Do you? You could have hair if you grew it out a bit. I have my hair shaved longer, but I had hair, so. Yeah. I would say you look funny now with hair. Thanks, Greg. Do you know what you're doing? I'll cancel my trip to Turkey, then, will I? Oh, no, I saved your money. You look good, man. See you tomorrow, Lee. Thanks very much, indeed. Lee Gooch back with you bright and early as always. It's 6.30 for Wednesday's Naughty Alarm Clock. But it's Tuesday's 9.00 o'clock noon show, if that's not confusing. Let's get a news update and say good morning now to Michaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. The Taoiseach is denying the waiving of school transport fees that was a mistake. It's reported Tonnesha Leo Vrandker privately told his party some sort of fee should have been maintained to avoid the service becoming oversubscribed. Irish Daily Mail says he suggested the government should instead have looked at changing voluntary contribution schemes to save parents' money. Many children across Donegal have been left without school bus places due to demand up for the service. But Taoiseach Miho Martin doesn't agree with the Tonnesha. I would not agree with that. I actually think it certainly was something we did on a cost of living premise. And yes, it is oversubscribed. But thousands of more people are now availing of public transport, which in terms of a more medium term climate change agenda is a good thing. So what we were doing was trying to use the cost of living to do two things, reduce costs for people, but also start betting in new ways of behavior. The chief executive of the Kili Beggs Fisherman's organization has warned that fishermen are in a dire situation due to the ongoing fuel crisis. It's now costing 70 percent more to fuel a fishing trolley to remain at sea. Sean O'Donohue says around half of the members' gross earnings are now gone on fuel. He's calling on the government to act swiftly to rectify the absence of a fuel support package for fishermen. We're in a dire situation and it isn't just in Kili Beggs or Green Cassler and in the ports in Donegal. This is right around the coast. So we need support and the other member states that are fishing the same waters with us have given their fishing fleet support today and we want a level playing field and we want to know. Questions have been raised over a delay in installing an odor control eliminator upon Cronus treatment plant. The stench has said she have been exacerbated during the recent spells of good weather. Kuntzerina Donahue says businesses are being impacted by the smell and that she says is unacceptable. We have hotels, B&Bs, pubs there, schools there, everything and it really needs to be expedited and the work done on it there's a number of complaints this year in particular about the odours that are coming from it and that whole treatment system needs to be upgraded. Whether night dry today, cloudy this morning though but becoming sunny highs of 15 to 18 degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with news again at 10 o'clock. Until then, good morning. I'm soon from Dublin Airport. Use these simple tips to help you bring liquids, gels, paste and sprays through security. For more, visit doublinairport.com slash prepare. The Ninetal Noon Show with letter Kenny Credit Union now offering myCU current account and debit mastercard bringing full banking features delivered with the same local trustworthy service of your Credit Union. The county's number one talk show, The Ninetal Noon Show on Highland Radio. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, The Ninetal Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello, good morning to you. Four minutes past nine. Tuesday, the 13th of September, 2022. How are you keeping? Hope you're doing well. It is another edition of The Ninetal Noon Show. We are here with you for the next three hours to keep you informed, entertained and it's a two-way street.  WhatsApps and texts to that number. Give us a call either on 07491, 25,000 and your emails to comments at highlandradio.com. If you want to watch the show, you hop onto our website. You'll see a link there now at the top of the page. Watch live. You can watch in your browser. Or get on over to YouTube, Highland Radio Ireland. Like and subscribe there, please. It's really important to help get the show out there. The same with Facebook across all of our Facebook pages. Get involved, interact with us there as well. All right, we have the newspapers to get through this morning. So let's have a look at what is making the front of the papers. And the problem in Milford continues. The smell is described as disgusting on the front of the Donningall People's Press and it's been going on for some time now. We read from Chris McNulty that residents and business owners at Milford are being highlighted or blighted, I beg your pardon, by a persistent foul odor hanging over the town. The issue is stemming from the Milford wastewater treatment plant located close to the center of the town at the rear of the public services center. An ongoing issue for several years now. The problem became noticeably worse during this summer. You would think that the whole sewer was opened up at times. Michael McBride, the proprietor of the Traveller's Inn, told Donningall Live. And we had of course the gear lock on the program. Talking about this early last week or perhaps maybe the week before and we put out a call there for anyone who's affected by this to get in contact with Irish Water to make a complaint. And not just as a collective, but individually. It would be interesting to find out how many of you, if any of you actually did make a complaint that day, we might make contact with Irish Water again actually and ask them straight up. How many people have complained about the nasty smell in Milford? We'll put that in by way of a press question.  I know they recognize it's a problem that needs addressing. But if they've got dozens of them, can they ignore that? So we'll put an inquiry into Irish Water to see what they have to say about that. The Dairy Journal this morning, almost 400 people from Inishownan elsewhere in Donningall have been treated at the Northwest Cancer Center in Derry in 2021 and in the first six months of 2022. The figures were confirmed to the Dairy Journal by the Western Trust who added that all patients within the agreed treatment pathways from Donningall who are assessed to receive radiotherapy are referred to the NWCC and treated. The number of patients treated at the center located at Anagavan Hospital in 2021 was 253 with 144 in the first six months of 2022. We're on to the nationals now. And what may or may not be in the budget is dominating a lot of the front pages and stories inside. The tabloids, a lot of them cut and pasting from perhaps their English sister papers. There's an awful lot of coverage of the passing of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and the ascension of Prince Charles to King of England. But they are just independent, their front page story. Guardi expect a question within the coming days, a person of interest in the deaths of two children in a car fire in Canty West Meath. A suspect was identified within hours of last Friday's tragedy but has not yet been interviewed by investigators. No other suspects have been identified and Guardi believe the car was set on fire deliberately and understandably the mainstream media having to be very careful in how it chooses its words though in the tabloid, some of the red top tabloids they are a little bit more blunt and who might be in line to be questioned. Yesterday Guardi commissioner Drew Harris confirmed that a criminal investigation was in place into the suspicious deaths of Mikey Denane too and his sister Thelma who died in the car fire last Friday outside Multifarnham. The children's body were released to their family yesterday and funeral details have not been announced. An exact timeframe for when the person of interest will be interviewed by Guardi is not known at this stage but it is expected this will happen within days rather than weeks, a source told the Irish Independent. And you can't allow yourself almost to imagine what happened in that car. It really is unimaginable. And those two poor wee angels what must have been going through their heads at that particular time. It's just too too difficult, isn't it? Onto the Irish times now and the government is likely to opt for more electricity credits rather than seeking to cap householders and businesses bills. This according to the Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGraw, an electricity credit is a very live option because it has worked already and is something that the system could administer quickly. Mr. McGraw said yesterday evening at the Finigale thinking, it's the Finafall thinking about your pardon in Mollengar. While Mr. McGraw said that no option had it yet been ruled out ahead of a crunch meeting with the party leader and the Minister for Finance Pasco Donohue this week likely on this evening he gave a strong indication that the government would opt for a system of direct payments such as the electricity credit. So what do you think about that? Because his party leader, Micheal Martin, went a bit further this morning and he's pretty much ruled out a list trust style capping of electricity prices. And I get why that is a problem because it costs an absolute fortune. You borrow to pay it. The electricity companies still make an absolute fortune out of it. But it's us, our children and their children that end up paying for that down the line. I mean, maybe you could employ some mechanism to claw it back from the electricity companies into the future, but it's pretty complex. That being said, as an electricity user, as electricity users, it would be nice to have a little bit of certainty in relation to that particular bill, wouldn't it? Because that cash, that credit previously, I mean, it was taxed. It wasn't the full 200, was it? And it was a bit hit and miss and a bit complicated for people on pay as you go and that type of thing. But anyway, Minister McGrath said it was not clear how the British government's pledge announced last week to cap electricity bills at 2021 prices would work in practice. However, he said the UK proposal would involve a large amount of borrowing by the state, which was not, for now, envisaged in Ireland. The government has not examined a system of capping bills, but officials had been working for some time on plans for more electricity credits. Interesting story too in the front of the Irish Times from the United States. The United States is seeking to end cancer, as we know it, US President Joe Biden has said. He said the country should aim to reduce the incidence of cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years. And speaking yesterday, he said, he wanted to set a long-term goal to rally American ingenuity to find cures for cancer once and for all the same way the country had landed men on the moon in the 1960s. He said he believed his new cancer plan was bold, ambitious, but completely doable. And that's the kind of sort of language maybe people want to hear because we saw, as it relates to tackling COVID, how every resource and money was thrown at that. Why not cancer? And as he quite rightly said himself, focusing on putting men on other planets and women on other planets went down here. 50% of people are catching a deadly illness, which is cancer. Let's go to the Irish Daily Mail now and the penny might be dropping in government circles because we've been talking about this from the get-go. And now, tarnished Leo Veradkar, he's privately told his party it was a mistake to waive school transport fees. Finnegal