We don't have the hubs that say places like Dengal and all those sort of places down south have with visitors So it's nice to get it to get it sort of just out there and get people to come more and to shop here And to just see what we have to offer because like we all done it all people are obsessed with being from Donegal We love talking about it. Exactly. Now. This is the third year of this initiative the last couple of years We got Donegal trending when I say we I mean we as a people in Donegal The focus a particular focus of this year's love Donegal is the theme of art now I would suggest if there are those who aren't interested in art or whatever Don't be put off by us having a theme here use the hashtag love Donegal and spread the word But talk to us about the theme this year as far as you're aware Grania I mean, I think that like you said like art is it's a lovely theme And I think every year it's nice to sort of include something a little bit different and to get different people involved But you know, like you said, it's not something to be put off It's still just to acknowledge the current day as a whole and the different places as a whole and just everything that we do Have to offer because there's so many great artists and so many great Just so many great things about Donegal that people don't get a chance to see so You know, it's like you said, I just feel like it's so great to be able to include all different types of of aspects of the current day and each year having a different theme just sort of allows for a wee bit more um a wee bit more sort of What can I say like just? Acknowledging one thing about the county, but just taking everything into a whole as well. All right. Do you give us some inspiration?  I hope Grania. What are you going to? What is your plan of action? I feel like it's all I ever do every day. I'm like, oh, I don't know if I've mentioned this but I'm actually from Donegal But yeah, I mean I I have just got so much great sort of content Surrounded just being at home being in Donegal And so many different places around in a show and and Donegal So I love to share it off every day of the year So I get super excited because I have a very good excuse now.  Listen, Grania, um, let's just say you keep doing what you're doing It's really business as usual for you but in terms of Promoting your county and expressing your love for it. So thanks so much for your time this morning You're so welcome. It was nice to talk to you. Take care of yourself. Okay. 08 660 25,000 That is the whatsapp and text line 08 660 25,000 I give us a call in 07 4 9 1 25,000 okay Let me see. Where are we? We've been contacted by a number of people who are concerned about the lack of availability of priests in east Donegal Which is leading to a delay in services for family? They say this is very concerning and we flagged this a couple of weeks ago, you know, not so long ago whereby there was some concern about there was some concern about delays in Maybe, you know funerals and things like that because of a lack of priests not specific to east Donegal by the way, but just Generally a lot of people have you excited About Garth Brooks some of you heading today and tomorrow for the first concert. 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That's the worry you have with prostate cancer My advice to men is quite simple never ever ever take your good health for granted Recognize the symptoms get checked this September the Marie Keating foundation is asking you to stand up for your prostate Find out more at Marie Keating.ie kindly supported by Estelis Okay, so as you may have heard on the program yesterday, we got a press release on from bolsaren I'll just go through some of the highlights and inverted commas they say today to over nine and a half thousand tickets have been issued for school transport in canton agar for the school year Which represents an increase of seven percent on the previous year Uh, they say their records indicate that a number of pupils in the area were unsuccessful In acquiring a ticket for the 22 23 school year as they did not complete the ticket registration process By the closing date of july 29th all services in this area. They say are currently operating at full capacity They went on to say that normal eligibility criteria of the scheme still apply Any students who do not meet these criteria are deemed not eligible or concessionary applicants are allocated a ticket based on the availability of a seat When all eligible eligible children have been catered for now. So what they're saying there is Every seat is full with an eligible child. So if you have a concessionary A concessionary applicant, you may well be out of luck by the sands of things and also if you Applied after july 29, then you also may well be out of luck. Let's talk to some parents So joanne first joanne listen. Thanks for speaking to us this morning. I won't hold you very long But what's your point? Hi, great. How are you doing? I just I wanted to challenge the boss erin on Information is prop yesterday based on that any good it didn't require a ticket were those that applied after the 29th of july Which wasn't a case for also our family because myself and my husband have been trying to apply since the 8th of may And the portal hasn't even been working and that is the same case for a number of parents in our state that have been trying They will let you put in the child's details Once you go to select ticket the timer just keeps going round and around and around Obviously, they couldn't cope with the capacity of surge that had come to them and the system had just crashed The boss erin general emails were sent Constantly sent to them. No response was given. It was just an eric response We were phoning a number of times throughout the whole summer being stuck on hold for over an hour More or less and keep trying the count handle the surge try at midnight try at 6 a.m You will get and through it eventually We weren't ever able to get through it then I phoned again And they said why don't you go up to the try and go up to the local office in stern order? Would you gain the next door neighbors said it's absolutely pointless because it's not even open to the general public So for them to say that anybody that didn't get a ticket Didn't apply before the 29th of july it would help if we could actually get on the portal to apply So they're still it's a bit disingenuous really, isn't it? It doesn't really talk to the problems that parents and guardians have had and actually just trying to register a child Exactly. So we're on the case now where we have to take our little girl up to logibrex school Greg um and drop her off Uh, which again anybody that knows logibrex school It's a really dangerous school in general to be driving up onto the access s is just so dangerous You're just on high alert the whole time But because all these concessionary tickets have been taken off all these parents up in the Lyfmonahan area There is now an even more overflow of traffic congestion up there Like I counted 12 cars on our shoulder there on monday morning of walking kids down on the main road. It is just Not to mention you're just ignoring the 60 kilometer speed limit either there you pull in you slow down and cars overtake I know that's not your point, but it's just while you're talking about it So in other words all of a sudden then some parents thought right We were master shevers is trying to do his best to manage the traffic flow system.  She had no capacity plan and there's no organization behind it at all Like it's just an absolute mess and there is somebody going to get killed up on that road if they don't put on another bus Yeah, and um There's nothing in this press release from boss Aaron that seems to suggest that they're even thinking along those lines You know, it seems particularly concessionary applicants that are missing out here because maybe now that it's very other parents or maybe Other children who are entitled to a seat because of the the the geography Have jumped on these seats and and I and those who should get a seat as well aren't getting it. I mean, it's terrible really Exactly and the majority of people That got a fair play to the kids that did get on that were eligible, you know, I'm not having any discrimination against them They're entitled to their seats, you know good luck to them But she doesn't account for the numbers for the children that were getting the concessionary seat And paying them on it all through the years To say right boss Aaron do we have capacity to a lot of these elders book held down Without knocking our concessionary kids off that has been paying this last nine years. Yeah, and what it says in the press release too it says that um Seats will be allocated to late applicants where capacity exists on a route They're not saying extra capacity will be provided to accommodate to those who are deemed late i.e you even though you tried everything To register your children. So there's nothing in this press release that offers any hope For you because the bosses are full You were late in their eyes.  Yeah, there's nothing certain at all here at all at all Exactly and at the end of the day, we've been trying to apply since the eighth of May. So we were what eight days late but to me the bottom line at greg is or greg is that The health and safety of the children is what comes first and what has happened up in that school at this present moment Is not safe for these kids. No and all children are equal as well another bus As they got another bus put on it will reduce that flow now your give back has never been good With regards to parents pulling on the hard shoulder But it's far worse now because these passes have been taken off these kids So they need to try and sort some kind of situation out like I have my other little boy who's Devon And he is on the special needs bus and has been going on at this last two years. Absolutely loved it So I'm in a situation now that were me and my husband has had to take our wee boy off that bus Because we can't wait around that bus and then leave my little girl wait for school because we have to drive her up So now I've come from having one little boy on a bus to know children on the bus Well, I just hope I hope my own personal I hope nothing happens outside that school because uh, you've sent a very detailed email to both boss erin And minister charlie mcconnelloga outlining your concerns and there's nothing that you've written down That you know that it's not true. It's all there in black and white.  He does his very best to try and control the traffic there But even he knows deep down in himself There's not a safe school to be driving on time and if they are not supplying the buses to make it safer For these kids to get in and out Do you know parents have to get to their work? It's not their fault. They can't get in and out of the bus line They're both in the hard shoulder trying to manage but Greg you know yourself Children are so unpredictable all it takes is one child to be getting out of the car with the tantrum Pulls away from his mum and he is wiped out Like it's deathly. It's absolute deathly and it needs to be sorted and normally needs to be called accountable for it And sort it out. All right your analysts and I know you're at work as well. So thanks for your time this morning. All right, and We're gonna stay on it and see what comes from it. No, thanks very much. Gavin. Good morning to you Good morning, Greg. How are you? I'm all right, Gavin. You four children affected That's right, Greg And I suppose, you know, I just want to maybe back up what you're on saying there We had we four children that were using the bus service for the last nine years On the concessionary basis and then seven days before the school opened So we weren't thinking at all that they wouldn't be getting on the bus So an email came in a generic email with no name just dear customer. Your children were not successful this year on getting a seat of the bus That's after nine years, you know of using the service, you know So there were no ability to contact them. That doesn't reply to any emails. That doesn't there's no access to an order They don't answer the phone They closed down the portal for the whole summer So you weren't able to go on to the portal to assess what the situation was And just I suppose what angered me the most is boss Aaron saying that the people that didn't get the concessionary tickets had applied late, you know And we absolutely did not Apply late for for the bus service, you know, yeah, but what they're saying is is that This announcement from Norma Foley really If you're a concessionary ticket holder You were only going to get your concessionary ticket if there was capacity in other words They say the eligibility hasn't changed. So in other words, this free school transport offer does not extend to