You just wait now to your next birthday. My next birthday's not 56. I talked to Caroline Orr. She's my best friend, you know we have. So how does it feel? Do you know what? It feels like a Tuesday. So what's the secret? In fairness, you're very sprightly looking. I would have played living on a prayerable halfway there, but you're probably well past that now anyway. Oh, my God, you are so good. And just, yeah, yeah. So what's your secret to the... No stress. No, there's a lot of stress. No, it's not that. No, yeah. Look, it's just about... I don't know. I don't know. My dad has good skin. My dad has good skin. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. Come here, what are you going to do today? Obviously, loads of responsibilities, but have you anything nice planned? Well, Lee... We're going to have a little bit of a party. Me and Lee and a couple of his cousins are here, because Noah's in Cromland. We'll be back hopefully this evening at 7 or 8. So we'll do something to celebrate the birthday. And all this kind of stuff. So we'll do something really nice, you know? A nice surprise coming into the studio this morning. Did you get many requests? I did. But I'm not going to read out requests for myself. Why not? So I'm going to have to read them. No, you do not, but I just don't like... I'm kind of a boy, there's like fuss. Well, you're in the wrong job to fuss. I like giving somebody else attention, but I don't like taking it. But it's nice. So lovely thanks for all your comments. And thanks for the surprise that came into Highland. This morning there's balloons and banners, which I noticed breakfast. It'll be back up again soon enough. No, Caroline told me you're all right. You're looking at her now. Did you already tell him? Anyway, thanks for that. It was a wonderful, wonderful day. You deserve it. It's fine, it's fine. It is the 9.00 show at 9 o'clock time for a news update. It's over to Donald Kavanaugh. Thank you, Greg. Good morning. Unhealthy and abusive behaviour in intimate relationships has become normalised for young Irish people. That's according to Women's Aid, which has revealed shocking results from an online quiz involving 20,000 young people. 93% say their partner has threatened to post explicit pictures or videos of them online during an argument. 83% reported their partner had hit them. 72% say the person they're in a relationship with demands to look through their phone and know their passwords, while 62% felt pressured to engage in sexual activity that they didn't want. Women's Aid is relaunching its Valentine's Day 2 Into You campaign. Its lead is Mary Hayes. When you're going out with someone and they're into you, it can be exciting. You know, feel like the honeymoon phase. But if they're too into you, then this would be a red flag for abuse.  They might bombard you with texts. They might do, you know, grand gestures of affection and attention, which is particularly something that we would see around Valentine's Day. Sheen Veniz today putting forward a motion in the door calling for the introduction of a spring bonus. It would be for those relying on working-age social welfare payments, including pensioners, people with disabilities, carers and loan parents. Sheen Veniz accusing the government of choosing not to fully protect people on lower and fixed incomes. The party's finance spokesperson, Donny Gaulty-Deeper-Storhardy, says that emergency action is necessary. The evidence on the ground is that people are in worse off position and they needed more support. That is why the government need to act now, and it's appropriate that they act in the proper fashion. So, the core social welfare rate should be aligned with inflation last October. We can still do that now. A spring bonus needs to be paid. We need to make sure that those on working-age payments, that they are able to avail of the field payments as well because the pressure in terms of energy hasn't gone away. The planning process around the development of wind farms needs to be accelerated to meet consumer demand and lower the cost of energy, that's according to an industry representative body. Wind Energy Ireland says the grid infrastructure and planning system necessary to achieve those aims are still released by the body ahead of its annual conference, found four in five Irish people support wind farms while opposition to wind energy has fallen to just five percent. And county councils across the country could bring in more EU cash if they hired an expert, that's according to Midlands Northwest MEP Colin Markey. He says every council area should recruit an EU funding officer. He's raised it with the new local government minister who's said to be interested in the idea. Colin Markey believes there are millions of Euro available that could be better harnessed. There's vast amounts of money at European level that's available to be accessed by community groups and by county councils directly and as considering that Ireland is now net contributor into Europe it's vital that we make the most of accessing what funding is available in Europe. Mostly cloudy this morning with some patchy rain or drizzle possible along with some hillmests becoming mostly dry for the afternoon with some sunny spells developing top temperatures hitting 12 to 14 degrees Celsius in moderate winds staying dry tonight to start but rain will spread from the west later. Clear spells and scattered showers following before dawn lowest overnight temperatures 4 to 7 in moderate southwest winds. That's Highland Radio News. We're back with news again at Tell It Log. Are you in the process of moving to a new bank? Maybe you already have. 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And if you want to email the show its comments at highlandradio.com And also if you want to watch the show as a reminder each morning for those just tuning in for the first time you can go on to YouTube on your smart TV your forestic tablet wherever watch us there and same applies to Facebook watch or the Facebook app. Just search Highland Radio like and subscribe by the way. I know lots of people say but it does actually make a difference. Right. Okay. Let's look at the newspapers this morning. That new council has Micah priorities. New councillor should say Donegal's newest councillor is currently in the process of moving from his Micah defective block affected home and says he knows first hand the frustration of what thousands are currently going through. Port McGarvey was co-opted on to Donegal County Council yesterday Monday at a special meeting at HQ in Lifford he will replace his uncle Ireland's oldest public representative 92 year old Ian McGarvey who has decided to retire a native of Ruth Mullen Park McGarvey is 34 years old and married to Marie Claire they have three children he the incoming councillor said he was looking forward to the opportunity of representing the people and continuing upholding his uncle's commitment to serving the people on to the Irish independent now and perhaps not necessarily good news if you're waiting for your NCT you will be due in NCT because plans to cut huge NCT backlog are thrown into chaos plans to cut national car test backlogs have been thrown into chaos as the operator is set to abandon plans to hire lower skilled staff the move by Aplos is anticipated after mechanics rejected proposals to bring in a new category of worker to step up inspections Aplos wanted to recruit assistants known as inspection support personnel and planned that they would carried out the less skilled early stages of testing the final stages which involve checking the under body of vehicles would still be conducted by fully qualified mechanics the Labour Court recommended that the plan should be ruled out on a trial basis or rolled out should I say however 87% of SIPTU members rejected its recommendations in a ballot last month SIPTU argued that inspection support personnel lacked appropriate qualifications and would undermine its members job security there are an estimated 75,000 cars on the road without a valid search or road worthiness which is more than double the normal amount so what do you think about that I mean I can understand maybe where the workers are coming from they could see this is some kind of a ruse to ease them out and maybe have lower paid workers in their place I'm not sure as to motor their motivations but there you go it's not good news if you're waiting for your NCT anyway the Irish Times tells us that a businessman owed money by a GEA star who's now under investigation for fraud has claimed that the sportsman was playing golf at a time he said he was overseas receiving cancer treatment the millionaire businessmen secured a debt judgment against the retired player for tens of thousands of euro after lending the sports star a six figure sum at a time when he had told him that he was to be undergoing treatment in the US the entrepreneur is one of several friends acquaintances and business associates of the former player who were owed by him and who have made statements to the guardians we heard from our own Brendan he himself had been contacted by this individual and Brendan concluded that I mean he's an awful long way from where this former player is so we must have been desperate he must have been casting that net incredibly incredibly wide well the former GEA player is being investigated for alleged fraud and deception by detectives from the National Guarder Economic Crime Bureau a number of people who had given him money believe he did not have cancer and have made complaints to the guard he claiming that they were deceived into giving him money it's a really unfortunate story on so many levels the government could soon be feeling the ire of the farming community because farmers have warned there will be nothing short of an uprising in rural Ireland if vicious measures are applied to the agriculture sector to meet net zero targets it comes the senior government sources acknowledged that the suggestions contained in a report reveal one of the most politically challenging issues it faces the Irish Daily Mail reported on Saturday that Ireland would need to quadruple its afforestation targets reduce the number of livestock by 30% and rewet 90% of reclaimed land if the agriculture sector is to meet net zero targets the government has committed to reaching net zero for carbon emissions by 2050 so the work really needs to start now but the Irish Farmers Association yesterday warned if some of the headline scenarios outlined in it were to proceed it would be completely unacceptable to the association and its members and it would cause let's go to page 6 it would cause nothing short of an uprising in rural Ireland so some of the proposals 30% reduction in stocks, herd stocks, herds effectively and a huge increase in afforestation and then of course the rewetting of 90% of reclaimed land if the agricultural sector is to meet net zero targets we're looking to speak to farming reps over the course of the morning obviously that works ongoing Irish consumers forked out around three times more for energy compared to multi-billion euro corporate giants over the course of a year new figures show state-owned Electric Ireland Energy and Board Gash were charging some multinational customers much less than their domestic counterparts from 2021 until last year when prices started rising some multinational customers paid between 6 and 12 cent per kilowatt hour during that time while Irish companies were forking out over between 15 and 43 cent for example Electric Ireland charged US based Boston scientific