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Is it or something? We'll talk about that next week. We have a good you all right take care of yourself It's nine o'clock time for a news update and it's over now to Donald Kavanaugh. Thank you Greg. Good morning The new Irish medical organization president says that pressure Non-consultant hospital doctors are under is unsustainable and must be urgently addressed an IMO survey found 77% of non-consultant hospital doctors report being pressurized by their employers to work extra shifts Leading to some working what they believe to be unsafe hours the new IMO president don't equal GP Dr. Dennis Macaulay says an agreement to limit the working hours of junior doctors is already in place But government has yet to implement it remember junior doctors are those doctors that are not only there to admit you But these are the doctors who are doing the operations most of the day doing all the operations at night And they're still working illegal hours. There is an agreement with the government in relation to rationalizing there are to make it much safer for them and their patients But that hasn't been implemented yet Seltos chief operating officer says there are significant challenges in recruiting a consultant endocrinologist for letter Kenney University Hospital The consultant post has been vacant since August of last year with consultant services currently being provided 12 hours a week on an outpatient basis Seltos and hospital management say they remain fully committed to the further development and enhancement of diabetes services in letter Kenny Castler Jerry McMonicle who raised the issue at regional health forum meeting says the difficulties in recruiting consultants must be addressed The pressures that staff are under at letter Kenny University Hospital It's not portraying a good image in relation to working conditions at the hospital Consultants always seem to be under pressure as doing nurses and CDs and all that there So we need to fill all the vacant posts that there is I think management need to have a long-term view I know they're trying their best. They have that Well for some reason we're still not attracting the necessary number of consultants that we need to provide a proper health service here in Donegal An increasing number of farmers across the country are facing financial crisis due to what they describe as a catastrophic winter Public expenditure minister Pasco Dono who says he doesn't plan to give more money to the Department of Agriculture But will engage with officials there to see what can be done within their existing resources The IFA president Frankie Gorman has been outlining what farmers need to happen now Including the fast tracking of payments all current payments that are due to farmers that are due to farmers Fast-tracked we look for easy and accessible credit to be available for merchants in the banks But we're getting into a situation Particularly with the weather and that's coming at the weekend where more may be needed And if that's the case the government are going to have to come up with a package to support farmers to get them out It's difficult period and a look at the weather now cloudy and blustery today with scattered showers and fresh to strong Southerly winds some dry perhaps isolated sunny spells will develop this afternoon as the showers die out in highs of 11 to 14 degrees Celsius Overcast clouds clear early this evening fresh southerly winds will strengthen with rain coming later heavy at times It'll stay mild overnight lows 10 to 12 tomorrow morning very windy storm Kathleen tracks north across the Atlantic coast very strong and gusty southerly winds severe gusts and exposed areas from early morning Scattered showers spreading before they ease later as Kathleen moves off north tomorrow's highs 11 to 13 And that's how in radio news. We're back with more at 10 o'clock An epic new Disney plus original renegade now who is this Nelly Jackson a highway woman She fights as though just possessed she's formidable Meet the highway woman who's a bit of a legend a word of warning You don't want to mess with me Renegade now now streaming exclusively on Disney plus 18 plus subscription required season C supply and Now it's time for the talk of the Northwest the 9 to noon show with Greg Hughes on Highland radio. Hello. Good morning to you. It's five minutes passed down on this Friday the 5th of April 2024 and you're very welcome along to a very busy at 9 till noon show our Friday panel has assembled I'll introduce them to you in a moment. Shame is gone. We'll be joining us after 10 With answering all of your legal questions and that's entertainment comes up between 11 and 12 as well We want you involved in the conversation throughout the course of the show, of course, and the lines are open for you right now Oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand your whatsapp some text to that number You could send what's up voice notes to that number as well on whatsapp You can give us a call an old seven four nine one twenty five thousand or email comments at highland radio dot com And if you watch the show and pretty much all of our guests today on your big screen your smart TV Open up your smart TV open the YouTube app Highland radio Ireland the same on your fire stick and we're across Facebook as well Highland hub Highland news and sport and on the X platform. Good morning to you all right, okay? Let us say good morning to our guests now. Dr. Peter O'Rourke Retired consultant orthopedic surgeon Peter great to have you back on the show. Good morning to you morning Greg Also, we have with us Emma Gover the we done a goal Mami. Good morning to you Emma. Thanks for your time today morning Greg and We have also deputy Thomas Pringle an independent deputy. Hi Thomas Good good now we have a number of things to discuss But I think when you talk about things like this it doesn't matter whether it's a local radio station or national What have you it's very hard to what ignore and all would we want to ignore what's happening in in the Middle East and Israel has announced that it would allow temporary aid deliveries into famine threatened north and Gaza hours After the United States warned of a sharp shift in its policy over the Gaza war in a tense as we're told 30 minute phone called yesterday President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that US policy on Israel was dependent on the protection of civilians and aid workers in Gaza the first hint of possible Conditions to washington's military support now the development seems to have been triggered following the deaths of Six aid workers and not necessarily perhaps the at least 33,000 palestinians that have been killed Arguably it says an awful lot about humanity as well as anything else Deputy Thomas Pringle I suppose would you say this is a welcome intervention from from the US or too little too late or it Just opens it opens up a whole ton of questions really about how we operate in this planet Yeah, it does really great and that's that's what the most that this is But I think it is positive that the Americans are finally And actually putting pressure on this release and I think that's down to the War on the opinion and the pressure that people are putting on and also the it has more to do with the American election And the US election that has to do with anything to do with the Palestinians unfortunately and Biden seems to be coming under pressure from his own democratic supporters in relation to what's happening in Palestine and that's where this is coming from I'm saying that as welcome, but it's by the sense of things that only is going to be a temporary respite So basically the policy of the Israelis are going to allow the Palestinian South from the people to continue killing them And that seems to be what the message is that's coming out from this But I think what we need to do as a world is maybe put down put pressure on the Americans Because they seem to be more open to it than on the Israelis And if we can cut off a supply of weapons to Israel, they won't be able to continue on with the slaughter What's your views? I welcome it but For me it's I don't want to say it's too late because any progress is good progress But I think it's a shocking indictment of society that seven aid workers had to be killed After the thousands of Palestinians that have been killed and are still being killed and are being starved to death And they have been moved from one part Of Gaza to the other I mean these these people were were were told they were being moved to safety A lot of them moved to Rafa Because they were told that that's where they were they were to go and then he talked about making a round invasion of Rafa I mean This is just hurting Palestinians into one area to make them easier to pick off as far as I can see and You know from October nobody is is stating that what happened by Hamas in October was anything other than disgraceful and diabolical But this collective punishment for the people of Palestine is wrong and it's genocide and it's a war crime And it should be called out for that and we should be doing an awful lot more To to support the people of Palestine to get a long term ceasefire and to implement the two states Do we not kind of also have to challenge ourselves really? and face the reality that There is a different value put on life dependent on the color of your skin Complexion protection. That's what it is at the end of the day 33,000 Palestinians have died, but and I'm not absolutely not taken away from the seven aid workers that were killed But the outrage And it's simply because I'm sorry, but it is when we see that across the world And and I'm not in any way taken away from what's happened to the people of Ukraine at all I have great support because people of Ukraine But it took us a lot longer to acknowledge what was going on in Syria as well I mean, we had reporters on the tv saying At the start of the ukraine war, you know, their children look like us And and they go to school, you know, they go to school like us as if you know So did Palestinian children so did Syrian children and so did sydney's children At the end of the day, we need to take a long hard look at ourselves and and and realize that This is a human issue and and you know, there's one race in my opinion It's the human race and I and I feel like we have let the people of Palestine I know there have been lots of people raising the issue out there I know deputy Pringle has done it repeatedly And I know other people from people who are profited have done it as well And and social democrats and things like that But you know at the end of the day, it's a shock and indictment of 33,000 people in Palestine died and It only has really America has only really started putting pressure on Israel now after 78 workers have died and and and it is I'm sorry that might be A a non-pc way to put it, but it is complexion protection 110% Okay, your former health colleagues Peter Rourke They are hosting a vigil this evening as they do ever or this afternoon is through every Friday It seems now between 1 and 2 p.m. At the main entrance of letter Kenny University Hospital They say everyone is welcome there But Peter you just your reflections on on on on what we've been discussing so far Well, I don't think anything I've heard in the news recently will make any difference And effectively it's a bit like Neville chamber waving his piece of paper 1936 same piece in our time Nothing's going to change and people in Ireland realize that this is not An any Christians you have it's not a criticism of Judaism. It's Israel which is a Zionist state which was founded in 1948 by terrorist activities the stern group Petra bombed they bought the car bombed and shot business troops and they Basically cleared out Arab settlements And so the fact that they're suffering the consequence of terrorism is appalling and what happened in October was