Good morning. Thank you very much mr. Rory Farrell. It's great to get such a warm welcome You always get a warm welcome from you. Yeah, no name me one day. You've never got a warm welcome from me.  Really? Yeah, God and you noticed that. Yeah. Did you lose any sleep scarred? Yes Thanks very much indeed it is the night on noon show after nine o'clock time for a news update and good morning to you Thanks, Greg. Good morning over two million year when funding has been announced for Island Road upgrades in Donegal a total of 14 Road projects are being funded on our more Tory, Inish, Boffin and Gola island to date roads in the islands have suffered Neglect as they were not under the remit of Donegal County Council And therefore did not qualify for certain funding streams today's announcement is part of an agreement between the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Council which once the works are complete will see the local authority take charge of the roads Donegal Deputy Joe McHugh and welcoming the funding says it's final that further investment is forthcoming One thing that I've asked from the minister that this type of collaboration has to continue There's a number of major projects including the Mahiroti project and the new boat for Tory Island those two projects Still have to move in a more positive direction They haven't been over the last few years and that's something that I mentioned the minister that there has to be more Direct linkages what's the core common because the the history and the tradition is there now to ensure that this can work And I think this will board well for the future We are in a wartime scenario and the old rules are out the window That's the view of the public expenditure minister as the government prepares to introduce a cut to excise duty on petrol and diesel Rises on four courts have hit two year later in the past week as the Ukrainian conflict bites But opposition parties say the plan cut of 15 to 20 percent per liter isn't enough Everminister Michael McGrath says the government will keep measures like this under review I think what we have learned over the course of the past two years First of all dealing with a global pandemic is that we have to be agile and that you know We are in a wartime scenario Tragically we have war in Europe. We have two million refugees in two weeks And have had to flee their home in Ukraine And so in many respects, you know, the old rules are out the window governments have to be in a position to respond swiftly Articommissioner Drew Horace says designating latter Kenny Garda station as a guilt toss serving station It means that in time if people want to issue complaints or queries through the medium of irish They will be able to do so chief superintendent Terry McGinn says over the next year or two Garda at the station will undertake training in this regard Chair of the Donegal joint police and committee councillor jerry mcmonagall says it's a positive development for the time I think it's a very welcome move by the Garda and indeed it can do nothing but pollute the daily language and the daily culture Throughout the town of latter Kenny, but also throughout the county. So yeah, so with welcoming news from the chief superintendent I want to wish them well and and try to develop this Whether or not I went unwinding this morning with heavy rain bringing the possibility of local ice flooding in strong and gusty southerly winds feeling cool today with highs of six or seven degrees That's all from highland radio news for now. We'll be back with news again at 10 o'clock until then. 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Uh, do hope you are feeling okay this uh wednesday morning 08 660 25 000 the whatsapp some text lines open for you right now get involved in the conversation There'll be some topics raised in the newspapers this morning that you might want to have a say on We also have loads of other stuff lined up for you You can call caroline right now too by the way 07491 25 000 get involved that way if your texting is not your thing emails comments at highland radio dot com if you want to Email us that's fine too and of course interact with us on our social media where you can watch the program Go on to our website highland radio dot com click through there And you can watch the show in the browser or go straight to YouTube highland radio ireland or any of our facebook pages. Just search highland radio All right, so okay. Let's start with the newspapers this morning and we'll kick off with the fin valley voice Donegal wind power made an enormous contribution to the nation's electricity needs last month And the best is yet to come a calling to experts A budget in cold february was a landmark month for wind energy in ireland with more than half the country's energy Needs at 53 percent coming from wind power Which is really quite remarkable February 5th set a new all-arland record for the amount of wind energy On the irish grid at 4584 megawatts of brazil mw is at on the goal a major player in the wind farm industry Makes an enormous contribution to ireland's electricity needs and it's cheaper, too And i wonder could that's big figure be increased more if we were able to store the power more and Regulate its usage after it's generated the donegal post this morning the multimillion euro kilibeg's tan center regeneration project ireland house and public realm works contract moved a significant step closer this week with the announcement the donegal counter council now seeking Tenders for the project what has been described as a Significant regeneration project has an overall value of 4.84 million and is a flagship element of project 2040 On to the inish times now today war in ukraine not justifiable this according to a former irish ambassador The war in ukraine is not justifiable. It is a disaster for europe for russia and above all for ukraine These were the words of former ireland ambassador to russia jim scharkey speaking to the inish times as the conflict entered its 13th day With strong family ties to iris in in ishown Mr scharkey who was appointed the first official representative of the irish people in musko in 1974 and reappointed in 2001 said the main priority Was to find a way to bring peace stop the conflict and find a solution which would stabilize the whole situation in central europe What do you think though, uh, you know, i mean obviously we're going to talk about its impacts on us because inevitably fuel prices potential disruption to to Uh food supplies and what have you there that's going to be what we're going to talk about an awful lot not on this program I'm on about us as a society But what do you think we should be doing if anything i'm going to say we i mean the west uh not us But you know nato, what do you think nato should be doing you'll be following the news you'll know that conversation about poland wanted to give jets and Uh the usa saying hold on your second We don't think we can that can be justified and the complications and all that type of stuff like what do you think should be done Is vladimir putin going to stop at at ukraine? This is getting messy. It's getting dirty Who's to say where it could go next? Well, what do you think should be done? What do you think the international response should be? Uh, you know, we were supposing on the program Towards the end of last week. Is there an inevitability that vladimir putin as it relates to ukraine will get what he wants one way or other could should As as unimaginable as unimaginable as it might be should the white flag be raised to save Inevitable loss of life and a negotiated settlement or would it give would that give putin too much power? Does the west need to flex its models a little bit because all the uh all uh the advantage at the moment is To putin what do you think should be done because obviously we can talk about it on the impacts of it How it might affect us, but what do you out there? I think Should be done what should be the next move what would be the right thing to do because We're all going to be dragged into it one way or other if it's escalated even further But you know the ramifications of this we're going to feel this throughout this year and beyond unfortunately And there's no point escaping that reality of course life will go on and we'll have to Worry about other things as well, but it's going to be framed in what's happening in ukraine So what do you think should happen next as it relates to maybe? Resolution in ukraine and what the west should do where you think this could be going 08 6 60 25 000 Have your say on it 08 6 60 25 000 or call 07 491 25 000. Yes, of course. We focus on local issues That's what we do and and it's important as well, but this is local This is an international global story that is as relevant to us as it is anywhere outside of the awful humanitarian situation that's happening in the ukraine But the Irish Times tells us that the u.s. Has banned all russian energy imports and appeared to move closer To brokering a deal for ukraine to receive fighter jets from poland It moves that are likely to anger the kremlin as it continues to attack ukraine cities and cause for kiev forces to surrender ukraine president of Vladimir Zelensky vowed that his country would defy russian aggression But suggested that compromise could be found on key areas of dispute between Moscow and kiev including ukraine's natal membership hopes civilians managed to leave the northern city of sony and the town of open on the outskirts of the capital kiev But a planned evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from the besieged as of see port of murupol Failed yesterday due to what ukraine said was more indiscriminate russian shelling The russians are saying that to make them look bad There are elements within ukraine that are responsible for this themselves so that the Blame can be attributed to russia. Well today i'm announcing the united state is targeting the main artery of russia's Economy we're banning all imports of russian oil and gas and energy said us president joe biden he can do that in a blink because The usa is not very reliant on russian oil and they're also an awful long way away from russia Whereas europe is very very heavily reliant on it to an extent that the eu Announced that it would move away from the use of russian oil But not for in total eight years two-thirds in a year But not for eight years which is really an awful long time and just goes to show the level of The level of reliance we have on that commodity out of russia uh irish independent Households gas and electricity may have to be rationed. Can you believe we're talking about this in 2022? Household gas and electricity may have to be rationed and public transport services cot Ministers have been warned as island braces for the full impact of russia's invasion of ukraine Now i believe this is the absolute worst-case scenario consumers have been told to expect a significant increase in the price of bread Within a fortnight as soaring fuel and flower prices put on precedented cost pressures on bakers Declan Fitzgerald managing director of pat the breaker said the war in ukraine The nation known as the planet's bread basket was already causing mayhem for his industry and said he was considering asking for government help to protect Consumers from price rises a secret worst-case scenario briefing to ministers also warned of potential food shortages As soaring fuel costs hit farms with big increases also in the cost of gas oil and electricity For both homes and businesses in the short and medium term so you can expect shortly That you will start seeing right across europe Householders being asked to turn down the dial. I don't know how they'll phrase it. I don't know how They'll market it but across europe People will be asked to turn down their home heating By one or two degrees because that would have a huge impact on the amount of all that We knew use that is the times that we're living in that is what we're going to See how soon that happens. I don't know but mark my words that kind of a Advertising campaign is on the way. I can just imagine the adverts right now Okay, the irish daily mail The price of petrol could be slashed by 20 cent from midnight tonight and diesel by 15 cent following an emergency cabinet meeting this morning Petrol prices skyrocketed to as high as two euro per liter following the russian invasion of ukraine Which has added further pressure to energy costs now. I don't know the reasons why