a few round robbing games and Karen Donna edged out Don't know by a point and another and as I say, it's a tante I still the standard bears you have maybe should unions and and Burt tucked in after that. Maybe I think that's kind of how it's seen, but it'd be interesting to get Eugene's Views on it and round it all up and get his expertise right because I was listening to one of your comments come in there About a guy saying you must some protest the Dublin. I was laughing to myself I even have bar keep not be j stories You have literally every local a nice little story at some guys highlighting something that you must have Listen, I don't know what you do. What's important to each individuals Probably far more important to him than an author issue might be to someone else, but that's fine It all is part of the game, right? Okay. So great guests great presented to You can listen to the deal debate in association with sarah's kitchen Assistant sarah's letter Kenny live after seven this evening after the news at auto podcast at your leisure As they say in america on highland radio.com. Do you have a good weekend? We get the weather in july Just take some one of my buddies he's back there in downings Maybe body care and green and I was saying this and we probably need to go on a wee trip somewhere because It's not just going to happen at the beach for us now It's still a good enough weekend. This is gonna happen half peers and going out for spans and that I mean It's what's the point? I mean, you may as well still hit the sea and try and take some enjoyment out of it It's it's a it's a bit bloody It's been a tough july. All right, let's roll on august Okay, listen brendan look forward to hearing the show tonight brendan. Do any of their deal debate live after seven? So stay tuned for that. Okay I call it says, uh, by the way, it's uh, nine minutes gone in the world cup arland nil Nigeria nil arland seemed to have more of the possession I'm not really watching it because I'm focused on what brendan's saying but Arland certainly enjoying more of the possession early on from the side of my eye There's actually one effort just wide from Arland to shot from the edge of the box This call assess have enjoyed the world cup Although the standard of football has been lower with flashes of excellence like columbia's first goal yesterday plus I must say a lot more entertaining than premier league soccer with its over prayed wailing babies and actors rolling around after the slightest tackle Like watching paint dry well done to the ladies for bringing the game here from out of the shadows Now the all-arland final had it all skill look hard tackling and entertainment sportsmanship now that is what I call a sport indeed Okay, good assessment to both. Thank you for that Uh, let me see uh more coming in here Hg levy applies to all uk registered as well as visiting lorries it started in 2013 But was suspended during covert similar environmental tariffs and charges are in place like in belgium and germany seems unfair to donning all lorries Who've no choice but certainly doesn't target them Has no direct relationship to any irish government support for north and arland infrastructure It might not be direct But I think you can understand how someone in the business facing a 12,000 pound sterling bill might sort of go you know, that's where my taxpayers money's going Greg I think your texture is confusing the delivery drivers who did a protest in doubling yesterday over the attacks on them And the stealing of their bikes, right? I know exactly what you're on about you're on about the delivery drivers It just so happened many of them were non-national pity those complaining wouldn't get the right end of the story before automatically blaming non-nationals Yes, indeed. I know Exactly I am very familiar with that protest now as I say it just happens They do work in the food delivery business and had been concerned about a the amount of money they're getting because it's uh The type of economy that it is and also The fact that they were going into places and feeling threatened and unsafe. So now that you explain it I know I do know exactly what you're talking about. Thank you for that I do appreciate the help we get there in the end. Don't we the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on Highland radio Want to live a more sustainable lifestyle? 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There's no doubt. There is some crazy parking around dunagall And it seems to generally go unpunished unless it's you and you happen to maybe Pull on a double yellow line for 30 seconds and next thing you know you've a ticket or something but Parking in other areas seems to you know people can park whichever way they like and it doesn't seem to matter Dunagall town suffers with this the key You know if you're familiar with the town down there There's not there's limited parking on the diamond. The main park is the car park Well, there's a couple of them, but the key and it's always tight for spaces But people are abusing those spaces and there's a picture which paints a thousand words of a very nice big campervan But it's across at least four parking spaces uh, paul us all of them took the picture. It's frustrating paul isn't it? Good morning, greg and only to water that hanging basket today where I am Yeah, um, I I took that photo yesterday Um, I