who have an operation in Cork 12.25 cent per kilowatt hour for electricity last year while German transport group Kuhn, Nepal I believe it is on Nagel I think paid 12.73 cent and in 2011 Canadian electronics giant Celestica paid Electric Ireland 6.17 per kilowatt US drug maker West pharmaceuticals were charged 7.22 cent per kilowatt by energy last year by comparison Irish families paid between 43 and 45 cent per kilowatt hour for the electricity last month according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2021 the typical rate was between 15 and 18 per cent so were we mogs were we effectively subsidising the multinational it looks like it and sent to the Irish Sun Electric Ireland claimed they made no distinction between multinational and domestic companies and offer competitive rates to all customers but anyway something was going on there we were paying through the nose and multinationals with plenty of money seemed to have been getting a really really good deal there Ireland well placed for a good 2023 we read now this on the face of it sounds good but as I said before in this show many a time there are I think multiple economies within Ireland overall for some they're going to do okay some companies are going to do okay but I don't think this recognises the fact that many many many people in an increasing number of regular people are struggling and many regular businesses also are struggling but anyway we'll read on and see what we can make from the statements here the latest global survey from a cantonese body ACA has shown positive signs for Irish economic performance in 2023 that's compared to other major economies around the world with access to finance and business revenue remaining strong the cantonese bodies Q4 global economic conditions survey has found that while the global economy is showing signs of steadying many indicators remain weaker than in previous years we are outperforming rival countries across a range of important economic indicators this includes access to finance with only 5% of businesses there here reporting funding problems compared to 21% globally Katrina Alice head of ACA Ireland said while this year will be challenging there is an underlying confidence that the Irish economy is well placed to overcome these hurdles and there's also as I mentioned reports that the economy is going to grow by 5% in 2023 now that would be good if it trickled down but it doesn't seem to the money the wealth seems to stay within a small cohort of individuals and companies but at the same time you know we regular people are living in what feels very much like recessionary times where the money you earn or the money you receive is less and less valuable but anyway as I say maybe things might change the Irish daily mirror staying with that the government has been urged to help people in gas arrears with the same level of enthusiasm they showed big business with 12 years of energy subsidies new figures provided to an Erectus committee show 1,390 140,000 households across behind on their gas payment that's an increase of over 54% from the start of 2019 and 91,000 households were behind on payment and that was just an example there of how you know we can talk about the countries doing well the economy is going to grow yet you've got hundreds of thousands of people and gas isn't really routinely available everywhere hundreds of thousands of people struggling simply to pay the heating bill you know finally kind of kind of in two minds as to whether to read this story out but I presume some of you are still following Enoch Burke's trials and tribulations he's still apparently still turning up at the school even though the cameras are no longer there and he's facing massive fines and he seems in what he's trying to do and I'm not really sure at this point what he's trying to achieve I know he's standing by his principles and everyone's entitled to do that but I don't know what he's actually trying to achieve there's any motivation in that regard but his mom, his dad, his sister are there you know very strongly behind him maybe would there be better place to say look you've made your point because it's not a fight he can win I don't believe maybe he needs more support I don't know to sort of maybe say that this is not you know that maybe you could do something else I don't know I just I think maybe he just needs someone to speak to him gender pronoun row teachers refer to here Enoch Burke's appeal against an injunction preventing him from attending at Wilson's hospital school maybe scrapped if he remains in contempt of that order the president of the Court of Appeal yesterday warned so he's still turning up at school even though he's been sacked now officially sacked he doesn't work but he's still going to the school and he wants the I don't know what he wants the courts to do at this point Mr Justice Birmingham's statement was made hours after Guardian again physically removed Mr Burke from a courtroom for interrupting proceedings before Mr Justice Brian or more and there's another thing going on here I mean there's a it's different it's a different classes of us here in this country I can't imagine you know a different type of person let me put it like that being have been able to have such easy access to the courts left right and centre to be dragged out of court by Guardian then to drive a walk home I think if he were from a different background and I don't know what background that is by the way he would be that person and I'm sure they are on a daily basis treated very very differently so I mean obviously some will feel that he's being mistreated in the wide in the you know in the wider scale of things but in terms of him seem to have unfettered access to the courts to be able to be dragged physically by the courts and have there's no consequences I don't think that would apply to an awful lot of people listening to this program I think if I tried it I would I would be told where to go and if I end up in jail I don't I'm not saying anyone should end up in jail but there's a couple of different levels of things going on I think in that case it's a bizarre one alright 08 660 25000 whatsapp syntax that number 08 660 25000 will give us a call on 07 491 25000 it is the 9 till noon show here on Highland Radio and we'll be back with much more in the program after these the 9 till noon show with letter Kenny Credit Union do you need to switch your current account or loan to mycu current account and debit mastercard bringing full banking features and competitive rate switcher loans with the war in Ukraine affecting the cost of energy many of us are continuing to deal with rising energy bills government has introduced a range of supports to lessen the financial impact on 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In Biders Corner Bar the deliciously fresh made pizzas now available in Biders Corner Bar at the Century Complex Call Century Complex and all seven four nine one two one nine seven six to book your table so what all we want you to do is text us in and this is a love dob let's just put it like that text in about your person tell us the person that you're with why you love them why you're with them and we'll select two they'll win those prizes so we've got a night out of two pizzas two glasses of wine in Biders Corner Bar or a basket of flowers from Alcorn's florist just message us in it's an opportunity to tell someone how much you love them John Wilkie loves me I know that John you can't enter though good morning to you can you hear me okay he's connecting to audio still alright John we'll bear with you right so if you want to win either of those prizes just text in to us why you love the person in your life so much what's good about them why I was gonna say why you with them but it's don't win it like that right okay 08 6 60 25 thousand text in a whatsapp of you wanna give us a call it's 07 4 9 1 25000 07 4 9 1 25000 we can have a bit of fun with that later on a call us as I want to give a big shout out to the chef and the good folks at Kelly's restaurant and pub in Carrick for their excellent cuisine yesterday morning we were driving back from the bee shop in Glen column kill and decided to stop in Carrick to get some breakfast now ordered a vegetarian breakfast at Kelly's it was simply delicious Kelly's really deserved a couple of Michelin stars for their excellent cuisine who would have thought you would find such good food in the Donagall village like Carrick well okay I know what you're trying to say there Raymond who messaged that in but you would I wouldn't be surprised it goes to show again my compliments to the chef and staff at Kelly's John Wilkie can you hear me Johnny looks like a pilot here in my screen but I'm not sure you can hear me I don't know if the problems on my end or his end maybe we'll get him on the phone we'll see if he connects in there call us says one night last week my daughter was driving in the listen and an area Caroline isn't it listen and listen one night last week my daughter was driving in the listen and an area and a fella dropped his trousers and she nearly went off the road then she was aware of it happening the next night it was eggs they were throwing but she avoided them then another night they were throwing flames I think these are the canisters that we were talking about if someone panics and swings across the road there could be untold damage but what was more annoying was when I rang the guard to send a car out I was put through to Galway and it was a mess and that's just the way it is now not saying it's just a waste of time and I'm saying unfortunately now your calls are going to be transferred to Galway they go on to say that if I'm being attacked by someone in my house I have minutes between calling the guard and dying I don't have time to give directions to a guard station in Galway what's going on with the new call system well the reality is that the realities is that I presume the calls are triaged on seriousness right John Wilkie are you how are you I'm doing good I can see you and I'm listening to you on the phone so don't pick your nose alright can we how are you getting on John getting on great happy Valentine's Day and same to you John now you are raising an important issue you're feeling annoyed as to what's going on in the county talk to me about it or a little Kenny particularly I think well I'm always going to get annoyed a bit traffic and getting annoyed a bit rubbish it's just I think since the pandemic or after the pandemic things has got a bit worse Greg there seems to be more people dumping rubbish and in particular the one day haul road the Kelly Lasten area letter Kenny I've been up there now living on this last post this year the four years now in October and you'd be glad to get two bags or if you're out picking rubbish in a Sunday but now it's escalated between nine and 12 bags I think there's more if you go back this weekend again what kind of rubbish is it John it's bottles cans but wine bottles I mean nappies particularly all sorts of stuff I found tires people's mats rolled up on a piece of string on them so it's it's organized rubbish dumping if you like it must be like somebody they're out for a trip and they just fire the nappies out to the fire the bottles I mean there's no call for it there's a bottle bank nearby up at the shop there at the Apple Green I mean the council do provide skips of very different people if they want to do spring cleans the Teddy Town contact them I mean that's what we're here for but it's just on a Sunday afternoon I could be away