and then switched off. I don't have a lot of petrol. Oh, two strokes off. Right, good luck. Have a good show. All right, take care, Lee. It is nine o'clock. Let's get a news update. It's a minute passed, in fact. Let's get a news update right now, and it's over to Donna Marie Daugherty. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. Donegal County Council has confirmed that five of the 15 fire brigades in the county will be on strike each day as a week of rolling action. The council is advising householders to ensure that they have a fitted working smoke alarm and that it is tested weekly. Business owners, meanwhile, are asked to ensure that they have a functioning fire detection and alarm system fitted and check that it is within its service schedule. The local authority says their priority is to ensure public safety. Sipto's Brandon O'Brien says members have been left with no option because the very future of the service is in doubt if the current crisis overpay, recruitment and retention isn't resolved. The department and the local authorities need to address two key issues for our members, which is addressing the deficit in our ability, members' ability to take structured leave and also to address their diminishing income by making a greater proportion of their pay, structured pay. So there are the two issues. The public is urged to still request fire brigade assistance as normal by dialing 999 or 112. Achille Gordon-Councillor is welcoming word of an inspection to be carried out on a handrail on the Dremort footbridge, but he says the delays to action are unsatisfactory. Councillor Patrick McGowan says the level of deterioration on the bridge has left it with sharp edges that could easily injure a pedestrian. He added the bridge is used heavily by local children to get to school and extra curricular activities. Supervising some not, it's only a matter of time, but so for some child's finger and gets it hurt now, so something like this is used and needed to get a bit more seriously because it has been reported a long time ago. Various people have them inspected, taken photographs and sent it on to the council, but yes, it has not been acted on, which is not satisfactory. And we got insurance yesterday that someone would be appointed very sharply to come out carried visual inspection and then get the repairs done or removed completely and put on a new one. Ireland could have an extra MEP after the next European elections. A vote in Strasbourg last night potentially paves the way for 11 more parliamentarians to take seats, with one of those likely to be for Ireland. Ireland's South MEP, Sean Kelly, says population rights is here warned the additional representation. An Ireland has 300,000 more population now than it had the last time, so on that point of view we are entitled according to the treaties to have an extra seat and everything is about keeping within the treaties and I think for that reason it's important and of course that we would use it wisely as well. Looking now to the weather it will be very warm today with sunny spells and scattered showers. Some will be heavy with a chance of thunderstorms developing later. There is also potential for spot flooding with highest temperatures of 23 to 25 degrees generally with light breezes. That's all for now I'll be back again with the next news update at 10 o'clock until then good morning. At Irish Life we've been helping people make smart investments for over 80 years. For actual trusted advice for your money search Irish Life or contact your financial broker or advisor at Better Life with Irish Life. Irish Life Assurance PLC is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Irish Life Financial Services Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Irish Life Financial Services is tied to Irish Life Insurance for life and pension products. The county's number one talk show The Nine Till Noon Show on Highland Radio and now it's time for the talk of the Northwest The Nine Till Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello a very good morning it's just turning five minutes past nine you're very welcome along to this Tuesday's Nine Till Noon Show it is of course the 13th of June 2023 and as we heard potentially the hardest day of the year so far I'm not quite sure if that applies to the northwest or the country as a whole but anyway be that as it may hopefully you're happy and healthy enough to enjoy it now we're going to keep you occupied hopefully for the next three hours on this program the quiz returns we've if you heard it yesterday it was a unmitigated disaster but we have fine tuned it we finessed it and it's going to be amazing I'll tell you how you can get involved in the competition a little later on with another 100 euro one for all voucher to give away we've worked on the questions we've worked on the format we've even worked on the quiz show host it's going to be brilliant so stay tuned for that that and so much more besides 08 660 25 000 by the way it's the WhatsApp and text number if you get to get involved in the show it's your show we want your views your news as well pass on any information you think would be interesting to your fellow listener Neve and Caroline taking the calls as well an old seven four nine one twenty five thousand and if emails your thing you can jot down uh and send it to comments at highland radio dot com all right let's look at what's coming get what's on the front and inside of some of today's newspapers we'll start with the donagol democrat concerns have been expressed at the guard of workforce in bundoren the matter was raised on friday at the uh donagol joint policing committee by bundoren based shin fain cancer michael macman he told the meeting that one sergeant and three guardie was stationed in the town bundoren's a very busy seaside town and has an increased population councillor macman said the town is under severe pressure because of the amount of people that are moving into bundoren i'm worried that three guardie and one sergeant won't be fit to do what's being asked of them i'm asking for an increase for the summer season the dairy journal this morning uh there it's the in a show in addition we have uh rose users across in a show and donagol have been urged to keep the race in its place this weekend as the donagol international rally attracts thousands to the county it's a huge operation i mean obviously there's almost a couple of things going on isn't there there is the uh the rally itself and its organization and the true fans but we do know that lots of people who are maybe car enthusiasts that might not even watch any of the rally uh tend to visit the northwest and we just want to make sure that everyone has fun doesn't disrupt uh too much for the locals and gets home safe so fingers crossed that's what we have to look forward to this weekend the donagol road safety working group has issued a road safety appeal to everyone attending the event and cautioned them that road safety is everyone's responsibility it added that the one essential ingredient required for everyone safety is personal responsibility the working group says true motorsport fans come and go to the rally events and no one would ever know uh they intended unfortunately they go on these events also attract a cohort who attend these events whose driving and behaviour have a lasting negative impact on the local community it added but i mean listen a lot of these cars that come up here are heavily modified you couldn't get them through an nct you know put checkpoints on the main roads in and if the you know if the cars don't comply turn them away i don't know is that too harsh uh i'm all for people having fun by the way i'm not too a big fan of uh having policing and you know i think people should be able to have a bit of fun but if cars are clearly dangerous it's not too hard to figure out how to keep them out either is it right the irish times this morning uh the coalition is set to resist calls from the opposition to halt data center growth despite a 31 percent increase in electricity consumption by the centers now i'll read on in the details might be contained within the article but you know i remember going back it was before i think it was around about the time that the whole situation in ukraine started and i remember saying that it's not going to be too long now before we hear the ads where they're going to tell you to wash your clothes at night or turn your heating down one or two degrees and it was all about saving energy because there was pressure on the energy infrastructure and lo and behold along came these adverts just as you might expect so we as a very complicit to compliant population have used nine percent electricity less electricity in the last year compared to years previously now some of that's going to be people working at home maybe there's more electricity consumption but we changed our habits because you know that's the royal we so to speak many people did many people didn't but anyway we were good boys and girls and we reduced our electricity consumption by nine percent uh now of course we might have saved a bit on our electricity bill but we thought we were doing it for the greater cause didn't we well whilst we were doing that thousands of more data centers which you know they're not a prior they are important to the type of economy we have but thousands more came online and they now use 31 percent of our entire electricity creation uh whilst ours has dropped our usage has dropped by nine percent and that's with a significantly increased population so if it's about green and saving energy and stopping us burn in turf and coal or gas or whatever it might be to generate electricity we're doing orbit but the data centers are chewing through it like nobody's uh business now as I say there might be a financial saving for us though I never feel that we realize that in our electricity bills but it's crazy isn't it roughly 75 data centers are in operation in the republic last year they consumed 400 more electricity in the final quarter of 2022 compared with the same period in 2015 the social democrats and people before profit have called on the government to implement a moratorium on data center expansion as well as new oversight of the sector but cabinet ministers have rejected these calls and said what is needed instead is a greater shift towards making data centers more efficient now they've already figured out their work arounds on this by the way because instead of uh using electricity they've switched to using gas which is also not good for the environment minister for enterprise trading employment simon covney indicated that the focus will not be on reducing the number of data centers but empowering them differently it's important to say that there is no technology based economic growth without data centers so we accept that do we but they can generate it a different way or or contribute more whatever it might be we're using just to recap we're using nine percent less electricity as a nation as a whole as the as the consumer the residential consumer but the data centers are taking 18 percent of all the power generated and that's gone up by 31 percent so there's something going on there isn't it just store that information for when doors are being knocked and what have you I think it's useful to have facts and those are facts right if you're lucky enough to have some savings the Irish independent reports that the country's leading bank is doubling the interest it pays to savers putting pressure on its rivals to respond AIB and its subsidiary EBS will pay two percent on a number of deposit accounts from this week the Irish independent has learned this is up from one percent with experts pointing out there is more than a decade since savings increase savings interest rates were at two percent it's likely to force Bank of Ireland and permanent TSB to respond Irish banks have come in for huge criticism up to now for just passing on a fraction of the seven European central bank rate increases to savers right there is around 151 billion in household savings where's all your money why have you all got so much money and why won't you give it to me 151 billion in household savings across the three retail banks and credit unions which has been earning little or nothing for years now AIB is increasing the savings rate to two points two percent on both AIB and EBS regular savings offers like I don't begrudge anyone um having money because they work hard to accumulate it but who's got the 151 billion euro in household savings across a population of what five odd million how do you do it oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand please we were talking yesterday about and we're going to talk about it in more detail down the line as it relates to uh falling attendance in for Catholic churches but also the fact that the way trends are going there's probably going to have to be an amalgamation of parishes and stuff because there's just not enough priests to cover the amount of parishes that there are and I get the impression really that the congregations are going to have to just come to terms with that fact because the priests simply aren't there that being said and this is in the Irish Daily Mail a Nigerian bishop has said Ireland must open the doors to African priests to strengthen the Catholic Church here amid declining members of clergy however Irish parish priests have said important foreign priests importing foreign priests is not the answer and that laypeople must be more involved in running their local churches to create a sustainable church for the future speaking at the recent All-Ireland Rosary Rally at Nock Shrine in Cantimeo Bishop Oliver Dome of Mad Guguri diocese in Nigeria said the new development is that Africa has to come to Europe to evangelise Europe now a lot of priests would have went in the other direction historically I'd imagine it's our turn now to come they Irish missionaries did it in the past and now with the secularism and other secularistic practices the church is diminishing in Europe so we have to come happily enough there are a number of priests from Africa especially Nigeria that are already in Ireland I'd appeal to the Irish bishops to open the doors they're coming to help to re-evangelise Europe so that could be a solution more Nigerian more African priests coming back well not coming back but returning the favor you could say I suppose do you see that as a solution 08 660 25 000 just a one for you to it's probably not going to be relevant but I thought I'd mention it just in case it might be this is in the Irish Daily Star the HSE is warning people to ask for ID from anyone calling to their home claiming to be collecting a child with a disability for an out-of-home support provision the warning comes after an unidentified male called to the house of a parent whose child avails of home support disability services in the Laos Mead area at the end of May the male claimed he was from the HSE to collect the parents child for an out-of-home support provision in a warning letter issued to parents the HSE said the man knew the child's full name and he was wearing a mask and a hat the mom reported that she was immediately suspicious and asked the man to present his ID he did not provide any identification and left the letter it continues to warn parents to ensure that you request identification from all staff calling to provide home support community respite summer camp provision for your child so as to say that was down the country but still you never know they could be mobile and it's no harm to have that information in the back of your head a horrific story you may have been following on the news and in the newspapers and it's covered today in most papers I'm taking this story from the Irish Sun a man appeared