 Friday panel is going to be joining us very shortly, but first, let's get a news update and it's over to Donna Marie Doherty. Thanks Greg, good morning. The Marine Casualty Incident Board have published a report into an incident involving kayakers on Mulroy Bay last year. The report finds that safety protocols were overlooked, resulting in the kayaks capsizing and posing a threat of death or serious injury. With more, here's Tara Duggan. On Saturday 19th March 2022, a group of six kayakers set out on a commercial guided trip on Mulroy Bay. The trip organizer and five clients were present. The clients were adults who typically lacked kayaking experience, with only one dressed in a wetsuit. The remainder wore clothing such as jeans and winter coats. In addition, one client couldn't swim. It was also revealed in the investigation that the trip organizer did not hold irrelevant kayaking instructor qualifications. All kayaks capsized when wind speed increased and the sea state deteriorated. Two clients in the double kayak were able to ride their kayak and make their way to the other side of the lock. Further two clients also made their way separately to shore, one having to swim for 20 minutes. The remaining client and trip organizer drifted in the water for roughly one hour after losing contact with their kayaks. They required hospital treatment, but were released later that day. The alarm was raised by a member of the public who witnessed the distress on the water. The MCIB has made safety recommendations addressed to the trip organizer, canoeing Ireland and sport Ireland, waterways safety Ireland, the Minister for Transport and all providers of paddle sports activities. And a link to that full report is available on our website highlandradio.com. The Donegal Local Community Development Committee is urging people to participate in a consultation on the local economic and community plan 2023 to 2029. Later and Peace Plus plans are also under discussion. Events are being hosted in nine venues across the county over the next week, at which people are being invited to comment on the goals of the plan. Councillor Neif Kennedy is chair of the Donegal LCDC and she says it's an important discussion and she hopes people and communities will be at the heart of it. It must come from the people, our people and our place. People and places mentioned so so much. All the topics that are coming up already are youth retention. How do we keep our young people, childcare came up quite a lot, transport in the county has come up. Looking after our older people, obviously housing is huge, small and medium enterprises is also huge and it's trying to make sure that nobody is left out. The Education Minister has told the State Examinations Commission that the leaving cert result should be released in August. Currently, students sitting the exams have no idea when they'll be able to collect their results. Last year, students were forced to wait until September 2nd, two weeks after they're traditionally issued. And looking now to weather, mostly cloudy with patches of mist and fog this morning, staying largely dry for the day with the occasional sunny spell, highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees. That's all for now. We'll have more news updates at 10 o'clock. Until then, good morning. Hello and a very good morning to you. It's six minutes past nine on this Friday, the 19th of May, 2023. Welcome to another edition of the Ninth of Noon Show. I'll introduce our Friday panel to you very shortly, but just to remind you that we want your views and comments as well. WhatsApp's and texts come into the show on 086625000 or you can call the team on 0749125000, but don't be afraid to share your views. You can also email comments at highlandradio.com and just an early reminder for you that if you want to watch the show, go to YouTube, Highland Radio Ireland on your Smart TV, Forestik, Phone or Laptop, and you can also watch us across our Facebook pages. OK, let's introduce our guests this morning. We've a lot to get through. Suzanne Rogers is a journalist, course director at Northwest Regional College. Good morning, Suzanne. Thanks so much for joining us. Good morning, Greg. Thanks very much for the opportunity. It's really great to have you back on the programme. Senator Pauline O'Reilly of the Green Party, Senator. Good morning. Good morning, Greg. Good to be back. Great to have you back on the programme. And a regular also on the show, Eamon McGee, former Inter-County footballer and columnist. Good morning, Eamon. Good morning, Greg. How's it going? Good, good, good. Great to have you with us again. OK, just reading a headline from May the 22nd, 2022, so three days off a year ago. The government has been secretly warned that the arrival of tens of thousands of refugees into towns and cities across the country poses a risk to social cohesion and integration. The memo also stated that the issue will be particularly felt among deprived communities. So no one, I would argue, can claim the current climate that seems to exist in Ireland comes as any surprise. There have been hundreds of protests this year against the placement of refugees. There's an ongoing standoff at refugee accommodation down in County Clair. And there's been two really quite serious separate attacks on refugee accommodation in Donegal in recent weeks in Bonkrana. A property that was going to house Ukrainian refugees, we're told, was very badly damaged in an arson attack. And also we saw that another accommodation with families in it, it has to be said, was targeted by someone throwing a firework towards the building. The owner of that building convinced that they tried to get that firework in through an open window, which hasn't really gathered as much attention as I thought it might. So, Senator O'Reilly, where do we go from here? Because I think we are in a real problem situation. And I don't hear any answers really coming from the powers that be. What's your view? I think it's really important to just say at the outset it's absolutely unacceptable, the kind of, you know, damaging behaviour that has happened. But they are isolated instances. So I just say that at the outset. And I would feel for anybody who's put into that vulnerable situation, those refugees who haven't felt a welcome, obviously. We have 84,000 refugees. That's how many has come in. And that's over the last year. And in the previous year, it was eight and a half thousand. So as you say, it is unprecedented. And I think that we have to accept that there has been a failure in housing for decades. And that's exacerbating, I think, some of the situation. So we have 6,000 extra accommodation since January has been located for these refugees. But every time, you know, refugees come in, it is a case of trying to find more accommodation. And so there is a pressure point there. And increase in supply of housing has to be part of the solution. And there's more housing has been, you know, we've had more housing than ever before last year. But that has to ramp up and has to continue. There's no doubt about that. But I think that, you know, it's one thing to protest outside Lensner House, outside a council chamber, outside, you know, the decision makers, but it's, I don't believe that it's acceptable at all to protest outside somebody's home, whether that's temporary or it's not temporary. And indeed, some of these haven't even been protests at all. They've been blockades, blocking food from getting to people was what was happening in Clare, for instance. And I would urge anybody who considers that to be to be acceptable to rethink. But is it acceptable? Is it acceptable for someone in Dublin to make a decision to house a group of refugees, asylum seekers in a rural part of Clare with no services, no shops in the vicinity, no street lighting, nothing for these predominantly young men in this instance to do with zero consultation with the local community? I mean, is that acceptable? I take your point that you believe the blockading is unacceptable, but is it acceptable to treat communities like that either? Because one follows the other and that doesn't justify what follows the initial decision, but that is where we're at. Well, the accommodation in some cases might not be perfect, but it's better than somebody sleeping on the street, which is the alternative, Greg. And I don't think that it is true that it's people in Dublin making decisions. It's absolutely decisions that are happening right across the country. But actually, the majority have been accommodated in Dublin. The vast majority have been accommodated in Dublin. But where there's accommodation, where somebody is willing to come forward and say, we have accommodation for X number of people, obviously the state's going to have to use that because that's the situation that we're in. And it's not perfect. But we have to, of course, it's important to consult with people, but it's not a negotiation. It can't be a negotiation that people say, well, we're just not having people. We never start to move. Why can't it be a negotiation, though? Whereby things like, if it's relevant, the local GP capacity, local hospital capacity, local school capacity, now school capacity is not relevant in the clear situation. But surely the right thing to do for the benefit of not just the refugees or the asylum seekers, but the local community is actually to have consultation. It's you're disregarded as if it's some sort of crazy notion. Absolutely not disregarding consultation. But we can't have a situation where everywhere, all over the country, people say, no, not here. Sorry, not coming into our county. And that's what's likely to happen in that situation. But of course, you know, obviously, it got based myself and there are places where there isn't there aren't as many services. And they're never top of the priority list in terms of accommodating people. You absolutely have to look at what the local services are. But as well, what we've announced this week is a huge fund to support services in areas where there have been refugees. 50 million from Donegal. And I'll come back to you in a moment, Senator. Suzanne Rogers, as I say, you know, the government were warned in this memo that we were going to find ourselves in this situation. I don't think we've reached the peak of it yet. We are seeing things accelerate. We're seeing it being OK and quite a bit of public support to burn, you know, tented villages effectively in Dublin. As I say, it seems setting fire to prospective accommodation in North Donegal is not necessarily headline news anymore. And we have down in County Clair. And I'm not in any way judging what's going on there. But we have an element of vigilantism in that, you know, we have people boarding buses and counting how many people are on buses and deciding how traffic moves in a particular area. So we are really quite a long way down the road of where the government was warned a year ago. And it's I can only see things getting worse. So we have to do something in a more immediate term. But your overview of it all at the moment, Suzanne. Well, I mean, the first thing that strikes me is you're absolutely right. The government knew what was going to happen. And just listening to Pauline there to kind of encapsulated where the problem lies, because on the one hand, she says, it's fine for people to go and demonstrate in Dublin at Lancaster House where decisions are being made. And then on the other hand, she's saying, oh, I don't agree that all the decisions are being made in Dublin. They're being made. But I also said council chambers to be fair, Suzanne. And then sorry, just let me carry on. And then she says, no, it can't be a consultation with people because people don't have the right to say no. Pauline, will you let me finish what I'm saying? Only if what you're saying is actually what I said. What you can say. I actually said it cannot be a consultation. You didn't think that. You did. I think, Senator, you did say it cannot be a consultation. Yeah, and then you contradicted yourself by saying, well, there have to be talks. We have to decide how and what areas not every area is going to be suitable. So that, to me, just demonstrates the absolute confusion over the handling of this situation. And what I would say is that the arguments that we're having are not the right arguments because at the minute, the arguments are the asylum seekers who are coming in, be they from Ukraine or be they economic migrants or from other areas are being pitted against local people. And that's wrong. That is not where the argument should be happening. Where the anger and the ire of people on both sides as refugees and as local Irish residents should be directed is that the government, which has been totally ineffective. And you have a situation where the Green Party were saying, we want to end direct provision. And now they're saying, we don't even have enough direct provision to house the people who are coming in. We currently have just over 500 people who are totally homeless. There's no accommodation for them anywhere. And that's the priority, try and get them into accommodation. But we also know that refugees are arriving into Ireland at a rate of around about 80 a day from the most recent figures that I got. And nobody is doing anything to sort out that situation. And what's happening is it's created a vacuum where coming into that you have local people who are quite rightly concerned because there aren't enough GPs. Their sanitation isn't there. The school places aren't there. And they are rightly very, very concerned about that. And they say absolutely zero leadership. It's just rhetoric and talk. And it's been going on for a year. And people have been left in this situation. And those refugees who came to Ireland either fleeing from Ukraine, and Ireland was right to open its doors and say, come, it's an emergency. We'll try and look after you. They are the ones who are being targeted now with that terrible attack where it's believed that there was an attempt to use a firework to set a family home alike. The burning down of Peter Casey's centre that he was building for refugees. And those frankly shocking scenes that we saw on Claire do you have to understand that local people were pushed to the end on this. And there is nobody making decisions. And there's nobody sorting out the problem which needs to be addressed. And there's been a complete lack of communication, a complete lack of understanding of the concerns of local people, and no attempt to talk to communities and to negotiate with them. And they have rights to... Leo Radker said, oh, nobody has a right to say, no, you can't come into my county. Yeah, I would agree with that. But nobody has a right to say, we're just going to impose. We're going to double the population of this area. We're going to throw 400 people into an area. And you, the local people are going to have to cope with it. And I think it's worth saying as well that in Claire there are various groups there who have worked very hard for the past year to help refugees coming in, to integrate, to have organised events, to have organised outings. I think they put on a bus, one of the first things they did was put on a bus and took a load of refugees around Claire to show them the county. So it's important to kind of balance that as well. But one year on, people are very, very frustrated. And I think their voices need to be heard. OK, and I'll come back to the both of you. Aiman, I just want to bring you in at this point. You've heard the comments there from Senator O'Reilly and Suzanne Rogers, what say you? Listen, I think, pardon me, I think it's important that, you know, the people would have been consulted in areas, would have been consulted. But I think we also have to be careful, too, that we start to legitimise what some of the actions that's been and some of the groups that are jumping on board. That's, you know, I don't think it's touched upon yet that there is a roadblock set up on some residents in Claire asking for people's passports. And for me, that's a dangerous, dangerous road we're sitting on. And I don't care if you weren't consulted, I don't care. If you feel that the area just can't hold X amount of people. There's just no excuse for something like that. But Aiman, let me put it to you if it's OK. If you lived in a small rural area, OK. And a large group of men came into that area. You had, you know, there's nothing for them to do. There is literally nothing for them to do there. You don't know where they're from. You don't know the backgrounds. You