n a moment in time it was misreported her comments so there'll be no rerunning and there'll be respect for the wishes of the people we will show the same are against mary lee mcdonald mary lee mcdonald says the party will return to consideration of the sexist language in the constitution a lot of people in our land don't believe it's sexist language whatsoever you know what is sexist in the constitution uh what is sexist about you know uh recognizing the important role uh women and mothers play this is that sexist may be sexist by not including other people but what like what is sexist about the language in the constitution in your view and in mary lee mcdonald's view though i'm not expecting you to speak on her behalf well i mean the the only references to mothers is not a reference to fathers and of course mothers and fathers have an equal response do you feel threatened by that do you feel threatened as a man uh that that the women's particularly special role in in in caring and raising for children uh and the roles of mothers i don't feel threatened by that i i i i i mean i will never as hard as i try and i try really hard i will never be able to match the relationship i don't think between a mother and their daughter or son i i i understand that i don't think it's sexist language at all i think it's celebrating the very important role that women do have in in the raising of children if you want to change it nad in fellas as well or whatever else okay but what's sexist about i don't see what's it's just to be just to be clear i mean in terms of the role of mothers we know that if we look at our society that's still to this day women do most of the caring uh most of the nursing the nurturing in our society that's so that's a precious role there's no doubt about it um but we do need to say that it's also the responsibility of fathers so mothers and fathers to rare their family and provide for them so of course we cherish the role we just said mother's day there in recent days we absolutely cherish the role of our mother i know i know you're very tight on time uh deputy but i'll ask one more question no i'm okay right i'm i'm happy to say okay the issue i mean is shin fame losing touch though because you know you could argue uh not you actually as much as the party brought more broadly has been behind the curve on the public concerns on a number of issues climate uh immigration and now um now now these referenda i'm not saying that's why the polls aren't looking favorable and it's only a snapshot in time but like you talked about talking to NGOs and getting the what what the NGOs wanted in turn like that is it not the people that you should be polling what do you guys what what how do you want us to represent you and a lot of people now if you and shin fame really is just the same as as the other parties no i mean greg listen i mean i i wouldn't be so arrogant to say that shin fame always get it right i mean sometimes we we make a call you have to make a call you have to be honest and a moment in time and make a call and sometimes you'll get it wrong when you get it wrong you put your hands up but just to be clear i mean you know we have very very huge support across the state i mean if you look at dunny gall we had you know the sport of half the people we've worked extremely hard over the last four years i mean i i can tell you myself our councillors our offices pierce the already office you know we've never worked harder we don't take a single vote for granted we're determined greg if you look at the issues that matter and you know them on your show you know our housing crisis our health service crisis the cost of living challenge and all of these issues and indeed the immigration challenge and you know i've spoken very openly about that issue and the way it's been terribly badly handled in dunny gall where some people are making a huge amount of money and communities are being ignored on a whole range of issues there are the issues that matter to people and i believe shin fame have worked extremely hard to give people an alternative but if you're asking us do we make mistakes yes we do we're human but when you make them put your hands up respect the feedback from the people and get on with it and you know that that's that's the clear message that that we have but you know we made a call listening to the representatives of carers and women and different groups at a moment in time and i think all of us by the way including those campaign groups all of us feel that we were totally let down and failed by an arrogant government that just didn't even lift a finger on the grounds to push a referendum this was their referendum their wording their solo run and they got it wrong there's lessons for us maybe we should be more harsh in our analysis and that's what we learned from all right it's interesting times thanks for that i do appreciate by the way you're coming on which is primarily that's the important thing and as i'm not having a go i'm just trying to reflect as much as is possible what we're getting from the listeners thanks very much deputy porin mclaughlin shin fame chief whip uh oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand that is the whatsapp and text number right uh let's take a quick break the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on highland radio the nine till noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union digital loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account betty morgan talks about her son amen was one of life's givers when he had a sudden brain hemorrhage and sadly died his organ donation helped two people transform their lives it's consoled us so often amen was a