in court yesterday accused of murdering Chloe Mitchell as her sister Nadine paid tribute to her special angel Brandon John Rainey 26 from Jane Street Balamina in Cantiantrum appeared via video link at Balamina magistrates court where he was charged with murdering Ms Mitchell between June 2nd and 5th Rainey wore a gray sweatshirt and when asked if he understood the charges replied yeah a PSI detective inspector told the court she can connect the accused to the charge which is standard PSI language for court appearances Rainey's defense barrister Neil Moore told the court that he was not applying for normal bail he said his application was for Rainey to be remanded to the secure psychiatric unit as the Shannon Clinic as he is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic he argued that Rainey should be detained there under the mental health order so that they can be psychologically assessed and he had escaped from or absconded I'm not sure what the right terminology is from a similar facility on three occasions previously I'm not sure if it's described as escaped the papers have used that language but I'm not as I say not quite sure if that's the correct terminology and finally in the Irish Daily Mirror today it's the story from the UK a mother of three has been jailed for taking pills to abort her baby after the legal time limit the 44 year old got the tablets by lying to a pregnancy service during a remote consolation lockdown consultation in lockdown a court heard the mum had carried out online searches including how to hide a pregnancy bump and how to lose a baby at six months the woman who had three sons before becoming pregnant in 2019 did not see a doctor about her pregnancy because she was embarrassed the trial heard her baby died on May 11th 2020 days after getting pills from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service it believed she was seven weeks pregnant a scheme brought in during the pandemic allowed women to be posted the pills up to 10 weeks pregnant but the mum who the mirror is not naming terminated her baby girl at 32 to 34 weeks abortion is permitted up to 24 weeks but after 10 weeks it's carried out in the clinic a stoke crown court at stoke crown court mr. justice pepper aisle said it was a tragic case but she was jailed for that and I just note on social media that there are those who think it's a it's terrible that she should be jailed for that but then there are others there are others who believe that the sentence wasn't severe enough okay that was a run through the papers good morning to Charlie cam rosemary paul watching from around the world it seems on our social media you're able to watch this show every day on your phone laptop big screen whatever way you want to do it on your fire stick youtube highland radio island is the way to go there you can watch this on facebook too as well of course highland radio ireland or highland hub and we're on our website as well okay back with our first guests in just a couple of minutes stay right where you are the commutative art commission of kelly centra mountaintop letter kenny the 2022 seastore national off license of the year the nine till noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today step into summer with green shoes check out their large selection of summer sandals from favorite brands like broken stock dock martins and echo also choose from heavenly feet unihili imak and many more shop lk and one for all vouchers accepted in store green shoes at market square that a kenny shopping center and in vocara or shop online at green shoes dot com who said electrification can spark excitement from introducing arlands first ev to redefining the family car nissan has always led from the front and now we're breaking new ground once more with e-power nissan's unique hybrid driving system fueled by petrol driven by electric no need to recharge giving you the pleasure of electric driving without the need to plug in new nissan kashkai and x-trail with e-power drive it to believe it at your nearest nissan dealer nissan innovation that excites your local nissan dealer is i motors in letter kenny and malin visit i motors dot ie happy father's day this father's day choose calvin kline chanel hugo boss burberry luck cost giorgia or money choose magies chemist main street letter kenny happy father's day it's the right price tiles and wood flooring biggest ever sale 10 million euros worth of stock in store and ready to take home all tiles wood flooring outdoor tiles and bathware everything is slashed in price right price tiles and wood flooring arlands biggest range best prices and in store to take home today sale extended until sunday island radio time checks brought to you by expressway ireland's national coach provider i'm inviting you to walk the yellow walk for 30 minutes on june the 21st sign up at grow.ie today expressway bringing you the time at all right the time is uh 21 22 minutes past nine just turning elaine worrisky is economic development officer with donagall countercancellant is with us on the program now good morning elaine good morning thank you for having me it's good to have you on now we're talking about donagall countercancell working in collaboration with digital hubs across the county and offering a chance to work for free from a digital hub in donagall until september 30th before we get to that initiative can you talk to us about this network of digital hubs what they are uh and who avails of them yeah absolutely so donagall is actually one of the very few counties that have such a brilliant connected and collaborative network of digital hubs they're they're located all over the county from bandorn to bunkrana and everywhere in between and remote workers who live locally or who come here on a working holiday can avail of these and they're they're a brilliant resource for for the community in donagall yeah and and do we know is maybe it's seasonal uh you know who uses them is it people that live here now or people uh locally that avail of them is it people holidaying here or people that have moved here and it's kind of their office space it's kind of like a mix of all of that really like from speaking to digital hubs i just can't hear you quite clearly there elaine i'm not sure if the speaker's away from your mouth and sorry can you hear me now yes go ahead elaine so it's it's actually a great mix of all of those things that you were speaking of like there's people who who live here who have moved here and to raise their families or to work or whatever reason it is and they work in the hubs all year round it's it's their permanent office space there's also people who work in a hybrid and situation so they'll be in the hubs a few days a week and then go to their their company headquarters or wherever it is and there's also that mix of the scenes not the working holiday people as well people who come here to visit families with their friends or just to explore donagall and experience donagall and having the network of digital hubs and having initiatives like the working holiday campaign gives them the opportunity to extend their stay and to continue exploring without compromising on their time or their work now i mean obviously the the broadband rollout continues and you know in in lots of even the more rural parts of donagall we are seeing high speed broadband being installed does that replace what the the function of a digital hub really what i'm trying to get is is that someone who is coming here do they need more than just the good broadband or are these digital hubs for people who might be staying in areas that don't have great broadband do you get where i'm coming from like is it more than just the speed of the internet it's absolutely more than just the speed of the internet the digital hubs offer a community to a lot of remote workers people who otherwise may be working in in quite isolated conditions like in their back room in their house or wherever it is so going to a hub it kind of gives the feeling of going to work without actually having to go to wherever your primary headquarters is headquarters is and everyone is everyone there and they're all remote workers for the most part so there's a there's a real camaraderie there and there's a there's a it's a network of people and it's it's it is like a community that they can evolve from yeah and this is a different thing i mean and the real focus of the launch today is about the working holiday campaign for 2020 through it's to add presumably another string to our bow for people who are you know looking to get away but still need to be able to to do some work and that's really what this is about isn't it come up here stay here enjoy all that we have but you still have access to an office effectively exactly yeah so as i said it's extending your stay without compromising on your time or your work and it's actually running until october this year as well it was such a demand for last year so we decided to extend it for a month and we're also in collaboration with healthy ireland and so this year so that is and they have an initiative called the civic dollars which people can avail of and it's it's a really great initiative and it encourages people to improve their mental and physical well-being to engage more in their communities and and and to support local businesses as well okay brilliant where can people get more information yeah so all the information is available um on the website so it's jenicall.ie forward slash work haul dl and and if anyone is in the area they can drop into the launch today as well and and you take care of your lovely stuff all right have a lovely day take care of yourself uh that is elaine worrisky economic development officer with donnie gall county council right now a new eructus committee formed to consider the issue of assisted dying will hold its first public meeting uh today the joint committee of 14 d's and td's and senators will meet at 11 a.m it's due to hear from rachel woods an assistant secretary with responsibility for the criminal legislation function of the department of justice and shane gibney chief commissioner with the irish human rights and equality commission as the law currently stands it's an offense for a person to aid a bet cancel or procure those suicide or an attempt at suicide of another person and that currently at the moment if you were involved in that you could face a penalty of up to 14 years imprisonment if you were convicted uh deputy michael healy ray joins us on the program now to discuss this good morning deputy good morning greg to you and your listeners i suppose michael from the get go what what where do you stand on on uh the introduction of assisted dying legislation well i suppose the first question asked me is the committee itself what are we charged with doing we've been asked by both houses of the iraq to sport the shanad and uh and the doll to look at this whole issue to see if there is a need or a requirement or a necessity to change the existing legislation so the committee have been meeting for several weeks now uh to put together a program of work that we are to undertake for the next nine months because nine months is the duration time in which we are to come up with a report to lay before the houses of the raqtis at that time having listened to the views and the evidence of many uh expert witnesses uh from all different sectors of society and um it is indeed a very important and sensitive matter because of the fact that dying is something that we all have to do it is something that we all have encountered already in our lives with with family and friends and relatives and uh some people uh sadly have what i would call a a hard time with illness and with different issues at the time of their death and i i suppose the whole need to look at this has arisen from people's life experiences and the fact that many people from the political world from the medical world have been saying that we should do this but it what would be wrong would be for any of us just to preempt greg are to say what the outcome would be or what we think because what could actually it is it is a good it is still a good time and i don't think it compromises anything to ask who is who is pushing this i mean this is not people aren't taking to the streets i mean you know the battles that we we have to fight in this country for rights or for fairness you know i don't see a massive push from general society for this i mean who is pushing this and even down to who decided that we would call it assisted dying you know the tone it seems to be being set here who decided it would be assisted dying and not really what it is assisted suicide because language is incredibly important mike i mean are you happy with with the way it's uh it's being phrased to make it more i don't know you know more gentle a conversation well you're so correct in the way you actually put that because now i want to come back to answering a question that you asked me a moment ago you said where do i stand in this whole issue and i have to be frank and tell you and it's no secret i am what i would call of a conservative nature i will give you an example in that during the whole abortion referendum and during that whole debate being very frank with you i was against the introduction of abortion i i really believed and still do and i will do until i die myself i believe that from the moment of conception till the moment of death that a child should be protected and nurtured in every way and and that was just my opinion i i don't mean to insult or offend anybody else a democracy i'm a democrat and more people than me had a different opinion at that time and they won out and uh i i didn't support that but again i respect that that is where we are today a but but but i couldn't go tell you that i'm happy about it i've been charged with chairing this committee my aim is to do so in a 100 percent absolutely a democratic and fair fashion and ensure that politicians on both sides of the debate people who might be conservative like myself are people who would have a different viewpoint that they will have an opportunity to to work at this and at the end of the day we we will have to see a what will be the outcome of the work of the committee and then that will go before the houses of their actors and ultimately it will be a decision taken by all of those people whether or not the legislation as it exists is changed okay but can we at this point uh deputy healy ray and i'm neither a liberal nor conservative by the way but i can only approach each issue as uh each issue as it comes on the table here so to speak but how can the irish public in any way trust this process or trust a referendum when in a couple of short years after whatever they think right okay well in certain circumstances because we've heard the really strong arguments yes okay maybe assisted suicide is okay but i don't want it for this but i'm okay having it for that and then two or three years later it's reviewed and it potentially though it wouldn't could become a free fraud you know what i mean how can uh the irish public trust the democratic process because you vote on something and you believe you've voted a certain way and then a couple of short years later it can all be changed for right or wrong by the way but it can be changed well keith i really appreciate the way you're putting that because that is exactly what has happened as such with the whole abortion issue and i hate going from one to the other but because of the way you posed that question you actually have that happening at the moment in that many people that did support abortion for example uh they are not happy now when they hear people coming out politicians for example and saying that they wanted uh made more easily accessible and they want to make changes