He was a member of their family and it was from Rose the godmother and I forget the boy's name But celebrating a birthday today, so I do a part right send it through we'll make sure we'll do it again on this Thanks for that powerful as a request for anyone at Donahue's motor home. Yes from rose. Yes from rose God send us the rest of it back in and we'll sort it out Yeah, thanks great. Have a great day Lee you too. All right. Bye. Bye. Have a good one Okay, it's the 90 noon show here on Highland radio. It's time for news updates at 9 and it's good morning Donald Kavanaugh. Thank you Greg. Good morning The EU is expected to resume legal proceedings over potted seas as previous UK breaches of the brexit deal The Commission is also warning it will take proportionate action over yesterday's decision to proceed with a unilateral initiative to unpick parts of the Northern Ireland protocol 52 of Stormans 90 MLAs have written to Boris Johnson saying they reject his government's new reckless protocol legislation But the DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson says the letter is pointless This institution in the Assembly can only be restored on the basis of a cross community Consensus majority rule will not cut it. That's what Unionists were told over all the years So to the Alliance the SDLP and Sinn Fein who have written this letter Without the support of Unionists the political institutions can't operate The price of petrol and diesel here has again hit record levels according to a road watch Ireland the average cost of a liter of petrol is now two euro thirteen per liter while a liter of diesel is two euro five Prices at some dunnigol stations are considerably higher with petrol topping two twenty in places fuel prices have gone up 11% in the past fortnight and Paddy Common from a road watch says the prices are only going one way It now cost the average motors of a petrol car 750 euro more than last year to fill their car for a year with the average diesel driver now spending 640 euro more per year than last year Certainly for now. It looks like they're going up Significantly judging by such an increase over the last two weeks. So if they increase at this rate Then it looks like it's only a matter of time before they reach two euro fifty per liter Crumbling homes and chair and limerick are set to be included in the defective blocks redress scheme Housing Minister Darrow O'Brien will ask cabinet today to extend the scheme to the two new counties in addition to those affected by the crisis in Dunnigol and Mayo it means a further two thousand homes will come under the scheme with the cost rising to around 2.7 billion euro The government's expects to push for anti inflation measures instead of a substantial pay increase for public sector workers pay talks are underway at the Workplace Relations Commission this week It's expected unions will call for an increase to match current inflation But a source told the Irish Times a small pay increase and measures to reduce services like childcare and health is the more likely alternative And they were twenty eight thousand and ninety six disclosures of abuse against women and five thousand seven hundred and thirty five Disclosures of child abuse reported to women's aid last year the figures are included in the women's aid annual impact report Volunteers also dealt with more calls in 2021 relating to surveillance and monitoring Humiliation and assaults with weapons the chief executive of women's aid Sarah Benson says Ireland's unequal gender society is Compounding the problem. We live in a gender unequal society and That unequal society is both a cause and a consequence of male violence against women all forms of violence against women What we know is that initiatives and interventions and collaboration for more equal society help reduce male violence against women Today will be rather cloudy with light rain and drizzle at times some writers only spells and highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees Celsius Moderate south to southwest to breezes it's night mostly cloudy with early light rain or drizzle clearing in temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees Celsius That's Highland radio news. We're back with news in full at 10 o'clock Is your home or motor insurance up for renewal? Now is the time to check if your policy still offers you the right cover and the right fit at the right price To be sure you're getting the best deal take this opportunity to shop around. 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What's his solution to this issue if you are struggling What is he going to do? I'll tell you in a later newspaper Onto the Irish Times they tell us that Shocking figures from women's aid it recorded 33,000 disclosures of abuse more than 33,000 Disclosures of domestic violence and abuse including over 5,000 of child abuse were made to women's aid last year Women reported assaults with hammers golf clubs and hurls headbutting and strangulation and being attacked with children in their arms They were humiliated and degraded Forbidden from leaving the family home without the abuser had access to car keys denied and were denied sleep as an abuse and very sadly and you know Domestic abuse knows no county boundaries. There are people Listening to this program today or the loved ones of them who have been the victims of these types of awful crimes and perhaps even maybe they are some of the people Too many who still are the victims But have yet to speak out for a whole myriad of reasons because if you have a partner who is is that controlling Well, they're also going to try and control you disclosing what they're doing to you So an awful lot of people probably well beyond the amount that reported Uh, a disclosure of domestic violence is suffering and we stand with you and I wish we could do more To help if you wish to reach out to us. So eight six six two twenty five thousand Well a total of nine hundred and seventy six disclosed sexual abuse including including including a big pardon Uh, well, I won't I won't read that bit just because of the time of the day and with people Perhaps still going to school the charities two thousand and twenty one annual report published today shows While there were nine percent fewer contacts from women compared with 2020 There were a 10 percent more disclosures last year compared with the previous year On to the mail we'll go to the mail next because obviously, uh, the the british pushed through with their plans to unilaterally change the, uh To change effectively or to go against an international treaty Teacher Kamiho Martin has said it's regrettable that the uk is to renaig on an international treaty describing it as a new low point Mr. Martin said he rejects rejects the british government's assertions that the eu has not been flexible during negotiations He criticised the uk government's publication of a bill unilaterally amending the northern island protocol Speaking in county court yesterday, mr. Martin said the way to resolve the impasses by negotiations with a cause bar Johnson believes with this, uh legislation in one hand He's an awful lot more to bring to the negotiating table. So he would argue. Uh, this is part of his negotiation strategy Well, me home martin said it's very regrettable for a country like the uk to renaig on an international treaty I think it represents a new low point because the natural expectation of Uh democratic countries like ourselves the uk and all across europe is that we honor International agreements that we enter to so it is a hardening of language and language is important in these matters It is a hardening of language by the irish government If you're on t-shock, okay, so let's get to the star now and let's find out What uh minister aamon ryan's uh response to the escalating cost of fuel is He says that aamon ryan He slammed has been slammed for advising people to go to the local dole office for help if they can't afford Petrol for their car. So the government's solution if you can't Match these increases is to go to the dole office the transport minister angered motorists and consumers with his simplistic advice He asked today leading people before profit solidarity td richard boyd barrett Uh to slammy suggestions He said mr. Ryan either doesn't get it or doesn't care when he told ordinary workers to go to the welfare office for help To fill the tank mr. Ryan dismissed calls for further relief for motorists facing soaring prices at the pumps instead The keen cyclists said if people are struggling with paying for petrol or diesel They should apply to the local social welfare office for special support The green party leader said there'll be no more government help until the budget in october Leading mr. Boyd barrett to hit out and fume and so on and so forth Okay, that's the solution if you are struggling go to the dole office. That's what we're being told I thought it was interesting yesterday when the albis are out eyeball survey came out and there was a focus on coffee cups because you know A lot of these organizations there's an attempt to to seem like they've got the finger on the bottom and to be relevant they talked about Coffee cups and I was talking yesterday before we come on air and I says well There's looking for headlines there and I get that and I've nothing against eyeball by the way It's just how the system works. Okay, and we all know that takeaway coffee cups are a Something we need to address But anyway, lo and behold today hard-pressed ponters have been told they'll have to pay 20 cent more for their takeaway coffee Amid the cost of living crisis the government is set to slap the tax on cappuccino Receptacles later this year retailers have hit back at the latte levy With some saying it will be counterproductive as people switch from recyclable paper cups to reusable plastic mugs Others believe it's the wrong move Uh to make as inflation rises. So what do you think though? Is it something a lot of people out there? A lot of people buy a coffee if it's gone up 20 cent a day added up, you know, it's not insignificant Uh, amen Ryan quoted again. He insisted the charge is needed to reduce the wasteful use of plastics in Ireland He said I know there are some concerns there always is but the bottom line is is as well And we did see it with the plastic bag levy that if we are if a levy is applied at the right level, we do change our habits So maybe, you know, there are alternatives. I think Lee brings his own cup and makes coffee in his cup, for example Um, so we can adapt So maybe that's what we should do Um the hospital services the hsc services already under great pressure. Well, uh, it could perhaps get worse Because junior doctors are set to strike in a row over long working hours pay an annual leave The Irish medical organization announced that non-consultant hospital doctors voted in favour of industrial action up to and including strike action More than 97 percent of votes were in favour of taking action over their working conditions The imo said the dispute focuses on unsafe and illegal working hours And the failure to pay junior doctors for all hours worked The union claims junior doctors are required to work for an excessive legal and safe working hours often In breach of the european working time directive. 