having a meal with my wife for whatever the case may be I know I'm doing that but I'm hiking at the moment absolutely unbelievable John some people will text in right and I have sympathy for this point of view they might say that it's too expensive for some people to be able to dispose of the rubbish that they simply you know that that's part of the problem here that we have have to have better access more affordable access to refuge collection I suspect that you would not see that as an excuse a justification for this action I know people come through hard times it's tough out there with the price of coal, the price of oil, the price of gas electricity we know it's a tough work we've been through a tough time but hey what a month there's just there's dumping stuff that could be put in a bottle bank I mean there's no call for it I mean the worst comes to the worst if you were in tough times you could hold on to your bun for two or three months I mean it's about 11 pound or 11 euro I know it's tight but I mean I don't know it's just so sad in our environment I mean we're trying to post-tourism it's unlikely that Larry Kennedy Townsend is going to win again we won it in 2015 with amazing people in the town with cleaners I mean John McLaughlin is a great man there for the council he's pushing all these different things I mean it's I don't know my concern is John there's people like you and we are blessed in this canteen people don't often see them because often they're out really early in the morning keeping the towns and villages clean you drive through midday and you go wow this place looks lovely but it's not by accident it's by design because someone like yourself has given up a third time to go out I just would worry that the will, the goodwill of people like yourself could be broken in that you feel like you're fighting a losing battle why should I keep cleaning up after people who don't give a crap about their own county or their own area you know and I'm not suggesting you're ready to give up John but I wouldn't blame you Look Greg I'm at it a long time now 16 years when I lived over Lowrydremore we cleaned the dual carriage where I says well that's a mad idea but look we did it again there during the pandemic and with 200 bags of rubbish we've got dog houses we've got sweets of furniture, microwave ovens I mean holy mother of God and the dog I mean who dumps a mic how do you get a microwave out of car window I mean what's going on I mean I was bringing to the letter can they skip higher there people and they says look we'll take anything John if anybody wants to deliver it with a plug free of charge there's copper, there's metal, there's batteries I mean I found it all you know it's I mean they're a while back there I found dead pups I mean what's the excuse for that I would hope like it would be lovely if we could appeal to people's conscience John and it would stop like that but unfortunately I don't think you know I think history has shown that's not really the case and there are some people that just don't give a crap I'm sorry to keep using that word but it's the only way to describe it so what do we do then like you know do we do we start sort of having mobile CCTV cameras that can be moved into hot spots that can nab number plates because you have to catch someone in the act or it's not working so what do you think I'm sure you've had an opportunity to think about this what do you think should be done now then I think look I'm actually doing a course here with the ETB I'm actually in their room here this morning I've got a few difficulties with the thing but I'm talking to young people all the time and they're very conscious you know they're very conscious of cleanliness and things like that I see them all using the buns and cops on to the bun you know so we can't even be in the young people but there's no excuse for anybody dumping cops or cans or bottles or nappies along the road there's no I cannot for the life of me get the better see the problem is because I want to call it out here and it's like when we're talking about people that park in spaces that are reserved for people with a disability every time not every time but unless it's a very genuine mistake which is very rare and I've spoken to an awful lot of people that have challenged people that have said why are you parking there invariably the person who challenges them is told to f off so in other words the person is the type of person that doesn't care and if they're challenged they have no problem saying to a stranger f off mind your own business I suspect that the people who are dumping throwing stuff out the window routinely if you challenge them people that would say f off I can do whatever I like so you're not going to my point is you're not going to appeal to them through words yes you're right but people are very hostile now it's a hostile environment you can't say no hum people will just tell you f off what is your business why did you go and whatever it's none of your business what we're doing but for the rest of us that's pushing tourism it's one of the biggest industries in the country bringing people into the town bringing people into our community if the town is not clean you're given a bad impression I was at the Jewel Carries I'm not drawing that round and the appearance to the town I know I do harp on about things but I just love the town I love Letter Kimmy and anything to do with annoying people particularly say traffic rubbish you know and it's very very sad that people are like that and I think it's fair to say that it's not exclusive to Letter Kimmy I'd say there's tidy tans reps right across the region now going it's the same where we are let me get to some comments here fair play to John for highlighting this it's about time we've faced up to this the Killy Lasten area of Letter Kimmy is rotten with rubbish and dogfile too many people engaging in this behaviour among all age groups and age brackets I've noticed a lot of rubbish dumped along the road and it has shown the past couple of weeks too you know so as I said and to my point we're not coming down on Letter Kimmy here you're highlighting it because that's what you're passionate about but there does seem to be more of this across our county across our region I don't know what happened in 2019 around the pandemic there was less people on the road now it just seems to be anybody can do whatever they want to do there's nobody brought to book I don't want to be harking on all the time talking about rubbish but someone has to be done I don't know it's just very very sad really I'm just upset I'm sorry what support could you get then in terms of trying to reduce this do you think well even people I don't know even in that area it's a quiet road I actually believe it or not I assisted one of the people on the side of town Neil Blockley I said to him I'm going to call that I'm going to rename Windy Hall, Winey Hall because that's only wine bottles on them I can't understand why I mean I found printers I found fans I mean it just rains out the window it's not just the towns I think it was in September we had Donegal beaches ranked as littered we always talk about dog poo in the problems with that yet we had just one dog filing fine issued in the last two years excuse me there is certainly a gap in enforcement because people feel that A they won't be caught and if they caught they won't be prosecuted so you're always going to have a certain person with a certain mindset that thinks well if there's no consequence to my actions put this in mind being when I can chuck it out my window you're absolutely right I don't think anybody really gives two tosses they don't give two but I mean that's maybe it's the life we're living on maybe it's the environment I know there's more important things in the world I know there's earthquakes and there's pressure from fuel and electricity and all that but once we lose that love of community lose that compassion we're finished we've got the love of man the love of humanity love of country gone whatever you want to call it once we lose that that's gone we're not going to get it back I think we need a reset because there is a I really don't want to get into a different area but what we have is in this country a little bit now we're finding ourselves blaming other people first off without actually looking internally without saying right okay it must be that person that's doing this must be doing that group of individuals are doing it as if there was never any littering or crime or assault or anything absolutely we're deflecting I know you're a man of compassion you don't like to say it you don't like to say anything else but you're a man of compassion of the people you know what I mean so if we lose that now in our communities it's gone it doesn't matter what behalf if we lose that love of our community that's what's lacking in our community now it's a bit of compassion a wee bit of kindness pick up that now why should I do that you know it's too many of us sad that's all that just gets so compassionate in a way then I remember cleaning from my mother maybe it's an OCD thing I don't know but I always kept the I always kept the place tidy that's in the 70s when we had not him so it was that kind of just tidying up and cleaning it's just extended it you know to the community and it's just trying to I mean there's people sitting about I don't mean that in a bad way but you know there's lots we could be doing there's lots of people I don't know but you see you could you could get an army of people to clean the country but John that still means that people who feel it's okay to chuck stuff out the window to throw a microwave out the boot of the car we're just cleaning up after them that would be a solution but it doesn't fix the problem maybe it's something done now when you get your cops or you get your McDonald's or four lanterns but there's a code on it and maybe it's connected to you or something I don't know the number plate of the car so if you start finding takeaways I'm not endorsing that right but what happens is they sort of say right well we're gonna have to maybe reduce the amount of packaging we're putting in there we're gonna have to maybe start stamping people's number plates but then GDPR you see you know what I mean so you're screwed every which way you remember when we used to smoke on pubs no and then the idea we're not smoking pubs you know what I mean bro so it takes that shift it's going to take maybe a generation to do that it's so true people you use to sit around and the table next to you were smoking like trains and the staff breathing in you'd never thought that would have changed I actually remember going to the van going to my auntie, there was a way back in the day and you'd be you'd be choking you know on all the halls all the sports halls are packed we smoke I remember the boxing club we were just the big A's of smoke and it was unbelievable really but it goes to so how the public mindset can be changed which is the point really isn't it exactly so it just takes that wee shift why am I dumping stuff out of one though it's a habit I can't think of it's like an addiction you can't stop yeah caller says Greg I watched a woman at a local store one day over the weekend she cleaned her car out into a trolley put the trolley back I presume in with the other trolleys and the bin was right beside her so she emptied the rubbish out of her car into the trolley anyone who dumps rubbish has the mentality that someone else will pick up after them go to the cinema and see the rubbish