now already and you've heard that going on in the dal you've heard politicians coming along saying well we want to make amendments to what the people already did so you are so correct in what you just said because it has happened in the abortion issue but i mean i'm not able to tell you that this is what's going to happen out of the work of our committee because the first thing you have to do is let our committee do its work and see what the outcome of that will be i just think it would be interesting to poll the public before this conversation starts because we are in a process here and as i say i am not talking to the subject itself or its potential outcomes okay i'm just talking to how things are done in this country and i want people to be really clear here because i with all honesty hand on my heart have not considered this so i don't have a view one way or other but i can see what's happening here is the committee starts and we've got this language that's being used assisted dying rather than suicide so a picture is being if you search assisted suicide and go to news stories over the last six seven eight weeks there's an awful lot of stories about the amount of people that travel to switzerland for an example to to avail of these services so then what happens the conversation starts that why should people have to travel for this surface they should be able to get it at home and and it's a pattern right and i just i would like if the public had some sort of an input at the beginning of the process to see if we should actually trigger that process does that make sense it does but you know one thing that you could actually do you run a very excellent radio show couldn't you do a poll there yourself and you wouldn't belong it in answer as to i represented a few on the country what what do people think you know the words the facts of the matter are at present to simplify it if you assist somebody in their death at this time you will receive 14 years it's illegal i mean so that's it's it's illegal so i mean you assist to kill someone that you're murder you're you're complicit in it's almost like it's a murderer or manslaughter i mean it is illegal so that's that's just the facts so the work of this committee is to see and to understand in very certain and very specific and very specific circumstances should there be allow allowances made in where it would be the proper writing to assist in a person yes so if you were to ask that question i wonder what answer would you guess well you see i mean the only problem with that is the end of being skewed because people most passionate and most likely to take part but anyway like when you're discussing it michael right i i imagine the conversations will be and we where it's it's about someone who has a life limiting illness and it's a very tragic story and should that person have to go through that and i understand that but i want used to consider for an example in a country that is already demonizing and making older people for an example feel like a burden the problem the pensions the hospitals you know what i mean an older person in this country you're we all had to shut down to save your life during covid older people in this country are incredibly poorly treated and disrespected and this type of legislation whilst it might help some you need to discuss what kind of pressure it might put on older people to feel that this is about them again or that this they could be pressured or made to feel that this is a route that they should go down currently at the moment we thankfully have 75 year old 80 year olds that are going for treatment for cancer you know are they all of a sudden going to feel pressured into having to go down a different route for an example and it's those people like that that i hope that this committee considers because every action has a reaction and we have to make sure that we don't you know we that we do we we have the right conversation does that make sense to you do you think that's the way this will be well it does but i suppose the one thing that nobody would want from any side of this argument nobody would want for older people to feel as though that this was putting any pressure on them or any disrespect to them that we're even having this conversation and and at the end of the day what we have to do now is allow the committee to do their work there's nine months to do so listen to the experts that will come before the committee and hopefully make an informed and proper and intelligent decision and outcome as to whether or not because remember there is no onus on the committee that there has to be a change in the existing legislation the committee could deliberate and could say that no changes wanted required needed are welcome or i could do the opposite okay well listen thanks for your time this morning i appreciate it that's deputy michael heli ray and as i say and just to be really clear i i don't know on what side i would come down on that i simply haven't thought about it strongly enough or formed an opinion but we just have to make sure that we get a process or go through a process that the conversation is had in a perfectly balanced way and that all views are considered and all the ramifications of decisions like this are considered but as deputy heli ray said you know this is a democracy and this program is you'll show what do you think let's have the conversation here for and against by the way because i really don't want anyone to think that i'm coming down one way or other here uh 08 660 25 thousand is the whatsapp and text number or give us a call on 07491 25 thousand and we can have that conversation um as i say i just because i work in media because i'm quite uh not cynical of it i can see uh how it's being framed at the moment um and i just want to step outside of that box and have the actual fair conversation where it's people's views and not necessarily even emotional arguments one way or other okay anyway back with more after these watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the 90 noon show is brought to you by letterkenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions visit letterkennycu.ie all you need to make your house a home at patterson's the hall livered from garden furniture to kitchens soaps and dining sets all under one roof need a new mattress why not visit our sleep center on the first floor with a large range of quality beds and mattresses in stock and ready for collection or delivery relax in our coffee shop serving hot lunches daily open monday to saturday nine a.m to five thirty p.m patterson's kitchens and interiors the hall effort love summer with double savers at done stores save the island pick up everything you need for delicious hot dogs with eight pork sausages for only one euro and six hot dog buns for 99 cent and cool down with fruit spiral ice lollies only one euro 79 then save again at the till with our five off 25 grocery vouchers done stores always better value turn to conditions apply voucher can be used on extents or grocery shop of 25 euro or more if you're organizing an event you might be surprised by everything that bizprint offer from photo props backdrops and banners to tablecloths pens key rings and mugs everything to make sure your event is a success call this print one nine one double seven nine double five or see bizprint dot ie the calm of knowing you're getting a great deal purchase your new citron electric before the end of july and get three years servicing one year road tax and free home charge of installation plus the calm of the citron eight-year battery and five-year car warranty available now across the entire citron fully electric car range including ec4 and all new ec4x experience the power of calm with citron terms and conditions apply visit citron dot ie nothing moves us like citron visit the citron open week next week at your local dealer highland motors mountaintop letter candy the nine-tone in show with letter candy credit union simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from letter candy credit call us on zero seven four nine one zero two one two six or apply online via our app or in office today sick of missing out on the exciting bits with national broadband ireland's high speed fiber broadband network being delivered to over five hundred and sixty thousand premises around the country everyone can enjoy the biggest sporting events films and tv with no glitches and no freezing never miss another kick find out more at nbi dot i nbi building a limitless island supported by the government of ireland do you suffer from high cholesterol men of all symptoms digestive issues anxiety aches and pains or a lack of energy the highly trained team at the natural way letter candy can provide advice on natural remedies for a number of individual health issues the natural way also has its own brand of herbal treatments to help fight fatigue relieve digestive discomfort maintain a healthy immune system and alleviate common menopause symptoms the natural way letter candy shopping center your one stop health shop stitch of bernie would like to thank everyone who voted for her in the recent customer service award and would like to remind everyone that you can drop off and pick up your alterations in alexander's of balaba fae or call into our new location in ahi yarn and have your sewing done while you wait where possible stitch your bernie taking it one stitch at a time a global health care company abot you can build a career with a purpose while helping families live full or healthier lives our diabetes care business and donnie gall is an award-winning site committed to the manufacture of life-changing medical devices we're looking for permanent full-time process team leaders and engineers to become part of our team visit jobs dot abot forward slash donnie gall knoleen blackwell is ceo of double and rape crisis center and joins us on the program now knoleen nice to have you on the show good morning to you thank you good morning greg right now arlands first ever anonymous platform for survivors of rape and sexual assault is being launched today and one of the statistics and it's such an area you don't like to use the word statistics but it is what it is 53 percent of women and 34 percent of men who've experienced sexual violence told someone so that means a huge proportion of men and just half of just under half of women haven't um that that's a concern that people haven't to live with that on their own isn't i mean there's lots of reasons why people won't want to talk about it but i think um this platform will facilitate those who do want to talk about it yeah so that's that's the aim of it it is on the one hand to give people an online space where they can anonymously tell their story their experience and and and put it up for the community for the general community and for themselves and that's a real value in it um because it is really hard sometimes to to talk about this at all for anybody um and uh and and in particular if you've been holding onto it for a while you may not have a way out so that's that's why we thought this is really useful and the other thing that we keep hearing from people is that they feel so alone when they have experienced sexual violence and this will show them that there are other people in the community that other people have maybe experienced something like this uh or or at least that they're not on their own and that they will join that community so we're calling it we speak it's not just i speak we speak out about a really um pervasive issue in our society that people very often don't see comfortable speaking about will there be an element of this in that for some as I say not not for all that may be too going through the process of of writing down and submitting their experience will it be cathartic for them yeah that's certainly we even find that already that often when people will even use the national 24 hour helpline or talk to somebody about it the very naming of it it's it helps to kind of minimize or maybe reduce the problem a little bit because at least it's now named it's spoken about and this is what we hope that it will do as well this this um this platform isn't a way of uh fully uh disclosing an experience because it will be anonymous and when the information comes in it will be it will be monitored by us and we before going up everything will be taken out that might disclose who a person is or who anybody else was that was involved in the incident as well but hopefully it will be that business of saying I can speak about it it is not all it's not the whole of me and that's certainly what we're hoping to do and of course everyone is an individual and some may never choose to speak but also at the same time they might feel very alone that their experiences uh you know they're very isolated in their experience and being able to read uh presumably I think uh other people's experience it might help them even if they choose never to speak yeah and the other thing we will have in this space is we will have an opportunity for people who write their story to put something in that's hopeful to put something in about how they are healing if that is the case and that can be very useful for other people as well because when you're miserable it is hard sometimes to remember that things can get better and hopefully this will also give a bit of hope and a bit of healing to people and people when they put up their story they will be able to come back and modify it in time to come so if they're in one particular stage and they want to update it at a later stage they'll be able to do that subject to the moderation that we do as well so really in some ways often people feel now the only way they can do this is by going to a therapist in private or by going on social media which is not safe which is not confined hopefully this will be a safe space as well where people can tell it where they will be treated respectfully and where they will be asked to respect other people as well but the reasons we find ourselves in this position is is that you know and there are stories that have been recounted here whereby one person confided in another and then that person told their mother and then it all turned into such a situation that they actually retracted the story in the first place or if you post something on social media even if you don't name the people responsible there is going to be a large proportion of people that will jump on that victim blame or or or send DMs of a sexual nature or whatever it is so we're actually having to do this because of the way society is is is that people don't feel comfortable talking about it because they don't know how others react maybe that's the lack of understanding of what have you or because there are so many nasty people on social media they'll just get a further abuse there we're lucky are we going to ever going to change that is public attitude ever going to change that we don't need these sort of anonymous spaces to try and help people or the victims of awful crime well i think the very fact that you and i are able to talk about this now maybe in a way that we couldn't have spoken about it five or ten years ago shows that there is more of an understanding of the awful impact of sexual violence on people and hopefully things are changing this is just another way of broadening out the conversation it's not for everybody but it is a place where we're we're not we're not going to tolerate abusive comments on it people will not be able people will be able to support you'd be able to sort of make a little mark to say i support somebody or i like this but you won't be able to abuse them you won't be able to question their motives people have all their own motives and this is a chance for them to tell it plainly if in a redacted way to ensure