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It's sailor bill Okay, so as we all know I think at this stage the uk government has published plans to get rid of parts of the post brexit Deal it agreed with the eu in 2019 It wants to change the northern island protocol to make it easier for some goods to flow from great britain to northern Ireland but the eu opposes the move saying going back on the deal Breaches international law. Gregory kambles an mp for the dup and he's back on the show. Good morning to you. Gregory Thanks for joining us Good morning, Greg. Yeah, right. Okay. So, um What is your party or your as an individual your reaction to this move by uh mistrusts and barris johnson and their government Well, it's a good start Um, you know, but it is a long overdue start. You'll be aware that you know, there've been discussions At various levels going on for about 18 months We indicated that the very outset that the protocol would be damaging both politically trade life And I think the last 18 months has demonstrated that's the case So we've been pressing the government and they have been assuring us Repeatedly over and over again that they would take steps to remedy this. They haven't really done anything up to now So, uh, the bill was uh tableed yesterday So it's the start of what might be hopefully won't be a long process But at least it is the beginning that you need to get on with it now Right. So it's an act of good faith. Does this pay for so in good faith? Can the dup now? Uh Facilitate the establishment of the executive and get northern island working again Well, there's two things there. Uh, remember we've been here before There was an internal market bill that was supposed to get around the protocol Which the government government previously tabled and then they withdrew So, you know, they they withdrew that because they they claimed the eu were negotiating And we're going to come up with something better. And of course that that didn't happen So we we want to be clear that that doesn't happen again that the table the bill and then Next month or three months time, they withdraw it. So so we've got to see that through The other thing is that if we talk about good faith, that has to be demonstrated by action You know, it's real good the government just promising that they're going to proceed with this We need to actually see that happen And remember up until we took the decision that we did on the assembly and the speaker There wasn't any movement between our government and the You know, some people talked about discussions and negotiations But it didn't seem to bring any progress of any kind for 18 months And that may seem more progress in the past few few weeks than we saw there So so way on earth would we move away from something that has got progress? Let's keep making the progress But in not going in in not going into uh, not go allowing the formation of an executive, uh, you know From your comments there, it sounds like you know, you want to keep Boris Johnson over a barrel But really it's it's the people of Northern Ireland It's those that you represent in terms of you know being able to release all those funds to assist them during this Cost of living crisis. It's really, you know, your your constituents It's the people of Northern Ireland that are are paying the price here in this standoff Well, it's not a case of us trying to keep by Boris Johnson over a barrel It's a case of trying to make sure that you know that he lives up to his word You know, he promised way back two years ago that there wouldn't be an airy sea border You know, we made all sorts of promises and unfortunately up until now he hasn't lived up to any of them But even the bill passed yesterday, uh, Gregory, there still will be an east-west border So even if even if how do you how do you read that in the bill? Well, now, obviously you would have a much more intimate knowledge Than I would but my understanding is if goods are crossing from Britain into Northern Ireland And on into Europe i.e. the Republic of Ireland, they still have to go through checks Yeah, well, that's a border Yeah, well, we've never expressed any opposition to that I mean we fully understand that the EU want to protect its Single market and therefore any goods coming in may have to be assured that those goods are of a similar standard To good that are moving elsewhere through the fully understand that but that's only for goods that are going into the EU Single market, but it's still a border though Yes, but it's into the Irish Republic Yeah, but it's in it's in the Irish side. The border is still in the Irish side No, no, but if goods are coming from Britain and are destined for the Irish Republic i.e. the EU Single market We have no weight objection to those being checked Our objection is to goods coming from GB and staying within the UK coming to Northern Ireland that they're being checked That's the point. The Irish sea border is an effective border within our own nation That's the problem that we have Prove tested against for now for for two years and that's what needs to be removed not not a border into the Irish Republic They want to check goods to protect the single market that's their affair and we don't have objection to that It's doing the same thing when goods are coming to this part of the United Kingdom. That's the problem Yeah, but were these green and red pathways not agreeable with Europe anyway I mean the the the EU have said the Irish government have also said that yep, that makes sense I think Sinn Féin have said it as well. They're open to that as well So what am I missing here? Because that sounds like uh, if that were one of the red lines That's like sounds like something that and I hate to use the phrase because it's overused There was a landing zone there on that issue Yeah, well then what what's the problem? Why are they why are they getting so uptight about about the bill? If the bill has red and green lanes, which it does And they said they don't have a great objection to red and green lanes Then why are they throwing toys out of the pram over over the bill, which has the red and green lanes? Um Do you have a distrust of of bars johnson? You know, there's a lot of people uh that know much more than I that believe that this is a negotiating tactic That he's no intention of ever really uh, that it will take forever to uh, get passed and and enacted Uh, and that really maybe he's sort of using the dup again Or playing with the dup emotions in a very simple way of putting it Yeah, well if our view was and there's That uh, bars johnson is not to be trusted all the more reason then To ensure that this bill makes significant progress through parliament because if we if if I say to you No, we don't really trust him because of what he's done in the past Then the answer to that is well why on earth are you trusting him now? Let's get let's see the progress of the bill before you make any uh, move which in on hindsight Be deemed to be full hearted because exactly because you didn't trust them and make you moved anyway All right, let's let's keep making the progress but in the interim Like what is the problem with going back into government in northern island and as I say, you know, you know, you're you know yourself the hundreds of millions of Of of pounds that would be available that you could put to to work in northern island for the people of northern island like Uh, and sorry, this is a simplistic question. Like what's wrong with saying right? We've made a bit of progress there You know, it's not a one-way street. You could always you turn on that What's wrong with going in and get northern island working for the people again getting decisions being made in in northern island? If you don't fully trust uh barris johnson, can you fully trust? You know, london to make the right decisions for northern island in other spaces Why not get in there and start working for the people of northern island again? I know work goes on by the way outside the executive Gregory, but do you get where i'm coming from? Why not just get working? Yeah, yes, I do and the answer to that is very straightforward If we look back over the course of the past 18 months Uh, the assembly was up and running the speaker was in place executive ministers were carrying out their duties And we were told repeatedly over and over again The protocol issue is going to be sort of the new told us that our own government told us that Even people who were cheerleaders the protocol said yes, there has to be changes But nobody ever produced anything tangible by way of radical change to the protocol Over the course of that time when everybody was at their work executive ministers were carrying out Uh, the their duties now within a matter of a couple of months When an election result shows that unionism is is that one with itself in terms of needing to see radical change To the protocol now within a short period of time There's going to be it would appear at least a beginning of radical change to the protocol You know, so from from a logical point of view, I would say well all the discussions and talks that were going on When we were in government and executive ministers were doing with what they need to do Didn't amount really anything and now in a few weeks we've got progress Let's let's get that Let's get on and try and get all the We haven't brought issues the day today. She's sorted that people really want to see result. I know we can sort of pick out Individual cases about, you know, how it's complicated for one company to do a visit with business with northern island or some companies from from Britain not operating in northern island because of all the paperwork and issues with trees or things like that there But the the reality is is it not Gregory that northern island out of Between northern island scotland ways and england northern island's economy is doing the best You know a lot of people in business seem to think that you know Whether we like the protocol or not a while elements of it are working or not as a whole Northern island is doing really good and now what this does Really it throws More uncertainty into the situation. It could restrict maybe people Expanding business in northern island or investing into northern island You know like the economy of northern island seems to be in a really good space at the moment And now a decision has been made which could could damage that Well, I mean I've heard that and people usually say that that's as a result of the protocol When it's not as a result of the protocol, we're we're not doing fantastically well But we are doing better than other regions in the UK. That is certainly true But the reason for that is the so-called dual market access that people talk about i.e Into the UK the rest of the UK and then into the republic and into the EU That the the absence or the presence of the protocol will not prevent people doing business on a cross-border basis And the reason that won't I mean if the protocol was removed tomorrow You would still be able to buy and sell across the border because there is no way Your government our government or anyone else would be able to stop that You couldn't physically stop the transfer of goods and services across the island of Ireland between northern island and republic and vice versa Because we have hundreds of crossing funds that couldn't possibly be man And and you would have trade and services going on as it has done from time in memorial Yeah, doesn't mean You could use that argument say why have any agreements at all. Why have any unions, you know, just if you can't enforce the border Just just do whatever Yeah, but the EU demand the right and green in the integrity of their internal market And that's something that I understand and and and they they want to establish that and we're content So it's something an operation that would do that Decided that it doesn't compute us from our internal market within the UK And that's what the protocol presented the problem for it Gregory Campbell. Thanks for your time this morning. Okay, I take care of yourself. That's uh MP Gregory Campbell there your views 08 660 25000 We were talking yesterday about parental alienation some of your comments that I didn't get to Um parental alienation is mostly caused by women in my experience. I don't think that was highlighted enough I I Does like in in terms of like blaming one gender blaming the other or man blaming one one blame man I presume if we we are addressing it and we're trying to fix it. It doesn't really matter. Does it? Uh, what the case is there? um I don't know what the facts are anyway in that regard. I think I'll guess yesterday said that that was the perception but what we're seeing is is um It changing it a little bit in the other direction as well But this caller says if a woman has separated because of a violent partner and then her partner gets shared custody She does not want her children involved with their father for she can't move forward with him in their life She can't recover from her fear of thinking he'll do something with the children to hurt her Another caller says i'm a fella in that situation a man has no rights whatsoever only the right to pay I don't see my children my heart is broken and I can't see myself staying in Ireland for much longer because it's becoming too much I'd love to see my children again And of course the children probably think daddy's not interested in them or doesn't want anything to do with them And that would be very hard to take as well. I'd imagine Uh just letting you know there's a lady driving around the south Donegal area She's stopping people offering a bottle of perfume if you'll give her money for diesel as her mom is ill in Belfast It's happened to my mother So just to be careful people are obviously using the fuel crisis as a means to try and extort money So this person is going around offering items in exchange for money to purchase diesel to go and visit their ill Parents wherever it might be so just I mean Be careful out there just uh It's good to be it's nice to be nice, but you don't want to be uh Sold a pop either as the old saying goes I work in a petrol station and on tuesday we had uh, we had a fill in our tanks and on wednesday it came down in price We were then expecting to sell our petrol and diesel at a loss of 15 and 20 cent And the abuse we took over the price and despite trying to explain that we only just got a fill and couldn't sell it At a loss was terrible then the other thing is we are constantly abused about it being cheaper elsewhere Why don't the public realize we are just workers and many of those cheaper stations are not paying wages as the four courts are often On land it's really important the front line staff who have no hand actor part Uh in anything like that be it's uh in an office uh or petrol station or shop It's not their problem. They're getting paid often You know not an awful lot more than a minimum wage in some cases And it's not them making the decisions and they don't deserve the abuse We had a fuel delivery person who contacted us uh a week in advance of the latest increases And he told us exactly where petrol prices was going to be I wonder is he listening again today? Let us know what's going to be happening next week because he perfectly accurately, uh Told us that petrol was going to be the very next week between Two seventeen and two twenty in most places as it was so maybe he's listening again and can give us a further inside track All right, oh eight six sixty 25 000 your whatsapps and texts give us a call no seven four nine one twenty five thousand some good news coming up next because We're going to be talking about a major Golf competition coming to uh donny goll again to ballet lyphon. 