don't know if they've got criminal records or anything like that there. Can you not see how that could generate in a very small community a sense of fear? I could, I'm not justifying. I can see how it generates a sense of fear. But like, this is the trust we have. We should have in our structures of power that, you know, I can't just go out and stop our stop our road and hold up our road and say, listen, only clear people are allowed in here. Or, you know, this limited and boring vision that we have of, you know, just Irish, I think. I understand what you're saying, but we've got to be careful like in terms of where we're going. Because the more we kind of lend credence to this, the more we legitimize these. And these clusters that are jumping on board, you know, I'm not saying that people are clear. Let's just say, separate out the fact that, you know, the people of this area of clear have taken that action. OK, but there is fear and anger and upset in many, many communities. It doesn't manifest itself in these blocks, right? So, and this is separate from people who are, you know, effectively, they've got the paypal information out there and they're making money off the back of sort of, you know, propagating fear and what have you. Well, let's separate. There is a, let's just talk about the general population, right, who aren't bigoted or anything, but have genuine fears and concerns about massive increases in populations. A lot of strange people that you don't know or they don't know the background or their history coming into an area. I mean, their fears do have to be addressed, even if it doesn't manifest itself as a problem. And yes, they do, but let's go through the right avenues here in terms of, you know, I firmly believe, remember, that's a good, I forget, Tim, how long ago was that there was a drive to decentralise Dublin, you know, and just hypothetically, we say we're going to take a group of people from Dublin, from Facebook or something, plant them and clear, there wouldn't be half as much hullabaloo, but I get that there's fears, but this is part of the gig, this is part of the EU here. Yeah, but just to your point there, just to your point there, I think communities are, for right or wrong, I'm not here to judge, but there's been very, very few issues with people fleeing Ukraine and into accommodation here, when it's the make-up is family. So I know many areas where there's almost full integration. Okay, the particular concern seems to be when it is large groups of people who aren't EU citizens, for the most part, and mostly are male, being put into an area. You know what I mean? I mean, that seems to be what causes the most problems. I'm not sure if that's controversial to say it or not, but that's the realities. It is not. And I get it, that's the reality of it. But what do we need to do, that's the gig, that's part of what we are, and that's part of the group the responsibilities we've committed to. It can be helped. I think there's been poor leadership, definitely, in terms of your reference, the article at the start, in terms of the warning, it can be definitely helped, and then to allay these fears, but this is what we've signed up for here. All right, it's kind of confusing, Pauline, because even in terms of policing, we have Leo Radko concerned that there's not enough police, and then we have the Justice Minister satisfied that there isn't enough police, and he's backed up by the Guard of Commissioner, but then we've got the rank and file guardie saying, you know, there's not enough of them, they're not getting proper direction. So even in terms of policing, you know, any public disquiet, there seems to be an issue within government where the left hand doesn't know what the right hand's doing, and disquiet amongst the leadership of the guardie and the rank and file. And that's just one area where there's even further confusion and what have you. Look, just on the point of consultation, I think it's really important that the words matter, that what I'm saying is it can't be a negotiation as to like everybody just saying, no, not in my area, that we can't engage in that, because then it is about, this is the kind of person I want here, and this is the kind of person I don't want here, and we never say that about new people moving into our area, so why would we suddenly say it about people who are, you know, not originally from Ireland? So that's the part that it doesn't. Because people don't know their backgrounds and have security concerns. But I mean, you don't know necessarily the background of all of your neighbours. Where does that end? Now, I think that the point about allaying fears and consultation is important, but I will tell you as a politician that that word consultation is used as short hand by politicians across the political spectrum for essentially, we don't want people here. And even where there's been cases where people have been consulted with for months about, you know, new centres opening up, they will still at the end of that few month's time say we weren't consulted with. And actually, it's not true, they were. But there are some cases where it is last minute, because the alternative is going on to the streets. I'm sorry, I'm not going to buy that, because to be honest with you, a lot of the people that initially offer this accommodation have really quite a lot of advanced knowledge, and they're told not to say anything. And it's policy not to consult with local communities. And also to... It is policy. I know for a fact it's policy. It is policy not to consult. It's policy in advance. It is policy... Sorry, Senator. It is policy not to consult with local communities before these decisions have made, because that policy changed when they were opening a direct provision centre in Moville. And the minister told me on this programme that we have to stop consulting in advance because we're in a crisis and we have to move forward. So it is policy, because it was said to me with my... And I heard it with my own ears. There is no advanced consultation. It's a crisis and accommodation sometimes is quite short. And even if it looks like it's fairly lengthy, in order to get that contract over the line, it can take a bit of time. So, you know, I don't buy... I actually just don't buy this that people are not being consulted with when they... Give us an example, Pauline. You said some places were consulted with first aid for months. I will give you an example. One example is in an area in Dublin where they were consulted with since February. What area? An area in Dublin. What area? Be specific. Well, I know whose constituency it is, because I know a particular politician who is still saying that they were in consulted with, and that's Roshan Shortall, has still said, and that was reported in the Irish Independent, that she said she wasn't consulted with when I know for a fact that there's been massive consultation for months. But that's not... The particular part is not relevant here, other than it's been nationally reported. So, look, I want to just say that there is a difference between a negotiation that says, no, we're not having people, and that kind of consultation, which is how are we going to best manage this? And let's listen to... Well, can I make a suggestion? So, you call a town hall meeting in Inch and County Clare a month before or three weeks or two weeks before these people arrive, and you invite the locals into it, and you say, we are in a crisis here. We are going to have to sign a one-year contract for this accommodation. You give a brief outline of the type of people that are going to be there. You talk about, well, we're also going to set up a bus for them, so if they need to get out during the day, we'll do that. We've looked at the GP services, and we understand there's a bit of pressure, so we're going to bring a GP from this neighbouring constituency who's going to come in on Tuesdays. That type of stuff, you go in and you say that, right? And then people can say, well, look, it's not ideal, but we've got a bit of information. They've talked about local services. They've talked about how they might occupy these people's minds in this accommodation. You don't then take a vote to see if it can happen, but even that is not happening. No, well, and I agree with you that that is the preference that that happens. But I don't accept that it's purposely not happening. I'm saying that when it can happen, it is in advance, it is happening, but even if it's not in advance, there are still consultations ongoing. Minister Joe O'Brien was in Clare last night to meet with residents to continue that conversation. Well, I can assure you, I would be very confident, Senator, that we've been talking about opening three areas of accommodation for the last week, and I can assure you that there's been zero consultation with any of those areas until the people move in. And yet they've been flagging that this accommodation is coming online for a week to 10 days. And what I'm trying to do here, and what Suzanne doing and Aiman doing, we're like, it's to try and get to a place where everything's better. It's not here to slag the government off and drag them through the hot cold. This is about saying, look it, we need to talk all together politely, and everyone needs to listen till we find a better solution to the problem. That's my motivation. I hope you get that, Senator. I think you probably do. It's not just to sling mud at the government. It's like, come on, let's try and all work together and come up with a proper solution to this situation. Ultimately, this is about the fact that we are trying to accommodate people. So this isn't about the government. This is actually, from my point of view, this is about the fact that it's not okay to say that these are the types of things that happen if there's no consultation. No, these are the types of things that are actually criminal acts, and they have to be called out as criminal acts. Right, okay. Full stop. The consultation piece is a separate thing, but it is never acceptable to blockade things to stop food from coming in. Yeah, but if you drive... No matter how little consultation... But if you drive people to a... You keep pushing people. You keep pushing, pushing people. Eventually, they have to stand up and do something. Whether you like it or not or whether... I don't accept that. I don't accept that you throw petrol bombs, that you, you know, that you get into violence. But you see, the problem is here, is we have to be very careful, Senator, because there's different things going on here with different groups of people. We've got groups of concerned residents, okay, taking one level of action, and then in another situation, you've got a very extreme criminal action by someone who's probably motivated completely differently in throwing a firework at accommodation. But what's happening there, Greg, is that at these, I call them clousers, and these clowns are piggybacking off these genuine concerns. Yeah, of course, that's gonna happen. And I think we have to be careful in terms of how much, you know, you're saying people have been pushed, you know, and these, you just get through with this here. Right, but there's one... There was one person... Yeah, but in County Clair, there is one high-profile citizen journalist that went down to Clair, and not one local spoke to him. Fair enough. So what happened when the tents were burned? Well, I don't know what that's... You say... I don't think the people of Clair would be burning. This is the thing, if we start looking stuff's right, if we start looking people, you know, saying, oh, it's okay for the people at the village in Clair to ask for passports, it's okay for the village in Clair to block a road, then, you know, it's... Right, Suzanne? I think it's very dangerous road. Suzanne, come back in, please. Yeah, no, I absolutely agree with what you're saying, and of course it's not right, it's absolutely not right, but I think we need to step back and look at the reasons why, and what Greg said there, you know, people were being pushed and pushed and pushed, and we don't know, maybe, in this part of the world, what some of the issues are, and what some of the problems are, because there haven't been that many refugees coming to this part of the world so far, this part of Ireland so far. So we need to understand, and the problem is absolutely right, that you then get, I love the word, and I haven't heard it for years, Clousters, but I'm glad you reminded me of it, I'm going to start using it more often now, but you do get those Clousters, those extremists who jump on that bandwagon and have an opportunity to let their own absolute racism out there, but I don't think you can tar everybody with that. I don't think, I think we have to stand back and understand why people are feeling so angry and frustrated, and I think it's worth mentioning as well, this is Donnie Gull, we're talking about Donnie Gull, where people have been fighting for years, their homes are crumbling around them with the whole Micah scandal, and the government is saying, well, we'll give you maybe 90%, and they are fighting that fight, they're 100% right, they should be getting 100% redress for that, and they are looking going, well, hold on, we don't have homes to move into while our crumbling homes are being rebuilt, we can't afford to rent them, and we're seeing people coming in and automatically being housed. Now, the people coming in and automatically being housed have an absolute right, but you can understand that people in Donnie Gull, in particular and down the West Coast, in particular who'd been hit by Micah, would look at that and feel aggrieved. And Susan, can I put it to you that the way you resolve that, rather than inadvertently pitching one group of individuals to another, is you say to the people affected by defective concrete, you say that we are actually now going to provide 100% redress, it's going to be a multi-annual, multi-billion scheme, we accept that, but that is what we're going to have to do. And then the people with the defective concrete homes would have some hope and something to look forward to, and then we could also, with the billions that we seem to have in excess, could also try and resolve the refugee crisis, but instead of that, we find ourselves pitching people against each other, by accident, presumably, and not design. It's going to have to be one or other. Totally agree, and to some extent, you know, it suits the government if you've got two lots of people fighting against each other, then nobody's turning the spotlight on them and saying you are inadequate, you have not planned, you are running around like headless chickens, what are you doing? Ireland is quite wealthy, there is money there, we know that, there is a good surplus there, so there is no reason with a combined effort that this couldn't be addressed, and the vast majority of people, and like all people in particular, are very reasonable people, they're very laid-back kind of people, I'm proud to be a Donegal woman, we are very welcoming. And I think if there was proper consultation, if people were told this is what's happening, this is what we're doing, we understand your concerns, here's how we're going to address it. The vast majority of people would say, fair enough, it's not ideal, it's not the way we would want things to be, but we will go along with that, and that is what's been lacking, and the problem is that you pick two groups, apparently opposing groups, they're not, they shouldn't be local residents, refugees coming in, they get pitted against each other, the extremists jump on the bandwagon, and the spotlight is not being turned on the government, the spotlight is not being shown where it should be shown, and they are not being held to account, and that to me is the crux of the issue. Yeah, okay, well listen, we're going to return to this just for five minutes before we move on to our next topic, but we do have a break to catch up on, stay right where you are, we'll be back in just over three minutes. Oh, it's brought to you by Letterkenny Credit Union, offering low-rate car loans with fast approval, apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today. 