presumed you were aware that there was a big regatta there yesterday the Dunagall dragons were having their annual regatta there. So Parking was restricted there particularly at the head of the period yesterday So I popped down just to say the event was going ahead. It had been deferred from saturday So I thought it's monstrosity of yoke and what really caught me I was the fact you know the parts in fact I parked around four Although I think it was actually five if you really look at it closely It was a big sign in the back right across the width of the back of the campervan. I do not comply Now, I think that particularly got up a lot of people's goals because clearly, um, they don't comply and they don't care um, and and fairness as I said on my post the majority of campervans Do comply and and are are quite respectful and respectful people and I think the majority of people in dunagall town probably Would welcome them However, it needs to be controlled and I think that's the problem that the key area in dunagall town Is just open season and some mornings there particularly the weekends and especially for the country music weekends and The weekend that's coming up to my call the weekend. You could have you could have 35 36 campervans on that pier Look at they are bringing business to the town, but There's no facilities for them. There's no public toilets Where is the gray water going? I did contact the owner of a registered and proper campervan site spears town, which is outside dunagall town near claire chapel And he does not get any campervans coming to him to empty their chemical toilet waste, so and it is right beside it is right beside the sea So you make you wonder we can't make that accusation, but it would it would make you it would make you wonder Well, I look at I don't know as I said, um, I don't know there are some evidence That yes, they probably are a lot of the gray water is going into the storm I mean, there is there there is a campervan community and campervan forums and websites and what have you so it's clear that The key down in dunagall town has been flagged as a great place to stop. It's central so you can pull in There's no charges and you can access all the brilliant pubs and restaurants and what have you Honestly say there is a dividend from that But I mean the the amount that you're talking of that is displacing other traffic You know yourself people traveling from stirban letter kenny gridot to the country so whatever it might be Yeah, is there something that needs to be done here? I'm not sure what the rules are in terms of overnight parking This is what it is. You'll often see in You know signs on car parks saying no overnight parking Is there a level of enforcement needs to be put in here? Is there a revenue stream that needs to be tapped into because That business you talk about the road They're paying their water rates their their commercial rates and all that type of stuff. You know what I mean? It's not really fair Yeah, yeah Yeah And and fairness to him it is outside the town is probably not near as convenient as he is and but he the owner of that site Joe Quint step this up on his own And he actually provides a taxi service for you charge and into the town and not maybe all the time back from the town But that's only a short tax arid act. However to go back to your point there Yes, clearly there is a revenue stream that's being missed By the council now and there is I don't know if you're aware But there is a master plan that includes the diamond in donnie gall town and I believe that's starting in september And that also includes the peer area. There isn't much emphasis on that I don't know where that peer area master plan is. I was trying to get in contact with somebody in the council This morning an off the record, but I couldn't get that But there is a plan and to to go back to planning permission that was granted in 2019 to the donnie gall day rowing club They had a plan approved by the council for a maritime centre now I don't know where that's at at the moment. I did talk to shams maguire this morning He seems to think that It's on hold pending A wider and possibly better. I don't know Centre that the council are going to provide but that that would be a great asset for the peer I mean, of course it would it'd be a good asset for the community as well Because you can't leave the community pint in this and there was a recent I think it was last year of the year before where the council Had a public consultation on Camper vans and the whole idea of that was is is that to recognize that we want people to visit the area to recognize That we need to offer facilities and maybe business opportunities But also to recognize that there are other businesses and there are the locals as well That also need to be accommodated and what happens it seems to be happening more often than not is That people are coming down to that part of the key, which is a beautiful place to pull in i'm sure But it's like it is a public open free Area for them to do whatever they want and that's certainly not in the spirit of that public consultation that went out last year of the year before Yeah, I do know that paul daugherty architects were involved in it As I said, I don't know where it's Actually at the minute where it's at consultation stage or whether there's been agreement Among the council I really just