sources have told this paper. Multiple TDs and senators who attended the party's thinking last week said Mr. Veradkar told them that some sort of fee should have been maintained to avoid the service being oversubscribed. It is also understood he suggested the government should have instead looked at changes to voluntary contribution schemes as a way to save parents' money. We, you see, whatever government is in power now or maybe into the future should really start listening to the people because on programs like this and it's not exclusive to this program, one of the biggest things that irked people, it wasn't the fees for school transport necessarily. It was how it was run. That's what the complaints we were getting from people. It wasn't that why is it not free? It was that why can't my child get a seat on that? Why is it every year that we have problems? So, you know, they could have sorted that. And the other thing that people complain on programs like this for is the fact that we are being sent bills and incredibly regular reminders for voluntary or non-voluntary, as a lot of people feel they are, school levies and books and uniforms. So instead of making school transport free and completely making a home to the whole system, again, our students being left stood on the side of the road in Clonmani, any parents, parents update or so, wait, 60, 25,000 were children left behind on the side of the road at that dangerous junction again today. Instead of creating a problem, which is this has done, fix a problem, sort out school uniforms, make them more generic, more affordable, make school books free or at least ensure that every school has a buck rental scheme and get rid of these fund schools properly and make the funding transparent and the spending of that money is transparent and get rid of these contributions, these levies which come in every now and again. But instead of doing the stuff that people want done, they decide to fix a problem that I don't, I don't remember massive calls for free transport. I remember plenty of calls for proper seats and off seats for those who are fully entitled and to work better on the seats, what do you call them? You know, the seats that become available, the what do you call those seats, Caroline, the secondary seats, the concessionary seats, thank you. You know, sort that situation out, make enough seats available so you can have seats for those that are fully entitled in inverted commas and the concessionary seats and people would pay the 150 or whatever it might be because they might see that as reasonable. But instead, we've got a system now where people, children who had seats no longer have seats. Listen to the people. If you listen to the people, you won't go too far wrong. Onto the Irish Daily Star now and no one has ever weaponized access to the sun or wind, said Amon Ryan, as nine countries, including our own vowed to meet 85% of the EU's offshore wind target by 2050, we could all be dead by then. They need to hurry things up. And with SEA seven times our land mass, the environment, climate and communications minister believes we are well placed to support the drive away from fossil fuels. Ireland is co-president of the North Sea's energy cooperation, which also includes Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the European Commission. They agreed a historic meeting in Don Liri yesterday to accelerate Europe's move towards energy independence by creating at least 260 gigawatts of the EU's 300 gigawatt target. That's around 10% of the EU's energy supply, which minister Ryan Vadd will be further boosted by solar and hybrid or hydro energy. This project is in response to the war on energy that's been started by the Russian government, he said. And he's also talking about and more talk about levees, big profit levees on the wind companies in particular. There was one negative story really that came out of the Garth Brooks concerts, the three so far and that was a garter getting his nose broken. Well, a Northern Irish man has been accused of breaking a garter's nose during Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park on Saturday night. But the 27-year-old Gary Doyle denies assault causing harm to the officer. Doyle, 27, of Kinnellon Road in Bally Ward, Castle Well and Newark, Canada, appeared before Judge Brian Smith at Dublin District Court yesterday. Garter Sergeant Elaine Murta told Judge Brian Smith they arrested the man at 10.05 on Saturday at the Dublin Stadium. He was taken to Stor Street Garter Station in the city centre and I seem to remember there was a bit of a kerfuffle from where I was sitting in the Hogan stand to the back right of the standing area. I wonder is that where that incident took place because there was a, there's certainly something happened over in that corner. I'm not a big fan of zoos. I'll be completely honest with you and there's a story in the Irish Daily Mirror. Nearly 300 animals died in the country's three largest zoos during the past two years. The death were recorded at Foto, Wildlife Park, Dublin Zoo and Tato Park. They include sea lions, drafts, cheetahs and ostriches as well as endangered species such as a red panda, ring-tailed lemurs and a chimpanzee. Almost half of the 294 animal deaths reported in 2020 and 21 occurred at Foto Wildlife Park according to inventories obtained under freedom of information laws. Dublin Zoo said the majority of deaths were linked to animals age. Foto Wildlife Park did not respond to a request for comment. 08, 6, 60, 25,000. We are going to be talking about a minimum age for buying tobacco products. Some want it to be as high as 21. What do you think? Do you think 18 to 21 year olds should be banned from buying tobacco products? We'll be having that debate and that conversation after we take our first break of the day. The newspapers, our courtesy of Kelly Centra, Mountaintop, Letter Kenny. The Ninetyl News Show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union, offering low-rate car loans with fast approval. Apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today. 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It's the single biggest contributor to early death and thousands more suffer from smoking-related diseases, including heart and lung disease and cancers. Well, Professor Des Cox from the RCPI, that's the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, joins us on the programme now. Des, thanks so much for your time. Good to have you with us. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Right, OK, so, I mean, might as well cut to the chase. What kind of an impact might banning the sale of these products to 18 to 21-year-olds have? Yeah, well, I suppose we know from research now where this has been introduced, in particular in the US, that it's had a significant improvement in tobacco rates among teenagers and young adults. So, for example, in California, where it was introduced, the smoking rates went down by almost 10% in teenagers and in similar numbers in young adults. We know in Ireland that our tobacco rate is, smoking rate is about 18%, and our progress has really stalled over the last 20 years, or over the last couple of years. We've made, overall, there's much less young people smoking, but there was a recent survey which showed that slightly more teenage boys were smoking than a previous survey, which kind of indicates that really we're not doing enough to decrease tobacco smoking in children and in young adults. So, I think this call would help with that, and the introduction of it would, hopefully, decrease smoking rates further. Now, people might make the argument, well, if they can't buy them legally, they'll buy them illegally. But in reality, you know, in terms of black market or crossing the border or whatever it might be, yes, there will be some movement to there, but this would have a far greater effect. That would be a minimal consequence of this, I presume. Yeah, I mean, you know, throughout the last 20 years, we've introduced numerous legislative measures to restrict the sale of tobacco to young people. We've banned it from the smoking place. We've introduced standard packaging. We've raised the price by 50 cent every year for the past five years, and we haven't seen a dramatic increase in black market. So, the seizures that you see reported in the news, there hasn't been a dramatic increase in those numbers. So, it's an argument that the tobacco industry often trot out, but actually it's not borne out in practice. And as you say, the goal here is to get children and young adults less smoky.  And the other secondary effects really, it's not really of any consequence. Yeah, sometimes it's really bizarre when you think about it, in that we're talking about something that has a devastating impact on people that smoke. You know, the percentages of people that it damages either through, you know, direct cancers or as we said in the preamble there, conditions of the lung or heart, you know, COPD and everything else that goes with it. And people defend it and they can defend their rights as much as they like, of course, and I respect that. But can you imagine trying to bring this product to the market now, if smoking didn't exist, trying to make some sort of an argument to make this illegal, to make this legal, it would never happen. It really is quite bizarre that there's such a common practice that is so, so deadly and damaging to so many people. Yeah, you're absolutely correct. And it's a very valid point in an argument that we've been making for quite a while. So, you know, there's no other product on the market that kills one in two of their users. And that's the facts with tobacco, you know?  You know, we're trying to protect people's lives and 90% of smokers have their first cigarette before the age of 18. So if we can somehow delay the initiation of smoking age to push it further into their 20s, people are less likely to take up the habit.  And, you know, they're, you know, and as you say, most of these people started when they were teenagers. You see, you don't, most smokers, and I could used to be able to count myself as one, you never, I think very few, made the decision as an adult to start smoking. It started off with a sneaky one and it was something a little bit taboo and rebellious and it was, you know what I mean? And then people might remember the first time they went and bought 10 cigarettes.  It's something that started as, you know, as I say, a bit of rebellion or whatever it was.  And then carried it throughout it for many. Yeah, no, absolutely. And I feel sorry for, you know, at the older generations because they were the subject of intense marketing and advertisement by the tobacco industry. And they were the, you know, we stopped that now, thankfully, over the last one year by restricting.  