you Or it's not guaranteed to extend to you and they clearly mustn't have thought that through if you're offering free transport There's going to be obviously Children that never accessed it before that are going to access it. What happens to the likes of your four children Was it always a waiting game every year Gavin or were you able to comfortably presume that seats would be available for your Young ones it was never never any difficulty at all before never and I can't fault the service from that point of view There was never any difficulty. We always applied on time and we always got the email back to say we'll accept this And I suppose we expected that this year again, but I think it's the lack of communication, you know But the total lack of empathy and understanding for people that have used the service for nine years, you know There was there not to you know There's a total disconnect between what's happened on the political level and what's happening on the ground, you know And at time, you know when families are struggling and with inflation and the cost of living and everything else, you know We got a private quotation for four and a half thousand to take the four children to school You know, I that's opposed to pen 350 for the last nine years So she and one hand, you know The minister foley and the department of education are stating that we're here to save families money Yet we're going to be paying 11 times the amount for the bus this year and we paid this Right, let's let's let's talk Let's play the government at their own game then Aiman Ryan should go and knock on minister foley's front office door They're talking about now as one of the big measures to tackle the energy crisis is to make it nine euro per month For people to travel on a bus. That's what you know What I mean, so in other words to get us out of the cars onto the bus They've introduced a policy that's putting more cars on the road There's more cars on the road because people like yourself are having to drive in and out I mean, maybe you can get a private bus and you reference the price there But joanne there is making a car journey that she never had to make or shouldn't have to make, you know, this is A policy that's driving more people into cars And that is absolutely evident on on the ground, you know, because I mean and largie brack as they as the schools that my children do attend You know, and I have to commend the school for the support that they have Provided and trying to make the school as safe as possible And I actually feel that it's out of the principal's remit to be outside trying to do that to direct traffic And to minimize the risk to anybody But I must join on the on the respect that it is only a matter of time before something goes wrong And then it's too late then for taking action, you know So now is the time to address it and the climate Point is totally valid like there's more cars now than ever up at largie brack The principals have said that the whole going green idea is that we have more buses on the road less cars And that will also impact then the health and safety up at the school that it's a safer environment for everybody, you know But the other thing is the impact on kids. We've just come out of the covid pandemic disruption, you know And then when they go return to school this year, then they're told that after nine years They've been sitting on buses beside their friends If you can't go on on this particular bus this year, you know, you're not welcome And there's a certain amount of impact for a primary school student to hear that as well But at the end of the day, there's been as joanne has so eloquently stated. There's no planning There's no foresight It was a political stunt over the summer to announce that there was going to be free transport Didn't get into consideration current loyal customers that have used service for nine years We were they were throwing off the bus with absolutely no thought There's people on the bus that maybe never used it and maybe they're entitled to be honest Which is absolutely fair and that's not what we're arguing, you know But where is it? Mr. Foley, she hasn't made very many statements about this. She appears to be in hiding, you know Where is the government reps in done the goal either? Where are they because you know, there has been yeah, there has been some support But it has been minimal, you know, and that there is definitely room for improvement as far as you're aware Is there is there's the same amount of bus seats available? There's just been a bigger uptake which has pushed concessionary students off them Is that you're reading of it? Do you think absolutely? Yeah, there's a bigger uptake There's people that have that have applied for the service this year that have never applied for it because it's free this year You know and that has that's what that is what has happened And I mean and can you blame people at a time over the cost of living and inflation and families are getting the type anyway? You know, you couldn't blame Government decisions for us to turn on each other because that would be the last thing But on so many levels of equality for children on the environment You talked about what kind of message does it send where instead of being in an environmentally friendly boss as much as is possible in terms of collective travel Now you have multiple cars pulling up. What kind of message does that send to a school? And as you say that road is a death trap. You have people late for work. You've got 18 wheelers You've got agricultural machinery or flying up and down that road What can you do to make it any safer? The only thing you can do is limit as many cars as possible going to the school Yeah, and just to highlight, you know, the lack of a meaningful response from boss Aaron a lack of a meaningful response Like to come on and say that late The people that apply late are the people that have an issue or that didn't and that is just not true Well, someone call it gaslighting that statement is false Someone call it gaslighting especially to people like joanne and yourself who spent the entire summer trying to get on the portal That called out to the offices in strunaller that have sent multiple emails that have paid the money that have Struggled with the portal. You know, it's it's not it's winding people up and it's uh, I don't think it's very fair what they've But then the day greg the bigger picture is that the current scheme is not for purpose A lottery system has no way to run a public service. Let's you know, it's no way to treat children No harm to it's no way to treat children. All right, gavin. We're gonna stay on it. Thanks for that Appreciate your time this morning. Amanda. Good morning to you I'm I'm on to you there. Yeah, go ahead Yeah So you applied for your tickets in march. Is that right? Yeah, I applied at the original deadline before the announcement was made for the free bus transport Was the 29th of April? So I had applied on the 3rd of march and got an email from bus air and to state that they had received my application and that they would be in contact Um, it was on a concessionary basis. I knew when I come up I thought it was a bit strange because I have lived in this area all my life And I know loads of families and loads of kids that have applied before and used the bus And they have had no problem in the past getting on the bus. There's been loads of seats So whenever it came up concessionary, I actually took a picture of it on the computer and sent it to my sister and said This does this look normal and they were like, yeah, it'll be fine. We always get a seat in the bus It'll be fine. There's no problems I didn't hear anything then and then I got an email on the 29th of june Again before the announcement made to say that it was no time to pay And a link for me to pay the bus fee of 100 euros Which I did it took me say about three hours to actually put the payment through because the system couldn't handle But at that point you're saying happy days. Amanda. I must have a ticket if they're looking for some money Yeah, yeah, I got a says that's for me to pay. It's no time to pay your sketch out space Clicked on the link to pay the 100 euros eventually it went through after about three hours as I said And I thought that was it then no problems Then the announcement came out to say that it was going to be free bus transfer school transport this year And it's clearly stated anyone that has already applied Within the deadline before the 29th of april does not have to do anything else that their tickets has been already submitted Or their application has been already submitted and that they will receive a refund So I just thought anyway I'll go on to the portal just to make sure that my application is still to be seen and still there and it did say beside it My child's name and it says application submitted. So that was fine Then I I heard nothing. I got I got to maybe air it kind of 20th 21st of august still didn't hear anything And I thought at this stage they were saying how that boss air and if you need to get in conflict with them There's a helpline So I rang said that I didn't receive anything yet at this stage. I knew families that have gotten tickets already So it was making me a wee bit uneasy because it was my child's first time going to go on the bus Um, so I rang the boss there in helpline The man had told me that given the details of my child. He had told me then that My child was indeed approved approved for a seat And that and I should get the ticket within the next few weeks. Yes And I says well, there's two bosses that pass this area. How do I know which boss to put them on? And you know, what if he doesn't what if I don't receive a ticket in that time? What will I do? And he says well Just put them on any of the bosses that come the driver will have a list of names And his name will be on it But how do I know that how do I know that he will be on that list? I said, I don't want my child then being at school going to get on this boss and then being told no I'm sorry. He's not on this boss or and then stand at the footpath I know he would have been safe and the footpath with the teachers and mr. Sheavers there They would have looked after him, but I didn't want him to put in that position Um, so he had said look put him on the boss. He's fine.  And she says well because we've approved so many Physically, we don't have that many seats available to give out So I said, so what are you trying to tell me? And she says well at the minute on the boss Aaron and strunar they're going through a list of names and they're going to be picking out names That they are actually going to be given seats too. So I said, so he's not approved then She was like, no, he is approved, but he just doesn't have a seat What about the list the boss driver's list and all this kind of stuff? I mean, thank god that you Uh, didn't let this go like that you pursued it Yeah I rang back to get an email from them just something to state that might even though my child hasn't publicly got a ticket yet And the post he has approved and he has a seat because I thought at least then I can show that to someone If he was asked for it on the first day of school Um, but so I rang one of the local boss companies that does the run up this area and he said the exact same thing to me He says indeed the amount of people that boss Aaron have approved for this area I physically don't have that many seats on my boss But why don't they issue new tenders? You know, uh, if there's lots of people with transits It doesn't have to be a full-size school boss. I mean if you announce a scheme That uh is for free school transport for students You can't announce that scheme unless you provide enough seats For the children that will apply that's that's all the whilst it's and what's happening is is people like yourself and our last caller Who had seats for ages they're sitting there going. Well, where's our seat? We had a seat for the last eight or nine years. Well, where's it going now? I mean, that's not a scheme That's uh balls up pardon the French Yeah, eventually then I did get an email from boss there and two days after my phone calls would be made Stating that my seat my son was unsuccessful and a seat wasn't allocated to him So that was two days later, which was about five days. I think before he was going to start back at school So of course everyone like other parents have gotten the same email then we're running around trying to think well We have jobs to go to we have to go to our work. How are we going to get our children on the bus? There is a private bus that passed there that I knew you had passed here because I've seen it pass and I've seen it Pull up at the school contact at him And he said that the bus was full already on the way there, but they had a seat for him on the way home I put his name down for that because I was just thankful to have any kind of backup at that stage because I just Didn't know what else to be able to do Now the bus is costing me and I have the one check so it's costing me 1100 euros when It was only supposed to cost me 100 euros or for nothing in some cases now No, I should have been for nothing. I know he has to earn 11 and that's the cost of it and that's I'm not saying So to 1100 euro just for the left home, is it 11? 