that it is totally anonymous and is this live now norly you know how do people submit yeah their experiences yeah it's it's live right now i mean it's the first day of it great so we only have a couple of stories up there that in fact we we got some people in advance who are happy to put them up but it's live it's we speak dot ie it's part of our we consent campaign but we speak dot ie will get you straight into it there may be stories going up there already it may actually be something that people will have to think about because it may be that they have uh they they want to write it in a different way now um there might be people who even want to do a painting or a poem or something like that all of those things can go up and it's for all types of harassment sexual harassment uh so so it may be as slow we think it might be slow to start off but we also think by the end of today some people will say i have wanted this i need it and they will be putting up their their account of what happened to them and i mean and and i hate to say this out loud but such is society you know there are going to be people that will repurpose these stories elsewhere for for different reasons and it's horrendous that that's the way life is but unfortunately it is how do you and of course the thing is we're not hearing them at all now so you know that will undoubtedly happen and we're aware that's a risk but at the same time people aren't hearing the stories at all now so this is a chance to uh to get that voice out that is currently suppressed and not hurt okay thanks for your time i appreciate it nolene blackwell who is ceo of the dublin rape rape crisis center uh is that something you agree with 08 660 25000 now an email in from a listener that reads as follows i'm a single woman and don't get me wrong i love my own company but i was left fuming when i received a wedding invitation with just my name on it and no plus one for my friend's daughter's wedding when i approached the mother of the bride she stated that i was sociable and struck a chat away to anyone so she didn't think it was an issue yes i know a good few there but i don't chat to them every day the point is i'm still by myself for the day i just felt it was wrong of the bride and groom to assume i'd be grand just to save on numbers if my other friends can bring their partners what's the difference in me bringing a friend am i being difficult here do you empathize empathize with this listener i think they shouldn't be pigeonholed as single should they or i don't know weddings are expensive so what do you think she uh is a happily single person uh received an invitation but there's no plus one so the bride and groom presumed that she'll chat to anyone there she'll make her own company so she's turning up on her own and others will be able to bring partners what do you think would you go would you accept that invitation would you be happy enough has this happened to you did it upset you did you not care 08 660 25000 we put it up on social media to gauge some reaction there maggie says i wouldn't go on my own definitely should have a plus one on the invitation actually i wouldn't go on my own either by the way denise says sorry weddings are private functions and ask the couple of paying the venue for meals wines etc they have the right to decide who joins them no one else gets to dictate who they invite anything else is entitlement that being said you don't know the uh denise you don't know the relationship status of everyone they don't know all of the partners i presume mary says the plus one can add up pretty quickly when i got married we didn't invite plus ones and not just friends either that included for our own siblings who didn't have partners at that time it's the bride and groom's decision who they have at the wedding you don't have to go to the wedding if you're not comfortable going by yourself just decline the invitation john says if they know you well enough to invite you to this wedding they obviously know you're single why would you expect a plus one invite then and finally just for now lauren says i think a plus one would have been nice for the lady asked and she may have decided to go herself anyway but she would have had the choice i'm sure she'll be able to fall in with the rest but it's the initial walking into the ceremony etc on your own and not knowing who'll be uh sit beside or who you'll be sit beside i do think she should go and make the most of celebrating the wedding of her friends daughters what would you do 08 660 25 000 08 660 25 000 now we are accepting your entries for our fantastic quiz we have a 100 euro one for all voucher to give away uh so get if you want to get involved you have to come on air and answer a question the questions have been simplified the process has been simplified i understand it fully now it's amazing uh someone said to me yesterday great you should just not do quizzes on your show but you know what yesterday was good fun we got there in the end ish today it's going to work a treat i know exactly what we're doing 08 660 25 000 08 660 25 000 what's up your name where you're from uh and the number you want us to get back to you one uh to the uh that number if you want to come on air and be within a chance to win and a very good chance it's a one and two chance really of it's going to be about speed today i think we the the listeners will know the answer to the question so today's going to be about speed so 08 660 25 000 i'm panicking just even mentioning the mechanic now i'm up to high doe after yesterday uh 08 660 25 000 your name where you're from and your number uh it's if it's the same number we're going to use that you text us on that you call us back that's fine too right okay that's coming up it's all very exciting i assure you after uh 10 o'clock you will have community guard information where you hear the latest appeals and information live here on the show before they appear anywhere else so make sure you stay tuned for that and a reminder that you can watch that too on our uh youtube channel highland radio ardent or our facebook page is all right we'll be back with more on the 90 noon show after we take this break the 90 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 we all want a world where everyone feels welcome and included but where do we even start how about right here at your local super value super values pride rainbow laces are just two euro and are available to buy in store now proceeds from the sale of the rainbow laces will go to support belong to a national organization supporting lgbtq plus young people across ireland tech action lace up and wear with pride because at super value we believe community includes everyone hey john quick write this number down 91 48 234 say that again make 91 48 234 so what's that make the number for flamin doors flamin doors no no flamin doors you know industrial doors garage doors roller doors insulated doors ah okay make give me that number again 91 48 234 flamings engineering solutions for 150 years call us now on 07 4 91 48 234 dunneagle county council would like to invite residents of the dunneagle town and bollywood phase throne order areas members of the public and other interested parties to participate in the second public consultation for the barnsmore gap greenway project the project is now in the option selection stage and the purpose of the consultation is to inform the public of the option selection process and to invite feedback on the root corridor options which have been developed the public consultation will take place in the abbey hotel in dunneagle town on wednesday the 21st of june between 12 and 8 p.m. and jackson's hotel in bolly buffet on thursday the 22nd of june between 12 and 8 p.m. county council staff and their design consultants will be present on the day to listen to and to register your views for additional project information please visit the dedicated project website at barnsmoregapgreenway.ie or contact the dunneagle national roads office on 07 4 97 24 500 or by email at design at dnrdo.ie lie on air online and on the highland radio app this is highland radio news good morning it's 10 o'clock donal cavena at the news desk dunneagle county council has confirmed all five of the 15 fiber gates in the county will be on strike each day on a rolling basis as the action by retained firefighters steps up from today the council is advising householders to ensure they have working smoke alarms fitted and that they are checked regularly business owners meanwhile are being urged to ensure they have functioning fire detection and alarm systems fitted and that they check it's within their service schedule the authority says it's their priority to ensure public safety well siftu's brendan o'brien says members have been left with no option but to strike because the very future of the service is in doubt if the current crisis over pay recruitment and retention isn't resolved the department and the local authorities need to address two key issues for our members which is addressing the deficit in our abilities members ability to take a structured leave and also to address the their their diminishing income by making a greater proportion of their pay structured pay so there are there are the two issues akili gordon councillor is welcoming word of an inspection to be carried out on the handrail after more footbridge but says the delay in the action is unsatisfactory councillor patrick mcgawn says the level of deterioration on the bridge has left it with sharp edges that could easily injure a pedestrian he added the bridge is used a lot by local children getting to school and engaging in other extracurricular activities there are children walking over back every day and someone's been supervising some not that's all we matter to aim but so for some child's finger and gets it hurt now so something like this in transition needs to get a bit more seriously because it has been reported a long long time ago various people have been expected to take a photograph and send it on to the council because yes it has not been acted on which is not satisfactory and we got insurance yesterday that the someone would be appointed very shortly to come out carry it visual inspection and then get repaired done or remove that real completely and put on a new Donegal County Council's working holiday campaign 2023 is being launched today building on the successive last year's campaign one voucher per person will be offered to experience a remote working hub in the county the working holiday initiative which runs until October offers visitors a free day pass to work in a participating hub there are also incentives to increasing time spent in outdoor and local recreational spaces across Donegal. Elaine Horoski is an economic development officer with Donegal County Council she spoke to Greg on today's nitrogen show people who come here to visit family to the friends are just to explore Donegal and experience Donegal and having the network of digital hubs and having initiatives like the working holiday campaign gives them the opportunity to extend their stay and to continue exploring without compromising on their time or their work. Senators and TDs with varying positions will meet in an hour's time for the first public hearing of the joint eructus committee unassisted dying over the next nine months members will consider whether Ireland should allow people end their lives in specific circumstances such as a terminal illness evidence will be delivered by experts and this morning members will hear from Department of Justice officials and the Irish Human Rights Equality Commission the chair of the committee independent the Michael Healy Ray says those on the committee have differing opinions they're extremely dedicated extremely committed to the job of work at hand but they are of varying and different positions and different outlooks on this whole issue this is like going back to for instance when the whole issue of abortion was being discussed you had people that were on one side people on another side and people who might have been in the middle. AIB and EBS are doubling the interest rate for savers the rate paid on number of their deposit accounts is rising from one to two percent the changes come into effect this week under the first time in over 10 years that Irish savers can get two percent interest business editor Joe Lanham says it's now putting pressure on other Irish banks to follow suit it raises the bar for rivals so it's going to put it up to the likes of Bank of Ireland and permanent TSB to match that figure because savers have earned next to nothing since 2008 since interest rates collapsed in the eurozone Well the forecast very warm today with sunny spells and scattered showers some of those showers heavy again a chance of some thunderstorms developing later in the afternoon and evening with the potential for some spot flooding top temperatures today 23 to 25 degrees celsius generally in light breezes and that silent brilliant news we're back with news headlines again at 11 o'clock until then from the news team have a very good morning The obituary notices this Tuesday morning June 13th the death has taken place of Eileen Patricia Kelly Neymurphy 22 cornfield Lane Newton Cunningham and formerly of old Kent Road London removal from the eternal light chapel of rest mountaintop letter Kenny this afternoon at 12 p.m. going to her late residence funeral from there on Thursday morning going to all Saints church Newton Cunningham for rakeway mass at 11 o'clock followed by cremation in Lakelands crematorium cavern the funeral mass can be viewed live on church services dot tv family time please on the morning of the funeral family flowers only donations in lieu of flowers to the intensive care unit Galway University Hospital care of any family member or Charlie McLeafarty funeral director the death has taken place of Mary Angela Gillespie Sweeney lack of more port new and formerly of Moill Hill Milford remains are opposing at her home rakeway mass tomorrow morning at 11 a.m in the church of the holy family our draw followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery funeral mass can be viewed on mcnmedia.tv family time from 10 p.m. tonight and on the morning of the funeral tomorrow family flowers only donations if desired to the doleman's center care of any family member the death has taken place of Michelle divine Nepholey nine melmont villas Straban funeral leaving her home this morning at 11 20 a.m for rakeway mass in st. Mary's church melmont at 12 noon interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery house private to family close friends and neighbors please the rakeway mass can be viewed live via the parish webcam the death has taken place of ellen mcfall glaucomore tour moth funeral leaving her home this morning at 10 15 a.m. to st. patrick's church is cahine for rakeway mass at 11 a.m. interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery family flowers only donations in lieu if wished to st. patrick's church is cahine house private please the death has taken place in scotland of mary doherty knee mckinney formerly of glenn shinney monadara rakeway mass this morning at 10 a.m. with burial afterwards in the family plot in hawkhead cemetery pizzeria the funeral mass can be viewed live on liz mclardie's facebook page the death has taken place of tommy scott bali mcgarn carry keel letter kenney remains reposing at the family home with family time please from 10 p.m. until 11 a.m. family time please only on the morning of the funeral funeral service tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in fanat presbyterian church carry keel with burial in milford presbyterian church graveyard family flowers only please donations in lieu if desired to donnie gall hospice and alzheimer