appalling But I don't think the Israeli state will rest until they have Removed every Palestinian from the state of Israel from Gaza and the West Bank and Unfortunately, the world cannot criticize them because of the Holocaust and the propaganda that goes around if you criticize Israel You're anti-Semitic and what about the Holocaust? Because I just do kind of know to change whereby you are actually getting news presenters to sort of ask these challenging questions and Often the the the response is really quite angry. And how could you even imagine such a thing? But the presenters persist with their questions. I just wonder is this sort of that protection that you talk of Fading out whereby, you know, Israel is facing tougher scrutiny the same scrutiny it should have Faced months and months ago But I just wonder is the the tide turning a little bit in that regard that they might actually start seeing that the the international reputation Is heading towards if not already destroyed And I don't think it's changing rapidly enough. I mean, it's it's like irish americans thinking that everything in britain was done to destroy ireland And these are people who left the country in a hundred years ago Are in our certainly generations ago in america the jewish community is a very strong lobby for israel and their Jewish and their support for israel is unflinching and that's part of the problem joe biden has because There's such a strong jewish lobby in america. There's a strong irish lobby in america and we benefited from it in part But it also ties his hands when he's trying to do things and it plays a big role in america and unfortunately I think and it is given the state of israel carte blanche to do what it wants to Okay, listen. Thank you very much for that. That's uh, peter or rock We're also the company of deputy tomas pringle and amma govah back with more from all three after these There's more furniture than ever on display in the extended showroom at mcginley's furniture letter kenny More sofas and suites more bedroom and dining room furniture and much more occasional furniture If you're adding to your home or making some changes call into mcginley's furniture port link business park port road letter kenny Or visit mcginley's furniture dot com Testing testing do you need to get your hearing tested? 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I mean we've bridged up and done a goal which an independent politician managed to procure for done a goal. So I think everybody Will give support provided they get what they want for their area, which isn't necessarily good for politics But it's certainly what's going to happen And I don't think we're going to have an election before the new year the new year and the problem in all likelihood The next government will probably have even more independence and if an independent you get something for his Vote in his local area. I'm sure it'll encourage the populace to vote for them Do you think that is the case? I mean obviously, you know a lot of the electorate might be choosing to vote independent because they are tired of You know the same old same old as they might see in government. They don't really think that Sinn Fein offers the alternative that maybe they seek But if your option or independence that Row in behind government. Is that really a vote for independence in the true sense of the word? I don't think it's a vote for independence, but I mean a weak government is is not a good government I mean it would be better whoever is in power actually has the power to pass legislation Rather than have to sort of beg steal and borrow to get enough votes to get legislation through And I'm not sure if it's a good thing having an increased number of independence because it all just weakens the government and makes Coalition is more difficult. I mean if you look at countries, I think it's belgium haven't had An actual government for a year or more because there's too many different power. He's involved in it and when you have numerous just independence who are Only supporting various aspects of government. It makes it more difficult Did they bother contacting you anymore thomas? No, I haven't got everybody. I mean basically the independence that he has contacted Are the independence that have been supporting the government anyway since since Foundation of this government and that's that's who it is there. Um, I would If I could just try to take some issues with with frost peter was saying about independence and stuff like that There as well because that's what really that's That's not not the situation And you know, and what you'll see now in the run-up to generalizing you'll see If all run around saying about what a benefit to dunnig all that has been having charlie mcconnell here And he's certainly not an independent and it's going to say that only because charlie's here that we've got we've got x y in his head You know, so this this is what happens in politics and that's that's the reality of the situation How do you deliver anything though for your constituents as an independent? Really because you're a sole voice you won't vote with a government on on issues for the benefit of your region I think you're on the record saying that so what do you actually bring to the party? Pardon the pun I thought you said that you I thought that you said that your approach was that you Do you decide on on That that you're a national td You know, obviously you're a local td, but I seem to record us having the conversation And you saying that even if it meant you you losing your seat that you would do What's best for the country not necessarily what's best for killi bags? Well, what's best for the country is best for killing eggs as well and it's best for done it all and that's the reality And that's what people need to get beyond and you know And people people make the decisions on voting on And relaxing time based on personalities rather than based on political parties And I for one certainly don't feel that finafall and vengale have been good for the country And having finafall majority governments and something out there is what peter says is desirable Is actually what led to the mica crisis and that we've had and we've lived them through in this county for many years And that's what's led led to the defective Building materials crisis right across the country Which is going to come to light in the next couple of years and that has been by having majority governments And that's been about governments that have been led by developers and by the building Rather than being led by the interests of the people and that's the difference that it makes greg and whether it's an independent or whether it's a political party If they're going to do it for the wrong reasons you will have back governments All right, so just on that you you you were up in up at the meeting In in burt and you fully endorse the people's documents on the issue of defective concrete I mean, this is hypothetical, but you never know But if simon harris came to you and said look, I need your support thomas In as t-shirt over the next year, you know, and I will strive I'll do my very best to meet The concerns contained within the people's document. Would you support the government in that context? Well, that's that's something I would have to think very seriously about and think and wonder Whether the government would be serious about that whether if they were if they were would you say right? Yeah, I would I would seriously consider it. Yeah, and I would have to I would have to ask him Or why hasn't it been done up to now? And and that's that's something that you would have to you'd have to see and you'd have to see that The commitment would be there and that could be something that that would Play out and see how that develops And that actually would benefit the people of donning all but it would actually benefit the whole country Nicely as well because there's a huge amount of defective products Building products going to come to late and coming late right across the country So that and the great thing about the people's document is that it says that They have to learn from the crisis and they have to make sure that it doesn't happen again And that's very important. And so if time and heart came to me and said, yeah, look in the next year We're going to sort this out. Well, then that's that's something that I would have to think very seriously about That's interesting. Okay. I didn't anticipate that answer Emma cova. Uh, well, I just didn't but I'll just be honest Emma I mean, is it a case of you know fair play if if mark mcsharrie gets you know further investment into Psycho university hospital or another td gets, you know, a better commitment into to limerick as an independent Is that really what they're they're doing? They're representing their people in fair play to them Well, do you know what? I mean simon harris has come out and said that this is It's not transactional.  There'll be a freedom of information request and we'll find out precisely what was promised I mean, well, no it's transactional because you look at the likes of temporary td michael lory who has been the most vocal about what he's been promised I mean, he's saying that he brought up when in his talks He brought up university limerick hospital and the overcrowding and the negative effect that's having on nina hospital And we're elective surgeons are having to be cancelled because patients That limit can't cope we are being sent there And minister harris has told him that they are going to make this a priority They're going to engage in it and talk to her measure to alleviate the problems He also talked about issues for farmers supports and additional measures that needed to be introduced and although Pascal don't have maybe has come out and said no, we're not giving any additional supports I mean, he's telling michael lory that they are looking at it And then he's also talking about our supports for small businesses And and a direct line of communication with simon harris for future issues That he himself can go to him directly and talk to about so and simon harris has said that he is open to that So basically, you know a vote from michael lory is in return for the issues that which minister harris Then come and he has said he will he will deal with So, you know, what you've got to ask yourself is What are the people have done? You've all going to be losing out on You know at the end of the day, we have our own crisis here as well and we spoke about that this week I mean our own hospital has been overcrowded 11 out of the 12 months last year And we were the we were the second most overcrowded in january of this year We had 5,300 people admitted to our hospital without a bed last year and 1,200 had left without treatment We have massive shortages in in respite care And there are actually children come from cork to donnie gall for respite and children from donnie gall being told they can't access respite and they're being sent to dublin So I mean would that not be good for the country as well if we could if we could get a better investment in our disability services and healthcare services So yeah, it is transactional and my concern And I'm not telling anybody which way to vote but my concern is it's going to be a reward for the loyal And those who who show them up and and those who don't are going to Maybe even lose resources And and then it's the people of the county that are going to suffer And that's what concerns me as as person who advocates for people with disabilities and complex medical needs I I I it worries me that it's uh you scratch my back I scratch and I know it's been that way for a long time I'm not naive but um I I do worry that that we are going to lose resources I think that concerns me Emma is is that When needed we can deal with things, you know, that's that's the problem I mean we didn't have this we didn't have these these resources for farmers a week ago Um, you know, you know, you you've been allocated your funding and now pass with only he may have come out and said that Oh, we're not giving any extra money, but Simon Harris has told my according to Michael Lowry Simon Harris has said no, he is going to look at extra supports for farmers But you know, if that support is available, why isn't it being given out? You do you know what I mean? This should not be held like a carrot to the people Who who are who are representing their constituents that you know, You know holding over people and saying, you know, what if I get my way then you'll get this That should not be the way it is if the resources are available. They should be made available I mean University Hospital Limits should have been dealt with long before they are in crisis mode down there And the fact now that they're all of a sudden they're coming up with these short term measures And they've opened up um 86 beds yesterday.  