The need at this meeting later today is absolute clarity on what circumstances in which ticketing will be required, the type of information that needs to be gathered by that ticketing system and how it is to be operated. A Donningall deputy believes there is no valid reason why the report and a sexual abuse at a HSE facility in Sturnorla should not be released in full. Reports of the report that have been leaked to the public reveal that over 100 instances of sustained sexual abuse occurred at the Argyrania Court in Sean O'Hare unit at St Joseph's Hospital in Sturnorla over a period of 13 years. A garth investigation into the report's contents concluded over the bank holiday weekend, but it's now believed that they're seeking legal advice regarding its publication. However, Deputy Thomas Pringle believes seeking legal advice is a stalling measure. I believe that this is a stalling measure that's been put into place. I do believe as well that the Guardian have questions after and how they handled the whole situation and how they dealt with the Brandon issue as well. And that's probably why they're looking for legal advice now about the release of the report because I think when the report is released in the fall and people look at it, they'll see that the character question is answered too. And the junior agriculture minister says farmers need to be seen as part of the solution and not the problem to climate change. Ireland is aiming to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by half over the next 10 years under ambitious new plans by the Climate Change Advisory Council. The decrease would involve a reduction in farming livestock as beef and dairy cattle are among the biggest contributors to emissions. Junior agriculture minister Martin Haidt thinks there are other ways and farmers need to stop being singled out. My department's approach has been based on a roadmap that we published called Climate Health that's based on a stable herd. And we believe that with present science and future science with a stable herd, we can reduce our emissions and farmers are very much part of the solution and not the problem. And if the only narrative farmers ever hear is that they are the problem, then you'll very quickly lose the dressing room. Whether now it'll be a windy day today, strong and gusty south west winds will reach Gale Force on coast. And it will be rather cloudy too with a few patches of rain or drizzle. Temperatures 14 to 16 degrees. That's it for now. We're back with more 10 o'clock until then. Good morning. Crisp mornings, crunchy leaves, cozy jumpers, winter time can be magical. But it's also the time of year when we're most at risk of catching the flu. At your local pharmacy, children age two to 17 can now get vaccinated for free with just a simple nasal spray. 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Let's take a look at the papers. The Donegal Democrat is out this morning. The main story, new format from McGill, Tishook and World Health Organization director among the speakers, Michelle Nick Fadgin writes, the director of the McGill Summer School says, the manner in which the school is run this year will revolutionize the DLENTI-based event for the future. The event begins tomorrow. It will again be in digital format due to the pandemic. And indeed, we'll have a little bit more on that on the program later on. Also on the side of the front page, Micah issue for cabinet on November 9th, a cabinet memo on the proposals for an improved scheme for homeowners affected by defective blocks is to be brought to the cabinet on November 9th. Campaigners for 100% redress have been told. That's a date that people will be looking forward to keenly. Front of the Dairy Journal this morning. Flu vaccine should be free for all, says councillor. In a show on Councillor Martin Farron urges the government to bring in a mass vaccination plan. You can read all about that on the front of the Dairy Journal this morning, moving to the nationals, the Irish Independent. Traffic hits pre-COVID levels as workers shun public transport. Setback as carbon budget is finalised. Caroline O'Doherty writes the plans to coax commuters out of their cars are being hampered by COVID as tens of thousands shun public transport for their daily travel road traffic is now almost back to pre-pandemic levels while passenger numbers on bus rail and trams are at half their previous volume on some services. Also revenue checks up on people claiming tax relief on home working. Revenue are carrying out checks on workers seeking tax relief on remote working expenses and asking for calculations to support the relatively small sums being claimed. That's another story that will be of interest, I'm sure, to many people. The front of the Irish Times this morning. Carbon limits to radically change how we live. Government will outline carbon limits for individual sectors. Shortly says Ryan, the IFA's warning of profound implications for the rural economy from an emissions ceiling. Forthcoming carbon budgets for every sector of the economy will require fundamental changes affecting how people live and work according to the Minister for the Climate, MN Ryan. He was speaking after the publication of new proposed overall carbon budgets from the Climate Change Advisory Council as the country puts a statutory limit on greenhouse gas emissions for the first time. The Irish Daily Mail this morning. Blow for drivers as Tank of Petrol hits 100 euro. AA describes record high at pumps as scary. Motorists are facing bills of more than 100 euro to fill their cars as petrol prices hit record highs. Facing a growing winter of discontent with household energy bills rocketing. Industry experts say petrol prices will also rise even further by the end of the year. The price of petrol at Irish stations has now peaked at a record 173.9 cent a litre. That means a 60 litre tank would cost 104 euro to fill. Garage owners also warned yesterday a further one cent a litre is in the pipeline for later this week. And that's a story on the Irish Daily Mail. Irish Daily, start of this morning. Monks, Trouble and Strife. Request to see wife and son sparks security panic. Jerry the Monk Hutch has sparked safety fears at Wheatfield Prison after at the top cartel officially asked that his wife and son be allowed to visit him. Associates had been warned off seeing him due to the risk of attacks. There's more insight on that. One would have thought that if a person is in prison, visits are one of the rights that they have. And if the authorities do have responsibilities towards those in custody, one of those responsibilities is to allow those visits take place in a safe and secure way. So a challenge perhaps there for the state. Also, number of late comers getting jabbed doubles. The daily vaccination rate in Ireland has doubled in recent days amid an intensified campaign to reach the un-jabbed. The head of the program has said since Thursday last, numbers coming forward for vaccines have risen from between 800 to 1,000 to 2,000 a day. And there was of course an open vaccination clinic in letter Kenny over the weekend as well. And we understand that was well attended. The front of the Irish Daily Mirror. Let's finish the job. A push to convince Ireland's 360,000 un-vaccinated to get the job is to be rolled out as hospital numbers rise. The HSC will target areas of the country where uptake is low. Vaccine rollout chief Demi McAlliam wants to persuade people for their own health, for their family's health, and for the wider community. Also on the front page, Ronaldo blame players, not Ole. Starbacks under fire Solskjaer and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's job very much under the microscope following Manchester United's record defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford. And if you're going to get beaten five-nil and you're Manchester United, if you're going to get beaten five-nil, the one team you don't want that to happen under is Liverpool, and it's just probably twice as bad for the Red Devils fans that it was Liverpool and not somebody else. And the fact that it happened in Old Trafford exacerbates it even more, no doubt. And Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would think his stock is at an all-time low in terms of its value. But we watch that one with interest. And a crime exclusive, we're told, on the front of the Irish Sun. Martin, the general Cahill's gang, left a board of nails as a booby trap for CAB officers in his garden. The late Kingpin's Dublin pad was seized during a crackdown on his empire in 1997. Former carbon investigator Henry Ainsworth said, if someone had stood on that trap, it could have caused serious injuries. And there's a picture of the booby trap on the front of the Irish Sun. Also, biker hunted in shock, hit and run. A young woman was mowed down and left for dead by a motorbike in one of two hit and run smashes being investigated by Garthy. It happened on Sunday night in Prayerswood Road in Dublin, while separately a man was hit by a car on Furbo Road in Galway. So that's how the papers are looking this morning. It's 12 and a half minutes past nine. We're gonna take a short break. Back after this. It's time to move out of diesel. So make the move to Kelly's Toyota and our incredible range of self-charging hybrid electric cars. With 45 years of experience here in Letterkenny, you can trust us to help you on your electric journey. So join the thousands of hybrid drivers enjoying lower taxes and cleaner air. 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We understand the Garthy investigation into the report's contents concluded over the weekend, but rather than have the report published, Garthy are seeking legal advice on the issue before they give their clearance for that to happen. Joined on Zoom by Deputy Thomas Pringle. You can, of course, if you have access to Facebook Live, you can now watch the program, as it were, on Facebook Live and you can see these interviews on screen as well. Deputy Pringle, good morning. Morning down the line, are you? Very, very good indeed, thank you. Deputy Pringle, in terms of, and we discussed this last week on the program as well, after there were stories in the media the week before last, and your stance last week was the same as it is now that this report should be published, it should be published now, and your questioning, Garthy's motives in seeking to perhaps today, that's from happening. Yeah, and I think there's no reason why the report can't be published, and it should be published because it's vitally important that the families and also the wider community in Donegal knows that everything has been done to actually make sure that something like this doesn't happen again, and I think that vitally important is about public disclosure and it's about disclosure of what's actually been done in our names, really, because the HSE, they might dispute this, but they actually work for us and it's our taxes that pay for them to actually do their work, and if the guards have a problem with it, and I think that's fairly big, if I don't know exactly what has been gone on with the guards, you would imagine if they were investigating the issue, they would ask to speak to somebody who either the whistleblower or somebody who knew who the whistleblower was so that they could investigate the claims, but that hasn't happened, so if the guards have a problem with it being published, they should take that up with the HSE and that should be separate, and to any publishing of the reporter would take place. Now, a source told the Independent that one of the reasons Legal Advice is being sought by Gardeys because they believe the executive summary would not fully reflect the work on Gardeyshe Khanna has done on this matter. Now, this does beg two questions. I mean, number one, is it the executive summary or is it the whole report that the HSE is looking to publish because I know that both yourself and Minister Anne Robert both favor the publication of the entire report and not just an executive summary? And the other issue is, is this a suggestion then that Gardeyshe fear that they will not perhaps come out of the report as well as they would like? Well, sadly, I don't think it will. Whether it's the executive summary or the full report, I don't think they will come out of it very well. I am aware that the whistleblower reported these issues to the Gardeyshe back in 