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And Aiman, like, what I'm trying to facilitate here is a conversation. No, it's not like pull the drawbridge up and, you know, everyone who's not Irish at this is not what it's about. It's just to try and, as I think I might have said before the break there, is like, maybe we do need just a broader national conversation where if you're a pro refugee, you're called a nonce of, you know, that's already coming on the text machine or if you're perceived to be anti-refugee, you're called far right or a racist and everything in the middle is lost in between. So going forward, we have to figure out how we do what we have to do and what do you think we need to be doing going forward in this country? Because this is an issue that's not going to go away any time soon at all. Communicate properly. But it's not today or yesterday that the communication in terms of getting the message out there poorly has been an issue with this government. We've seen that through various different emergencies and whatnot. So I think just getting the message and yes, there has to be a consultation and letting people know and all that, but in terms of providing, when we do go to that consultation, that's if the feedback is negative that we don't just pull the plug in it, like we have to provide consultation without giving the people the final say now, but definitely communication would be a big one for me. Do you think if we maybe saw more accommodation being opened up in more affluent areas, that maybe Grans of Arseneutron being used or? No, no, no, no. Do you think that matters? I don't think that's the kind of, I don't think that's a rabbit hole we want to go down. It wouldn't be a fruitful one. I think the accommodation is an issue. It's an issue for everybody. You know, how many programs have you had and we've talked about accommodation? And I'd probably say that you solve that one. You go a long way to blame the frustrations and the fears of a lot of people, but again, that's a long term one. Senator, obviously, you know, we had a housing crisis already and you referenced, I think, the years of perhaps a lack of building that got us to that point. We do have housing for all and I know the government's been publishing figures today that show that we're upon targets and upon last year, but there is so much accommodation needed that that perhaps is medium and long term. So in the short term, because I don't think any of us want to continue like this because I think it's dividing the country, it's divisive and it's creating a really unpleasant atmosphere. What do you, as an elected rep or as a public representative, let me put it like that, what do you want us to see us do better in the short term over the coming weeks and months? Yeah, I mean, I do think, well, I think for one thing, politicians do have to show a level of leadership to say what behavior is just unacceptable. They are leaders in their community as well and I think the same goes for journalists as well. Like there's some things that are just unacceptable in our society, but there's also the fact that, of course, I do think that we need more of a conversation. The makeup of Ireland is changing and that can be a really positive thing, a really good thing. We've seen people welcoming in, Ukrainians in particular, when this war started and we are in an unprecedented situation and of course, when you're in the middle of that, you're trying to get accommodation day to day, but I absolutely believe that we need to be having conversations about the fact that the nature of Ireland is changing and that that also means that the services need to reflect that too. We've had a real challenge in rural parts of the West in trying to get doctors in and I see reports in the papers today that there are more now coming from outside of Ireland, which I think is a positive thing, was certainly a frustration for me that the HSE wasn't even looking out and Sail to wasn't even looking outside of Ireland for more doctors. We're in precedented levels of employment at the moment. We've never had as many people employed, so it's difficult to get people, but there's also opportunities there for people coming in from outside of the country to provide the kind of employment and the kind of services that we need as well. So I think we need to fast track some of that to ensure that people can work in the community and be very much part of the community when they arrive. But certainly the people who've arrived in Clare, they're just on the verge of getting their employment status and so they will be able to contribute. But I do think that a lot of this has to come back to how we have these conversations and that we are not saying ever that you can just say no to people moving into your area but you do have to take on board. Well, what is it going to mean for the services and provide those? But as I said, even if all of those conversations can't all happen before people arrive, it doesn't mean that the end is there. I mean, these people are in our communities for a really long time and that's why Minister O'Brien went down to Clare yesterday. Listen, I don't want to confuse things but I mean, you say you can't just say no to people living in a certain area. You'd be familiar with the planning laws. You can't even build a house on your own land here. So it's all right for the powers that be to say no. I'm not conflating there, but anyway. But there is an element, yeah, absolutely. But there is an element of what aboutary. I'm not saying that you're doing it. Yeah, but also, yeah, but I think when you said about journalists and journalists, that's okay with the language. I have been trying to be very carefully. I mean, it's very, very clear. It's very, very clear that when we talk about issues of setting a building on light or doing anything that endangers people is incredibly, incredibly wrong. I think the majority of people that saw what happened to those tents in Dublin would say, that's not reflective of who we are. But I think what's happening in Clare, perhaps maybe people can relate a little bit more because it seems to be locals who are just worried. Now, of course, Amon's referenced the boarding of the bosses or the check-in of passports. And I think most people also think that's a little bit too far. But we don't wanna group all of those sort of three scenarios that I've just mentioned into the one. I don't think that's helpful to the conversation. And I certainly wouldn't want to do that. Suzanne, what's your closing remarks on this topic? Well, I think it's frankly insulting to say that people will automatically say, no, not in my area. I don't think Irish people are like that. I think people would be welcoming, but they need the information for a start. They need to be part of an ongoing conversation. We need to stop hitting two people, two groups who both have valid arguments and valid reasons against each other. And we need to turn and look at the government and say, what you have done to date is just not good enough. So get to it, get it done. Let's get the houses built. Let's see what your strategy is for bringing in more medical professionals. Let's see what your strategy is for roads, sewage systems and all of that. And if that's where the argument needs to be at not putting two groups against each other and then being surprised when there are outrageous acts being committed. Hundreds and hundreds of Donegal families can't afford to put food on their table. Food banks, we spoke to a number of them around the county reporting on pre-sidented pressure on their services. Working families have to turn up for food because they simply have to. We know that women, because we were told earlier in the week, are having to favor food over period products. That's how bad it has got for them. People that used to donate food to food banks, as I say, these are working people as well. Now find themselves contacting these same services for support. Yesterday, we had an emergency appeal from the letter Kenny Food Bank. Their shelves are running dry. They literally can't keep up with supplies because a lot of the shops now have changed the amount of stock that they bring in, probably because of cost increases. They've refined all of that and there's not as much spare food. And we are told that Ireland is a wealthy country and we know we've over 30 billion. I know a lot of this is obvious but this is people's real lives. I'll start with you Senator again because you are a public rep on this. And you know, it's probably not completely unrelated to our last conversation to some extent, what motivates some people to feel upset but let's separate it of course. How can we live in this country with these levels of excess incomes and have people who are working having to roll up and get pasta and beans and tinned vegetables just to feed their families. And I was told it's in the high hundreds of families that are seeking regular assistance, not just one off because the engine went in the car or something, what can we or should we do? These, there's no state funding for any of these food banks. Well, I mean, like I can see in my own shopping that the price of food has gone up, you know? And even though inflation's coming down price of food is still going up and that is a matter of concern. And absolutely there are food banks right over the country and people are in the same situation. Now we have unprecedented amounts of spending when it comes to the social welfare and that's not just people on social welfare but that's family assistance. But if people are struggling, there are supports there. But in the end of the day, we need to see the food prices come down but it's not just about food. Like if we look into the basket actually a lot of growers are not being paid a proper price for their food by supermarkets either and I think they need to be part of that conversation too. So sometimes vegetables are actually sold at a loss in supermarkets in order to get people in. So I think that that has to be part of the conversation. Child poverty has been an issue for a long time in Ireland and that's why we have set up a child poverty unit now in the Department of Teeshock which I think is a good thing and that's the kind of longer term strategy. I know that one of the ministers did meet with retailers who said that we will see food prices drop and we have no caps in this country on the cost of food and I suppose the whole conversation has been should we have those? But I think we're likely to see that there'd be competition issues with that. The government doesn't like it and it was a little bit of a mess. Well it would rise inflation and actually overall then the cost for people of other things then is rising and so it's more a case that it really probably isn't going to be helpful if the government puts in a cap but I think we will start to see that the prices come down but I mean there is quite a lot to unpack there but I mean we see that child benefit payments has been an extra child benefit payment this month as well and we've put a huge amount of money into the budget in terms of supporting families. But obviously that's not working because we have the highest rate of child poverty 200,000 children in this country 200,000 children and as I say we have never had more demand on food bank services so if we are increasing our spending it's clearly I don't know where it's going because it's not making its way down onto the ground. Well I mean I think to be fair it is making its way into a lot of countries. Well we've had the extra electricity credits of 600 euro we've had increases in terms of social welfare of family of one parent family payment so there has been working family payments there have been a lot of increases for people we've also as I say had extra child benefit and we brought down the cost of childcare by 25% that was the green part to do that as well so we are making those notes. I hear what you're saying but Susanne Pauline with respect what you're saying right is everything that's being done seemingly being done but what I'm saying is right of all these hundreds and hundreds of families that clearly it's not enough for it's not impacting on them and if they're listening, hearing about all these extra payments right and they can't afford to feed their children they're gonna say well what's that senator on about but I'm gonna come back to you in a second Aiman we only have a minute each at this point I mean again I can't square the circle I find it uncomfortable living in a society where we have working people so hard pressed yet at the same time we're told we're such a wealthy country I know it sounds bloody obvious but I find it really uncomfortable It's the lesson we're in, you're saying both now something we struggle with continually and I think the ultimate answer behind it all is that's the system that's the system we're part of and you know the swings and roundabouts we'll be talking about this in 20, 20, 30 years again and do I have an answer? I've read countless books and economics in this last two, three years and I still don't have an overall solution we can do the sticky plaster approaches of what Paulie talks about there but ultimately like it's the system is the system Greg it's changing All right Suzanne, what's your views? I suppose the view that I take and I should start by saying that I'm grateful that there are food banks there to help people in crisis but I'm also very saddened that they have to be there and I think there's a wider thing too because it's not just about feeding your family, putting food on the table I mean that's the crisis response to it but I know from my own family growing up the most asked question in our house was what's for dinner mum and there would be requests put in for can we have curry tonight or what you know kind of thing and for me as a parent it was very important that I was able to provide that I was able to think about what's good for my children to eat, what do they need are they getting everything that they need and I also think that it's beyond that too if somebody is working or if they're on benefits it doesn't matter they should be able to do simple things like take their kids swimming and going for chips afterwards or going to the cinema and I think we should be focusing on that bigger thing but it's absolutely shocking to me that people are working that unemployment has never been so low in Ireland and people are working and they still don't have enough money not just to exist which is what the food banks are giving them but to actually live otherwise Suzanne it's been lovely having you on the programme thank you so much and hopefully you'll rejoin us again Suzanne Rogers, journalism course director at Northwest Regional College thank you very much indeed Pauline, thank you very much as well I know it might feel like you're the lightning rod because you're a member of government and all but it's not intended like that it's hopefully to be a constructive conversation that we can all move forward with but thank you so much for accepting the invite yeah, okay, lovely, okay thank you very much Senator Pauline O'Reilly and last but not least, Aimee McGee take care of yourself, great to see you thank you, thank you now, okay we'll be back with more after this break The Nine Till Noon Show with Letter Kenny Credit Union simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from Letter Kenny Credit Union call us on 074 910 2126 or apply online via our app or in office today do you know what I love about Letter Kenny Shopping Centre? 