1100 no, I got it there. He rang me then and he kept me in mind saying that I needed to lift there as well And he says I get she he says I got you a seat on the morning in the morning time too So cost now 1100 return and last year Or this year before Norma Foley's announcement It would have been 100 euro So you now levied with a thousand euro off the back of a free school transport announcement I mean how in God's name is that acceptable? Exactly. So she is there making announcements about free boss this free school boss that there is no free boss in the south I'll tell you and for the rest of my family that and neighbors That haven't gotten it it's costless money or in some cases people aren't I don't know what they're doing They're asking family maybe to help out to lift them and to leave them off in the morning They're trying to carpool. They're trying to get away from their jobs They might not be able to even go to their jobs Maybe in some cases great these children are being kept off school at home because they're Their mother fathers don't have a car to get you to do it. You see the thing about it is um Amanda there's a lot of people a lot of people who Are living just right at the at the top of their means Whether they're on social welfare or whether they're working And now the face with inflation for you someone like you and i'm not saying you're in that category Amanda but an extra thousand a year Not everyone can find that then having to find an extra 800 for electricity And then having to find an extra you know what i'm on about like this And this is off the back of a government announcement if the government hadn't made this announcement and fair play to all the parents And children who did get these seats for free. But if the government didn't have make this announcement You would be a thousand euro better off Rather than you know, I mean that that that is Not a successful scheme by any stretch and you're not on your own a lot of people are in the same boat When minister four made that announcement she should have anticipated the massive increase on families that was going to apply For the free bus service and she should have worked with bus air To ensure that she had enough buses and enough bus drivers to be able to Actually make this a success and she hasn't yeah, she's absolutely just just now.  And if you include concessionary students say plus 10 for those that don't normally use the school bus transport What is that number you compare the amount of seats versus the amount of children and then you say well You know, then you you make sure that you can accommodate all those children On the seats before you make the announcement none of that due diligence seemingly was done at all That is the basic that is the basic. Uh, you'd expect from A department of the government Yeah, that's that like they have said now that they've issued they got 130 000 applicants and that they've approved 120 Now it was concessionary But I put it in on time They stated on their facebook page that anyone that was actually applying after the 29th was going to be a late applicant Yeah, but you see there Sorry, sorry caught across you Amanda, but they've been quite clever in their uh in their statement here because they say The normal eligibility criteria of the scheme still applies and what they mean by that is that, um All qualifying students will get seats and if there's any seats left over then they'll go to the concessionary students But what they're saying already is that happen to actually provide extra seats for those that are fully entitled I you know in terms of the proximity to the school and so on and so forth. So what they're saying concessionary students um They don't the the normal eligibility criteria is still in place And that's why the can so many concessionary students and their families are missing out and I think that's really unfair Um, and I think the the the education minister needs to come out and make a statement on this as soon as she can And we're going to keep on to our office, you know Because she needs to explain that and she needs a journalist to ask those questions in that order So she has to explain it, but unfortunately Unfortunately, she won't be asked those questions From from from Dublin and I don't mean that bit cheap But that's just the reality because they just don't get asked those questions All right Amanda listen. I hope you get a resolution to this. We're going to continue in our in our efforts as well Um, because so many people are in an impossible horrible situation like you and your family are Thanks for your time this morning Okay, thank you. Great. 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I'm am a ryan A dunigal deputy says electricity prices should be brought back to pre crisis levels in the upcoming budget In its alternative budget the party says it would also provide payments to households to help with gaspills as well as other measures to help with Childcare shin fiends finance spokesperson and dunigal deputy pier story Since they haven't received an official cost from the department of finance But the party estimates it would be around four billion euro Ferris lean in bon crana has reopened to traffic this morning after being closed for over three years The road which has been closed since february 2019 when a major fire broke out and damaged a number of businesses close to the road councillor jack morris is a reopening will be wildly welcomed by residents in the area and greatly enhance access to the town Yeah, i'm delighted to see first lane open to traffic once again It's one of the main routes off the bon crana main street has been closed for a number of years now since the fire that engulfed the old john bars shop and on the plaza so For three years they've been calling for it to be open to work on this with the council to to push for it Local residents have been home very very frustrated at how long it'll take it, but thankfully this morning is open Despite having enough points Some students could miss out on their first choice college courses this year due to a lottery system However, around 75 percent are expected to receive an offer of one of their first three CAO choices the first round of CAO offers will be issued at two o'clock this afternoon And students will have until next wednesday afternoon to accept Education editor with the irish times carol o brian outlines some of the courses likely to be impacted by random selection Areas like dentistry economics and finance management science medicine those those really prestigious high demand high points courses And i am told that in a small number of cases Even students who've secured maximum points that's 625 points May still lose out on random selection for a certain number of courses The mica action group are preparing to return to campaign work ahead of the dial resuming next week The mica action group agm is set to be held on september 19th Where the group will lay out their plans for the coming year and a committee will be elected The group looks set to have a busy year ahead as the fight for 100 redress and an adequate scheme continues PRO of mag michael doughty says the road is open for the formation of a political party But the pathway for the year ahead has not yet been set certainly for us we have Very deliberately gone down the road of making the road open for a political party be that at a local level or a national level or both And i think that'll be all explored now in two course one the the committee is the new committee elected and set from there And take forward the strategy as they see fit. I think that's the appropriate way to do it I don't think at this point in time it'll be appropriate to dictate a pathway forward in the the mouth of a new agm Amidlands northwest MEP is urging the t-shirt to seek an urgent meeting with British prime minister Liz Truss to discuss potential gas rationing this winter Three quarters of Ireland's gas supply comes from the uk Which has led column market to call for engagement with mistrust on the prospect of gas shortages in the coming months He says it's vital a plan is put in place between Ireland and the uk I think we are very dependent on for instance gas from the uk where 75 percent of our gas comes through the uk And it's not i think there's indications that there's not necessarily an issue with that But i think we do need to sit down the spirit of cooperation And make sure that we have a contingency plan for what may come down the road And i think it's important that we do that in a spirit of cooperation To weather now a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers today with some turning heavy and the chance of isolated thunderstorms Will turn drier later as the showers gradually die out highs of 17 to 19 degrees That's all for now. We'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock, but until then good morning Oh battery notices for thursday morning september 8th The death has occurred of lina ball the gate the diamond don low Her remains will be reposing in mcglenn's funeral home from 5 p.m. Today with rosary at 9 p.m She will be reposing at her own home from tomorrow at 2 p.m. With rosary at 9 p.m Funeral mass on saturday at 11 a.m In the star of the sea church anagri with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery The death has taken place of peggy brown headford gallway informally of aya our drah Reposing at chuvlin's funeral home sanfield this evening at 5 p.m For family and close friends fall by removal to the church of the holy family our drah Arriving at 7 30 p.m Funeral arrangements to be confirmed later The death has occurred in south hampton england of charlie dory Formerly 10 cock hill road bunkranna His remains are reposing at his former residence in bunkranna today Funeral leaving there at 10 30 a.m tomorrow morning for 11 a.m Recreate mass in st. Mary's church cock hill with burial afterwards in the adjoining graveyard The death has taken place of charlie dory breeder glam Maville His remains are reposing at his home Funeral from there tomorrow morning for 11 a.m Recreate mass in st. columbus church ballona cray fall by burial in the adjoining graveyard House private please And the death has occurred of patrick patty dory Dunn firmlin scotland Formerly upper corian ballet buffet Funeral mass will take place on wednesday september 14th in st. margaret's rc church Dunn firmlin scotland at 12 noon funeral mass can be viewed live on the parish webcam For more details including any family health guidelines for wakes and funerals Please go to highland video.com All right, you're very welcome back to the program. Good morning. If you are just joining us Hi, gregg. I have a child at lurgie brack. We traveled by car and I just wanted to say huge Thank you to mr. Cheever's mrs. Daly and the staff who do such amazing work keeping our children safe. Thank you But with their even with their very very best efforts It's a dangerous old spot, isn't it and uh, you can control the school traffic, but you can't control Uh, you can't control the rest of the traffic A caller says her child is not entitled to the free boss service as she is a couple of hundred yards too close Has to pay 700 a year for a private boss It's a system that is not fit for purpose and does not take into account children in rural areas A caller is only slightly over the threshold for back to school allowance So is being caught for full expenses at every turn This free boss scheme is a joke children who have been on school bosses for years being left with no seat While millionaires take their seat. Well, listen, I Personally speaking and I can understand everyone out there is entitled to their opinion and whatever but for me personally Every child is equal regardless of the income of their parents or whatever and if it's a free Uh, free school bus transport scheme for children Then it should be free for all children regardless of what their background is And I certainly wouldn't want a child to be treated any differently because of their parents background Whether it's because they were very very rich or because they were very very poor in the last thing again And I keep repeating myself on this and I'll stop saying it from now on maybe is that um We need to direct anger and frustration in the right direction not at some other child getting on a boss Good morning. Gregory the boss airing services for the schools Why did the parents