They said a man laid dead for an hour Before he was discovered and now all of a sudden they're finding these resources.  I'm sorry, but it does Uh, Peter O'Rourke mentioned Thomas that he believes that there'll be an election next year. Um, what's your view on it?  So so do you do believe that I mean, obviously Simon Harris is gonna want a year at it The 10 months he has had it. But what what do you think? How long do you think this government will go on for? Well, I think that I think they plan to go on to Marks next year and it depends if if those TVs are elected to Yeah, the european parliament to those by elections by law now have to take place in the next months And so that would that would put you into probably I think it's From from the date of the european parliament's steps that should become an Affectionately an MEP and you would have deemed to have resigned from the the doll So that I think that's would be sometime in july so six months from that would bring you up to um In the january or something got there. So Look, there's going to be an election probably And uh, October November definitely has to be very marked next year and that's when it's going to be Um, it's it's possible that the government election next week if uh, Sam Harris didn't get elected as t-shirt, but I doubt that very much as well And you know, and just if I could just go back and just and release into the Conversation about the value of independence and I think you'd have to ask what the value is of having a government minister in the constituency if they're again in general hospital is um Under under so much pressure in that term. We've had government ministers sitting at cabinet for the last 15 20 years and um, nothing has developed in relation to that You know, so maybe there is no value and having any TDs at all Now we're getting now we're getting People will have to talk about it Certainly not, you know, why should it be the value of an independent that let it kind of be sorted out when you have a government But sometimes the government that makes a decision in relation to the spend of money Um, and that let it get in general hospital has declined But sometimes in asking what the value of independence it might sound like it's phrased as a negative question As if to say they are worthless, but at the end of the day, you know, thomas in in terms of going out to your voters Uh, it is they that might question, you know, what is an independence and conversations like this actually may be, uh, You know reinforce what your belief system is versus what? Uh, you know, someone down the country said it might be so I don't think it's necessarily Negative a caller says did peter say government needs to be strong to pass legislation? Well, maybe that's a good thing about having so many independence is that they will listen to the people who elected them And not pass legislation that is not what the people want or to the people's disadvantage example the hate speech bill Right, okay, we'll be back with more from our guests and you're more of your comments after these Watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com Do you suffer from high cholesterol? menopause symptoms digestive issues anxiety aches and pains or a lack of energy They're highly trained team at the natural way letter. 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Peter arourke and emma gover um Could thomas support simon in the deal for dunagall should he not try asks a listener so that you reach out and Say to him thomas You know i might back you but i need such and such Well, there's no point in me doing that there because simon harris isn't looking for my backing Yeah, i'm looking for the support of the people of dunagall for his For his candidature for t-shirt and he will have the support of charlie mcconnell and joe mcqueen when it comes down to it And that there so that that's the case If it was the case that he was looking for support and needed support Then you'd be in a position that maybe you could you could ask for something, but that's not the situation at the moment A report which suggests an annual bill of 20 billion euro for 20 years to fund a united island has been described by some as a worst-case scenario I think that's in fein's position The report by the institute of international in european affairs said the significant expense would require an increase in taxation of around 25 percent and or a significant reduction in expenditure I think the criticism of the report that he doesn't fully account for a potential uplift as well But this does i think give us an insight into what will likely be the actual public debate When it really gets into full swing and with that in mind peter Do you think the people of ireland? I don't know if you want to take it as a whole north and south Do you think the people of ireland would vote in favor of unification when the The balance sheets are laid bare I think from a financial point of view unless People were certain that it would not significantly Damage the economy and damage their finances personally. I think there would be a certain amount of reluctance I mean germany german reunification cost a hell of a lot And I think the german economy still hasn't completely recovered from and that's been what 25 years or so So the economic side of things I mean when you think of the the children's hospital as an example, which has doubled in or if not tripled in cost From when it actually started never mind when it was considered And the estimates they're giving for what it would cost the economy are probably A drop in the ocean from the reality that would actually come to pass So on that side of things, I think there might be a significant amount of reluctance And I think there'd be sort of probably Difference of opinion geographically. I think I wonder further south you go would the Irish public be more sensitive to the potential impact negative impact it might have on them You know, whereas in in in Donagola, I suppose we we might see things differently And I think that's probably true but ultimately we now have A situation where everybody has expectations of being financially secure and getting access to everything they want I mean the new iPhone every year or two having sky and every other streaming service being able to Go on holidays whenever they like and having a good quality of life working from home Where are these people who are these people? I don't know. I don't know who they are This is the expectation and if somebody was going I've just had to sell my car to clear off the credit union loan I don't know who the hell you're talking about Well, I said expectation rather than reality And if you take the expectation away, good luck. Okay, uh, Emma. Uh, what do you think? You know, I mean, let's just I mean obviously there's going to be a There's going to be a There's going to be a conversation, you know about united island for political reasons and and cultural reasons and what have you But of course as I've just been saying to Peter, you know, the the balance books are going to be out on the table as well Here what impact might have on health service where would cancer services be delivered in in the northwest?  I don't think anyone's disputing that would cost the state Considerably. Emma. Do you think that the people the great people of this country this island would vote in favour for unification? Well, I actually watched the debate last night between Lisa chambers part of McLaughlin and professor Fitzgerald and they did a poll Albeit a short one on the tonight show and 63 percent said no That they would not want to see their taxes raised for a united island 35 percent said yes and 2 percent said don't worry But I mean that's that's 63 percent said no, you know people I am proud Irish person. I would love to see United Ireland in in my time but realistically speaking Given the cost of living crisis we've just come through When we had to when we had the economic crash people they're still very fresh in people's minds and People may vote with their wallets. I mean there are other studies out there like from the British University of Columbia That actually says that there'd be a 34 billion benefit over eight years and and then the Professor Sheamus McGinnis has said that this is this is vastly pessimistic Views that it's actually more like three billion But at the end of the day, you're going to have to bring Social welfare you're going to have to bring in the public sector pay in line with the republic Because you can't have a two tiered system and I think personally I think it needs I would hate to see how you're going to go through your own version of brexit by not planning properly I think that it needs Really economic analysis and we need to look in depth at the education system and the health system and it needs properly planned and prepared for And but if people think that it's going to cost them 20 billion a year for 20 years work out of 55 million a day When you break it down like that As much as they want to see it and and I want to see it and They probably are going to vote with their walls That is the reality. Mm-hmm. What do you think Thomas? Well, I haven't I didn't see the program there and I haven't had the chance to read the report As yet in relation to it, but there's no doubt that the reunification would have a cost involved in it And there's no doubt about that And but it would also require the British government to support to reunify the island financially for a number of years to actually the transition period that would that would take place in relation to that So the ongoing cost wouldn't be significantly as much probably as what they're what they're saying But also as well that we have to think about the the positive that would come out That's to you know, the the reality is that in the 26 county states as we have now at the moment We're really short of workers. We're really short of people actually to sustain the economy as it is ongoing And in the unified country, we're adding an extra 1.5 to 2 million people And everybody will be working together towards the benefit of the whole country and that would Make some difference and economically would make a difference to actually how we can develop further on And remember as well too that at the moment we're on the surplus in this country and something like in the in the next three years There'll be something like There's a 40 or 50 billion that will be put aside by the by the states, you know So the state is in a very strong position And and also as well what we need to look at too is like we've had the when we continue to have The state looking after the wealthy and looking after the rich and and to the detriment of everybody else It's what you you said yourself there greg and and you know, so we need what we're talking about as a new state And we're talking about as a new country And it's not going to be finna fall and finna rubber stamp and taken over the 32 counties instead of the 26 counties and making the aims of that And