society care of any family member or aamon scott funeral director the death has taken place of decklyn barr wrath bale natra county donnie gall remains are opposing at the family home house private please funeral mass this morning at 11 a.m. in st. bridget's church balintra with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery family flowers only please donations if so desired to donnie gall town community hospital or solace cancer support the death has taken place of k mcglenn knee dockerty 22 bali mcgarn harris letter kenney county donnie gall reposing at her late residence family time please this morning before the funeral funeral to st. unan's cathedral for 12 nun rake we am mass today which can be viewed live on church services dot tv followed by burial in the family plot in conwall cemetery family flowers only please donations in lieu of flowers if desired to the renal dialysis unit letter kenney university hospital care of pascal blake funeral director the death has occurred of john convoy originally from gallway laterally county donnie gall private family funeral please the family welcomes donations if desired to the tree charity in lieu of flowers the death has occurred of ann o'neill knee shields galdona manner cunning him county donnie gall house and wake are strictly private at the request of the deceased rake we am mass at 11 o'clock this morning in st. columbus church drumming hill with burial afterward in the adjoining cemetery family flowers only please donations in lieu if desired to donnie gall hospice care of any family member or kelly's funeral directors the death has taken place of mora eckles 74 the woods bunk remains are opposing at her residence funeral from there this morning at 10 15 am going to st mary's church cock hill for 11 o'clock rake we am mass with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery for more details including any family health guidelines for weeks and funerals please go to highland radio dot com whether it's a five or 10k half or full marathon everyone's running journey is different find your pace with a summer of running series with irish life dublin marathon search irish life summer of running series to sign all a better life with irish life welcome back to the second hour of the nine till noon show good morning if you've just switched on some of you still actually uh historically this program started at 10 some of you still have your routine where you come on at 10 it's great to have you on whatever time you join us but you miss some really interesting conversation if you're not with us at nine focusing on your local area with your local views 08 660 25000 that's how you share them with us by the way your stories or any information you want to pass on good news we love that too and it's great to see uh you know uh people sending through positive experiences acts of kindness good experiences with services more than happy to platform them to this program does not have any agenda by the way um which i hope people know i think people get that uh caller says it's madness having a rally at all with all the people that are losing their lives on our roads this is a weekend that so many parents are dreading because they only have uh to watch a short clip of rally cars doing well over 100 kilometers an hour and spectators standing only feet away from these cars what about poor animals in fields they're frightened with all the noise and people climbing over gates and fences it's not right closing roads for days and allowing this to happen and listen your point stands and it's your point and i'm not criticizing yet i think they'll uh landowners got notification quite some time ago that this was happening and i do know personally of farmers that move their livestock away from the root of the rally because it's for most areas it's just for a couple of hours in one day uh a lot of you know people are going to drive cars anyway what the message you hope is is that you keep the race in its place and that these are professionals and they've got all the safety gear and the harnesses and very sadly sometimes even that's not enough uh to save a life or serious injury but i don't know i think educating people that this stuff happens but don't do it or be safe when you're doing what you're doing perhaps is more beneficial than banning it all together but that's just my view and yours is a legitimate one well thought out and we appreciate your time um michael haley rey never answered the question who's pushing the suicide debate that's i i gain and it's an honest question and it's not coming from a pro or anti position because as i said and i mean this hand on my heart i haven't formally uh haven't formalized my opinion but i've been i was thinking about it during the 10 o'clock news and um this would be the sort of the way i might be considering this going forward uh and i understand that there are people that get illnesses where they're they're they deteriorate and for some they can't might not be able to deal with that or don't want to and um but let's just say in the case of someone one of my relations who was sick um they had a cancer that could not be cured and they were deteriorating as they went along and up until you know pretty much the last day they were planning for the future and talking about uh you know even though they knew they were dying they were planning for the future and talking about getting home and talking about uh diet plans and and that type of thing um if we did have and and we were blessed then with an extra you know a couple of months difficult but a couple of months then i'm trying to think of what would the situation be like if there was assisted suicide stroke assisted dying in this country would that person have spent would they have said oh you know i don't want to keep bringing these people up and down from letter kenny i'm going to die anyway should i just get it over and done with or would you know how would conversations with them had been if that was an option would it have dominated the conversation in the latter months of their lives that they felt as if that they were a burden or i'll go and let these people get on with their lives or you know how would it have been i don't think a lot of people would be thinking about their own well-being do you know what i mean some would of course i just think an awful lot of people would start thinking about right i don't want to put my family through this i think i would do that i think i would go i don't want my boys and partner to to look at me deteriorate or would i be doing it for me saying that i don't want to put up with this pain any longer um or i don't want to lose the ability to do this that and the other like that's the reality of the conversations and decision-making that would be happening you know would you have people making the decision because they don't want to be a burden or something and that's if i if it ever comes down to a vote that's the kind of stuff i would have to process through but i'm just trying to think in a real life situation you know would it have changed everything would it have changed those last couple of months to make it that we were talking about other things or that they would never have happened and then if you did do make that decision it might have seemed like the right decision at the past if you were part of it you know and and uh but then you know how we all grieve differently and how we all mourn differently would you regret those would we be selfish for the pain that they were going through uh if they weren't on pain relief or couldn't get pain relief and then start feeling guilty that we lost time with them that we could have had or is that also selfish i don't know so that's the kind of broad conversation i think we should be having and i think we should um you know make sure that we have control of the conversation rather than it coming to us in nine or ten months time um i'm not entirely sure we the difference between palliative care uh at end of life and assisted suicide and i get where you're going with this i think i know what each is but at the end of life palliative care measures such as withdrawal of treatments i.e medication or oxygen and food fluids are often in place administration of strong medication is common i agree i know that too i know that assisted suicide is the choice of the person to end their life at a particular time but i just see so many gray areas like is it not okay to have good effective end of life palliative care rather than this who or how can determine the right for assisted suicide well you determine yourself and with doctors i know for a case in belgium it's a it's legal and i would know of a case of a person who had um i believe it was ms that they had and they and this is exactly how it happened by the way because i know for a fact okay this is not something i read in the internet or anecdotal uh this is how it happened they were in their mid thirties um they were you know obviously the the condition had began to take its toll but they went out uh they had breakfast with their friends a group of five or six friends uh they went had a couple of drinks and then they went to a clinic and they consumed a vial uh or drink and they died that afternoon now they would have lived for a long time beforehand but this person uh who had uh ms had decided that that's as far as they wanted to go so it wasn't sort of in a hospital they're in pain lying in a bed you know it was they were open about they went as i said went and had breakfast with their friends and they were able to choose who was with them in the room as they consumed this liquid that's the reality of it and as i say that's not me talking about something i read or whatever i know this to be the case as an absolute fact because i saw the pictures the goodbye pictures effectively thumbs up and smiles and arms around each other and then an hour later that person had passed away but and it was their own choice uh that was in belgium i believe it was belgium so that it is not so those are the kind of scenarios now whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing it's not always uh you know in the hospital environment and people right in agony that would happen too but this that's how a fella in his mid thirties as i say went out with his mates and it was scheduled for that afternoon it went in consumed this this this liquid and then they passed away so that's what could potentially be happening here and they had many years left i i believe but they had just their quality of life had diminished to the point that they chose at that point that they wanted to pass away so that's the that's kind of the also the reality in there as well again 08 6 60 25 thousand whatsapps and texts to that number the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on highland radio it's time for ncbi bingo on highland radio it's Tuesday the 13th of june you're playing on the brown sheet the reference number is s 17 it's game number 24 the numbers are 81 63 41 52 57 32 72 61 31 and finally 71 phone your claim to nine one zero four eight double three before eight leave your name contact number and the name of the shop where you purchase your book and we'll call you back the next working day get all your ncbi bingo information at highland radio dot com new this weekend home store and more all clothes hangers are all half price that's right all clothes hangers are all half price but better hurry because when all the half price hangers are gone they're gone also all camping is still all half price but when all the half price camping is gone it's definitely gone drop by your local home store and more or visit us online at home store and more dot i e new store now open an arcadia retail park at lone home store and more a happy home goes free the groom goes free yes you heard it the groom's room involved clothing let her Kenny retail park the groom goes free calling today terms and conditions apply the 90 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 the community guarder information slot is brought to you by Sheridan security systems protecting what you value most call today and get your zero wire alarm system from 299 euro Sheridan security 9126025 okay it is uh tuesday morning the 13th of june 2023 and it's time for the latest community information item and in studio with me today is a gardener maguire of the milford district gardener station now thank you so much as always for calling up good morning great right so get your ears peeled and see if you can assist guardie in any of their investigations we have a bit of information for you a little later on okay we'll start with a road traffic collision at the bottom of bali shannon yeah lower main street bali shannon a cyclist was knocked down by a vehicle on tuesday the 6th of june at 120 p.m so 120 in the afternoon the driver was not hurt however the cyclist needed medical attention for injuries sustained none of which are life threatening thank goodness so if anybody observed that collision at lower main street bali shannon on tuesday the 6th of june at approximately 120 p.m please contact my colleagues in bali shannon on<PHONE_NUMBER> all right now criminal damage being investigated in lyford now yeah um we've a few different ones in relation to windows being broken greg uh this is one of them at holly bush park port hall lyford on thursday the 8th of june at 11 20 p.m holly bush park port hall lyford a window of the house and the state was smashed at the time thankfully no one was home and if anybody can help us in solving this crime please contact the garrity in letter kenny on<PHONE_NUMBER> or indeed the confidential telephone line 1-800-661 and that goes for any of these appeals please feel free to use the garrity confidential line it's just a simple phone call and you can leave a message you don't even have to speak to anybody greg yeah and and we're gonna hear more of these but they have free time they're mentioned and i've said it before and i'm going to say it again you know people have their young ones uh in cribs close to the windows be lying on couches i mean it's only a matter of time isn't it before one of these results in in serious injuries now i know the last appeal the house wasn't occupied but it's not always the case i mean this could be a really really serious crime it's serious as is but you know where i'm coming from yeah there's listen why people are doing it there's different motivations for you know people who get caught doing this greg um through through our own detective work or neighbors or somebody saying that you know if you're having a problem with the neighbor or somebody else you know it's it's not worth ending up in court over you know let it go you know you're only damaging your own credibility it's a cowardly thing to do just my somebody's one down the middle of the night and yeah it isn't taking time bomb if there's a child and we've we've had it close a few times and you know if that was to happen well then that'll just be a disaster yeah for sure okay well um an appeal now as it relates to criminal damage in gortley yes at kuldora gortley letter kinny on saturday the 10th of june shortly after 5 30 p.m resident was at home this time and they heard glass smashing uh through their sitting room window a rock had been thrown through the window um so again another window broken please if anyone saw this happening um it did happen uh during broad daylight greg on at a quite a busy time you can imagine at gortley there's quite busy on saturday the 10th of june at 5 30 p.m please maybe give us a call or if you haven't uh uh seen anything suspicious on your dashcam please make it available to the guardian letter kinny all right okay now um criminal damage investigation in the port road area of letter kinny yeah more windows smashed this