I don't know what the timing is And I i'm not going to draw any conclusions, but there were places whereby Prices seemed to go between 15 and 20 cent Yesterday, some of those have been scaled back But what that would have meant is any Announcement from government today at least in some service stations would have been instantly wiped out with the Increases that were added on in some places last evening But as I say also in some places they seem to have been taken off again Well sources confirmed to this paper last night that the cabinet will meet this morning to discuss cutting excise rates on fuel Which is a clever way of trying to claim it's an exclusive But everyone knew if agreed this will be discussed in the door this afternoon with price changes potentially taking effect at the pumps From midnight tonight now personally speaking The price is going to go to such an extent that the only way this will actually the only way As far as I'm concerned that the government could do this that it would actually give some level of Security and actually help people Is if they were capped if capped it I don't know even if they capped it at 190 180 would we accept that I don't know But it would give them an awful lot of wiggle room in terms of the increase in the price of oil and the squeeze on on the take from government, but This rebate it's the same with the electricity rebates gobbled up. It's gone effectively and I just The 20 if it even if it's 20 cent. Yes, of course, you know We have to hope that everyone plays it fair and it's a genuine 20 percent saving But with increases coming that's going to be gobbled up very quickly So the only real way effectively of giving us any certainty at all and to ease You know the reality of maybe not being able to go to work Because people are already choosing between One thing and getting oil in the house. I mean that is the reality That's already happening and it we're not far away from a point where Many people will not be able to fill their car up enough to travel to work given the wage that they're on So in my opinion, um for what it's worth, which is very little The only way this can be effective for for for the country Is if it's capped and then there is some level of of certainty. What do you think oh wait 60 25 000 the Irish daily mirror They call them war mad russians are demanding Ireland say sorry and pays for the damage to its embassy gates after A truck crashed through someone. I think it's very important You know, we don't get caught up in this rhetoric and presume that the actions of Vladimir Putin represents that the The wishes and desires of the russian people many many russian people are subjected to a very very very biased Media and everything is framed in a very different way And even so there are people risking their lives to come out to the streets In russia to protest the war facing instant jail You know people complain about protests here and all that kind of stuff What happens in russia if you do it they go over to you if you don't comply They beat you to the ground and they drag you off and they put you in jail That's uh how governments that want to clamp down and people actually operate well Those people are still going out and risking their Freedoms to protest this war. So it's very important I think that even if the media want to paint all russians the same which when you call more war mad russians That's what it's doing. I think it's very important that we don't uh, we don't drink that Vladimir putin though. Sorry. They want uh the ambassador wants an apology Not war mad russians the ambassador wants apology for damage to the embassy gates after a Truck crashed through them and Vladimir putin's furious henchmen even gave a serious dressing down to the Irish ambassador in Moscow over the instant in Dublin But finnegales neil redmond fumed the russian ambassador would be better off reflecting on his country's murderous invasion of Ukraine rather than repair work on the gate, but that's not looking at the bigger picture in my view The star this morning the number of homeless families seeking help in dublin city has almost doubled in the space of a year new figures show the city's council Cancels dublin regime. Sorry dublin region homeless executive figures show that as of december 31 last year there were 802 families in emergency accommodation in january this year 74 families Contacted homeless services in dublin for the first time according to dublin city now just before We jump on that Let's not forget that any refugees coming to this country are going into emergency accommodation themselves and also let's not forget That many many people have opened up their houses for refugees coming into this country I'm not sure how often that's done For for the homeless here. So what i'm saying is not one against the other. We could have the same reaction Not just as a government but as a nation to the problems facing people living in this country as we do to others as well And we should be able to do both Finally the sun today plans to charge people to collect family and friends from double an airport was slammed yesterday as Wrong and nonsensical the dea had given the green light by Fingal county council to develop a new pay drop off and pick up zone Can you imagine this bosses that you're not parking at the airport? You're dropping someone off or you're picking someone up Bosses at the airport claim it is part of their sustainability agenda to reduce car journeys and encourage the use of public transport The new schemes it's fully how they they hang it on the environment as if that justifies it in some way or other They're not going to ring fence this money. Surely are they and and build trees with it? Of course not it's to swell their coffers The new scheme will affect drop-off points at terminal one and terminal two And it's set to come into place in the second half of 2022 However, critics of the plan have pointed out that Dublin is one of the very few capital cities in Europe with no rail link to the airport Okay, there you have it. 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Um, and I do believe that discipline is really important in the school and in and in a classroom and um, I it doesn't mean that you don't love the children in fact It means you love them loads enough to keep your standards really high for them And to understand that children need both praise and punishments so that they learn right from wrong children respond Well, don't they to uh, the right discipline structure and routine and rules. I mean they thrive in that environment, don't they? Yeah, well, uh, you need to tell, you know, the people in charge of of ireland because uh, You all are moving towards a much more progressive way of seeing things And I do understand your history with Catholicism and some of the bad things that have happened But I don't think you should throw the baby out with bathwater and Catholicism and the tradition and rituals that come with that Uh has benefited you massively And I think some of the people who are making these sorts of decisions Take for granted that many of your schools will be quite orderly That you don't have the kinds of problems that we have say in the inner cities in in in England and I want to ring the alarm bells for you because um We went that route in England and many of us now Me included are trying to pull us back more towards the traditional way of doing things Yeah, and the proof of the pudding is in the eating because your school records some of the the top grades in in the country, so What do you think the likes of of ireland are doing wrong? What what direction are we moving in that we need to to do a you turn on? Yeah, it's a good question. So there's two things one. There's the discipline But the two there's also the way in which children are taught in lessons So progressivism is all about child centered learning as opposed to teacher led learning And when it's child led the children, let's say are in groups the desks are in groups The children look at each other and they are leading the learning And the teacher is the facilitator of learning who moves amongst the desks and keeps them on task Whereas when the teacher leading the desks are in rows and this is the case in all our classroom and the desks are in rows teachers at the front and the teacher leads and the children follow the teacher and Nowadays you'll see it perhaps even with parents where they want to just be friends with their kids They don't want to be in a position of authority And that's because we confuse being in authority with being authoritarian And we sort of think if you're an authority then you're hitler, but that's not the case It's our job as adults to love them look after them Scaffold their learning each time you're pushing them a little bit further You pull the scaffolding away you push a little bit further pull the scaffolding away That's what it is to be either a parent or a teacher And um progressivism undermines that and makes us feel bad and makes us feel like we're somehow being mean We're not we love the children. We just hold our standards high for them and lead the way Yeah, and a lot of people now seem to need validation from their children that you know a friendship or And we've kind of also been conditioned I think not all of us by the way because Sweden statements are useless But I think many of us have been conditioned to that you can't say boo to a goose You can't say anything for fear that it could upset the child's mental health And of course then you tie that in with the school system And you know you could be turning out people by the age of 18 or 19 That get a very very sharp shock to realize that the world is not This very friendly happy you can do whatever you like place that maybe you're you're You're upbringing and your school would portray That's right. And it's our role as adults to help build habits in them So that by the time they get to 18 I always say you're looking after that little birdie And you're you're you're helping him and you're getting him more and more independent until eventually at 18 You tell the birdie to go off and fly But unless you've done that well and held your standards high If you've indulged them all the time when they were younger then you're quite right when they reach 18 They're not going to be ready for the real world and the real world is not necessarily a forgiving place You need to turn up on time to your interviews. You need to sit up straight in your interviews You need to bring along the correct equipment and if at school they kept saying it's all right You come from a poor family.  It was because we didn't have the backbone to keep our standards high for them And um, that's why I say it comes out of love, but you've got to love them enough to do what's difficult It's much easier to let the thing go because then you don't have the issue of saying where the child says I don't want to go to detention or whatever it is and you say no going to detention Now that doesn't mean you have to be mean you can have a repair conversation with them afterwards Where you say no, what did you do wrong? Right next time? What are you going to do and you understand why I I had to give you that punishment and the child gets it And then next time he doesn't do it. That's what being an adult is with children It's teaching them how to to live a successful life Um, just as it relates to the the style of teaching you employ too Is it more equal for children? I don't mean in terms of of their their background But in terms of different learning abilities, you know, is it more hands on is it easier to spot if a child Requires more attention than one that doesn't as opposed to the other way that you described whereby a child and they're They're very clever as well can sort of get lost in the mix Absolutely, you're that that is exactly right. Well, of course we're in an ordered environment You can see precisely who needs how much support when and where You're able as a teacher rather than dealing with lots of disruption You're able to think really carefully about how to support those children Which children are a bit shy? Which children need drawing out which children struggle a bit with answering questions But which ones are really great at writing and so on and then you can change up your support accordingly But too many and I can tell you in england and this is me ringing the alarm bells for island because of this progressive stuff That's taken over for the last 30 odd years 40 years here in england The chaos is so bad that teachers are spending all their time thinking about classroom management And I I was just reading a letter out from a guest this morning at assembly to the kids and how this teacher was saying It's so wonderful to be in a school where the children can learn and the teachers can teach and he said while I love my school I spend most of my time on behavior management and that is no way for a school to be and um You don't want to get there. You are not there yet. Ireland, you know So don't make the mistake of thinking yes, we've been so restricted in the past We just need to throw it all away That is not what you need to do Catholicism has brought you some good And um, and when I say Catholicism, I'm not a Catholic.  