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But anyway, uh john listen, um It's great to have success at the club. It's great to host big tournaments But really what you want to do is build on it. Don't you and sort of Make uh your venue a mecca uh for golf both uh nationally and internationally that journey continues in 2024 Indeed greg uh, that was a fear from having staged their reshopement in 2018 that You know having broken through that glass barrier that we we would be forgotten about so it was always our intention to You know try and continue in that vein and further develop our relations with both the european tour and The rna and we're absolutely delighted that We're going to stage the world's biggest amateur event in 2024 the amateur championship, which is Going to be hosted on both links here in balay life and in june 2024 It's staged by the rna the governing body of golf. So no better endorsement or our Recognition in the world of golf and that's really yeah, and and this is uh, the this is where the future stars are born There's very few playing the game now that haven't come through tournaments like this You know, we'll probably have people playing in this tournament that will feature in some of the majors as well in the same year That's that's the level of competition. We're talking here Yeah, it is the very elite of the amateur game So, you know the the past winners of this event greg are like a booze who have golf now And these guys are just about to break into professional golf So you're getting them at the very best in terms of amateur status and just before they turn professional most of them and Really, we're we're we're very hopeful that we'd have a young rory mackleroy or the next rory mackleroy As part of the field or maybe a number of those type of individuals And we look forward to hosting them here in balay life And you're in a very good position in that normally this event is held on multiple courses, but you've got courses Of a standard on the one site that allows you to host this solely which is pretty unique, isn't it? Is this the first time this has been done in ireland? It's certainly the first time it's been done in ireland. Anytime this tournament has been staged before there's a qualifying event just prior to the main championship and generally speaking the qualifying event is held at a nearby golf club or a neighboring golf club, but luckily The rna have You know They have witnessed both courses now. We're staging an rna event in august the home internationals and When they saw the quality of the old links, uh, they were astounded and I suppose that probably helped to see the deal in terms of Staging the entire tournament on one site here in balay life and it's only been held Three times in the past on the island of ireland.  Say for instance comparing now for your visiting players your club players Compared to how it's set up was set up for the irish hope now i'm in about in terms of difficulty Of course the courses are going to look fantastic, but I presume it's set up pretty much close to to uh, The same way that the pros play the game in terms of length and pin positions and all that type of stuff Yeah, you're exactly right greg These guys would be you know, wouldn't be far off the level of of european tour Certainly someone would be and uh, you know weather conditions dependent The course I would expect would be set up very similarly to what it was for the irish open Let's hope we get the same weather we got in 2018. Yeah, exactly Um and in terms of the scale of the event, you know, the sort of onsite setup That we saw with the irish open. Do you expect it to be similar to that? I mean this is going to attract an awful lot of people from all over the place to to watch it But in terms of the infrastructure and again, uh, yes They're almost uniquely placed in being able to host it the way you can Do you expect it to be on the same sort of a scale the same kind of uh, you know Razzle dazzle glitz and glamour No, it won't be quite on the same scale. Well, I'll move on to martin that nominee joking You know, it really depends on the the level of whole interest and the number of irish players that are doing well But you know, we're not expecting crowds anywhere near what we we got for the Irish open We had over 100,000 people here for the Irish open over the four days Um, it is amateur golf, but nevertheless, like there'll be over 400 competitors coming To town for uh, the between the qualifying and the actual championship They bring an entourage with them the international media will cover at the rna Will broadcast it and hopefully sky will be covering at that stage It's broadcast around the world on Highlights package on uh, sky sport So, you know, it is great international profile for the region and obviously for bali lefinam's two courses Yeah, cancel martin mcdonalds. I mean obviously from a golfing perspective This is great news, but from a any show and on a golf perspective great news too Yeah, it's excellent news from a from an initial perspective, Greg and you know, a lot of credit has to go to to john And to bali lefin golf club, you know for the foresight in the first place to to bring the iris open here And now to bring another major golf entourment in a show That highlights the peninsula highlights the county all over not just now, but all over the world and you know, we are now seeing The evidence of the iris open and people coming here people coming to bali lefin Extra bed nights That's all in the back of a brilliant areas open and the same thing can happen here and now we are You know up there among the elite areas For a golfing and for tourism and I think that you know, we can we can certainly build on that from From a local perspective and an issue and from the county perspective from also from dunigal county council's perspective to To do everything that they can to to help and make sure that that's tournament Yeah, that's all I was going to say. I mean, obviously the the legends tours going to Going to downings or it's been it's been held in downings and there's Events around that, you know food stores music and what I mean that the council is supporting Again, I don't know kind of what the crowd is like in terms of for that kind of stuff in the amateur game But do you see an opportunity maybe for for similar initiatives around this event? Yeah, absolutely. I mean the there's no question there's school to have to be You know works done between now in 2024 to Facilitate another major tournament coming to initial We met with the council with the chief executive and with gary mark himself and john to have a discussion on this and To you know start and look at what the council can do from a local authority perspective to help To make these tournaments and make this tournament a particular As I said as as successful as the area is open and I think it's it's we have to as a local authority tourism here in this county And I'm particularly here and I've shown is vitally important It's it's one of the most important things that we that we survive on I think that these types of tournaments Sell our county and sell our Tell the county all over the world and you know, dunny gall is now becoming a place that people want to come to We discussed this earlier grade and one of your issues about the cost of Hotels and things down the country and to be fair here and dunny gall. We're not on that Okay, listen Don't get me started on that because I've been checking out some hotel prices around the rally. So We'll leave that can we leave that one there? Yeah But no, I take I take your broader point John. What's the view amongst members here? Is it a bit a bittersweet or is it are they delighted universally delighted? Like, you know, they're going to be paying off mats for the next two years No, I don't think so Greg. I'd say, you know, generally very very proud that social event has come into ballet living um, you know, there will be a bit of Uh discomfort as opposed to closer to the event But I think people Particularly our members, you know, they see the bigger picture. They see what we're trying to do They see the greater good for the community and attracting events such as this to to the area and you know the potential for economic spin-off for for everyone not just for ballet from golf club But for the entire community in staging a world-class golf tournament such as this and putting ourselves on the world stage bringing more tourists into the area and you know Helping sustain the economics of of any shown and only God Yeah, and not unlike the the Irish open, you know golfers hardcore golfers, you know that play all the time They want to play on on courses that hold events like this You know and and playing areas that host events like this because it does there is a genuine ripple effect there John isn't there, you know, it is of course that the epicenter is ballet lifting golf club But we saw with the previous competition it ripples out, you know People play some of our other brilliant courses around the county and they stay in other areas outside ballet Lifting, you know, obviously immediately it fills up in the center, but then it spreads out and and that's how we get a broader benefit Absolutely like no one comes to Doney God to play one golf course generally Certainly any international visitor isn't coming to Doney God to play one golf course So, you know, there is a ripple effect as you say and you know that the economic benefit spreads Far and wide throughout the county and not just in golf and golf courses, but restaurants, pubs, hotels, you know other Attractions and they all reap the benefit of you know The golf tours that comes spends a week 10 days in the area, you know That's spend as is considerable in terms of the economic impact in the area Yeah, Mark And again, this is then where the council has to step up and we'll step up I'm sure, you know to capitalize and encourage all of that Absolutely It's where we have to come on from a Doney God tourism perspective and from an exploring the show perspective and Use that use this tournament and use what's going to happen and use the national media That will cover this all over the world to promote the county and you know And again these types of events give that opportunity to to them organizations to do that Yeah, all right. Stay where you are, Mark And I want to come back to you after the break if that's okay, John You watch, I presume you watch a bit of golf when you have time, do you? No, certainly, particularly when our own guys are involved, yeah Yeah, what do you think of live golf and that whole sort of semi breakaway? We're not going into the politics of it more. Maybe we'll just stick with the the golfing element I'm pretty sure you've been chatting about that in the clubhouse and outside of it. What do you think of it? I mean, I watched quite a bit of it Uh, I don't know. I don't know what to make. I think the canadian was laid out better and was more competitive as a result Of it some might argue, but anyway, what do you what do you think of this live golf UAE backed live golf initiative? Listen Greg, it's it's it's not hard to understand why players towards the end of their career are Seizing the opportunity to take that type of money Um playing and you know restricted fees against the same guys weekend week out And