20th before I was involved in the case of probably about 2014. I would have to check the exact date. And at that time, the Gardeyshe were already aware of it. I have no evidence of the Gardeyshe actually haven't done anything prior to the finalization of the Brandon report. So, sadly, I don't think any of the official agencies come out well out of this report and that's part of the problem. The HEC as well have serious problems that say this question's answer, I think in relation to this and because they were aware of all the issues in the Brandon case before the report was published as well. So, I think all the organizations involved in this case have to look at themselves, have to look at what they actually did or didn't do and see why that didn't happen and make sure it doesn't happen again in the future. Something that really struck me when you initially raised this as a topical issue in Dall-Aaron in July of this year, having said at the time and since that you had exhausted every other avenue that was available to you in terms of progressing this issue and you reluctantly, in your own words, stood up in the Dall and iterated all this in a public arena. In what to me I think is the only time I've ever seen it. After your topical issue and the ministerial reply, the Count Corle actually intervened and the Count Corle spoke of the seriousness of this issue and the Count Corle spoke of the fact that this, and he more or less said what you were saying is nothing less than an attack on democracy and something that should be of grave concern to the House. Now the fact that the Count Corle, the leader of Dall-Aaron, makes such an interjection, and I've not seen it before or since, perhaps he has done it but it was unique to me, that really shows the extent to which Dall-Aaron as a body as well as a collection of individuals is looking at this and saying, you know, this has got to be progressed. Yeah, I mean, it's shocking, I was surprised myself to see the Count Corle come in like that on the topical issue and that was very strong and very true as well. Like, I mean, we have a situation here where the HSE have told the minister, the actual minister that's responsible for the HSE or one of the ministers responsible for the HSE, they've told the minister that she couldn't even have a copy of the report at that stage and she only got the report I think the day before, the day before that topical issue came up and they would have had notice for a couple of days that the topical issue was requested. You know, so the HSE seem to be like this fiefdom on their own, they work on their own here and they don't care about their responsibilities to the Irish people or to the government on behalf of the Irish people. And this is the problem, like, and it's very interesting. The first mention that there was of any guard involvement was actually on the day that the minister was up here in Donegal meeting families and briefing them about her involvement and about the report at that stage. There was no mention of, in July, there was no mention of the guard having a problem with this report being published or anything like that. At that time, there was another barrier that had been put in place by the HSE where they were saying that it might identify people so they weren't going to pull it forward that way. You know, so I think there's very serious questions that need to be answered even with the whole handling of this brand and report since it came to the HSE and whenever it was in July of 2020. And you, as the deputy that raised this, as the person approached by the whistleblower in 2016, as perhaps more than any of the public figure who has been leading the impetus on this issue for the past five years, you still haven't been given the report. No, no, at that stage, well, I hope to get the report sort of decisively, really, at that stage. No, it's crazy stuff, like. And it's not that anybody, like, I mean, the whistleblower and myself have done this, tried to do this through the proper channels and to do this the right way and have it resolved that it had only been blocked at every stage along the way. And so I think the HSE at a national level has serious questions to answer as to why this is the case. And, you know, the worry is that I would have done this, you know, how many other cases are like this that we don't know about that the HSE have kept under wraps. You know, and that's very worrying. And in a sense, you've just anticipated my next question, because my next question was actually going to be, in the event that there are issues similar to this or as serious as this in other HSE arenas, in other similar arenas around the country, are there potential whistleblowers looking at what's happening here and thinking to themselves, what's the point? Yeah, that seems to be the response of all organisations at any stage. You look at the way Morrison McCabe was treated by the Guardian at that stage over the years. And it seems to be, you know, keep whistleblowers down, make sure that these people are doing the service. And actually whistleblowers are doing a huge service to us, the people of this country. Like, I mean, these are services that we pay for, that we all are an ownership of, they're working on our behalf, and this is what they do. You know, so we, there's very serious questions have to be answered here. And it seems to be that any organisation wants to make sure that whistleblowers don't progress and don't do what they have to do. And if Wright was right, there should never be any need for whistleblowers anyway if the organisation is doing things properly. And, you know, so it seems to be about making it more difficult for whistleblowers, making it more difficult for the truth, prevent the truth come out. And the reality is that things will not change unless this comes out and as people know and people can be reassured that it will change and that it can change and that everything has been done to make it change. And unfortunately, I wouldn't have that faith at the moment. W. Thomas Pringle, thank you very much indeed for speaking to us this morning. That's W. Thomas Pringle there on that ongoing failure of the HSC to publish the Brandon report. And as we see the latest, we understand now is that the Guardian is seeking legal advice and at this point they have asked the HSC not to publish and we're waiting to see what's going to happen on that. W. Pringle there, as we said, he was the person the whistleblower approached in 2016. He was also the person that for the first time raised this in the public domain when he raced it in the All-Ireland in July of this year and it was at that point, as we said, that the Kean Korla actually intervened to speak about how serious this was in a democratic society. And as I said, I certainly haven't seen that the Kean Korla do that before or since. Let's move on to some of your comments before we go for a break. And you can text us of course, as we said, 08-660-25000, call us 07491-25000. 003537491-25000 if you're outside of the Dying Area at Highland Radio on Twitter, Highland Hub on Facebook. Comments at Highland Radio are inquiries at Highland Radio if you're using email. Just a comment in from a caller. I work in Letter County and drive in each day. The road from the roundabout at the planned rate to the Polestar is a health and safety issue and I'm wondering if others have voice concerns regarding it or if you have discussed this. Yes, indeed we have on many occasions and it's been raised at several council meetings both at county level and at Letter County Milford Municipal District level as well and we've had several, several councillors and others on the program about that as well. More concerning expressed there. Another caller says, as a father of five socially active children in their late teens, early 20s, they were all out and about in a part of Donegal at the weekend. They came across no pub strictly enforcing the recommendations. Many had no checks or restrictions operating as normal with bar seating and no social distancing at nightclubs. Of the two they visited, one had absolutely no checks or precautions. Another did ask for COVID passes and did have COVID protections in place. It is a mess. Now, I'm going to move on to another issue and I'm joined on the line by Ann. Ann, good morning to you. Good morning, Jonas. Ann, you have a story to tell us and it's a very, very worrying one. Tell us what happened at the weekend. A couple of days and then Sunday I wasn't very well at all. And I had chest pains and my heart was racing and everything was going wrong. My husband's in hospital in Kelly Beggs. He's in the day center there because our bathroom had to be ripped out and he hasn't been very well since August. And I phoned now, Doc. And they said, oh, we need to send an ambulance for you. So I said, could somebody just come down? I can't drive. You see, car outside the door and I can't drive. I said, could somebody just come down? Could I try and find somebody to go to now, Doc? And she says, oh, no, no, no, we'll send an ambulance for you. So the ambulance came and they done whatever they had to do here. And they said, I would have to go to letter Kenny, but letter Kenny was overcrowded, so I had to go to Sligo. And normally Donald, they would say, oh, you need to take an overnight bag, maybe in case you're kept in. And they didn't mention that. So I thought, oh, thank God for that. Now maybe I'll get home again. So I went and they've done some tests there. And then one of the nurses said, oh, Margaret, oh man, I shouldn't say that, I shouldn't give my name, but anyhow, said, you need to stay in overnight. We need to keep you in overnight. So I said, well, I can't stay in overnight. My husband will be thrown in home. And he's not very well. And I don't want to be upset, I guess, any worse than what he already is. I said, I need to get home. And I said, would the ambulance not take me home? Back home again. You know, from Sligo to Brussels, it's a good journey. And she said, oh, no, no, no, no, no.  And she did. And I nearly died. The cab was 150 euro. And oh my God, I just didn't know what to do. So I thought maybe you might be able to help me, give me a bit of advice on who I could phone, or what can I do to get the money back? And I'm sure 150 euro is money you can afford to lose on this. Absolutely, yeah. No, no, no. Definitely not. But I want you to get back because I thought if Michael would be phoning and it does no answer here, then he'd be panicking and he'd get sick again. Because he's been very unwell since the first fog. She had a heart attack in the stroke. And he wouldn't let a Kenny for four or five weeks.  And the whole thing was very stressful. And it just got to me in Sunday. But then I couldn't believe when the cab driver says, oh, that's 150. I thought, oh my God, that's money I haven't got. And I was just wondering then, is there any way I could, somebody might be able to help me to get some of the money back? We will certainly put the call out there. I don't have an answer myself, to be honest. We'll certainly put the call out there. I know that certainly we know that ambulances are under such pressure at the moment that there really aren't ambulances free, I suppose to bring you back. Yeah, it is a difficult one. We will certainly put the call out and see if anyone can give us some advice if there is a way of claiming that back. And look, we wish you well. And most importantly, we hope your health is good. We hope your husband's health improves, obviously. And look, let this be a bump in the road. And the most important thing is your home. Everything has been positive. Let's make sure it stays that way. Try not to stress yourself and just you look after yourself. And both you look after each other. And look, we wish you well into the future. I'm trying to, you can. And certainly, if whatever advice we can get, we will pass it on to you. Thank you so much. You look after yourself and you take care. Thank you. OK, no, thank you so much. That was Anne. And thanks very much for bringing it. So if anyone has any advice they can give to Anne there. Founder of self in hospital in Sligo wanted to get home. And then found herself spending 150 euro on a taxi just wondering if there is any way of claiming that money back. It's half past nine on The Lines with Ninja Show. We're going to take a short break back after these. Do you suffer from heartburn or abdominal pain? Do you experience frequent constipation or diarrhea? If you need or are waiting for an endoscopy consultation, then why not come see us at Kingsbridge Private Hospital Sligo where we provide excellence in private health care. We are approved by all private health insurers and our specialist consultants are ready to see you. Avoid long journeys and longer waiting lists. 