It's under whichever guys it is being Catholicism You know a different religion or maybe just a different ethos within a particular school I don't I'm not sure parents want I'm not sure parents wanted things to go where they've gone. So who's driving is whose agenda is this? Who is uh You know, you know, it's changed over a number of decades But there has to be momentum. There has to be some sort of a push I don't want to sound like I'm not mean that in a conspiracy theorist way But we've moved in this direction. There has to be a driver for it surely because I don't think it's parents That's really interesting that you say it's not parents. I would say it's politicians and I I would say it's the media um And that and you are the media, of course, but oh, and it's great to hear you talking as you are and I do think it's interesting because I've now done a bit of irish media and Culturally Ireland it isn't is in a much better place than england And I would say in comparison the media people who I speak to in england They are much more reluctant to understand what I'm saying Whereas all of you guys get what I'm saying you do Instinctively you're sort of small c conservatives inside, you know, and you got you just say, yeah Obviously kids like praise and punishment and you understand exactly what I'm saying I don't find that culturally in england people do get that and what will end up happening to ireland is that you will just shift Culturally over time To the point where you are just like everyone in england and that your natural sense inside you right now and you're saying that's in the parents as well of wanting a More traditional approach to education and to raising children it will eventually disappear and that I mean, I would blame your politicians that that's that's what they're driving because They think it's seductive right. It's really seductive to say Gosh, don't you remember those boring teachers at school who just talked and talked in front of the classroom? Whereas actually what we need is to make it more interactive and then more fun and children will be more engaged But that is to lower your standards for children now our teachers at mcayla do not stand in front of the class talking all the time You can teach traditionally while breaking it up for them. You talk for a bit You teach them something you do a bit of a class discussion You can even do some quick pair work you get them to do an exercise You do a bit more class discussion you teach them something else and so on But the teacher is at the front of the class leading that is what's key Yeah, but I think the truth be in in ireland or britain or wherever it might be You know, we have dependent on your age. You've got your memory of school We don't really have any notion of what it is like in a school or how it's probably changed most of us I don't think you know what the attitudes have changed, you know, what's pushed or what's not pushed You know, we are We know even when you have your parent teacher meeting you don't get that it you just focus on like I think most of us don't really know what teaching is like now compared to when we were in school You do you're you've got the inside track obviously But the students can't relate it to us because that's their norm They've no comparison And that's what we're saying. We're talking about the power of culture and that culture can change over time And that it's like the frog in water, you know, you turn up the water and make it hotter and the frog boils to death Whereas you would throw them in boiling water. He would jump out, you know It's slow it happens slowly over time that culture changes And I can see just by talking to some of you on me that you know through these interviews That your culture is very different in ireland and that is something to value Hold on to it and look after it because it is it is It's it's something precious and something that will easily change over time Which you won't notice and then your equivalent in 20 years We'll be talking to somebody like me saying gosh everything you're saying is just a bit awful and offensive. You see All right, I'll not keep you very much longer. Just two more questions the first being disciplines abroad church Okay, so, you know, some people might imagine you walking around with a cane, uh, you know or whatever So describe to me what in the context of your school what, you know traditional and discipline means Yes, it's a good question. So we have praise and punishment. We have demerits and merits and the children do the right thing They get a merit. They do the wrong thing. They get a demerit if they get a couple of demerits They end up with a detention and the tension is either 20 or 30 minutes after school They do some work quietly and then they go home We reached a stage in england where people feel that that's a that that is actually abuse.  I don't see what the big deal is they have a detention. They do some work It's actually quite nice because they're getting some work done The teacher uses that opportunity to do a bit of a repair related, you know, you repair the relationship You don't have a chat remember what you did. Okay. We won't do that next time Okay, great.  It's no big deal. Um That's all it is.  So what people might not like is that we would give a detention for small things Um turning around in lessons You know being a bit silly Certainly none of our children would ever talk out of turn in the lesson, you know, you wouldn't chat to your mate That literally never happens But the reason why that never happens is because well, we would follow through with a punishment And then that changes the whole culture and it means that nobody would ever dare do it In the same way as a child would never take off all his clothes and run through the school naked Because the culture is such that it would never be appropriate to do that Similarly, the culture is such that children here would never talk to their friend in the middle of a lesson In other schools There's so much disruption where the kids are talking But the teacher might stand in front of the class for 10 15 minutes asking for silence And it takes or they have to put stuff in front of the kids to get them working to trick them into getting silent Imagine the loss of learning time over an entire year and when you're trying to catch up disadvantage children with their learning You need every minute in the classroom. You can possibly get and so these people who think that they're helping these children By just breaking open the doors and say everybody's free In the end the ones who suffer the most are the most disadvantaged It's also easier environment to teach in your teacher's happier. Would you say in in what would be seen as a more normal school setting? Exactly. Exactly. They you know, it's interesting. You say more normal. We are an aberration here Okay, so this is not It is truly remarkable that that the views that you're expressing and I'm by the way I'm not actually terribly conservative either by the way I just try and try and come at things from different angles in my own mind But the fact that you're a headline maker, you know, I I don't know how all this story is of I'm honest But I mean, you know, I can see you're getting in on day. I would imagine you're inundated for Invites to go on. I don't know wait loose women or any of these shows I mean I presume they're banging down your door to get you on and if they are are they setting you up for a fall or are Are are people prepared to have this proper open sort of, you know Conversation about are we actually doing things right because as I say it really is quite remarkable that your views I think should be Headliners, you know what I mean exactly They should just be mainstream and of course 40 years ago in England They were mainstream and that's why I'm trying to ring the alarm bells for you and I find it amazing that a guy like you You know, you're just a normal guy and you're saying this is normal and you imagine it to be normal Um in England, as I say, there's there there there's too much There's loads of low level disruption kids and lessons banging rudels rulers on the table making loads of noise And then the teachers having to talk over that and then they're chatting to each other and they don't have the respect for the teacher anymore And 50 years ago that wouldn't have been happening like that. Um, it would only have been like that in the more difficult schools Here is much more commonplace now. There are other schools like ours, of course We're not the only one but we are in the minority is what I'd say when it comes to schools with excellent discipline Okay, and very very finally. I don't know if you you have you sport there, but I mean, do you see important? Uh, you know, there's a lot out there in terms of everyone's a winner, right? You know what I mean? You can't lose you take part and all that type of stuff give everyone a try Yeah, do you have the facilities to do sport and do you? Encourage competitiveness. Do you encourage sort of, you know Winning and also teach people how to lose at the same time Yeah, we do and I totally understand what you're saying and I'm not for that very progressive way of just saying everybody's a winner Um, having said that when it comes to sign a setting we set the children so we have a top set and then we have second third and fourth set and um, You know where I I I wouldn't want to humiliate children. So children in the fourth set for instance Um, if you were always to pin up their their grades for different tests and so on up on the wall uh, the children in the fourth set would constantly be humiliated and um The key thing is if you're going to Show all the other kids how people have done you need to make sure that it's something that the child could change, right? So if he if he just doesn't have the ability to be able to do it You don't want to humiliate him But if he could be in a position to do well, so what we do is how much time have you spent on it and Anybody can spend more time So even the kids in the bottom set have the chance of being at the top of the list. So it's nuanced It's not it's it's it's flexible. All right. Listen. It's been it's been very interesting and uh From a quick glance at what's coming in so far seems quite a few people agree with you I think it sort of gets into a space of other things about liberal and conservative or you know I can see this topic getting dragged into other social conversations that perhaps it doesn't even have a place and you know, this is about When I say conservative, I don't mean big c conservative. I mean small I know but I just can see it being weaponized as well though, you know The thing is in this country People on the left used to be small c conservative just like you You're you you are a bit of I'm crazy Yeah, so you a guy who doesn't consider himself to be a conservative who has these views that used to be more commonplace here I I would say that you are quite rare Over here. All right small c greg. All right. Listen. Thanks very much. Catherine. It's been very nice speaking to you Thanks for your time this morning. Okay, thanks. Take care of yourself. That's uh, kathryn, uh, berber sing burble sing She's a principal at mackayla or mackayla community school mcs near wembley in london. She was speaking recently At a conference here. Um, it was the online conference navigating curriculum change on saturday march the fifth So what what do you think of what she had to say? Are we? Going in the right direction? Uh, if that's the direction of travel and and uh, kathryn is wrong Um, she's not talking about corporal punishment or anything like that by the way It's the structure of school. It's it's, you know, not accepting or finding ways