don't know and maybe if somebody does know they might want to come on and you might want to follow that I'm gonna be better because as I say, you know, I mean No one wants to be the the the person that comes across like a sportsport And i'm not saying you are paul and we do both of us recognize there are bigger issues, but You know If you tried to get down there and open a coffee van, you wouldn't be long being shifted. Do you know what I mean? Or something do you know so we all we want is is fairness and everyone accommodated fairly So that's recognizing the the contribution that these guys make but also recognizing the other businesses And and other challenges as well as I say if you were right parked Odd ways on the diamond You wouldn't be long getting a ticket on certain days. So it's just to level the playing field All right paul, uh, the weather hasn't been great. Has it but what's the buzz around the town? Well, that's the last It's the last it's the last day of july. So yeah, please god roll on august Roll on august roll on the bank holiday weekend in the sun. Yeah, all right. Good stuff. All right paul. Take care of yourself Thanks for your time. I appreciate you taking the call this morning. Uh, pat there joins us now. Hi pat How you doing great? What's your experience you and your wife's experience? Uh, we we were both back in may Um, the things around the 27th of may we had exactly the same experience that paul just mentioned there Except this time the camper van was parked straight across two disabled parking spaces. Wow And it didn't even have we checked we even took a photograph the same way and we put it up on facebook and everything and We checked that it had it didn't have its parking card or nothing and They took up the whole to to the disabled parking spaces just there at the at the path going down to the pier Yeah, and as you know yourself pat if you're familiar with the town up until very recently on the diamond there was only one solitary bay for uh Person with parking with a disability. I think it might have been extended to two now So those spaces central to the town are at a premium So that makes those two that you talk of just down even more important That's that's precisely that's right, greek. It's it's it's ridiculous like and if if anybody came I need disabled people came their lake They had nowhere to park because all the other spaces were taken up to like and it was ridiculous That they took up to the parking spaces I think unless people were in your position pat or you and your wife's position They wouldn't realize how frustrating it is To see that. I mean, it's a real slap in the teeth, isn't it those parking spaces are there for a very good reason Yeah, that's right And my wife put her like I said here. She put it up on facebook like and she she's the wheelchair user I think you you've talked to her before and love I know I think she's been on with you before about disability issues But um, we put it up and some some people actually came back and There was one actually one comment or one lady came back with their own name But she said ah, but she says they're good for the town She says they're good for bringing bringing money in they can she says you have to just live and let live No, well if that's that's someone coming from a position perhaps that doesn't need a Parking space because I've got a disability. I don't listen. I mean I can under I can I get where she may be coming from But look at that. That's that's ridiculous. This is I think now that was a bit become called for Okay, yeah, go ahead. Make your point patterns. Um, no Just just saying Greg like I just wish people would be a little bit more considerate Yeah To parkings because there's not enough parking spaces anyway like for people with disability And I just would there would people would think before they park up somewhere Yeah, and I think particularly donnie gole tan has its particular challenges for people not just actually parking but getting around the town as well between Yeah, okay. That's right. That's another thing too Like a lot of these notice boards out on the footpaths and everything making things that bit more difficult And you're afraid to say anything because you don't want to come across as anti-business But there's on-street Furniture as well and the steps are quite high on the crossings if I'm not mistaken as well pattern in the town in donnie That's right. That's right That's right, but well, there was a few counselors back in the day. I don't know how long ago it is now four or five years We're invited to an in fairness accepted the invite to try and get round on a gold hand in wheelchairs Yeah, I'm not sure much changed after that, but it gave them an insight until until what it's like pattern Pass on my best wishes pass on my best wishes to an thanks for helping us raise these I will do take care of yourself I will do indeed. Thank you so much. Thank you for your time. No problem. Thank you so much indeed 08 6 60 25 thousand we were talking about fobbing This is being ignored because your other half's on their phone I totally agree My girlfriend is so busy on her phone at night. The conversation is dead Even when we go out to eat I have to fight and say put the phone away at the table I see a lot of it in restaurants where couples sit across from one another not talking but both on their phones It's very sad. They say have you ever mentioned it to her and how did that go down? Hi, my husband reconnected with an old school friend through social media last year and was planning a future with her When I discovered what was going on. He handed the marriage moved out. He's waiting on her to leave her husband. Wow unbelievable so The this person's husband just randomly met up with an old school friend Then went on to message presumably to plan our future has left the marriage and Is waiting on her to leave her husband. Well, listen, I know it might not feel like now, but that's a bullet dodge for you I hope you get through that. Okay Um, that's a horrible story. 