not hit boss airing in their pockets by picketing or blockading the bus stations in letter Kenny and baller buffet until the matter is sorted out About the ticket allocation I didn't apply this year for my daughter in second year as there is no bus route that passes our house But we got one in the post another parent was saying their child got a bus ticket this year and they finished school So there must be a number of tickets allocated that aren't in use. So that's two tickets One from a person that didn't apply And another for a student that didn't go back to school What about the buses going around with empty seats? Is this happening only in localized areas or across the county? When there are children being left with no bus service will worry our contacts have been Kind of specifically about a number of schools I did not get boss refunder pay june 27 getting nowhere with boss airing All right, that's no good either. Did you ever think it would be easier to get a garth brooks ticket than a school bus ticket? well Up and doing this program a while and I understand the bit of humor there But it's always it had been difficult to get a school bus ticket for a lot of our listeners Another caller says free school transport applies to pupils within a school's catchment area But living three miles or more from school surely priority has to be given to those entitled to it No interviews at all with the hundreds of families happy with free transport some availing of it for the first time Uh, right. Well, maybe we'll start doing interviews with people who don't have micro in the house And they're really really happy or maybe we'll start doing interviews with people Who have lots of money and aren't really worried about a cost of living crises, you know, we're here to try and help those Who've been left out who are being let down? I'm delighted and I've said this numerous times for all of those who've got seats free seats But there are children equal As far as I'm concerned to other children that are being left out and their families already under pressure I happen to fork out a thousand euro extra in some cases for a bus ticket Um, it's being complicated as it relates to getting to and from work Uh, they feel that it's not safe outside schools because there's more cars than there should be And those people now if if someone wants to come on and say that they got a school bus ticket for the first time And it's free and they're happy. I'll do the interview no problem. Uh, but They're okay And I'm delighted for them With all the children managed to get school on a bus last year with 50 capacity. How are they having such issues this year? What a fantastic point well said Is it only done ago that has this problem with school transport or is it the same everywhere? I have heard some rural tds Talking of their areas. So I don't think it's exclusive to don't go but we do seem to be Particularly affected by these types of crises. All right Uh, good luck if you're playing the bingo here are the numbers back with more after the break It's time for mcbi bingo on highland radio It's thursday the eighth of september jackpot day You're playing for the jackpot prize of 10,200 euro on the pink sheet the reference number is s19 It's game number 36. 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We're going to answer your questions You have any questions about electrics in your house get into us on 08 6 6d 25 000 We'll also talk about the consequences of running your electric shower leaving your immersion on And sort of maybe ways we can save energy a general conversation But also answering your questions on electrical devices not specifically or necessarily in Uh, not necessarily in um The context of the energy crises. Okay We're joined on the program now by bishop don mcclean bishop of dairy. Good morning to you bishop Thanks for your time this morning morning to you greg is the sun shining a letterkenny It from what I can see it's not shining, but it's dry bishop. So we will take that for now. I think Right bishop we've been contacted by Um some people and we also discussed this on the program a number of weeks ago when we were speaking to a representative I think of an undertaker's group About the potential for priest shortages impacting on services, um Is that beginning to happen now? What is the situation or perhaps maybe bishop? What might we expect or prepare ourselves for? Well, I I suppose that the church has taken many forms and all sorts of structures down through the years and down through the Centuries great, um the Celtic monasteries and the penal days in Ireland and missionaries in Africa and the Irish church since the 17th century And I think in many ways this really is just sort of the canary in the in the back of the pit This is sort of signalling up to us. We're actually we're moving towards the end of a particular model of being church in Ireland Um, and unless we acknowledge that then we're actually we're going nowhere Somebody said we're we're sort of struggling at the present time because we're the hospice for an old model of being church And we're actually a birthing room for for for a new model My concern is as bishop of jerry trying to plan into the future Um is that we've ended up becoming a church which focuses on simply providing services for people Um rather than making disciples for jesus and unless we're making unless we're doing the latter Then in some ways we're actually missing the point because they could keep providing services below or for anybody who wants them Very many of them who won't be back in church again I don't mean funerals have been weddings and christians and so on We can end up providing services as well as they can running clergy into the ground But unless we're making new disciples for christ the problem won't be lack of clergy in the future. It'll be lack of a congregation How do you go about doing that? Well, I think that's the whole purpose of all these synodal conversations that are going on in the Irish church around the world Um, in other words, it's actually saying these are the realities that we face How do we as a parish community face those realities and buying lay people into An attestation making process And I think certainly the purpose of the synodal conversations is not about how to make the gospel easier and more attractive Jesus says take up your cross and follow me enter by the narrow gate And actually how do we make the church more radical in the midst of all the depression and mental illness and addiction and instability and hopelessness that's around us Um, maybe see so much of the effects of individualism and sexual or consumerism that plague our society and Prografize kill our young people That whole obey your first time worth it and life's too short to say no mentality So I think yes the synodal conversations are about discerning god's way forward in a changing environment I'm quite confident we will get there with the grace of god That's simply trying to maintain an old model of church that has become increasingly a service provider for people At the hour and day they want the particular service or the particular weekend mass in the particular church that sits them very well We're gone beyond that and we have to try and discern not our way forward with god's way forward And that has to be done in a prayerful context talking to people seeing where where there are signs of real life Yeah, but you kind of sense me bishop. You're talking medium to long term. Are you saying? That the church or churches, you don't need to get tough Well Jesus gave a tough message Unless you're giving a tough message then we're we're talking about followers of Jesus He said enter by the narrow gate. He said take up your cross and follow me. I'm sorry. I didn't say that. That's not my plan So any any sort of notion that Synodal conversations are about walking down the gospel providing some sort of spiritual candy floss Waste time young people in every generation have been inspired By the radical version of the gospel transfers of a cc and since they're all Ignatius or Dominic or Mr. Tear Crockett all of those were inspired by a radical version of the gospel That's what inspires young people not some sort of watery A candy floss stuff that gives a sugar rush and then there's no content Medium term. So I think we're looking at a radical remaking of church in a different environment I'm quite confident the church is an enormous role to play into the future But what in turn the gospel the way of the time? Yeah, and um So obviously, you know, there's recent as recent Letters sent from Arlen to to to Rome And there was letters from all over the place sent along the same lines about how the church might change I'm not getting into specific issues And I'm perhaps widened this conversation out a little bit Are you saying really the church or churches need to be going in other directions rather than trying to be all Things to all people they should in fact maybe being You know consolidating a little bit and getting back to You know the word of the gospel the word the word of christ And if some people don't like that so be it but that needs to be the direction of traffic I mean, I'm not power. I am paraphrasing there, but is that where your mind's at Well, I mean jesus say for example in jaune chapter 6 we talked about eating eating his body and licking his blood Found that many walked away saying this is intolerable language jesus says fine If you don't like what I'm proposing that's grand So I think I think the gospel the church has always discovered new life by being radical not by being conformist Um, and that has to be the the direction of travel And I know i'm an old man now only a few years off 75 But I still have a passion for the gospel remember gk chesterton that lovely phrase It's always better to be unhappy with the right questions than happy with the wrong answers and in some ways many of the The first assumptions that we have let's have married priests. Let's have women priests Actually are arts conservative ideas to the extent that they're saying how can we keep an old model of church going by getting more clergy of some sort from somewhere to keep the old model going The model is run out of steam at the stage greg and therefore I think it's it's by finding How can we find radical new ways of making new disciples for price? I know a number of young people who are inspired by the tough gospel not by a watery gospel Yeah, but the tough gospel And we hear some people speaking along those lines that is there Maybe there's there is a space emerging for that in modern society when you look what's happening around the world, but Is it would would someone now? Looking or quoting a tough gospel may be be seen as far right for example To be caricatured as far as that's what I'm saying be seen or be caricatured as such because the dominant ideology Means that Christians are now the new heretics mean there'll be a huge border to say that religion is bad Young people should not be exposed to anything to do with religious protectors because the the new secular gospel Which is destroying young people's lives and we all know that the new secular gospel will have no space for heretics Those who don't agree with it? And I think we are getting to the stage for Christians after the side to be actually stand for anything Because we stand for nothing before for anything. Well, let me put it This feels we're not talking about say for instance this particular case that's here at the moment But there is a teacher in mount joy prison at the moment and he's not in prison because of his views necessarily he's imprisoned because he is in violation of a court order But but maybe you've seen some of how he's spoken and he's talking about you know, we prefer to be a christian in mount joy than to be You know a conformist outside of it and so on and so forth Do you support him? I think we're going to find increasing numbers of people who are actually going to be young rebels against the dominant Excruciating ideology of our society that is killing young people by the bucket load. They're dying for whatever reason for living They're being told obey your thirst life too short to say no all those sort of silly phrases. I'm worth it Let's feel good. That's sort of short term senselessness Um, and I think we're going to get increasing numbers of people who are simply saying no This far and no further. I will not swallow the new dominant ideology that's giving Antonio ramshay the famous talion from marxist philosopher had this notion of cultural hegemony All the organs of society parrot the same Um new ideology and everyone's supposed to say of course, that's right How could we ever think anything else? I think church has always been at its strongest, greg When it actually has been a radical voice speaking for those who are losing out Because of the the