giver in life and to know he's a giver of life organ donors save lives make today the day you decide to be an organ donor and let your family know your wishes for more visit hse.ie forward slash organ donation from the 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rerunning a friend any referendum that doesn't go their way what other attacks on democracy will they do if shin fame ever get hands on power now they say that they were uh misquoted in terms of what maryland mcdonnell said i think she did refer to the care referendums being a missed opportunity and something that may be revisited but uh their claim is this now that that was a that was a uh misquotation greg i have a good friend in green castle who has been on the citizens assembly for a year whilst another listener says that they have a friend in letter kenny who's on the citizens assembly which actually uh lets us know that there are people from donagall represented as part of the uh 99 another caller says i was a member of the citizens assembly for the eighth amendment and other issues it was for a year and we met on a regular basis every month i am from letter kenny and have always lived in letter kenny someone knocked my door and asked was anyone in the household interested in taking part in it it was very random i offered my name and i was uh selected i know of two other people from donagall who also sat on the citizens assembly one in the same issue is me and now uh currently on it so there you go there is donagall representation and has been donagall representation on uh the citizens uh on the citizens assembly uh not a great attendance at the shin fame public meeting in karagart last night has shin fame star burnt not only in donagall and throughout the country following their stance on the referendum i don't know that was one that was one uh event i don't know what the ups and downs of that is uh magdalen rogers is executive director of neurological alliance of arland and joins us on the program now good morning to you magdalen good morning to you greg and your listeners great to have you on the program okay um we're going to talk about the launch of the third phase of uh the um alliances patients deserve better campaign talk to me a little bit about the the neurological alliance and the role it plays absolutely so our alliance and it's very timely to be talking to you today greg because this is national brain awareness week taking place all this week to highlight um neurological conditions throughout arland so the neurological alliance is an umbrella of 30 national patient organizations and it includes organizations like the multiple sclerosis society alzheimer society of arland Parkinson's disease association a wide range of organizations supporting the staggering 800 000 irish people that live with neurological conditions what um what what do patients deserve better from we're going to focus on letter kenny obviously because he's speaking to a station in the northwest but i know uh you're looking to improve supports in uh bantry mail port leach and wexford as well but when we talk about improving supports for uh patients um with a neurological condition what does that look like what are we talking about we're really talking about supports greg all the way through and for improving access to diagnosis for people with these serious brain conditions but also right the way through for treatment care long-term care many of these conditions are lifelong conditions people are living you know people are living a number of years um with these conditions so it's very much about getting them access to the right supports and the campaign that we're launching today the third patients deserve better campaign is about that diagnosis piece about getting people access to their to a consultant uh neurologist and we're looking as you say at letter kenny hospital at the moment there's no i don't think justifiable reason as to why some people have these services close to them and others have to travel great distances to them uh you know everyone in this country plays taxes and and can expect equal care or should be able to expect equal care absolutely and there is a balance between what we call those centers of excellence you know putting expertise in a number of centers around the country and then having access to services like neurology for neurology in particular there's certainly a need for both there's a need for the for expert centers so for rare neurological conditions or various types of conditions that you would get access to specialist care but as you say there's no reason why people in letter kenny shouldn't have access to a consultant neurology service at the moment there is a limited service in letter kenny it's completely inadequate for the needs locally and people are traveling as far either they're traveling to cycle hospital and to to see their neurologist which is you know an incredible you know incredibly taxing journey for people with these chronic long-term neurological conditions yep and as you say we're talking about a lot of people affected 800 000 people are living in arland with a neurological condition those are those that have been uh that have been diagnosed uh and we're talking to you today too on tuesday march 12th it's coinciding coinciding with national brain awareness week so you know the the stars have aligned well in this regard exactly and in the northwest you know there is that particular issue there is no reason why there shouldn't be a dedicated outpatient neurology service for letter kenny as i say sligo is currently providing a visiting service to letter kenny but that's a couple of times a month it's a significant burden on the neurology