to deal with with with misbehavior And what have you but even something as as she talked about there, you know In some schools in england particularly now even detention would be seen as some some sort of Cruelty or keeping people in against their will. I'll read a couple of them by the way and see what you have to say I don't know. Maybe we are more conservative here in the northwest So most people might agree with her but I want to hear all sides to it as well by the way I come from a generation that experienced slaps with a ruler on my hands for being late for school When that was outlawed back around 1983. I personally noticed children getting cheekier from that period onwards right or wrong That's what I noticed years ago. Now. We're not talking about corporal punishment. That's just a Comment in and of itself many people might agree, but we don't know or don't see the the consequences that has or had on young people I've spoken to people in their 60s 70s who had that experience at school and it's left them scarred it It bothered them throughout their entire life. So I don't think any of us wants to go back down that line I totally agree with that lady regarding schools says a caller another. Yes, this woman has a brain I have a five three and two children and I want her to be their teacher And other she's totally right this idea that every parent is their child's best friend parents have a duty of care And in that they need to be in control at all times and that means that you know, the reality is is if you Have to be a little bit tough with them that you know, maybe if you're a social function I'll choose to sit with their friends or the cool uncle or auntie or or maybe they won't want to you know Go on holidays where you will socialize with you But you can still have a positive and good relationship with them But you're just not their their best friend you're Maybe you can do both I don't know I'm not speaking from my own experience because I'm not at that point yet So many children say says this caller are confused by thoughts and instead of directing them Parents are allowing these thoughts to develop which is killing them It's confused certainly confusing them and it's difficult for them. 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I don't think so right okay back to matters much closer to home now and a recent council meeting heard about proposals or plans or suggestion that apartments In dunlow would be tossed and perhaps rebuilt down the line But anyway, we're going to get the full background to this story and welcome on to the program first Cancelor marita rays gala her a very good morning to you marita rays. Thanks for joining us today You just I think you're need to unmute yourself if that's okay Morning Greg morning good to have you with us. Yes indeed right. Okay. So tell us what the council meeting was told We'll give us the background to these apartments to suppose firstly. I'm sure we've spoken about these before Yeah, what we have they were built 20 years ago here and they were built by cleared house and it was an agreement with the hse and so they're 16 one bed flats and at the outset great they were and The 16 flats were were used or were lived in by people with special needs or or extra needs not special needs extra needs And and there were staff the hse staff that was there 24 hours a day and However after about two years the services were cut And and over the years I say for the last 10 to 12 years. There's only been Six well eight 10 flats have been vacant and there's only been six tenants there And so we have been trying this last 10 years to get answers and get the flats opened up to people who need them Okay, so under whose ownership are they? So the the building is owned by cleared housing And the lease agreement for the last 20 years has been with the hse. So the hse has been paying for the lease The full lease for the 16 flats And for 20 years even though they haven't been occupied Um, so it's it's all public money in the end of the day, greg and what we're trying to do is to get To get the the the flats lived and get them fed for corpus and and have people living Back and making it a community again. I'd imagine clued has made their money from them And if we're talking about the demolition has there any uh negotiation or suggestion has there been of these being handed over uh to the state be the hse or the council or even being uh purchased and Are they in your view in a condition that they could be easily You know don up to to house families Well, we've gone down this road and as counselors now for the last 10 years And we've just come up against one wall after another greg so in my opinion I think the only option now is that the council that these are given to the council And that the council actually take on to Do the flats up? Um, no I would say that there is a need And to do the flats up there's 16 one bed flats there I believe that we could probably have you know 10 two bed flats and I think it will be you know a better option And going forward for and a better option for for people and to have the two bed flats And but I think at this stage that we have no other option But to try and get the minister to hand them over to the council and because it's I mean even in their The stage and not let's happen. I beg your pardon even in their current form There are no end of of demands for these this type of accommodation be you know domestic violence services You know obviously Homelessness whatever it might be. I mean even if they're not absolutely perfect. There there is no end of Uh, uh, demand for them For them to be lying to be lying for them to be lying unused It's a terrible indictment And that's for 10 years, Greg. Um, you know, it's it's not just for the last couple of years And I did say at the meeting yesterday and I know other members said the same thing Like you know, it's come to a stage for us as councillors now that god forbid But if somebody dies our phones start ringing You know the day that somebody dies the phone start ringing to see could they get that house? You know if that's what the need is like out there There is and there is a short stay need because emergency accommodation need that they would be ideal for in the short term And while we work and to to having something better in the future What Claude Housner saying I don't agree with and what they're saying is that they want to demolish the building that's The building is fine. There is nothing wrong with it. It was it was very well built And there's no water running in it. There's you know, it has been well maintained And what they're saying is that they need to to knock it down to build a road to further develop Homes into the future over the next 10 to 20 years And I feel that they own you know behind it. I think the short term need far outweighs any medium to long-term And apart from that great, there is plenty and I mean absolutely. I love right next door. Let's really next door There's plenty room. I can imagine it would not be hard to find an alternative access to the site Claude, by the way, we've we've been on to them to try and get a response They've no one available this morning. Are they a private company? Was this one of these public private partnership deals where a private company built them and then we take out a long-term lease And that's a member money. Yeah. So there's the state paying 99 percent. Um, so there's public housing. Um, as That's one of those Claude responds, you know, that there are numerous statements into call and listen They build homes and and there is homes there for people. Um, I'm not I'm not This isn't the company in itself. Um, well, I might have to be honest if I think they're lying empty for so long Uh, I I think that's worthy of criticism to be honest with you, especially if they're an agency responsible for housing people They're they're not doing very well in that regard in this apartment. I would suggest if they are habitable and empty And and what I'm saying to you too, Greg is that this is a problem with the hse because the hse went into the agreement with them um, and the hse Was one thing after another Um, pardon me. No, I I married twice. I want I would ask you if we weren't doing this publicly I want to see your baby, but we might I won't ask you that today. Listen, uh, you do. Thank you very much, by the way, for for mixing both Responsibilities you have with us. Stay there. Uh, I want to bring in cancer at me whole column. I got an aspect as well here I mean, this is also an issue that you've been, uh, talking about, uh, extensively Me hall, uh, what what is your take on it and what you heard coming out of this meeting this week? Oh, uh, imagine what it's, uh Greg, I guess the Marie trace is a young um I suppose the difficulty here is uh to start off what is is the whole system of work that the state has put in place Uh, clued like many other of the housing agencies are Private but not for profit That system clearly isn't working for us here in denigol And the system the idea that, uh, a private company or a private charity. Sorry would would build State or homes for to provide for people in need Uh, isn't the way forward the way forward certainly is for the state themselves to invest into homes Instead of looking to the charity just on this issue We're just on this issue with respect to me whole because you know We we have to deal with this apartment block at the moment like Have clued ever given a reason as to why that these houses there's not 100 occupancy all of the time Like like have they ever explained as to why there is this vacancy there? We we requested uh meetings with the staff and ceo of clued which we did have and stated very clearly, uh, as I says to them As I finished was that this happened on the ceo's watch Uh, that was a decision that was made by both clued and Um, the hsc not to fill the vacancy one bedroom apartments Now we need to bear in mind that it's not just clued response also Which are in stone's throw away of these apartments as well a vacant apartments lying empty and that's moving forward Very very very slowly But bear in mind that we have a massive housing need a huge housing need Even what a small population like we have in west denigol and the glenities empty But yet we have people who are homeless I I give one example yesterday and it shouldn't matter if you're toilet cleaner on the dole or a doctor or a professor Nobody should be without home. But when somebody is left house surfing or couch surfing Different houses every night and then having to find going to work to uh to provide a professional service It's a disgrace that anybody would without home at all Not for sure and I think I agree with you and that would be sort of even maybe for a medium term But even in terms as we as we uh as I was discussing with maria to raise there Even in terms of emergency accommodation where maybe it doesn't we it's not so many boxes don't have to be ticked You know people are crying out for that the fact that we can't connect problem a with solution b In this day and age is crazy and all we talk about is how you know vacant properties here there and everywhere And we've got people whose responsibility it is to house people that need houses And they're in this instance seemingly uncapable incapable of doing that No, it's it's an absolutely uh disgrace and I think there is a strong criticism on both collude and respond and also Kencha, uh the hse but more so on the state that allows this system of work I'm working. I'm waiting now for a response back from a pq Through thomas in relation to is there is there Are they fulfilling their mortgage? obligations in terms of the state money that was provided about not just collude but also respond And and and I think that it's a disgrace that here we are in 2021 We have a housing crisis. It is an emergency. There's no doubt about it It would be a lot worse if if the real figures were shown We all know plenty of families out there who are living in homes either what relations what maybe their ex partners Because they can't afford to leave They would want to leave both what themselves as our individuals or what their family But have nowhere to go. Okay, and one of the councillors had a motion John there not so long in terms of emergency accommodation within the mds, which which is badly needed But the whole system and it's a total and utter failure Of state not to provide and to look to the private market You would just wonder with this accommodation if the contract was based on occupancy over the last 10 years Would we be having these type of conversations because when you're collecting when you're collecting effectively the money for full occupancy Yeah, well, look, I think look, I think that's a fair enough point But the whole idea that collude has sat down with us as councillors We made our points very very very strongly that we totally and utterly oppose The construction or destruction or demolition. Sorry off of the 16 apartments to build And no guarantee that these homes would be built But we believe very strongly similar to what collude or responder are doing at the moment is that they're going to revamp the lower floors and part of their building Granted it is good that they're moving along disgrace that it's taken so long And the hsc have been involved in this here But the idea that they're talking about we're upping down these apartments where people still have their homes Yes, yes, it will possibly if at all other apartments when we believe strongly That given the right money to move on there to revamp bring it into a state of two bedrooms Apartments which would then allow for homes and as Larry terry said there's there's all there's alternative access to that other side Listen, thank you very much for your time this morning me whole. 