that people leave behind them after the film is over and the lights come on same mentality all starts within the home trying to bring in bin licences and inspectors going around checking have each household get two bins and finds if not it's actually probably quite a good point I haven't been to the cinema in quite some time but if you are of a mindset that leave that there some young fellow some young girl will come and pick it up after you why would that be contained within the cinema why would you not maybe extend that mindset it's a good point a caller says on one hand we're being told we have to oh sorry that's to do with farming I beg your pardon you wouldn't get away with that carry on in dairy there's cameras everywhere that's what's needed in letter Kenny you know when I was watching some videos on I was watching some videos John on Tiktok and in certain parts of Britain they have people that their only job is to police cigarette bots effectively you know they hire private companies to pay private companies I'm not saying that's the way we should go down but that sounds like you see a problem and you come up with a solution here I remember there was talk at a council meeting I attended it must be eight years ago and apparently there was going to be these mobile CCTV cameras that would be rotated around the county in hot spots of dumping right and you never knew where they might be do you know like speed cameras and I thought wow that's that's a good idea that seems like we're doing something but where are these cameras I don't know and where are the fines no one's getting fine for legal dumping look we all know if you're traveling on the jewel carriageway you know where the guards are stopped it would be slowed down you know I'm just saying if you see a speed van the first thing you do is take the front of the cellar but it stops speeding in that area John the same as if you put cameras in certain areas or they they're rotated amongst areas it stops dumping and it might make me yeah you know to slow down I mean certainly the idea of the militaristic thing I'm not we're not advocating as the teddy town people that we're going to be a militaristic because we've found stuff on different people stuff and I wouldn't we're not the police the guards are doing amazing job we don't we we're not going to evolve to the law thing I just want people to have a wee bit of thought before they start throwing stuff out windows you know paper bags rubbish dirt you know there's no comfort especially you know bottles electric items with a plug you're in the car already it's free to dump that stuff I even says to the people in the council why don't we have an amnesty every year where we could dump our stuff or take it to the bring banks free you know because there's metal now copper lead batteries it's all valuable I would love to see the bottle banks and and where you dispose of clothes and stuff I'd love to see them cleaned out more so that when people arrived at them they were empty and I would love to see greater access to the civic community sites which are fantastic you know but I think they should be opened certainly all weekend and you know they should be open more widely because even I struggle really with my sort of working times I struggle to hit them when they're opened and the stuff in there are very very helpful and they're great group of people don't get me wrong but I would love to see them opened more and maybe push a bit more what you can get rid of in there for free as well how can we make change Greg how can we make change how can we make change we only can make change when we look on the mirror look at ourselves what we're doing today you know should I do that should I do this should I how am I going to help the environment you know we're talking about 40 years there but the ecosystems and things are just here but look we might be here in 40 years but as things keep going as things keep deteriorating all right John listen we have to move on you quoted so much of Michael Jackson's man in the mirror there we almost have to pay memory rights John I love my listen come here did you live yeah I've seen him that where? really was he any good I was amazed the tickets were 16 pound that was quite amazing did you retain your ticket no actually I actually put it up for Apple I think it sold as my son really he's probably in a Porsche now possibly but it was just amazing the music you know whatever you want to say else about him but it was just the music I love music and I love that kind of love of music you know that sort of thing yeah I just think with the way costs are going here I just think an awful lot of groups big groups are looking at their diary and not coming to Ireland I hope that doesn't persist but I do notice a couple of big acts seem to be skipping over Ireland for whatever reason I don't know if I heard of Nick Kershaw Nick Kershaw was on the theatre one night and he was on his own so a lot of people are cutting back you know he can do nearly a one man show now you know the maybe that's what's happening that's the Lewis Capaldi was down in Dublin it was really effectively just him I mean he had four people in his band I'm not sure if they touched the instruments to be honest with you he's fantastic don't get me wrong but he just nipped into the three arena on a Monday night in a way he went he was fantastic he was absolutely great he's a good voice he's a good singer he's very funny yeah well there was a young audience there and the only one criticism I had there was a wee bit of quite strong crewed stuff but anyway look at I didn't have any children with me and parents can make up their own minds but he is uber talented got nothing at the Brit Awards and inverted commas that's what they're called so really disappointed in that I thought he deserved something anyway listen come here we're rambling on Michael Jackson Lewis Capaldi, Nick Kershaw which band did he sing with again Nick Kershaw was his solo artist from the 80s and 90s 80s definitely 80s, Nick Kershaw Donal's gonna break his leg running in here now to tell us you know that don't you okay come here because he'll know listen thanks John and it is a serious point you raise but life has light and shade you know one just one second before you go I'm just doing this walk now to Kilimanjaro if you want to give away a minute I know you're 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Good morning, good to see you again Good to see you again former mayor of Islington as well We referenced on this show I've mentioned listeners have mentioned it to about just seems to be every second post on social medias young ones at the airport some of them look about 12 and I mean that that's me because I'm getting older not them and part of me is excited for the adventure that might have but part of me is also worried that maybe they feel they've got no choice that they have to do this or their parents are saying get out of dodge while you can which would be really quite regrettable there are two sort of groups aren't there Troy those that are going for the year experience or those that just feel this country has nothing to offer them that's right and I've I've had direct contact from a number of people around this issue as you rightly say it is about those who are either going to uni and and and making the decision to for their career to get wider exposure and wider experience and some hope to come back to Ireland but for quite a few of them and it's an emergent trend they're actually saying we need to leave Ireland perversely not because there's no work because there's huge amount of investment companies coming in but solely because of the lack of housing the housing crisis forcing people out and I think and I think that's a really bad situation for the country to be in we have done great work on tackling the immigration for the past 10 years even well when the crash of 2008 people left but there's so much that's been come back and I think now when we've got that level of investment coming in where people see because they cannot afford housing ladder if they have a job they have to move out of the city with extra cost there's just no way even with the current salary they're on and added to that Greg of course the cost of living you know and and yesterday Richard Loog on your show rightly said about the lack of infrastructure and the hope for the railway for between Sligo and Ladder, Kenny and Wider that equally is a huge issue the lack of being able to get to the place where they can work and of course broadband and must be noticed that sadly the government hasn't met its own targets that have agreed with the EU on the national broadband plan all of that contributes towards the need for people to think there's a lack of hope and it's that lack of hope that's really worrying me Yeah and I think you've hit the nail on the head it is the lack of hope that it's a desperate move because always as well and I think Leo Veracord tried to make the point but I think he didn't do so very well in that you could be going from the frying pan into the fire too the grass isn't always greener on the other side and some leave perhaps don't want to come back with their tail between the legs and inverted commas and I would never see it like that by the way I'm just saying that how they might see it and end up maybe struggling in a different country without the family network of support do you see any of that Troy? Yeah I do Greg and I've seen it for quite since 2008 before I became a councillor quite a lot of people come to my surgery when they come over first of all Troy where do I need to go and they automatically think I didn't get on the housing ladder and of course people can't get on the social housing ladder it's a very tight criteria as I said to the London Irish Centre and to the key organisations around London we need to re-look at how we work with Irish immigrants because the Irish immigrants as you know has changed from the 1560s where they go to the London Irish Centre they don't go to the London Irish Centre now for welfare housing and they take the local councillors and say what can help can you give us advice and experience you've been through and we support and signpost forward but on the T-shirts comments you know it was I was sad and surprised when you look behind the headline of what he said he was saying other countries have the same issue and there is here but I think if we look at what the way that it was said I think if we look at what he didn't say the militant of positives acknowledged that for the last 50-60 years government policy has accepted immigration as part of its normal to reduce unemployment they should be determined to tackle that and even if we had that level of empathy to say it's not a situation that we want to do we want investment coming in to keep people in our own country and I understand that T-shirts own says their lives in London and be able to make that personal connection about understanding about immigration and what impact it has and then people will automatically see immigration and then they'll see immigration and they'll go what's happening here and that's human and they're going to question that and what have you you're going to make representations to the leaders of the three main parties the three government parties what message do you want to relate to them Troy? yeah the message I want to relate to them is based on wider conversation around all the key community leaders in the UK first of all it is to understand what, to make them aware about the issues of