strength of the card ideology which is based on globalism Which is based on the part of the strong which is based on on keeping any upward questions Um on answers. So yes, there will be I think more young people who are taking that radical step with that gentleman in the church of Ireland is going down south. Um So I won't keep asking I won't keep asking the question because your views are your own and you don't have to express them publicly But do you support him in what he's doing? I understand that he is part of the tip of an iceberg And I mean the secular society really is now facing a huge challenge in the sense of the war in ukraine Um the collapse of the globalization dream that we were all sold I think he simply is just a tip of an iceberg. He's the canary in the mind. He's saying look secular Church is going to be there to help pick up the faceless whenever that happens And unless we portray him a tough gospel unless we actually take jesus seriously for wasting our time Why on earth would we just be a conformist church that that parrot the ideas of the changing in secular society? I think we'll be at our strongest when we move from being a service provider to all and all on sunday And actually focus on reaching out to the poor to those who are in need to those who need hope Uh to building communities. Yes of young heretics of young rebels That's where the church has been at its strongest the franciscans the dominicans the jesuva sisters of mercy were always people Who went out to the fringes and that's where the church has been renewed that will always happen again in this society as well You people might get the impression that there is you know a very sort of liberal Open-minded sort of attitude in the church in in this country. I mean that's if you didn't drill deep That's the impression you might get but you speak to other people in high positions Uh in in the church Is that a fallacy is that true? Is it actually really there's a there's a a different view that maybe is not quite as public Well, I think Pope francis has been speaking about radical views for this past nine years 10 years since he became pope in 2013 Um, he actually had been talking about the need to renew church In a different context different cultural context where we can no longer think that we are important people in society Where we can no longer expect to have authority and control but actually we we can we can be at our best when we're at the fringes Standing with the the poor standing with those who are most in need of consolation That's where the church has always been at this best right not going to be in too much lengths apart So in many ways, I'm happy that we're being liberated from this service provider model I know it'll be difficult for many people in the process It's the end of something in the beginning of another thing There will be pain and loss, but I think my job is to articulate a strong way forward Talk to me about this service provider thing because it's kind of in the context of why we contacted you that people are feel You know Because maybe there isn't a priest available to do things exactly when they want and I suppose maybe you've got one eye on those comments and another eye on how many people are actually attending mass on a sunday or any other day So when you talk about like Are you saying to people, you know, well, this is what to expect. This is what the church has become and you know Like can you just explain a little bit more what you're saying when you reference service providers and the future of the church like And the tough message. What are you saying? To your congregation and others today Okay, what I'm what I'm saying is that up to parish communities and diocesan communities now to have these serious Sinneral conversations on saying this is the reality These are the areas where we people are still looking turning to the church for support It can be for weddings and baptisms and tribunals and so on What's the best we can do in the circumstances? But actually articulating that the first we simply can't become Just turning up. I think you have to have Matt at 9 30 there But it suits me to go and see medrally the day after so on We have to be honest with people as to what we can provide and work with lay people and clergy to say What is the best we can do for people? In our partages when it comes to funerals because the services that were provided 50 30 years ago are not going to be available In the numbers that they were they were in the past However, what what can we do to make disciples for Jesus not just provide religious ceremonies for those who want them So it's a difficult time. I recognize that there's all sorts of pressure on lay people It will disappoint some people. It will hurt some people. It will be putting extra pressure on clergy Why can't you do this for us? We want this now in our way But we have to face the realities of the present the realities of the future work together and talk the gospel of Jesus Because that's the only thing that will see a people. Okay, and finally Do you then see the likes of the stand that enoch Burke is taking and maybe even push back against Abortion in America for example, and maybe even we're starting to see it gather some momentum here in Ireland Do you see that as the start of something? Do you see that as a As a positive You know not more radical but along the lines of what you're talking like do you see this is the beginning Of of of the change that you seek But I was a teenager in the 60s Going to university in the 60s early 70s those who developed against faith were seen as being the radicals And I think but once once any system becomes dominant once it becomes in many ways oppressively dominant Once it becomes intolerantly dominant Then you will always get a kickback from young radical people who say no I will take no more of this I want a better future for my children. I want a better world. I want stable families I want Some sort of shared belief. I want a cohesive society. I want stable communities. I want supportive ideology messages from my children Yes, we will that's always been the way society has changed the radical voices and nowadays I hope are going to be from people of faith. Um, that wasn't the case 50 years ago I think nowadays or that actually is a rumbling against this dominant secularist consumerist ideology that is crushing so many of our young people and depressing them But I know it as a school teacher a school principal myself and I know it would be through it Um, yes, young people are going to be the radical voices who will say stop Let's get something that's going to be more suitable for for human dignity cohesive community supportive families All right, so very very finally bishop. Do you then feel that maybe you are having to um Filter slightly what you say and what you believe for fear of Maybe a pile on or very negative press or even maybe even calls for you to to to relinquish your position Are you have you got the filters on as you speak to me today? So what what I'm actually speaking to is is to church people I'm saying to to open to our priests as well We can all get caught up in this sort of a negative story about the path and everything was terrible And the future is going to be awful. We have enough miserable stories doing the rounds already Have always been people who try to encourage hope and positivity not negativity So I won't tell people in church. This is not the end of everything This is the end of a particular model that we've had since the middle of the 19th century I hope we can we can be open to where the grace of god is leading us in a different cultural context So that we can continue to tell people salvation is possible pick up your cross But resurrection is possible hope is real god is in charge and the people of god are going to have that radical voice I've watched a message of hope but the first people we have to profit that message of hope to is ourselves in church Before we bring it outside. 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Glad to be them 07 4 9 1 4 3 9 4 2 Hi, everyone Madeleine here from the four star baller left and large and spa counted on you go I hope you're coming along to our wedding fair on sunday the 11th of september from 1 to 4 p.m Only the best exhibitors on show plus many more treats and surprises for all through the doors One fair not to be missed the four star baller left and large and spa All right, you're welcome back to the nine till noon show now as we mentioned a little earlier a new occasional feature on the program is talking about uh Fixing electrical goods and um electrical appliances in general and a huge reaction to it Actually loads and loads of people messaging in with lots of questions. So that's really encouraging And we're also going to have just a general chit chat with Derek Declan Macklewayne Who's appliance service engineer at electric appliance services letter. Kenny. Thanks so much for getting involved Good morning, Greg. Good morning to all your listeners there. It's good to have you in right, okay And before we start going to people's questions And we have loads coming in and and keep them coming to 08 60 25 000 though I can't guarantee now that we'll get through them all White goods particularly, you know irons washing machines dryers Uh, maybe even to a lesser extent ovens things like that there. I think people have Sort of over time developed an attitude to them being sort of almost disposable items Is that the case and is that about to change do you think? Yeah, well maybe for a number of years there people were maybe changing appliances more rather than getting repairs done and stuff But with the whole circular economy Things signed on there recently. Um, we're going to see a lot more repairs now manufacturers and stuff Are going to have to make appliances where you know, there's going to be more repair spares We're going to be available for at least 10 years and products and stuff We're going to see repair ability labels on them. Like if you go to any fear local retailers from next year on Like it'll be like the energy You know Like the energy efficient label that was on appliances you're going to see that as well for the repairs So if you go down to any fear appliance Seals companies like to look on an appliance you'll be able to say what rating it has So if it's more repairable than the one beside it or whatever, but I suppose it'll all Go by price and stuff as well. And is that really kicked in yet? Because it's the first I've heard of it. It makes sense. I suppose, you know In in terms of reducing waste Yeah, well, it's going to be next year I suppose before we see it fully and With the whole circular economy thing, you know, it's moving fairly fast like But at what we will see it going into next year So we will be a lot more repairs going forward like like people had often said Us like about my mother had a machine or my granny had a machine that lasted for 20 years and stuff So we're going to be seeing that more now in the future It's going to be there's going to be a large focus on repair first, you know Before you buy new with the whole circular economy like yeah, so in terms of More recently then Declan is someone who goes out fixing stuff or stuff being brought into you to fix Was it difficult to get spare parts? Can you give us some examples? Maybe? Yeah, it would have been there I'm supposed since covid and stuff a lot of the stuff that would have been hard to get spare parts for Maybe cheaper range of appliances there as well, especially very hard Like it could be hard to get spares for them after maybe two three years like so as I say now going forward all the manufacturers have to have have spares available for 10 years like under the new circular economy act Yeah, right. Okay. And before we get to some questions You know, we're being advised now not to use washing machines dryers Sharers between five and seven and some people are going stuff it. I'm going to do it and I'm going to pay the electricity company what they And that's all well and good But you know what? There's an awful lot of people in this Country and often not always but often they are the people with the least that are on prepay power Right, and I just it worries me when people go all let's do let's do that and let's do this And they don't think of that people on prepaid power can't protest against electricity companies They're already perhaps in some cases as I say for those with less resources are already watching You know, they've already been doing that. So this is no news to them. It's just things are getting worse for them So I just think when people talk about protests and what they're going to do And put it that a lot of people on prepaid power simply don't have that luxury So in terms of, you know, what uses most power like it's an electric shower very energy Intensive Yeah, the shower I suppose the main factors and the price of your electricity, but I suppose is the items like your tumble dryer Your dishwasher your washing machine your electric shower your immersion I suppose the shower would be one of the most expensive Um, it could you know cost up to five euro an hour or something like that to run an electric shower So so um, maybe less than a euro for 10 minutes if you're on the shower So so you'd be probably looking to minimize that's quite interesting. So let's go back to that So an electric shower Costs about five euro an hour to run that's an efficient one presumably a lot of us have old noisy ones, right? So if you've got a teenager Uh in the house or not even a teenager and they're having a couple of showers today And they often do and they're in there for half an hour at a time You know, you could be looking at 25 euro a week on showers for one person. Yeah, that's right.  