you know, so it's going to be a completely new dynamic and I think that's going to be very Positive and it's going to be something that's going to be very attractive And I think that we have to have a follow debate and plan for this as I was saying and as part of that will be the economic arguments But um, I would certainly be arguing very strongly that the economic arguments I'd weigh in against and we and we should be getting together Come together as a 32 county state that we've actually been for everybody living here It'd be interesting to see peter who if any would step out of the shadows or out of the ranks to campaign Against a reunification in the republic and at what angle they might come at I don't think anybody is against reunification. It's an ideal it's just that how it is achieved and the time frame and as As we mentioned all that be at the health care systems the social welfare systems the educational systems It's going to take time. I mean as I mentioned germany and as an example germany still although There has been reunification The east and the west are still very different places The economies of the two sides of germany are different and the attitudes of the people and everything is still Different Yeah, but also to um really Like I presume if if there were a vote there would be a time frame and transition You know be at 10 5 or 10 years I don't know how long it might be and and that's really when all this is worked through isn't it sort of So to some extent I can see the benefit of this report, but it kind of feels a bit moot in that we don't until We don't really even know what the british role might be And there's no guarantee that they'll want to dig deep for this either So I suppose oh what the EU's role for instance might be so there's a lot of unanswered, but still I think We're kind of easing In the direction of where the debate most likely will be Greg what's the point in the united island when the irish are going to be a minority in the future? I don't think the irish are going to be a minority in the future There might be different people here, but I can't see how they could be a minority unless Six or seven or eight or nine or 10 million people were to to move here Comparing the unification of germany and island is not great examples in my opinion example monkeys and giraffes We can't compare it like for like, but I mean it would It's obvious that there has to be some learnings from the Unification of germany that we can we can look at here. I think In fairness now, Greg Harris is simply using the typical election book here bringing independence on board promising this that and the other He'll be no different than veraid car wait until the real election and we will see And on it goes, okay We're going to take a break and we're going to be back with more from Deputy Thomas Pringle dr. Peter O'Rourke and Emma Gover after these stay where you are Have you entered our 10,000 euro home makeover job? 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And i suppose giving you healthcare background, uh, dr. Peter. I'll start With you we're talking about assisted dying assisted suiciders. I think those most likely to oppose it tend to call it. What's your view? I think it's overdue. Um There is a sort of a thought that life should be preserved at any cost I think sometimes life can be hell on earth and for certain medical conditions when people are dying and paying Are have no hope. I think it has to be considered the difficulty is how do you? Legislate for it and how do you monitor it and that's the difficulty and the excuse against it As always you'll have relatives killing off their old age relatives that are a burden or rather than sort of it being used in a humane and Considered way, but I think it will eventually come in as it has come in a lot of countries throughout the world Why why should it come in? Well from a personal point of view if I had a terminal condition and I was in extreme pain If I could put myself out of my misery and put my family out of my misery and their misery as well I'd be quite happy to do it. Um And just because someone else has a moral objection to it be it religious or other means It doesn't mean that they should force you to into a situation where you have to suffer Just for to salad their conscience But say you were diagnosed with something, uh, let's say ms For an example and it was determined that you know that and ms comes in all different forms, of course But that it was determined that this would eventually take your life It would reduce your mobility your quality of life and eventually would take your life Like even at what stage Is it immediately post diagnosis? Is it once you no longer can move around yourself at what point would we say? Okay, it's all right at this. It's okay now to unburden your loved ones and and take your own life Well, but that's the whole argument You you have two aspects you have say you can't do it Or you can do but when and the conversation would be having we should be having is you can do it And when rather than that you just can't do it under any circumstances and that is the argument that needs to be had I think um But I mean I agree with you it is difficult But there are some people whose lives are so miserable Um and are in so much pain that they do not want to be alive And I think that we have to respect that but please correct me if i'm wrong I seem to talk to you many many years ago and i'll retract it instantly if i'm if i'm incorrect But I I seem to recall you questioning Sending older people with with cancer long distance for treatment with you know going through the ordeal of that You know with perhaps maybe extending the life short term. Am I correct in was that a view that you Yeah, more or less. I mean, um, I think there is a point where life Should not be maintained because it can be and just because it can be there are times when people Have lived their lives and they should be able to die Um peacefully and without going through further suffering. So Yes, but I don't think it's different argument to the one i'm already making. Yeah, of course. I get that but i'm i'm just wondering does in some way are the kind of Uh kind of related but anyway, I just i'll move on to emma now emma. What's your view on it? I mean, do you see any circumstances where we should have assisted dying legislated for in this country? Oh, that's a little gun. There's not that question but You know when when when it first came out and then and we realized there was being an eroptus committee put together to discuss this And I commend them on it because it's a very difficult conversation. It's a very sensitive subject And I personally myself was aghast. Um, I but You know, I'm I'm the mother of children with complex medical needs. My oldest daughter has a progressive disease and I think more of I was seeing it as as dr. Orca said, you know, I didn't want her to feel compelled later on in life to have to feel like I need to do this to make life easier for everybody else And I was so hard lying in that decision and I was very against it until I actually had a conversation with her about it and her point of view would be as a person with a progressive disease is that She herself would not want it she wouldn't ask for it But she wants to live as as long as as she possibly can And we hope that she lives to she's 60 or 70, you know, but She had a long conversation with me and she said because I want that Does not mean that I have the right to tell somebody else with this condition who is living In extreme pain that they know is going to get worse And there are some people in their 20s and 30s with that who already have an tpn feeding and Are very immobile and they have stomas and things like that and their quality of life is greatly reduced and and you know The thing is I don't have the right to tell them just because I want to That they should too. I think it's a very sense Your daughter's saying just to be clear and I know we're all choosing our language very carefully Your daughter's saying that it she can't see a scenario where she would opt for assisted dying But she at the same time Wouldn't be of the view then that because that's how she feels all the people in some situations might feel different Yeah, that's exactly what she said the only part that concerns me about it now and for me personally I From a from a moral point of view and and When you say that it sounds like you're judging somebody and I'm not I'm just saying my own personal point of view I I struggle with the concept of it Greatly, but my concern is How we Regulate it, um, you know, I know they're saying that It's going to be between six to 12 months to live And two two independent doctors will still have to sign off on it But my concern is later on down the line if amendments are made That's what we've seen in other countries that Yeah, where you meant it was very regulated and and and now I mean there There was a story of a girl. I mean, I remember reading the article You know in an actual newspaper online who who Had suffered with depression chronically for 12 years and two two doctors signed off in european country for for her assisted dying and and Whilst I don't deny that woman was an extreme emotional pain Um, my concern is the regulation around it. You know But I suppose well a big conversation we often have is that you know, we need to see You know poor mental health The same way we we see physical health. So I suppose that's the argument I would like to think that if this does come in Um, this is the other part that concerns me is that if this comes in It's kind of then an opt out to invest in services to help people who don't want to available this You know, I wouldn't like to see that. I wouldn't like to see resources stripped back Because there is this other option I mean, there are the gps feel that this will change necessarily this will change, you know Care of the elderly end of life care palliative care hospice care that you know, once this is introduced that changes an awful lot of stuff But uh, deputy printer, I think there's a couple of votes in the doll on this was it geno kelly's bill Is that his second name? Uh, did did you vote on this yet? Uh, was it yes? No? What's your The general forward a bill to uh, allow for a citizen and and um, it was the private members bill and I think from memory it was it was Passed them, but delay the inflammation. It was delayed to allow for the the committee report to happen and basically Basically what the situation is now is that the committee has reported and made recommendations Now then what happens is the government has to draft legislation and then that legislation then will come before it all and be debated and And pass them as well. So I don't know whether it'll come before the end of this government. I'm not sure about that Um, and also, you know, it is it is a very difficult situation as a situation and I am as Really outlined as very significant for somebody that could potentially be directly affected by it and um And you know and I would I would the one thing I would say is that the as far as I understand it the Let the illnesses that would be allowed. This will be allowed for in the prognosis Would be very tightly tightly controlled and you know, and we have to make sure that that is the case And and it's a very personal decision as well for the people that are involved in it, obviously and we've had high profile cases of um That people who who wanted to so are you minded to vote in favor of it? If if the checks and balances that you talk of were there, you know what I mean? I know there's a bit hypothetical here, but but basically Do you find yourself leaning towards the fact that you probably could back something if it was set up the right way? Yeah, I think so. Um, I think that it's something that um If said or probably and with the proper checks and balances and there it could be it could be something that would Would help a certain amount of people But we have to we have to make sure that It helps the people that want to help but the people that don't want that are also getting getting help there as well You know and that's that's vitally important. Yeah, but the problem is is though What we do know is that when something is legislated for that very quickly that legislation can change uh, you know like We're not get we literally don't have the time but Maybe sort of the abortion system we have in this country at the moment is very different to Uh, what was put to the people to vote on some would feel as well And I think maybe that might carry over into this But unfortunately, we don't have time to tease that tease that out. Um, unless someone thinks I've said something wrong there It needs clarification now. We're happy enough Well, the only thing is that um Uh Legislations should be able to respond and to be able to change and the only only alternative is as we say right? No, you can't do it and leave things as they are and that that leads people in a traumatic situation that We'll have to deal with they will have to deal with in the future without any support from society and I think that's wrong Right deputy thomas pringle. Thank you very much for your time. It's about 60 40 in favor of you having no beard I'm not sure if you care But that's that's where Like there at the top of my head All right, take care thomas. Thanks very much indeed deputy thomas pringle. I'm a lovely having you on the show Thank you so much for all of your time. Have a lovely day and last but certainly not least a good friend of the show Dr. Peter a rock. Thank you for your time. Peter Take care of yourself. Okay. 