immigration how we can actually tackle immigration but at the same time to getting people back into the conflict returning, immigrants returning can adjust to a big shout out to Dunnegal County Council who are really doing great work on this Guy Martin and Marie Conlon and led by Councillor Kim Brogan from Economic Development Team who have gone into London in the City of London to say how can we reach the residents and bring them back and look at what's on offer I met with a number of Limerick and Cork which I remember earlier to say we had the conversation with me to try and follow that route so I think it's how the government works with the local authorities with the IDA to be able to bring back a pathway to say to people who are returning here's what's on offer and have the realistic view but they need to be able to see what's there they can't just give the aspiration and ambition they need to have some metrics and they also need to be able to say here's how we hold ourselves to account going forward in the next 10 years here's how many we want to return here's the jobs available and to focus on tackling immigration one other thing I can make quickly is that the current diaspora strategy is coming to an end in 2025 and I think it's now it's the time for governments and for the parties to have a conversation with leaders of the Irish immigrant community to contribute towards that and shape a more meaningful, tangible delivery of how they can tackle stop immigrant going but also increase the coming back I want to get you back on when we have a bit more time and another thing I noticed and I kind of just feel for those heading off now and I'm not when I was over in London as a guest of yours on one occasion and a second time for a different thing is speaking to people and they want to come home all they want to do is come home but their roots have gone into the ground and sometimes you feel they're going to spend the next 20 or 30 years or however long they're given harking for something and it must be an awful poll it must be an awful poll on a person sort of have that desire to go home but you've got grandkids now in schools in London or a daughter that's in a relationship and you can't leave them behind you it's great that they've achieved something but I just hope those leaving now know that the longer you're away and even though you really want to come home the more difficult it can be and it's kind of like a tragedy there's happiness there but there's sadness there there is but also on that point and you're absolutely right and that has come across people are afraid to make them move back and think what if I move back and it doesn't work and I'm not there how am I perceived and I think we need to be clear about the ones as you rightly say who have made their life to have grandkids and say I'm here for the rest of my life there's other group that wants to come back with family for better quality life but at the same time to break this what's really important why we need to contract a relationship between government Ireland and the relationship with immigrants is because people have a right to still contribute to their experience for example at the top of my head how to tackle male suicide which is an issue in Donnie Golan Ireland and be able to shape towards it and contribute towards that new Ireland that new pathway going forward and have that actual meaningful experience and not just theory or aspiration like brilliant Troy lovely to see you again lovely to chat to you thank you so much indeed alright take care of yourself bye bye right we're going to the news now which will be a minute late we'll be back with more after the news and the victory notices it could be you take something old and make it new with the vacant property refurbishment grant get up to 30,000 euro for a 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high profile let's get some signs out you know nice signs by the way out where there are hot spots embarrassed people into not dumping you know a question along the lines of do you want to do this to your county or something like that do you know your neighbours going to have to pick this up I don't know something a little bit innovative in these areas where they are nice signs you know what I mean that we can take and move around if need be but just to remind the litterer that there is consequences to their actions because everything else isn't working really very well is it so let's get some signs in that challenges them are you sure you want to dump that package let's stick them up there and let's do it now so that by the time we come to the summer season we've changed people's mindsets a little bit what about sign saying do you know you can dispose of plastics and bottles for free or do you know you can dump anything with a a plug for free we have to start thinking outside the box in my view a few nice signs obviously we don't want to make a mess where to prevent a mess but some nice signs in the hot spots and let's directly appeal to the persons so that at that moment where they do what they're going to do they have to think about it so they have to look at this sign read what it has to say be told their neighbour is going to have to pick this up potentially their neighbour you know what I mean and go right I'm not going to do it and if they still continue to do that after that well then you know I don't know what we're going to do but I just think something like that where it's a little bit innovative you know protect on a goal protect your county whatever it might be however we have to phrase it a psychologist to try and deter people and also in these areas inform them of where and how you can dispose of stuff for free in terms of nappies let's put a sign up saying you know when your baby grows up would you want them to do what you're about to do I don't know what it is is something different that involves a little bit of psychology in these hot spots they're not everywhere but I think we need to try something along those lines try it for a month see if it makes a difference well done John you're so passionate about this subject and you are right you're so right in all that you've said just keep up the great work that comes in from Mary morning Greg in relation to rubbish I think bins should be compulsory in all households lots of houses don't have bins and they have to push the rubbish somewhere well yeah that's you know anything that requires more rules or mandates I'm a wee bit uncomfortable with but at the end of the day we have to think of the wider picture to protect our beautiful county and region Greg there's one man in our area that dumps and burns his rubbish alongside the road he used to dump his feces until he was jarred about it thanks I haven't had breakfast yet thankfully hi regarding the littering I think we're living in a time when a lot of people's attitudes are it's not my problem it's not my fault someone else can do it people want everything for nothing perhaps the council needs to up their game I mean I'm focused nothing I've come up with a reasonable suggestion something we can try anyway that will cost very very little hi Greg we can put business advertising on the signs you know we can pay for them that way if money's an issue hi Greg just want to say no wonder people are throwing out stuff because it's 35 or 40 euro to dispose of a bed or a sofa thanks Paul yeah that is that's part of the problem now there are days where you can dispose of mattresses for free there have been a council of initiatives but of course you know people probably want to get rid of the space immediately and they are as soon as they get wet and mess in they're horrible and rusty no pride in our country look at the Japanese clean up stadiums after a match needs to be taught at schools just not hitting home but we've we've been known to do that when we've been out watching big sporting events the Irish have a reputation for cleaning up after themselves as well you know it's not just the Japanese Robbish it should be Greg could you explain how the Green Party have so much control over our way of life with that party only three or four percent in the polls changes they will force through will change rural life in this country as well as higher taxes for motorists and there's nothing we can do about it I think we I accept what you say and you know there's this thing in this country called proportional representation but I don't think any party any current party unless one emerges can avoid our commitments now you see so even if the Greens were to cease to exist as a political party Finafall Finnegale Sinn Fein and others aimed to Labour I don't want to exclude any parties then there are commitments now that we are signed up to that have to be achieved however they are achieved I think sometimes maybe it's good to have the Greens in government with you because you have to do what you have to do and it's the Greens get the flak but in reality a lot of these notions haven't come from the Greens at all they've come from the main larger political parties so even if you were to eliminate the Greens from the political landscape we still are going to have to meet these targets because we have signed up to them internationally and we are intertwined through the EU and other mechanisms with internationally so as I say even in the absence of the Greens unfortunately little anoints might go but there's no future for turf in this country there's no future for smoky cold there's no future for ice engines that's just the reality in my opinion I'm open to correction but as I say every party with the Greens in the government with them are not committing quite similar stuff how many little wardens are employed in Donnegale and how many summons are issued for littering not many and very few it should be asked why there are melt and tidied towns removed bins in the town they were provided by the council in the town now I'm not sure bins can be bins in towns can actually be a like honey to a bee for rubbish in that they are designed that you can only get small things in but people can find it's the same with bottle banks once they fill up people still dump around them so in a way bins can become litter hotspots I'm not sure what's happening in Remelton but I've seen it before and particularly in the summer that bins become an area where people just dump stuff even when the bins full I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case if that was the motivation for removing them but as I say I do not know okay I'm going to continue going through your comments right so don't go anywhere if you're waiting for your view to be read out but what we're going to do now is take the bingo numbers and then we are going to bingo numbers what I want to mention to you just before the bingo numbers because I 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Yeah that's right Greg this occurred the business premises in the Glenview business park in the mountain top so on Friday the 10th of February at approximately 3.20 we made to open in a number of cabinets but they weren't successful and nothing was stolen so we're particularly interested in any sightings of a male in the area who was in foot who's wearing jeans a trench coat, a beanie cap and a face mask so we asked if anybody travelled on the road between the hospital and the mountain top between 3-4am whose dashcam footage to make it available to us or if you have any relevant information please contact Lettercandy on 9167100 or as the case of all our appeals the confidential line 1800-611 Yeah that's a really