Yes, there is a and if they're made them that's heating the water and stuff They are expensive. What about dryers then? Yeah, you'll be looking to minimize your The use of the tumble dryer and the wash machine and the dishwasher So you'll be looking like at quick washes and stuff instead of maybe putting it on for a two hour wash If it's some smaller that you'll be looking for the quick wash of maybe 30 minute 30 degree wash Like low temperature where it's not heating long. So that's not going to be as expensive to run Yeah, and and what I've taken to do um, I have been doing it all summer but continue to do so now is use a clothes horse Yeah, I picked one up in one of the, you know, mid-liles Um, and I not going to lie I would throw the very nearly dry clothes in the dryer just to sort of, you know remove any dampness, but I've Almost eliminated the use of a dryer. Yeah. Yeah, that's right They are they can be expensive to run there as well So if you can minimize the time with the tumble dryers to see and the dishwasher the shower the wash machine You would see it on your electricity bills where you would so you're better off Using uh, you better off half loads in your washing machine and as lower temperature as possible And that's how you save the whether your motivation is to save money or the environment or whatever it might be Yeah, that's right If it's if there's only a couple of people maybe in the house or if it's a small load instead But not on to like an intensive wash that you can put it on to smaller wash a quick wash and it won't be on Won't be using up as much power, you know What about the immersion everyone is that worried that they've left the immersion on it's and I don't know what happens But something kicks in in the brain. My immersion is not working at the moment, but I certainly get it with the iron I don't know, you know that panic. Um, but is is an immersion heater efficient No, there would be expensive to run as well because it's an element in there and it's eating the water all the times So they would but now they would be expensive. So you'd be looking to minimize your time on what using the immersion as well So blast it on for 15 minutes. Yeah. Yeah, something like that something like that But not maybe an hour that 15 you don't really want to be your only source of hot water to be a motion preferably Preferably not now a lot of people I suppose would have another source or that they might use the immersion only if they're stuck or that But it's probably a good idea. Yeah, okay. What about leaving TVs plugged in on standby Uh, TVs and that you can turn them off at the mains, but they wouldn't be using that much power if they're on standby to be fair I like the TV in that. Yeah But then again over the week like it does add up a few turn everything off at the mains rather than being on standby There's that many products now and stuff in homes like, um, you know chargers and laptops and different things So it probably is a good idea just to turn everything off like it would add up over the year but One one hour shower kind of makes all the standby stuff pale a wee bit into insignificance. Is that it? Yeah Okay, right, but it's still if every little bit helps right, um Let's get to some questions. Um, I fixed my oven now three times at what stage should you just replace an item? Well, it all depends. I suppose a couple of factors there on the frequency of use and stuff how much it's been used and um And just if it's going good enough like there's no reason to If it's going grand now, there's no reason to to get it recycled like that's good to use The rim around my oven door is letting out the heat and it's taking longer to cook things Can it be replaced without getting a new door door? Yeah. Yeah, that's a door sale. That'll be a common enough one night It'll be Be expensive to run as well because the heat's all getting out the door So it's a good thing to check your oven doors and fridge doors to make sure, you know that Sometimes they can go fall there can have a tear and and they are more expensive to run And presumably the rubber can harden and get sticky. Yeah. Yeah, it's an overtime opening and closing Yeah, it can do. Yeah, and it wouldn't be a dear part. You're probably chatting 25 euro for a door sale for an oven Yeah, and then how do you check whether your oven seal is functioning Well, you can check there, you know, if you close on the door, you would feel the heat coming So you feel particularly heat around the outside of the door that you can do a visual check on it as well and check that You know, there's un-taken. There's no Cuts or anything on it. You would have a good idea about that as well. So you would all right my washing machine makes very loud noises Was told it could be bearings gone. Is it worth getting fixed? And if so, how much about might it cost? Then again, it depends on the brand and stuff But a lot of the machines would be sealed drums on them and stuff So if the sealed drum are the main component in the washing machine, so it could be expensive to It could be expensive to get fixed, but if we could price it up for them Yeah, okay Is it safe in today's world of appliances to keep an item for about 20 years? My mom is proud to have an iron still going strong But my argument is she should have its service to make sure it continues to be safe Yeah, well, then again, you do a visual check and all the leads and all that's good on it It probably wouldn't be as efficient as the New Year's stuff But um, there's no reason that it would have to be dumped for that reason either if it's working because 20 years ago It was only 2002. Yeah, now maybe this caller or texture is Young, uh, but things in 2002, you know, they were still being You know, this is not like one of the really old yolks like with stuff. Okay My dad is the worst for buying electrical items in the mid-lyle Um That shall not be named. He says they are great But what safety mark should he be looking for before buying these items now? They won't be on sale unless no, they would be all They're all As we ought to be stamped on to the to the body if any of the Tools or whatever it is like so they were safe to use them. Okay Uh, right, um Chest freezers. Yeah, what about they what do they like to run? I think if you're I supposed to pack them out, aren't they the the fuller they are The cheaper they are to run. Is that correct? The more on them the cheaper they are to run But the likes of the chest freezer wouldn't be that expensive to run because it's only run on the compressor Once it would get up to temperature unless the doors open a lot Or the lead in the case of a chest freezer. It wouldn't be that expensive to be fair to run a fridge freezer I had my immersion on for three months constantly It's after they moved into a new house. They didn't know the switch was in the kitchen And the owner became alerted when the tank finally started making a banging noise I'm not sure if they received the electricity bill yet or not, but I wouldn't like to pick in that one. I wouldn't like that Um, it's an electric clothes horse Saw or expensive on electricity in an electric clothes horse. Uh, I've never seen one of these. I'm not really sure Sounds a wee bit novelty to me. I mean the whole idea of I would have thought a clothes horse is that you're You know, you're avoiding the use of a dryer or what have you but anyway, you can get one there as well With an element on it's kind of like it's got like it's like one of them radiators You would see in a bathroom, you know, we're sort of they can hang the stuff on it as well They would be expensive to run as well. So because there's an element on there, you know All right, can you stay for five minutes after the 11 o'clock news? Can you? All right, good man. All right It's okay because there's lots of questions there and I want to get to those But I also don't want to run out of I don't want to run out of time for this I'll break before the news. Stay where we are Declan Mattle Wayne will be back with us after the news 11 Don't just do okay in your career. Do great at all state. Don't settle soar. 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Good morning detectives investigating a report that shots were fired during a bomb fire in the bogside in dairy last month Have renewed their appeal for information The incident is reported to have occurred in this area of meanon square on august 15th at around 11 20 p.m Detective inspector clara heaton said they know there are a number of significant people in the area at the time And police say that inquiries are ongoing and appeal to anyone with mobile phone videos cctv footage Daft cam footage or photos of the incident to get in touch A father whose child cannot access school transport has hit out at bus iron and says this system is not fit for purpose Bus irons claim that a number of pupils in donny gall were unsuccessful in acquiring a ticket as they did not complete the ticket registration process By the closing date of july 29th However, however, gavin and anishoan father whose child has been unable to get the school bus Since this is not true speaking on today's nintle ninja gavin explained that he filled out the application form long before the closing date But still cannot access the service A donny gall deputy says Electricity prices should be brought back to pre-crisis levels in the upcoming budget and its alternative budget shin fein says it would provide Payments to households to help with gas wells as well as other measures to help with child care Finance spokesperson and donny gall deputy pierce dory says they haven't received an official cost from the department of finance But the party estimates it would be around four billion euro Ferris Lane and bon crana has reopened to traffic this morning after being closed for over three years The road has been closed since february 2019 when a major fire broke out and damaged a number of businesses in the vicinity council jack mary says that reopening of the road will be wildly welcomed by residents in the area and greatly enhance access to the town Despite having enough points some students could miss out on their first choice college course this year due to a lottery system However, around 75 percent are expected to receive an offer of one of the first three CAO choices The first round of CAO offers will be issued at two o'clock this afternoon With and students will have until next wednesday afternoon to accept And finally today is love donny gall day with people urged to use the hashtags love donny gall or dunny gall abu on twitter and instagram in a bid to have the county trending on those platforms The initiative is a precursor to dunny gall connect which returns later this month with the tip o'neill diaspora awards And a major event in bon crana swan park donny gall county councillor Cahirlock councillor Liam blaney says both events are key in achieving the goal of reconnecting with the diaspora That's all for now. We'll be back with an update again at 12 noon. All right. Thank you very much indeed Emma keely taverna will be joining us by the way answering your relationship questions If you want to get one into us so 8 6 60 25 000 a caller says one of the reasons a person bought A new washing machine instead of repairing it was that sometimes the service person would tell us now It's going to cost 80 euro or more to repair. So you're better off buying a new one But I don't see the logic in that. I mean a new washing machine Um is a lot more expensive than 80 odd euro that does seem to be in a resistant to Pay sometimes people be plumber repairs Electrical repairs Declan the money that they deserve because of their skillsets. I don't know where the reluctance comes from But it is there sometimes Yeah, I suppose it would all depend I suppose on the age of the plants and stuff on what and what you would want to spend on it and stuff But when customers ring us we'd have a fair idea over the