time on a on a digger at port road letter kinny between friday the 9th of june 4 p.m and saturday the 10th of june at 10 a.m a haitachi digger have been parked in a field overnight and when the owner returned the following morning the side and the back window were smashed there is a roadway down the side of the port house and this is how access is gained uh to the field where the digger was parked so again uh this happened uh between the june 9th and the 10th please call my colleagues in letter kinny 9167 100 if you can help us in solving this now your colleagues in uh balochana investigating a couple of instances in nearby bandone yeah on thursday the 8th of june in bandone a report came in relation to a fire at a derelict building along the promenade road in bandone shortly after 5 50 p.m the fire services attended and extinguished that fire and then at 6 35 so less than an hour later they were still at the scene and they got a report of another fire that appeared to be started deliberately in a skip this time in the area of a business which is situated along the promenade road again they they attended and put the fire out both of the fires we believe have been started maliciously we appeal to all road users who travel in that area between 5 30 p.m and 7 p.m in bandone to make their dashcam footage available to us or indeed if they saw anything please let my colleagues in balochana and the number again<PHONE_NUMBER> right now we do this from time to time which is great an update on uh an appeal that featured on the item yeah thanks to anybody that called in in relation to a burglary that helped us um arrest a suspect or offender at the we had a burglary last week in blue cedars uh on in balbuffet on june the 6th this uh chap has been arrested unquestioned and the incident has has been investigated and the file is being prepared for the DPP yes and now because of the way investigation works and they are they're ongoing nature or if there's uh charges and all that type of stuff we can't always give updates but it's worth reminding people uh that the information they pass on uh does help form part of the guard investigation sometime it can be a critical part of that so it's well worth the time and i know we kind of have to repeat the dash cam stuff and that but it's critical to this whole process isn't and it takes uh it holds bad people to account absolutely greg you know i'm coming on here and we're appealing for information rights to crimes what you don't hear about is the crimes that are solved and uh offenders go into court i was in court yesterday it's out the door of greg with um with people that have been caught committing various crimes so it's not as if to say people aren't been detected it has been detected greg and sometimes yet we need to push that message across to rightio um car security now the reason again we have to revisit these issues is because they're often based on uh investigations and intelligence and what have you and we can be a bit like today'sy because we do live in a beautiful part of the world and we've got beautiful beaches and car parks and all that kind of stuff but we have to make sure our vehicles are secure don't we yeah last week uh we mentioned that there were two vehicles in melford where we're we're not going to say broken into they were just open because they were unlocked and some things some property was taken out of it we've had another two vehicles this week in melford on the fifth and sixth past um and again these were unlocked so regardless of whether you're leaving your vehicle in your driveway or public car park you need to lock a greg simple as that because you know if it's something like uh you don't even have to you know people go through your your your glove box and your boot and your little pocket in the middle and if you've glassed on glasses even wallets purses anything you know even phone chargers at camell be taken and it's worth something to somebody you know yeah lock them up all right okay and i mean at the end of the day even if there were not here saying windows were smashed or laptops were stolen but even in a vehicle or van boss car if it's left unopened it's still illegal for you to gain entry to it and mess about with it of course yeah that that's that's exactly the point greg but um you know it's so simple just you know lock your car it's uh it should become habit and you know i i don't know these where these particular cars were parked if they were in uh public car parks or on the driveway but no matter what it's just a click of a button to lock most cars right okay we mentioned it earlier on it is rally time again now a note from a god of perspective it's a huge operation working in association with the organizers and what have you uh but it is as you say that time of the year again yeah it's a busy time of the year for ourselves um uh for the don't go under national rally people as well you know it's come take a place this weekend as you know we will be out in force this weekend and as always they'll be applying a zero tolerance approach um we have been um facilitated by the court service there are three special sittings of the district court in relation to um any issues that come up over the weekend greg and we will be utilizing that as we do every year and you don't want to be one of them people arrested and kept in custody overnight and having to sit in front of the district court in the morning you know every year a small minority of people appear to have no interest in the rally itself and they just land for you know driving dangerously and showing off and you know taking risks and risk in their own lives and the lives of others and you know if these people value their license then they need to leave the rally to the competitors and and not on the public road and I suppose one of the main things we can do as as parents and guardians is to talk to our young people um like it's also our responsibility to make sure they're I suppose equipped with the right maybe decision making um you know guidance to make the right decisions on the road and not be influenced by peers or you know to to make sure that they're well aware not to be um under the influence of any kind of intoxicating drugs or drink uh always to where their seat belt and not to get involved in reckless or speeding behavior on the road greg so yeah parents and guardians we have responsibility to make sure that our young people are equipped and I want to say young people greg you know we don't like profiling people but I can tell you now it's it's blatantly obvious it's uh young fellas and their late teens and early 20s is the people that have been arrested every year so it'll be the same yes this year again unfortunately yeah and you know it only takes one poor decision a second and it's all over yeah you know that that's yeah we're no strangers to haven't disasters here greg you know so uh yes it'll be out in force there's already scheduled sitting of the court so uh no one's gonna be overrun and you'll get away with it uh presumably the tinted windows noisy exhaust modified cars all that stuff will be looked at as well of course greg as is the norm but yeah but the fact that the best so so many um traffic or garrity in place um the garrity helicopters are up for the weekend as well and it'll be there operating day and night and if anybody needs to contact the guards you know you can contact letterkenny balichanne and melford any garrita station or indeed munkranna actually um or an emergency contact 999 or 112 okay gordon all mcguire of the melford district garrita station thanks for your time as always we appreciate you coming down to see us that was community garner information for tuesday the 13th of june 2023 it's back with you after the 10 o'clock news next tuesday watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the 9 till noon show is brought to you by letterkenny credit union offering low rate holiday loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today with a high digital online skills course you'll feel a real difference i can listen to all the music i like the boss app that's coming out and it's brilliant anything you want and all it's at their fingertips does small turns but they mean something learn essential online skills with simple accessible lessons at high digital dot ie or free phone 1 800 2030 brought to you by vodafone ireland foundation and alone vodafone together we can celebrate father's day at foil side join us saturday 17th of june 1 to 4 p.m and experience our thrilling vr driving simulator to win prizes challenge dab to mini golf or capture memories with vintage cars including the iconic delorean with donations to foil hospice plus free draw to win a supercar driving experience founder's day at foil side see you there croffer tiles and more castle fin summer offers now on 10 percent off everything for the month of june wall and floor tiles all sizes from small to extra large brand new selection of wood flooring in stock over 60 bathrooms on display tile and bathwear clearance available outside late night opening on thursday till eight closed saturdays croffer tiles and more castle fin shop lk at brine mccormick sports and leisure main street letter kenny new fresh colors in women's sportswear from nike and under armor get that new look with some bright colors quarter zips with t-shirts and fitness bottoms match it up with some new arrivals in our footwear for women brooks hoca and on running gives you a unique comfort sensation view our new arrivals click on bmc sports dot i e for your free delivery rally fever is building in the northwest to join highland radio for live coverage of the dunigal international rally on air and online at highland radio dot com in association with pulse venue letter kenny your entertainment headquarters over rally weekend with the whistling donkeys all folk top band one for the road live on rally friday and we are back on the nine till noon show thank you so much for all of your messages that are coming in on various topics we'll get to those uh in a moment but first we have a word of warning for you and to help us get that message across trace mccally johnson's trace how are you getting on hi how are you i'm all right now you bought a fan was it for your car it was yes so we wireless we chargeable family vote for the baby so we've just had a wee baby there congratulations thank you very much so we had bought it three months ago i think it was and so what happened was we were taken that we want out for a walk yesterday so we were getting under the car just to go out to the local country park and i had just charged it i'm the house to bring it out to connect it to the stroller and the car first and then onto the stroller yeah and i had brought the change in bag and the fan out to the car and came back in lefted the baby and come out to the car opened the door and the fall car was full of smoke the fan had exploded in the car we're not sure what happened then what the malfunction was but it exploded and had set the seats in the car on fire and the baby's car seat yeah and the baby's car seat as well yep thank god the baby wasn't on the car seat because it's not worth thinking about what would have happened if the baby was on there and open the door back of the car full of smoke i think by the looks of things if the car had been left for another while it could have just completely gone up in flames definitely and honestly it was at very most three minutes i was left in the car i haven't done got the baby straight out to the car again because of the star bunch we were going for a dinner so came out with a team and it's the whole thing was covered in smoke the seats the actual seats from the car were melted the leather and the seats and the baby's car seat was the same too it was horrific what a shock and this is not something that plugs into the electricity and runs at home or plugs into the cigarette lighter it all the you know what they call it now this was battery operated you wouldn't imagine maybe with a couple of triple a's or double a's that it could malfunction like this yeah that's it and it wasn't even turned on that was what was shocked me so much because i thought maybe it was turned on maybe it would overheat it there on i had just charged it i thought i'm the house and brought it out and sat up on the seats in the car and it just exploded we're not we were very very lucky that it was in a minute before a minute after because it said they're gonna be in my hand or sitting in front of the baby right scary um and it's uh it's a little fan and you can understand exactly why you would get them because it's really human just to circulate a little bit of air because it gets very stuffy at times even in the back with aircon and a lot of cars if you have it it still can be stuffy in the back for the young one so it's perfectly understandable as to why you had it but my words i don't think you'll be getting a little advantage as it it's advertised as a baby fam so it's more like a for the prams and for the yards and stuff that's what's so scary about it because a lot of our friends and stuff that we were talking about they're saying that they have the same one or a similar one that they use for their babies yeah and listen we keep our eyes on our our children all the time don't we Trace but it's not 24-7 you know what i mean there are sort of times where they feel safe uh and and you know you'd never know what could have happened so this is one of those ones it could have been so much much worse i think it's a real world to the warning if i had one i wouldn't be using it put it like that that's that there'll be no more fans in our house anyway yeah okay all right Trace listen thank you very much for that thanks for helping us get the message out i think it's an important one thank you no problem all right okay fair play and i'm glad everyone's okay Trace McCauley there who had one of these little plastic fans for those watching i'll show you images of it they're not fantastic but you can get a message and it's actually advertised as a fan it's actually advertised as a fan for babies but you can see and there's further damage on the vehicle the pictures i'm shown here are black and white but the baby seat the back seats all went on fire and look at some people like it didn't happen in this case but we do know that some people might nip in and grab something even from the house i'm not saying from the you know you put the baby in the child seat and you go in and grab a few bags by the time you got out who's to say what could have happened okay so i don't want to do any company out of business but just in case it's a part of a bad batch i don't know if the battery's overheated or shorted or whatever it might be or if it was the fan we don't know but anyway just a word of warning i wouldn't say stop using them but i certainly wouldn't use them close to a baby after that or leave them unattended with it okay thanks Trace for that have you had a similar experience anything like that there by the way that's a perfect example of another reason to text a whatsapp us you know to help us get information out there to help our fellow citizens right i'm going to go through some comments now then a break then our next guest uh assisted suicide says this listener why are we so against assisting people who are choosing to assist people who are at their end of their life to end their pain but we're okay with assisting to end the lives of innocent babies through abortion who have no choice well you see then you get into at what point is a baby a baby and i get where you're coming from i would i personally would prefer to have this conversation not on this program but in my in in the country uh i don't mind what you just want to talk about how you want to talk about it separate