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Good morning, Kate Good morning. Thanks. Good to have you on the show And you're also an author of a new report the high price the high price of beauty And it examines the use of child labour in the beauty industry So give us an idea of what's going on because this is I don't know I say ignorance is bliss I think this will be news to you know for the first time to people today And sometimes we try and avoid this news because it's unpalatable, but yet here we are We're talking about it. So what can typically go on? Yeah, absolutely. So child labour is actually a really common issue It affects one in 10 children worldwide and so Children are giving up their educations. They're missing school. They're being exposed to harmful situations in some cases They're even dying trying to produce Either agricultural or mind ingredients that go into common cosmetics. So things like Cocoa butter or the vanilla that sense our creams and makes them nice the copper peptide serums that keep us looking young All of those things could have some child labour in there Yeah, and when we talk about child labour like what age are we talking of or what age range might be a better question You know, what kind of hours is this is this instead of an education for an example? So You know Paint a clearer picture is when we talk about child labour. What that is means for the life of the child So for different products and for different children, it'll mean different things, but I met children as young as um Seven or nine who are guarding vanilla gardens late at night in Uganda because there's a really high risk of theft And so for them that means that they're in danger from thieves They were a couple who have had nightmares since they got attacked by some thieves who came up one night wielding machetes More commonly, they might be missing school during the pollination season. So a couple months a year. They're not there. And so um Typically these children might eventually graduate from primary, but they're doing it around the age of 17 18 They're not graduating with their normal age range In mining you get children as young as five who are Doing the sorting and the washing in a mine. So they're exposed to all those harmful chemicals once they're old enough They might be going into informal tunnels that haven't been done properly And those tunnels unfortunately collapse quite often. So children end up Dying or with life changing injuries So people might choose their products because they claim to be cruelty free or not tested on animals and what have you and they're I think they're doing their bit and might even actually in some cases be paying a premium To help them sleep at night. Yet at the same time these same products Could be being applied off the backs of children Yeah, absolutely. So the cruelty free mark is great that means that there's no testing on animals But it doesn't give any kind of indication over whether or not Children have been involved in the production of the ingredients. So One thing that world vision is asking for with this campaign is for consumers to really turn around and Ask their governments to improve transparency legislation that requires companies to be clear about how they're sourcing And also to ask the companies that you buy products from so I'm one of these consumers And I'm sure some of this is in my creams and things that I put on my face but turning around and asking them how certain are you that these supply chains are clean and and what can you do to improve it because and world vision works in a lot of these communities be improved access to Schools and help families earn more money the kinds of things that help address The push factors and that being said, I mean obviously it's unimaginable That this might happen in Ireland or Britain or France for an example But is it more palatable in other countries? I can't believe I'm making a counter argument to this But it's for the purpose of the conversation i.e That is unimaginable that might be a seven or nine or a 12-year-old is out doing this that they might be a You know one of the important Breadwinners for a family. Do you know what I mean? So in other words just simply Stopping this might be doing them more harm than than good now You talked of all four cases where people die in minds But I hope you understand the spirit of the question like it's not just simply saying right We're not going to derive the product from there now because that could be creating another problem Yeah, absolutely And we're definitely not saying to boycott these ingredients because that'll only further impoverish the families that are trying to to earn a living So I think the main thing