phone We'd give them a rough price on whatever it costs before we call out like but If it's 80 euro to repair a washing machine, I suppose it's not bad compared to the price of a new only Yeah, my kettle switch is sticking and it won't turn off itself automatically Is there a way to repair this or is it time to replace? It can get a new switch for it in the kettle probably but then again It's a relatively low cost item, isn't it more economical to repair rather than All right, okay. I use a one it boils one cup at a time. I think I'm doing my bit I'm saving the planet just one cup at a time. Yeah, that's a good idea instead of following that up with water I'm looking on Dundee and Facebook marketplace for a new washing machine. Are there any red flags to look out for? So they're looking for effectively a used Just with sometimes with electrical items, especially stuff like it's different maybe, you know with other items, but In terms of like washing machines, I don't know. What's your views on buying them secondhand? It's just not the type of thing often that if it's working great and perfectly you'd imagine someone's selling Well, they could be selling it maybe for a reason Maybe they don't no longer need it or something like that But I suppose if it's a company selling the secondhand item and there's warranty and stuff on it There's no reason what the whole repair you use there. There's a lot of companies begin to that so there's Good stuff To small kitchen appliances like kettles and toasters continue to use electricity when plugged in But not turned on should we be switching the outlet switch to off with these appliances when they're not in use to save Electricity. Yeah, well, it's back to the same thing again But if they're at their best turned off of the plug But if they're in turned on the plug and they're not switched on like being powered up It wouldn't be using an awful lot of electricity, but but add up over times And sometimes those plugs are hidden. Yeah, that's the problem as well with a lot of appliances Yeah, I have an immersion, but it takes way longer than an hour to heat the tank It's large instead of using it. I turn on my oil to the oil tank only what's more efficient Well, I was you'll have your opinion on this but I was speaking to a plumber and he said far and away Uh, not having your rads on and heating your role with the oil is cheaper than the immersion Um, but what's your view? Yeah, that's right enough here. Definitely would be the same same opinion Because you're not rotating all that water around your radiators. It's just being heated and into the tank. Yeah, that's right The immersion Heater it's like a sort of a copper coil. Yeah an element. Yeah, and they can deteriorate. They can clog up and all is that why Do you think this person needs a replacement? Yeah more than likely it needs a new it needs a new immersion It's just an element. I think there are about a hundred years Yeah, they'll be probably priced. Yeah, I had to get one recently. Um, and You can't do it yourself. No, I don't have to be a plumber But the part is not well some plumbers would say it's an electric Yeah, yeah, it does Plumbers would say it's an electrician. The electrician says it's a plumber and the plumbers says it's an electrician But it's done relatively quickly and I would imagine Uh, because I've seen the inside of one of these that's failed altogether. Yeah, and they corrode like nothing else inside of them. Yeah, they do. Yeah um Generally speaking is there a call-out fee before someone looks at an item as an item for repair And if it's flexible flexible Does that delete the call-out fee and I'm only paying for the repair work? This is an important question If something's free it generally tends to get abused and you can call that for absolutely everything I think it's fair to say that pretty much everyone will charge a call-out fee. Will they yeah, yeah every company There's loads of repair companies around every company with the cost of diesel and everything There'll be a call-out fee like but but we always say they're most repair companies supposed the same If something can't be repaired if we call it and it's beyond repair You know, you might be only paying half the price of You know, we would work with people because we're trying to remote more repairs all the time And generally say for instance a part and labor to repair is 200 Is generally the call-out fee put on top of that or does it in some way get Worked into it. It'll be worked on to the price So and I think it's just a lot of the time it's to cover costs and to prevent um Time wasting I suppose is uh electric van heater expensive to run Van heater I don't know I presume It's the you know the the heaters that you plug in and blow hot air the van might be a typo there But you know, you can get the little ones that blow. Yeah, they would be expensive as well because there are elements on them Anything that's creating heat like that's going to be so an electricity. What about oil filled radiators You know the freestanding ones. Are they any make way more efficient? No, they wouldn't be as well That's something actually this last way there We've had a lot of people looking to leave on to the workshop and stuff and get service and get new leads and stuff on Is actually it looks like this one to a lot of people are maybe going to be they're trying to get their heaters fixed up portable heaters and stuff Maybe just going to use one heater in your room if things get behed as well rather than run on the oil But they can be dangerous as well. That's a good idea to keep them back You know from clothes and stuff make sure you're using them safely like because they can create a good bit of heat Well, I got very tight and I've bought I'm not sure if you think they're any good a plug That you plug your item into and you plug into the wall And it tells you how many kilowatts of power it's using. Yeah power meter. Yeah, I've seen them around a lot of people I'm getting very tight. Yeah, a lot of people. I've seen them in a lot of houses recently Actually, there's a big demand for them and I bought a cheap jacuzzi That's in the attic Yeah, a lot of people another thing they're supposed is a good thing. I've seen some of the electricity companies and that Kind of trying to promote it. I just use appliances at night and stuff when they're less You know with the power and stuff, but just something there That's not a good idea I suppose like people tell me that they would turn on the wash machine the dishwasher and Ryan said that and I'm like, seriously Amen. Uh, no, that's not a very good idea heat. This is so much heat in the dishwasher dryer washing machine There's a lot of product recalls and different appliances tumble dryers dishwashers for fire risk So it's definitely not a good idea to be going to bed like some people think it's a good idea Maybe to turn on the wash machine the dishwasher going to bed and stuff It's definitely not a good idea because um, you know, at least if you're there around the house you can keep an eye on things But if everybody's in bed, it's definitely not a good idea to use a home appliances at night while you're asleep A call us as I four cctv cameras around my home running 24 hours Is this all on electricity? The provider said it's not. Thank you. No, it's not They have a Yeah, they do yeah, they wouldn't be using up no No, and I have a couple of security cameras brilliant security cameras 25 euro on Amazon not discouraging anyone from shopping local don't get me wrong, but And they run off usb.  So they must use very very little No, they're using up very little powers. Well, uh, righty k Do I ask a repair person if they have insurance when they're entering my home if you want to Yeah, I suppose all their repair companies, um, you know, they would have the insurance like public lab Building stuff. They wouldn't be trading without that. All right. Last one. We've got time for is the eco cycle on both the dishwasher and washing machine Cheaper or dearer to run than the longer cycles Um, see some of the eco washes can be on for a long time So they can tend to be heating for uh, they can some of the eco Certains on some appliances can be running a couple hours. So it's definitely cheaper to run a quick wash rather than an eco Quick wash low temperature. That's where you save the money, isn't it? Any tips about getting black stuff off the bottom of an iron? I've used brillo pads Uh, you can you can get you can get the clean and stick there probably some of the retailers and that would have it It's like, um, it cleaned you heat up the iron and you run the stuff along It's like a pan type thing and it definitely cleans them up like need elements to be Lovely stuff. Do you know what it's called? Um, no, but it's just go in and look for an iron. That's iron cleaner iron Yeah, iron and cleaning stick I remember seeing a sticker that you put on the kettle that lets you know if you needed to re-boil it Is there something like this? It might help keep energy costs down or if the water was still hot enough All right, some of the new kettles and that have that feature on it. They'll there's a light on them So there's kind of like a led light and it changes different colors and stuff But the best thing I ever bought was the one cup kettle Ah, they're definitely because everybody tends to fill the kettle up with water Um, and they only need one cup or one mug. So it's definitely a good idea Right. Listen. Thanks so much for that Declan. We're going to have to get you back in huge reaction to that Uh, you are an appliance service engineer at electric appliance services letter Kenny Video calling has become part of the diagnostics now. Has it or what's what's the offering there? Yeah, we do, um, appliance advice there. It's like an online You know, we can do a virtual call back and stuff where people can Contact us and stuff say if they don't want to pay a big call out and stuff So there's a fee like we can call you back and uh, we can let you know We know if it's if we think it's worth repairing and stuff like all right brilliant stuff. Um, okay um, some interesting stuff in there and some interesting observations about how Items are probably going to have to become more repairable into the future and some good money saving advice there as well regardless of Uh, the soaring energy prices. I mean the less electricity we use the less the more money's in our pockets than these big companies available Yeah, yeah, that's right. As I say if you can minimize the use of the off the them Items like your tumble dryer the wash machine The dishwasher the the shower and the immersion small electric heaters and stuff Well, you're going to see, uh, you know on the ball on your electricity bill. It will be last All right, uh, gary docks is great man. Ducky highly recommend for insulation on anything.  He says he's gonna be there. He's there and that's the key to success in business and Ducky oozes that professionalism. That's all right. No Thanks. Yeah, gary the checks in the post son All right, listen, thanks very much Thank you. 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It's great to see you again keely Good morning to you Greg are you doing i'm doing fantastic keely just before we get to questions and anyone with any questions by the way 08 660 25 000 whether it's a relationship with your Your other har a half a parent a sibling whatever it might be It's great sometimes to get a third party ear on it because sometimes we bring our problems to what we believe to be our close friends or someone A sibling and and and then that ends up getting weaponized against us inadvertently sometimes too keely As we head into what seems to be a difficult period and some people are all very Already very much in it. I think money problems and stresses like that can put Strings on even the best of relationships What what should people do as they may be struggle? Through this winter to sort of be on the one team to not blame each other or Is there any sort of general advice in that regard? I think you've got to crunch the numbers I've been crunching the numbers lately and it's not a task. I delight in I'd rather clean the skirting board And found myself avoiding it by cleaning the skirting board But I think it's one of those things that you have to face And tackle head on and that's often, you know, that's your own personal finances And then obviously if you're in a couple of them what that might mean For you in a couple of them or you know, as we know many people do split and can't afford to Move out. So they they actually end up living together. But You know, if your finances are intertwined Then it's about how how you're gonna have that difficult conversation But if we're stressed or uncomfortable we can tend to hurt the ones We love the most what what's the psychology to them? I think there's an absolute reality to that often when you come home. It's where you disarm are from from the outside world and Let's be honest life isn't perfect. These things are gonna happen but it's about Having time away having if you know, it's all very tricky times, isn't it? There is a there's a value in having your own identity your own life downtime But you know, we've you know, I think we also need to remember we've come through the pandemic And that was a bad time and that was a time that we just seemed incomprehensible to us, you know, and here we are again.  