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Caroline was at the time pregnant. She had conceived via fertility treatment and had opted for an elective selection and had promised at the time that she would come back onto the program and let us know how she got on. You will recall, of course, there was and is an ongoing debate about access to maternity services for partners in particular. And I'm just letting you say that Caroline is on the line now. Caroline, good morning. Hi, good morning. You're welcome. Thanks for inviting me. It's our pleasure, Caroline. And first of all, let's dispense with the really good news. What happened on the 20th of July?  Her name is Olivia, Sarah Rose Lally, and all went well. She's happy and healthy and thriving and keeping us up at night and doing all the things tiny newborn babies should be doing, you know? So in that aspect, everything went really well. To be honest, my stay in Letter Kenny Hospital, I couldn't fault them. I have absolutely no complaints. However, given my situation with the IVS and I had difficulties then, complications in my pregnancy, Letter Kenny Hospital facilitated extra access for my husband. So Jason was allowed in essentially from half 11 or 12 o'clock in the day onwards, you know, until eight or nine o'clock at night. So my experience was phenomenal because I had him by my side. However, not all the other women got that, you know, it was given to me on compassionate grounds, you know? And like, I just can't believe here we are, like at the end of October and these restrictions are still rumbling on, you know? Like, theoretically, now I don't know any pregnant women that'll do it, but theoretically, a pregnant woman could go to a fully nightclub at full capacity the day or two before she goes in to get birth and then she goes into hospital and husband isn't allowed in, you know, until actor or wife or support partner isn't allowed in until active labor and that can be just badness, you know? I just, like, we need to do better. We need to do better for our pregnant babies. It is a difficult one because I suppose there's two issues. I mean, number one, obviously there's the health and safety first and foremost of the mother, but I suppose from the point of view of hospital management and in fairness to them, this does have to be said. They also have to be conscious of the fact that they have to look after their own staff and that hospitals are places where you can get cross infection, cross contamination and we know that, for instance, today at this point in time, nationally, there are over 1,000 HSC hospital staff off work because of COVID-related issues. So I suppose from the HSC's point of view, we have to look toward the health of their own staff as well and I suppose we can't really leave that one to go by, so as well as looking at the risk that's there to the expectant mother, there is also potentially, if someone comes into the hospital that inadvertently is carrying COVID, then it could be a risk to staff as well. Oh, I completely agree.  If they have COVID, then you have COVID. Like I don't have any pregnant women, even women that are going as alone, they're in their bubble with their support person and perhaps living with them from 38 weeks plus. So if your support person has COVID, then you have COVID, that's the long and short of it now. I mean, when I was in hospital, the midwives talked to me about, there were times, pre-restrictions, there could be 14 people around the bed and I don't agree with that. I don't agree with that at any stage, COVID or no COVID, what one person has plenty, but I just feel like there is a culture of with pregnancy, with pregnant women and pregnancy and childbirth kind of just get on with it. And we were doing so well pre-COVID, to feed into the post-natal depression and it's okay not to feel okay and talk to people. And I just feel like these restrictions feed into that just get on with that attitude. Pregnancy, childbirth and parenting is probably the most difficult thing I've ever done in my life, albeit the most rewarding, but very, very difficult. And I have a very supportive husband. I just feel like we need to do better for our pregnant women, we just, we need to do better. Yeah, and you do make a point in the email you sent us, you say to consider the husband wife or any support partner as a visitor is just nonsense. And I mean, I can look at this issue now, it's a long time since it's happened, it's a hell of a long time actually. But I mean, I've been on the other side of the coin, I have been the partner who's been in the maternity ward playing a supporting role and sometimes I think the main reason I was there was so she'd have someone to shout at, that sort of didn't have to shout at hospital staff, she could sort of, you know, shout at me. And that was the role I took on and yes, the cliched comment that is so made in every joke was indeed made to me over the course of both deliveries. And all went well, thank God. But I mean, yeah, I mean, I have been there and of course I was there, obviously at a time when there was no restrictions, I came and went pretty much as I pleased. And for the few days that my wife was in the hospital in maternity, I was in and out, I was helping with this, I was helping with that, I was taking up slack wherever I could. And I mean, you know, at no point did anyone ever say to me, no, you're not welcome here. And I think it was important for me as well as for her, because I mean, it meant in some small way, I was part of the process. And I think it does help the actual partner as well, feel a part of the process. And when the birth happens, that they feel that, you know, they were involved. Yeah, and to learn the baby's cues, you know, and to bond with them. And for me, Jason being there allowed me to sleep. Like, I can't speak for any other mothers or first time mothers, but I mean, I wasn't comfortable leaving my baby there while I slept for, you know, the midwives to look after or the carers to look after. And let me, let me be very clear. So the hospital staff, cleaners, midwives, carers, you know, the people in theater, that they are angels sent from heaven. They were all phenomenal. I cannot complain. They are hugely understaffed. And I felt like when I needed a jug of water, for example, like I felt like, is that really a midwife's job to run and get me a jug of water when my husband or support partner could be there to do that for me.   The midwifery is a hugely female dominated profession.   So they're hugely understaffed. And I do feel like if support partners were allowed to be on the wards, it would lift a massive burden. And I know speaking to the midwives that were dealing with me, they agreed with me. They agreed that, you know, running to get my jug of water, albeit, you know, you needed it, it was 300 degrees, I think, the week that we were in hospital. But if they had somebody there to pick up the slack of that small stuff, as you say, you know, it just would have made things so much easier on them. And I mean, again, there's antigen testing. Like why can't our partners be antigen tested and let in? And, you know, there are ways of doing that. Well, we do know now that Nefert having resisted, it seems, having resisted antigen tests for months, Nefert are now saying that in the case of close contacts that antigen tests will be sent out to the close contacts and they can test themselves at home. So presumably, I mean, if Nefert are now accepting that antigen tests have a role, then the next logical step would be, okay, well, let's have antigen testing for people like partners so that they can take a test and say, right, there's a negative antigen test. So therefore, come in and play a role and do what you can because now I'm still not 100% sure that management would like partners walking around wards, getting jugs of water. I still, there would still be some resistance to that, I suspect. But I know absolutely there is, you know, there does need to be because we seem to have two things. On the one hand, we have the minister and we have the officials saying one thing. And then on the other hand, then it's sort of passed on to managers in individual hospitals and managers are making decisions. And I suppose the managers have got to make the decision based on what they perceive as being the risk to their staff and they are, by definition and by necessity, they're going to be very conservative and they're going to be very cautious. It's one thing for someone, you know, to make a statement in a particular setting and I suppose to put the decision then on the manager is going to make he or she, you know, very, very cautious in terms of the way they're making the decisions. So it's definitely something that does have to be addressed and hopefully Caroline, your input into this will help inform us. But I mean, you know, most importantly, Olivia is thriving and well and you and Jason are well and it's great to hear that. Yeah, and just in terms of the point you make on cautiousness and like I agree completely with what you're saying there, but you also have to take into consideration the mental health of the pregnant woman, you know. And again, I can only talk from my experience, pre-labor, it consumed me. It was all consuming before I went in. How would I cope without Jason there by my side? We've been going it, well, I've been going it alone for the past year. How am I going to do this labor without him? And it's definitely, you know, how do you not have been there? What has had a massive, like a negative effect on me, you know, so, but I do take your point and I do agree that they do, they do take a cautious view on it and I don't blame them. Well, maybe I don't completely agree with that. I can appreciate why they're doing it, you know. But yeah, baby Olivia is thriving. Me and Jason are doing well for the most part and yeah, we're happy out. Excellent, well, Caroline, thank you very much indeed for sharing that with us and for giving us your perspective. And it's an important one and it's one that deserves to and it needs to be heard. Caroline, thank you very much indeed. Thanks again, Donal, thank you. It's our pleasure. That's Caroline there and that's great news that all is well and this is going to be a debate, I think, that will be ongoing. Another comment I want to bring to you, Caroline says there was a headline in one of the papers, T-shirt urges COVID compliance. Is this guy for real? Without enforcement, there'll never be compliance no matter how well-meaning the urging. Profit first, how many of us would worry about breaking the speed limit if there wasn't a chance of an 80 Euro fine and three penalty points? As nightclubs reopen, there is concern and there is claims that people that aren't vaccinated are getting in and people aren't being checked and this is similar to the comment that we had a little earlier in the program. Caroline says, I have an underlying health issue and got the vaccine then got COVID. I have to say thank God and the scientists for the vaccine because my experience of it wasn't too bad. I would hate to imagine the experience if I wasn't vaccinated and indeed that's one of the comments being made that the vaccine isn't necessarily going to stop you from getting COVID but the vaccine should make your experience of COVID if you do get it a lot different than it would be if you weren't vaccinated. Now, Connor says, those people who can't get the vaccination for health reasons should carry a letter and then owners of businesses can try and facilitate them. The person who chooses not to get the vaccine for their own personal reasons, that's their choice, no entry full stop, it's their choice. There have been enough peer-reviewed studies done to prove. Connor says that those who have had COVID have better immunity than a lot of the vaccinators and indeed in fairness, I think if you look at the, a lot of the conditions for entry, you'll see people who are vaccinated or people who've had COVID in the past six months. I think that is recognized to a large extent and that will be recognized in vaccination certs as well. So there is a recognition within the system that those who have had COVID over the past six months will have a certain amount of protection as well. The caller asks, what's the current regulation with bus drivers wearing masks? A child takes a school, bus service to school. The driver doesn't wear a mask when the caller contacted the bus company to inquire. They said if they didn't like the service, they could find another bus. Another caller asks, where the booster vaccines are being administered, will it be GPs only? Will it be only the vaccine center in letter Kenny? Will the pharmacies be taking part? My understanding is that mainly at the moment it's being done through the vaccination center and in some cases pharmacies, but it's being done by invitation only as it were. And it isn't just a matter of you or I deciding we want a booster and we'll go and get it. I think we're going back to where we were at the start of the first vaccination program where we will be contacted if we qualify for a booster and then we will be given directions as to where to go and how to go about getting it. It's 14 minutes to 10. We're gonna take a short break. Back after these. Sheridan security, now introducing zero wire smart alarm systems. Zero wire, zero mess and a real peace of mind. 