you know playing less golf it's it makes their life so much easier But I do feel that they've turned their back on Where they've been making a living and making a damn good living most people would say for you know You know 40 50 years The pga tour and the european tour have been good to most of the individuals all the individuals that have Decided to sign up with live golf I don't know if it's if it's sustainable. I don't I don't see the business model I can't see how they're going to make a return on investment Maybe they don't need a return on investment. There's not much money in the well there, but Certainly, it's a worrying it's a concerning time for The word of professional golf particularly for the tours because you know You know you look at okay the pga tour a weekend week out is very very commercially successful The european tour not so much certain weeks are more glossy than others This adds pressure to that tour And you know maybe takes away from the field in some instances some weeks Some of these players would have been playing the european tour And that takes away from the the other marketability of each event and the commercial success of each event And you wonder is it going to drag down The other tours, but I don't know how sustainable the model is I think if I think if the golfers don't allow the ride to be turned The product I don't think the live product is that interesting You know personally and if you say No disrespect to the players involved, but I think their average world ranking is up around 147 or something You just want to see the best of the best. All right. I was just interested in your views john Thank you for that best look 2024. I'm sure I'll be speaking to you between now and then. Thank you Thank you. All right, uh, martin you'll stay with us. Will you I just want to have a quick word with you on the The cabinet meeting today to sign off on that new Micah legislation. I'll just take a very quick break and then we'll be back to talk about that The 9 till noon show with letter Kenny credit union now offering mortgages with life cover provided at no additional cost letter Kenny credit union 9102 127 I've just had the eclipse cinemas experience Wow, they truly have taken a night at the movies to a whole new level Amazing recliner chairs directors lounge VIP room pizza and hot foods served to your seat Have a glass of wine and enjoy the film on the big screen. Try it for yourself At eclipse cinemas leford stirban where the stars shine brighter By the way, the pizzas are amazing. 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It can't be accepted because why under Why would they under any circumstances try and involve avoid this being scrutinized? We've waited long enough. We can wait a couple of months if need be Yeah, I think that meeting is starting around now 10 10 o'clock this morning um We don't really know at this stage none of us know it's been very Tight luck for the last three or four weeks as to how this is going to pan out and exactly What's going to be on the scheme from the what has been put forward to enhance the scheme since February? um We won't know probably to later on today to to what comes out of that It's meant to go to be published next Tuesday to the public But I I would think that it probably will happen before that Um, it's vitally important Greg vitally important that this has got right this time We can't have a situation that we had in the previous scheme where When it's up and running that we find the flaws and the the problems But what can we do about that? What can we do about that because it seems inevitable? That's the way it's going to be Uh, uh, the the housing minister seems to want to avoid Foundations being included yet. We had charlie mcconnellogue on the program saying they will be included for for the confusion there If the focus is only on on mic We're going to be looking at situations whereby We're going for remedial work that engineers won't sign off on and then it all stalls there You know, this has to be expanded It has to look at other materials if all of that is not done now Then it's another not fit for purpose scheme and I'll be honest with you This feels exactly like the weeks leading up to the 90 10 alleged 90 10 scheme all over again Yeah, look, there's no doubt. There has to be a parallel between the is465 Deleterious materials and the new scheme. There is no question on that the new scheme whatever that scheme may be Is only going to be as good As the is465 and the update to that because that has to be updated. I mean, it's clear Now at this stage and it's clear From the senior engineers within dunagore county council who have made a stand on applications against the wishes of the department that They would they need clarification on that and that has to be Parallel to the the new scheme that's going to be announced But again, there are two separate issues as well But the new scheme is one issue and the is465 Which is updated through the national standards authority is a separate issue That has been looked at at the moment So you believe that we can get a scheme signed off on today With a view to expanding the is465 that in other words the the if there is a firm commitment in that regard These two things can move in tandem Yes, there has to be a firm commitment on that and you know, even the scheme is signed off today There's going to be a period now where it has to go through both the senate and the the housing committee And then back to the doll, which will allow for amendments To the scheme what is the make above the housing committee out of interest because is they also that have to agree to wave Pre-legislative scrutiny. Is that a that's a political grouping? Do we know what the makeup of that grouping is? I think there's 12 Between tds and senators on that I think there is something like four from fena fall and three from fun gale three from chimfane A few independents on that as well. So the government parties have the majority on the housing committee as well. Yes. Yes Right. Okay. Well, she listen. I know Go ahead. Sorry.  I don't think they've come back from hell yet and No, and I know that and every day a week. We're we're dealing with a straight and as I say it has to be got right Okay Listen, that was a bit unfair me pulling you up in that turn of phrase. It was just a turn of phrase I know you know exactly more than as more than a lot of people exactly what families are Are going through and I know also that we're hamstrung and that we don't have much information But I wanted to recognize That that this decision was being made today cancel marching McDermott. 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It's 10 o'clock donald kavner at the news desk The price off petrol and diesel here has again hit record levels According to a road watch ireland average cost of release of petrol is now two Euro and 13 cent The leader of diesel average is two euro five cent prices at some donnelly goal Four courts are considerably higher with some pumps hitting two euro 20 fuel prices have risen 11 percent on average in the past fortnight Paddy common from a road watch says the way things are looking they're only going in one direction It now costs the average motors of a petrol car 750 euro more than last year to fill their car for a year with the average diesel driver Now spending 640 euro more per year than last year Certainly for now, it looks like they're going up Significantly judging by such an increase over the last two weeks. So if they increase At this rate Then it looks like it's only a matter of time before they reach two euro 50 per liter The eu is expected to resume legal proceedings over pot It sees as previous uk breaches of the brexit deal the european commission's also warning It'll take proportionate action over yesterday's decision to proceed with a unilateral initiative to unpick parts of the northern ireland protocol 52 of stormans 90 mlase have written to british prime minister boroughs johnson saying they reject his government's new reckless protocol legislation But d up leader jeffrey donelson says the letter is pointless this institution In the assembly can only be restored on the basis of a cross community consensus Majority rule will not cut it That's what unionists were told over all the years So to the alliance The sdlp and shin fain who have written this letter Without the support of unionists the political institutions can't operate Crumbling homes in counties claren limberick now look set to be included in the defective bloc's redress scheme Housing minister darrow brine will ask cabinet today to extend the scheme to the two new counties in addition To those affected by the crisis in dunigal and demayowit means a further 2000 homes will come under the scheme With the cost rising to around 2.7 billion euro It's then anticipated that a week from today the revised scheme will be presented to the doll The government's expected to push for anti inflation measures instead of a substantial pay increase for public sector workers Pay talks are underway at the workplace relations commission this week Where it's expected unions will call for an increase to match current inflation However, a source told the irish times a small pay increase and measures to reduce services like child care and health Is the likely alternative to be offered by government public sector workers received a 1% increase last year with a further 1% rise expected in october Letter kenny milford municipal district will be told today There is a need for immediate repairs to the glen car roundabout of the top of circular road Castler donal kelly says the roundabout is currently non-existent and it's causing major safety concerns in the area He says immediate works are necessary particularly with rally weekend coming up and also a busy summer season ahead Locals are aware of this junction and how the layout of the junction works Even though the roundabout is not possible But but we're coming on now to a very very busy weekend ahead where the dunigal at the nice and rally coming up Will have visitors, you know people using this junction that's supposed to not as familiar with the layout of the junction We're also coming into a very busy time of year It's a summer season where tourists will be in the town and I think it's only right that That our roads are kept up to standard and that are around about as late as possible at this junction There were 28,096 Disclosures of abuse against women and 5,735 Disclosures of child abuse reported to women's aid last year the figures are included in their 2021 women's aid annual impact report volunteers also death with more calls in 2021 relating to surveillance and monitoring Humiliation and assaults with weapons women's aides chief executive Sarah Benson says Ireland's unequal gender society Is compounding the problem we live in a gender unequal society and That unequal society is both a cause and a consequence of male violence against women all forms of violence against women What we know is that initiatives and interventions and collaboration For more equal society help reduce male violence against women Whether forecast rather cloudy today with light rain and drizzle at times some brighter sunny spells in highest temperatures Of 15 to 17 degrees Celsius mostly moderate south to southwest breeze Mostly cloudy tonight with early light rain or drizzle clearing In temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees Celsius that's island radio news. We're back with news headlines again at 11 o'clock. Good morning The obituary notices for this tuesday morning the 14th of june The death has taken place of francy meccolini but an inverse guidore originally from kashlan the gore gortho hork His remains will repose at his home from four o'clock this afternoon with rosary nightly at eight o'clock House private pleas from nine p.m. To 11 a.m. And on the morning of the funeral Funeral mass ensign column kills church knock follow on thursday morning at 11 with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery The funeral mass can be viewed live on kirin roti funeral directors facebook page The death has taken place of sam bucanon roscaro milford. His remains are reposing at his home Funeral service tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock in milford presbyterian church with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery Funeral service can be viewed on patrick sweeney funeral directors facebook page Family time pleas from 11 o'clock tonight and before the funeral tomorrow Family far as only pleas donations if desired to the arish motor neuron disease association care of any family member The death house taken place of gretta sweeney ney ron 26 patrick street straban formerly of port hall liford Her remains will repose a quickly