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I'm Achille Clark with the news at 10 o'clock Over two million euro when funding has been announced for island road upgrades in dunigall A total of 14 road projects are being funded on arnmore tori in ish boffin angola island Today roads on the islands have suffered neglect as they were not under the remit of dunigall county council And therefore did not qualify for certain funding streams Today's announcement is part of an agreement between the department of rural and community development and the council Which once the works are complete will see the local authority take charge of the roads Dunigall deputy joe mccuey in welcoming the funding says it's vital that further investment is forthcoming One thing that i've asked from the minister that this type of collaboration has to continue There's a number of major projects including the mahi roti project and the new boat for tori island those two projects still have to Move in a more positive direction They haven't been over the last few years and that's something that i mentioned to the minister that there has to be more Direct linkages what's the core coming because the the history and the tradition is there now to ensure that this can work And i think this will board well for the future But conser me hall colm aguilla asberg says the agreement between dunigall county council and the department is hugely significant sitting down with the department countless times having one-to-one meetings Raising at our council meetings crossing phone calls You know i'm wrestling with the department trying to get them To fund these roads these roads need funding Because people live on them people use them. It's not a case that they're roads to nowhere Certainly encouraging to see that this announcement has been made today We are in a wartime scenario and the old rules are out the window Lots of you the public expenditure minister as the government prepares to introduce a cot to excise duty on petrol and diesel Prices on four courts have hit two euro later in the past week as the ukrainian conflict bites Shinfin is also calling for excise to be reduced on home heating oil The party's finance spokesperson dunigall deputy pierce doherty Is urging the government to intervene to maintain the price of fuel at 175 a later for the coming months They have nothing on offer in relation to home heat now it appears so far and that is not acceptable We've seen home heat now increased by 700 euro since the start of this year And action in this will make those households current particularly when we have a third of homes heating their houses Using home heating oil. This is a serious, serious pressure on them and the government needs to scrap excise duty completely on that Oil dunigall county council has committed to looking at providing more parking at bernard mcglinti time park in letter Kenny any plans are a foot to enhance the immunity including a new adventure area and further development of the green area But the current car parking facilities have been deemed inadequate to cope with the expected rise in footfall as a result of the plans Kierlock of the letter Kenny milford municipal district councillor jimmy kavner says the park is already hugely popular And it's important people come park in a safe and convenient manner And in a way I just speak to the success of the park really that it has become too popular But definitely parking has become an issue and I saw it myself last year especially in the summertime where people were driving and Had to go away again because couldn't find a parking spot. 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I don't even remember it being mentioned to me um A caller says this may sound uh, this may sound Soft quite daft Maybe one of the only ways to bring this ukrainian war to an end Is for joe biden to bring in donald trump as a mediator trump is one person Putin will listen to seriously since they both are of the same cloth Perhaps the ukranians may disagree But if you want to think outside nato in the eu box then biden needs to be generous to both trump and the people Of ukraine and show some decisive leadership. I'm not really quite sure um The relationship between trump and putin was was uh Trump being really quite respectful and and not really very very tough and of course germany had had a very strong uh improved relationship with russia that hasn't helped Macron also um has a personal relationship with putin that is not helping israel have also tried to exercise their influence Having no success there. So um, I think he's determined to do what he wants to do and there has to come There's gonna have to be another solution. But perhaps maybe maybe I just cannot see obviously the political space where what you suggest rate could ever happen I call this is I live in a tourist area and I know of three holiday homes owned by one person who bought them as an investment And to the best of my knowledge not one person including the owner has ever spent a night in them Something needs to be done about these empty homes Yeah, but that is that person's property and that person's investment and you can see it and it's evident But if the same person If the same person Didn't build those houses, but instead had that money in their bank account You wouldn't say well, we need to access that person's bank account to build these three homes to uh fix homelessness Does that make sense? I think that maybe maybe letting the government off a little bit When we look at private property people's private property investment and say well, that can fix the problem Does that mean we've given up on governments doing it? Uh recompulsory tillage as it was called in the 40s I understand that our sunshine hours and temperatures are not high enough to produce high quality baking flour Cornflakes, etc But we could avoid importing animal feed grain and fodder by growing our own Another caller as it relates to our conversation about schools and teaching and uh, what have you if you've just tuned in By the way, some people tune to different shows between 9 and 10 and then join us between 10 and 11 and I understand that and that's fine But we had a really interesting conversation with a headmistress out of wembley in, uh, britain, uh, who was speaking She was talking about how We are going down the same path as britain and that we need more discipline if you missed it It's an interesting one. You can catch it up on the podcast or rewatch it back on Facebook or better still Stay with us between nine and ten as well But this caller says good behavior should be taught in schools by putting children in class groups basing the teaching on the basics Like confidence and morals in everyday lives. There's no authority in schools are in the home anymore Which is along the lines of what our guest was saying Catherine Uh caller is a child care professional and says that she found the key words that kathleen Is using in her interview quite disturbing such as naughty chair and punishment These are not used in the child care education anymore We need to engage with our children and find out the reason for the behavior No one knows what the family environment is at home or the child's background and educators need to take a more Nurturing approach to children now in fairness to kathleen her her school is in a in a city area As she said herself so she's dealing with all types of students from all types of backgrounds This is not some fee paying school with you know the cream of the crop and inverted commas I hate even saying that it is a regular school with all different types of students and it's working for her They're they're top of the league Annually I didn't pick up on her saying naughty chair or punishment But I think and I'd be interested and have a conversation with you because you're a child care professional And you know more than me. Uh, I think she's talked more about discipline and reward, but also recognizing Through punishments such as detention When when students are acting up or or not Or not operating to the best of their ability This caller says I totally agree I work in a secondary school where the lack of respect and discipline is apparent throughout And it is the indisciplined child That receives all the extra supports as he is the deterrent to the learning in the classroom I feel sorry for the unquiet manly children that can go unnoticed from day one And there's many reasons by the way that a child might appear as you would know presumably is a secondary school that might appear naughty But sometimes you can have difficulty in accessing, you know assessment if that's required Or whatever the case may be great conversation regardless if you agree with her views or not The lady on the radio now talking about education obviously comes from a well-off family I am a single mother with four children. I have to make decisions sometimes whether to pride the children All they need for school or to put food on the table This is the reality of my life and I'm sure a lot of other people So I think poverty does have to be taken into consideration when dealing with children And I take your point and I understand exactly the situation you're in I think really you know regardless of um regardless of The the financial background of a child's parents and guardians I think what she's talking about is is how the school is run and maybe maybe This school it sounds like that they may spot that A little extra help is required and how that's the impression I got that it's a more hands-on rather than That they're more likely to see if a child needs maybe some more special attention or or help Another oh my god, what a breath of fresh air keep telling people if you're your child's best friend You're not their parent.  All right. 