distinctive look so hopefully that helps in triggering someone's memory and they can check that footage Right okay criminal damage in Lifford this time? Yeah this is the early hours of Wednesday the 8th of February a resident in the Suddewds Courts area of Lifford woke at approximately 1.25 in the morning and discovered a fire inside their house with their car being set light in the driveway so the fire services in Gardier the car was completely destroyed but there was also extensive damage caused the house to the fire spread through the area thankfully nobody was hurt so repealing the residents to make contact with Gardier if they saw or heard anything on that date may be irrelevant we were strictly interested in any settings of two males who were in the area on foot shortly before half 12 in the morning so again dashcam footage then being travelled between the hours of quarter past 12 and 1am to Gardier in Latter-Kennie on 6, 7, 100 Alright criminal damage this time in Latter-Kennie? Yeah since it happened on Friday the 10th of February at approximately 4.15pm at Ashfield in Latter-Kennie so a resident in the area reported to someone to come to their house cut through electrical wires and cables above the electricity meter and the power may cut off the result the person is described as a young male who then left in the Silver Van so appeal to anybody who may have seen this person or Silver Van in the question in the area on that date contact Gardier in Latter-Kennie again on 6, 7, 100 Alright this time we go to the Milford district a theft incident there Yeah this occurred in the area of Ballinac, Fulcara so a digger was on the back of a park trailer outside of a house of that location so the door was locked but it was faulty and it was believed the entries gained to it through there on the 8th of February at approximately 5am a C-scope CLX 4 cable avoidance tool was stolen from the digger so appeal to anybody again who's relevant information in relation to theft contact Milford on 9, 1, 5, 3, 0, 6, 0 we're asking if anybody comes across a similar type of tool for sale to make contact with Gardier Yeah it's quite distinctive there and if it pops up on the secondary market you hope people will flag that because you know I mean if you knowingly were to receive that as well you don't mean you find yourself involved in the crime or at least the investigation so as well to flag it to the Gardier. Alright so you're looking for the public's help now in relation to a road traffic collision in the Finn Valley area Yeah this occurred on Tuesday 7th of February at approximately 11am 11.30am so this is a two vehicle road traffic collision at Nivani in Balbofé the road was closed for a period two people were taken to hospital to receive treatment for injuries but none were believed to be life threatening in nature so appeal to anybody who witnessed the collision to come forward in that area in the morning around 11.30am please make it available to the Gardier Ladder Kenny again on 9167100 Alright car theft now in Balbofé Yeah this was a black Renault Seal registration with 06DL12855 which was taken from the Glenview Park on Dundigal Road in Balbofé Sunday the 12th of February between the hours of 8pm and was later located at Burn Rock at 10.30pm this car had been set alight and was completely destroyed by the fire so appeal to anybody who observed the car and questioned the roads between those times contact Gardier we also appeal to residents of Glenview Park they saw our hurlings in that date that might assist in our investigation and if anybody travelled in the area of Burn Rock this is the Struneral Road coming out of Killgarden between 9.30pm and 10.30pm this dashcam footage would be interesting to speak with them and of course too as well as the dashcam footage now in this day and age particularly in areas where there's groups of houses a lot of people have the video doorbells that pick up all manner of things so at a very high quality as well right okay we've been getting quite a few calls on this Sean and of course it's been brought to the attention of Gardier as well antisocial behaviour that may be on the face for those responsible doesn't seem quite serious but listen something really serious could come from this so great to see on Gardier's radar yeah absolutely as you said we've seen a lot of reports recently in relation to this Father in a group of youths at various locations in letter Kenny so we want to reassure the public that each matter's report with us will be fully investigated and we advise anybody who's subject to this type of antisocial behaviour please report to us without delay so additional patrols take place at these various locations that have been brought to our attention and we are looking at the matters alright that's really important now so any of you who contacted us you've heard from Sean there that all calls are logged and investigated and additional patrols are now taking place in the locations that have been mentioned and I think that's ever more important then for parents or guardians and listen I'm not saying it's young people but that's what the reports are and I'm not expecting you to comment on that Sean but you know no one wants to knock at the door to say someone in their house has been involved in something that could end up being quite serious say for instance if it is something being thrown in the car and the car leaves the road there's a chain of events there that started with that item being thrown and it can get quite serious quite quickly no one wants that call so I think a timely reminder for people to make sure they know if it's young people involved that they know where the young people are and the potential consequences of their actions and the impact it could have on the wider family yeah absolutely Greg okay right good to see action in that regard upcoming community engagement meetings this time Bunkranna district yeah these meetings will take the form of an open forum so this will be a great opportunity for us to receive feedback queries from the public in relation to any issues that matter to them and also for us to converse with members in their communities face to face so Sergeant Paul Wallace he's a divisional crime prevention officer he'll be in attendance to offer crime prevention and home security advice will also be given in relation to fraud and scams and local community will be there in tennis also so the details are as follows Monday the 20th of February at 7pm this will be in exchange Bunkranna on Wednesday the 22nd of February at again at 7pm Greencastle Community Centre and on Tuesday the 28th of February Coggin Hall, Cairndona we're hoping for great turnout and we look forward to seeing you and it's also an opportunity as previous meetings for people who are maybe aware of some proposed changes in how the county is policed and it's not down to unlike unfortunately Sean these decisions are above your pay grade but it's an opportunity for people to sort of feedback into that process as well I think right so that is Monday the 20th of February at 7pm at the exchange Bunkranna Wednesday the 22nd of February at 7pm in Greencastle Community Centre and Tuesday the 28th of February at 7pm in the Coggin Hall in Cairndona thank you thank you Greg really good to have you in again thanks so much that's Garda Sean Sweeney of the Bunkranna 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even school plays I even say it do you really watch the footage back you probably don't even watch the video of your wedding your wedding back but anyway we've the phones out maybe not in the moment Connell Gallon is a comedian of course legendary comedian Connell good morning to you morning Greg how are you not too bad can you understand Mr Ternan's motivations for this is it annoying when you're up on stage if there's lots of phones out maybe it's a marketing tool well I would say there's a marketing tool phones never bothered me I take advantage of it rather than compete in the first you know you get people's film and I mean at every show there was a time before mobile phones you weren't allowed to take cameras and stuff like that and every theater always says photography and video absolutely forbidden but it doesn't stop us and I don't know how you could really stop us putting your phone into a pouch but your style is I think maybe it depends on different styles does it because you know maybe if he's starting a new show he's afraid that if much of the show say for instance in Korg is broadcast that you know people then in Donegal will hear the punchlines or the gags I don't know but you yours is more you know you've got a different style to your show don't you I mean if the phone goes off I'm sure you're on that person like you're on it like oh yeah oh yeah I mean last week a week before last we were in the Millennium Forum in Derry and just I come on the stage singing a song Lady at the front row and she was on the phone so I sort of look at it you know and sang away then and then she gave me the phone and I kept it on the stage for about 10 or 15 minutes and threatened to ring her contact you know but she was enjoying the crack you know and then her partner and the phone was on the table and the next thing this came up husband to be and it was her partner sitting beside her in the front row rang her phone you know so it's been fun and there are some comedians I think Jack D, Michael McIntyre they're amongst those that sort of incorporate the phones into the gigs I think Ricky Gervais has done a bit of it as well so it goes from comedian to comedian and listen each individual is entitled to do what they want to do but Carnal do you have a view on people maybe having the phone and not being in the moment because as I said just before I started speaking to you I do wonder if a lot of this footage ever sees the light of day yours will because you've done something with it but I think the rest of it I don't know does it Oh yeah well you're probably right because I mean I'm guilty I'm guilty of it as well but not answering a phone or a noisy phone but filming an act Paul Simon in particular and again and having said that you're right I've filmed parts of it and I have never looked at it and that was a few years ago it's just a on the moment you feel that you can capture some of it but I remember reading it was a young lady who passed away very very early in her life and she said don't bother taking photographs and filming and stuff just enjoy the moment you know that's again by the same token and then you look you probably won't look at it anyway she might as well enjoy it instead of looking at the phone yeah and you're sort of looking at this little screen and they've got the actual act that you've been waiting for months to see up on the stage it does and you watch it and you look at it on a phone through a phone but we're all the same it's one of those phenomenons it's people have mobile phones people can turn them on to silent I mean they always ask you in theaters you know please make sure your mobile phones are switched off I mean we all make mistakes somebody leaves a phone on I enjoy it sometimes you notice somebody leaves a phone on the phone rings and the rings once and it rings twice you know one of those old answers and it's somebody who's a man whatever who's got the phone in a handbag and you can't find the handbag finally find the handbag find the phone finally get the phone open and at this stage it's wrong about 12 times and they appear mortified I was at a gig in Derry there not so long ago and as the act was