funeral home from five o'clock this evening with removal at six o'clock to sacred heart church dairy road Requiem mass tomorrow morning at 10 with interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery The requiem mass can be viewed live via the parish webcam The death has occurred of patrick marley sesha anil balaba fe His remains are reposing at his late residence Funeral from there tomorrow morning at 20 to 11 for requiem mass in st. Mary's church sesha anil at 11 o'clock Followed by interment in the adjoining church yard The funeral mass will be streamed live via the parish facebook page The death house taken place of may craig the common ruffo Her remains are reposing at her late residence Funeral from there tomorrow afternoon at half past one for two o'clock funeral service in ruffo presbyterian church Followed by burial in the family plot in the adjoining graveyard Family far as only pleased donations in louis desired to ruffo presbyterian church repair fund care of any family member or Terence mclintock funeral director Family time please from 10 o'clock tonight and before the funeral tomorrow The death has occurred of mayra reid nay cannon late of illustrin letter kenny Funeral mass this morning in st. june's cathedral at 11 o'clock with burial afterwards in conwell cemetery Family far as only pleased donations in louis donigol hospice care of pascal blake funeral director or any family member The death house taken place of daniel mcgonigal caromina le camey His remains are reposing at his home Funeral from there tomorrow morning at quarter past 10 For 11 o'clock requiem mass in st. columbus church balnacray followed by burial in the adjoining graveyard The death house taken place of margaret meggy broad path convoy Her remains are reposing at her residence Funeral from there this morning at half past 10 to st. mary's church convoy for 11 o'clock mass with burial afterwards in the old cemetery The death has occurred of kathleen galler her nay heron cavern don cunealy Funeral from her late residence this morning at half past 11 Going to st. josephans and connell's church brookless for 12 noon requiem mass with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery Family far as only please funeral mass can be viewed online via the parish facebook page And the death has occurred of james macmanaman balibun castle fin James's remains are reposing at his late home funeral from there this morning at quarter past 11 for requiem mass at 12 noon in st. mary's church castle fin within term and afterwards in st. mary's cemetery castle fin Family far as only please donations in louis desired to the donnie gall hospice care of charles lynch funeral director or any family member For more details including any family health guidelines for wakes and funerals, please go to highland radio dot com Can I get two specials, please one sourdough and caesar salad and by the way i'm 12 weeks pregnant We don't always know who's at risk from covet 19 and other viruses, but we do know how to protect them Keep hands clean and wear a mask Let fresh air in get vaccinated and stay at home if you are unwell from the hsc for us all Okay, you're very welcome back to the second hour of the nine klanoon show You're very welcome along to the show if you're just tuning in don't forget coming up later on we have garth brooks on the program talking ahead of his uh concerts in doblin in september in the announcement of 20 000 extra tickets, which will be available from thursday But some of your comments here before we take the bingo numbers and go to the community guard information item A caller says as anyone noticed has aamon ryan been silenced. He's quoted everywhere. I'm not sure about that Another caller says the silence today from the finnafall finna gale cancillor sorry the finna gale cancillor has been done a call about pre-legislative scrutiny On the mica bill is deafening now in fairness. We haven't contacted any of them if you talked about on this radio show We're kind of waiting to see what's what's agreed today before we Sort of kick into our reaction Another text just says still pro eu when it lines their pockets just Does much less of it and they can't be bothered with the extra paperwork. That's as it relates to the northern island protocol Greg what's wrong is island not taking enough petrol and diesel. That's uh, what's pushing up the price My uncle has a garage. He knows what's going on by this weekend petrol will be 223 A liter it's not far off it in some places Uh are the northern island people going to start smuggling across the border those companies will have to pay taxes I can't believe he thinks they can't can't uh do away with the single market um Gregory Campbell Uh shifts the goal post while accusing nationalists of wanting their bread bottled on both sides Look at all the previous bills the d up of block pre-brexit on gender equality agriculture policy pro eu when it lines their pockets and women's health care Uh, it's an aim but three thanks des is the d up saying the executive works by not sitting. Uh, it's an interesting interpretation And uh, finally on parental alienation for now it occurs and it also occurs when there's no domestic violence There many domestic violence allegations have proven unfounded But served to break the relationship between the child and their alienated mother or father there This is a constant one-way strategy used in parental parental alienation first question asked must be why is the child not seeing their dad A mom which must be investigated immediately taking into account that the child may be coerced Or manipulated to say what the alienating parents want them to say but my take on that is this is look It's about the children and protecting the children and making sure The children are safe and working on a system To do that but it's one of those issues where people are very Entrenched on their opinions as to who's more responsible The ideology behind it really and and i'm from the outside looking on and my focus would be purely on What's best for the child and finding a solution and maybe the other stuff could be resolved Along the way. 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Good morning to you union. Thanks for joining us morning. Great. How's things? I'm good one of the busiest weeks and we'll talk about it more detail later on in the item because of course We're going to dedicate some time to the donagol international rally, but it's a busy time for for the gaurdy It is yes busy week coming up a lot of planning on that So it's the first I suppose the first official rally since 2019 so three years later We're they're back on the road again and we're happy to be involved All right. We'll stay tuned for more information on that as part of this item We're going to start with appeals though And we'll start with an information people may have as it relates to our rtc in boncran a union Yes, Greg. This is a road traffic collision which occurred on the st Mary's road area of boncran on saturday night sunday morning past there the 12th of june shortly before 1 20 a.m The vehicle involved was a red Honda motorcycle and we believed it was traveling along st. Mary's road In the direction of cocky road at the time of collision Unfortunately, the driver of the motorcycle was taken to ambulance to hospital or remains to receive medical treatment So we're appealing for anybody who traveled in the area at the time or who may have dashcam to make the footage available to gaurdy So that's the road traffic collision saturday night sunday morning the 12th of june at 1 20 a.m So if you have information contact the gaurdy boncran a 07 493 205 40 or again the confidential line 1800 treble six treble one Next appeals somewhat unique in that the gaurdy themselves would have were at least you know audio Witnesses to this. What happened? Yes scaredy actually in the station in balba favor. We're alerted by a loud bang on the street on Thursday night friday morning passed the 10th of june at approximately 1 15 a.m And again, it appeared to be a road traffic collision where Council property and road sign on the main street had been struck and badly damaged as a result Unfortunately, the vehicle involved did not remain at the scene of the collision and were anxious to trace the driver and or the owner So we're appealing to anybody who may have witnessed the collision to contact the gaurdy letter kenny 07 491 6 700 again anybody who traveled on the main street balba favor Between 1 a.m. And 1 30 a.m. On friday morning the 10th of june Who may have dash camp to make the footage available to gaurdy, please all right milford gaurdy investigating criminal damage Yes, this unfortunately was criminal damage caused by a number of young people on the tank road area from melton last saturday the 11th of june at 3 30 p.m group of youths entered the vacant house in the area and caused substantial damage to it When gaurdy arrived the the young people had gone but substantial damage caused to the front door Last and last panels and other damage So last saturday evening 3 30 p.m There may have been a lot of people about remelton that may have seen a group of young people or any residents Who have information to contact the gaurdy at milford? 07 491 530 60 Yeah, and I mean obviously it doesn't matter whether the house is vacant or not This is unacceptable behavior. I presume you're calling on anyone with influence Over these young people to have a conversation with them. Yes from this activity It's possible somebody listen Maybe maybe had a child who was in the premises and has told their parents that they were there And maybe not involved in the damage, but with other people and again if they come forward We will treat them with empathy, and you know and we're encouraging them to do so Yeah, okay. We're trying to avoid recurrences.  Yes last Thursday Greg the 9th of June approximately 9 30 p.m A resident of a private house or home was Alerted to a loud bang to the front door of the house The front door had been locked and closed at the time and had a discovered to be open and cracked So maybe an attempt to to gain entry and maybe Some attempt to to steal property or whatever CCTV footage was obtained and two males were observed walking away from the house in the direction of glen fin road Balabuffet One of the males had a black hair and a beard and was wearing a two-tone two-tone hoodie The top part of the hoodie black and the bottom part gray. So so maybe very distinctive there Black tracksuit bottoms with white stripes down the leg The second male wore gray type work type trousers with the extra pockets You know for implements or tools or whatever a gray hoodie hoodie with a white t-shirt and white runners So fairly good description of two males involved and we're asking any people who may have seen these males In the area of back lane Balafley or the main street or on glen fin road to contact Gardie that a kenny Oh seven four nine one six seven one hundred or again the confidential line one eight hundred Travel six travel one now we're standing in the Balabuffet area for another criminal damage appeal. Yes, it's damaged again to a house and the correct moan area of Balabuffet Last Wednesday night Thursday morning the night the June between 2 a.m. And 6 30 a.m Again a window in the porch of a house was smashed between those times and we're appealing for anybody who may have seen or heard anything In the correct moan area of Balabuffet the contact of Gardie that a kenny All right four nine one six seven one hundred. Okay. Sorry for talking off.  