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Yeah, it's unimaginable. Isn't it what's happening? Not only in ukraine, but in other parts of of the world. I'm sure amnesty has organized has organized vigils In relation to the other atrocities that are happening around the world, but it's an awful. It's awful. What's happening, isn't it? Yeah, it is it's it's it's incredible to think that We're seeing The outflow particularly of refugees And from ukraine at the moment. I mean what almost 2 million people have left at this stage Initial projections where the 4 million people might leave ukraine. It looks now like that number will be surpassed And yeah, and it's a it's a it's a huge worry and obviously the impact of the the conflict the russian aggression And invasion in ukraine on the civilian population there is it's just incredible Russia have been committing war crimes Since the day they started this invasion. They're bombing civilian targets. They're bombing hospitals and other protected objects They're using indiscriminate weapons like cluster bombs against civilians. We've seen schools been hit by cluster bombs It really is appalling what's happening there and yet we stand by and it seems that the the the nato the international community aren't going to Get involved like some might want them to do but we know the complication the implications of that Do you have an opinion on the fact that you know, it's clear putin has a plan and he's clear as much as he can He's going to follow it through and it's clear that the west other than in sanctions are going to do nothing to stop him given that inevitability and the amount of The amount of lives innocent lives particularly that would be lost between now and when he achieves his goals Is Given that inevitability do we have to be looking at other options? Do you think like say for instance? Maybe exceeding some of his demands if that's if that's what's required to stop this bloodshed, you know, those are those are obviously political matters and they'll have to be worked out between ukraine its allies and indeed in russia and as you know negotiations have been happening over the last While there's not an awful lot of confidence in in Russia as a good faith actor in those negotiations We've seen what's happened when they've agreed to open humanitarian corridors and and then subsequently bomb civilians when they're trying to leave those Humanitarian through those humanitarian pathways and then most cynically offering a humanitarian pathway into either Belarus or russia So saying to Ukrainian civilians you can leave the cities that were bombarding relentlessly, but you have to come to our territory It's an incredibly cynical thing for them to suggest that they know Couldn't possibly have been acceptable to civilians who are fleeing their aggression to be told to flee towards them So the the the greatest difficulty I think is and we've heard Ukrainian politicians and leaders say this over the last couple of days Is that they they simply can't accept that russia is a good faith actor in any regard in all of this And we know that russia's misled the international community. It's lied explicitly. I mean the russian ambassador to Ireland has repeatedly Lied about russia's intention saying that there was no possibility of them invading Ukraine And it was clear all of the time that that's exactly what they were planning. Okay. What is amnesty's? Responsibility not responsibility. What is your current role in all of this? So we have since day one of the invasion been monitoring exactly what's happening. We've been Revealing some of the Possible war crimes that have been perpetrated by russia And I think within two or three days into the conflict We were we were revealing and exposing evidence of potential war crimes such as I said earlier on the use of custom emissions against civilian objects Including a school in that case we saw in the east of Ukraine We saw three people killed including one child and we've been documenting The use of indiscriminate rockets for instance that are are are being used in a way that would seem to be targeting civilian populations These are already very very grave breaches of international humanitarian law that the so-called laws of war And it's critically important that we highlight that when it's happening in an effort to stop it But also that in doing so we're gathering the evidence so that there can be accountability For those who are committing these war crimes. I mean one of the reasons why States and autocratic regimes like the putin regime Do the things that they do is because they're simply allowed to get away with that that kind of impunity must end And the international community must ensure that international law has meaning and that means that it has to be enforced So it's it's hugely welcome that the international criminal court has as we called Opened an inquiry into what's happening in Ukraine and we would hope to see And certainly we'll be demanding that there be proper accountability for breaches of international law and for war crimes in that regard And then secondly, of course, what we're doing is we're also working to make sure That in how states are responding to the inevitable refugee crisis, which we're now seeing And that they're doing that in a way that's fully compliant both with their obligations Under international human rights law but also To ensure that there's no discrimination in how people are being responded to and to be clear People across Europe are being magnificent. I mean when you see what's happening in poland at the moment I heard a story this morning of a young woman who gave up her apartment and moved back in with her own family In order to make that apartment available to a ukrainian family who had arrived in poland That's those kinds of actions are being are being repeated all across that country where ordinary people are stepping up And and offering sanctuary and protection for people who need it as they flee Ukraine And we've now seen here in ireland that there's an expectation that we could see up to 100 000 people arrive Which is a huge number of refugees. I mean to put that in some contact in some context I'm not aware of a situation in which ireland accepted more than a thousand refugees in any year So it's going to require a similar effort that isn't just about government stepping up But that's about all of us stepping up as communities right across society To make sure that we can receive people and offer them safety and sanctuary as they try to rebuild their lives here in ireland having fled that conflict We can do it.  And I think community involvement is absolutely critical here That's why for instance, you know, I think it's really important that people would consider getting involved in in pledging support They can go to the Red Cross and pledge accommodation support if they can do it But I'd also suggest that people think in the medium term here We've a brilliant program here in ireland called community sponsorship That allows community groups to come together and to prepare to receive a family or a refugee And support them upon their arrival to be their best friends when they settle in their new community and whatever new New home is being found to them and then to support them for the first 18 months of their new life in ireland Is that we build their life if people would like to find out more about that and I would really urge people to do that They can go to the opencommunity.ie There's a lot of resources and training available to help groups come together and prepare for that So that in three or six months time when the scale of this need becomes clearer the medium term scale beyond the immediate crisis We're in a good position as a society to respond to this as effectively as possible You would wonder you would fear what is to come next because obviously You know every the stage seemingly is being set for for Putin you wouldn't rule out him using maybe small yield nuclear weapons in in ukraine You can see the arguments you can make as it relates to allowing civilians to flee If he's being frustrated as to how things are progressing You know taking great losses themselves Like you just worry where this where this ends up and of course He would probably look at the west and and see them as being somewhat toothless And and then the west would have to describe to decide well How could you actually respond to such weapon use without things escalating further and how prefer how far we'd be able to To go he's holding all the the cards and I personally have the fear that the the stage is being set for such an attack Yeah, I mean we're a human rights organization And I'm talking and I'm talking yeah, I'm talking about the potential the potential for it to happen And the potential fall out from that. Yeah, so I'm gonna I'm gonna come to that I'm just flagging first of all that as human rights organization We're obviously not military strategists So it's it's not for us to kind of work out our our try to forward think what might happen But you know like yourself on a personal level if you look at all of this and if you look at the geopolitics of what's happening here And that that is an enormous concern And I know that people right across eastern and central europe are hugely concerned about what will happen next in particular You know, there's there's intergenerational intergenerational trauma very much To the fore within those societies when they look back at the events of 1939 post world war two The soviet takeover the entire region. They understand And the impact of that sort of imperialist agenda and the impact that are kind of in their society So they're very very frightened and very very anxious about what might happen next and that's understandable and you know the nuclear deterrent Will hopefully mean that that that putin and russia recognize that the use of nuclear weapons in a in a land war right now And would have devastating consequences for them as a country as well So I would hope that we won't get anywhere near that But where we are is bad enough And you know the the the impact upon civilians in ukraine the the level of death the deliberate targeting of civilians And is is is just atrocious. I mean, it's reprehensible. It's appalling and I I recognize that that that Ukraine has been calling for instance for a no-fly zone to be created They're very worried about air cover all of that looks like it's it's it's being worked out to to some extent Right now in negotiations for instance about the the supply of military jets And we'll see whether or not that happens I do think that actually the the international committee responded to this with a speed that was Fairly remarkable. I mean even if you see as we as we called And in advance of of of the UN Security Council grappling this it was very very clear for instance that the UN Security Council would simply not be able to address This conflict because russia as a permanent member of that council has a veto on any resolution So we had the obscene situation of russia being the chair of the UN Security Council When the security council was being asked to respond to russian aggression russian Criminal aggression because the crime of aggression is a crime on international law And russia could veto the security council, which is the body that's meant to work to guarantee peace and security at the global level And and stop them from advancing any resolution. So we called for that that to move immediately to the general assembly That's exactly what happened russia is now very very very isolated. I mean it's interesting to see that even china is abstaining From from from votes rather than vetoing or voting against resolutions that might sanction china And we are seeing some Extraordinary sanctions russia just became the most sanctioned country on the planet in the past week Prior to that it was around and now by a long stretch it's russia and sanctions will continue And what a lot of people don't necessarily There's a huge impact too on the the russian people too because even some of the front page headlines today um, which you perhaps would expect crazed russians Seek this that and the other war hungry russians. Do you know? I'm not sure how representative the actions of putin are of the russian people. They themselves are also You know, and I think it does those that are actually taking the time to come out and protest and facing You know beatings and instant imprisonment. It does those people at the service we don't truly know the extent of Of support in terms of the knowledge that they have But I don't think it's helpful at this point if we paint all russians with the with the one brush Which I mean we've seen we've seen in the region of 15,000 people arrested for simply attending peace rallies in russia We saw the the the russian government introduced legislation just last week in the duma that criminalized Telling the truth about what's happening in ukraine So if anybody is to use the word war or to name the fact that russia has invaded ukraine They now face up to 15 years in prison in russia That's the level of oppression of that the russian people are experiencing At the hands of putin and his regime as well. So absolutely We should be gravely concerned about the human rights of people in russia now right now as well And of course there there are repeated suggestions even though with you know with propaganda and and Counter propaganda flying around it's hard to know exactly what's true There are suggestions that many of the forces that have been sent to russia didn't even understand that they were being sent in as part of an Invasion they thought it was a military exercise at the first instance So, you know putin putin is a master of misinformation at the global level And at the at the national level the suppression of free speech the suppression of freedom of expression of freedom of assembly