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However, w pringle told today's nine two noon show He would have a number of serious questions not least why the government hadn't done so already W pringle told greg hughes He believes successive governments contributed to the crisis because their policy was geared more toward developers than insuring regulation However, he said if there was a genuine and credible commitment, he would have to carefully consider it That's actually would benefit the people of dunning gall but it would actually benefit the whole country nationally as well because there's a huge amount of defective products building products going to come to late and coming to late Read across the country. So that and the the great thing about the people's document is that it says that the They have to learn from the crisis and they have to make sure that it doesn't happen again And that's very important. And so if time and hours came to me and said, yeah, look in the next year We're going to sort this out But then that's that's something that I would have to think very seriously about The new irish medical organization president says non-consultant hospital doctors are under unsustainable pressure An imo survey found 77 of non-consultant hospital doctors report being pressurized by their employers to work extra shifts Leading to some claiming they're working on safe hours It's one of the issues under discussion at the imo's a gm Which is into its second day in calarney Well, the organization's new president dunning gall gp dr Dennis mccawley says an agreement to limit the working hours of junior doctors is already in place But he says the government has yet to implement it Number junior doctors are those doctors that are not only there to admit you but these are the doctors who are doing the operations Most of the day doing the odd odd operations at night and they're still working illegal hours There is an agreement with the government in relation to Rationalizing their hours to make it much safer for them and their patients, but that hasn't been implemented yet So this chief operating officer says there are significant challenges in recruiting a consultant Endocrinologist for letter kennie university hospital The consultant post has been vacant since august of last year at present consultancy services are being provided on a 12 hours a week outpatient basis So the ant hospital management say they remain fully committed to the further development and enhancement of the Rita's services in letter kennie Councillor Jerry mcmonigal who raised the issue at a recent regional health board meeting says the difficulties in recruiting consultants Must be addressed the pressures That staff are under at letter kennie university hospital It's not portraying a good image in relation to working conditions at the hospital Consultants always seem to be under pressure as doing nurses and cds and all that there So we need to fill all the vacant posts that there is I think management need to have a long term view I know they're trying their best they have that For some reason we're still not attracted to the necessary number of consultants that we need to provide a proper health service here in dunagal There's been a very dramatic 90 rise in the level of investment fraud over 25 million euro Was stolen from victims of investment fraud in 2023 Almost equal to the figure from the previous two years combined with more. Here's tara duggan Investment fraud is where criminals pose as finance managers and lure people into investing money into schemes or companies that don't exist Gardier warning that over 55 cases have already been reported in the first two months of this year With cold calling and social media among the methods used Men are most likely to fall victim and in some cases the sums involved are large One case reported in may of last year involved a man in his 60s who transferred 300 000 euro after being contacted online Another involved a woman who had 50 000 euro stolen after responding to a social media ad About a cryptocurrency investment Gardier advising people to always get financial and legal advice And check by the central bank website to see if companies are regulated And an increasing number of farmers across the country are facing financial crisis due to what they describe as a catastrophic winter It comes as dunagal faces a yellow wind warning from 5 a.m. To 8 p.m. Tomorrow with the approach of storm kathleen Public expenditure minister pascal dana who says he doesn't plan to give more money to the department of agriculture But would engage with officials to see what can be done within their existing resources The ifs president francey gorman has been outlining what they need to happen now Including the fast tracking of payments all current payments that are due to farmers that are due to farmers Fast-tracked we look for easy and accessible credit to be available for merchants at the banks But we're getting into a situation Particularly with the weather And that's coming at the weekend where more may be needed and if that's the case The government are going to have to come up with a package to support farmers to get them out of this difficult period And there is bad weather on the way at the weekend cloudy and blustery today with scattered showers and fresh to strong southerly winds some dry and isolated sunny spells possible to this afternoon as the showers die out Highs of 11 to 14 becoming rather overcast as clouds clear this evening Fresh southerly winds will strengthen though as rain arrives later tonight heavy at times It'll stay mild with overnight lows of 10 to 12 very windy tomorrow morning with storm cately tracking north across the atlantic coast Very strong and gusty southerly winds severe gusts in exposed areas from early in the morning Scattered showers spreading before easing later as cately moves to the north tomorrow's highs 11 to 13 That's island radio news back with headlines again at 11 o'clock. 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But before we get onto that, interested in your views on this subject, because we read that public liability and employer insurance premiums rose by 8% in 2022. At the same time, profit margins for insurance companies increased by over 50%. A new central bank study also found the cost of public and employer liability settlements is down 43 million on 2019 levels. Businesses in the accommodation and food sector saw the largest premium increases with some reporting rises of 24%. Brian Hanley from the Alliance for Insurance Reform says recent moves by the government to tackle the increases have failed. So premiums on the up, profits on the up, up, up. What's going on, Seamus? Unpack that for us. Yeah, yeah. I think it needs to be solved, really, Greg, to do that. But it has been another report, and it's one that I think people should and will sit up and take notice. Because I suppose firstly we have to consider all the different strands of society that this impacts on.  Then you have community groups and you have sporting groups. And this is a serious impact on those types of organisations, especially the voluntary ones and the sporting ones. We're finding it nearly nigh on impossible to get adequate cover and some are actually tied into the one insurer. And that's for, as a point that has been brought up, is because of lack of competition. They're leaving that segment of the market. So there's very little actual competition in it. But the headline as you make it stark, so it is, the premiums are going up, the claims are coming down. For so long, we heard about that, that the premiums were driven by the levels of claims. In the particular year of reference, the 2000 and 22, they're down by 33%, a full third. But yet, the premiums are up by a full 8% in this particular sector. Now, what's all interesting is this is all that only came out, this report, Cabinet Secretary, I think yesterday morning, there has been very few insurers actually come on the media, shows like yourself, and try to justify this because when you dig down into it, for so long, they said, oh, it was the cost of claims, it was the cost of settlements, it was legal costs, that drum has been beaten for years. So what they've done to try to deal with that is they've now introduced new judicial council guidelines to make recommendations for personal injury awards, so that people have some idea what level of damages they will get. We thought that that would be a sensible approach. That's by the way being challenged at the minute in the Supreme Court. So that may or may not stand, but we'll wait and see. This is a prediction though, and this is also quite stark. I believe now that the level of claims as a result of the new judicial guidelines will be on the increase because the awards that are being made by the Injuries Resolution Board are at such a level that they're going to be challenged through the courts, and that will have a knock-on effect of actually increasing claims rather than reducing them. Now, only time will tell whether that comes to pass or not, but if that does then, then you could be in a situation where claims are actually up as a result of these activities and premiums even go up further. What's the knock-on effect of that? It's back to the small community groups, sporting groups, local businesses, find it nigh-on impossible. So they're rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic here. This really is going over. It's another report and by their intermeddling actually with the system, the PIAB is now called the Injuries Resolution Board. I think the knock-on effect is that claims are actually going to actually escalate up. There has been two books of quantum. This is interesting since 2003, and that gives guidelines as to what awards should be. This satisfied with that, the insurance groups lobbied to have a new set of guidelines introduced. In April 2021, the Judicial Council gave effect to that, and there's now a new Judicial Guidelines recommendations, which in practical terms has reduced the level of claims compensation down to about a third of what they were at. But why is that? This isn't really being broadcast or being highlighted at all, but if that is the reality of it, what's the knock-on