That's why we do it Don't wait to try and solve some of these crimes union. Yes people do ask me You know, you're looking for help and the ever getting from it as a way of information We made an appeal last week in relation to assault that occurred in the high road area of letter kenny on the June the fifth And the people was made on your show Greg and we received valuable information from members of the public and as a result we've made significant progress in investigation One male has been arrested and questioned and a file will be sent to the DPP for directions And again the tank the people who came forward And again to we appreciate all the support that we get from the community in relation to our appeals Yeah, exactly and it's and I presume to as well sometimes it's the the little pieces of information that people ring up They form they form part of you know, the the pieces of the puzzle Yes, as you could see as you see it may be like a jigsaw puzzle somebody may have something that the tanks Is very little minor or insignificant But it could be the final the final piece of the jigsaw to to solve any crane rig All right, brilliant stuff now as we mentioned at the top of the item Union it's a it's a big week for rally fans. It's a big A couple of days for rally fans. It's a big couple of days Of course for dunagol as a whole big policing operation as as well So talk to us about the 50th annual dunagol international rally. Yeah, this this year. Greg is the 50th anniversary Starting on well a ceremonial launch on Thursday evening the 16th of June at the market square But the actual rally starts on Friday the 17th and finish up on Sunday evening the 19th We have a significant policing operation in place for the event and as I spoke to you earlier We have a quite significant number of Guardi traveling from around the country to help us police the matter. We have public order units. We have Extra motorbike patrols mobile patrols people on foot for the whole weekend So we're setting up numerous high visibility checkpoints throughout the county and conduct high visibility patrols and speed checks Just to to make people aware that bad driver behavior and anti-social behavior will not be tolerated We're looking for a good promotion of the event this year. We've had numerous meetings with stakeholders The rally dunagol motor club the rally crowd. We've met with chamber commerce. We've met with counselors We've actually met with people who organized official different events in the town for the weekend. So Robust policing plan is in place And road safety remains our priority As lives continue to be lost on our roads and we see we hear in every day about the increased number of road deaths on our roads And thousands of people expected to travel to dunagol this weekend And we're urging road users to be vigilant on the road drive safely and respect other road users Obey the speed limit at all times and of course do not drive while on their influence of alcohol and drugs Wear your seat belt and do not hold your mobile phone while driving There will be major diversions throughout the weekend some plan some maybe unplanned depending on how traffic is going So we're asking people to to obey any diversions which may be in place And again If you're coming to letter kenny or if you're going traveling through letter kenny to go to the airport or hall is wherever Please plan your journey and give yourself There's going to be a lot of people in the town over that weekend and with the best will in the world 300 uh thousand guardie the town is what the town is the roads are what the road are you can do your best to Uh keep things moving as much as possible, but given the amount of people expected to descend on it Only so much can be done. Yes, Greg I get and I hope I'm not criticized for saying this if our if we struggle with our road infrastructure on friday evenings Or bank holiday against particularly northern bank holiday events then then, you know, we could struggle to speak in as well So as you say With only the one road out of town and the wrong road in there will be significant traffic on the road and as result with the meeting with the the Contractor on the road works at the poll star at the minute and the council a decision was made to close the Entrance to the collion road on the outbound lane from Thursday night till Monday afternoon Now I saw it up on a social media post and numerous comments The reason for this is that if you're turning on to the collion road from the from the outbound lane With the amount of traffic coming in you could be waiting a while to turn right And if there's a backlog of traffic on the right collion road, it could lead to a significant delay in Outbound traffic from the town So to make people because of that there will be two lanes out of town on a 24 hour basis And this will there will be signs on the outbound from the poll start to make people aware that the two lanes are open For traffic's we're asking people to use the two lanes now before you talk about how we can engage with the guardians it relates to Driver behavior Like when we were doing this item ahead of the dune bank holiday We were talking about road safety And we were talking about at this time of year when at that time of year What we do see is an increase in traffic and we see an increase in in crashes and and fatal crashes and it It happened like that unfortunately You know, so we're not we don't sit here and just say this stuff and it means nothing statistics show That over that dune bank holiday weekend There is an increase very sadly in people losing their lives And that unfortunately despite all of the appeals that's how things turned out again again coming into this weekend You know with more cars on the road with with people speeding You know, maybe with the other effect we could Again see tragedy on the roads. That is what we're trying to avoid We're trying to get a situation out where people can enjoy a fantastic motoring event But everyone gets home safe. Yeah, that's that's the same as you say as you say that's the priority And with the extra visibility, you know, the yellow jackets on the road the extra motorbikes People will see us and they hope that they will do the right thing Right. So there will there will be a lot of noise over the weekend There are organized different events. There will be noise. There will be a lot of people There will be a lot of traffic, but the priority for us is road safety Now if anyone out there Spots some instance that might be happening. Are you encouraging them to contact guard? Do you know if there's yes a witness? Dangerous driving behavior. Yes the contact emergency number at travel nine or double one two, of course Let her Kenny I'll give you the numbers again the 24-hour stations Greg there Kenny 07491 67100 Munkrana<PHONE_NUMBER> Milford 07491 53060 and Bali Shannon<PHONE_NUMBER> We also have the C sessions festival in Bali Shannon So there will be a significant amount of people on our roads this weekend. Yeah, indeed Right. Okay. Thank you very much for that, you know, thank you Can I hold on for the guard brooks? Well, that's I was just gonna I was just gonna say gareth brooks is coming on the show very shortly You're a huge fan. Yeah colleagues. Your colleagues rang up to say I run out to the care and get me koga boots and checked short Are you Being facetious there. Are you not actually a gareth brooks fan or gareth brooks fan? No, I don't mind gareth brooks. I'm all of Bruce Springsteen. Why are you leaving the country when he's in our I'm the holiday. Okay. Okay. Listen. Thank you so very much for that That is a garden sergeant union wolves there who is actually on goddess. She can't as big as garth brooks fan I'm told we'll be back with the community garden slots after the 10 o'clock news Next Tuesday and we'll be back with more in the 90 noon show after this break stay right where you are Mr. Brooks is on the way before 11 The 90 noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval Apply online at letter. Can you see you dot ie or in office today? For me it started with the specially selected parma ham from aldi so silky so melt in the mouth You'll speak italian after it. 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Who seemed was singing it earlier on so I suspect she's stuck her own comment in as a listener's comment Um morning greg friends in low places is my favorite another call us as much too young great song Another huge garth brooks fan my broyf my boyfriend bought me a six cd box set in the 90s I cherish it every day. It's like gold does to me greg Oh greg it has to be if tomorrow ever comes says another and A caller says um the thunder rolls garth brooks songs though From our listeners on social media. We polled them stand outside the fires my favorite garth brooks song roll up Roll on september 11th friends in low places very fitting for our mica families right now And the dance is this caller's most love. Let's listen to some of the dance Uh, actually, you know what? I don't know whether to play the interview first because we'll have to mute the music on social media So I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll play the interview first It's not live we recorded it yesterday because he was doing his round speaking to people Yesterday, so what we'll do we'll play the interview ad Because I don't want to have to mute on social media for people watching or listening and then Play the interview wouldn't make sense So we'll play garth and then we'll come back with the dance And uh joining us on the program now is uh garth brooks garth. It's good to speak to you again I'm not sure you remember but you were back on uh, you were on with us Uh, uh at the time of your previously scheduled, uh concerts. I'm just wondering is this a sense now coming up in september A bit of unfinished business set for you. Does it feel important like that? I mean it I think it's more like Having the greatest meal of your life and knowing that dessert is going to be the best part of it So it's fun the stadium tour is it's clicking at a pace. We couldn't even imagine we're We're averaging, you know somewhere Over 90,000 people a city So the the stadium tour is going unbelievable but knowing that Ireland is waiting at the end of it. It's just it this is crazy. It's like I don't know how this can get any better A great news for fans too because uh, this is being filmed and the the director has sorted out his camera position So there's more tickets going to be able to be available for fans on thursday The more the merrier for you the more you can pack in the better. I would say I love great too is is the people that didn't get tickets They waited in line the same amount of time as the people who did get tickets if not longer So it's cool that now the tickets that come available for those people who couldn't get them Are going to be some of the best seats in the house. I I think that's I think that's uh That's kind of justice It's kind of fun and and so happy that the people that waited now get a shot at what could end up being The best seats of the night. So we're fired up in terms of how you talked about how successful These latest series of concerts has been for you Do you think there was a bit of pent up Demand too from fans not only your fans that hadn't seen you for a while But also the fact that you know people weren't able to do things that you'd like to do for a long time Was it like the perfect storm to make these such a success? Yeah, I think you you hit right on it. I know for us there's the the you can just see gratefulness In the band of cruise faces You can see gratefulness in the people that show up at the show just to be out Because you know if you think about where we truly belong We belong together. That's why there's more than one of us down here So getting to be able now that the pandemic is officially into the endemic kind of stage To be able to get out Hug people sing along with people you don't know but sing into music you do know That's a beautiful thing to watch. Yeah, you caused a bit of an earthquake. I read at the tiger stadium recently I suppose can we expect the same in doubling the fans have a role to play in that too? You'll do your bit. You just want the fans to make sure they do their bit Yeah, well, trust me. I I have no doubt I'll put I'll put the irish fan Up against anybody on the planet no matter where because they they know their country music inside and out And they definitely know garst stuff better than garth does so it's it's uh It's fun to get to set up there and watch and you kind of wonder Who's the entertainer and who's the fan because I just love coming and listening to you guys say Is there an actual connection there with the irish fans because uh, I understand the dance is one of your favorite songs But if you look at you know on the streaming platforms, it's high But you know the the old reliability there above that and the dance is genuinely one of your most popular songs in Ireland I wonder does that talk to a you know a particular relationship you have with the fans that say they maybe Get you more a little bit more than maybe others do You know, but I I wish I could explain it because you mean you look at me I stick out like a sore thumb there, right? It's it's like, uh, you know, I'm not from there And I don't talk like the people do there. So I don't know why they have chosen Garth music to treat the way they do and and it might be just you treat everybody this way and and I Wouldn't be surprised because your hearts are so big But I don't know why we have been the lucky recipient of what we have in Ireland I just know that I'm coming to enjoy it and hopefully give Give some love back man. This is the You can hear the smile in my on my face Any time we talk about Ireland, but you genuinely have a great reputation of that connection with fans that the little touch that you have I I suspect you get as much back from that as the fans do in having that That you know those intimate moments that fans have with you from time to time Yeah, I can't imagine them getting as much out of it as I do I mean, I'm the guy that that comes there and I'm the guy that has the most fun I'm the guy that that has the most memories. I'm the guy that leaves that stadium smiling the biggest It's uh, it is Unbelievable to see these people show up and then the crazy thing Greg is Is you're looking at it and you're going wait a minute The music is starting to be older than half the people that are here And and but yet they know every syllable of every word. So I can't explain it I can just tell you when you talk about the most fun ride of your life This is it. Yeah, and me personally too. You're getting new fans all the while. I'm middle aged Maybe a little bit under middle aged Never been to a concert in my life and heading down to see you in in september So you're you're getting new fans all the while garth It's so sweet.  