charlie McConnelog's A little unfortunate I'm from Wexford down the far end Of the country But he would have Toured the march People wouldn't have known them That well in the southeast But especially since he became minister We've spent a lot of our time in lockdown But he toured the march To present the cap proposals Debated the issues with farmers And I think there was a level of respect for him And they think that the minister's rating In part Is held back by the rating That we're seeing for his party That Finnegale just can't gain traction They're stuck in the mid 20s They can't regain the level of support They had in the past You're right That there's absolutely no doubt That Finnegale and Finnegale have higher level of support In the farming population Than they do in the overall population But it's that historic load Combined support that Finnegale and Finnegale have At the moment is a little over 60% And that's historically low How did the grains get on If you dared ask? Negligible Yeah, they barely feature At sort of between 0 and 1% Consistently across poles The Labour Party have seen an increase in support But again off a low base So and that comes down to candidates often You know, you get regional disparities But you get disparities within individual constituencies So if you say take Sean Sherlock in Cork East He's a very popular candidate Agriculture spokesperson for the Labour Party Even though he's urban based He has a good support I think across And a lot of respect in the farming population So you pick up boats for the Labour Party In a constituency like that Whereas other rural constituencies Where the Labour candidate Or TD or Senator is less wedded into Rural issues in the rural community The Labour vote will be negligible In Ireland I suppose Because of our system of electoral politics The personality is very important And that's I suppose Why the rural independence are doing so well Even though they have no party base behind them And say for instance in your analysis of it Although Sinn Féin are showing gains Are they traditionally not seen to have strong policies on farming Or farmers don't like their policies Or they're not vocal enough on them I mean do you have in the last 30 seconds An analysis of that Pat? I think that Sinn Féin In terms of the policies we've gone for They are more popular with smaller farmers And part-time farmers They have been very strong advocates Of the flattening of payments in CAP They would have pushed for an absolutely flattening of CAP So they have targeted the constituency They have a coherent policy platform They have a very presentable Ag spokesperson and a very articulate Ag spokesperson and an invested one in Matt Carthy And I think that he has before him Martin Kenny similarly spoke very well On farming issues and I think broadening the appeal Of the party to the farmer base But I think generally the reality is That Sinn Féin are maturing as an electoral party And we're seeing the fruits of that in this poll Right and those polls and an awful lot more Are inside this week's Irish Farmers Journal Thanks Pat Appreciate it Pat, I'll tool their political correspondent With the Irish Farmers Journal Thanks to all of you for listening Or watching and taking part in the