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And one area that's going to come very much under the microscope in the coming months and years is going to be that of agriculture. Join the line by Brendan McLaughlin who is chair of the IFA in Donegal. And Brendan you believe that farmers aren't the problem and people are looking at the agriculture sector very much unfairly. Good morning to the nice little herd which is not correct. We're living in Donegal here in the rural Ireland. We're not the problem here. The rural Ireland's not the problem at all. What about the South American where they were doing everything they wanted to do? And we're a very small country here and small farmers have been very carbon efficient. Like I'll give an example. There's something right here there. A man made of 10 or 12 cows they've been on for at least twice a year. He doesn't have, there's no carbon problem there with that man. That man's very carbon efficient. We have all the solutions here on the land. We have a forest, we have a grass, we have a hedge, we have a trees. But no one's concerned that. We're not going to credit the foreigners and all of this is cuts and whatnot. One of the arguments that's going to be made is right. It's not one farmer that has 10 cows is the problem. But it's when you have 50,000 farmers with 500,000 cows that's when you actually start to come into a problem. That maybe have larger herds than Donegal here. Donegal do not have like large herds and are very carbon efficient. But don't, that's all there we have to have a 12% reduction by 2030, which will not be achieved as far as IFA is concerned. We'll be looking to the half of it because Chagas committed with the search and we're looking for a 34% reduction, which will be very lucky to have. And you know, all this green energy and whatnot we cannot get no help from our governments on that. I'm going to give you a few examples. We have solar ponds, there's no help there only on a tariff grant very, very little. We have one power with no help. Hydrogen, there's no help. Protective furia, there's by and fairly to protect us it doesn't cause pollution to the climate. And all those situations there, we don't have it.   But the biggest thing a lot of us here what's going to happen with the food shortage because there's 7.5 billion, billion people in the world today by 2030, there are going to be 10 billion people there on 2050, 2050. So how are we going to get the food to feed those people? Yeah, one thing struck me as well this morning listening to Catherine read the news earlier on that there was two stories side by side. One was a story about carbon budgets and efficiency and the agriculture sector and its role in meeting targets. The other was a story about the fact that there still isn't agreement on a forestation licenses and seedlings and the planting of trees. And it seems tens of thousands of trees will not be planted in this country because the provision and the agreement isn't there to do so. And we heard from one producer who actually has seedlings in a port about to be exported over to Scotland while timber is being imported into this country. And it seems that I mean, you know one of the first things we should be looking at if we want to improve our environmental situation is the planting of trees. You're 100% correct on your say that we're on port and timber. We're not taking those down because of the EU law. And those farmers are severely affected by an outcome.  That's totally too much bureaucracy has gone on here. And the planting of seedlings on forestry apparently you can't plant on wet land now either because of more harm than good, which is totally wrong. So they want to plant all the foresties on dry good land when they're talking about it. The whole thing's changed and I don't think they know what they're talking about. Has Eamon Ryan had enough discussion with the agricultural sector? We know that Charlie McConnelogue, the current minister from this county of course has been doing a lot of talking to farmers about the common agricultural policy and the changes to it and the documents that have to be submitted by the end of the year and Charlie McConnelogue has been consulting with yourself and your colleagues and others right across the county and indeed the country on a regular basis. Has Eamon Ryan come to speak to you? Ryan, maybe he's been talking to you Tom Collan or President through there but I have never been talking to them at all. There's a chairman here, Jim White here and done a Green Party. I've been talking to him with three to four years ago. I've been no discussion at all on any of those issues. But I think this is just, let's only come out of the blue this last three years or four years and we would expect us to have mental illness and long-term policy and this is going to take at least 10 to 20 years to sort this out. I know there's problems out there with climate change but we are the solution as farmers and we will talk to anyone and we have the land, we have everything as I repeated before to say all that there but there's no one seem to be on recognisance at all all the ones to blame as the farmer, the farmer the whole time. That's not correct. I understand how to do the fair share in a stone. Yeah and in fairness I think the government are looking to other industries as well. It's not solely the agricultural sector that's going to be targeted but you feel at this point in time the agriculture sector is not to put to find a point on it an easy target and that's what the government is doing. Pick off the easy targets first. Is that correct? I think you're correct. We're in easy targets. Another thing is there's another thing coming down the road here. Cap will go to be cut right, left and centerness here and then at the carbon emissions was on there as well. We're going to be left on viable. We'll be gone though. We'll be totally gone and maybe in 20 years to go to the solid life and make me talk to you at all about this because the whole thing we're not going to be talking about farming. We'll be on viable have to keep going on with the road but we have to stick our heels on and ask and work along with government. We are working with people, we are raising with people and we have the solutions but they have to recognise that because on energy as the big one there's no such thing as help on energy and we have the land we have everything to produce all that and they've come too quick on us with this issue here and it takes time and time, you know yourself no matter what you want, it takes time. Brendan McLaughlin, the chair of the IFA in Donegal. Thanks indeed for speaking to us this morning. No problem. Thanks, John. That's Brendan there and just a one small point of clarification the chair of the Green Party in Donegal is my Michael White who's a regular obviously contributed to this programme and I'm sure we'll be hearing from Michael on this particular issue as well. That's it for the first hour of the programme the 9-2 noon show. Donald Kavanaugh with you on tail 12 noon. You can as we say, text us 08-6-60-25,000 that number for WhatsApp messages as well. You can also call us on 07-4-9-1-20-5,000. It's two minutes to 10. I'm going to take a short break. Coming up after the break we will have the news with Catherine Gaffney. As Charlie himself would say business comes where it's invited and stays where it's well treated. Just ask the thousands of customers to return to the name they trust for unbeatable value and quality in home heating. 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A Donegal deputy says, Gar thee have not contacted the whistleblower as part of their investigation into sexual abuse at Argraina Court in the Sean O'Hare unit at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Orler. Parts of the report that have been leaked to the public reveal that over 100 instances of sustained sexual abuse occurred over a period of 13 years. A guard investigation into the report's contents concluded over the bank holiday weekend, but it's now believed that they're seeking legal advice regarding its publication. Speaking on today's 9 till noon show, Donegal deputy Thomas Pringle, who is urgently calling for the report to be published, believes all organizations involved need to look at how they dealt with the matter. Sadly, I don't think any of the official agencies come out well out of this report and that's part of the problem. The headquaters as well have serious problems and questions to answer I think in relation to this and because they were aware of all the issues in the branding case before the report was published as well. So I think that all the organizations involved in this case have to look at themselves, have to look at what they actually did or didn't do and see why that didn't happen and make sure it doesn't happen again in the future. Talks between government officials and groups representing nightclubs and late night venues will take place this morning. They'll try to finalize for how the late night sector will operate over the next few months. One of the main issues to be resolved is the need for tickets where people won't be seated to allow for contact tracing and to avoid mass congregation. Poor Kribben, Chief Executive of the Vinders Federation of Ireland says clarity around tickets is needed by this evening. What we need at this meeting later today is absolute clarity on what circumstances in which ticketing will be required. The type of information that needs to be gathered by that ticketing system and how it is to be operators. Questions are being asked as to why supports for children with intellectual disabilities are still suspended in Carandona months after a COVID-19 outbreak in the area. The outbreak happened in August with families and service users having to remain at home while staff were redeployed. Local councillor Albert Doherty says this latest issue is further evidence that the provision of respite supports and day services in North Innishown is the Cinderella of the Health Service. Councillor Doherty says the current situation is simply not good enough and those affected deserve better from the HSE. Some of the home support offered to parents is not workable at all. How is a parent now having to look after their loved one? How are they going to go out into the general public and identify someone who can provide home support, seek that person themself, work out the details of what's required. That's not on. The HSE are there to provide a service. They're not doing it at the moment in emergency situations like this and something new needs to happen within the HSE. The junior agriculture minister says farmers need to be seen as part of the solution and not the problem to climate change. Ireland is aiming to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by half over the next 10 years under ambitious new plans by the Climate Change Advisory Council. The decrease would involve a reduction in farming livestock as beef and dairy cattle are among the biggest contributors to emissions. Junior agriculture