effect of that is those claims will be challenged by people like myself because they're inadequate. What does that do? That puts up the costs further, and in a lot of cases, a lot of them cases that are challenged are successful, I have to say. So the awards will be higher, and the knock-on effect of that will be a miller-increasing premium. So what's the function then of this book of quantum? The function of it was meant to be to reduce the... Yeah, but how come so many awards are not using those guidelines then? It's not a picketary. Yeah, well, dealing with that, they come in, and it's a very interesting point because they come in in 2021. This report is in the ratio to the year 2022. Those were cases that were in the pipeline pre-those guidelines that were under the old book of quantum. So there would have been actually higher, 76 or 77% of them were under the old guidelines. So that would have attracted even higher damages. But what's happening now is the Injuries Resolution Board has to adopt the new guidelines, which, as I said, are coming in at somewhere near around a third of the damages. And the net effect and the knock-on effect of that is that they will be challenged. And we'll see whether the Supreme Court knock it down or not. It may not do. But the insurance industry as it stands and with the setup currently, rather than the desired effect of reducing claims, where we're at now, I see claims going up and I see costs going up because the Injury Board, the awards that are being made are not adequate and they're being challenged by lawyers and rightly so. Yeah, and of course, all those litigation costs and what have you then? And that's that, yes. And that builds in. And to be perfectly straight about it again, there's been studies, multiple studies on it. They can, when a case comes to court, and I have to say not that many of them do. And percentage-wise, you might be down to maybe 10, 12, 15% at the very max at that sort of level. But if they go all the way to court, they could add 40% to the value of the case by the time you cover costs. So what's the solution? Not only the cost, not only is it the cost of the claimant, that's the plaintiff, the person challenging, but the cost of the insurance company to defend it. So that's how it again drives up premiums. So then is it a case then that we have to throw everything out of the baby with the bathwater or more realistic awards through the Book of Quantum, I think it's called, isn't it? Does that need to be revisited? So that is referenced more and it becomes a middle ground between the person making a claim and the insurance companies. Yeah. Well, that's fair to say. It's now actually the Book of Quantum, which I always thought was adequate enough. It was making reasonable awards. This was the second book. That one is now being reformed. And the issue now is that the new guidelines that are being put in place to replace that have reduced the level of recommendations down to about a third of it. And there is the nub of it and that's what's going to result in the challenges. That's my conviction. So it would be very interesting for you to have some of your insurance representatives to try to come on and justify this. And again, I'm saying the knock on effect for community sporting groups, businesses, small businesses such as our own and all that is phenomenal. Right. Challenge accepted. Leave it with us. Hi, Greg. Could you ask Seamus? I'm looking for advice on my rights as a consumer. I bought a car in January in a private sale. It was advertised on a well known car website. We probably can all work out what that was. It's a seven year old car. At the time, I was told it had no mechanical issues. The car was running fine until a few weeks later. A lot of things started to go wrong and I took it to a dealer. After the car went through the diagnostics, it showed many issues. And as a result, to fix the car will cost more than I paid for it. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the original advert, only that the car is absolutely immaculate. Well, there's a website called the Way Way Back Machine, which might help you in that regard. But anyway, do I have any rights or combat because I'm paying for the car and I can't afford to fix it? So they took out a loan, Seamus. They've bought it on one of the websites. A private sale between two individuals. They were told the car was fine. Their dealer now says that the car's got a whole host of problems. Do they want to know? Do they have any recourse? Well, look, you can understand how this happens.  And, you know, there's a tract of looking bargains and consumers are drawn into them. And these situations have the God recourse. The only little salvo of hope that I have, and it is small, I have to say, unfortunately, is that you mentioned the words absolutely immaculate, or they say the reference that has been, that it was represented to them. And under the law, you might be able to make the claim that that is misrepresentation of a product. And trying to induce one into a contract and it's false. And therefore, you would mount a challenge on that with regard to the cost of the car and the replacement and the damages that would follow. But the caveat, and it's a major caveat. In these situations, I have always recommended to people if it's too cheap to be right, it's probably wrong. But if you want to go down that avenue, get a mechanic motor engineer, someone you know, or someone who was well versed in the motor industry, to go along with you when you're viewing it and carry out a few tests. It might sound very straightforward and common sense, but it's not that common. These diagnostic machines are quite portable, believe it or not, too. You could have one of them or someone with you that could use them and check it out. And do that check on it and then package your money if you so wish. But it's caveat, mentor, and this type of situation. Buy or beware because the individual, and you've said it there yourself, that the bought it from is a private person. It's an individual selling it. They can say, I'm not a mechanic. I don't know anything about cars. I'm just selling the car. I'd want to get my best price for it. What's wrong with that? So if you stick to your dealer and somebody who's in the trade and you buy from them, well, then you have a recourse. So the person is in the situation where the car would cost more to fix than it costs. They can't afford to fix it to make it road-worthy and they can't afford to buy another car. It's a horrible, horrible situation they find themselves in because they've got a pile of scrap that's worth nothing. But the truth be told, they won't have any success pursuing this with a private seller, will they? Well, yeah. The only little salvo, as I just said at the start, but they're going to have to invest money in it. And they have already said they've spent money and they're not going to, the car's not even going to be worth fixing, get putting back to where it was at. You'd have to arm yourself with a motor engineer's report for starters. And that's going to cost money. Not sure they're entitled to be paid for that, whether the case goes ahead or not. And then you would probably, I would think, launch your attack anyway under the heading of the absolute immaculate point that was made and say, this was misrepresentation and you're going to pursue it down that route.  And there's going to be funding involved of that. There'll also be the added hassle and stress of it going forward. So whether you're going to be successful. And this will be waived at you all the time when this was a private individual that was doing the deal. And you should have gone and looked about it properly and had the car assessed by an appropriate expert before you bought it. I mean, I've sold a couple of things in the past on these websites. And then you've got Facebook Marketplace, which is another entity altogether. And I have sold them in all honesty in good condition as far as I was concerned. But that doesn't mean, as you said, I'm not, that does not mean that in a week's time the head casket could go and the engine's gone. And genuinely, I would have. And in your opinion, you're just developing that. In your opinion, it was an absolutely immaculate. If you wish you would. Never get you any bother at all. And now suddenly it's given trouble. So that applies right across the board. And it's unfortunate. Whether the person wants to invest money and go down that route that I've suggested or cut their losses entirely up to them. It's a very unfortunate one. More questions answered from Seamus after these. Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at highlandradio.com. Have you entered our 10,000 euro home makeover jaw? If the answer is yes, you are now automatically entered into our extra cash giveaway. If the answer is no, then now is the time to enter. 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However, they are under the umbrella of what's called capital acquisitions tax, which is gift tax and inheritance tax, which is all come under the one. And we do deal with that type of situation that arises. What's of interest is that we're talking about, obviously, a nephew or a niece. So the tax threshold is set on that at 32 and a half thousand subject to correction. So that's the value that you can inherit or take as a gift without paying tax. And there after then you pay 33%. So that's a very heavy tariff once you get above that on the difference. The caller says it's an evaluation of 150 on the house. So you're talking about that much in between. What's the scenario or is there a way of dealing with it where that won't arise? Well, there are exceptions to the rule like there are in many situations. And one that arises in this case that it would certainly be worth looking at that if this is going to be the primary home of this individual and if they've lived in it for three years before that, they've mentioned it's a will. So it hasn't been transferred yet. If they live in it for three years prior to the death of the deceased and it becomes their family home, well, then that an exemption kicks in. Once they keep it for another six years that don't sell it within six years, that'll be clogged back if you do that. But if you live in it as your home, then you would be able to claim that exemption, which is a very useful tool. So it is just to bear in mind. That'd be what I would be looking at if it was considering this situation. And there's still time enough probably to move on because the caller believes that it's been left in a reality situation. So in a reality situation, I think that the liability, according to your figures, somewhere around 35, 40,000 euro, right? How vigorously do they pursue you for that? I mean, is that a bill that you're instantly liable for and they will pursue you for? I've never really heard of sort of what happens next in those scenarios. Yeah, well, what happens next is not that palatable, Greg, usually, and that's what arises. If a death like that triggers in, the revenue are quite entitled to collect it.  Well, then you have to look at the asset and say, well, I might have to, yeah, there has to be a return made on that gift or inheritance at the end of the next financial year, that year end, so that their returns made to the revenue and that triggers then the tax and then they will raise that as a liability. Now, how they go about collecting it, that's entirely a matter for themselves. But even if they didn't want to force a sale of the house, they could convert it into a judgment and registered as a charge. So if the column is then going to go to a bank to get a mortgage, that'd be there ahead of them. So it wouldn't be very attractive for a lending institution point of view. But I'd be saying there, probably thinking about, well, if that's the type of liability that triggers in, the individual would be better at going to a bank first and then being able to fund it, maybe raising a small loan in mortgage.  