That's what people of a generation, you know, it was their heroes and the stars of their time. That's how it was fed to them. I mean, they didn't stand a chance really. Yeah, and that was the tactics of the tobacco industry. And they're still trying it now, especially in developing countries where the regulations and legal restrictions aren't as robust as they are in Europe and Ireland and other countries. They are actually targeting markets where they can get access to young people. And that's, you know, and that's a very sad state of affairs. But look, I mean, absolutely look at that. This is something that's very well supported by people. There was a journal.epo just done yesterday when we launched this. And I think the support of it was 74, 75%. And some HSE surveys have shown that this is a measure that really supports and that is supported by people. And interestingly enough, in the HSE survey, nearly 60% of smokers that were surveyed would support raising the age of 18 to 21, which shows you that. Yeah, but really, you have to ask 18 to 21 year olds. You know what I mean? I don't mean, because those are the people that this affects. And it's, you know, I understand as a society, we can all have a view, but we are talking about limiting for someone who's 18 to 21 a right or whatever you might want to call it, that is afforded to someone who's 22 and over. And, you know, there is, I find that a little bit complicated, though the health argument is so strong that I would find it hard to resist. We will get back to that proposal. But, you know, the conversation feels a little bit almost outdated for me because what's happening, and we referenced as, we referenced what was happening 20 or 30 or 40 years ago to a generation being forced cigarettes onto them. Yet as we speak right now, the exact same thing is happening to teenagers.  And we have an awful lot of young people. I don't know what the figure is, but it's an awful lot of young people are vaping. Ones that would never ever smoke. And once you have that addiction to nicotine, the step to smoking is a very, very, very tiny step. So, you know, I'm not saying that you aren't focused on that and you're focused on the 18 to 21s, but we really need to get our head around this vaping situation that's going on, because that is, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what's leading to the increase in teenagers smoking. Yeah, so I completely agree with everything you've said there. It is a big problem. We know that four in 10 teenagers have an experiment with these cigarettes now, so it's extremely common. And anyone who walks down the street will witness this. The other worrying thing is that we know now as well from research is that a teenager who tries these cigarettes are three to five times more likely to go on to use tobacco products. So again, as you say, part of the rise we've seen in teenage smoking may be related to e-cigarettes. And we don't have conclusive proof of that, but we do know that there is certainly strong associations between the two products. The RCBI policy group has called on the government for to increase restrictions on e-cigarettes in the aspect of advertising, marketing, and flavorings. We believe that they should be treated like the other tobacco products and that they shouldn't be advertised and marketed the way they are at the moment because there is a clear marketing strategy towards these. You see, the problem is, and I get the thing about flavors right, but look, Professor, at the moment, you can get a little thing, you stick on a cigarette and it tastes menthol.  You know what I mean? I think really what we need to do is stop young people vaping rather than sort of working around the ends of it and talking about bubblegum flavor and all that kind of stuff. At the end of the day, after they're using it for a week, they're only interested in getting the nicotine into them. Do you know what I mean? The flavors and what have you is almost by the by. You're the professor, by the way, and I hope you don't think I'm being cheeky in this, but once the nicotine gets hold of you, that's what you want. You don't really care for the flavor. You can go and get some hubba-baba if you want. Do you know what I mean? Like, I just think we need to get, as soon as we can, proper, strong legislation in terms of young people having access to vapes. Yeah, no, absolutely. And that's what we've called for. And as you say, there is a bill currently sitting on the Minister for Health's desk that would bring about a ban of the restriction sales of nicotine and hail products, i.e. cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18, because it is still legal in this country to buy vapes if you're under the age of 18. So that absolutely is the first thing we need to do. But also, the bill that's currently on the table probably doesn't go enough because there's no restriction on advertising or marketing it as well. So we kind of want that as well. But it's kind of interesting. Like, who made the decision that, right, we're gonna legislate to how much juice you can sell. Like, I think it's five mil. We're gonna legislate it to it's five mil, but we're not gonna legislate on what age you can be to buy. Or we're not gonna, like, it would make you wonder what's going on.  It's peculiar. I'd love to have been around the table when that decision was made. Yeah, look, I think it's, you know, the cart before the horse are, you know, I think what the government has struggled with to deal with is because this is a newer product on the market and there is confusing arguments and different people giving different points of view on it. And obviously, you know, there's an e-cigarette lobby as well. So I think they have been a bit confused over it. But this piece of legislation was supposed to be enacted back in 2019 and then obviously the pandemic came about. But I wouldn't use that as an excuse either. I wouldn't make them all. Now, we were passed the legislation really quick. One final question, because I know you're very busy, a couple of people want to ask. This is almost separate, I think, in terms of smokers transitioning to vaping to try and stop that habit. What is your view on that? What's your stance on that? And this is in no way if it's positive to, you know, contradict anything that's gone before. But in terms of smokers transitioning to vapors away of getting off cigarettes, what's your view on it? Yes, so the evidence is that, and our group would support that people should use the proven tried and trusted method for quitting cigarettes. So they are the nicotine replacement therapy and pharmaceutical medicines that you get from your GP. So we're absolutely convinced that they work and that they're the best course of action for people to address. In respect to these cigarettes, the evidence is lacking. One, in respect to whether or not they're effective at getting people to quit smoking. And two, the long-term side effects of vaping is still unknown. And there is, because of those uncertainties, we would strongly recommend that, you know, people who want to quit smoking and we would strongly encourage that would speak to their GP or else go on the quit.ie website, which is a really, really useful website for people who want to quit. And they would point you in direction of their... We have a great HSC quit team up here in the Northwest as well. Thanks for all your time, Professor. I appreciate it greatly. All right, take care of yourself. That's Professor Des Cox there. What do you think, 086625,000? What do you think also do to the wider point of banning the sale of tobacco products to 18 to 21-year-olds? Now, you can go and fight in the war at 18. You can be sent to prison for life at 18. You can vote in elections at 18. You can do whatever you want within the boundaries of the law at 18. Do you think 18 to 21-year-olds on an issue like this should be treated different from other adults? 086625,000. The 90 noon show is brought to you by Letter Kenny Credit Union. Digital loans now available. Apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account. Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook and at HighlandRadio.com. 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Nine children were left behind them this morning in Clomanny. Kathleen joins us now. Hi, Kathleen. Hi, Craig, how are you? I'm all right, I'm okay. Now, we had Samantha on the show yesterday. You're also a mommy of a child that gets the same boss. Do you agree with Samantha that it's a disaster waiting to happen?  If they can't get to school after 20, 21 days, too slow will be on the phone, and I wonder would they be interested in seven, eight, nine children standing on the side of a busy road? Well, we can ask them that question too, but talk to me about what your experience of this situation is. Well, Greg, mine is the same as Samantha's in the morning. It's just a health and safety issue. The children are rushing the bus in the morning. Now, we counted this morning at our stop, there is probably 30 children trying to get on a bus that there is only six, four, 19, 20 left. This morning, there was nine children left out. My mind happened to be one of them this morning, was the first morning, and I just told the bus driver that he wasn't going nowhere to those another bus there for my child to step on, because at the junction we're at, it's too dangerous. But my issue is we are there in the morning and not the children. In the evening, there is 40-odd children rushing a bus in a car park that's full of capacity of buses. So we're waiting in the evening to get a text to say, Mammy, I'm on the bus and I have a seat, but there's other children running around the car park looking to see if they can get a bus to get home on. Now, can you imagine, firstly, from your perspective as a parent, Kathleen, but I mean, these young people, what stage in the afternoon are they sort of planning the rush to the bus to get a seat so they can get home and see the mom and dad? Like, they're supposed to be in school studying and they shouldn't be having to consider whether or not they get on the bus or if they get out quicker or rushing out. Are they forgetting stuff behind them, elbowing their classmates almost? You know, why are children being put in this position? It's an absolute scandal, like, beyond scandal. It's embarrassing. Charlie McConnelogue and the rest of the elected representatives should be upstanding in front of that boss in the morning and saying, you're not going anywhere until the Minister of Education or boss Aaron or someone sorts this out. Well, I know I'm in contact every morning with the representative I'm in contact with. Every morning he tells me, give him an update. They are banging their heads against a brick wall as well. They have had no response, none whatsoever, from anything. Samantha is in daily contact with who she is with and they're not getting any response either. And we're saying, if they're not getting response, how is us as mamma going to get a response? Like, my child will be sitting and locking at the clock going, I hope the teacher doesn't keep us lit this evening and getting out. Or I know if another child takes all their books home rather than going to the locker in case they're lit. Do you know, yesterday there was one boy or maybe a couple that was left behind, couldn't get in the bus. And the answer they got was, our bus is full, try to get another bus because there's children on here that didn't come in with me this morning. But them children hadn't a seat to get on in the morning. So the children don't know as much as we don't know. Yeah, and you can't because it's random every morning as to which children get on the bus. You can't, there's no way to plan this as parents. So there's no, you know what I'm on about? There's no rhyme or reason to it. You're literally, you know, I wouldn't make light of it, but you'd almost need to put your child in training, you know, and how quick you can get them on the bus because you want that called say, mommy, I'm on the bus. Do you know what I mean? And then you know their home safe. But this is a hassle. Like, is it causing tension, Kathleen, or what?  And someone's bound to say, well, look at Johnny over there, pushing his way in. You know what I'm on about? Like it's bound to be causing a little bit of tension amongst parents as well. It's ridiculous. It is, it is totally ridiculous, but there's nowhere else we can turn other than coming on yourself and highlighting it every morning.  