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saturday night so lots of you out there will be watching it's one of those kind of events that even if you want a even if you aren't a big boxing fan that you would probably find yourself tuning into it in one form or other so we'll see what jason quickly thinks of the card in general and katie's chances against her really really tough opponent that's coming up as the show progresses but i do want to get to some of your comments here now susanna is correct there's been two months consultation with sanctuary residents before yesterday's announcement to open a refugee accommodation center there along with clindawkin and dunleary unfortunately some groups demand greater consultation in order to mount a stronger protest another the statement by the senator that there is consultation is nonsense the statement that people are wrong to be concerned about lack of vetting is disingenuous there is a cultural difference to factor in the one thing i'll just say about the cultural differences if you don't mind is is that we are a multicultural society in this country as well and there are people of all different cultures that have been living here for decades and they work in really senior positions in different parts of society in all parts of society so we here to four even with the presence of of different cultures and you know there's really strong differences between people that we've contended with in this country for many many many generations as you might know what i'm talking to and we've always found a way to get on um but this person seems to think there could be an increase in certain types of crime okay thanks for that Greg just like the way the government would not listen to the people about water charges people had to take to the streets once again the people are not being listened to government has to listen to genuine concerns that people have um the issue is there is no limitation to the people coming the men arrive and the next thing is their families and other relatives are here leo and his colleagues don't realize they're changing the entire culture of this country if i visit saudi i obey their culture here they arrive and the next thing is i'm obeying their culture but where is the evidence of that again uh you know i'm i'm like everybody else just working through all of this but where where where is this uh what is ireland's culture uh how do you define that there's so many of us of of different backgrounds um do you believe that we'll all end up being of a different faith or something i mean what is the faith in this country now anyway uh and as i say that's a question not a counterpoint to you like what is it you're actually afraid of happening uh the government is not addressing the problems believe this listener but they uh fairly got it in order when we had the pandemic never seen a vaccine roll out so quick that was a mega crisis globally and this is the knock-on effect from our pandemic uh Greg would you keep quiet and let aim and mcgee speak and that lady senator they know what they're talking about uh i'm a frequent listener and participator in highland but i feel the conversation about people seeking refuge this morning is very worrying violence is being accepted because people are frustrated violence should never be tolerated there is zero tolerance of uh violence and i'm sorry if it's come across like that been very clear to separate the different things that are going on in this country and grouping the minis where the problem is is because then we can't have a a conversation and we have to because what we're doing up until now in terms of not conversing with each other you could argue is not uh working um there is no i've not heard one person except anonymous people on twitter say anything other than um anything that is is violent or puts people's lives in danger is completely and utterly uh wrong and this program doesn't have a leaning one way or other uh whether it's one um not in terms of those actions i'm on about in terms of the broader conversation what is right or wrong we're here to sort of try and host a conversation um as i say i'm just a normal person and i'm just trying to work through uh this i'm pretty in the middle i don't think i'm leaning in any particular political direction to be honest with you um fair play to the lady speaker susanne she is so right another brilliant greg asking questions the politicians don't want asked and they're giving bluff for our ears people are awakened but unfortunately that's not enough greg you seem to be about two minutes away from the very fine people on both sides argument violence against these people is completely unacceptable the fact that irish people are treating immigrants like this makes me despair it seems that some people need to learn their history i'm nowhere near um that argument whatsoever uh by the way um it's not being housed they're getting everything handed into their hands for free facts down to being turned around percent that's the angering thing greg why do local communities have to be consulted about refugees coming to their areas uh the argument being and this is not my argument the argument being is is that if you consult with them that their best place to say this is these are our facilities these are our services these is realistically what we could accommodate with their best interests and our best interests at heart i presume that's what the consultation looks to looks to achieve um but clearly maybe it lays things too long and the government doesn't engage in that because if you enter and i think the senator referenced this into a consultation you could find yourself and therefore being able to actually progress another caller says this coalition government was voted in by the irish people to represent the will and needs of the country we the taxpayer are paying the piper for this government to spend on what they want without consultation we don't have any room left when something is full it will hold no more this government changes and makes laws to control and penalize the citizens when the real agenda behind all this is eventually exposed we will be pulling the hair out of our heads in desperation because we kept quiet and let it happen i don't know what you you believe the actual real agenda is but anyway uh senator pauline on your friday panel has been brilliant for backing up the claire protesters fears uh really shows what a total shambles the leadership of this country is and although the strong feeling comes from men who are arriving here from countries where women and children hold no respect or value they think it's acceptable to talk and treat women in this country the same way valueless believes that listener uh thank god you finally have someone on in susanne rogers who speaks the truth another i live in letter kelly and a lot of my irish neighbors have had to move away and now i'm surrounded by foreign people who barely speak english and i'm supposed to just accept that this is the way it is i've become the minority in my own little area what's the rest of the country like and other many of these men are not wandering around tans many are staying in the allocated accommodation and trying to live under the radar where is the threat from them evidence proves that after the initial fears weeks into them remaining in place there was no increase in any antisocial issues and that is the information coming from uh on gadeshi akana in donogall as well what about an instant in our area where a man only recently brought into town uh not an irish native he was caught by locals while videoing children in school playgrounds people are terrified of these strangers um yeah but that that happens all the time unfortunately i mean look what was happening in leisure centers these weren't foreign people that were in violating people's privacy and what have you uh morning greg the numbers of foreigners coming to arlyn needs to be capped far too many being let in with no extra facilities being set up not enough guards doctors schoolplaces etc for our own people never mind migrants they uh and on it goes um a lot of them overlap but we'll try and get through as many of them as we can as this morning progresses with a view to sort of having a constructive conversation but let's just say we have hundreds and hundreds of comments coming in here but we've an awful lot to fit in because it is a friday so say coming up later on we'll try and ease into the weekend and uh we'll have michael and fool in studio and as i say jason quickly all going to plan will be joining us as well to uh preview the weekend's uh boxing action in dublin and you don't get to say that very often with everything that was going on in this country for a long time uh but we are able to talk about a big boxing event back in dublin uh many people thought it would not happen so quickly but here we are and also maybe get an update on how his preparations 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from 40 000 to 600 000 euro with no hidden fees or transaction charges letter kenny credit union 9102127 okay residents opposed to plans to develop eight apartments uh on a site in the glenn car area of letter kenny say they will take their case to umbol planala if it is needed the concerned residents had a meeting this week and they'll lodge an objection with the donogor can to council against the proposed development at the corner of college farm road nano donnell is chair of this group now tell us a little bit about yourself uh and how you found yourself chair well i'm a letter kenny man gregg and um i was born in uh art of donnell in the borma as it's um commonly known and uh i've been working in letter kenny for 43 years in the post office um and all my friends are in letter kenny uh we keep in touch from childhood from boy going to school days and stuff like that and i just love letter kenny and i love the people uh i was heavily involved in the letter kenny reunion down through the years and um i'm still interested in that and i keep an eye on what's happening i love talking to people who come back i love talking to people in a way i love talking uh as many of my friends will tell you and never shut up but how did i become involved in this well i live in glen car on the road and the glen car road and uh i was elected chair at a an objection meeting a couple of weeks ago to this development and the residents from hawthorne heights college farm road wolf tone road place uh new line road and glen car road there's representatives from all of those areas that attended this meeting as far as fernhill and uh salamence court and ashley court they're all they're all representative uh represented at the meetings and they have been uh various people from all those areas attended two meetings one last week and one last last night right now this proposed development is on a uh just short of an acre a point eight acre site uh it's the former residents of the oklahon family for people in the area uh and what used to sit on that site was a former bungalow style house it was demolished a few years ago and since then the site has lay uh vacant but there have been other proposed developments for this site and there have been objections to that as well so what are the the what are the issues for locals then the issues are that this is uh uh this is a quiet road uh it's it's all bungalows all the people living in the glen car road are mostly bungalows waltown places there it's it was a council estate built in the 50s uh it's a residential area it's a quiet area but it has become very very busy um if you know the area there's uh roads coming down from college farm road onto the glen car road right at that site there are roads coming up from the college and six different schools just meeting at that site because they're turning back down new line road the new line road comes up and meets the glen car road outside the site and the glen car road itself is very busy because you have traffic coming down from the gale scull and glen car you have traffic coming up and turning around down new line road or going on up the glen car road just at that site it's a bottleneck now that's not just at school times during the day it's a very very busy road there are a lot of traffic a lot of cars and a lot of buses you want to see the buses there especially at school times okay so my understanding also pedestrian traffic a lot of kids walking down to the college in the convent and they're up and down and i see them all the time pass on my own house so the pedestrian traffic there have been three deaths in that road over the years of of children three children were killed on that glen car road and you know it's a very busy junction okay now pardon my ignorance but given how busy this road is um what what concerns do you have that eight apartments might make even if each apartment have two cars it's 16 vehicles well well first of all the eight apartments are not in keeping with the residential area but we were talking about the the traffic side of things and then we'll get that one argument there are more arguments than there's just the traffic i mean eight apartments in a point think about it point eight of an acre and you have eight apartments no room for parking cars can't possibly be if you build eight apartments two-story buildings no two-story buildings on that road either up college farm road or up the glen car road on the same side where that site is so you know is there a sense this could be totally out of sync is there a sense also that this could because it's out of sync with the area in your view that this could be the thin edge of the wedge in other words that if this type of development was allowed to progress in that area that it would just would see a daisy chain effect and it would change the entire yeah that's a very good point and here here that you've you've hit the nail in the head Greg i want to say first of all that we're not opposed to development or to the provision of houses private houses social housing we are not and that was made very clear at the meetings there there's great social housing has been provided in this town over the years and great private housing developments by different builders they were all needed and this must continue in a fast growing town like letter kenny we must welcome development and encourage investment in the town but not at the expense of contravening any planning laws that there are and this clear and traffic laws and this clearly contravenes the dunningall council county council planning laws but that is your with respect nine and as i say i'm saying this respect the developer i'm sure would argue that uh this will not get planning permission unless it complies with planning regulations i don't let me tell you something i was involved in the last objection in 2008 where the the guy wanted to build 29 apartments in that same site cut it down to 19 to try again cut it down eventually to 11 and then things went belly up and he went burst burst so it didn't happen but uh the dunningall county council passed that application in 2008 i don't know the dunningall you see if i look for planning permission for a house out the road greg or if i look for a planning permission for a house a site in the town i have all sorts of hoops to jump through to get that plan of permission and the planning planning officers will will they will uh examine very carefully all the things that i have on my little plan for my little house and they'll turn me down very quickly if it isn't up to the planning laws that there are now the planning laws for dunningall county council clearly states that this kind of development is not acceptable in a residential area so i mean it's it's there's no question here there's there's no big mystery here this guy wants to build eight apartments and a point eight of an acre it is totally contravening the planning in your dunningall in your view in your view not in my opinion but it is no i have to but no you know you're not liable if anything is setting inaccurately i am i understand that that's your point of view okay but i also the county council plan yes but if it is afforded planning permission then it does comply with the planning regulations and you're perfectly entitled to your view but i also have to state that that no one here is knowingly or willfully contravening the the planning laws i just have to be very careful but you have your opinion that is perfectly fine what about the argument being made that this is a prime site residential site that letter county is growing really really fast maybe letter can he does have to change but that we need accommodation and here's eight units of accommodation on a prime site uh and and you know you're you're holding back development ah yeah okay here's the problem greg yeah on the road that i'm living on starting with that very site and up the college farm road in that surrounding area on the road i'm living on just up to the top of the Glencar road not the whole way up there are 10 bungalows and the people living in those are other widows yeah or widowers and they're all in their 80s and some in their 90s now they're also they are also because of the time they were built they were big sites at least as big as this one if not bigger the fear i have and the fear that the the the objection group have is this guy comes along and he builds eight apartments and you're saying okay we need housing and blah blah blah and it's great to have the next thing it has next door goes up for sale and so on and i know i i'll tell you i'll tell you in the next five to ten years a number of those houses on the Glencar road will be coming up for sale yes i got you okay so that's what we're afraid of this is going to set a precedent for further development of the road we don't want that now i think you know in terms of previous developments being allowed there by the council you're probably expecting the council to give permission for this when