coming on stage it's flashed up on the screen you know no video recording or whatever and then she walks out and then she says you know get your phones out and don't forget hashtag whatever it is or you know so it's supposed to depends and I was like well I don't know it depends on me I can't I don't know I'd like to see that system working on pouches whatever no signal areas and stuff it seems to be where not a lot of household yeah Tommy Turing and skirts skirts a thin enough old line and sometimes he crosses over it I think all comedians are maybe having difficulties in that regard can't I mean if you had to you know because of controversies or it can blow up and you can be cancelled if you offend an individual or a group have you had to tailor your act with that in mind is it something that you're aware of in the back of your head that you know I can't say this I'm not saying you ever terribly controversial don't get me wrong but do you find your you're having to check yourself now no no I mean there are I mean I suppose everybody has their red light you know whatever you know there are things I won't discuss on stage there are things I do and maybe I shouldn't but I'm my own guy that's the only guy I can have and yeah I know some of the comedians can be very very upsetting to some people but I did a thing one time with Jimmy Carr and he was a great point he made was that he goes on stage and he insults some particular group of people and everybody laughs and then he insults your group of people and you're taking the hump but you're okay and you're laughing at somebody else you know that's the human tradition though isn't it yeah but where do you draw the line I can talk about this guy over here and you can laugh away about him and once I talk about you and he laughs at you it's not on but again that's something that you just have to gauge on a night or on a show I mean I'm not politically correct and I actually advertise the fact that I'm not politically correct a lot of us are just too much bull you know I'm not politically correct I presume that was a Freudian slip have you any good jokes for Valentine's Day Valentine's Day I should have been prepared the lovely story the couple are out for the dinner they're sitting in the hotel the dining room holding hands across the table candlelighting the roses it's all so romantic and then the waiter comes down with the dinner and they start to eat and they're eating away and looking into one another's eyes and the next thing she slid off the chair completely off the chair right under the table and your man didn't seem to notice he kept eating away and the next thing the waiter comes over he says excuse me sir but I don't think you realize but your wife is after sliding under the table your man never even looked up he says I don't think you realize I don't know it's a small world romance in all its forms romance in all its forms any gigs coming up that they can flag to the public we're in the middle of a stand we're coming to the Green and Theatre the date I can't remember it now at the moment we're coming to the Green and Theatre anyway check the box office the Abbey Hotel I'm trying to think of it anywhere near that's probably all the Donegal ones some people can check out your socials and all your active on there but on Green on in Green on letter Kenny Abbey Hotel website is irishjoker.com keep it Connell thanks so very much and you too and come here happy of our time today and same to you my dear you'll be sliding under the table later good luck Connell that's Connell Gallon back with more shortly it may be as simple as a wax removal Donegal Hearing Clinic call us on 07491 88470 or visit DonegalHearingClinic.ie life sounds brilliant with Donegal Hearing Clinic Letter 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towns, organisations painting fences, helping with festivals youth work cleaning up litter this is not free work and I know CE schemes exist it should be compulsory they're getting paid for social welfare well listen some changes to timelines of that kind of support are in the offing there are and I'm sure you're aware there are already an awful lot of people that are currently here at the moment who are actively involved in charities and in the local communities and also a lot of them cannot work even if they wanted to but certainly an awful lot certainly an awful lot of some changes can be made there Janet Dean is chair of the Duncaneely community limited good morning Janet how are you good morning and happy Valentine's to you and same to you it's great to have you on the programme your organisation always looking for volunteer board members at Duncaneely community limited so we'll start with that Duncaneely house things in Duncaneely at the moment it's a lovely town but it's on the side of the road and maybe investments being drawn either side of it and you know some things that would have been seen as the heart of the town are no longer there it's always an ongoing piece of work isn't it to maintain that core centre of an area really is that a challenge Duncaneely's facing do you think it is yes I mean we've obviously lost a lot over the years from the mark the post office I mean it was the street of shops and businesses you know used to come on holidays when I was very young so there's been big changes and it's how we can recreate ourselves and I mean we represent it's not quite in the name we represent Brookless, Killatee, St John's Point and the surrounding areas as well and it is all the one community so we are very blessed we have an incredibly beauty we have a great community and it is how we can to look forward but the things that we can do do need people to come on board we have a fantastic structure in our governance in our committee or board so there's a limit to what we can do we celebrated our 10 year anniversary last year with a festival which was very very well received starting off with things like Sunrise Yoga and many other things with local traditional Adonis school in front of the McSwine's castle doing a trans session so we have great culture here and it's just to to grow and I just you're talking about people leaving and young people we have a very high number of young people that leave here and it would be amazing to be able to create businesses and now that people can work from home that young people, not as many young people it's not that they shouldn't leave but that they don't have to leave and if they do they have something to come back to and we know the councillor involved in a number of endeavours in that regard and I hope and I'm sure it's the case that the focus isn't always maybe on you know the geltucked area specifically or in a shown specifically or letter Kenny that the south of the county because it is quite a distance from Lyford and sometimes you feel between you know Sligo, Lytrum and Donegal County Council there can be a sense whether it's a rally to or not that it can be slightly more north Donegal focused and we've seen that too with the splitting of the county boundaries now I know I'm talking one is a constituency level and one's a council level but it's perception to and sometimes in the south of the county you can feel a little under represented and left behind and that's no reflection on the elected representatives it's in terms of you know what's being put in here what IDA jobs come in there what you know infrastructures being you know as I say too I'm fully conscious that there's great work going on in terms of road infrastructure in that area as well but anyway I am fully behind you in what you're saying we're also want to speak to you about McSwine's Castle near Duncan Ealy some of our wonderful history and infrastructure we can retain and others I suppose as a cost-benefit reality as well I don't know into which column the castle falls but it's Paris what's the word? it's very close to falling into the sea perilously that's it exactly Janet so what is the situation for those that aren't aware discuss the building and its situation at the moment Janet yeah well the the building itself is being quite undermined and the storms and obviously the seas have taken its toll there is land which does not now exist on the far side of the castle we had a public meeting last week to to share the findings of the we had a grade one conservation architect who did the survey on both the castle and the Killity Cross and Graveyard and church so we have good news and bad news the Killity Cross was a lot better than we thought but the castle was a lot worse than we thought so and just obviously they can't say exactly but you know 40 years and any money that we could spend or get grants for could maybe reduce that slightly but it is probably going to be inevitable and what is left at the moment of the castle sorry always left well a lot of the castle was taken in the 1800s to build Kilbeck's Chapel so there is a part of a tower and another wall so it is kind of quite the way it is it is kind of in a bay so it is very iconic just even what is left and very scenic but I suppose the important thing for us would be to do is to preserve going forward what is there now so things like Archaeological Dig maybe to find out what is there scanning I was amazed at the 3D scans that they had of Killity, Grass etc so we would like to get that done so no matter what happens we would have that future so models could be made and different things like that maybe 3D tours online what we really would love to get which we have never found yet is when the stone was taken to Kilbeck's we have never found a sketch or a painting or anything that was done of what it was originally and that was non-usual I think there was a castle very stately home whatever on Bell's Isle further south along the coast and the stone was harvest from it I think maybe even to some extent to build the pier in Mullinsole and in some way it is nature that will take this castle and in a way that is its history to some extent do you know like it stood there until nature took it because it was built so close to the like I don't see a tragedy in that if you know what I mean if a road was going through it I would be gone hold on a second but I don't know there is something like if it is lost to the sea it is its history absolutely it is and I suppose that we have an emotional attachment to it and it is hard seeing that with each storm there is a little bit more gone and a little bit more gone and that is where it is important to probably make the most of the grants that we can get to be able to preserve it for future maybe from artistic point of view and that kind of thing has it ever been excavated like you talked about you know an archeological dig has that site ever you know had a go ahead Janet yeah no it hasn't and that is something that in the public meeting the architect really it struck me because he said even the scaffolding for a site like that would be something like 100,000 and then you've got to have the weather that you can actually do something and it is a very precarious site so that kind of money could be put towards doing an archeological dig where there is something that could be used for the future that we know more about it so it is for for visitors for the local people to have something that we can then keep visually and there is lots of and obviously new things coming out now which are your future risk dig and I don't know like maybe laser things that can be projected models that can be made so it is just doing what we can before we lose more or even retaining some of the stone before it is lost