No, we're all in this together, Kathleen, to quote an old phrase. Don't worry about it. There's nothing else we can do. Nobody's getting no response. Our children are just rushing to the bus. It's an excellent witness to happen, as Samantha said. And then it's too late because there's some family going to be saying, oh, I wish something was done earlier. Right, I'm gonna try and see if one of our team can be up there, maybe one of these mornings, just to get a sense to what's going on, like, because to help, even if it's a case of embarrassing people in. As I say, I'm very interested to see what the ombudsman for children has to say on this. So we're getting on to him. And I think we all should be complaining to the children's ombudsman because he has power, he has influence, you know, because someone has to take responsibility for this. It's not good enough that people are saying, we're making representations, we're trying. There is someone that can resolve this with a flick of the pen if they want to. Yes, no problem, as a child should be going to school, happy as they can be going to school and coming out of class, giggling and smiling with their friends to get on their bus to come home. Ours is coming out of school, panic sets them, they're rushing. That's not what they should be doing. You're chatting, a child going to secondary school is from the age of 12, 13 to 17 to 18. Them children don't need that hassle, Greg. Us at home sitting worrying, are they on the bus? Are we going to have to gun? As the day by day, my child has to stand on her own in the school yard till I come and collect her. It's fine, the weather is mine. We're to the ones who really have to agree. I was going to say that, I was going to say that, Kathleen, we've actually been kind of lucky. We've had decent weather since the schools have returned, haven't we, really? We are, we are lucky with the weather. But it's just, I have told my child, now if she has left behind in the yard, she'll be fine, we'll come and get her. But do go back into the building because that's where you're safe. You know, she can't be standing out in a yard, health and safety, the days that's on it. Do you know, it's not just what Wayne should be doing in this day and age. And it's not either what moms and dads and guardians should have to be putting up with. My God, there's enough to be worried about at the moment. Isn't there? Without having to worry about whether your child's going to get to or from school safely. You know, these are the basic things we should be getting right. You should not be worried about that. You should, we should be worried about how we're going to afford a bag of coal or whatever. You know what I mean? There's enough to be going on with at the moment without a situation like this. And it's still running on the 13th of September. Nine children left standing on the side of the road this morning. And they have to stand there and watch their friends or their classmates or their school friends drive off in a bus on the way to school and nine of them standing on the side of the road. Come on now. And the sad thing is, the representatives that I am talking to, he says he can put the questions on now because Dahl is back sitting again. But they officially do not have to get an answer for 10 to 15 working days. Do you know, that's another three weeks, Greg. You're going into the... I mean, see the problem is, we have an answer already from Busser and who's in charge of this, if I'm not mistaken. And they're saying, you know, oh, we're trying this and we're trying that. And you know, like the problem is, is that the organization, it is Busser and that runs this route as well, isn't it? Yeah, it is. I mean, they're saying that, you know, we're trying our best here and we're trying to get extra capacity and blah, blah, blah, blah, you know, but there needs to be an individual responsible because it's just a big organization that's shrugging its shoulders effectively. That's how it reads to me anyway because I read the press release. Okay, Kathleen, listen, don't be worried about raising this with us daily. That's not an issue. Everyone listening understands. No one will want to be in the same position. And these are nine children, you know what I mean? And there might as well be our children. So don't be worried about that side of things. We're getting back onto all of the various agencies again and we are getting on to the ombudsman for children as well to see what that office has to say about this. And we'll keep at it until we get it resolved, Kathleen, together, not us as Highland Radio or the Ninety Noonshow, but us as a canty. I suppose you don't know, the lotto, the lotto, you don't know if you're a lotto, the lucky ball lotto is gonna come out for the lift home from your young daughter, either Kathleen at this point, it's just wait and see. Yeah, wait and see. I have told her, don't be panic. And I have told her now this morning, I says, whatever bus you've got on, go to that bus and see if they give you a left home because there was a seat. But the problem could be, Craig, that bus might have had that seat, but a child that owns that seat could have had a dentist appointment, a doctor's appointment, or anything this morning. They might not have been on the bus this morning, but who's to say they are not on that bus coming home in the evening? This is where, you know, it is a lottery. So we just sit in the text every evening and say, we have a seat, we're on what bus, you know, what bus they're on. Can I ask how old your daughter is, Kathleen? She is 13. 13, okay. Yeah, she doesn't have to be dealing with all this stuff. I was not a personal question, because I'm just trying to say a 13-year-old, you have to have that conversation. Do you know what I mean? And explain, it's crazy stuff. Thanks for helping us, Kathleen, all right? And we'll see what we can do to elevate this even further if we can, all right? Thanks, Kathleen. Take care of yourself. Thank you, Craig. Bye-bye, okay, bye-bye. Now, John McGinnis is principal of Karn Donna Community School, John. Thanks for joining us this morning. Hey, Greg, how are you? I'm all right, I'm okay. Now, I think really maybe the penny's dropping certainly on the QT amongst those in government that if they wanted to do something for parents, this wasn't very well thought through. And what's your take on it? I mean, you're at the call face there. Well, essentially, I think that the government has taken the decision that everybody's entitled to go to transport this year. So at the end of the day, there's no decision to be made. The transport has to be provided. So I think that the best solution would have been to ask the existing providers to increase the capacity on their buses and pay them on a pro-rata basis rather than going through this whole tendering process, which seems to be slowing the whole thing down at the minute. Yeah, and that's it. But also too, it's not free spaces for everyone and I'm not contradicting you, John, but they never factored in concessionary tickets as well. Because then what happens is extra people who would be eligible under the current criteria, they've come on board and those with concessionary tickets, they're actually not gonna be accommodated at all at all. You know what I mean? So whilst they're looking for extra capacity for those entitled to it under the guidelines, the poor concessionary ticket holders, it's like, well, you're on your own. Well, my understanding is that everybody is entitled, once you're outside a radius of whatever, that's six kilometers from the school, my understanding was that everybody is entitled to the free transport this year. All right. So I presume the concessionary tickets that they're referring to would be inside that radius. And I mean, that wasn't, and then fairness to those people, that wasn't made clear at the start because the announcement was that everybody was entitled to free transport. So in fairness to a lot of the parents out there, I think they thought that they were entitled to it. So with the whole issue of the concessionary stuff was only raised its head when we open schools. That should have been made a lot clearer prior to that. So those arrangements could be put in place. For sure, because a lot of those parents thought that, oh right, I'll get a free seat now. And it turns out that they're still at the back of the list effectively. Are you aware of any extra tenders going out? Because as I say, there was a situation in that for Kenny not so long ago when a decision was able to be made locally that allowed bosses to go ahead that may not have gone ahead the next day. So when there is pressure on, they can make quick decisions. But do you know if there are boss errands actively seeking extra capacity? Well, anytime I talk to the providers, they say that they're being told not to lift anybody who hasn't got a ticket. And they don't know, they're waiting on the boss errand to go to tender on some of the routes. So I'm not aware of if that has gone to tender on any of the routes for our school as yet. But I know that a lot of the bosses have reached capacity and every day it's the stress on parents who for one reason or another are having to run their children in the school and it causes problems. If they have to get to work already, it's causing problems for them as well. So to answer your question, Greg, I don't know if any of them has gone to tender, but my understanding with boss errands is they have to go back to the Department of Education to seek permission to go to tender. And then once they get that permission, then they go back to tender with the existing providers or any other providers. And then there might be God, a vetting that has to be done as well too, dependent on if it's a new boss driver on a particular boss or that stuff, takes time. All of which takes a considerable amount of time. Meanwhile, we have children that are not getting to school. Do you have any idea how many of your students might be affected? I wouldn't expect you to have an exact figure, John, but do you have any idea how many of your students may be entitled to a boss seat but don't have one? Last week on one route, I think it was 11. We rely on the parents to ring in and let us know. So because this issue is kind of outside of school, that affects school obviously, but it's not really part of my remit as such. But we rely on the parents to ring and let us know what the story is in terms of numbers. So I do know on one route last week, there was about 11 who were affected. And then, of course, there's also Ukrainians that are sitting out there who you can't get in because they don't have, if they're in gripped accommodation, then there's no possible way that they could have, the provider of the accommodation can get them to school. So while parents might have some way to get them in or a neighbor to get them in, there's a lot of people who get them in. It's not all terms of transport, yeah, okay. Do you have any idea of a figure in that regard? Well, I know that we're sitting with maybe about eight or 10 of them who can't get in at the minute. Right, okay. Or we're relying on the goodwill of maybe some neighbors close to the accommodation.  All right, that's, for any of the students, regardless of the background, this is not a problem that should have been, it was created to, John, that's the problem you see. This is not accidental. It's a policy was adopted that has created this issue. I did, yeah, yeah. The decision was, the minister announced during the summer and that's created the issue. And then I think it was some confusion, even when the announcement was made, I think while parents are normally have to apply for the ticket, whether it's a concessionary pay it or other, I think some parents didn't realize that they should have actually put in the application as well and then furnished the boss Aaron. They do need to know where they need to put on capacity. Yeah, but the portal was, the portal was, the portal was not accessible for a lot of parents for quite some time as well too. Do you know that system wasn't perfectly smooth? Oh, that's the most I agree. You know, it was open and closed and people weren't aware that it was reopened, maybe and stuff like that, you know? So there was definitely, there was a huge issues in terms of the way that was handled.  