The suppression of any opposition to this murderous war in ukraine is just power for the course for putin So, yeah, we should be gravely concerned as well for for the impact of this on the russian people The russian economy which was already in crisis and it's very very weak. I mean russia doesn't have a very large economy And is is now in in in in a very very precarious state listen, i want to talk about the The the demonstration the gathering of people in a moment, but thank you for the time one more question You know a lot of people not a lot of people, but there is a conversation there about how you know Where was organizations like amnesty international when Some would have it and I think it's generally accepted that You know civilians in eastern ukraine for the last number of years were being their cities were being shelled How they were being treated and i'm not saying this is an excuse for what's happened But it's cited as as one of the reasons Did amnesty take a big interest in the plight of those people and and what is the view on that? Yes, indeed. We did amnesty were on the ground in eastern ukraine monitoring and researching war crimes Our alleged war crimes that were committed by both parties and revealing all of that The consequences of that is that one of the things we had to do in the last two weeks was immediately evacuate All of our staff from ukraine and because they were in very very grave danger indeed And and actually we've also had to evacuate our staff from russia over the last couple of days because Of our concerns for the security and safety of those staff because of the work that they did Did you find over the last number of years that there There were violations from from a ukraine perspective ukraine government perspective on some of those living in east ukraine So what we found in the past for instance, I mentioned earlier on about the use of cluster munitions by by the by the russian forces And as part of this conflict we had established that both sides to that conflict in eastern ukraine had used cluster Munitions previously now cluster munitions are widely banned I mean russia and ukraine have not banned them They have not signed up to the global treaty that bans the use of cluster munitions But they are nevertheless A widely banned munition and weapon and they should never be used Against any kind of civilian target or where there's any risk to civilians And we documented their their their use in eastern ukraine both by both by ukraine and by russia So yes indeed. I mean we have been highlighting violations human rights violations in that conflict that were perpetrated and by both sides to the conflict and we've been doing so Since 2014 and 2015 column finally Amnesty supporters are organized in a vigil in letter kenny To show solidarity and of course commitment to human rights values wherever that applies and of course We're talking now about ukraine. It is on thursday at six p.m. At letter kenny The market square in letter kenny. Um, it's are you asking people to turn up a pre-register or what what is the the format column? We'd love people to give us an idea if they're coming So if they could pre-register at amnesty.ie that would be very welcome indeed, but if they can't yes, please do come along These are really our local groups around the country There's a number of vigils happening around the country and who wanted to to to stand in solidarity with people in ukraine And please don't underestimate how important that is for people in ukraine I'm talking on it on a on a regular basis right now to our ukrainian colleagues Some of whom are still in the country and these expressions of solidarity globally matter I know there can be a bit of a jaundiced view of acts of solidarity here where people say Oh, well, you know, what's that going to do to people where bombs are falling on their on their heads? But it's not going to stop bombs falling But I can tell you solidarity matters and it's incredibly important to people and that's what we're hearing directly from people in ukraine as well Don't just Please do take part in an act of solidarity and if you can do more do more You know donate to the red cross for the aid effort in ukraine get involved in community sponsorship Go to the open community.ie Get involved there and help to prepare to receive welcome and support ukrainian refugees and other refugees indeed When they arrive here in Ireland because we have a global refugee crisis I mean, we're still bringing this morning I've been working on evacuations of people from afghanistan as well We're still having to manage a response to that crisis and we still have a syrian refugee crisis as well So irish people have a unique opportunity to be powerful in responding to the needs of people who need protection Through the community sponsorship program and please please please think about getting involved there if you can at all And just go to the open community.ie and you'll find out more Thanks for all your time this morning colin for teasing everything out with us. 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It also appears amnesty are more keen on pushing russian leadership than they are helping people It makes it punishing russian leadership sorry Rather than helping people it makes it seem as if amnesty are another NGO operating in the interests of the united states and look, you know the hypocrisy The irony whatever you want to call it of And by the way, let's not forget, you know, we believe we were you know, we say we're Neutral in this country, but for a lot of what you talked of there the the u.s operations, you know, three million three million Now it wasn't three million separate soldiers necessarily, but three million Soldiers u.s soldiers traveled through Shannon through our land we facilitated that we've a history of that as well You might remember you probably be familiar with the donning old corridor I think the british had Boats sea boats. I think they were in lochern And they would have To attack the the germans off the off the west coast They would have had to have traveled north around the the coast of donning all to attack those ships But we although it wasn't admitted at the time We even in neutrality and this has gone back to the 40s had the donning old corridor So they flew straight across bleak across Pretty much over the army barracks down in finner or slightly north of that I think and I had to say to do their to their business So we were somewhat complicit in that so when we talk about neutrality, you know history sort of suggests that we're very Alicard in that regard in terms of facilitating some of these actions Where are we going to put the refugees? Oh my god. This is crazy. Well, listen, you know the way there's a will there's a way There's there's a big shift going on in in many areas as a result of this be it switching from fossil fuels I think even those that Would have had to have been dragged kicking in screaming from their petrol or diesel cars and I was starting to talk about switching to Alternative ways in terms of the housing. It's probably going to open up a different conversation about housing I think, you know, we probably would have got to a point I don't know how to say this without sounding clumsy We probably would have got to a point whereby To Satisfy employment needs in certain sectors in this country that we were going to have to encourage people to move to this country to take Up those jobs. We would have found houses them for them that way So maybe if we could have do it if we can could have done it and achieve that from a commercial perspective Maybe we can also achieve that through a humanitarian perspective if you get the point I'm trying to make Does column or Gorman get annoyed when amnesty condemns israel as an apartheid state They are ignored and condemned by the west but they use amnesty in their propaganda campaign in the ukraine Greg in relation to the person only three holiday homes I know it's their own money, but I think this is the reason our young people are finding it almost impossible to buy a home These developers are buying up everything Uh that goes on the market just my opinion But if a house goes up for sale first-time buyers in that area should get priority Great interview with the teacher from london. Yeah, and you know now that you've expanded on it It's uh, I see that your point more widely and um It's a valid point and that is what's happening and We could be as a as a nation not we because we have very little control except for once every five years We could be doing more to give Not even first-time buyers anyone priority over Uh these big investment companies Internationally, and I wonder where a lot of their money comes from It's 800 euro today for 500 litres of oil. That's just ridiculous. How are they elderly going to cope with this? Many up to use oil heating because it's safer than lighting a fire for them I don't know and we're going to have to cross that bridge when we come to it And as shocking as 800 euro today for 500 litres of all seams I think it's going to get worse and we're going to have to find a way We're going to have to do something we're going to have to shake that tree again And you know, you can't get a thousand litres because a lot of people are capped at buying 500 It's not the naughty chair now. Greg. It's the thinking chair. You are now put on it to think about your behaviour Now I would There's not I hope that people realise that when we bring guests on this show it is to spark conversation and we had Catherine on earlier on and what she believes The direction of our education system and how it works for her, but that's she's that's her opinion That's just one opinion. It's not the opinion of me or this program. Whatever. I'm not going to lie to you I went to school 30 years ago So my experience of school is very different to what's going on now But there are now people working in education. They're no much better than me And they might have a different opinion uh to Catherine and I just hope that if you're listening and you go I don't agree with that that you realise that your point We invited Catherine on and she come on and it's interesting to hear what she has to say But on that topic and others. I just want you to know that as a listener Your view is as important as hers and and uh, we want you to keep them coming into us. Oh wait 60 60 25 000 and we don't monitor it closely but a lot of first-time textures this week as well So there's people either tuning in for the first time or are moved for the first time to text in and we appreciate it and as I say We appreciate people the contact us regularly But it's good that people feel they can get something off their chest for the first time as well I call us as I remember petrol was rationed back in 1979 You weren't allowed any more than one or two pounds of petrol in the service station What would be the financial equivalent now? I wonder One or two say let's say two pounds of petrol in the service station say it was rationed at that point I wonder what that two pounds Pond looks like now that 1979 two pounds pond How much is that now? I wonder the west is in serious trouble with russia china north korea and around backing islamic groups Have been preparing for global conflict over these these same. I don't know. I don't know the chinese abstaining when you would expect them I just I just see another Leader raising their head in this issue and seeing this an opportunity That being said, you know the unity of there there is something to the unity of an awful lot of nations Whether you agree with them or their motivations or their history or their Their hypocrisy whatever it might be in terms of world security, you know, I don't think any of us one are I mean the thought that our children not in this country But in others could be compelled to go to fight again in this day and age all that Our children might not enjoy the future as much as we criticize what's going on now that they might not even be able to enjoy What we dislike now It's unimaginable. We don't want to go down that road surely Fina fallen finigale who are in government 100 years continuously blaming the main opposition party quite boring at this stage But why is a good chunk of the Irish media helping and cheerleading this is there's some gain for them in doing so There is a reason for everything in my opinion I don't believe uh, there is any organized media support Necessarily for for government. I do know. I mean, obviously