So by raising in mortgage or against it then and so they can sort out the liability to the revenue, that leaves them with the asset. All right, have to pay it back to mortgage, but they'll hopefully be able to live with that sort of at a monthly rate. It's just not the largest sum. Yeah, they'll have a 150 odd euro, 150. The reality is though that it is connectable and it is connected. You need to be ahead of it really, actually, by the size of it. Absolutely, that's what I'm trying. A bit of forward planning, maybe have a chat with whoever, you know, you would know in that particular area, but it's not too late. And if you are ahead of it and do it right and a bit of financial planning, you know, it might kick in at all. Yeah, okay. One more on wills, actually, before we have another one on a different issue. We have a large family. My mum went into a nursing home and has left our family home to just one child. This has already happened by transfer of deeds to that person's name. Now, this house is being rented out. Can this be done? Yes, on the face of that question, I don't see any reason for it not being done and the person acting quite lovely and doing so in that. They have said that the transfer has already been completed. Now, for a transfer from one party to another in family, there's a requirement since around 2013 or somewhere around then that you need two legal representatives, one to represent the person who is the donor given away and the other one who is receiving it. So that keeps everything right. And obviously, if the transfer and the registration has gone through, it's the individual who's the owner who is renting it. So as it's phrased, I don't see an issue with that. If it was a situation where the transfer has not gone ahead, well, then there might be a little bit more involved. What happens if you own a property and have a fence around it? Our fence has been knocked down constantly. This is at great cost for the people to repair. It'll cost €1,200 for concrete posts. Who's left to pay for it? The cars were actually pulled out, but they never say who they are. They don't come and tell you they've knocked your fence. So this is obviously on the side of the road. Cars leave in the road, tossing the fence, and the person doesn't necessarily know who's doing it. It's not neighbourly activity. And you can see where they're coming from. The responsible party, and going back to where we started, it's an insurance matter really. It's a claim against the insurer of the vehicle that crashed into the fence. And the owner obviously would be cited. So the point I think that arises in practical terms is to identify the vehicle that's involved, et cetera, and how do you go about that? And does that have to be used in some form of investigation or maybe some type of CCTV coverage or whatever. But it does give rise to a claim. If that happens, it's an accident. And obviously it may be unfortunate, but it gives rise to a third party claim against the vehicle. Whoever is responsible for the vehicle that demolished the fence in the first place, and the costing should be got off it and then pursued. Yeah, and also if it's surrounding a house, there's a possibility, depending on the home insurance policy they have, that the repair of that fence might be covered. But the people are saying this has happened all the time. Yes, it would, it may very well, and that's a good enough point to make, but the insurer of that won't be too happy with that. Because they'll be saying, well, look, it's not their insurer who caused this damage. It's a third party. So if, and that would be a very comprehensive type of plan you would have now, if it covered a third party damage in your problem. But let's say it did, that insurer would likely then pursue a claim if the cottage ought to identify the vehicle and the owner of it against them. So I think, and you'd want to look very clearly at your insurance policy to be sure that you would be able to claim on the home cover for somebody else's damage. Yeah, true. Lastly, neighbour has five dogs. They're constantly barking, Seamus, when the owner is not there. They don't bark as much when the owner is there. Now this caller at a desperation has contacted the dog warden, but the barking is still happening. Have you any advice Seamus? It's a very, it's a very awkward situation and it can be common enough. Is it creating a nuisance and it's, it might be ruining the enjoyment of their own property and their own home. So if it is getting to that stage, you're talking probably about if they've gone to, I was going to suggest the dog warden to have a word with them and see where they can move on from there. But if not, you're talking about some type of, some type of claim and looking for damages and regarding, regarding nuisance, where you go with it, you're going to be investing a lot of money. My advice in these situations has been for years is be real, be practical, you know, be neighbourly. I know again, it sounds like common sense, but there's not that much of it about, but if it can be adopted and save people an awful lot of money. Yeah, I don't think that's going to be a runner.  It sounds like one that you could degenerate to solicitors letter and then you're taking it from there, you know, and try to mark it with some sort of a case and saying, well, you know, this is, this is actual nuisance. Now when it's causing distress, the family and all the rest of it, so you better do something about it and then challenging that and bringing that down the court route and invest money in it and maybe getting measuring the noise and everything else that goes with it and get very technical and get quite expensive. Yeah, build your own house in the middle of nowhere, but you can't do that now either anyway. Okay, Sheamus system. Thank you very much indeed for your time as always. Sheamus gone and beglocking gone and Cole Remelton in letter Kenny, you can search online and get all the contact details or actually just go straight to the website, Sheamus. Just as handy, Greg, just as handy gone.ie if you want to go solicitor.ie GUNN, thanks very much indeed. 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Yeah, so we have a jet stream that's a bit further south and we have these low pressure systems which are moving up from the south, coming from the kind of southwest of Ireland and tracking north into the south of Ireland and moving up, as you say, unusually that means that the south of the country has seen the brunt of the weather, especially with rainfall, with Malin and Macehead, the only two stations that were below average rainfall for the month of March. So we should be all heading to Donegal on our holidays for the spring, I think, by the sounds of Greg based on that. But Storm Kathleen is a little bit different. It's going to track up along the west coast and it is going to bring, well, it will bring it into the south and the west. It's going to bring it right across the country. So it is going to be a storm that's going to impact the whole island, the entire Tartatou counties. I see some of the maps that you posted. There seems to be a particular concentration of rain in the south and southwest. So what does the weather have in store for us here in the northwest then over the coming couple of days? So you're looking at very strong winds tomorrow from early morning radio right through the day and the unusual part about it for the northwest is it's going to stay very windy even into Sunday morning. So while the yellow warning comes into operation at 5 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m., it is actually still going to be very windy in the northwest, especially right through Saturday night into Sunday and even Sunday up until around lunchtime we're still looking at winds in excess of gusting over 90 kilometers an hour in Donegal. So we may well see a wind warning possibly for the northwest that could be extended. The rainfall will mainly come before Storm Kathleen tonight and again then there will be showers tomorrow but there will be good Sunday spells as well and then some more heavy showers on Sunday before unfortunately more very heavy rain moves up from the south again on Sunday night into Monday. So we have very heavy rainfall and that's why the weather charts have posted showed a high rainfall totals by Monday evening we're looking at over 100 millimeters in the southwest. Now the northwest will escape a lot of that but you're still looking possibly 30 to 40 millimeters of rain which obviously on top of saturated ground is not going to help the farmers or anybody trying to do any horticulture etc outdoors. I mean it's just having a shocking impact on particularly on potatoes or the potential potato harvest and obviously once you sort of go into next week and beyond it's educated guesswork to some extent the further out you go any indications of anything positive from a weather perspective? Yeah so we have kind of unsettled weather up until the middle of next week but the weather models are starting to trend towards some high pressure trying to move up from the south around the middle of the month so around 10 days time now as you say once you go that far it is a little bit more uncertain and at this moment in time it is hope. I should also mention that you know high pressure moving up from the south doesn't always reach done equal so it may be that the south does get a break from the rainfall but maybe not the northwest but look we live in hope that maybe from around the middle of the month we will see a change in the weather patterns and high pressure might well extend to all areas so it might be just enough hope to keep the farmers going for another 10 days. Fingers crossed. All right Alan listen thank you very much as always greatly appreciated. Alan all righty there of Call or Weather and you can check out Call or Weather on a plethora of social medias Facebook, Twitter, X and threads as well actually. Right okay John Wilkes with us now hi John. Greg Hughes are you this morning? I'm doing broadly okay actually thank you very much indeed. Now come here John you've been out and about looking at things far more pretty than me. I'm always out and about Greg. Far more pretty than me. I'm always out and about doing stuff you don't. You were at Errigal recently and you're just the latest voice on this one. I'm going to have to get somewhere with this eventually. Talk to me about your experience and what you think. Before I could phone the council I have to phone yourself first. You know what I'm saying? I'll get you through that. Absolutely. But come here I know there's all sorts of things going on in the world and we have a lot of issues in the country and the county but we have a big issue down at Errigal where people are used in the mountain as a toilet and we need to maybe get a dry toilet. I was talking to a few other people about it there and I'm an advocate of Errigal because it's in the county it's the tallest mountain blah blah blah 751 meters 200 and whatever thousand feet or 200,000 feet 2,000 feet whatever no or more and a lot of visitors and they have nowhere to go to the toilet. Off. You know so So like I mean at the bottom obviously it would make sense because people could you know go to the bathroom before they took up this climb is I haven't been up yet John I'm ashamed to say but I will Well come here now we'll have to organise that Greg Yeah for sure no bother and I mean that genuinely but is there an option midway up for some sort of a facility like this is you know the jewel in the crown phrase is often used isn't it but this truly is and there's very few things that are embraced as much by visitors as they are by locals as well Absolutely I'm actually talking about people the locals all the time I mean I met a man there who's 80 years of age coming down at 8 o'clock in the morning I mean there's lots of people doing that you know