You know, we, this situation wasn't communicated well enough if at all to parents so that we could understand it, or maybe even to people like you who certainly should be very well communicated with. Well, I mean, because it's outside of any matter such, excuse me, we have very little to do with the little process. I don't know. I think, sorry, John, what I meant by that is maybe even if schools were contacted and then, you know, you've got a good communication system with parents. If you had been contacted, you know, you could probably use your channels to get the message across to parents. Sorry, John. That's what I meant. I know it's not your role. No, I agree, Greg. Yeah, we had to be told, if we hadn't been told during the summer, if we hadn't been told during the summer that they were to put a message out to parents to remind them that the portal was opened or to apply for both tickets, we could have certainly have done that. Exactly, yeah, all right. But I suppose that the issue then that Boss Aaron had in terms of communicating with the parents who became, the new parents who became entitled to the free transport, they probably had no way of communicating with them other than through the normal media channels. All right, I didn't see much of it. But anyway, John, listen, thanks for your time. I'll let you back to a very busy school, I'm sure. John McGinnis, Principal of Coron Donough Community School, have a great day. All right, thanks, Greg. All right, take care of yourself. Lots of you messaging in, texting in on this issue. 086625,000 WhatsApps and texts, 086625,000. Or give us a call at 07491 25,000. I'll tell you what we'll do. 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It's reported that the overdrive privately told his party some sort of fee should have been maintained to avoid the service becoming oversubscribed. The Irish Daily Mail says he suggested the government should instead have looked at charging voluntary contribution schemes to save parents money. Many children across Danygol have been left without school bus places because of demand for the service, but Taoiseach Meeho-Martin doesn't agree with the Taoiseach's perspective. I would not agree with that. I actually think it's certainly something we did on a cost-of-living premise. And yes, it is oversubscribed, but thousands of more people are now availing of public transport, which in terms of a more medium-term climate change agenda is a good thing. So what we were doing was trying to use the cost of living to do two things, reduce costs for people, but also start betting in new ways of behaviour. A double murder inquiry is expected to be launched into the deaths of two children in a car fire in County West Meath. Lynn Igar survived the blaze, but her five-year-old daughter Thelma and two-year-old son Michael lost their lives. It happened on a rural road in Multifarnam last Friday afternoon. Crime correspondent with the Irish Daily Star, Michael O'Toole, says Gardie are following a definite line of inquiry. There's a lot of work still to do. We know, for example, that there are forensic tests that have been carried by the Technical Bureau at Gardie headquarters where they are involved centrally in this investigation. Forensic evidence and physical evidence is really going to be crucial to this, but they are following a certain line of inquiry that the car was deliberately set in fire and that is the focus of the investigation for the next couple of weeks. It's reported Ukrainian forces have now retaken 6,000 square kilometres of their homeland. Half of that in the past six days alone. President Vladimir Zelensky says the advance of Ukrainian forces is still continuing. It's claimed Ukraine has now captured so many Russian soldiers the country is running out of space to accommodate them. Four Donegal projects will receive a combined 190,000 euro under CLAR. Under the programme sports clubs, schools and community groups will receive grants of up to 50,000 euro each to develop a range of projects. The successful projects in Donegal are the Rosses Park Community Walk in Dunlop, Ardra GAA, Movil Green Car Park and the Public Escrow Resource Centre in Falkara. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConaughey paid tribute to those involved in the projects and all the community group staff and volunteers for the work they do across Donegal. The chief executive of the Kitebanks Fishermen's Organisation has warned that fishermen are in a dire situation because of the ongoing fuel crisis. It's now costing 70% more to fuel a fishing trawler to remain at sea. Sean O'Donough who says around half of the members gross earnings now goes on fuel. He is calling on the government to act swiftly and to rectify the absence of a fuel support package for fishermen. We are in a dire situation and it isn't just the Green Councillor and the ports in Donegal. This is right around the coast so we need support and the other member states that are fishing the same waters with us have given their fishing fleet support today and we want a level playing field and we want it now. Questions have been raised over a delay in installing an order control limiter at Boncranus Treatment Plant. The stand she has said to have been exacerbated during the recent spells of good weather. Councillor O'Donough says businesses are being impacted by the smell and she says that is unacceptable. That was to be put in quarters three of this year. 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How can a government that spends million on road safety permit small children to be left standing at the side of the road maybe a very dangerous stretch of road that comes in from Mary see thanks for that Mary the families of children that can't get on a bus all go together keep kids home till they saw boss think something definitely will be sorted if kids can't travel to school you see those types of protests it needs everyone to do it which is a big ask because you know if nine of them stay at home in protest well then the boss has enough for the students so it's nice in it's a nice idea but I think in practical terms it might be difficult as a mark of protest all the children should support their pals and refuse to take the boss another why don't they get some double deck of bosses that might help with the numbers looking to get on well the way the as far as I understand those tenders are dished out it's very much based on the size of bosses you know the small medium larger size bosses and inspectors don't belong jumping on top in them too to make sure everything is all above board hi Highland I'm fuming here about children they can't get on bosses how come Ukrainians get a special bus to take them to school it's a disgrace the government should be ashamed of themselves well listen I understand we come from don't turn in cranes because you heard from the principal from car and Donna there there's a 12 students there in group accommodation that can't get to school either you know this is about children and for me I don't really it doesn't matter to me where a child comes from no child should be left standing on the side of the road I wouldn't look at a child and pick one out above the other because of where they're from I think all children if they're here should be able to be safe protected cared for taken school safely taken home from school safely I wouldn't be comfortable with a child whatever their background missing out so mine can get on a bus if the minister in the doll can finish work in the evening the ministers and have a taxi waiting for them why can't children starting secondary school have the comfort of having a seat on a bus and not having to worry about it all day at school and all night before the morning exactly it's stressful enough being a teen in relation to the school bus in clon manning nine children were left at the side of the road this morning put off the bus because he had no seats for them of course he has no seats there is a 32-seater bus sent to take 41 children to school 30 children get on this bus at a dangerous stop at four roads 12 children are already on the bus when it comes to our stop it doesn't take a genius to realise that there are going to be kids with no seats three weeks in and we're still no further forward children jumping out of the cars and running to a bus trying to get a seat something is going to happen to one of these kids and it'll be too late to provide a bus then is that what the government are waiting for well done on school buses greg is this it's a scandal of incompetence child safeguarding and equality our bureaucracy over bureaucracy etc a symptom of what fina fall finna get in the greece party you're all about well listen all we're doing and this is what our job is all we're doing is um giving the parents a platform of voice you know what i mean that's what we're trying to do here and then we can make representations on their behalf you know this is about the children and the the parents and not us but i do appreciate your kind comments but my role as i see my role uh as in the community is to give people an opportunity to express their views publicly and you know what if it comes down to shaming people into making a decision well it's not a nice word to use but if that's what it takes another text to kids from sixth class to sixth year are all vaping it's a lot cheaper and they have a variety of flavors which makes it more appealing to them yes it does and i i take your point on on the flavoring i'd say vaping needs to be a prescription only product prescribing to people who want to quit sigs they need to be main played and massive not hideable in the palm of a teenager's hand okay no disposable plan for vapes they're lying everywhere that's a problem but it's i don't see it as the main problem um is this not taking away people's freedom of choice what they want to do people know all about smoking so they have a god given right to choose what or the they do or they don't do yes that element of it 18 to 21 year olds you know uh they are adults and they're subject to all the other rules uh but there's a couple of arguments maybe that if it seemed to be illegal until 21 it might put off people i don't think an awful lot of people start smoking between 18 and 21 do you know um but it might put people off uh starting to smoke because it changes in in society changes attitude towards it also it's probably a case that maybe quite a few 18 19 20 year olds are buying smoking products for teenagers maybe there might be more inclined to be more sympathetic to teenagers in that regard it could discourage that i'm not saying it's happening on a whole scale a wide scale um way but it could be an element of it a caller says a lot of pubs are putting live bands and music outdoors in smoking areas so this certainly contributes to young people taking up smoking bridge thank you what is the advice on vapes there seems to be a lot of people on the vape from the age of 13 upwards including kids in school no age limit on it no information being given out what is actually in them well listen i mean what's in them is nicotine to begin with right and nicotine in and of itself is not harmful it's an addictive sub substance