minister Martin Hayden thinks there are other ways and farmers need to stop and singled out. My department's approach has been based on a roadmap that we published called Climate Health that's based on a stable herd and we believe that with present science and future science with a stable herd, we can reduce our emissions and farmers are very much part of the solution and not the problem. And if the only narrative farmers ever hear is that they are the problem, then you'll very quickly lose the dressing room. And many hospitals and doctor surgeries are still relying on paper records according to the Health Information and Quality Authority. It says healthcare in Ireland will remain inefficient and ineffective without urgent reform of how data is stored and shared. Unlike other countries, Ireland doesn't have one single entity to store medical information. Rachel Flynn from Hicquah says the current systems are outdated. So if you look at maybe public health nursing, they predominantly use paper-based systems. There are some systems in place in Ireland, so the GP tends to have computer systems within their surgery, but these systems don't talk to other systems within the healthcare system. So if a GP needs to refer a patient to mental health services, he has to revert back to paper to do that. Whether now it will be a windy day today, strong and gusty, southwest winds will reach gale force on coasts and it'll be rather cloudy with a few patches of rain and drizzle. Mist and low cloud will affect some coastal areas and hills with temperatures 14 to 16 degrees. That's it for now. We're back with the headlines for you at 11 o'clock. Until then, good morning. The obituary notices for Tuesday morning, October the 26th. The death has taken place of Bella Daugherty, Ne Rorty, Nocna Stoller Githore. Her remains will be reposed at her family home today from 11 a.m. Funeral mass in St Mary's Chapel Derrybeg on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock with burial afterwards in the new graveyard in Anagray. Rosary both nights at 9 o'clock, house private after the rosary until 11 a.m. and on the morning of the funeral. Bella's funeral mass can be viewed live on Kearn Rorty Funeral Director's Facebook page. The death has taken place of Gerald Stem Hughes, 83, Innisfree Gardens, Sturban and formerly of Rosemount Derry. Funeral leaving his home tomorrow morning at 20 past nine for Requiem Mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Sturban at 10 o'clock and term it afterwards in Sturban Cemetery. The Requiem Mass can be viewed live via the parish webcam. The death has occurred of Mary Kate O'Carlin, Ne Brown, Five Ahamor Road, Killing Castle Durg. Requiem Mass will be celebrated this morning at 11 o'clock in St. Patrick's Church Ahiyarn and term it afterwards in the adjoining church yard. The mass can be viewed on the Ahiyarn parish webcam. The house is strictly private. The death has taken place of Billy Wallace, 16 Alexander Place, Sturban and formerly of Cloddy. 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But before we do that, we'll of course go to bingo numbers as shortly as well, but we'll take a few of your comments. And Connor says from Monday, November 1st, a husband can be with his wife or a partner can be with the expected mother in the hospital. So says one of our callers, hopefully, we will see that situation improve. Caller says, I'm not a party pooper, but the amount of people out in later Kenya at the weekend was crazy. We'll be in lockdown by the end of November, give some people an inch and they'll take a mile. I was going for a pint and I saw how many were in the pub. I turned around and left. Who is pleasing the situation? Another reference to nightlife in Donegal. Caller says a recent underage disco was quite expensive to get into. How can people afford this? This is because it's becoming a cashless society. It's so expensive. Another caller says, I was in a pub on Sunday. The bar didn't ask for COVID vaccine pass. No one was wearing masks. There was no hand sanitizer. So I left. They don't think much of the situation. Caller says, and we'd go back to our conversation with Anne who found herself in Slego Hospital for tests after feeling unwell at her home in South Donegal and was left in a situation where she wanted to get home rather than stay. And as a result, she got a cab home and found herself facing a bill of 150 euro for the taxi. Caller says, is there not a system where the emergency department will call a taxi and the department will pay for it? She should call the hospital and ask. It's worth a try. Another caller suggesting your caller needs to go to the community welfare officer. And we are making our own inquiries. Caroline is on the case here as well. And we may indeed be able to get some support there. Another says Anne needs to contact the cab company, have a receipt issued and then send a copy to her government TD. Another caller questioning the price of the taxi. Taxis are very expensive. And as opposed to this, a lengthy enough journey. Caller says, the HSC are not treating people with learning disabilities in a proper manner. Look at the situation where there are no day services available for the foreseeable future. That I suspect is a reference to the situation in a show on where once again, we have seen a COVID problem in the James Connelly Memorial residential center. As a result, staff are being taken from day services in James Connelly and indeed at Cashel and the Corps as well. And as a result, we have seen once again, day services for people with certain disabilities suspended in the initial on area. And that's an issue that sadly we've discussed previously as well. Caller saying with regards to our chat with Deputy Thomas Pringle earlier, Garthe seeking legal advice before a report is issued. This does seem to raise questions to the fear they won't come well out of it. 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It is 16 minutes past 10 o'clock on a Tuesday morning, which means it is time for our garter slot and we say good morning to Garthar Gronja Doherty. Gronja, good morning to you. Good morning, John. And I'll just push that one up. A busy weekend and I suppose the fact that we've seen a few restrictions reopening a bit more nightlife now, a few more people on the streets. I mean, that's going to make things a bit more busy with yourself and your colleagues over the next 12. Yeah, quite a busy weekend right across the division. There was a large number of public order arrests right across the division and assault arrests also and quite a number of road traffic offenses detected also. So we're starting to see things pick up now, certainly. I was going through all the week's incident for today's slot and you would see an awful increase in the amount of, especially public order was the main one that stood out, you know, public order instance over the weekend. But we're beginning with a burglary at Lower Main Street in Letter Kenny that took place over the course of last week. Yeah, so Letter Kenny Garthy are appealing for information in relation to a burglary. It happened at Westside Apartments. They're down Lower Main Street in Letter Kenny. This happened between 8 p.m. and Sunday, the 17th of October and 11 p.m. on Thursday, the 21st of October. So the door to an apartment there was smashed open. Entry was gained and the apartment was rummaged through and a substantial amount of cash was stolen from the apartment. So we're appealing to anybody, particularly other residents, you know, at Westside Apartments maybe that may have heard or seen anything to contact Garthy and Letter Kenny on<PHONE_NUMBER> if they have any information that made assist us with the investigation. And another burglary this time at Main Street, Donegal Town? Yeah, the Valley of Shannon Garthy are to be contacted in relation to this one. This happened at a jewellery shop there on the Main Street in Donegal Town. This happened the early hours, just a Friday morning past the 22nd of October. Happened in around 3 a.m., it's believed. Two males, two masked males are believed to have gained access to the premises by opening a side door near the front of the premises. They entered the shop. They caused quite a bit of damage inside the shop and a substantial amount of property was stolen during the course of this burglary. So we are appealing to anybody who is in that area around the time. They may have seen anybody, vehicles, people on the street, you know, that time in the morning it would have been fairly quiet, you'd like to think so. You know, it may have stood out had you seen these two men on the street or a car moving, even a type of car, a color of car, anything at all that may assist us would be more, we would be most grateful if people would contact us in relation to it. If anybody was in the Donegal Town area between 2.30 a.m. and 3.30 a.m., if they're to dash cam again, Gareth and Bally Shannon Gardy would love to hear from them. And if they're not able to go through the footage themselves, it's possible just to drop the footage into Gardy and we're able then to go through the footage ourselves. So we would be most grateful again for any dash cam footage from in and around the town center in particular between 2.30 a.m. and 3.30 a.m. last Friday morning. Gareth and Bally Shannon could be reached on<PHONE_NUMBER> or the Gareth Confidential Line as always is 1-800-666-111. And from South Donegal up to North Donegal the in Bunkrana, investigating any burglary there yesterday. Yeah, another burglary, this happened at Earlsport and the Earlsport area of Bunkrana. So this happened yesterday, 25th, between 7.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. So last night, a house there was left unlocked, unfortunately, and the key of a car was stolen from the house. And the car, a white Hyundai Kona, Partial Ridge VGZ, was stolen from the driveway off the house. Now, this car was located a short time later near the entrance off the estate into Earlsport. The car had quite considerable damage caused to it. So we're appealing to anybody within the Earlsport area, first and foremost, if they've seen this car, this Hyundai Kona, VGZ, being driven within the estate between those times, or within the Bunkrana town area in general. If anybody's seen the car, seen the occupants of the car, again, if anybody had dashcam footage and believes that they may have captured this car on their footage, Guardian Bunkrana would love to hear from them on 9320540. A criminal damage now and we're heading to letter Kenny. Yeah, again, letter Kenny. Guardian, we're appealing for information. This happened at Glen Aidan and letter Kenny. Between Wednesday, the 20th of October, at 11 p.m. and Thursday, the 21st at 8 a.m., so overnight, Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Two vehicles parked at the same address, a van and a car, both were damaged. The car had been keyed of both sides and had a rear tire slashed and the van had both of its rear tires slashed also. So anybody that may have any information in relation to this or witnessed the event with the contact Guardian and letter Kenny on<PHONE_NUMBER>. And a criminal damage again with this time in Balibuffet. Yeah, this was the 24th, Sunday the 24th, happened at approximately 10 to 12 at night and the Ashton Court area up, that's just up the Donegal Road there on the way out of Balibuffet town. Guardian received reports that a black Volkswagen car had been driving in a dangerous manner in that area and were then alerted to the fact that quite substantial damage had been caused to a property in the Ashton Court area and it's believed to have been caused by this car. Two bikes were damaged, a wooden fence at the property, the front door of the property was damaged and also the garage door. So quite substantial damage caused there. That car also was located later on in the night by Guardian. So we're appealing to other residents in the area. If they witnessed this car driving dangerously within the area, if they witnessed the incident and questioned the criminal damage incident to contact us in letter Kenny. And again, anybody who may have been traveling on the main Donegal Road between 1130 p.m. and 1 a.m. if they had a dash cam again, please make that footage available to us. You know, just it's just a matter of dropping it into us and we can cycle through it then and see if there's anything of any, you