would be if families if the parents are paid a fair price for their vanilla their cocoa their Mind materials then they're a lot less likely to have to rely on their children in order to help them produce those They can hire help to help with the pollination or the spraying and the pesticides and the weeding they can Gather enough palm nuts to To earn a living without dragging their children and to help them eat a quota So if the parents are paid a fair price that helps eliminate the push factors into child labor we're definitely not saying there's some kind of Like evil scheme that's people want to have child labor They're sort of doing this because they don't have it but it is accepted as well I mean and you could say it's the beauty industry's dirty secret I mean are any within that industry saying here's our product and we can guarantee you that it is not derived Uh, you know in any way that exploits children. Do you know what I mean? It's very easy for them to say we don't test that on animals and to market that as a positive, right But are any companies coming out and saying we recognize that this industry Exploits children through through child labor and we don't do that by our products I haven't heard anyone make that statement. Yeah, I mean that's I think that in itself is Really quite shocking because it it requires a level of complicity and it means that people are going right, okay We can market this cruelty-free stuff But don't mention the children because that's a little bit more complicated Yeah, and so things like the modern slave react in the uk. I don't know the irish example I'm sorry, but so things like that are requiring companies to look at their supply chains a bit more And so I think they're starting to be a bit more attention to this But I think we really need that consumer push to the companies to really make them pay attention to their supply chains And really get to the bottom of it because Yeah, like you said until they look at it and they realize that it's important to the people buying They're not going to be too too focused on it and listen That's the sad thing is is that will be the motivational factor is this You work in communications, you know yourself can we market this and will that offset maybe an increase in costs? Absolutely, and it's by cutting out the middlemen too because a lot of them are cutting out A lot of the profit and so the families at the end of the chain Don't get this protection and the people in the middle are taking it without a lot of Involvement in the process so just to recap across the industry as far as we know because no one stands out and says otherwise You know what level of content of these products are likely Harvest or have some element of child labour in them That would be a really hard question to answer. I don't have that data. So I can tell you that So what we know is Yeah, 30% of the ingredients in cosmetics are derived from either mind or agricultural commodities But within that 30% we don't know how many how much of that is child exploitation or use in child labour I get you Kate listen. Thanks for your time this morning. We do appreciate it. Take care That's Kate Shaw world vision international senior communications advisor who's not saying look boycott the products But maybe send a message off to your favorite company to say can you guarantee me that? Um, can you guarantee me that these products aren't being made with produce? That involves child labour Hi Greg any chance of getting a description of the men trying to beckon children into cars in the Finn Valley saying guards of cctv And it's easy to use a different car Well It was a dark coloured. This is what is suspected a dark coloured Volkswagen Passat cavern registered which Was reported as beckoning two children into the car The finn valley centre car park three young member in the car and cctv has been made available to local guardie now again We only got the information that the guardie responded to a call So that doesn't necessarily mean everything was as it appears and i'm not saying it's not as it appears either right Hi, Greg. I was listening to a lady last week on your show. I'm a foster carer for a child with special needs I applied for parents benefit and was refused of appealed Refused of appealed, but no response whatsoever. 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I remember the 1992 the tearing of the picture of the pope life in tv I was living in the us then and all the negative stuff about her from the media I remember a quote from frank snatcher about it saying if she was my child I'd give her a good spanking for doing what she did He was no angel to be throwing stones at glass houses quite true media didn't want to know of the following good deed back in December 1992 God rest her soul A hero of mine. So that was a single schnade of connor Subjective criticism recently for tearing up a picture of the pope. This is an article going back to that time And for her next eccentric behavior. She donated 750 thousand dollars To a california home To charity after watching an appeal for donations to aid somalia on television O'connor who bought the house in west hollywood 1919 as I say i'm Reading from an old article here called in on monday to the itv this morning show after a presenter urged viewers to help The starving somalis her offer was accepted immediately and the