what is in them it's a mixture of like oil and stuff uh you know and what you do is this oily product if you ever get it on your clothes it's very hard to remove you ignite it really you burn it at a really high temperature and it becomes a it becomes a vape and you hail it inhale it deep into your lungs and vapes haven't been around that long so we don't really know what the situation is in 5 10 15 20 25 years time i mean it took a long time for people to realize that smoking killed half of the people that smoked we don't know that vaping is for people who smoked it's safer than smoking right but if you've never smoked what's happening is young people are starting to vape and then as i say once you get that russia nicotine once it's in your system it's a very small step to smoking you know so that that's the problem i would see with loads more comments coming through on vaping on the school bus situation much more besides as well you're raising your own issues we're going to keep across all of those but uh i don't want to i was actually it was quite funny probably not funny but i was sitting on the plane to london we went when we went over to london for we did that show over there at the london vintage show and there was a woman sitting beside me um a regular listening to the show and quite embarrassingly i was asleep i have this habit on planes of leaning forwards from my head on the chair in front but anyway when i awoke it turns out she was from our dry lovely lady who's going over to a birthday party or something along those lines and she gave out to me she says greg make sure you play the bingo numbers on time stop forget to play the bingo numbers now it was tongue in cheek but i got scolded on a plane uh on the tarmac in london which i thought was quite cute i liked it all right here are the bingo numbers it's time for ncbi bingo on highland radio it's tuesday the 13th of september you're playing on the brown sheet the reference number is s2 it's game number 37 the numbers are 54 62 66 13 52 90 83 68 33 and finally 18 phone your claim to 9104833 before eight tonight leave your name contact number and the name of the shop where you purchased your book and we'll 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witnesses uh there was a burglary on chap street strannolar on friday the ninth of september shortly before eight p.m so we believe that three men wearing dark clothing uh with their faces covered up entered an apartment block at that location around eight p.m on friday uh they gained entry to an apartment which had been unlocked and they smashed items within the apartment then namely a tv computer monitor pc and a bathroom window so the three of them then left a short time later on foot in the direction of main street strannolar so we're appealing to anybody who may have been in the area of chapel street or main street strannolar on friday the ninth of september roughly around eight o'clock who may have observed these three men on foot um if they could contact gaudy in letter kenny on<PHONE_NUMBER> and we also appeal to anyone who may have been in those areas between 745 8 15 p.m who may have dashcam footage to make the footage available to us and the gaudy confidential lines also available as well on 1800 treble six treble one yeah and it's not completely on unusual for three people in dark clothing to be hanging around together but it's enough there maybe might trigger a memory for someone around that area at that time there's not as many people wearing masks and covering their faces anymore so maybe someone's seen three people with their faces covered or something like that all right it's another burglary this time in fawn yeah so uh the glee bearing fawn so gaudy and bunkrana are investigating this one uh between wednesday six p.m and thursday morning then uh 10 15 a.m an unlocked garage at a private residence was entered and a number of items were stolen from within there was two orange still hedge cutters a number of sets of vice grips screwdrivers and adjustable spanners a hand saw a cold chisel and a wooden hammer so again we appealed to anyone who may have observed anything suspicious uh in the fawn area particularly the glee area between those dates to contact bunkrana gaudy on<PHONE_NUMBER> and of course it is possible that the whoever is responsible might try and move that stuff on i mean it's relatively distinctive here you know someone's going around offering you know a number of sets of vice grips and particularly i think they're still uh hedge cutters do the right thing you know it might be a bargain to you but that's perhaps someone's livelihood or absolutely even if you're not sure look at someone selling something on you think there might be any chance it's not right just give us a call and we'll check it out yeah don't use ignorance as a defense because it could be easy to do so okay uh we're going back to strunaler now this time uh an alleged assault yeah so gaudy are appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault at meeting house street strunaler on wednesday the 7th of september at approximately 8 10 p.m a man was walking along that street when he was subjected to an assault by another man uh the injured man was taken to letter kenny university hospital to receive medical treatment for his injuries uh none of which are believed to be life threatening in nature uh so we appealed to anyone who may have witnessed the assault itself to contact us and we also appealed to anyone who was traveling along that busy stretch of road and meeting house street road to letter kenny out of strunaler between 8 p.m and 8 20 p.m and anyone who had dashcam footage please make it available to us so we can check it out if anyone has any relevant information they wish to pass on in relation to this incident they could contact letter kenny on<PHONE_NUMBER> yeah and in relation to worth reminding in relation to dashcam footage the owners of it don't have to download it and edit it and send it on to gaudy if they make the dashcam available to gaudy you've got uh people that can go through that process very simply so you're not expecting the owners of the dashcam necessarily to to go through the rigmarole themselves no don't worry about that just contact us and we'll take it from there radio uh the scammers uh are still at it thick and fast and every week it's it's another angle they're coming at us uh yeah there's new ways all the time exactly yeah and they will adjust it to whatever's happening at the time so what what are we getting reports on at the moment this week a number of people have reported that they received phone calls from scammers reporting to be representatives from a phone company so once the caller has falsely introduced themselves the recipient of the call is then instructed to download an app onto their mobile device uh if the suggested app is then downloaded the scammer then takes control of the device remotely the scammer in some cases was even able to send text messages on the person's mobile phone remotely so the scammer then informs the recipient that of the call that they are now owed a refund they've been charged too much or something and they want to give you money and they request bank details in order to forward uh the said refund but when or if the bank details are provided to them they then attempt to make a withdrawal so one of our callers uh reported that they tried to withdraw over 6 000 euro from his account in the baleshanan district within the past few days thankfully it was stopped in time but it's so easy done they were persistent they kept bringing them and they had a lot of his details as well they they seemed to log in get your details and that's what makes people believe them then so even if they know your personal details don't trust it um and that's what that's what made him think they were genuine then so they're constantly thinking up new ways to swindle people out of their heart and earned money uh don't make life easy for them never provide personal details or bank details over the phone by text message or by email never download an app at the request of a caller regardless of who they say they are should you receive a similar type of call and you are in fact a customer of the company named by the caller um just hang up and contact the company yourself and verify directly with them if it's a legitimate call and if you're not a customer of the company then just hang up if you think you may have fallen victim to this or any other type of scam contact your bank immediately and we also ask that people report these matters to us ourselves but so we can make people aware of the new methods that are being taken exactly and recently i uh people i think people might go that think that's you know we keep talking about this type of stuff but recently i was contacted by a group or organizations or an individual and they were trying to defraud me but they had some information from a data leak and you know how you talked a little earlier on about how all of a sudden you think well how would they know that if they weren't who they said they were so as soon as they have that little bit of information or if you're off guard a little bit of your minds elsewhere even someone like not even someone like me but i talk about scams all the time that's what i mean by someone like me i talk about it all the time and i'm sure there's guard that talk about it all the time but if they get you when your guard's down or at the right angle it's so easy to next thing you know your bank account is emptied and time is of the essence and i think with that 6000 in balashana and i don't know of you though know the details but i don't i would say they got on it very very quickly and that's maybe what saved them there yes if you suspect anything you know it's important to act quickly yeah and and just make sure look if anyone's ringing you contacting you trying to give you money it's normally too good to be true but the problem is now they try and give you 30 quid before it was 50 billion but you know what i mean but that's how clever they've got and that's not to give them any credit now we of course do our best in terms of getting child safety seats and all that kind of stuff to make sure our precious little ones are safe but how many of us know for sure that it's properly done because you know they have some they've got those clips that go into under your seat but then some of them come with a strap but the seats rotate and how does that all work and all this kind of stuff you know what i mean so it can it can get a bit complicated the check it fits team are in hand oh yeah they're really useful now because like you say it's hard to know if it is done right so you're better off just to get a checked and make sure so the check it fits team from the road safety authority island are back in Donegal this month it's a fantastic expert led service and it's free of charge and you will leave it leave it feeling reassured that your child is adequately protected in the event of a collision it only takes 10 to 15 minutes and we encourage people to avail of the opportunity to attend all right um so they're in four different locations um i'll just give you the details of them now so the first one is cavernous super value in bunk rana on monday the 19th of september and then letter kenny retail park on tuesday the 20th of september uh cavernous super value babel fae on wednesday september 21st and at cavernous super value donegal town on thursday september 22nd so the team will be at each location on those days between 10 a.m and 5 30 p.m and if you want any more information on it there's a useful website there as well it's www.checkitfits.ie and not there to judge us there to check it