know, evidential value to us on it. We can be contacted in letter Kenny on 9167-100 and again the confidential line, 1-800-666-111. Now we're returning to letter Kenny but not necessarily this time for an appeal. No, this was actually quite a good news story, really. Just yesterday, Gary D were alerted to the fact that a sports shop on the main street had a theft occurred in that shop shortly after 330 p.m. A number of males had entered the store. They had stolen quite a considerable amount of goods from the store. The roads policing unit then last night overnight were conducted in a checkpoint and they stopped a car and arrested a driver and two passengers in connection with that theft and the stolen goods from the theft at the sports shop earlier that day were also recovered from the car. It is the last week in October and that means Halloween and inevitably you'll be looking ahead to next weekend and offering some tips and advice to people just to be safe over what will be, one would presume, quite a busy weekend in terms of celebrations and so on. It will, it'll be quite a busy, it's always a busy weekend for all of the emergency services so we just want to give out a few tips to have a safe Halloween. We want everybody to have a safe Halloween and enjoyable Halloween. We're not kill joys but these tips are quite important so we just ask people not to leave material laying around that may be lifted and taken to, you know, to set up a bonfire. Many garage or garden shed items such as petrol, white spurts, diesel, aerosols, batteries, tins of paint, they're extremely dangerous if they're set on fire so we're asking people to please ensure that your garage or your shed door is kept secure, lock it up. Do not allow illegal bonfires or firework displays to take place on or near your home or property. Contact your local authority or contact Gardea. If you see a bonfire being lit or close to buildings, trees, overhead cables, underground services or car parking areas, explain the dangers of illegal fireworks and I'm sure, look, we don't have to tell parents this, I'm sure they have done this and it's been done in the schools also but just a reminder to explain the dangers of illegal fireworks and bonfires to children and teenagers because there's so many serious, horrific injuries each year incurred as a result of fireworks. It seems to me that I haven't heard as many this year as I would have heard in previous years. It seems to me if there's nowhere near the same amount about this, you know, this is just utterly me, nothing scientific about this but just my own personal experience, I haven't heard anything like what I would have heard in previous years. Yeah, there seems to have been a decline, all right, and the amount of fireworks been set off certainly within even the last two or three years you would notice a sort of a decline in it but, you know, and it's so frightening, elderly people, especially people living alone, people with small children trying to get them to sleep, pets, pets take off at Halloween too with the noise of the fireworks and if anybody is having bother with fireworks being set off within their area, please call us immediately. You know, we'll send somebody out there. We would ask people to stay with their children and discard them at self-explanatory. That's when I'm sure the majority of people do do this.  Parents, businesses and householders, please do not supply any materials for bonfires. Quite common, every year people are approached, especially businesses, you know, mostly young ones, you know, asking for pallets, spare pallets materials such as this, please don't give out any materials for bonfires. Do not buy, use or sell or supply fireworks and if you have any information in relation to the sale or supply of fireworks, please contact us. You can do so anonymously. You can ring the guard of station, give your information and say you just don't wish to leave your name but you want to pass on your information. You can also call the guard of confidential line if you wish. And we would just ask, and most people do, to be fair, respect the work of the emergency services.  The fire brigade are just flat out Halloween weekend from one call to the next. We would ask people not to get involved in any sort of behavior, you know, each year, bonfires are being lit, but every year we get reports of wheelie bins on fire in the middle of roadways. You know, when the fire brigade are zigzagging across the place trying to get to this call and we would ask people not to get involved in any sort of behavior that would necessitate a call out.  You know, that delays their response time then to those sorts of incidents. And we would ask people to keep pets indoors in Halloween night. If a feeling we may have a few residents at the station, maybe Halloween night, we usually get a few fluffy friends who are wandering. We have them and we put them up on our Facebook page for their owners to come and collect them. Keep pets indoors in Halloween night. And above all, we wish everybody a very happy Halloween and be safe. Gronja, thank you very much indeed. Thank you, Tom. And that's our community garden slot. And we'll have more obviously next week. And obviously, if you have any help, you can offer Gronja and her colleagues in any way, shape, or form, please do. And we will have, as we say, another garden slot on this day week. And obviously, if there is any news, we'll bring it to you on Highland Radio News on the show as well over the course of the week as well. 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Proud sponsors of today's show. Earlier in the program, we were speaking about the situation of our partners attending the maternity ward when expectant mothers are preparing to and indeed giving birth. Cawler says, it's no more of a risk than nurses going to pubs and nightclubs. Stop sitting on the fence, it's a disgrace. The nearest and dearest husband, father, partner or mother cannot be beside someone giving birth. That is, Cawler says, a disgraceful situation. And that's certainly one to bear in mind. The hospital trolley watch figures, by the way, have just been published by the INMO, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization. And just taking a look down the list, Letterkenny, once again, 57 people awaiting beds at the hospital this morning, 18 of them on trolleys in the emergency unit, 64 in Limerick and Letterkenny does seem to be once again the second highest figure in the country. Just looking at the figure for Slougho, 29 awaiting beds in Slougho this morning, 22 of them on emergency department trolleys. They are the figures. Cawler says, there are 173,888 cows in Donegal, largely in the east of the county beside the Fin and Foil Rivers, totally unsustainable. Ireland cannot bear the environmental burden of feeding people outside the country. Cawler says, Donegal, you keep saying that a shortage of medical staff is due to COVID. That is not true. I know two carers from a nursing home and a nurse from a hospital out of work because they're being forced to take a vaccine they don't want. So, staff shortage is not all because of COVID, so says a Cawler. Cawler says, many years ago, Jerry Adams let us know the problems if we vote just Europe. I think we get a no vote to Europe first election. Then a government ran the election a second time, achieving the yes vote parties, wanted the yes vote on the majority, listened to their scaremongering stories that will have extreme poverty if we don't join Europe. They should have listened. I'm not sure there was a second vote in the initial vote to join Europe. There was a second vote, if I recall correctly, was it the Nise or the Lisbon Treaty? There was a second vote for Lisbon, I think, and that was not a vote to go into Europe. That was a vote to change the structures of the European Parliament and the structures of the European Commission. And indeed, changed the rules. And yes, indeed, many people do believe that perhaps we should not have had that second vote. But that's a valid point and Cawler, thank you for making it. Now, I'm going to take some music in. And yesterday, I received what I regard as some very sad news. To my mind, one of the best musical acts not only in this county, but in this country is Blackbird and Crow. Marietta and Stephen in Blackbird and Crow and they announced yesterday that they are going to put Blackbird and Crow to one side and they're both going to pursue other projects. They're going to play one more big gig, hopefully in December, as farewell. But after that, Blackbird and Crow will be no more. They've released two albums, which are among the best albums released in this country in this decade, indeed, in this century so far. And this is from their most recent album. This is a wonderful song called Sweet Surrender. That has been too many years of standing strong, West living in fear, pushing away all that is dear and running when love gets near. When love gets near, I'm older now and deeper never be a tortured soul. That's my Red and Stephen and a host of great musicians playing with them, including indeed a Conom alone of the Ballard Theatre on saxophone and John Ruddy and trumpet, among others. That's Sweet Surrender from their album. They announced last evening that they are breaking up as a duo. I would much rather say Or of War and see you later than say a final goodbye to them. They are playing a gig, hopefully in December, to say farewell and I certainly hope to be at that. Some of the finest musicians in this county and great people as well. Now, as we said earlier in the programme, the McGill Summer School opens tomorrow and sadly, once again, it's not in its spiritual home of the Highlands Hotel in Plenties. It is instead online and I am delighted to say that I am joined on Zoom this morning by Dr. Jomal Holland, who is the founding director of the McGill Summer School. Joe, good morning. Good morning. I'm very well indeed. Joe, obviously, it's a hugely important event and it's great to see it going ahead, but I'm sure you would much rather be in what I refer to there as your spiritual home of the Highlands Hotel. Well, of course, if we were in Plenties and who wouldn't like to be in Plenties on a nice July afternoon, we would not be there in October, I can guarantee you. And if you look around you today, you'll know why. Oh, indeed. But no, well, we're in exile still, but we're making the best of it. We've had a fantastic online show last year. People were really enthusiastic, which encourages us to do it again this year. And of course, needs must because I wouldn't want to bring together anybody in the present circumstances, to be quite honest. The theme this year is a very important one. A threatened planet. Recovery from the pandemic must be led by a new vision and new values. And many people indeed will have been dismayed, I'm sure, to hear the thoughts, to say it was toward the end of last week that COVID will be with us forever. And any vision we have of the future now is going to have to include COVID and a response to COVID as part of that vision. And this summer school, perhaps, firing some of the opening salvos in developing what that vision might be. Well, during the three days we happen to have, I suppose, two of the greatest authorities on the pandemic that you can find. We open tomorrow morning at 10 with Dr. Mike Ryan of the World Health Organization in Geneva. And of course, then later, I think it's Wednesday evening or Thursday evening, we have Luke O'Neill, one of the great scientists of this era. There are 17 sessions ranging from across, from the pandemic, as we said, to the economic implications of all of this and then to what people are doing abroad, because we have a very strong stream running through it, that we must be looking after those in the underdeveloped world and who can't fend for themselves. And of course, we have a great example of that in Mary Ellen McGrawty from my child, indeed. And she will be talking to us from Kabul, where there is now a real major crisis of hunger amongst children, particularly and so on. But it's a very mixed program, but it has a suscitated huge reaction over the past number of days, particularly here in Dublin, I have to say amongst people who have seen it. So we deal with a lot of the current issues in the present time, including indeed the European Union and of course, climate change. And of course, in that panel, we have what I consider to be the best and the greatest authority in Ireland, John Fitzgerald. He happens to be an authority on so many things, but certainly on climate change. And that climate change, we'll see that in Glasgow next week. That's going to dominate our lives for a long, long time, many, many decades in fact. So it's a fantastic school. I know it's quite demanding to ask people to sit through three days, but it is very varied, I would say. We have little stops here and there where we show our own Donegal music and people of the likes of Tara Conniton and Lentus, great fiddle player, great pipe player, and we show the beauty of Donegal. So we kind of lighten the load in a very useful and important way. Excuse me. Yeah, sorry. One of the things that's become an important element of the McGill School has been the annual John Hume Lecture and being delivered this year by Geraldine Byrne Nason, the ambassador of Ireland to the UN, and also Dr. Don Thornhill, who will moderate, who's a former secretary general of the Department of Education and Science, and that's going to be a very interesting one as well to get that UN perspective in there. Well, Geraldine Byrne Nason is a wonderful woman whom I've known in the past, and we have, I'm proud to say that I started the John Hume Lecture 21 years ago when John stepped down from politics and because I obviously knew from my own context and from what I was seeing and hearing that this was a giant in Irish history. So it's the 21st as Geraldine Byrne Nason is doing it. She'll be very interesting, as you say, on the UN and on Ireland, what Ireland can do.  