house then auctioned off in london in february And it was worth an awful lot of money at that time. So that was a good deed. She did at that time So much has been played of schnade o'connor. We didn't really get a chance to play some music of hers Which we have now and and There was another person she sang with it's kind of a bit of a strange one But I really liked it. So I wanted to play it on the show today with terry hall who also passed away Recently and it was a version they did together of donna's song all kinds of everything As an interesting collaboration terry hall you might know him He was the lead singer of the specials and two-tone fomboy three as well and Was an interesting character. He passed away on the 18th of december 2022. He was just 63 and of course schnade o'connor Very recently passing away at the age of just 56 and there were calls actually some calls came into the show on friday But we didn't get to them that they believed It was two or three people that um schnade o'connor should receive a state funeral Right, okay. That was all kinds of everything donna's song there From terry hall and schnade o'connor a caller says i am a mica victim I attended last monday's meeting at the on green and hotel I felt total empathy for my representative lisa hone having to Having to arm herself with all the um knowledge to single-handedly answer all the questions that were rightfully being asked of her The anxiety levels in the room were palpable I met a lady in the mid 80s in the foyer who had to leave the room We got talking and I was horrified to hear that she's going through this anxiety also When she should be enjoying her life. This is totally unjust and wrong on any humane level I had detached myself from my situation for a while as to be honest It's really affecting my mental health meeting this lady However was a turning point for me and I felt I had to speak out on the night to try to give people some hope And maybe reignite the fight I had last or had been beaten out of me by facing the countless hurdles in our way I have no regrets. I said what I had to say. Yes, our housing minister wasn't there So lisa from mag had to answer everything homeowners are tasked with coming up with all the answers and solutions I asked myself Why did the housing minister survive a motion of no confidence only last month by the donna gold counter counselors? Is it any wonder he thinks he doesn't need to attend? Very few possibly only one counselor attended a meeting that housed families going through one of the county's greatest Gravest ever issues that says a lot to be honest four years ago this month I attended a meeting in the same hotel held by mag 48 months later We are in reality no further forward in actually getting this solved This is due to the stark disregard of any other urgency to move this forward at A government and civil service level. I can only urge other homeowners to keep the morale Keep questioning keep voicing their opinions as always the homeowners will be the catalyst to ending this totally unjust nightmare Take care all that comes in from christ there All right, halftime in that world cup match arlands last match of this world cup And it is nil nil going into the break who haven't gone into the break. All right Okay, so we were talking earlier on about the 10 pounds levy that lorry drivers face now from donna gold Going into northern arland for whatever reason it was introduced, but it's not the only burden they have to Carry it seems according to the keerlock of the glentes municipal district. That's councillor michael mcclafferty. Thanks for joining us michael Thanks, great morning listeners. Right. Okay, so you've had contact from truck drivers. What have they been saying to you? Talk drivers basically great. I've been saying to me Over over the the way they just just caught my attention. They went around this board to caroling briefly When john mentioned there about bossa But the problem is bossa in the north or in the uk such are the equivalent of of our orsa out here Like where you get stopped along the road and they can check your car check your truck check your boss, whatever but the problem is as it seems to be in the What about bossa in their locations at the moment if they find a fault in your lorry and you dispute the fault They they they and they and sister is a fault for for example most recently I'm aware of Of a truck driver was stopped and they went around the lorry and they couldn't find nothing else And they said then that they were or the felt one of the people left was slack and he's just the one slack So to prove the point a bit of a situation where the argument grew up Over who was right and who was wrong so the truck driver went got his wrench went right around the nuts And he's just a nut slack and the bossa boy went to his hammer and he capped the hammer and he's just Slacky sir You find them in the spot and the problem is Greg is you know if you don't pay If you don't pay or your company doesn't pay the agree to pay the fine the left the lorry This is totally unfair like and to me to me to be quite honest. We that's over the top Regulation is over the top just a piece of power or somebody's in that position And they can say to you to me is just like it's a ask for all to be quite honest You believe that this is just a money-making exercise. Is that what you're saying? On