team in sligo hospital to be making that journey and but as you can imagine it's a more difficult journey for the patients that are actually having to travel to sligo for for what is really routine care to see their neurologist yeah and for some the journey is almost as long and arduous from parts of donagall to letter kenny as it is from letter kenny to sligo so it depends on where you are in the county it can be a great inconvenience i think also too uh we need more openness and transparency whereby the hsc or hsc west actually let us know what the service plan is you know uh is it really because i've spoken to to high ranking hsc people on this show before and they've said look at the bottom line is is if you want the best treatment so the best access to diagnosis and all you are going to travel you're going to have to travel do you know what i mean is that the service plan is that the reality in other words are we are we just you know shouting into the wind here or if we put enough pressure on might the hsc say right okay we do need to increase uh you know neurological services in in in the northwest well i think right that there is recognition and support for that balance that there is a need to to balance that access to specialist care but also for something like access to a consultant neurologist it makes sense to have that service available locally not just for the patient but also for the other staff the other departments within a hospital um very much you know that they have the opinion of a consultant neurologist that's been shown by by research to reduce the length of hospital stays to improve diagnosis to improve patient care so we found and you know talking to the local hospitals we found support for this already the recognition that there should be a service available better service available more accessible service available for patients for a two letter kenny hospital okay listen thank you so much for your time magdalene i really do appreciate you have a lovely day magdalene rogers who's executive director of the neurological alliance of of ireland and look at i'm not wishing to bore anyone or or annoy anyone but we're also hearing this week uh that people's outcomes uh from from cancer are worse in the west northwest um and we i also have spoken to people that literally left donny gall because they've got sick children and moved closer to where services are provided opt and left salt the house and moved there um it shouldn't be the case we should all be treated equally should we not if anyone wants to argue otherwise please give us a call 07491 25 000 but should we not all be treated equal and have the same uh outcomes or the same potential outcomes i heard in the news from uh at 11 there from donal uh this is news that's going to touch a lot of people in different ways of course charlie bird who uh was always well known but i think found a particular place in people's hearts since he started speaking about motor neurone disease um and and i think i think what he did is he allowed more people to talk about it um and for families to speak about it being in their families more even in in in donny gall um he brought it out i think more to the forefront the people understood what motor neurone disease was and and how often it can occur um but very sadly he's passed away at the age of 74 uh he was an iconic reporter of course uh but he died yesterday but it was announced today following his lengthy uh battle with motor neurone disease since his diagnosis uh back in october 2021 charlie bird raised at least 3.4 million euro 3.4 million euro for charities including the Irish motor neurone disease association and pieta through the client for charlie campaign and as i say i think too played a pivotal role in increasing awareness and uh sort of maybe uh giving people the confidence to speak about motor neurone disease very sad to hear that he passed away um obviously you know those the public will feel it on a certain level but of course it's going to be a very personal loss to his close family and friends so thinking on uh them and uh i'm sure his place in heaven is assured with the work that he's done in the last wee while watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union now offering mortgages from 40 000 to 600 000 euro with no hidden fees or transaction charges letter kenny credit union 9102127 i have exciting news to share at mouth for 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seven two nine nine nine it might just save your life e s b networks stay safe and stay clear of electricity wires it's not the purpose of politicals or politicians to search for popular opinion and then follow it it's their job to have their own opinion they talk about working hard they should be working intelligently says a caller shin fane sold out the people and the people will never forget this uh that's coming in from patrick by the way and i'm just reading these as they come in by the way uh i call it wants to know if there are any plans to widen the clon mani roads that came up uh is that the issue that came up not so long ago i don't know of any plans uh podricks backtracking now and they'll regret this in the next election says a listener another regarding the word mother in our constitution there is at least 100 references to the word he in our constitution and not a word about it yet they wanted to take the only reference there was uh to the word mother out okay um that's just some of the coming some of the comments that are coming in so far this morning uh right now i can say good morning uh to dr thomas mcbride who's a retired psychiatrist in uh donnie gall dr mcbride good morning to you thank you so much for joining