But I think that we have a voice and I think that voice has been very well exercised by Geraldine and it will be very interesting to hear what she has to say. One of the things that Miguel is doing this year is bringing the main topics of discussion together, as you said, this is looking at the future. How do we recover from the pandemic with a new vision and new values? But that's being looked at in conjunction with consideration of climate change, in conjunction with consideration of the situation on the seas, in conjunction with the problems in Afghanistan, and I see Mariela McGroarty, who is in Kabul at the moment and has been a guest on this programme several times in recent months, is taking part as well. And it's bringing all those things together. So very much one of the messages coming from Miguel this year is, we can't speak about climate change without speaking of COVID. We can't speak of COVID without speaking of the environment. We can't speak of the environment without speaking of international geopolitics. And maybe what Miguel is going to do this year that will make a very important contribution to the discussion and discourse going forward right across nationally and internationally will be to bring all those different strands together and ensure that when we discuss the future, we're not just looking at one perspective, we're looking at all of them. Well, one hears every day that we want to return to normality, we want to get back to normal living and so on. And that's true. We would like to see our friends and meet them whenever we like and so on and so forth. But I think there's more now to getting back to normality than just that. There's getting back to normality would mean we're getting back to a world that's utterly divided where 1% or less of the population of the world own 90% of the wealth and so on and all that inequality and all that suffering that is going on from hunger and the rest in various countries and indeed closer to our own, closer to home. And we have instances, we saw how people working during the pandemic and what would be considered low jobs or lowly paid work and so on. And we saw how essential those people were as public servants. And those things we've got to start thinking about when we talk about getting back to normal and recognize the work that has to be done in addition to that, to make this a better world arising out of this pandemic. How can people access these discussions? Because the fact that it's online does now open up the McGill Summer Schools to a large extent to people previously one would have had to be physically present in Donegal unless one was watching online through one of the various feeds so people can now participate fully online because of the situation we're in. How can people get involved, Joe, and get the online tickets and ensure that they can take part in and participate as much as possible in proceedings over the next few days? Well, it's quite simple Donegal and if it's simple for me, then it's simple for everybody because I'm illiterate in these things but you go on the McGill, www.migillsomerschool.com and you'll see book and so on and the booking is very quick. And I would point out that for the whole three days, it's 20 euros because as we have always done in McGill, we've kept prices way, way down to allow people access to what we're doing. So it's extremely good value not to mention its importance, I think, in the light of this country and what's happening. And as we've said, some names people will recognize from the world of politics, from the world of health, from the world of journalism as well. You know, every day and every session will bring up some interesting discussions. I'm taken too by a discussion where they often say that if you want to look to the future, you've got to consider the past and there's a very interesting looking one that I think I will make a point of taking part in and that's the Mary Harney and Mary Coughlin moderated by David Daven Power and I think we could get some very interesting discussions out of that when they draw on their own experience of the past to look into the future and offer their perspectives on what could happen. Well, absolutely. And of course, the two women have reached the height of the heights in Irish politics including our own Mary Coughlin, of course. And she in very difficult circumstances when we think back to when she had to get into politics and at a very, very young age and succeed her father whom I knew very well, Kyle and indeed Clement, her uncle which I did in that awful crash I remembered vividly. So what I've tried to do, Don, just to explain this is to keep the personal thing in. Zoom is a difficult tool to manage, I think, because there's no contact, no human contact which most of us like. So I think you have to make up for making things accessible and to do with people's daily lives as much as anything else. Dr. Jomal Holland, it's been a pleasure as always speaking to you. We look forward to seeing what's happening online over the next couple of days and even more so we look forward in the future to welcoming the McGill Summer School back to the Highlands Hotel, back to the Lenties hopefully on a nice summers week in July and that will happen in the not too distant future but for now it's October and the McGill Summer School taking place online via Zoom and we wish you and all those taking part all the best over the coming days. Dr. Jomal Holland, thank you very much indeed for speaking to us this morning. Thank you very much, Don. And we look forward to following the progress and to seeing how things pan out at the school there and no doubt over the course of the week we'll be bringing regular reports of points. 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If they pretend to be from UK numbers of com has confirmed and the caller basically asking could we not do that in the Republic and it seems to me to be a very good idea because quite frankly at this point in time I'm going to have to build a new shed out back just to fit all the packages that are coming because I'm now getting five six seven package alerts every day at this point and it is becoming boring and I know it's the same for many others. I'm also getting calls and I now have a call on the programme. I have a policy if I do not recognise a number that is calling my phone I will not answer it. I will work on the basis that if it's something important a message will be left, if a message is left and it's an important message I will call straight back but at this point in time I will not answer a call from a number I do not recognise. So unless a name that I know crops up on the screen of my phone I will not answer the call and I know an awful lot of people are worried about how they are doing things. In terms of the environment says the earth was there millions of years ago we managed to mess it up in about 150 years now all of a sudden we're panicking and trying to undo it again but it's probably too late the damage is done. You can blame it all on the invention of the engine I suppose so it says a caller. Earlier we discussed the price of a taxi from Slago hospital to an area of London which was in A&E and chose when the staff wanted to admit her for tests she said look no I need to get home and she was she got a taxi and it cost 150 euro 150 euro that she can ill afford and she was asking can that money be claimed back and forth it says I had to travel from letter Kenny to Slago for a clinic which I might add should be in letter Kenny I needed a taxi it cost me a small fortune when I inquired I have a bus pass and used that it was a very long day luckily my appointment was early in the morning and not lasting in the evening what if I missed the last bus home nobody seemed to care can someone explain what's happening with the price of petrol and diesel it's ridiculous well as we said on the show earlier in the newspaper reviews and certainly the front of the Irish Daily Mail this morning is telling us that the price of petrol is going to be some extra charges imposed obviously in the budget and as we all know when it comes to the budget the way things work is very simple if the government is giving you a tax break it comes into effect next April if the government is increasing the tax you pay it comes into effect at midnight that night it was ever thus and it will one suspects stay ever thus another caller saying I want to reiterate what Donald was saying about the band if anyone's ever been fortunate enough to see them live you know what an absolutely phenomenal performance they put on so sad they're giving up the band but delighted they're finding their own happy places and so say all of us to that the caller says I agree with you Donald Ray Blackbird and Crow retiring only for COVID they should be big internationally they're pure unique talent two lovely people I wish my raid in Steven the best in future that comes from Paul in the Twin Towns and I absolutely echo echo that sentiment now it's Highland Radio it's just on 11 o'clock time for the headlines and we say good morning to Gavin Gavney good morning Donald the Donny Gall Deputy says Gardie have not contacted the whistleblower as part of their investigation into sexual abuse at Argraina Court and the Sean O'Hare unit at St Joseph's Hospital in Sturnawler parts of the report have been leaked to the public and revealed that over 100 instances of sustained sexual abuse occurred over a 13 year period and has been targeted during a burglary in South Donny Gall the incident happened on Main Street in Donny Gall Town in the early hours of Friday morning last at around 3 a.m. two mass males are believed to have gained access to the premises by forcing a door open a substantial amount of property was stolen during the course of the burglary talks between government officials and groups representing night clubs and late night venues will take place this morning will try to finalize plans for how the late night sector will operate over the next few months Lederkenny University Hospital is the second most overcrowded in Ireland today as of this morning there were 57 people awaiting admission with 18 on trolleys and 39 waiting on wards or in overflow areas a number of people have been arrested in connection with a shop theft in Lederkenny yesterday Gardie were alerted to the theft which happened at a sports shop on Main Street shortly after half past three a number of males had entered the store and had stolen a considerable amount of goods Lederkenny roads policing unit stopped a car at a checkpoint last night and arrested a driver and two passengers in connection with the theft questions are being asked as to why supports for children with intellectual disabilities are still suspended in Karen Donna months after a COVID-19 outbreak in the