occasions like this. I'm not saying I'm not saying the whole thing Greg is a money-making exercise But I'm saying in that occasion and another occasion. Yes, for example another occasion as well another occasion as well Donnie all truck driver as well was on his way to the boat He was 15 foot Greg from the boat door to 15 foot from readily driving onto the ramp in the Stockton And that's to see his tachograph and he showed them the tachograph anyway. Apparently he was maybe 15 minutes Allegedly over a much 1500 1500 pound the sound of Greg's I mean from 15 foot from the filming boat door They've charged that guy 1500 pound of a fine because the found that he was 15 minutes allegedly over The driving time or such now anybody knows the driving lorries particular article particular or even smaller The article particular because they're the main lorries all through Ireland through Europe driving hauling their products or such More less on the way the timelanes are taking the cotton traffic anything can happen It's very difficult and you just the question has to be asked Greg to be fair of both of these boys to be fair No, just give the Irish boys a break give the truck driver a break like regardless where they're from I think it's very unfair. I need to be quite honest with just two examples, Greg I think it's very very unfair and I do say I do feel Just the powers just being the powers went to the head to be quite honest with you I mean obviously, you know, there's there's various ministers in in the Dublin government that that could have a say on this and in fact, there are people There's people elected in Northern Ireland that could be speaking out on this as well The truck drivers and unless I've missed it don't get me wrong I would hold my hands up if I had the truck drivers don't seem to be getting any support in relation to this And you heard from John and he's a he's an organizer if he wants to organize a protest I'm sure he could do it quite successfully. You know, is this because really how many Dublin based Galway based court based, uh, you know, loud based or you know, do you know the counties I'm talking of Those lorry drivers probably don't have to go through the north per se They might but they might have to pay it when they get to Britain. I don't know But anyway, my point being is is you know, no one's back in these guys, you know No one in Dublin saying look hey, this is not in the spirit of Something or other, do you know what I mean? They seem to be left on their own to campaign on this Well, this is the problem. That's what we're saying to Carolyn in the morning. This is the problem This went back to to watch 2013 this come on, but I clearly remember cells 2014 February 14. I recall that day, uh, Christy Galler and them and John and others like that Tried to get a protest going that time organized all the contacts all the officials Everything else it didn't it didn't take off whatever they were doing themselves They did not get the support of the government. I believe it was Valentine's Day 2014 I'm nearly sure it was. Standby correct. I'm pretty sure it was. It was a Sunday We were all out and there's fully drive. I believe it was at the time I'm eating out there to Christy Galler They're livered Most of us see us on the road. They're orange white Volvo on the sand blocks and so on and the likes of John McLaughlin There's other holidays at the time that all come together It's an interesting time But they didn't get the support of the government that time when they were challenging that time the 10 year old Every and the problem was that time was was rightly highlighted at that time to Christy And what just can be passed on the more than John McLaughlin highlighting this morning I said, obviously going into the thousands this idea is all going to knock on. I know it's a european thing Greg to be fair. It's not just we're not actually alone here in our own island, but the problem is The government need to give the need to give a hand here to the boys that are struggling It is not easy in the truck world or the bus world or the taxi world And they did not and they are not getting support Yeah, all right You talked to anyone in those industries and it seems the system is set up against them To to make it difficult to they're regulated out of it as if The the right vital role is not recognised But as if efforts are made to actually make Discourse them from being in the business for whatever reason. Okay, councillor Mike I'm a claffer to you can hear luck of glenty's municipal district Thank you for your time this morning just to a few comments here I was speaking to a few business people in donning old town And I asked them if those transient visitors in motorhomes and motorcycles were good for business in the town The general answer was that they bring very little revenue as they have most of their provisions with them Motorhome parking at the pier should not be allowed. It is a blight on the picturesque beauty of donning old bay Do you agree? Greg in relation to camper vans parking in donning old town just wish that someone would open a proper park There used to be a park out the killi begs road and also one at the car chapel But it only had a few spaces for a few vans. It's a lovely clean spot as the owner of a camper van I have to say I feel very unwelcome in donning old town and other towns because the van does