me today uh thanks greg and thanks caroline for uh invite me on to the show no and we're talking ahead of a vigil uh this evening which is being held at letter cannon university hospital's main gate it's from six to seven p.m and it's in solidarity with the health care workers in palestine who uh and and just listening to to the experiences of health care workers obviously they are enduring what the general population are enduring with their families and and what have you but also at the same time trying to provide health care in in what must be an impossible situation thomas absolutely i suppose i should preface this first of all greg by saying i'm only here speaking on behalf of myself i'm not speaking on behalf of any other health care representative so whatever i'm saying i'm saying uh individually the other thing i'd like to say is what's what's impelled me to move out of my comfort zone and and to be speaking to you is just a the deep sense of shame that i feel personally for having remained silent for as long as i have so with regards to the health situation in gaza and i will try and keep by whatever i'm saying is factual as as as possible and the health system in gaza is is destroyed as we speak there there isn't a health system to speak of i want to quote christopher lockyer who is the director general of medicine sun frontier doctors without borders and in his address to the united nations in february the 22nd he said quote there is no health system to speak off left in gaza israel's military has dismantled hospital after hospital what remains is so little in the face of such carnage it is preposterous he described quote a war in israel is waging on the entire population in the gaza strip a war of collective punishment a war without rules a war at all it costs unquote now i can elaborate and quote melanie ward who is the ceo of medical aid for palestine who stated it's the fastest decline in a population's nutritional status ever recorded what that means is that children are starving at the fastest rate the world has ever known she goes on to say a john lee of save the children director in the occupied palestine palestinian authorities has stated quote what we are witnessing is a mass killing of children in slow motion they are dying because the world has failed to protect them after the flower massacre we remember the flower massacre of february the 29th when people ran to get aid trucks and over a hundred were killed and over 800 were injured he said a queue for lifesaving food became a lineup for death while children are dying for lack of food their parents are dying trying to get it i just want to go on again to quote from the 5th of march the wto director general tedris gibberish aces who reported quote severe levels of malnutrition children dying of starvation serious shortages of fuel food and medical supplies hospitals building destroyed 80 percent of buildings destroyed in north gaza a lack of food has resulted in deaths of 10 children that was on the 5th of march i think the numbers recorded now are in the 30s to 40s and we must remember these are children that are being brought to hospital there are countless children who have died starvation that haven't been recorded their numbers haven't been recorded the united nations have estimated that there are 576 000 facing quote catastrophic levels of food insecurity unquote one in six children under two in north gaza are suffering from quote acute malnutrition unquote addressing the un security council on february the 27th the deputy executive director of the word food program carol saku warned of a quote real prospect of famine by may more than 500 000 a quarter of the population at risk and even before october 20 october 7 2023 two-thirds of the people of gaza were supported with food food assistance greg i'd appreciate if you would allow me just for the listeners to have some idea about just what gaza is and where it is gaza is 25 miles long and it is five to six miles wide so it's less in length than a marathon it is home to 2.3 million civilians 70 percent of the people in gaza are actually refugees or the children and grandchildren of refugees from 1948 war who were ethically cleansed slash expelled slash transferred whatever language you want to use from what is israel now into the gaza strip they have the highest rate of unemployment this is pre pre last october highest rate of unemployment in the world with 50 percent unemployment that goes up to 70 percent for young people 50 percent of the 2.3 million are children they are under the age of 18 so that was the situation before what happened just in relation 2007 yeah sorry i was i just wanted to think because this is important greg from 2007 gaza has been under an extreme blockade by israel they control the sea they control the land they control the air nothing went in and nothing went out without israeli inspection now people say well is there's a rafa crossing that's with egypt why don't they do it from the 1978 agreement with between israel and egypt as i understand it no goods could be imported or exported only through the israeli crossings there's two israeli crossings there's one in the north and there's one in the south so everything that went in and everything that went out was inspected by the israeli of course and all the while too over much of that time that the the enclave has has gotten smaller and now we have a road built effectively across it's been described as a road being built across across the the strip of land which is seen as a further land grab in late december south africa followed its landmark case accusing accusing israel of genocide and one of the one of the identifiable acts of genocide