It's the crowd. They're they're so much fun to watch That's why we're bringing every camera and every smartphone we can find To capture what's about to happen. All right, two more short questions. If you don't mind they are short What do you think about the way we consume music now garth? Because you know, you're talking about Seeing the the eyes of the fans and they see news and being the same place I mean music is about being there together. I'm a big fan of radio, of course and Radio was ever popular in arland, but you know in some areas the streaming services are taking over a little bit I think you might have taken a wee bit of a stance on this on the past Does it bother do you worry about our relationship with musicians and the fans and And the whole radio element of that if we change too much too quick Well, the great thing about radio, but they won't listen to me over here So I hope you do over there know that radio is Not in any danger of going away. This is this is the personal the human connection We can set and ask somebody to play songs for us all day, but there's nothing that happens But when it's delivered to us handed to us by human beings, I'm telling you right now That's the difference between Listening to music and hearing music for it's right there. So it's um for me It's always going to be radio That's always going to be the window between The artist and the people that allow that artist to be an artist I finally got the via message for for the 9 till noon show listeners today and don't go all Northwest fans in general Yeah, many times I'm asked do I want to say something. Yes. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you a million times for my life Thank you for my children's lives, you know I'm going to be over there with a love of my life again And it's great because the last time we played over there She was singing background and we you know, we weren't married to each other. So This is a this is a beautiful beautiful place that you have We're very lucky to be on your soil and we're going to take advantage of every second while we're over there Hey, we'll call it another honeymoon garth. Thank you very much for your time. I really appreciate it Thank you, Greg. 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So call 1 800 7 3 1 1 3 7 to book your time new donors are welcome Visit giveblood.ie to check eligibility and clinic details because we count on you Newly engaged and searching for the perfect venue the four-star kerch hotel Ghidor is gaining popularity as dunagall's leading wedding venue Thanks to its reputation for excellent food, beautifully upgraded ballroom and a delicate location in the shore of river claddy With the majestic erigal mountain providing the perfect backdrop start planning your wild atlantic wedding with a private viewing on 0 7 4 9 5 3 2 900 and discover our newest wedding packages and kerch hotel ghidor part of the gallant hospitality group Okay, so we're being told now we're in endemic stage of Covid 19 though we are seeing a resurgence of cases it seemed But anyway, one of the complications of covid was access to your local gp Some of them change their practice how they deal with patients and what have you It's hit and miss people in different areas have different Experiences some tell me that everything is pretty much back to normal to some extent no problem getting to see a gp Others tell me they simply can't get through On on the telephone So as I say it varies from practice to practice and this is not a commentary on all gps practices But breed has her experiences and we want We want to give breed an opportunity to speak publicly on the show. Good morning breed. Thanks for joining us Good morning. Greg right your experience with with your local gp service is Is lacking I think but by your testimony. Can you give us your experience? My well, it's actually regarding my parents Um, they've been trying to get a doctor's appointment or even just actually to talk to a doctor Um since thursday Um, nobody rang them back on thursday. Nobody rang them back on friday So he tried again on monday And he was told that the nurse would bring him back so, um, I went there to visit him and He told me what had happened So I decided to take it upon myself and I called them the the surgery myself after a few tries and eventually got through And I turned around and told them that he has been trying to get an appointment Since thursday and it's about time.  So no, not since monday Okay, right. He was on our list from this morning understood carry on. Sorry breed Um, and then I contacted him and they told me he was to be caught. He will be contacted. Um, not five minutes later Um, a nurse called him So that was okay. He gave all the details of what was wrong and why they needed to be seen um, and then He said the the nurse said that they would pass the information on to the gp and the gp would contact them so They were happy with that thought that this is great. We're we're going to get talking to somebody now Um, and I I left them to it. Um to see what the doctor would say So I contacted them back at 12 o'clock and asked had Anybody been in contact and he said no So I said I would ring the gp again the surgery. Um, which I did at 12 o'clock The message that I received on the phone was that that they had reached the full capacity of messages for the day And they couldn't take any more calls So just in in that situation, was there any further information as to what someone might do in You know a quasi emergency. Did they say ring 99? Did they say what what what advice did they give? They said then that if it if it was an emergency to ring 999 And if you wanted to leave an urgent message to ring a certain mobile number But I decided at the time it was about early to be leaving an urgent message But I would maybe do that later on if I needed to So I contacted my father back and told him That they've reached capacity for the day, which he then told me that happens a lot And that I would ring the urgent number if they hadn't rang by four o'clock So we waited for for more hours again To see what would happen and I rang him back at four o'clock and no word from the surgery So I decided to take it upon myself And I got the urgent message number and I called it And I called it 12 plus times and nobody answered So my concern was If that was a real urgent There was nobody there to help. I would have had to dial 999 When all my father wanted to do was to talk to a doctor To get my mother seen What was the situation now? When were you told did you manage finally to get to speak to someone? The gp no the receptionist rang my back and my father back about half four. What day was that now? Yesterday, okay Tuesday No, Monday, sorry, baby. Pardon my mistake. Thanks for keeping me in check breeze. Go ahead And he ended up Um being told over the phone that was still not been talking to a gp yet We will give you an appointment for 20 past 12 on wednesday I was like, what? So he has waited since thursday to talk to a gp And he has still to wait till tomorrow to talk to a gp on the phone Or is that an appointment at the surgery? That's an appointment at the surgery, right? Okay, but it's still thursday friday saturday sunday monday tuesday wednesday You know it's six seven days. Yes. Yes. It's too long Right now and he is still worrying at home about what's wrong with my mother This is probably why people end up in the ed, isn't it? Exactly I mean, you don't want to roll the dice. You don't want, you know, we can't gamble on on our health But we certainly can't gamble on our parents health, you know Like you have to make a decision. Do we just go to eat and at least a medical professional will be able to assess the situation Yes, what kind of anxiety is this causing? I think maybe your dad particularly if I'm reading the room correctly Very much very stressed out Um, doesn't know where to go to next because he cannot get anybody to help him Okay, this is not the first call now. We have to make contact with the surgery in question That's why we've been a bit careful breed and I appreciate you helping us in that regard and just not naming them at the moment Just to give them an opportunity to have a right to reply. That's how that's how it works But you're saying your dad says You see my concern about this situation, uh breed is say This isn't this is This is not saying anything negative about your dad, but say you didn't interfere here or intervene Yeah, you know, I think our older generation could be more patient and respectful even if they're anxious Like would he ever have got a call back? Would there ever be an appointment for a gp? Do you know where I'm coming from like, yes, I understand Now I will also say that he has gone to the surgery to try and get an appointment as well face to face and was told to leave and Make a make a phone call for an appointment Yeah, I mean, so is this the new norm if the phone is full? That's it. No more calls today That's why what I don't understand my main concern yesterday at 12 o'clock that I have my own children What if I had a got a phone call from school at something that happened to my child and I needed a doctor I would not have been able to get one See I would have to go to any I mean I'm looking backwards with rose colored glasses Was the gp not sort of even even in the event of a hospital emergency that the gp perhaps would be able to come And provide some sort of a care before an ambulance arrived like this this just feels very different now. I mean It's it's all kinds of wrong Yeah, you're speaking out and there's people listening here have gone through the exact same thing and they you know for their own reasons and I respect them fully don't Uh, don't speak out publicly, but an awful lot of this is going on I know breed because I'm contacted privately about it and it's difficult. It's difficult because how do you cover it? I was nervous about doing it myself About speaking up But I am just getting so concerned About my mum's health and my father's health Due to everything now that he is going through to try and get to see a doctor And he's not being seen or heard Right by by by pure coincidence. This is the same surgery we're talking about this is from another listener This came in around the same time as your Comment breed just you know, you're not not on your own. I'll read I'll read what they have to say My entire community has an issue with the GP practice in getting anyone to answer the phone Can anyone explain why this is still happening when I get an answer? It says we've reached our capacity for today regardless of calling at 9 a.m. Or 4 p.m At 9 a.m. Today I was told I'd be called back. They did the phone rang once and they hung up They give you an emergency number, but that's also met with why are you calling this number? So today when I complained about the system and the message I called again and the message was changed to We are experiencing a high volume of calls. I had to take a day off to try to get this appointment and it got nowhere But I can ring another practice and get an answer So in this particular case, let's just say we're making our enquiries breed. That's another caller with a very similar situation Right, let's leave it with us breed. We'll see what's going on See what explanation we get pass on when I pass on but I just know That my best wishes are with your mom and I know your dad I know what he's going to be going through as well worrying about is his significant other Thank you for helping us highlight it and leave it with us as much as we can trying to get it going to chase this up Thank you. All right, take care And best wishes and speedy recovery to your mom. 