they make their announcement in june so with that in mind yous are already committing to raise your concerns with on board planar if need be yeah oh yeah absolutely we're actually raising funds at the moment the residents are now we're we're representing about so far and i think there's more to come on board because there's another problem further up the road where for a developer is building 300 houses you know on an already very busy place up there and i know that those people are supportive this so yeah we're going to raise funds and we're going to take this to the bit around we're we're also hiring expert people i mean you stated yourself i'm not an expert i i know what the plan well i don't know if i didn't say you weren't an expert no no we're not neither of us are yeah i know that no you know we're talking about contravening planning laws we will get the experts to decide exactly and i understand that now there's a further meeting taking place it was that last night thursday night right and you said determined absolutely okay absolutely we won't we won't well we will we have the combat job we're going to fight this to the bitter end i mean i i'm one of these people when i get my teeth into something i will see it through you know i can be i can be very i can be very stubborn on it okay tran so i'm very fine yeah good man a good other can i see all right okay listen nilo donnell chair of that group thanks for joining us and outlining your concerns and we'll track the the process here as i said i did as best as i can that we invited the developer on i think we did i presume we did we or at least in the process of doing so but to try and put up their their side of things across to some extent as well but as you say people are determined you're determined now and uh there's a long way to go on this thanks for calling up thanks really appreciate your time thank you thanks watch the show 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of vandalism um the gardeners are looking at the gardeners looking into it at the minute and um it comes in the back right of a number of incidents of criminal damage and it as i said we'd be lovely to be on and talk about positive things but one positive that we could take out of this is kind of the overwhelming um support that we've received in social media we're actually buoyed by you know the the positive comments by people um because we've worked really really hard in the last three years we're new you know we're a small commodity and um in the last few months we've been kind of subjective to kind of a series of incidents and uh all have been are are kind of on the books of the garden they're investigating and we would really like it the person or persons who are involved to cease and desist if they have issues come speak to us that's it though andrew you see you would struggle to find uh you would struggle to find anyone's motivation for this most recent incident or if it's the same people or persons responsible for the previous instance what is achieved by it other than um attacking the good work of the community and sort of sowing negative seeds it achieves nothing beyond that great inconvenience and disappointment as well of course and costly because the reasons yeah prior to this we had a sign as old tomorrow which was uh vandalized you know the sign cost over 700 euro uh and funding was provided by donicle county council who've been very very supportive you see this is the million dollar question you know what what is the motivation um you know because literally uh it's it's not working because if they think that we're going to go away as a committee um we're not we're not going to back down to bullying um we as I say we have wonderful support in the community and you just have to look for the social media we've had two great um county counselors who've been supporting us me hill column and norie macarvy we've had wonderful support from other counselors and the grantees and also council itself and the uterus and poble you know so their their um motivation just is just uh questionable because you know why yeah exactly that's the big question and I think initially maybe it was thought that a car had struck it which would have been uh annoying enough because you know the person wouldn't didn't report it or maybe offer to to repair it but the the feeling is now that this might have actually been uh someone might have taken a sledgehammer to it which is a little bit more premeditated and and worrying I think Andrea I've lost you Andrea there unfortunately are you still here I have you yeah I was just saying if it was if it no you're gonna gain I'll hurt you I'll hurt you I just wanted to say the positive things that we should be talking about you know and do hate is an absolutely beautiful village and the people in it are wonderful and you know things like in the last six months we've raised enough money to buy two distributors for the village one that we actually gifted to the national school you know we've had a whole series of murals done we've got heritage photographs you know the work that's been done we we have uh a men shed that is creating some wonderful pieces for the village who are comprised with some of our new residents are Ukrainian families last weekend we had a spring cleanup and it was so wonderful to see the Ukrainian families and their children and local families there was the we MacDermott family that come out with twins and a two-year-old child who were litter picking you know and the men shed were erecting things that they did like bird tables and you know so there's so much positivity and there's so many wonderful things you know people keep commenting they're coming through the village and they can see the changes and they see how positive you know in uplifting it is and to think that somebody thinks it's okay you know to to do these things and to attack like we've had fruit trees for example that have been destroyed have been ripped out um you know so it's their motivation is seriously questionable so anyone with any information bring it forward to on goddess you can't or if those who are responsible want to meet and have a conversation or something whatever it takes to get to the bottom of this and and end it the sooner the better and we'll speak again about the positives Andrea whenever you like as it relates to what's going on in Doohuri because I think whilst it's important to highlight when you know we need some help to get to the bottom of something I think it's also important too that we highlight the positives and you've done a good job on that today thanks Andrea take care you have a lovely weekend Greg take care Andrea Redmond there 08 660 25 000 whatsapps and texts to that number or give us a call in 07 491 25 000 the 9 till noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or 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delivery get the perfect vehicle for your business at highland motors okay welcome back to the program mary joins us on the program now good morning to you mary thanks for taking the call today good morning great hurry i'm doing good how are you keeping mary i'm not too bad not too bad keeping very very busy busy busy and i would say heading into tonight a special event in the halfway house in burn fought in memory of your husband kevin little who died last year it must be just a whole washing machine full of different emotions swirling around down mary is it yeah there's a lot of emotions but i've got a good family behind me loads of good friends and i've got so much support it's just unbelievable and uh just getting tonight over will be a big hurdle but i'm looking forward to it and i think it's a good cause as well what we're doing yeah tell us a bit about kevin my husband yeah he was he loved life he had everybody loved kevin he was just a nice man and uh he was very young at heart he was 73 years of age when he died but he didn't act like a 73 year old good he was a mechanic by he had his own business for a while he was a panel beater he was well known in dairy and then he got he was well known then and then he got burned for the area when he met me you imported him did you well no it didn't actually import him but we used to do about export it the weekend over the border do a lot of us and then entertain and then he got yeah and this time last year you were away in holiday and very sadly kevin passed away and it's a very difficult time when it happens at home or close to home but particularly when it's far away and uh you were able to call on the services of the kevin bell trust which is just an amazing charity to help with the logistical side of things in terms of you know repatriating someone taking someone home and and with that in mind tonight's event is to support the trust and of course to remember kevin and i'm sure there's a lot of people with a lot of stories that will be sharing them tonight as well yeah yeah yeah uh no we contacted kevin bell i actually was a friend of mine contacted the first one they heard what happened i'm beggin to unison okay if we lost that line to mary hopefully we'll come back with it kevin financially at kevin bell memorial but for the support and the information they gave us was absolutely fantastic yeah at a very difficult time isn't it you know and maybe was it on reflection that you sort of realized that's what would we have done without them sort of a thing yeah on reflection you know they were so good but i just think in all the people especially young people like are away and they don't think about the insurance and getting people getting you back home again like my daughter Hannah now she's back here at the moment but she's out in australia well she's like like a traveling nurse working out there well if anything happened to her or anyone that got there you know you don't get the hold insurance for that and it's just it's just unbelievable how many people he's brought home all together it's 1,533 people here in the 33 counties of ireland and i've spoken to them a couple of times in different places in in studio and i think out in london and they're just so unassuming you know it's it's astonishing through their own grief too let's not forget uh what they've achieved so talk to me about tonight because really why we're talking mary it's a great opportunity for people to have a good night out in memory of your husband but also too to help support the kevin bell repatriation uh trust so tell us about tonight it's in the halfway it's in the halfway house the doors is opening at seven o'clock and um kick off at eight o'clock uh mickey dohardy from there he was always a great guy for the charities and a wonderful entertainer he's the lead there tonight he's going to be the commentator and keeping things going we have even homes on first to do it now so then we've got bracken on and then we're finishing off them high heels is going to play for a while and then we're having a disco then uh make henry it's going to be doing the disco first i'm and my brother-in-law tony so it's going to be a crooked night fantastic door prizes yeah and then we're going to do an unhoused raffle as well on the night so it's a 10 pound for the ticket and that gets you in the door and it gets you into 15 draws for prizes they're all 200 pound upwards and downwards uh and one of the door prizes is under 100 euro and you value of 100 euro but we've got great support from local businesses and amazing how many people have rang me up and said put them down or buy ticket and just unbelievable brilliant great stuff thanks to Lawrence and Arlene for hosting it for us tonight excellent and you want a full house i mean there are people that will have bought tickets that can't make it but there's tickets available on the door and you want to you want to have a full house and because it's going to be great great crack as well and kevin would have enjoyed tonight would he is he that type of or kevin would have loved it middle of the dance floor well i don't know about being the middle of the dance floor but he would have been he'd have been in his element well listen mary um have a lovely evening and and have a lovely time remembering kevin with your family and friends and uh i'm sure there'll be lots of fun as well and as you say people can go along for a great night of entertainment and also as you mentioned there's some cracking prizes uh to win so it's going to be a we can they can pay at the door as well excellent that's the place to be it's the halfway house burn foot tonight that's that's just the way we're leaving all right mary yeah all right thank you very much have a good evening bye bye take care of yourself okay mary little there uh get along if you want as i say it's a good night out there no doubt about it tonight in the halfway house in burnfoot uh it's in memory of her husband kevin and also to raise money for the kevin bell repatriation trust who helped with the logistics of returning kevin home uh from holiday uh to his home there are great a great outfit just no doubt about that uh right um let's get through some of your comments here and i want to just um like i'm not gonna i don't filter comments but i know there's going to be certain people more motivated to text than others uh so trying to get a good a good balance of where we're at here uh susanna is a great speaker and speaking in layman's terms as her own experience for a play tour um i call us as i've never heard such waffle from the senator she conveniently forgot that it's policy for no consultation all these do gooders why don't they take in the male refugees in their homes she made many other claims that as far as i can make out she couldn't back up by facts uh well done greg for putting some tough questions to her not that they were answered that comes in from caroline uh greg sad to see some politicians have joined in with the popular call to keep father patty done in kill mcrennan i thought the days of the priest politician alliance have scratched my back and i'll scratch yours were resigned to the dustbin of ireland's grim past i could be wrong i hope so my advice is that politicians should stay away or at the very least take a back seat from tonight's vigil in kill mcrennan as their motives may be misconstrued or maybe not you know i mean i don't know who you're done on which people you're talking about because i'm not from the area uh but these people presumably are from the area and live in the area and have families in the area and probably have a relationship like the rest of the congregation with father done and i don't i understand where you're coming from but i wouldn't i personally wouldn't question uh their motivations because they're speaking on behalf of the community like we've got no press releases in on it as such do you know what i mean so it's not being treated like a story uh that might be by a politician uh but as i say i genuinely don't know um exactly what you're referencing to but that's just my gut feeling uh morning could a lot of the ukranians not go back now to their own country more than three-quarters of it's absolutely fine again i understand where someone might be getting that information but it's really and then me people might say well i don't trust the mainstream news but listen to what's coming out of russia if that's a better way of doing it russia announced daily where in the country they target they release maps they let people know for the most part in terms of how many missiles they have struck so you know have a have a look at that that information and bring it all in and then see if you still feel that most of it's fine um it's it's it's the bombarding all different parts of ukraine with missiles and if it were me and i'm trying to protect my sons my two and a half year old and a bomb hit sly go a bomb hit dairy a bomb hit cork a bomb hit carry would i sit in the middle of letter kenny with my child saying ask her look at the not bombing here no i would probably pack up and try and take them somewhere safe maybe i'm a chicken or maybe that makes me weak i don't know but if bombs were going off in all of those places missiles were landing all of those places that i talk of that water had been cut off that electricity was intermittent and i didn't know at what point what type of a bomb could drop on me and my family and letter kenny would i hang about my gut tells me if i'm going to be honest and i try as best as i can to be honest would i hang about uh no if it was only in dublin that was being targeted exclusively maybe you might roll the dice but as i say there's missile striking cities all over ukraine