is the dismantling of or the destruction of a health care service it would be very hard to argue that the health care service has not been destroyed and disbanded because we've had doctors and nurses abducted we've had claims that hamas was operating in hospitals which was a way to destroy and decommission those hospitals so by international by international standards the destruction of a health care system is in fact an act of of genocide and tonight you stand in solidarity with these health care workers trying to do what they can with what's available to them we're talking about children too thousands of children are dead many children have suffered very serious injury amputation there's no medicine for them no proper medicine for them they've been reduced to eating wild plants which on occasion are eaten as an accompaniment to a meal but they are wild plants we talk about the threat of a we are talking about the threat of a famine but thousands tens of thousands of children are already effectively they are presenting as if they were from a famine the complete weight loss complete dehydration one nurse's child was taken to hospital so dehydrated that they couldn't find a vein to administer a drip to try and give that child a chance of life and as I say children walking around with arms missing legs missing and no treatment for them I heard a description of the what it sounds like at night in Gaza it's not silent I mean obviously it's the the the sound you hear the sound of explosions and bombs and what have you but I'm told there's a constant murmur grown cry that that just is throughout that area because people are starving they've got no water and they are often sick and don't have any medicine that's what's going on Thomas and you know like the reputational damage of humanity those that lead humanity it's I think it's irreparably damaged because we see how we're acting in terms of what's happening in East Eastern Europe which is horrific as well and then we see the completely different approach to what's happening in the Middle East the public will not accept sort of these juxtapositions anymore they see it for what is going on it is horrendous and history will remember this yeah I absolutely agree with you I mean just again to give a background in 2012 so again this is not just happening now the United Nations reported 10 percent of under fives were experiencing stunted growth 58 percent of gas and school children were anemic 68 percent of 9 to 12-year-old month babies were suffering from anemia 97 percent now it's probably higher of the drinking water in Gaza is not potable for in in 2006 one of the chief advisors to Ehud al-Marth man called Dov Vice-class he explained Israel's policy now mind this was one year before the blockade and when his engagement happened a year before and he said quote it was the policy was to put the Palestinians on a diet but not to make them die of hunger unquote so this is not something that has been happening just since the atrocity and it was an atrocity that no one is defending this has been a policy that has been in place since October since 2007 if you imagine Greg 2007 that is 17 years 17 years that people have been held in Gaza in the largest constant the largest prison camp open air prison camp in the world for the crime of being Palestinian okay so I just want to say as well very briefly Thomas because I've unfortunately have a couple of other items just a very brief comment if you don't mind Thomas because I've just a couple of things that I have to get through before 12 I know it's important but if you could be brief please okay well just I mean if anybody's interested because I don't want people to believe what I have said to you on radio and just take it as facts I would urge people go and read go and read it don't believe what you're being told in the mainstream media don't accept that as gospel go and do your research go and read challenge any of the facts that I have presented with you today come along to the vigil this evening engage with me let's have a dialogue and the vigil although it's been arranged by health care workers it's for everyone to come along to show solidarity with the health care workers and just to stand and witness to what has happened Dr Thomas McBride thank you very much for your time I do appreciate it I'm going to go to Jeremy Jeremy now who is a victim of the defective concrete crisis he joins us on line one Jeremy thanks for the for the time what is your situation and good morning to you good morning hurry thanks for a moment that's important yeah yeah well I just really have a phone on because of where I applied for a plan of question we're doing for the demolition and you have to get up a plan and notice you know what I'm saying I'm at the entrance of the house and when I put it on I'm going to plan on after I come out to look at it there's a water stain on it and I know it's sound friendship but from under use that proof that sounded that way to me but there's a water stain on and they've turned it down and we have to reapply thank you some the photos are exactly what it is beggars this actually beggars believe here for those of you watching the show I'll show it to you and for those that aren't watching I'll explain it to you so the situation is as follows Jeremy has a defective blockhouse he's got okay for demolition he is erected or he's seeking plan of permission has erected a sign the planning permission has now been refused or you'll have to reapply knocking him back for nine weeks and rather remarkably here we're looking at this sign it is because there's a bit of water damage at the bottom but everything I can read everything on that sign Jeremy