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Good morning The price of petrol and diesel here has again hit record levels according to a road watch Ireland's average Leader of petrol is now 213 per liter a liter of diesel is two euro five prices at some time They call four courts considerably higher than that with petrol hitting 220 on some pumps Fuel prices went up 11 percent in the past fortnight according to the aa The EU is expected to resume legal proceedings over what it sees as previous uk breaches of the brexit deal The european commission is also warning it'll take proportionate action over yesterday's decision to proceed with the unilateral initiative to unpick parts of the norther and arland protocol 52 of stormans 90 mla's have written to british prime minister barris johnson saying they reject his government's new Protocol legislation which they describe as reckless. However, the d up says majority rules is not a factor in northern arland politics And the letter is pointless crumbling homes in limrick and claire are set to be included in the defective blocks redress scheme It's being discussed by cabinet today with minister darrow brine asking ministers to extend the scheme to the two new counties In addition to those affected by the crisis in donagall and mayow it means the further 2000 homes Will come under the new scheme the cost will rise to around 2.7 billion euro The new scheme to be presumably agreed by cabinet today will then come before the doll on this day week june 21st Gareth you're seeking information about two collisions in recent days in donagall one of which left a motorcyclist in hospital in Bunkrana that happened in the early hours of sunday morning The other was an apparent hit-and-run in balaba fail last week which caused significant damage Meanwhile garthi are investigating three criminal damage incidents over the past number of days One in remelton on saturday last the other is in balaba fei on the previous thursday more on all of those incidents available on our website howlandradio.com The government is expected to push for anti inflation measures ahead Of a demand for public sector workers pay increase talks from the way at the workplace relations commission It's expected unions will call for more money to match current inflation. However, the government is Believed to be on the verge of offering a smaller increase and measures to reduce the cost of services such as health and child care And there were over 28,000 disclosures of abuse against women And over 5,700 disclosures of abuse against children reported to women's aid last year new figures reveal They were close to 34,000 domestic abuse disclosures in total made in 2021 That's according to the women's aid annual impact report volunteers also dealt with more calls last year relating to Surveillance and monitoring humiliation and assaults with weapons and there the headlines were back with headlines again at 12 All right, donal. Thanks very much indeed If you are 65 or over or you have a weak immune system You can now get your second covet 19 booster vaccine Your vaccine is due four months after your last vaccine. It will improve your protection from covet 19 You can book a vaccination center appointment on hsc.ie or contact a participating gp or pharmacy For more information on your second booster or to book an appointment visit hsc.ie Or call our team in hsc live on 1800 700 700 from the hsc for us all Okay, greg we're going to the concert in september. We're from in ishone and are wondering are there any buses running to the garthbrooks concert from here Could you ask for me? Thanks, of course I can Uh, they don't want the dance. They want the bus any buses going from the in ishone area dancing garthbrooks in september Another caller says my brother who died by suicide loved the song the dance. I'm glad you're going to play it I'll sing it and dedicate it to philip the dance of life great meaning Well, let me dedicate that solely the dance to your lovely brother Philip and may he rest in peace and I'm sure he's always by your side and we'll play that song Uh specifically for him and thinking on him today My sister has a year left on a vodafone contract and despite calling and explaining she's got no coverage They just keep cutting her off saying she's tied into a contract and there's nothing she can do I believe they're doing this because she is elderly. I've tried to call them But they say they cannot discuss her contract with me. Is there anything I can do right? Okay Let me get some advice for you on that. We did get advice. Listen. You can test it Um, what can you do refuse to pay? I don't know. It's uh, not clear But listen, we'll try and get you some concrete if there's not if there is a contract right They've they have a contract to you. You've a contract to them Okay, they're not backing up their campaign Right. We are going to go to Johnny first to our phone lines. Don't forget you can watch the show now highland radio.com hop on the website Right, johnny. Uh, what's your experience and good morning to you Morning, great. How are you? I'm doing good. Thanks Uh, I was that I made an appointment for uh to get the second register and I'm in a I'm in remission from cancer and I went down to the vaccination centre here as online. Uh, we booked online and when I'm down, they said they couldn't give me The register because I'd have to go through my doctor And it's impossible to get through to my doctor. I'm not going to name who my doctor is, but it's absolutely impossible The phone's off the hooker. I don't know So I can't get the second register and there's an add on on the highland radio Any vulnerable person can walk in There's absolutely nobody in here at the vaccination centre. There's three people in here So you're there at the moment? I'm there at the vaccination centre here at the appointment for 11 o'clock and the Staff in there tells me that I can't get the second register. I have to go through my doctor and get a letter from the doctor So it's just that the public know what's happening No, people might have to travel for maybe any show or something or for far distance. Just let them know Uh, what about a pharmacy? Did you try any pharmacies, johnny? No, it doesn't say any pharmacies. There's a flag on the the first one.  Yeah, that's exactly Yeah, I thought your records would reflect that that you are Uh, you know in remission that you've had you first that you're in the vulnerable Uh category group as as as is dictated That's exactly right. Yeah. All right. And did you have to travel? I know you gave the example of coming from the likes of initial I don't I don't have to far to travel. So you're in and around that for canny Yeah, that's fine. But you can't get through to your gp to get You get to the right place quicker Well, maybe biden might pull a few strings for you if you're traded All right, he's got friends in low places. Maybe that's where he needs them johnny Come here. Listen, uh, if we get any advice, uh, if we get any advice in that regard, we'll pass it on to you As soon as we can. All right. All right. Listen. Thanks very much said johnny You know following the rules trying to do the right thing told he simply Cannot Get that job today. He can't get through to his gp to get to get referred to go for a second job Uh, you know, that's wearing on people's patience. You'd almost give up. Wouldn't you write michael? Uh, thanks for joining us michael We're talking about uh, you know, I read I think actually read the thrust of your comment earlier on before the news But I want to hear it from from, you know, your own perspective michael You're saying it's not just you there is a mood in your community pure frustration as it relates to access in gp services Yeah, what is it? Um Yeah, I didn't realize it wasn't just me until yesterday when it was happening to me quite a few times now or I couldn't get through to the surgery where their answering machine just says that they've read their Order of pause to the day That could be a 10 o'clock or 11 o'clock or 12 o'clock or three o'clock. Well, once they reached the court of pause Uh, the receptionist actually told me that they actually physically turned off the post um So yesterday I called 10 past nine in the morning for an appointment. Um, they said they were ringing back. They didn't ring back So I rang him back at 12 o'clock And uh, I passed well They said they were ringing back and then they rang back about 10 past well But they only let my phone ring once I had the phone in the hand ready. They answered The only one ring once I swiped it up and the phone called it just dropped one second It was what the call lasted. I mean, simply you could say right They've ticked a box that they could say well, we tried to call you back, but you didn't answer That's exactly what they did say when I went up to the surgery after that But uh, yeah, so they hung up and uh, when I tried to call back then it was the message again, um That we've reached our court of pause for the day so Had to leave work and had to go up up to the surgery to find what was going on the press the buzzer And lady and reception was very good. Not very helpful at all told me that like you said that they had rang me and I didn't answer and that was my fault That's not their problem is what you said uh And so we just had a bit of a thing then after that But then I got into the car started making some phone calls and uh in the meantime another lady approached the door and she rang the buzzer and she was in her mid-fifties early sixties living And I heard her say that she also had rang at nine o'clock in the morning And that they said they were in her back and they never rang her back So then I got in the car and I told this lady Don't listen to that woman stand because she's telling me life About whatever she said to tell me life and uh, and the lady herself came out some reception She actually she was actually running out the door Come out and tell me that I wasn't allowed to speak to this lady. It was a private matter and um Just certainly And so it escalated quite significantly there. Yeah, and then the lady Like you see she was it was quite a step She just got back in the car with her husband and they drove off and never to get in the pipeline I still haven't got my apartment In your particular area Michael and and as I say just until such time as we get a comment from the surgery That's just the way it works on radio. It's kind of different on social media But I spoke to people who moved to the area recently and were thinking of moving out because they actually couldn't get into a gp The gp was taking no one on Where's your nearest option? You know what I mean? Because you can't go right stuff this. I'm not happy with the service I'm going such and such. That's not an option for you. Is it my Well, my only option would be to return to my old practice because I move I only moved to uh If there are my two or three years it was three years ago, maybe and um, I switched to all my fans Never moved in a surgery And but now if I know that my only option is to try and get back to the where I was which is over It's an hour and 20 minutes away. Okay, so easily if you had a known you would never have switched Michael I would never have switched. I would never have switched never So what what option have you because the relationship's a bit frosty between you and the surgery now? What are you gonna do? Yeah? Well no doc is my only option which I called no doc last night And uh, I appreciate they're quite busy whenever So, uh, they did bring me back, but they were able to tell me this They wouldn't able to get to stay in this like I'm not It's not an emergency. I'm not I'm not dying like I don't need you know, but I just need a doctor to have enough of me because Sore throat throat chest. I've got a pressure in the head like and uh Gas infection so All I need is to see a doctor to get maybe a prescription and to go and get started but Uh Obviously you have to keep chasing up But you know probably chatting to people what you have he's going around I've heard people with With similar but you need to make sure there's nothing else going on I mean because we're being told as men aren't we you know as soon as you see the signs get it checked out Don't ignore it. You know get it early. You're there with symptoms. There could be a lot of things You're literally having to argue with the surgery at this point to try and get seen and you can't So we're being advised to do something and then when we try and do it Michael, we can't do it Well, I think the problem is is that they have no obligation to private patients And they have very little obligations to medical caret holders because what I was told yesterday about the medical council was that They only have a contract for what they had to had to see for Medical caret holders For me to go try and make a complaint. It's almost impossible. There's nowhere really to there's no There is nobody really talk to to make an official complaint about