because you know what's going to happen is is that uh it's it's not conflation and it is at the same time we need to talk of all the ramifications i think of assisted suicide on the population uh but then comparing it to another uh set of legislation i don't think it might allow us to have that full uh conversation that's required why are we talking about being against assisted suicide when the government are unofficially doing this anyway by not having a proper system in place for those who need help if someone is having suicidal thoughts they're referred to their GP first of all you would be lucky to get an appointment nowadays and even if you do GPs do not have the relevant training to help someone in this position nor is A&E a place for someone in this position also they don't seem to care about the psychological damage uh that they are doing to people being uh keeping them in micro homes no emergency there either look that maybe that's why they're calling it assisted dying this is not this are people who are are um not suicidal it's that they are are physically sick and want to end that absolutely agree that changes in legislation creep in then get watered down another why are we not asking why or how the woman who was imprisoned for taking the abortion pills found herself in this position it's shocking that she was jailed she should have been given full psychological support indeed and that is a another point of view out there of course um right okay over on Facebook and Instagram we asked what are your thoughts on yesterday's announcement that work is beginning on the installation of new traffic light systems at the Polestar roundabout some of your comments here Rachel said they need to put a set of lights at Kililaston Junction at the filling station too it's a free for all up there nobody knows who is the right of way and traffic is increasing long overdue several roads converging and no traffic management system in place it's only a matter of time before there is a crash another Owen says all roundabouts out they removed those years ago in Galway City and traffic flow was much better controversial and says much needed it's about time that this was done make it fair functional system and Trina great move will give traffic coming out by the tourist officer chance yeah okay do you know what they should do drastic as it might seem install a little stick on the side of a steering wheel right and it's connected to lights at the corner of the car and then when you go to a drive roundabout you bloody use them and say you're turning left you pull down and the lights on the left flash or if you're turning right the lights on the right flash wouldn't that be brilliant and then all drivers would use them and then roundabouts become so much more effective because we all know what everybody else is doing it's a crazy thought I know who would I mean it's too late to introduce a bike you could call them indicators because it would indicate your intention on the roads I'm talking to you BMW and Audi drivers right we'll be back with more after these more about Opel's 5050 offer at the Opel open road event see modern motors.ie for details balance is provided by way of a consumer higher percentage agreement by bank of Ireland finance lending criteria and condition supply over its own ownership remains with bank of Ireland until the final payment is made bank of Ireland trading as of bank of Ireland finance is regulated by the central bank of Ireland the euro millions jackpot is an estimated 40 million euro clear responsibly in store in app or at lottery.ie the national lottery it could be you are you tired of waiting for treatment or surgery did you know you can receive immediate treatment across the border under the new n.i planned healthcare scheme at potentially no cost dunagall patients are still being treated with us at kingsbridge private hospital northwest post-branx it the process is easy and our dedicated team will help guide you through it so why wait contact us today to find out how you can skip the waiting lists and receive treatment in northern visit kingsbridge private hospital dot com because life matters the calm of knowing you're getting a great deal purchase your new citron electric before the end of july and get three-year servicing one-year road tax and free home charge of installation plus the calm of the citron eight-year battery and five-year car warranty available now across the entire citron fully electric car range including ec4 and all new ec4x experience the power of calm with citron terms and conditions apply visit citron dot ie nothing moves us like citron visit the citron open week next week at your local dealer highland motors mountaintop letter candy okay it's that time in the morning where we play our quiz we have a great prize um i don't have the information caroline where's the information the prizes and what i have to read out and i think you're trying to make me look bad here but i've got names and i don't have anything else right now thank you very much caroline we are going to play our fantastic quiz uh we are uh it's thanks to virgin media full fiber broadband it's arrived in dunagall you know and to celebrate all this week on the nine till noon show we'll be giving away a 100 euro one for all voucher every day courtesy of our friends at virgin media check out virgin media dot ie to see if you can avail of the two gig full fiber broadband speeds now we have two callers joining us on the program very shortly we have two questions i will play a piece of music and then either of our contestants will shout play if they want to answer a question on that piece of music now right now this is where it gets interesting i will ask them a question whoever answers the question first quickest it'll be a separate question for each wins a 100 euro one for all voucher right kevin darty is in red castle hi kevin good morning how are you getting on kevin no i'll be back right uh ryan oh riley from anagrees with us as well ryan how are you oh is it ryan i beg your pardon ryan or ryan right uh i wonder uh sorry i didn't have your fader uh ryan ryan beautiful name okay right uh folks i'm going to play a uh piece of music or a bit from a film uh kevin and uh ryan you decide if you want to take the first question by saying play so whichever of you says play first uh gets the first question so it depends if you're a a fan of this musician okay so uh are you ready ryan are you clear on the rules uh yeah that makes one of us kevin how are you getting on no i think i understand yeah excellent right i'm going to play this if you want to play this question simply say uh playing whoever's first gets the question okay that was you first kevin wasn't it yep okay right now the quicker you answer this question that will be your time and i've got my little uh i've got my little timer here i have indeed okay right let me just see that is working yeah okay right the question nine to five is a song written and recorded by american entertainer dolly who right okay that's two seconds all right i've got two seconds here right this uh is setting up your question ryan uh play this for you now life was like a box of chocolates you're playing this one this is your question right the question is and i've got the timer ready to go i'm just resetting it here who played forest gump uh tom hanks tom hanks i'm afraid ryan you were quick but you were just half a second uh behind kevin kevin is our winner you got it ryan but unfortunately you just slightly missed out we're going to send you out a nine till noon show mug as a thank you for taking part ryan enjoy beautiful anagry thank you very much indeed and kevin i've done it i've done a successful quiz i made i did a quiz uh you have won a 100 euro one for all voucher it is yours we'll get it out to you congratulations you can spend that in a myriad of shops on anything that you like and thank you so much for taking part today well don't you all right the winner kevin darty red castle uh he has won a 100 euro one for all that you will do the same tomorrow uh the difference in time there by the way was 2.1 seconds for kevin and 2.6 seconds for ryan and it's uh just as the the answer was concluded all right okay um now we have um we had better fun yesterday i think someone said okay we can't do it wrong every day right okay well done we're gonna go back it's gonna be even better for wednesday i'm so excited already thanks to virgin media by the way uh right a caller says if they put up traffic lights at the port bridge they would be better closing off letter kenny all together i won't be going to shop in it along with a lot of other people the only thing is is that i suppose there's going to be a couple stages of this there's going to be the inconvenience of the traffic lights then we have to see how they're sequenced and then they're going to have to tweak the sequencing it is possible although i'm not optimistic it is possible that things could improve so we'll have to just watch with interest suck it and see us suppose now aards walled garden community project are having an open day this coming saturday june 17 between 2 p.m and 4 p.m there's a raffle refreshments a plant sale and music everybody's welcome the weather's looking pretty good for the weekend as well that's the aards walled garden community project open day if you want something to do saturday afternoon it's running between 2 p.m and also 4 p.m all right some more of your comments coming here i have had three members of my family die very young from cancer none of them would have opted for assisted death if the choice was minor would have signed the papers to stop their suffering it's such a personal choice that can only be made by the person themselves but greg you are right they might make the decision to stop being a burden and that's not right either and that is the problem isn't it that is the struggle that i have because i can't make up my mind i don't want and the the example i gave and not to go over it again i wouldn't have wanted that person so important to me and who loved so much to be considering in the last you know throws of the dice that they were doing something for me and others if you know what to mean hi greg i've been thinking in the past about life and death and for myself if i had no quality of life and could not look after myself i would definitely like to have a choice and leave this world with dignity and not be suffering always enjoy your shows that comes in from sylvia and sylvia there is a perfect example of you hopefully in really good health at the moment and you're able to think i suppose with pure clarity as to what you want how do we make sure sylvia that your requests your your wishes are respected which they probably should be a call us as assisted suicide was reduced introduced to canada under compassionate grounds yet within two years the law was changed to allow people over the age of 16 to avail of it if they had a doctor's letter saying they suffered from chronic depression ireland will be no different we might just do a little bit of research on that one just to see if that's exactly the case i'm not saying you're wrong just it just to be absolutely sure that that's precisely what changed let me see hi greg listening to the program this morning reassisted dying what's the difference of assisted does it mean being with the person to provide them with emotional support or does it mean providing the medication to another person clarity is definitely required in relation to the definition of this word well the the only example i can give is the what what i know happens in belgium you medically facilitate their suicide so it's not that you're there holding your hand and and when we say suicide right it's very clear maybe this is why they went with assisted dying this is a decision that's made and it happens in a controlled environment generally speaking to relieve people of physical suffering or a lack of independence or whatever reasons they might give we kind of already have assisted suicide or end of life in this country anyone who's nursed or cared for someone with terminal cancer especially will know that when things get generally bad it's not the disease which takes them but usually a heart attack from the morphine driver that's put on to ease the pain as soon as the driver goes on it's inevitable and it can be timed and i know what you're saying and that's part of care and it's is that end of life care but i do understand what you're saying and it's a point i've made before another caller says do we even need to have the conversation about assisted suicide it's not a topic that arises in daily conversation modern medicine and pain relief methods ensure that end of life is as comfortable and is as painless as possible even uh did use in this topic can make it discuss in this topic can make it an issue for vulnerable vulnerable people or elderly people in an abusive relationship may make them feel under pressure to to seek this opt out option well listen we have to have the the conversation in a in a responsible way um and give them a voice before it's legislated that they could feel like that um and give people who are in favor of it like silvia who makes a point that's difficult to argue with um you know to say well well can i deny her that right you know because i don't i'm male may not have to to walk in her shoes right okay uh christine joins us on the show now hiya christine sorry for holding you there you're okay thank you it's great to have you listening to the show you're listening to us from cavern right okay what are we going to talk about here uh christine what do you want to say yeah well i was just listening to um your show there just morning actually you know what regards to the end of life exactly exactly and uh recently um i'm sorry i'm a bit nervous now but uh take your time it's only me and you christine relax it's perfectly fine pretend i'm sitting in your kitchen and we're having a cup of tea all right and so i um i've recently just returned from spain i have an um an autoscopy on my knee and and look it was small surgery so it was a big surgery to me um i actually i hurt my knee back in january 2022 and i went through everything i mean um i went to physio i rested i did everything you know and um it wasn't getting better and it was actually respect to my quality of life um i'm a leader with the irish girl guides it was stopping me from doing what i wanted to do etc etc and um do you know what i was getting tablets i was getting medicine and if i went to the doctors i was actually being offered another prescription but i was getting nowhere you know so um i eventually um after a camp last year um i literally crawled out of the tent i wasn't such agony and at this stage the memiscus tear that was in my knee was actually um it was putting pressure on my back so i supposed to cut a long story short i went back to the doctor and i said i need to have something done about this at this stage i couldn't walk the only place i could walk was around our local football pitch i couldn't go into anything but with an incline if i wanted to do something as simple as clean out the fire at home um i literally had to put cushions down under my knee it felt like my knee tap was falling off it went for a walk you know it was just a multitude of small small things but but it had an effect on my quality of life so um i did travel to um uh press ask but i realized that that wasn't for me it wasn't going to to work um unfortunately i had to prioritize my children's education um so then i found out about a company health care abroad um and you know what they were absolutely amazing they were just fantastic um they organized absolutely everything for me and i went to spain to and have my surgery done um there so do you know what it was an