yeah yeah I'm shocked the market take was shocked as well but the more shocking one is when we actually put up the same originally the architect advised me Judy uh plans been by a poll down not maker just all plans notices been pulled down to take photograph and send it to him and he also forwarded that to the council so the the followers actually were out and looked at it he also was aware that they had the original photo of when it went up and the one was out the water steam you know so that met it even more sense for me and I looked at it because it's a constant delay and it's a constant time and like there were thoughts only on you a few weeks ago and they were saying that they're going to find the best process as easy as possible well that's my first more and first step and this process and that's far from easy that's just the way they're going to dilute like a water steam that that's really only a fake and I did which they had their original copy of yeah and I mean in terms of notifying the public of your intention everything is there do you know what I mean this is not for the view this is not for the eyes of the council this is for the eyes of the public and any information is there and even if there is some concern that the the signature and date isn't available the telephone number is there that anyone could dial and I presume that number is there if people want to inquire they could ring that number and say oh by the way the sign here what's the date in the what's the date the signature on it like and this is putting you back nine full weeks what about your contractor like if your contractor said to you well this throws my schedule out I'm going to have to put you back six or seven months like it I'm not saying that's going to happen in your case but that's the kind of thing that could happen 100 percent I just that's just as unbelievable it's a very very forced stage like and that's just when I heard the follow on me a few weeks ago and something that they're standing on the microprocess as easy as possible well that's my first step there and that's far from an easy start you know because from so simple and there's only a date really that has blurred really if you look at the two photos I think it really is only the date you know it shouldn't even be considered really like and they actually have the force photographs that went up as well was forwarded also to the council on recommended by the architect like so I was gobsmacked that architect did they void the planning because of this or did they refuse planning they contacted the market taken told them that we have to reapply due to the blurred the water stain and that was only in Monday morning look at that call so I mean if that is the case right if that is the case and I'm not giving anyone ideas here Jeremy but you know people keep people work this out themselves if someone was applying for something close to me and I didn't like it all I would have to do is deface this sign every single time they put it up and perpetually defer the planning process doesn't make sense yeah 100% yeah yeah if this if they if so much weight is put into a planning sign well then it would be very easy to scooper anyone's planning plans 100% well that there's minimal damage there's what you can see is minimal it's really only the date like the entire everything everything that would be printed in the paper is there everything the only thing that's missing is a little bit of the signature and the date everything else is there and I'm just zooming in here yes the date's gone but everything else is there well architect was surprised himself like in the days of those obviously I'm not familiar with but he was shocked himself at it when they when they got the call I can remember this is I can't believe this this is Carsten and Lena hold us back never heard of anything like this in my life ever that's been a long enough process exactly especially for someone going through what you're going through the just to describe to the listeners again you'd be very familiar with the laminated signs that goes up where there's a planning application uh Jeremy had his up it is there in its entirety the surveyors logo is there um the agent and telephone number is there the only thing that's missing is the date is obscured and some of the signature is just hard to read and because of that Jeremy has to reapply for planning for his mica affected home to to to continue with the process and it's putting him back nine weeks can he I can't believe it Jeremy I really can't I'm sorry for what you're going through hopefully maybe someone will be embarrassed by this and common sense will prevail but you know you're going through enough without this slap in the chops all right yeah well it was a slap no thanks thank you very much what what does this open up now in terms of of vandalism of planning signs for people opposed to planning it's it could be setting a scary precedent Jeremy thanks for your time no bye bye bye bye bye thanks for helping us highlight that the 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions visit letter kennycu.ie how many hollywood actors can fit 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way it runs from the 16th of march to the 24th of march uh and we're joined by christina old donnell whose social inclusion coordinator with donnell county council thank you very much for joining us thanks greg it's great to be here right so the idea of social inclusion week the idea is um to promote um what is going on in the in the county and um to give the opportunity for people to join new things to try new things and to get out there and be social and included in all events around the county