would i sit in a city that hadn't yet been bombed they bombed the city of the um they bombed the city of the eurovision entrance for the first time and only time on the night 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the counting of votes is underway in northern ireland's council elections the ballots cast yesterday will elect 462 councillors across 11 areas there are 40 seats to be filled on dairy city and straband district council a man is due before dairy magistrates court charged in connection with a fire in the city this week on chambered and street the 73 year old has been charged with arson and arson endangering life with intent there were no injuries and the fire did not spread to any other buildings an orthodontic consultant cannot perform assessments due to a lack of resources and hasn't been able to since last march that's according to donnie gall deputy thomas pringle deputy pringle raised the issue of long waiting times for an orthodontic care in donnie gall to the tonnage dot in the doll yesterday he said his office has received many complaints one patient waiting four years for an assessment and another who said the condition of her child's teeth is now beginning to affect their mental health the donnie gall local community development committee is urging people to participate in a consultation on the local economic community plan 2023 to 2029 leader and peace plus plans are also under discussion events are being hosted in nine venues across the county over the next week at which people are being invited to comment on the goals of the plan and finally two men in dairy have been charged to court following a seizure of expected drugs with an estimated street value 50 000 pound and 20 000 pound in cash on wednesday last the men aged 36 and 38 have been charged with possession of a class b controlled drug possession of a class b controlled drug with intent to supply and possessing criminal property the 38 year old is also charged with transferring criminal property they are expected to appear to appear before the dairy magistrate court today those are the latest headlines we'll be back again with more at 12 o'clock and until then good morning okay Donna Marie 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good on myself today and coming up a little later on as well jason quickly will be joining us to preview the big night of boxing in Dublin on saturday night which is what i'll be watching but what have you been watching this week finula steel town murders yes this just started and i actually uh came across it by accident on monday evening you know sometimes when you're kind of sitting around you're trying to figure out what's on and um sky atlantic you should always be a great place for the monday evening big big drama that they did but they haven't brought out one in a long time um so i came across this on bbc i didn't know anything about it sat down to watch it and i actually really enjoyed it it's getting kind of mixed reviews from what i see because i tried to look it up afterwards to see what's going on but basically it is another one of these kind of crime um based on a true story where it ends up but i think i think michael in particular would like it because it has very much the feel of the um martin clune's one that's sort of a feel about it you have this philip uh sorry you have the detective played by philip glencer whose name is one that people might and really know but if you um see him you 100 know him he's like one of these stable british things he was in that show which of course now i can't take the name but again life from ours yes life from ours he was in life from ours he was kind of the crusty sort of um detective in that as well and you just recognize him he's a real solid actor in this he plays the detective and it kind of flashes back and forth to a crime that happened 30 years ago when he would have been i suppose like a rookie for lack of a better phrase in this new department that they had and now 30 years later they have reopened it as a cold case and they're having a look at it and he and a colleague who was there back in the day and new colleagues have come on board and they're looking at this case um as always with these cases or which seems to be always with these cases it's the murderers of some young women within the small welch mining area and um so basically that's what it's about and it looks well short it looks gritty and well produced yeah it does no no it really looks very good it kind of flashes back and forth in time so in the beginning it kind of takes you a minute just to make sure that you're a hundred percent who who's the young you know who the people are they need to spate spoon feed me that stuff yeah you need to kind of take a second just to make sure yeah no no that's definitely him younger and that's him younger and you know kind of working it out in your head this case is apparently because obviously what should i do then but google it there is a lot of stuff don't ruin this make this one i might want i want to understand is there's a lot of twists and turns you're very good you know and all he was terrible for spoilers in the past but anyway changed him no no it wasn't it's a you think that but it actually wasn't like that well there you go you're doing this this uh this is a four-parter and um judging by what i've read about the case around it i think it absolutely could fill more than a four-parter because there's a lot of different stuff that happens it ups and downs throughout the case and it actually was which again like a lot of these things that we don't realize in the background was actually quite groundbreaking yeah and had kind of it was the cold case that made the headlines it sort of created new law and different things like that so it's very uh i'm really looking forward to it there's some really solid acting in it the story is good it looks it's shot really well it has that kind of goes from sort of a 70s to a now feel that sort of a look about it and yeah i mean i i really enjoyed it it's officially on my list and it is one episode in is it it's just one episode in so um i found actually even just people because i know i'm always saying i don't have the bbc player which is my bane in life but um the sky have actually gotten a bit better as in just showing the one they don't keep they won't you won't be able to watch the four of the mineral but if you have like sky so i'm sure if you look if you have uh the virgin or whatever the different ones that are out there they probably do record link to if you have a skybox can't you oh you can't oh you can't do all that but it's sometimes they don't go back but they've gotten a little bit better from some of the bbc shows that they'll show just the one that just happened because it's the same with the rta you know they'll show you the one that's current they won't go back or forward ramping with so the still town martyrs one episode in it's the setup episode really isn't it in a full pot or what are you giving it out of 10 sounds like it's a well i i tell you i definitely think it's a grower as they say i really enjoyed it i give it a good seven and a half eight and i'm looking forward to seeing where the story goes as i said i ruin all these things on myself by being able to google not google but it just looks really interesting the actual case itself so i can only imagine um what they'll do with it because deal time martyrs who did it yeah it's not how did it end how do you don't yeah don't google it have they made a remake of pat garret and billy the kid but it's on the list here because it's on tb tonight it's like 19 early 73 very good very impressive um i have never seen this movie it's on tonight on tg car it's their friday night western so i think rather than just focusing on streaming all the time we thought we'd look at some terrestrial tv and i had been reading up about this movie a couple weeks ago um i watched another james coburn movie about a month ago big fan of james coburn went down a rabbit hole like that guy a lot had never seen this movie and it's an interesting movie to read up on um because before we talk about the plot behind the scenes was a lot of controversy so there's three versions of this movie and from what i gather from the runtime tonight on tg car they're showing the acclaimed version not the original original theatrical version which was slammed at the time and was the only version in existence for about 25 to 30 years to re-edit though isn't it the director and the studio fell out uh because of what was happening in the movie the movie was behind schedule and over budget fall out in the 70s oh i thought everyone peck and pa saw peck and pa that he did he he he did that a lot with his studios he did that on another movie i'm going to watch soon the austerman weekend which also he had to recut so uh yeah this version the special edition has only been in existence since 2005 it's longer version but it's because it's been you know it's one of those things that the movie is re-evaluated in more recent years and a movie that critics slays it uh they're now saying oh actually this might be his best film so what is pat garrett and billy the kid it's a true story uh chris christofferson james coburn uh it focuses on a very specific incident where pat garrett is hired as a law man by some wealthy land barons to bring in his old friend billy the kid simple very straightforward and it sets that story up in the first couple of scenes like there's no messing about here and they meet i like these sort of films where the rivals meet for like a friendly drink you know pat shows up the talk he says yeah i've been hired uncle and i'm going to be coming for you and he leaves because like he's just telling him get out of the country leave get down to mexico or whatever being a peck and pop movie it's got a lot of violence in slow motion and a lot of blood so you go in knowing his work and expecting that because i knew his work from other things like the wild bunch and so forth and another one the name of which escapes me um so i thoroughly enjoyed this the other night i watched it uh knowing that it was coming up on friday night i think it's either going to be a movie that people have never seen and they should watch it if they sound interested by all of that but it's also a movie that maybe you've seen maybe grown up but maybe you don't realize there's another version that's perceived by everybody as a much better version it reorganizes the scenes and it fills in a lot of stuff that peck and paw wanted in but the studio were just so annoyed with them that they were like they kicked them off the project and they did a re-edit nine o'clock tonight tg catter yes it's violent but if you like co-born christopher starfors is very good bob dillon yeah acts in it and uh knocking on heaven's door okay is out of ten is from this movie it's from this movie and when they use it i was very emotional like a caught up i was like and it's quite yeah i would give it a handy i was like oh my god it's so it works so well he does the score for the music as well and i'm not a bob dillon fan all right i would give it a just maybe you're such a wuss i know i totally am you get emotional if i tell you what happened when i was watching a rockford files movie the other night i saw a part there's no shame in that stay where you are i'll come back for your marks out of ten because big time boxing is back in arland uh and uh it's uh it's gonna be a huge night not just for boxing fans but i think casual fans will be uh dragged into this as well pro boxer lad brocks assassin jason quickly joins us jason thanks so much for joining us this morning how are you keeping the very best greg the very best in yourself i am doing good and before we get into saturday night you're in the middle of training camp for your uh huge fight i mean talk about yeah i know i know you had a uh sort of a filler fight uh but you're going from one big fight into another in against edgar belanga on june 24th 20 wins 16 ko's is a big fighter a big hitter you don't do things lightly do you no i think um you know once you're in the boxing game the honk comes too easy or no honk comes too handy so uh it's a it's an exciting challenge it's a it's a great opportunity for me to really cater put myself back into to that elite position again and uh i'm excited for this one for sure greg yeah and it's in madison square garden to the the mecca of boxing uh it doesn't get much better than that you'll have a huge a huge arish contingent cheering you on and as you say uh when you do the business this really throws your name up there with all of the the top guys in the division yeah 100 you know i'm getting one of the biggest stages on one of the biggest platforms to to show the world how good i am to show myself how good i am and to put myself right back up where i belong again and you know going in there now in june 24th getting a great victory coming out with a with a hands raised is going to really put me up in the mix with the the elite in the sport again yeah okay and how's the training going because obviously congratulations by the way uh on your your recent marriage uh but you know you're full into the training side of things now your training here at home when how's that going and when do you travel out to the states everything's going brilliant so far Greg you know it was um i couldn't really have planned things any better with the last fight you know we had a good 10-12 week training camp leading into that fight obviously we had a few opponents fell through leading up to the fight but we still got a good solid 10 rounds under your belt and you need that fight fitness after being out for so long after the andrati fight and then i had my wedding then two or three weeks then i was still training but you know i had about five days off then in total over the over the weekend and a few days off with with my new wife so it was great and we were just straight back in the training camp again i didn't think i'd be spending my honeymoon in training camp but but here i am and i'm going to make it all worthwhile um you know me and andi have been drilling combinations drilling game plans and over the last couple of weeks now and it's really time now to start ramping it up and sparring putting everything that we're practicing into play and taking that into fight yeah and a brief question with a brief answer not getting into the ins and outs or anything but is andi lee going to be able to be in your corner for the fight yeah 100 you know we've had visa issues the last couple of times but andi has been approved as visa that's a big deal for you isn't it to actually have him in the corner standing on this because he's a he's a legend i think he's the best i think he's the best analysis he's obviously a superb trainer but for you to be able to compete the job with him in your corner that's a game changer almost potentially without a doubt everything that you said greg is is a plus having that man in the corner but you know having the man that's training you going through game plans knowing you inside out over the last couple of years now and him not being there in the corner with you on fight night it is it is definitely a disadvantage whereas this time around i have that full advantage and you know we'll be going in there a fully equipped team this time around and ready to do the job brilliant i'm delighted about that right saturday night it doesn't come much bigger than this uh katie taylor could have handpicked pretty much any opponent and felt that arena right in fact you probably could have felt croaked park had against a walk over and i mean that with no disrespect because anyone who gets in the ring is not a walk over but i think you understand what i'm saying instead she's probably picked the most difficult fight that potentially is out there someone who's bigger than her someone who's you know naturally heavier than her who is a unified champion themselves we're talking about shantel camera in here uh who's a come forward box the one give her an inch i mean who's younger uh some people think katie's on the downward we'll see on saturday night i mean this is a huge task i mean what i mean you must have we all admire katie but to take this fight at this time is unbelievable isn't it i think this just really shows the true champion that katie is and you know a lot of people a lot of fighters out there say you know i really appreciate my fans and i really love where i come from and all this here but it's easy to say that but katie's proven that now with her