and build a small scale version of what is already there further back and you know there are lots of options I presume I like your laser ones though, that sounds more exciting I want smoke as well flying drones so this is the type of project that is discussed at meetings of the Duncan and Lee community limited hours a month and want to help the community and it is the broader areas taking in St. John's another beautiful part of the world as well it is just a couple of hours a month you can email Duncan and Lee community at gmail.com or PM the Duncan and Lee community limited facebook page and get involved people maybe have a little bit more time in their hands and what better way to spend your time than preserving and enhancing your local community everybody's welcome Janet it's been lovely speaking to you thank you so much for your time today thank you so much for asking us and keep up the great work thank you so much Janet, goodbye ok we're heading towards news 11 the 9 till noon show with letter Kenny credit union do you need to switch your current account or loan we are now offering mycu current account and 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program now by George vile good morning George thank you so much for chatting to us today yeah good morning how you doing it's good to speak to you and I'm speaking to you where are you at the moment I'm in Kent City Missouri home with the chiefs you sound like you've been fully nationalised now then so but it's a long way from the chiefs that you were you were rare George yeah I was worse than Catherine's I was you still haven't lost the twang anyway and the reason we're speaking to you is we came across a news feature of an instant in which you became involved in which I thought was really quite amazing so tell us what happened and when and where George yeah so I'd actually just flown back to Kent City from Killy bags on Thursday we were down at Union Station which is like the huge bag massive limestone marble building they had this big chiefs experience for the Super Bowl coming up kind of like a fan zone and we were down walking through it and just as we passed the big chief sign we heard this massive thud and I thought it was some kid falling off the chief sign you know they were like told not to play on it but they do so I was expecting to turn around and see a kid instead I turn around and see a security officer on the ground wrestling with a guy and other by standards jumped in there's a gun there's all kinds of stuff going on and at first you know we're there with staff my partner and her kids and so at first I just kind of stand back like the others but it becomes quite clear that the officers not in control so I just threw my jacket off and went over and got stuck in I kind of made sure there was no other gun I kind of looked at that first saw the gun on the ground and then when I saw the officer getting up kicks I kind of took the guys legs and controlled from there and that helped the officer get a little more control and at that point George it was clear I think wasn't it that this the perp effectively knew how to handle himself he was getting the gun on the officer oh yeah he looked like he knew MMA or jiu-jitsu he had what we call ground control and the officer already got about maybe three or four good shots in the face as lip was bleeding he ended up having a concussion and having to get stitches and so when I went for his legs you know he went for an up kick on me and I could feel the power in that guy's legs I was like whoa what have I got myself into what was your sense of his motivation do you believe he was going to get control of that gun or thinking to yeah you know it's the only reason like he went for the gun it was just a big area for the families and kids and what his end motivation is we won't know but you know when you wrestle a security officer and you go for his gun you've got something in mind you know I didn't have time to think of it at that stage and I wasn't even thinking about the gun it was more just you know this has to end now it just can't go any longer already gone for like 20 seconds yeah and in a strange way because this sort of cross water intercontra situation you actually were you had the confidence to act as you did because you were doing self defense classes in the gym in Donegal Town yeah so I joked with my buddy I had the confidence because we grew up you know going out in Donegal but recently I did I went to Brian Gorman's got a gym in Donegal Town it's Gracie Jiditsu and I our friends Ked Jamie he's pretty high level at the gym and we were going to support him so I'd taken a month of the intro to Jiditsu with Brian and it was amazing you know and it lets you recognize those things and as an MMA Jiditsu fan seeing the control the guy had other people might think oh he's on his back that's okay it's like no this guy wants to be on his back that's where he's strongest so yeah Brian's teaching definitely helped there very good and I suppose in the heat of the moment you know you acted and you reacted and you did so well it's after the fact when you reflect and you don't know if he might have got his hand to that gun in that moment or if the gun had been wrestling forward and had have gone off sometimes it's after the fact that you think wow that could have turned out somewhat differently I don't know it depends on your character too George the type of person you are like but have you had moments where you thought wow that could have turned out really quite different but I've no regrets yeah like I've definitely thought like if I hadn't been as close as I was and the other guy wasn't as close so the next 50 hours was all just kids and families and if we hadn't got to that gun what would a guy have done so I have no regrets I'm glad like if anything I wish I had jumped over the sign sooner but you know you just had to go in and yeah I think you've certainly saved the cop's life anyway because you know if you are of the type that are wrestling with a police officer and you're looking to get there gone it's probably not to run off with it either I think you certainly have saved him further injury or death and of course then in this day and age everything's videoed so there was a few people whilst you were there wrestling and other people thinking right what can I do right now I'll get my phone out such is the society we live in but then of course some of the networks all picked up the footage then and you've become a bit of a household name I did say a bit of now I'm not trying to over-emphasise anything here yeah and you know I know the Kent City community really well I'm a big part of the Irish community in here I'd gone to college in Kent City and after college I'd lived and worked here so it's been kind of a fun reunion because I moved back to Killy Beggs last summer last June and so it was a nice little homecoming back to Kent City I've had all kinds of people call and text me and be like oh you're like Batman I said yeah just not quite I've got to say just not quite as discreet and I'm not sure if you have a back cave in Killy Beggs but I see I could see where they're where they're coming from so are you splitting your life between both places now George you've moved back but I mean you're over there for that I was disgusted that Rihanna's concert was interrupted by a game of football but anyway we'll not argue over that I joke so is your life in Killy Beggs now in Kansas yeah so our family we've a family business in Duncan Ailey a little town we've literally just been speaking to the it's a funny how things go we've literally just been speaking to the Duncan Ailey community limited chair person it's funny how it works anyway sorry but by pure coincidence yeah it's good we town Duncan Ailey's got a lot of big potential in the future yeah so I moved back full time now I've lived in Kent City so long like I definitely will be coming back here a lot and you know a lot of dear friends over the years live here so I'll be dragging them over Donegal I'll be Donegal terrorism that's it but you're drawn after which way aren't you it's tough and we were as to say by coincidence again we were speaking to the former Mayor of Islington in London we were talking about migration and about how once you're in a certain place so long your heart's drawn back to where you came from and in your case you've made connections with the people from the districts and the surrounding areas but then once you're there in Kent City here you've made these other connections you're you know it's it's an emotional tear I'd imagine no matter where you are Oh yeah definitely I still feel like an outsider around the Kelly bags area I'm getting integrated and I'm working on the accent every day you were making fun of me want to move back first won't be listening that that twang won't belong not to you once you're home come here. I mean, obviously, and I ignore the question if it was for personal reasons that you don't wish to divulge, but is there an obvious public reason as to why you thought now is the time to sort of head back to to Kili Beggs? Not just being close to family, like, you know, I've been over there a lot and I've always came back to it only go a lot over the years. So I never stayed too far away. Yeah. And, you know, our family business is over 40 years in Duncan, and it's just an awesome opportunity to go back and use all the skills that I learned working with big companies in America, take those back to Ireland, and hopefully take our family business into the next generation. And what which is the business of yours, George? Do you mind? So we're sea fish and sea bio. So we're on sea fish, we do cat and dog food industry byproducts. And then with sea bio, we do seaweed byproducts for fertilizer. Yeah, and they're growing industries, aren't they? I mean, they're huge already, but there's huge potential there as well. And for the cat and dog food, what fish is used for that at the moment or where's the where's the options going forward? Because I mean, obviously, we've talked about it this program before, not everything's fit for human consumption or not attractive to transport long distances. So what's the source material for the cat and dog foods? We use a lot of salmon. Yeah, we use a lot of whitefish and then pelagic when it's available.   And then even goat's bridge the triad farm way down the country. So it's a full time job. All right, great stuff and support in the local community and jobs and what have you. It's great to see. All right, George, when are you back again? I'll be back Saturday. Leave here Saturday, fly in Sunday morning, use a day. Well, safe journey home. And we appreciate you speaking to us. Thank you so much indeed. All right, that is George Vile from Kili Beggs, living in America, back to Kili Beggs, but over in America, I think for the Superbowl, supporting the chiefs and have a go hero. I think they used to be called. I'm sure they are still. He saw a man wrestling with a police officer, wrestling for his gun. He intervened. And I think the video is actually on George Vile's own Facebook page of the news report of it. And certainly I would suggest it's a security officer, actually. In fact, certainly saved him harm or serious injury or death. And who's to say if the gun had gotten to the wrong hands, who else in that local area could have come a cropper? All right, well done, George. Safe journey home, as I mentioned. The Ninetal News show is 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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