there are papers that take an anti opposition perspective. That's glaringly obvious I do think that there is influence and not Pressure put on but You know look at Dublin. It's a very small space. Dublin is a big town They call it a city, but you can't walk out of a city in 15 minutes. You know, that's my view That's not how we judge cities A lot of the journalists a lot of the politicians Socialized together they pray five aside football together to do a quiz nights together You know people's opinions It's hard to hold people account to if you have that type of relationship with them You know some partners of journalists or politicians or partners and you know, there's not as much separation Maybe as there should be this You know a lot of people That maybe are looking for a government job working for a minister as a as a rep is that going to influence how you think, you know They probably if I think we'd be better off here Maybe if the some of the media at least was decentralized. I'm not talking about local By the way, I'm talking about the national media if it was decentralized. I know there's a move in that in britain to move You know, there's a group thing they're trying to the BBC moving things out of london because everyone's thinking the same There's a group thing You know when london is the be all and end all in britain and and people get into that way of thinking You know, you've you've talked to people from urban areas and they treat you with disdain as if What what difference it make we're talking about here a county corg or as as if that's the nation or or county dublin as if that's the nation so I think Particularly for the media because i'm not sure it's on purpose, but maybe it's accidental They could do them maybe help if they decentralized a little bit base themselves in And and their journalists in other parts of the country and they will realize that everything Doesn't circle around the one place and then maybe escape that group thing That that obviously obviously is there Okay, uh time for a break Which is not forthcoming which gives us an opportunity to play this from picture this Take my Views it should result in a cut of 15 to 20 percent on a liter of petrol or diesel 2,646 families are currently on the housing waiting list in dunigol when 7,700 properties are lying vacant Dunigol deputy podger mcglockland says the housing crisis in the county is having a knock-on effect by forcing people Into the private rental sector Meanwhile concern has been raised over plans to demolish a block of 16 apartments providing independent living in dunlow The properties were built 20 years ago by clued housing in conjunction with the hsc Ever it's believed 10 of the flats have been lying vacant for over 10 years Dunigol county council has committed to looking at providing more parking at bernard mcglynchie time park in lethercenny Many plans are footy enhanced sea amenity including a new adventure area and further development of the green area But the current car parking facilities have been deemed inadequate to cope with the expected rise in the footfall as a result of the plans And i'm listening international is holding a vigil this week in lethercenny in solidarity with ukraine People are gathering at market square on thursday at six o'clock. Those are the latest headlines. We'll be back with an update again at 12 noon Okay, mcglock. Thank you very much indeed I'm lorraine keen and i hate feeling tired and hormonal Yet that's exactly how i felt when my perimenopause started in my late 30s For nutritional support. 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I didn't reach something on a rich mirror then Pointing out that the government was going to cap. I was going to Do a small deduction on petrol and diesel maybe 20 20 cent but somewhere between 15 and 20 cent Yeah, how could it be fair on if you take in the whole county as a whole How could it be fair if I was being 15 p a liter And we're full cheaper than the ones in lethercenny is yeah, and what that means is is that The x size cot means That someone in lethercenny Would then be paying the same as someone was already paying in raffle So in other words, there are stations that that are already the 15 or 20 cent above others And they're all getting the same presumably it's all the same Uh, I mean it's different supplies all the same fuel it comes from the same barrel of oil, doesn't it? Yeah, well that was that was the point so So from my understanding and kregas has the deduction then already kicked down in raffle But hasn't kicked down in lethercenny is that what you're trying to say or has As the the appropriate thing not to do is to cap all the prices on Ireland and then bring in The deduction on petrol and diesel to make everybody equal But we did we're not joe used to give out that there wasn't any variation in petrol that you know There was a cartel ongoing and i'm not talking about the garages that you're talking about Do you remember that like you'd go in to say Atown let's say west port so it's not offending anyone up here You'd go into west port and every garage would do the same price Then you'd go to castle bar and it'd be a different price But every garage would have the same price now at least in lethercenny you can You know drive a relatively short distance and you will see maybe not quite the the difference between lethercenny and raffle But you can shop around in lethercenny and get petrol and diesel at different prices Yeah, but surely to go out and get 15 cent the reference like I can remember one day different places You don't have any different conversations just normal conversations and every day They have to use fine at two and three cents the difference surely go out at 15 cent the difference between Two tones 50 at 12 mile apart as a wee but on the high side without having equal equality between two tones And you get what I mean Yeah, and I don't know if it's proximity to the border or whatever the Whatever the reason might be but as I've pointed out in this program a couple of weeks So there's a huge difference between Bally Shannon Sligo Bally buffet lethercenny Done low, you know dependent where you are So do you think the fair thing to do given the exceptional situation because we were talking earlier on about oil Yesterday about oil companies, you know being a bit fairer and cutting their profits a little bit Do you think then because we're in such extraordinary circumstances That all the four courts should set their price at a reasonable price where they're not effectively a charity And then we get the true benefit right across the board no matter where you are if there is an excise cut You know after to me like That like I'm not in total um up to scratch when it comes to governments and what they can do I'm what they can do I'm on thing and all that's where that way But what I can say is for the whole of Ireland to be on a level playing field Because we all know where this is coming from as the war in Ukraine Well if I have to pay a wee bit more from my petrol to Because of what's going on with the end so be it but what I'm saying is what I'm paying for it I think it's only fair is the people that are can I should be paying for The same might the fuel of this the people and the people and the people refuse to see them You know what I mean as the people in convia or whatever it just may be I just think that that's just between the two places You know a dozen a dozen adult creeks seven and a half hundred euro with difference per 5 000 liters of water A dozen adults the mass is not there. I just think it's great Uh as well as that too my understanding is and if someone's in the industry that can help me The way it's purchased really the price of the oil Bought today. It'll be next month before that filters through to us here The price is instantaneous in its increase here, but often very slow in coming down I think we need more transparency Joe in these very very unique times Not and he made it very very well very well indeed Come on social media, but thank you framework and I also want to point out as well that you're not being selfish on this Because in in your chat with caroline, you were talking about the the awful situation That's in ukraine and you also talked about how you know a five euro a liter extra versus The death of a child so I and you've come in and you've thought of it all and I appreciate it Joe You're not thinking just about yourself. I get them. No way. All right. Good man. Joe. Listen. Thanks. Okay That take care of yourself. Right. So, uh, Sean is of esfriel agri contracts. Hi, Sean I'm good. Now.  So, so how do you do that? Is it what kind of fuel is it and uh, then we can talk about how that the times have changed That's green diesel green diesel. So that's for agricultural vehicles now. Tell us how the price has changed Oh Today's price is they're quoting 145 or some websites quoting up to 160. Yeah for green diesel. It's 145 I was buying it 18 months ago at 53 cent Wow, it's tripled and even two weeks ago it was buying at 96 cents From 96 cent to 145 within the space two weeks Um, so that that is a huge increase. Has it been justified to you? No, no, take it or leave it and and you can't pass that on Can you we have to we have to pass it on well We are passed it on but it's going to come to a stage if it keeps going the way it's going We're going to have to stop, you know, it's not going to be Viable for us to pass it on and the farmers don't have the money All right, okay. So you yeah, sorry you buy it in bulk then and you set it onto the farmers I get you so we're we're using it to work with like we're contracting to the farmers Okay, I get you right. I understand. So you are having to look at your costs Then of course the conversation, you know, I just and I said on the show yesterday I just think we're talking about the price now and I think hope But you worry in a couple of weeks if we're not talking about its availability Yeah, well, I'm yeah, everybody seems to be talking about only getting a thousand liters Um, I ordered 20,000 liters two weeks ago. I still haven't got it. I think I'm getting 10,000 liters later on this week And again, are they explaining why to you are they saying they're having difficulties get supply chain Difficulties. Yeah. Yeah.  Yeah And presumably that's going to get worse before it gets better Exactly. And it's going to get more expensive and it's just going to come to a stage where we won't be able to do the work It won't be It won't be viable for us like we can we can pass on the price to the farmer But the farmer with the best well in the world will want to pay it But he doesn't have the money They're not going to get the money In terms of say for instance a full say 20,000 liters And I'm presumed it depends on what time of the year and what have you but how long will that last you? How long would 20,000 liters last you five weeks? right, okay, so You're looking down the line you so you've got 10,000 coming which is maybe three or four weeks depending on what you have left Yeah, there's no sir. You know, it will not be burdened as much. Yeah, but there's no certainty what happens After that after that And that means it would grind to a halt Potentially well if it gets much ever gets much more expensive it will because it's just that doesn't add up It's worrying times, isn't it? Yeah, but we're looking at a stage where you're wondering like how far Like how much more expensive does it get before we stop? Yeah, have you figured out a figure in your head? No, no I mean there is some talk of a reduction but it's only a slight reduction on on green diesel It's not going to be the 20s. There's I've just been sent something that was shared from from twitter Excited duty down the only thing a two cent of it. I mean that will be eaten up in a day that Exactly. Yep So you're looking for I don't know maybe Minister charlotte mcconnellogue has a as a as a horse in the race on this one You're saying they need to look at this because it's not just you guys. There's other companies that buy fuel in bulk I'm thinking maybe boss companies, you know, maybe taxi services, whatever it might be They're they're facing the same difficulties you're on the same boat. Yeah I think the great the flight details coming down 15 cent. Yeah, it is but in terms of supply. Sorry. Sean Yeah, okay, um, and you haven't actually got that you'll believe that 10 000 litres when you see it presumably Yeah, well, it should be here this week. He said I'm not out.