amazing experience it was a wonderful experience but i suppose what really struck me more than anything was the patience that you actually met there their needs their requirements the way that they were suffering and the way that they were actually waiting now there was one guy that actually needed i think it was too hip and too neat and he was actually told that he will be um it will be around eight years wow and does this connect to the conversation about assisted dying that our flawed health system of course it does our flawed health system yeah yeah like i says when i sent in the message i says like i mean i was younger than i had the patience that was out there not young but younger but i know the effect that this had on my quality of life for the older people that's actually out there that's actually can't walk that's waiting to go around in serious pain what effect does this have on their life yeah serious pain you know they can't do anything the quality of life is literally been taken away from them when something like this you know to actually have the treatment they need whether it's a knee replacement whether it's a hip replacement whatever it is you know they can actually have that that can actually give them a better quality of life yeah so there's a big debate going on now about like i mean the end of life and everything but what i would like to say more um debating is about what can be done to help the people to actually get the get the comfort get the relief that they actually need now instead of having to go down now i know when you're talking about cancer patients and everything and serious disease and things like that are we still there yeah yeah i'm listening intently christine when when we're talking about um things like um like that you know it's slightly different however there's a lot of people that's actually suffering you know i'm very depressed because of the quality of life that they're living because they're not actually getting the care that they deserve all right so they deserve sorry i should say yeah no listen we're just against 11 really strong points made christine and food for thought and food for thought regardless of what side of this conversation you come down on i think uh really interesting christine thank you so much for listening and uh you did fantastic there was no need to be nervous in the end at all thank you so much thanks a million i was very much okay no no no you did well you did well and and and it articulated the point so much better than i might be able to do so in reading your comments so i appreciate you coming on with all the stories that matter across the northwest it's greg hughes on the nine to noon show on highland radio yeah across the northwest across the country and beyond we want to keep you uh in front of everything here on this show right i'm not my own now i'm joined in studio by uh donna Marie doherty with the latest news headlines good morning donna Marie thanks greg good morning gardi in bundoren are investigating two fires in the promenade road on thursday evening last they happened within 45 minutes of each other and are believed to have been started deliberately the first was detected at a derelict building just after 10 to 6 and the other at a nearby skipped at 25 to 7 the fire service extinguished both blazes meanwhile gardi are repeating a warning for the second week in a row in relation to ensuring cars are locked at all times it comes following further reports of vehicles that were entered in millford uh last week they say regardless if your vehicle is in public or on your driveway lock it up at all times and do not leave valuable items unattended inside a kelly gordon counsellor is welcoming word of an inspection to be carried out on a handrail under more footbridge but he says delays to action are unsatisfactory counsellor Patrick McGowan says the levels of deterioration on the bridge has left it with sharp edges that could easily injure a pedestrian he added that the bridge is used heavily by local children to get to and from school and extracurricular activities the donagall county council has confirmed that five of the 15 fire brigades in the county will be on strike daily as daily for a week as those week of rolling strike action by retained firefighters began today the council is advised how advising householders and businesses that fire alarm systems are in working order and are checked regularly gardi and letterkenny and leford are repeating for information regarding a number of separate incidents which seen windows smashed these include two windows of a home one of which was occupied at the time and one of a digger more information can be found on highlandradio.com and finally senators and tds with varying positions will meet in the next hour for the very first public hearing from the joint oractus committee on assisted dying over the next nine months members will consider whether ardent should allow people to end their lives in specific circumstances such as terminal illness evidence will be delivered by experts and this morning members will hear from the department of justice officials and the irish human rights equality commission those are the latest headlines will be back again with the latest at 12 donna marie thank you very much indeed okay we'll be back with the rest of this morning's program after we take this quick break stay right where you are the night of noon show is brought to you by letterkenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60 000 euro for all occasions visit letterkennycu.ie two gig full fiber broadband from virgin media has landed in donnie gall hear that if uh time to lose yourself in the latest scandy crime series i have no idea what's going on here you should really put on the subtitles fair point whatever your genre whatever way you play virgin media is here switch today at virginmedia.ie virgin media it's playtime subject to location and availability harkens fireplaces a summer sale now on 50 percent of selected fireplaces call 9141 109 or visit their showroom in valley bogan lyford that's harkens fireplaces for a better choice of fireplace hello there farmer tinny here it's summer and tinny's toys have loads of swings slides trampolines goalposts and many more outdoor toys and games we've basketball stands swing ball sandpit diggers kids wheelbarrows and when the sun finally gets out we've loads of paddling pools of course we still have what we're famous for the largest range of ride-on and small farm toys and models in ireland shop 24 7 tinny's toys dot com or call and select road ladder kenny dine bite super value makes saving money as easy as one two three one we match aldie and the products you love two great special offers like get two large super value signature taste pizzas plus one super value garlic baguette two pack and one selected super value coleslaw all for eight euro and three money off vouchers every week on the app so follow the one two three save money at super value clown money agricultural show monster draw 100 000 euro in prizes first prize a falter attractor a 105 high tech or a scuda kudi akkar second prize a scuda fabby akkar or 10 000 euro plus eight other cash prizes tickets now available online at clownmoneyshow.com or from any committee member this would make an ideal father's day gift no i personally believe i'll put my cards on the table our five fighters are our unsung heroes they're going about pot their life in danger uh all the time um often without thanks often with the very little reward obviously it's the serious things like turning up at road traffic collisions and house fires where they have to see uh unmentionable tragedy to their time effectively being wasted though they might not see it themselves and putting that skip fires like we heard protecting local properties or uh for that matter um you know gauze fires protecting houses and all that type of stuff and a lot of these people have regular jobs uh but they have to have very accommodated employees and very tight restrictions on you know how far away from home they can live so they do an awful lot of really good work and they're up there with our ambulance drivers and our nurses uh in my view as i say it's just my view others might have a different view uh but they're on strike today at 12 am last night firefighters from across the country turned off their pagers and prepared themselves for days and maybe even weeks of industrial action in donagall five fire stations have silent their pagers for 24 hours of strike action letter kenny donagall tankily begs don lone boncran will be attending the council offices in lyford until one and then the hq of the donagall fire service in letter kenny from one to five to peacefully pick it uh so if you support them give them a beep i know uh when you're on a picket line uh it is encouraging so first we might uh go to uh steven mcfadden who's the chair of the national retained fire fighters association just to give us a clear outline of what's going on today steven thanks for taking the call this morning no problem greg all right for those who may have missed the conversations that's been happening in chats last week who is on strike today you know what part of the fire services on strike today and why well today uh 50 percent of all fire stations nationally are closed so they are on a rolling strike basis tomorrow the other 50 percent will go on strike and the other crews will go back on but this is a national strike great uh a little effect stunning all but affects every county in ireland now so it does and in terms of putting in cover what has engagement been like around the country with the the powers that be to uh best facilitate this strike but also have a level of service there well um the local authorities were supposed to come up with a contingency plan greg in relation to this they got plenty of notice about it but as even of today as we speak donagall county council fire service management still don't have a contingency plan in place now this strike is set to escalate at midnight next tuesday where all fire cover nationally will be withdrawn and as i say today as we speak now donagall county council not on their own along with all county councils has no contingency plan in place although they got notice a month ago so they did from our trade unions up to in relation to this industrial action it was a workday rule last week this week now it's 50 percent of stations closures up until tuesday and if there's no meaningful negotiations with government it'll be a all-out strike next tuesday greg what does this mean if there is um a a fire starts in a building in lether county um what what impact might this have i mean i know the press release says pages have been turned off have they though what what does this what would this mean if there were a fire in letter kenny today for an example well it would mean a slower response greg um to the actual incident like letter kenny is out on strike today so it'll take either falcara or snorre to turn up to that that call now which is going to be a serious reduction in response time to whatever incident that may occur or may not occur what ends this strike because there are some people saying and it's our old friend the housing minister dara or brian who's uh responsible for this uh what ends this like can you can you as clearly as you can for listeners tell us what would end this what other problems facing retained fire service personnel at the moment and what would what would avoid the strike action next week well our our members were in negotiation through our trade union mechanism which is substitute were in negotiations with government um dara or brian stated quite clearly in november 15th last year in the dial when we took a motion of government the government came back with a counter motion which they're quite entitled to do they say that they would implement the coin report um that was an internal review of the fire service and papa has agenda was paying conditions and when the lads went into negotiations in good faith what's the local authority what's the lgma which the local government management say to say they were told by no under no circumstances was their moneys available to the retained firefighters now being a firefighter um you can't get a mortgage the only money's are guaranteed as a retainer which starts off at eight and a half thousand euro per annum it's no good what we need is a pop a proper reform of the retained fire service and the way they're paid what the firefighters are asking for as a as a salary basically so they can apply for mortgages loans whatever that they do get a decent pension now as i say talks collapsed now this lies it doesn't lie actually believe or not was darrow bring darrow bring is trying his best to resolve this but it actually lies with the department of finance isn't it yeah he has to release money release money too okay yeah they make these changes which is actually a very it's actually a very very small amount of money that is going to take to actually resolve this but deeper has knuckled down at least if they'll be releasing no moneys uh that's past authorities office yeah so does and darrow brings hands seem to be tied at the moment what's on the government right okay right steven and i mean it's it's one of those whereby you're in the business of protecting people and saving lives but enough is enough and it's been foreshadowed you've you had the work to rule you've got today and they know what's coming and they know what ends this uh and i i as i say i'm sure it's a tough decision for the members steven it's an awful it's an awful decision it's an awful corner that the firefighters went back and they like the difference between the routine firefighter and all our frontline services is that we actually live and work in our communities you know there are people firefighters do not want to be in this position they've avoided trying to avoid this there were 16 months of talks that went on 16 months with no resolution with the lgma you know and they don't want to be in this position but they feel they have to because if they don't the service is going to collapse anyway great that's the way the firefighters are looking at it now yeah all right if there's not intervention i don't know whether this is going to end up great and i don't think it's very healthy for anybody you know mentally or physically all right steven mcfadden you've put a point uh that points across really well thank you he's chair of the national retained fire service association so we can go now uh to the protest uh in the picket i suppose you could say in lyford steven kelly is a firefighter from the letter kenny station steven thanks so much for joining us this morning yeah no problem great as i said a tough decision for you to make steven as well you know he could be your neighbours your family your friends that that could be picking up the phone in an emergency but i presume you feel that you've been painted into this corner and been left with no option yes that's correct first and foremost no firefighter on the packet line wants to be here we want to be back in our communities ready to respond to an incident we this is the last option for us you don't start with with strike you know this this is the last last option and we we've been forced here um by non negotiations and it's it's it's about it's about let's make this clear this is about steven the fire service um because it's on its knees at the moment it's broken and if we don't take this down now there won't be a fire service can you steven either yeah either from your own experience or a typical experience of a of a firefighter the current working conditions how it impacts on on someone's life in terms of i don't know jobs loan applications or or whatever it might be can you sort of