that's great now with the walk and the path and I know they spent about 700 and up to a million euro on the path but it'd be amazing just to get that car park extended and maybe get a few portals to see how it goes and I know there's a village there and I know there for a committee and all that but it's just when people come down they want to go up the hill back down again and to the car and away but then we have an issue now with traffic because there's lots of people doing it that's safer now with a new path and everything but that's just a little bit lovely to see maybe some of the councillors coming on there and talking about it maybe and see could they give it a wee bit untaught you know I see from your picture there's probably about 2022 cars in the car park and then the cars start queuing up don't they on the far side of the road and it's kind of a quick part of the road whether we like it or not and I don't know when this was taken but I don't think it's a peak time this picture was taken either John so no no that's that was Tuesday there after the Easter so it'll be quiet so that's that's quiet but the car park is full that's a quiet the car park is full that's full of the night yeah yes that's full from nine o'clock in the morning so look as warranted maybe some of the councillors would need to say listen we'll get the thing right here maybe try the portal to see how it works on I know there's issues very rubbish then and I know all that's kind of correct maintenance I think we yeah it always comes down to that I think all I'm trying to say is really and I'm so sorry it's just it's just an issue and that's rubbish and that's you know but it'll be amazing I think you get the figure out now maybe a couple of portals to see how it goes because as I say I met people last year from California six ladies actually and they said oh could we use the restroom around here you know the regular Americans that's all I'm so sorry I would don't have one oh so if people coming from all over the place to climb our highest and we have no facility for them yeah shameful really isn't it you know we should find we should be able to find a way yeah even if you have to spend the penny to spend the penny do you know what I mean even if it's well look you know that's not we shouldn't be afraid of even in the town park another good facility you know there's a there's a restroom up there whatever you toilet and you know and it would need to be done now and the safety aspect just take that on to it that's all and also inclusion because you know people have different abilities in terms of well capacity to hold I was talking to Jennifer Daherty there recently and I think we're going to claim it now before she goes away to Kilimanjaro again so you know people with disabilities you know things like that there if we really want to include everybody we should include everybody on how the amenities for people that's all all right you know okay listen thanks very much for that John as well keep up the great work Greg keep up the great climb probably the stuff that you do take care John Wilkie there um listen we've heard it oops what a drop we've heard the same thing so many times that are we 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I'm good very good thank you it's great to have you on board and also we have I'm messing with the headphones yes are you not okay we also have I suppose you could say Donnie Goll's answer to Donnie Goll's answer to I didn't come here to be insulted like this I could go anywhere I haven't said it yet I'm convinced I haven't said it yet we also have Donnie Goll's answer to Eddie the Eagle Edwards it's my it's Michael the tit Eddie you can choose your color ah we're going to be tipped off here hello Greg how was it tipped to bird? it's his bird I know it's weirdly I was looking at the Eddie the Eagle IMDB page last night because I was oh my god that's freaky it is freaky Dexter Fletcher see the end of that cable yeah yeah yeah right is it plugged in? yeah I'm going to unplug it I'll do that now yeah do that now but you're trying to finula okay so we are going to be discussing all things telly, stage, big screen and all that with our guests Michael and Finula we want you involved in the conversation as well 08, 60, 25,000 WhatsApps and texts what's the volume like all good let me see can you hear me through the headphones? I can hear nothing through the headphones what about now oh anything yes coming up uh I'll adjust the volume control where you plug the headphones in okay okay yeah we could have done this in advance look at Finula's looking at me as if to say am I paying you for this? well it's not that it's like how often has Michael been in that studio and he didn't know how to use the mic use the headphones okay how okay I turned it up now how do I turn it back down again be nice hello Finula hello how are you? I'm very well right okay before we get into it right there's two things I want to mention a special request we want to say very very best to Linda and Derek's daughter Emma McGrawty and Mark Graham they're getting married today in St Union's Cathedral letter Kenny and that's from us all at Highland Radio you went through this not so on go daughter get married did you Finula what's it like? I did oh it's a mixture of all kind of emotions and things I ended up being very stalwart until suddenly I was bawling crying walking down the aisle so all the photographs of me walking her down the aisle looked like I'm actually holding in an emission it's but you've just gotten while soft all of a sudden I know I know and now I have my grandson so it's even more it's even worse I'm not even worse but no it's wonderful for Linda they'll have an amazing day and Emma's really like a Highland baby as her parents met through Highland Radio so her Highland family wishes her a wonderful wonderful day and just one other a little update on a nice note Emma who was the guest on the show today the wee Donagol Mammy as she's known she was on with us earlier in the week and she was talking about talking about her children and one of her daughters were required to scan and it was really it was a really moving conversation but just an update on that an anonymous person following that conversation has come forward to a family friend and donated the cost for Makayla to get the scan and Emma says I can't thank all at Highland Radio enough for getting the story out there okay so that's brilliant Emma I hope that's given you in the family a lovely lift heading into the weekend shall I do one more could you wish Marie Gill of Chrystlemore Burnford a very happy 50th birthday today from all her family and friends her work colleagues in the harbour in Bunkranna congrats on half a century half a century not out of making the world brighter best wishes from all your friends fabulous and 50 50 and fabulous 50's no age it's no age no age at all no things have changed right okay let me see we'll go to you Finula first I'll take it in the order you put it it will start with channel four big mood I've seen a lot of trailers for this it's a comedy isn't it now it has been advertised as a comedy oh this is not a good start yeah it has been advertised as a comedy and I and not just I was a lot of the critics are kind of saying it's it's not a comedy they sort of sit down and laugh to it's more that occasionally witty barbs and you know they find themselves in funny situations but you're never you're never gonna laugh out loud about it but in that it is very good but I'm kind of a bit cautious about it I've only watched the two of them that were just aired it started last week and it's on tonight I think again is the is the next two are gonna be on it stars Coda Kotlin who is from Derry Girls that people will know but she's also actually from Ornmore which is where I am now here in Galway and her sisters went to school with my sisters so we always have a big interest in her career here could you pick that up off the floor though because I think Finula dropped a name I don't know this girl at all I don't know her name I don't know her big sisters I know her big sisters that's all I know the way don't let's over to pick the name up oh yeah but so this is her new thing that's out so she has this out and then obviously at the end of this month Bridgerton is out and she's going to be one of the key characters in Bridgerton this year Big Mood is herself and girl at Lydia West and they're best friends and they're living in London she's an author and kind of actress or trying to be more than successful and her friend then runs a pub and what it becomes apparent over the course of very quickly is that that she suffers from the Olivia Nicola Cuthins character suffers from bipolar disorder so you can see when she's kind of a little bit manic and then when she has her downtime you know as her mood swings so that's really what it's based about it is good I know I watched it with my daughter and she's obviously way younger than me and she enjoyed it and she's probably more the audience that is kind of set for her I'd be very concerned about where it's going to go though as it deals with I mean I'm sure it does deal with it sensitively but you know one of the lines in it was where the friend is having problems with this pub that she runs and you know Nicola Cuthins character offers to help her and she's like no you're the one that has the issues and I'm the one that you know makes everything right you're the one that has problems and I'm the one that fixes everything and you wonder about their relationship and how that's going to work out throughout the course of the thing but it is it's very nice it's a half hour there's two on every time that it comes on I think they're dropping the whole lot onto the Channel 4 app which if you don't mind watching a bit of ads isn't too horrendous to use but it's enjoyable and the acting and everything is very good and it does a lot of characters and it's kind of like a crazy 30s sort of an idea you know the way they're old enough that they should know better but still kind of you know still into the partying and that kind of thing that's sort of the vibe that you get from it any interest in this Mike? no yeah things not either but I didn't watch Dairy Girls so I probably need to stop that before I stop talking about doing other things as well all right okay Oh and Dairy Girls was so good and you know I keep being told I mean you don't actually love it because there's a lot of cultural references to the 80s which Mike and I love the 80s we we wallow in the 80s but there's a lot of cultural references before my time well we're very young you see yeah we're very very young yeah I'm actually going to have to get a pair of glasses but it's not because there's anything wrong with my eyes it's just on solidarity with you and Finula they'll probably be clear glass in them probably probably know but it's just to sort of say right like Clark Kent's glasses make you feel better okay so that's big mood on Channel 4 and I have to say again the Channel 4 app to me is used probably equally to all the other apps you know it really is quite usable yeah and the ads aren't too intrusive you know Happy Friday says Listener watch the remake of Roadhouse would give it zero out of 10 a complete waste of time Patrick Swayze's original is a classic Conor McGregor shouldn't be let anywhere near a film set again now I half watched this and I intend to go back to it but it's just not good yeah it just isn't any good I've been told that his performance is but even the set up to before he comes into it is just not engaging or good or you don't feel it's a hero you don't care and you're watching it going why is he doing that it does some of it doesn't make sense it's it has the potential to be really really good and then when Conor McGregor comes on like I know he hands it up in real life but it's just yeah it's over the top for him do you look like a lady who's watched him no I