I met someone I really like But they have children I don't want to sign up to be a step parent anytime soon How can I have this conversation in a non hurtful confrontational way?  You can't compartmentalize children out of a relationship Absolutely not. You can't separate the cow from the calf. Yeah, and which is that we come as a package And that that that needs to be something that's explored and and a conversation needs to be had about that because that's going to create a problem If you kind of push it under the rug or you avoid it, you know, I'm encouraging you to think about um a way to have the conversation Opportunities to have the create opportunities to have the conversation I bought a a card game from the school of life, which is about relationship. Sometimes they can actually be really helpful Helpful tools helpful prompts to begin to start those conversations But depending on the circumstances, presumably it might suit a mom or dad They don't want necessarily their new partner to become a step parent or whatever You know, it might actually suit them to say, you know what of the best of both worlds I can maintain a good relationship with their with their mom or dad I have a new relationship with you. It won't confuse them But you can't get to that point unless you have a conversation. It might be that it might be a very welcome conversation Exactly Exactly. Yeah, exactly. But this is the importance of being clear about What it is that you want in a relationship What you're prepared to say yes to What you kind of open to didn't really want to sign up because you know, it's like the older you get Didn't really sign up for that. But if it comes with a package, all right but Having that conversation and then there's going to be your non-negotiables There's some things you're just not going to go negotiate and maybe it's the maternal or paternal element of them that that attracts you Absolutely, absolutely. And maybe, you know, personally, I know at this stage in my life If someone's got young kids, it's not a bonus It's not a bonus for me at this particular point.  It would be lovely to have someone with adult children. Yeah, you know But it's not everyone got it's not yeah, but it's it's not hard and fast. Yeah, exactly You'll see what the situation is. Yeah, you've got yeah, it's not ideal But then you come across the situation be open to it See what you notice and then you'll work out what you prepare to negotiate on or not Yeah, I don't know if you're going into trying to meet people with red lines You know, it might be all right if you're trying to sort out brexit or something, but I mean Absolutely How does anyone know themselves that well? I mean, maybe it's good to have red lines I don't know but it just sounds to me like it's not that prescriptive. You know what I mean Not at all not at all not at all because especially as we get older We have more Let's say luggage You know more requirements we get set in our ways There's a brilliance to be an open but I would more kind of go for traits. These are traits. I'm looking for four in someone rather than getting specific on detail Yeah, um me and my wife separated a year ago We've actually been getting on a long fine in terms of co-parenting which is lovely to hear And here comes the the question. I'd like to ask her out to dinner. I'd like to ask her out to dinner. Am I mad? Trust trust that Trust that feeling trust it Trust it. You never know sometimes when relationships end and all the pressure's off and it reconfigures You just never know And people trust say an awful lot about trust, but it is true to say the only way You can find out if you can trust someone is to trust them. There's no real other way to do so You have to have the experience This is one of the reasons people get so much anxiety and depression because they're often in their heads They've not actually had the experiences so they're living by an imagined fear Of an imagined future none of which are real Imagined future and imagined that it would go this way, but it's all fear based You have the experience. I think trust issue is a lack of trust in self. Can I trust myself? Mm-hmm. Can I actually trust myself to have this experience and trust that if somebody shows me Parts of their character that are not helpful for me. Can I trust that I will walk away? But we project it out onto others or I don't trust people actually you don't trust yourself Own that for yourself. Yeah What's a fair amount? What's a fair amount of time to leave before moving on?  He's not taking it at all well But I want to get back out dating. But at the same time, I don't want to hurt him Well, I guess The question is how long should she give it before she starts seeing other people she wants to do it now Well, we kind of live in that culture of you on it. You have it. I think, you know, sometimes there's a benefit to I think sometimes there's a benefit to detoxing off of someone, you know We exchange energies in relationships and sometimes I think We can do it with a little bit of downtime That may sound a little bit old-fashioned, but you know, there's a benefit to having a bit of a space Benefit to be in single benefit to be in with yourself Which may not sit well, you know in a culture that promotes coupled them as being like The ultimate ultimate goal when you all know people in relationships who aren't particularly happy Be mindful if you're someone that needs to jump into relationship after relationship There may be something that you're avoiding And is it they want to get back dating because they look forward to get dressing up that Boss you get in your stomach by meeting someone new or do they feel there's a gap emotionally in their life And they want someone to sort of Netflix with does it matter, you know Where that sort of want to get out back into the dating scene comes from Well, it depends because if I'm really frank with you, right a lot of people are looking for another human to fulfill Avoid with him. They're looking for another human to make them happy They're looking for another human to complete them and the reality is we as human beings are very complex very self-orientated people actually, so You know, we need to that comes, you know in time when relationships have failed to fulfill your needs that you kind of get to This question about you know, who am I? What is this? so it depends where you're at but Be mindful because relationships, you know, we dependent on where you're at with it We become vulnerable. We're giving of ourself emotionally. We're giving time-wise And you know, do you have the energy for that? Is that something you want? What if someone says about someone, you know, God, they make me feel whole Is that like a bit of a worry to you a bit of a red flag? I think sometimes ignorance is bliss like I was saying to a colleague today, you know We're in relationships every single day and I think we see it very And very differently. I think there's a lot around wanting another human being to fulfill and complete us That is actually a part of a massive problem and a myth That we've been fed in society. So um I I I I think it's lovely to have a companion and someone to compliment you to be a companion through life But complete you it can be it can be tricky Can be tricky because you're whole you are whole You are holding yourself as an individual I wonder sometimes though, uh, keelin, you see it, you know, we talk about uh, these questions are almost framed and in the way that this there's this utopia and all but The truth is is though a lot of stuff now is disposable like relationship disposable intimacy is disposable and I don't know if that's if that's a a one-way direction of traffic or watch the future holds or do we go back to some sort of conservative approach. I I don't know where it comes from but I mean Like a lot of these questions don't fit into really how a lot of people are living their lives now if that makes sense No, and you know, many of the great theorists the the analyst Jung talks about you know, you know with the decline in in religion That used to be wanting someone to compete complete you was something that people would kind of have a relationship with god about And with the breakdown of religion people now want that completeness in another human being Which is particularly problematic because we're all we've all got our shortcomings So there is definitely a massive issue with the society, you know, the disposable society We live in the you know, swipe to the left swipe to the right blocked you, you know, you're discarded There is a massive problem with that and relationships and And the reality is, you know, I believe it. I see it time and time, you know, I've worked through it myself You talk about we want kids. We want a family And then, you know Parenting it has a massive effect. It all has a massive effect. So disposable relationships But raising children. How does how does that work?  I don't think that's sexist or offending anyone saying so But I'm not saying it's exclusively the case But I think it's in the majority of the case Absolutely Absolutely, there's no two ways about it And um, you know kids need balance They need equal access to both masculine and feminine energy. It's really important Yeah, a single parent homes. Moms aren't in the house.   I'm on my own every evening I try to be supportive, but it's going on too long now It's very tricky, isn't it because with the crisis the cost of living going up People want to get the hours and they want to make the money and this is You know, this is one of the challenges I think Communicate You know, is this something that is for the long term, you know, that it's a short period of time until he gets promoted And then things will settle down. What's the time frame on that? And is that the absolute motivation? Are they completely satisfied that that is the motivation? You know, have they had the conversation and they're assured that it's just an ambitious person and they want to better themselves Um, or maybe they're they're avoiding home life either. I don't know. I mean, you'd want to be sure You'd want to be sure Well, it also goes back to am I looking for someone to complete me. So now he's got his hobby his passion his interest Kind of makes me think well, what about yours?  You know, what have you got your passion that you're also so in need? But does that with a person with that work work ethic? Do they get promotion and then all of a sudden turn to a nine to five or who's not irritable and not constantly Seeking to to better themselves. I mean to be honest Often not always but but workaholics can often, you know, it it can get tricky with workaholics Because you know the the reality is you have to then squeeze around their schedule Depending on how determined they are and how obsessed they are with their career So you will be on the back burner and holic in that words probably, you know, it's not sitting there for no reason either Exactly Exactly, but that that comes with the territory So So I guess you have to work out If that's something that you want in your if that's something you can tolerate I think the beginning to work that out Yeah, if that's something that you can Because it come I remember a lot, you know, a lot of people I've worked with have been workaholics I've got very successful careers because everybody wants the glory, but they don't know the story There's a back office to the front page And and when you're in the back office and you see what it takes It it can people love the glitz and the glamour So it's a choice Yeah, all right So I think the key to earn a psychotherapist author and coach if anyone wants more information on the work that you do and I think that the Common theme is is you have to talk to the other person and sometimes you can't talk on your own And sometimes people avoid confrontation perhaps most times Um, and maybe that's why that's why it's important sometimes to have a third party in there to sort of moderate that and and whatever else might go on So if people want more information on your work, keely You can find me at key for change.com number four or F. O. R. Lovely stuff. Thank you so much. Take care of yourself.  Okay. Uh, that was uh keely our thanks to keely again Um, let's take a break. 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