take up two Spaces to park that being said I was parked behind or trying to park beside a Land Rover Um on friday and it took up two parking spaces the size of the bloody thing But anyway, we asked we asked to leave glenvey one time because of this I'm quite happy to pay for my parking and I do always use parks But even to go for a day anywhere camper vans are not made welcome We do bring business to everywhere we go pubs restaurants those vans that abuse the disabled spots should get a fine But it's only a few we just need a lot more parks. We don't deserve the bad publicity We get us with everything. They're always just a few bad apples indeed and that's what I was talking about You know, there was this strategy investigated by the council with a view to um Getting the balance right to see the benefit to the economy to make space available To to not block up roads that are for local access and all that kind of stuff Somewhere in all of it. We need to find a solution. It's not beyond us and of course, uh It's I don't think anyone suggested all camper van owners are are responsible And but I do know there is this notion that they don't bring anything to the local economy I don't believe that to be true, but that is something that's put out there quite a bit Uh, of course, there's the speed limits are exactly the same. It's all a money racket. Are they though? Speed limits we need them, don't we? Just let you know by the way, I'll remind you just as we're signing off that Michaela Clark is in this week for John Bresden around the northwest all the usual great music and features and interviews and what have you Uh, but Michaela is in the hot seat coming up after the news at 12 So stay tuned for that as you always do. Uh, but today as well Um Regarding father Pat Mcgarvey, this came in on uh, friday We first met uh, father Mcgarvey in Cresla on the day that changed so many lives forever So many people were there volunteers helping to move rubble to the guards the fire service and search and rescue And we are grateful beyond words for the work. They all did that day There was a man who walked between people offering help offering guidance and support father pat Mcgarvey And to be honest, I didn't know he was a priest until he unzipped his coat and I seen his collar He stood with us right through that day. He directed us in how the process of waiting While the search services searched for our missing He prepared us for what the next few hours lay ahead and prepared us for what we were going to see Father pat gave us the strength to remain dignified in the eyes of people looking on and especially in the eyes of the media That day he was a pillar of strength myself and my family. Nothing was a problem In the end he took it upon himself to bless our loved ones whose life ended on that terrible day I just hope he knows how much he is appreciated. Okay. It's a very nice comment there I noticed in the newspapers today. The latest government fear is artificial intelligence. They fear That it could be weaponized to spread fake news in the run up to the elections and it is something We all are going to have to keep an eye on. I hope I've enough time to read this before the end of the show It is something we're all going to have to keep an eye on You know, we do claim to think for ourselves and be free But we need to source your information from many different places and make sure It is accurate and not just some nonsense that's being spread to you But anyway, the government is deeply concerned about the impact artificial intelligence could have On the spread of disinformation during election campaigns housing minister Dara O'Brien Who's already been mentioned today who is also responsible for electoral reform Wrote to the newly established electoral commission setting out his fears over the capacity of ai to create and spread Fake news online at a scale never seen before Mr O'Brien warned that without strong guardrails Regulating the rise of ai democratic debate will be undermined and skewed by data-driven virtual bar now This is too this is a bit obvious and a bit easy. It's not a criticism But you know what's good for democratic debate Coming on the radio and talking about billion dollar schemes I mean you could argue not doing so kind of does undermine Democratic debate, but anyway, I didn't say that did I I don't believe it to be true. Okay Anyway, we're going to talk about that in more detail tomorrow because it is all despite How it's being framed. It is something we all want to be aware of isn't it? Adding into particular election cycles. We want to make sure the information we get is Is accurate accurate? Last comment to the day. Hi, Greg. Is there a charge on uk lorries traveling into the Republic of Ireland? No, there isn't you see and that is where john McLaughlin was saying it is unfair. There isn't a charge and There's no plans to do so either and it is not very fair It would be good will maybe to waive the charge in the other direction seeing as it's not coming back the way All right, that's where we have to leave it on the show today Thanks to carla and all who researched and produced the show as always Thanks to neve as well working tirelessly on the program stay tuned as I mentioned earlier Michaela's on the way around the northwest, but for me great use enjoy the rest of your monday attention all home and business owners