actions like she's putting on one of the biggest fights ever not only in female boxing but in boxing in general you know male as well two undisputed champions they hold all the belts in both of their divisions and the two of them is going to be putting them on the line and usually like katie is the A side but she's the one that's moving up and wait she's not making shantel come down into katie's weight she never asked she never asked for a catch weight or for her to come down to katie's weight unbelievable exactly you know this shows this shows the type of warrior that katie is you know she has no thoughts whatsoever on like what people's going to be thinking this that or whatever she's there to put on the best show for the fans and to make it the best homecoming that she possibly can and that's exactly what she's doing and yes exactly as you said is greg you know she did not pick an easy fight coming back here this is going to be a very very difficult fight i do believe that katie's going to win this fight uh on points you know katie isn't a big puncher she doesn't stop a lot of people so her moving up and wait i definitely can't see that you know moving up and being the smaller opponent and against a bigger fighter i definitely can't see a stoppage on katie's uh on katie's behalf in this fight but i believe that katie's going to be very in control early on the fight her skills are way above shantels but this is professional boxing and sometimes using professional boxing skills aren't always the one that pays the bills so how does she win it does she you know on her bike on the outside quick combinations in and out frustrated opponent and hopefully uh the training obviously she's put the the training in that the legs hold out and she doesn't sort of get i don't know um you know attract down in in the later rounds is that how you see the the pathway to katie's success yeah look um i was at the press conference yesterday at the dublin castle and shantels coach jamie murr says at the press conference like he was we would be mad to go in there and think that we're going to be able to out box katie taylor you know with her skills and yes there could be some mind games being thrown in here as well but you know i think it's black and white that the katie is the much superior boxer in terms of skills to shantel but shantel is a really tough operator she's strong she's dogged she's hungry this is her idol that she's fighting do you know this has been like when i was i was talking to um i was talking to one of shantel's teams and they were saying that whenever this fight was announced she was kind of and they first did the face off she's like she kind of thought to herself oh my god that's katie you know like but now she has switched that mindset to be like excuse my language you know i don't give a s**t here you know who this is across the ring i got to get in there and take care of business and i was very happy to hear that because that's the type of mindset that she's going to have to have whenever she gets in here now but go on to your question greg about how does katie won this fight she does have to be up on her toes she does have to be using her skills using her jab not letting shantel get inside because that's going to be shantel's game plan if shantel leaves it too late to really push the pace and push the pressure on katie then i believe it's going to be a comfortable decision one for katie but if shantel can get inside tire katie down early on in the fight and make it a dog fight then i believe that it's going to be a very close fight yeah and my concern is katie has a little bit of view in it uh in that you know you might say you're going to box a certain way right and you tell your coach you're going to box a certain way and then someone sort of stands in front of you and you decide to stand in front of them and trade the cup yeah i think both that you can be a bit guilty that at times jason of course definitely you know it's um i think it's it must be a uh a trait and i'll try to reach it yeah you know somebody somebody gives us a challenge and we just we go we go all out i'm having that yeah i know i i think i think katie you know and and this is another one as well i believe you know we have seen katie in the past now in the last couple of fights and a few people are thinking that she's sliding a little bit and yes she might be but that's natural because of the age of katie because of the fights because of the wear on the tires that she has you know through the years i believe that she might be on the slide a little bit but being in the three arena with all the irish fans there this is her homecoming i believe that you're going to see maybe one of the best performances from katie taylor now saturday night that's it and i won't keep you very much longer another great uh women's fight terry hopper versus a legend of women's boxing cecilia backhouse she's been around for absolutely ever it's a great fight for terry hopper to against the legend and can elevate herself but it has the potential to be a real barnstormer as well yeah and you know this is one thing that that i wanted to say coming on here as well like the the undercarriage on this show as well is is top class can't wait to see gary collie i mean i there's something about him i'm already a huge fan of his and i think he's just i'm interested to see if he changes his uh changes his ring name you know his nickname because he got a bit of abuse i think the last time out and eddie heron said right we're gonna have to come up with a new nickname for you so i'm fascinated to see what they do there but go on anyway jason sometimes sometimes this abuse can uh can work out in your favor too you know you need to you need to kind of play the villain as well sometimes and and stand out a little bit sometimes not always for the right reasons but you know um the first lady is they're calling cecilia backhouse you know and terry hopper you know these are two great people that are in the sport uh for good things and it's great you know boxing has got a lot of slack over the years and you know it's always been the bad guys or the bad women or you know it's always been you know the rough and tough and but we're starting to see a lot of good uh good genuine people being successful in boxing now you know cecilia spoke yesterday at the press conference as well and says that she really fought hard because professional boxing was banned in norway and only recently enough that they got that ban lifted and she had a 10 000 seeder sell out there herself you know so it's great to see uh good people doing good in boxing but you know we go to the undercard like and you have my my stable mate there trained by andy lee as well patty dovein who is uh who i think is going to be a massive massive star he's definitely going to be a wonderful watch out for he's going to be on the early broadcasting um on the zone so tune in early anybody that's going to be tuned in on the disown before the bell it's going to be around 5 30 i'm actually going to be commentating uh on that for patty's fight which is going to be nice one i'm not going to be biased at all on that one of course yeah call it as you say yeah but uh patty patty is going to be on that and uh he's got a he's got a good fight in samo mason who is uh is an english fighter came in a little bit late notice but has fought the likes of uh dalton smith as well one of matron's biggest prospects so this is going to be a great great time for um for patty to come on and show his skills and then you know you see yourself you have gary collier who's really standing out at the minute with a lot of knockouts in his last couple of fights he uh he is you know one of those guys that does stick out in the way that he talks the way that he looks and you know he's doing that in the ring as well and you also have uh thomas caraty as well you know a big heavyweight irish lad that is uh ready to put on a show and you've got keven aguero you know another irish lad from belfast who has to become the the first black irish world champion you know so this is this is great um for these young fighters to be getting this type of a platform here in ireland and it's only right that they get it because irish boxing has been starved and you know i'm so happy for for the fans you know just the genuine yeah great the genuine irish fans that have followed the sport for so long they can just jump in the car and drive up the tree arena if they've got their tickets or just go to the public workout even myself driving to the public workout and driving to the press car and going to the way and now and about another hour's time so just driving to there like to these big shows it's great to have a back in ireland again listen brilliant can't wait for it i've already got planning permission for the early card the full card the whole lot saturday night is sorted might listen to you commenting on paddy's fight as well and it's going to be a great night and it is ultimately uh a great to see big time boxing back in ireland and who's to say that this actually does not do a lot of the groundwork maybe for a huge fight here for you uh jason if all goes to plan thanks so much for joining us it's been lovely chatting to you all right take care jason all right jason quickly there i've indulged myself i have to listen to you's listening talk about marvel and superheroes and universes and for once i get to talk about something i like i could tell i've never seen you so awake would you come here shall i take a break and then we can get straight back into things is that all right what are you giving uh eight eight i love it yeah okay lovely and it looks good it's gritty as i say oh yeah well you know before you you know this film obviously you mentioned you must have seen it while you're speaking i thought you would have seen it grown up no it was born about seven it was made about seven years before i was able to be on tv over you know all right back after these the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on highland radio the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from letter kenny credit union call us on zero seven four nine one zero two one two six or apply online via our app or in office today or macula jewellers in letter kenny are synonymous with fine 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news music and plenty of giveaway it's a great weekend i think they're doing pizzas and stuff next tomorrow if the ads are anything to go by right okay so uh still on apple i have uh been really looking forward to this and uh because i am a massive mikey j fox fan loved him posters on my wall it's like going back to the future days oh everything he ever touched back in those days had him up on the wall the whole thing and family ties loved it and he was team wolf oh secret of my success i mean even the bad ones were great um but it's he was one of these guys that which some a lot of people may not even know a lot about him because to be honest he hasn't really been in a lot of stuff now for the last 20 years or so good well it's about it the good yeah that he's done a few kind of like little cameo pieces in it yeah did he not have a more significant role in designated survivor no or was that cameo wish i didn't watch this so i can only speak to that one okay go well most of the stuff he's done is cameo wish um so mikey j fox is the star of back to the future he started off in television he's a canadian um uh did a lot of different stuff did um as i said uh played alex p's keaton in family ties why don't they re-show that i'd love to watch that again if anybody knows where you can find that online so he was in family ties and then uh he's got a website for that oh i know so we and then he went did back to the future and he went into movies and there was a period there where he was in absolutely everything and he was like an unlikely kind of a movie star slash tv star he's only as he says himself he's only about five foot nothing and you know he's when he first started off it was that because he was 17 18 and he could play like a 9 10 11 year old he was so kind of small and puny and that kind of in shape and stature and he ended up being one of the biggest movie stars um in america for a period of time and he was the highest paid and so many things he had like number one movies back to back uh everything he touched seemed to be golden and then when he was in his um i think it was like mid 30s or so he woke up one morning to find that his little finger was uh just uh shaking and he was unable to stop it and it wasn't a control of himself and years later he realized uh that they found out that he actually had early onset park Parkinson's disease he kept it quiet for years um working on tv and then and now he has said he does cameos but he does amazing stuff for um the parkinson society and fundraising and they fundraise millions and millions um in order to put into research for parkinsons and he just really isn't a fantastic man my role model for a lot of things and he's very open about the mistakes he's made in his life as well and he kind of kind of went off the rails at different times so it just really interesting he wrote a book which this is kind of loosely based on i think having read the book years ago and now they've come up with this documentary the documentary i loved it i absolutely adored i thought it made you want to go back and watch some of his stuff but it also was interesting when he gets further into it and he he's very open about the way parkinsons has impacted his body while he's doing the documentary you can he talks about how when he feels like he's reaching the end of his dosage and he's it's time for him to take another pill or whatever and you can like physically see him kind of decreasing in himself you know because the lack of like i'm not going to try to attempt the chemical that it is and is it how is the story told then so it is a documentary but there's obviously a lot of footage you will not like this documentary right because the only bad thing about this documentary is that and we're going to have to next time you have a documentarian on you're going to have to ask them what is it they don't have a mic yeah so annoying and this is done in a conversation so why is he not mike so it's not incidental question it's not it's specifically set that he asked the question i was just so glad i was watching it because on apple tv and i just showed you how technical i am my apple tv would i go into it it always gives me um subtitles and i'm not sure how to turn it off so but in this end i don't know how to turn it off again if anybody knows how to do that text so this was very handy for me because the bloody documentary kept whispering his questions basically what it is is it's the camera is set up like the camera is set up in front of you just staring on to michael j fox's face the um the uh documentarian is the other the other end of the camera shouting out uh different comments that's kind of moving the story forward then it's interspersed then with some press um footage of him also bits in the movie people may remember then towards the end of his uh well the height of his kind of career he did he came back to tv after when the movies kind of started going a little bit astray for him he came back to tv and uh he was in a program called spin city uh i absolutely loved it he kind of paid like a spin doctor in a in a political office i think it was like the mayoral office in new york or something like that um but it was really and i really enjoyed it always did they got some great um guest stars coming in and out of it but when i watched it i had no idea that he was done well and they start showing you bits of it while he's talking about how he hid it and it's amazing now when you see it right how you know and lots of different things little tricks of the trade that he did how nobody knew when it released you know when it was how it was like then for them to come out and and announce it um you know to have to let the public know and everything that this was what he was going through and uh it just i i really enjoyed the whole documentary so is it it's it's about him yeah it's him with his physio it's him with his but it's also awareness about parkinsons then is it well it to be honest it is it is just by the way it's told okay it's not actually teaching you anything focus okay no but he does because it's telling you more about him you do see him um like his his body moves very um jerkily now and particularly when he's walking and he's always if if anybody who did