fits you know what i mean that's what the role is okay it's best to be safe can't believe it's almost time for the Donegal guard at youth awards ceremony again yeah they're coming around again on friday september 23rd it's at the council chambers in lyford so this is basically where we recognise the good work done by the youth in the community uh the overall winners will be announced at the event each young person who has been nominated will have received correspondence in relation to the event by now uh should anyone have any queries in relation to the event they may contact garter granja doherty at letter kenny garter station on<PHONE_NUMBER> or she can be emailed as well it's granja.b.doherty at garter.ie we look forward to meeting all the young people with their families there and also the people who nominated them great celebrate young people so many of them do great stuff right okay we were asked during the week about drive-offs from fuel stations um the caller asked a staff responsible for payment if someone drives away i'm not sure that's a garter matter i think that's a matter between the company um and the employee and employer law but what i think really is a garter matter is in terms of can people be arrested for the non-payment of fuel i presume there's a process to be gone through because we can accidentally you know i've not done it i don't think i did actually i did it once we can accidentally drive off and i've done it myself once before too look it is something that's very common um but there's only one person responsible for paying for fuel and that's the person who has got the fuel um as i say it's so common in some instances it is a genuine mistake and we try and find out whether it is but unfortunately there are those out there who deliberately leave the forecourt without paying for their fuel in any instance the person responsible for payment of the fuel is the customer so should you fill your vehicle with fuel at a filling station and then leave without paying or try to avoid payment then you are guilty of an offence under the criminal justice theft and frauds offences act 2001 and you can be arrested and prosecuted for this offence uh if you've genuinely done it you know uh just contact the petrol station straight away um but there there is quite a number out there who aren't doing it genuinely yeah and the guard you'll figure that on a case-by-case basis you'll get the number plate maybe ring them oh i can't believe if they've forgotten to do it six times i'll presume then the guard you know how to progress things from there exactly okay listen it's been great having you back garter claire rafferty of the milford garter station thank you so much for your time this morning i really appreciate it thank you okay that was the community garter item for this uh tuesday it's back with you after the ten o'clock news uh next tuesday and it will be available for you to watch back on our facebook pages and indeed the garter she corner facebook page uh we'll be back with more after the break the community garter information slot is brought to you by charidan security systems protecting what you value most call today and get your zero wire alarm system from two hundred and ninety nine euro charidan security nine one two six oh two five the nine till noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast 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the program and we have a real treat for you right now but a real treat coming up for you on sunday the second of october in the millenium forum dairy because belinda davids is back in arland or coming to arland should i say at a number of venues clony limrick as i mentioned dairy in the cork opera house and vicar street in doblin and i'm genuinely delighted to welcome belinda on to the program belinda a very good morning to you how are you keeping today good morning dairy i'm okay you know uh you know i've been busy and in i'm finally i think i'll be home for a few minutes but good nonetheless yeah it's good to be busy because it's a sign of how much the audience is loving you too i presume belinda uh you are bringing your show the greatest love of all a tribute to whitney houston uh to arland talk to me about your your uh coming to uh i suppose you're a fan of whitney first isn't that fair to say because when you were singing as belinda davids you were incorporating whitney songs into that act weren't you yeah i think i mean it goes a little deeper than just being a fan i think if you're gonna do the show or if you are gonna take on any if you're gonna do a tribute to whitney you have to really know everything about her vocal ability her technique and just how she carries herself and yes it is me belinda davids doing the show but incorporating her sense of style and also you know her music um and the way she performed you know it's it's important because when you bring some the show like this to people you want them to remember her in a certain way yeah because when we hear a tribute act it can have a couple of meanings can't it it can be someone who just dresses up and can sound like someone but this is you paying tribute to to whitney is that correct definitely i mean it's it's a musical concert i wouldn't call it even a musical this is a tribute to her paying tribute to her in the best way that she was known to be you know and so therefore it's not her storyline or her timeline it is more how she was on stage yeah i mean you've had a career you know with with singing with some amazing artists you've enjoyed success yourself as a singer was it difficult or was there any resistance to sort of you know making your act in this form a tribute to whitney i don't think it was so much difficult to do it i you know since i've been i've been doing with me for a very long time one thing that you know you have to understand is been this has been coming for about 30 years i just managed to grab it and step into it fully you know so it's been practiced for a long time it was always there she was always there she was always in my repertoire so when the show came along it was it was quite actually a pleasure to not wanting to step away from it i don't wish to get too deep but do you feel a connection with whitney on on some level personally i think when you do her songs in the capacity that i am doing you have to have some sort of connection with her whether it is personally or whether it was it's even spiritually you know you have to be because every time i do a song i i'm always seem to i see her so in my mind's eye and so it's important for me to have that connection with her yes definitely i do yeah and it reminds me a little bit like ed sheeran he he has to explain that he's creating the music himself you know i'm sure you're familiar with him with his footbed and all that because people believe it must be a backing track or there must be a band behind the stage it's a little like you with your vocals isn't it i mean you would almost need to explain you sound so like whitney you'd almost need to prove that this is you this is your voice this is your ability do you find that that people go surely this can't be someone who isn't whitney because it sounds so like whitney the thing is i've had actually a perfect example is of when i was i think i was somewhere in scandinavia and they didn't believe that it was me and they didn't say it to me they said it to my sound guy actually they said it to my sound engineer they said you know that can't be her but there's one moment in the show where i'm doing saving on my love for you and we've completely stripped it from what the original is specifically so i can bring across that it is actually me and it was still difficult for people to believe that it was it was me but you know i've gone through that for so many times and so many years that i don't know it it doesn't bother me it kind of does sometime and it makes me work a little harder do you it's so obvious you've been asked this a million times but you know what i might as well do it what is your i mean do you have a favorite song to perform and is it your favorite song or are they two different songs i wonder i think i'm moody about what when my favorite what my favorite song would be you know there's days when i do i will always love you and i'm i want a ball because i think about how much i miss her and how much you know people miss her period and then i have moments where i want a ball in in um one moment in time or in greatest love all so i'm i'm pretty moody i'm not i don't really have a specific favorite and witty houston is one of those artists even to casual fans like in other words there'll be witty fans die hard witty fans that will be there and they will know every single word and they will be there with you but you always know the a quality of an artist that even once you go through the song list everyone will know every song because whitney was that prolific in her in her success and in the music she uh she produced you know it's it's interesting because when you go into a club today and you play a whitney song you know people are definitely going to be singing along and dancing to it and so therefore i believe she was so so much ahead of her time her music was so much ahead of her time and grateful to the producers that did it and so when i do the show and i still see people get up and dance it makes me so happy yeah because she made amazing timeless pop classics like i want to dance with somebody but also uh arguably top five ballads of all time you know top 11 yeah top five definitely in other words in other words at least one of her ballads would be in the balladsy top fives you know what i'm on about like yeah definitely that's uh an astonishing astonishing range you know because not everyone can do that uh and i'm not gonna diss anybody else but even people great ballad singers now they would find it difficult to have such traction and to make a timeless pop classic at the same time she was timeless she was timeless everything she did was every ballad and not just the ballad but even you know album after album her her songs the way it evolved the way her albums evolved definitely she was timeless it's sad that she's no longer with us isn't it really when you think i mean she should still be you know filling stadium right now really should be she should be it's really sad that you know she had so much pressure on her and i blame the tragedy of her drug use drug use and abuse on the pressure that was around her that was her release maybe or her coping that no that was definitely her release i believe it was her release you know what it's a lot of peer pressure you know i don't care how old you are people go through peer pressure still yeah all the time and i think and i think too um bilinda they are just human beings they've got all the pressure of success they have to deal with relationships like you know everybody has to and then they have to deal with fame and then they have to deal with people around them trying to draw from them to take from them to guide them uh in directions that best suit them than the artists themselves and it must be so lonely and so isolating and you must wonder who you can trust and sadly you see other artists at this time sort of going through it before our very eyes and you just wish you could take them from it and and let them just enjoy their family and enjoy their career and the fame that comes with it without all the crap that goes along with it it's sad really i mean i get a glimpse of that you know sometimes i do feel the pressure of the people that surround me and the fact that i have to please them constantly and i am lucky in the regard that i could very easily now at my age pull myself from it that i