and there's also a theme that goes through it in other words a bit of an awareness campaign how does that tie into the the ethos well i suppose the the awareness campaign we're running this year um is from the donningall giant police and committee we're highlighting cyber crime um online shopping and money mulling um it's an opportunity to get um information out there to the public because there's there's almost 60 events taken place so it's it's highlighting right out into the the babies going to the to the libraries of course so we have the full piece passwords permission payments participation you'll hear more about over that about the course over the course of the inclusion week and mayor councillor martin holly says social inclusion is about creating a fair and inclusive society it's about ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to be part of the community in which they live regardless of their circumstances or background i mean that's a county we all want to live in isn't it that's correct and um you know we have a fantastic county we have a fantastic community and voluntary um working with ourselves in the public sector and on all the other public sectors working together um which doesn't happen in every county or every country and that helps a lot of the inclusion and the activities that are happening around the county all year around not just this week but all the time but it does give us a week to to focus specifically on some things now there is a booklet which we can't go through it's an event program one done a goal social inclusion week 16th the 24th of march i don't even i don't think it's fair for you to pick anything out but maybe you anticipated that question so can you give us a sense of what's happening over the course of the week yeah to give you just a whistle stop tour of the the booklet it covers um from young age um going to the libraries and show and tell stories to um older people's gatherings for cup cities um you have a st patrick's day parades you have that a kenny cdp with a family fund day on st patrick's day you have um events all over the county as well we're going to melford on monday the 18th and that is a lovely session of music and culture for all ages tuesday you go and you can learn some irish um the wellness cafes which take place all day every day um during the week um you move on we have on wednesday we have a european um transnational knowledge sharing event it's an interculture integration a shared journey towards equality and belonging conference um we have um moving on to thursday and this is just a very whistle too this is um the ldc and uh working with a loan and a lot of other agencies and plan hosting an interactive evening and and what's good about that if you don't mind sorry to interrupt your flow there but the dl to see in collaboration with alone too it's about future planning you know what i mean and and maybe us having those thoughts and conversations that we try and avoid uh but some for some people uh as there's there's medical experts there are simons association ms rland the national council for the blind uh as vision rlanders they're known now uh hsc memory assessment this is all a one-stop shop at in need podrick uh in um where is that is that in guidore known doher okay in guidore um and and i like these wellness cafes as well because they they're a relatively new concept but they've popped up all over the place there's i think there's what an event in maville boncran and elsewhere there's a well-being event two on thursday well-being event for older people with nutritional talk that's in carahouse letter kenny and the stuff as i say we can't go through it all but it's scattered all over the place across many different sort of uh many different sort of areas not just look geographically but also uh societal and it really it's about it's just simply about inclusion we talk an awful lot on the program here about people feeling isolated or left out like even the Irish wheelchair association an element of inclusion is them acquiring a new boss so they can bring more people to surfing in ross nala or to the cinema or and just to be included uh in society it's a broad church inclusion isn't and everyone can interpret the wrong way that's yeah you know it's there there's an event there for everybody and and it's about putting yourself out there you know and and joining an event um just like the wellness cafes there's one in every um municipality in the county over the week and they're on every week they're not just on for social inclusion week they're on every week so you know go up join up with them this week find out when they're on sometimes they're on every second week and join in with them there are other events actually added on um extra events that that haven't so should we go to the website then is it don't go code dot i e and there's a full updated list there this is only a sample but there's loads of great stuff right okay uh that's all the time we have but go to don't go code dot i e get involved or help someone get involved it's all about inclusion it's social inclusion week 16 to the 24th of March Christina or Donald are you happy with that or do you want to go to quarter past 12 all right thank you so very much indeed it's been lovely having you in thank you thanks for giving us a sample of what's coming up so social inclusion week that was the social inclusion coordinator Christina O'Donnell it runs from the 16th of March to the 24th of March check out the booklet or better still check out uh don't go code code dot i e where there is a list of events right across Donagall and something for everyone hopefully to get involved in thanks Christina that's the