area the outbreak happened in August with families and service having to remain at home while staff were redeployed Gardie are investigating a burglary in Bunkrana yesterday evening the incident happened at Erlsford at some stage between half past seven and nine p.m. Many hospitals and doctor surgeries are still relying on paper records according to Hickwe it says healthcare in Ireland will remain inefficient and ineffective without urgent reform of how data is stored and shared and the renowned McGill summer school gets underway tomorrow the event normally held in Glenties every year will be held online again due to the pandemic that's it for now we're back with more at 12 noon at on post we know every delivery matters but new EU customs laws have made sending and receiving parcels from Britain and other non-EU countries a bit more complicated here's some tips to keep online shopping simple shop with Irish and EU retailers to avoid customs charges for non-EU purchases shop with major retailers like Amazon Boots and River Island on post are working with these retailers to apply customs charges a check out to avoid disruption and if you're ordering from smaller non-EU retailers ask them to check out on post dot com slash sending where you'll also find advice if you're sending parcels to non-EU countries on post for your world the nine till noon show with national fuels that are Kenny for a keen price on your home heating oil call national fuels on 9137 400 earlier I mentioned that you can watch the show on Facebook live you can now also do it on YouTube on the Highland Radio Ireland channel that is online as well and we've just had a lovely message from James Doherty saying good morning from Pittsburgh and a message from John who's watching on the TV on the YouTube app and he's getting a great picture on the TV which is really really good to hear also asked to give a we mentioned to Maria and Patricia at the Red Row House in Burnfoot they're having a coffee morning today in aid of the Foil Hospice and that's from Kathleen Grant now I want to go to an important issue and as we said Micah continues to dominate a discourse in Donegal and elsewhere and there is a very interesting initiative taking place in Bunkrana over the coming days which is intended obviously to highlight the campaign for 100% redress but also highlight the fact that there is potentially a major problem coming up with where do people whose homes are being knocked down and rebuilt as a result of Micah where do they live in the meantime. Brian Quinn joins us on the line. Brian good morning Good morning Donegal Very well indeed Brian Pitch on the Pitch is a very stark way of letting us know what's coming down the track about the initiative. Well it's just to raise awareness of how things could look people's houses are being demolished now the idea is to get as many tents on the pitch to paint the pitch you know these people are leaving their homes but there's nowhere to go for them. Now you're hoping to get 110ths onto the pitch at Bunkrana GA8 Club and possibly more and with that in mind obviously getting tents is going to be part of the challenge Well getting tents is a huge issue for myself it turns out not a lot of people have old tents available but of course people can come on the day and pitch their tents whether they want to just leave the tent there for the day or stay and have a chat with other people that are affected by the Micah actually and as we know and we have said this and it is going to very much become an issue I mean if someone's house is being demolished and rebuilt obviously that's them out of the picture for probably minimum 10 months and you know up to a year in most cases presumably with that in mind where do those people live I mean we've heard some people talking about trying to get mobile phones mobile homes and caravans onto the site other people saying they're looking for a potential accommodation and we know there's a shortage of rented accommodation already and what's coming down the line is potentially very serious not to mention if we're bringing people into the county to work on this new construction that's going to be taking place where are they going to live? Exactly there's just going to be nowhere for anybody unfortunately and it really needs to be locked down to at a government level I think Paddy Dever's doing a great start paying to try and get people that are worst affected at the minute to try and get them rehoused before Christmas but it's going to take more than just Paddy Dever we need an army of Paddy Dever to get the people sorted Obviously everyone's going to be looking towards November 9th and see what package of measures comes out from government and see if government has anything it can offer in terms of rehousing but at this point in time that there are no indications that there is a rehousing plan that there is any kind of a scheme that people can easily apply to be included in now so we're going to have to wait and see exactly what's on the table in that respect but one gets the feeling that there's not initially at least there's not going to be an awful lot there to address this issue Well that's up and that's why I came to choose this act from November because hopefully a good answer on the 9th I want to paint the picture of how many people are going to be looking for I suppose you could call it emergency accommodation in the next 6 months to 2 years I mean it's something that you can't put down in black and white that somebody is going to plan to demolish their house they're going to need to go somewhere and you know you'll have thousands of people going to demolish houses at the same time it's going to need to a real government level look on to see where they can find accommodation We do know that there's been discussion on this issue with Donegal County council level and many councillors Michael McBride among them certainly has come up with his own proposals with regards to temporary homes he believes brought in and you know we are going to have to look at all those potential solutions but really the council the government they're really going to have to start getting together and getting together now and we know from what we've heard from Michael Doherty and from others who are involved and Eileen who are involved in the discussions with the defective blocks working group over the summer the feeling was that the department of housing officials all that time were approaching this from the point of view of not let's solve the problem but their perspective appeared to be let's save the government money and we're going to have to see a very clear change in that mindset if they're going to liaise with Donegal County council to get a real solution in there quickly They've dragged their feet over the whole Micah issue well for 10 years it's been kicking the can down the road but if people are moving by the houses that are falling down you can't kick the can down the road the name started immediately you know they'll have nowhere to go and effectively what they were trying to paint the picture was that it's going to have to be a tent in the garden if they can't afford a mobile home or can't go anywhere I mean this is how serious it is well those who have tents available there's a number of pickup points Brian you've organised where people can drop off can you just let us know where those pickup points are well for letter Kenny we have from McCafferty's Lower Main Street up in Cairndon there's Paula's dog room we have Little Acorn's cook store in Derry Don McGinnis is a homeless activist in Bongkranha he's well on detectants Cross and Stuylers Main Street Bongkranha and they exchange up in Bongkranha the country roads and of course myself and an other homeless activist Ali Galler in the Fan Valley area are willing to take tents of any description yeah and all this is going to be on social media obviously we'll share it ourselves and it'll be on the 100% redress Facebook pages and so on as well so all details and contact details available on social media and if people are going to give you tents and they don't want them back Brian you're making arrangements to have them donated on to homeless charities oh of course Ali and Don are going to look after any tents that are in good enough condition to pass on to homeless organisations which more than likely will be transported to Dublin so this pitch on the pitch demonstration as we said it's taking part on November 6th on the GAA Bongkranha just to highlight it's going to be a very stark visual image and hopefully it's going to bring it home to people most locally and indeed and perhaps more importantly nationally as well just days before this comes before cabinet well I hope that we get a huge crowd and the patch will be full of tents and it will be a very stark patch as you said in the meantime obviously we'll be keeping a close eye on this and giving it coverage on the day Brian thank you very much indeed as we say more details on this initiative online and you can also see more about this on the very social media pages with the 100% redress mic action group and so on but for now Brian Quinn thank you very much indeed thanks for your time Donal it's our pleasure as always so that's Brian there calling us from Inichon and that will be a very very stark visual representation I think Connor says I was watching football over the weekend I was surprised to see so many in the dugout wearing masks so much for taking personal responsibility it's peams most guidelines are now out the window as someone who missed a close relatives funeral because of guidelines this behaviour sickens me we were talking about fireworks earlier Connor says my dog is terrified of fireworks ban them oh yeah I forgot they're illegal anyway so like drugs why are they illegal when the forces of law and order can't seem to stop them maybe tax them all fund the safety and health awareness and proper health and rehab care at least the age old thing Garthie will tell you that they have they will cease a certain amount of fireworks every year and part of the problem we have with fireworks of course is that half an hour up the road you can legally purchase fireworks in a shop and that's one of the issues we have particularly in this county it's a different situation perhaps further down the country but when you're in this county when you're in Donegal the reality of it is you can from parts of the county you can go 15-10 minutes up the road fireworks legally and that is part of the issue it's approaching quarter past 11 going to take a short break back after these nine one double two zero two six do you need a little extra help staying in your home at bluebird care we offer a wide variety of qmark approved personalised home care services across Donegal and are fully trained and committed staff will always meet your care needs with kindness compassion and dignity to get your personal home care assessment plan visit bluebirdcare.ie or call our care team today on 07491 29562 and bring care home Ireland is proceeding carefully with our plan to manage COVID-19 however with infection rates increasing 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question obviously is how are you yeah I'm alright I'm alright I'm focused on the projects that I'm doing in memory of Connor, Carla and Dara and it's I've been struggling to find a word to explain the feeling that it gives me these projects but somebody this weekend a light bulb moment said it's love that you're feeling because I felt that it was bringing me happiness or joy but they weren't the right words it's just love that is behind this and lifts me in all honesty and there's also pride in your own heart for what your children in their short lives had achieved and the impact they had made on those who knew them and you want to bring that forward and you want to make sure that their memories are kept but also that they led you it isn't you doing something off your own but it's almost that they through their lives led you to where you are now and you're following a path that they pretty much put you on it is indeed shortly after they died I just remember standing outside the house and thinking about the last time I held them and kissed them and for me the last promises that I made to them that I hadn't got ran to keeping because you always make promises to your kids you know I promise I'll bring you to the zoo and you bring them to the