watch or was a fan of Michael Jay Fox he was always in his movies and his things running he's running down corridors and all of a sudden then he's reached as he says himself he finally reached a place in his head and in his age and in his maturity you know what i mean in his psyche that he was ready to actually slow down and then suddenly his body refuses to actually be still and what is the state of his condition it's degenerative but obviously he would have the access to the best of medicines um yeah he had but he probably has it a lot now i do not have any knowledge of this um but he when he i know i remember at the time when it was announced that he that he that he had this they were sort of saying 10 years and that by 10 years he would be incapacitated to such a degree but he he seems to be still out and about enjoying his life it shows him with his now adult children it shows him as i said he's you know he has like a uh permanent sort of a physical seems to be permanent physio person it shows him with his speech therapist it shows him with the different the different therapies that he goes talking to his consultant and that kind of thing about what it is so it doesn't really focus on the Parkinson's side of it like that it more focuses i think on him as a person what he was like how he's like now how he copes with how he is now i mean some parts of it are just tragic particularly for somebody like me who loved him and and still does i mean he's a great man but you know like had posters of him on the wall you feel his you feel what he has endured in his life more deeply because of your well at one point they ask him is he in pain and he's like agonizing at all times and and it's been described as astonishing it's very he's it's brilliant what's starting about is how open he is and how willing he is to let you see the impact that this has had on him okay like if you watch it you'll just be stunned that anybody would let uh you know it was willing to open up their life in this way and you'll be like me then giving out about this guggenheim guide that actually made the documentary and go seriously i'm going to send him a mic i have one upstairs it was 35 euros he can use it all right so annoying um kevin says hi greg and guardians of the tv that's you too i'll watch the michael j fox apple plus documentary still in what will capture people's admiration is the way in which uh it was to use scenes from michael j fox's work to portray his actual life which you've been outlining i mean i don't know what uh the had family i don't know what family ties had as it meant to be about the parents but michael j fox stood out straight away as alex p keaton and his long-suffering sisters one was malory played by justine bateman sister to ozark star jason bateman it was certainly a fascinating watch through his life and worth a second watch um yeah so yeah yeah no it's right there is there's something just enjoyable it's probably the wrong word when you're looking at you know when you're seeing somebody talking so openly about the struggles that they've had but also his kind of eat you know his ethos now and his thinking and you know what he values and that kind of thing and the changes that have come about with that he's just really to me anyways he just seems like a really admirable person it was definitely worth the watch but roomed by the not miking of the person who's asking the questions i mean it would be like me pulling the mic down now i've have pulled the mic down now so listeners know what i'm talking about yeah i'm in the distance for no reason whatsoever okay marks out of 10 oh i absolutely loved it and i think the people should watch it it's an interesting without being trying to teach you anything or without doing anything there's awareness that's happening and it's just to look at people you know the struggles that some people have in their lives and how they managed to overcome it i would definitely give it a nine or ten i really and again enjoyed it is the wrong no it is because that's just one minute you were near to you know i nearly became the two years one minute i was near tears the next minute you're laughing then you're remembering where you were when certain things came you know yeah where was i and what age i was when different movies came out and who you saw the journey for yourself so it ends up being a whole like i just really enjoyed it because it is really really well done that i sometimes michael the best awareness in education comes when we don't realize it's actually happening as well so of even if it's not its intention and it's to tell the story of one person you reflect and remember and and and grow with your awareness as as you go and yeah and and there is a thing with somebody like michael j fox where you do feel an emotional connection and therefore you feel empathy you grew up with them yes and so you will feel for them and it through that you can kind of walk a mile in there well yeah because he's one of those kind of people who are particularly people my age that uh right around my age that you kind of feel like you know him because he's sort of been around so long yeah he's one of those kind of celebrities that you're like oh yeah you know you just exactly well i would have been 12 when family ties started it was on monday nights on or t2 if i remember correctly and uh i was always watching his shows like i was watching his movies watching and he was in several seasons of the good wife as a baddie and he's so good as a baddie so good as a baddie so good as okay well listen both of you thank you very much for that great reviews so far we've got 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exciting times marchine when did you get the news from the national lottery that you had sold you effectively made a millionaire in the shop Greg good morning to you and thank you very much for giving us a call no great great excitement we got the phone calls from the national lottery uh ladies yesterday evening 25 that's nine last night to say that there was a winner um the winner was picked on tuesday so there was some day the daily millions uh lotto draw that they do themselves internally at this stage we don't know who it is um i suppose look at this great excitement there's there is no rumors we don't know who it is it could be passing trades it could be people from the west it could be people locally it could be tourists it could be people walking across i see you were in there yourself and choose this you could have won us i don't know if that's maybe i'll check my ticket it could be me i was in there on tuesday uh i did do a quick no i did not i wish it was i could tell you where i wouldn't be sitting and that's right here right now i'd be giving funula rabbit a two-fingered salute and running at the door so come here um we don't know who's won and as you say you know you've got a huge uh local uh uh clientele but also a massive through traffic as well it's just one of those premises on the road that it's on so it could be someone living next door it could be as you say someone from Burtonport we just simply don't know it could it could and we've a lot of people that raise a lot of words and they do the national lottery and other people about it there's a lot of cards as well so as you said look it could be anybody but the excitement is palpable around this morning we're expecting the national lottery representative to be with us at 12 and there's great celebrations they had and i know those photographers and now even local press that yourself has contacted us was great um so no great excitement and uh and if we know Anton i and we're okay to share it i certainly will share it but at this stage we don't know who it is whoever it is it's going to make a huge difference in their life it's such a fantastic thing to happen to anybody exciting for the management and the staff as well it gives a nice little buzz in what's already a buzzing a buzzing facility great stuff marching keep us updated and well done thanks so much indeed thank you take care bye bye marching Kelly managing director there of the awesome food store uh Kelly's centra and Kelly's diner what's that for who hasn't shown up to work today um well there's a lot of people in the building how many of them are working i don't know uh katie is not here where's katey i know where's where did she put her idea i'm not a hundred percent sure we love to check that one out i've always liked katie by the way we're very close i'd say we're best mates just in case she's listening well i said to her if you know if you won the lotto what would you do about the begging letters and she said i'd keep standing them i wouldn't let that pump me off right okay what's the news the news yes a lot of news didn't show biz news was job is news oh i like that um yeah may every year is when the american networks bring down the chop on a lot of shows so in every day this week american networks demand networks have been cancelling shows and renewing shows so i'll start with two good renewals because there's two are not renewals two brand new shows that stood out first of all um i'm sure a lot of people remember the matlock series of the 80s and 90s um a very uh standard murder mystery murder she wrote esk type of show andy griffith uh that's been rebooted with katie bates as the new matlock i think it's a complete reboot it's not like she's his daughter or something like that they're just starting off with the whole thing so it's basically matlock is returning as so many shows have done in recent years they brought my diver back they bought magnum pi back they bring all these shows back so matlock will be arriving on american screens assuming the writer strike comes to an end and then obviously we'll have it over here probably late this year early next year so if you're a matlock fan or a katie bates fan from misery or from was it harry's law she did yeah um from any of those shows then you might be excited by the prospect of this and this it'll be out a bit earlier than that i seen trailers for it already well yeah well she's a retiree and she goes goes back to work as a matlock was originally a fella yes that's right alley griffith was him yeah and he the idea was that he was a southern lawyer who's like who's down home wisdom was was better than all them city slickers you know and that's i think that's from what i've seen from the trailers and that's why i say i think it's actually going to be in the autumn yeah well if the writer strike is solved it'll be on cbs probably third week of september and start what else is coming then the other show that really stands out we've been talking about the good wife a lot good wife had already had one spin off good fight a good wife i love that show one of the best written smartest shows on tv in the last decade 15 years one of the best characters on there was a character called ells beth played by carrie preston who i can best describe if you haven't seen the show she's sort of like a colombo-esque character who comes in appears to be walking chaos everybody underestimates her and she's always the smartest person in the room she's out with everybody and brilliant character who also appeared in the good fight after 10 15 years playing the character you know popping up maybe two or three episodes a season carrie preston is now getting her own show as ells beth starting again in america september time very excited about that because she's an amazing performer and this is a fantastic character this is another show in that franchise of three shows that could last another six or seven years that's the good news out of the way the shows that some of the shows we've talked about on air are you okay finula three pines which finula has loved awesome has been cancelled not because of ratings but because they couldn't work out financial deal behind the scenes amazon and i think i'm gonna say sony but i could be wrong whoever the production they couldn't work out a deal so the show has been pulled the same thing has happened with a long running resident which has an actor from the good wife there's a team this morning that's going off the air abruptly after six seasons they weren't expecting to be put so is three pines is there episodes in the in is their story no ends on a cliffhanger oh yeah i remember when we were talking about it it's set in it's set in canada and aphrodino is in it it's i really really enjoyed it was like it's it's on you loved it you loved it you're not gonna get any satisfaction the novels will answer the questions because they're based on a series of novels yeah that's why we thought it'd be going on forever and actually we were saying that aphrodino this could be his dad like daniel craig he's going with night yeah this could be his right up until he decides to chuck in the town permanently another cancellation uh anyone who's listening to the uh entertainment slaughter with us viewers knows that i have completely given my heart to catherine winick she captured my heart as a detective sheriff on big sky big sky has been cancelled so how's private this weekend i'm going to be just taking it very easy i don't want any phone calls i'm just gonna have awesome prayers for michael eddy so yeah that show uh reba mackentire was in the third season it's such a fun show but the viewership was going down so they pulled the plug in cis los angeles has reached the end of its 14 season life so that's off the air avenue five with you lorry that's gone as well quite quickly another show that filula loved alaska daily you well you know i liked it you liked it yeah i yeah you're right i didn't see you surrounding and that one is the one the people are going to be yeah that's the lie and the the physical with rose burn is uh coming to an end after one more season that's one of my favorite shows and the last thing i have on my list is the big one because of all the behind the scenes problems they've had with the lead actor on the show they've definitely conclusively announced that yellowstone is finishing after eight more episodes and that is really shocking because one of the spin-offs then they continue yes but the problem and people are saying it's not just kevin costner and we love that character but if we can the spin-offs take care of beth and the family like a rip rips one of the best characters and you know they're great characters so the big question marks but it's very i did it watch the first i watched the first series of the first one i did it okay i liked it but i have to get better in season too yeah i i enjoyed it but i just never really gave it the time yeah and i need to see especially when there's multiple series it feels like a big commitment it is a huge good yeah and it's difficult to it's not streaming direct you have to get paramount yeah it's a bit awkward rte player had it you missed it you missed it you missed it you missed it but it's a it's a it's a difficult one because taylor sharon famously had planned seasons in advance like he was talking about season five when he was shooting the pilot yeah so he had very specific plans now he only has eight episodes to finish it and it's going to be rough and it's rare to see such a top i mean it arguably it could be the number one you know it's because of the franches number one show the word i would say it is possibly organically the one of the most commented programs from listeners on the site oh it is yeah the people you have to watch it if you don't watch it you know pat garrett billy the kid also features another big bob dylan hit also popularized by nathan carter wagon wheel okay wagon wheels in it i'm trying to remember yeah there's several like i don't recognize that but okay um no there's several like dylan did the soundtrack so there's any things and he acts in it as well well he acts acts is a strong word i know he stands there in front of the camera and he hey hey hey boats i have to go we have to go all right that was fun a time flies so yeah lumen quick doesn't it finula michael both of you thank you for it very much today looking forward to reconvening next friday already just to remind you that john breslin is coming up around the northwest next he's live on an ob at i moltres in drum keen the team from i moltres will be chatting to john about their open weekend which is launching today they have their stock secured and ready to go for july delivery you've got your two three cars two three two cars they're available to view so tune in to the show coming up after the news for more information on this along with 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