don't you know i don't have to have it in my life yeah because if i if it was consistent then i would have to resort to something yeah i would have to resort to 12 bottles of prosecco yeah i get you but you have that control i know you're you're in control and yet there's an awareness there which i think is fantastic because that means then you can do what you do for the enjoyment of it definitely and the pleasure and you can see it in people so before can you talk to us about the show that people can enjoy on the 2nd of october in the millennium forum in dairy it's a full two-hour show full production so and you take i presume you take the audience on on an emotional roller coaster don't you definitely you know we when we pick the songs we definitely pick some of her biggest number one hits you know from the beginning of her career right up until the end and i will tell you this that when we start with every song that you do has a childhood memory for our generation and that's what we are bringing to the show the happiness of you know nostalgia your childhood every i think everybody in their lives at some point have a memory of when they put on a Whitney song oh i was doing this and so that is why we picked all of these songs and we have the costume changes you know we have seven eight oh god we've got eight costume changes now gets really busy um but it's a lot of fun it's a lot of fun so i really invite everybody to come and if you love Whitney come and watch the show because it's it's still fun for me after doing it for 10 years yeah and i would say as well Belinda you talked about the nostalgia and the memories i'm sure you look down at your audience too and see 15 16 17 18 year olds a new wave of of Whitney fans because that is the type of artist she is she will always be drawing new fans to her music because the music is it stands the test of time i tell you what for the past two three years i've seen a lot of parents mothers our generation bring their kids to the show and that makes me so happy and proud because i want everyone to still you know to to know her music still know her music yeah it you love it but there if it's not i don't i don't mean it is exactly how this sounds but if a job to do as well do you is that what you feel that you you know that you are you're the premier person that's paying homage and tribute an honor to Whitney do you feel a responsibility really actually is the way i wanted to phrase that a responsibility to continue like a responsibility to continue to entertain people to bring that Whitney experience to them definitely i mean you know definitely i definitely feel like more than next morning after the you know after a show i have to get up six o'clock in the morning because now i have to do a five-hour drive and you that's when i really feel it okay this is my job and i have to do it never in my never ever once do i feel that when i'm on stage for those two hours do i feel like it's my job never but it's all it always comes in the next morning and you know the pressure of getting up in the morning early and and getting dressed and going on that drive but i mean i love it i would i complain sometimes so much about it i go oh it's too early oh i need to sleep oh i need that and this and that but at the end of a tour i go i'll do it again yeah i want to do it again have you played island before um belinda i have okay we have played island before and i'm very excited you're going to get an amazing reaction because you know we love our music uh it's just going to be absolutely amazing i can just imagine right now just to remind people uh thursday the 29th of september i uh the inet calarni saturday first of october uh the uch limrick what's of great interest to us in the northern half of the country uh the second of october the millennium form in derry it's a sunday night too it's a great night then the cork opera house a beautiful venue again monday the third and then it finishes up at another cracking venue vicar street in dublin you're going to now we are doing it over zoom and you know it's not it's not going to be the full experience but you're going to be kind enough to give us a at least a verse or something are you a capella uh belinda yeah sure i mean what do you what would you what would you like to hear i would like you i would like specific yeah i would like you to do something that you want to do oh god okay i always resort to the song because i love doing this song so much okay so remember when we held out in the rain the nights we almost lost it once again we can take the night into touching you i feel it wow yeah it's there brilliant stuff and that's and that's over zoom belinda listen uh can't wait to have you over in arland thanks so much for joining us and being a good sport there and singing a wee bit for us we really appreciate it uh have a lovely day thank you so much take care of yourself bye bye thank you so very much indeed okay bye bye that is and i think you would agree if you're a whitney fan blinda davids or davids uh she sounds just like her she looks just like her as well of those of you watching the show uh would perhaps uh a test radio uh let us take a break we'll be back with more in the nine till noon show after these the nine till noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union digital loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transfer directly to your current account book a private vip screening at sensory cinemas perfect for celebrating birthdays and special 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safe tech are running a number of accredited programs this autumn including basic scaffolding electro and butt fusion welding roadworks plant and machinery confined spaces water hygiene for utilities uk construction cards and more funding available on all these programs teas and sea supply for all your safety and training visit safe tech dot ie okay back to your comments a lot of you messaging in on the vaping issue people under 21 and smoking people under 21 not generally interested in smoking vaping seems to be the new trend and from a very young age therefore i think 21 is not going to make make much difference yeah i kind of i tried to make that point to professor cox as well vaping is being pushed big time on the social media platforms where our young people are were probably not there and even if we are there are for you page or our timeline doesn't look the same as a young person's one a caller says wouldn't make one bit of difference they stopped to making packs of 10 cigarettes supposedly to stop people buying 20 packs and all it did was make people buy 20 packs the whole thing was a con job to make people buy packs of 20 to get more tax i stopped smoking because they started selling bigger packs than that to be honest with you so i would disagree with you respectfully but everyone's different so you're right for a lot of people as well so there's no right or wrong in this i don't think this would make much of a difference to be honest with you but we really do need to restrict access to vaping cartridges cartridges lads in government people making decisions opposition parties whoever you're listening remember we were talking earlier on about listening to the public about how to address going to school costs and what we want well i can tell you certainly what the people of the northwest want is action on vaping they need some help from government they need help from legislators because 14 15 16 17 year olds are able to go into any shop and buy vaping products it's leaving it difficult for parents to whether you like it or not to people might say oh well you should just tell them not what to do it's not always that easy if anyone in government is listening and they want to listen to the people do something about vaping because parents and guardians are crying out to us on this program saying they need some support in terms of legislating for vaping so if you want to listen to the people that's an issue for you more comments though no you can't really stop an 18 year old or a 19 year old from smoking after all they are adults and if they have a voted 18 they should have the choice if they want to smoke or not another stupidest thing in the world them things good as a tool to cut down smoking fags these are vapes but to start on them is real stupid all you have to do is stand outside a school and you'll see all the children vaping the parents are buying it maybe not directly but certainly indirectly hi Greg I had issues with my 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and tonnyship here to be at odds over waving school transport fees it's reportedly a rancher told his party it was a mistake to have free school transport saying something it should have been maintained to stop the service becoming oversubscribed the T shock Michael Martin says waving the cost of school bus transport is a good idea with the principal of Cardona community school John McGinnis told today's 9 till noon show and on a 19 free school transport the government should have ensured there was enough capacity for all children it's emerged that a scammer attempted to withdraw over 6000 euro from a person's bank account in the Bally Shannon area in recent days the perpetrator was able to confirm the victim's correct name and address which led them to believe it was a genuine call on this occasion the withdrawal was stopped in time the funeral of the two children who died in a car fire in multi-farnham county west meath is taking place on thursday it's taking place in st melz cathedral in longford town at 11 a.m five-year-old thelma denny and her two-year-old brother mikey lost their lives last friday afternoon when their car became engulfed in flames man has been hospitalized after being assaulted in strunaller the man was walking along meeting high street on wednesday night last at around 10 past eight when he was set upon by another man gardy saved the injury sustained are believed to be non-life threatening plans are in the offering to develop dunny gold's first-ever purpose built child and family hub the 3 million euro facility will be built on simpatrick's park karnedona and we'll see the relocation of karnedona football club to a state-of-the-art facility in karak afauden and gardy are pending for information about two break-ins in dunny gold one involving damage to the contents of an apartment in the twin towns and another involving the theft of tools from the garage of a heist in innishawn those are the latest headlines we'll be back with an update again at 12 noon mikaela thank you very much indeed okay uh we're gonna be talking about the rising costs uh to our fishing industry after we take this short break the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union do you need to switch your current account or loan we are now offering mycu current account and debit mastercard bringing full banking features and competitive rate switcher loans the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on highland radio want unbeatable value from sky here's the deal get sky broadband for just 29 euro a month plus sky cue for only 10 euro a month super fast super reliable broadband and sky cue with your absent recordings that sky broadband for 29 euro a month plus sky cue for 10 euro a month for 12 months now that is unbeatable value go to sky dot i e availability subject to location offer does not include sky tv subscription new sky customers only set up fees minimum term and further terms apply for more info see sky dot i e slash 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sometimes that fishermen are always the poor relation we're hearing about farmers and what can be done for farmers hoteliers and what could be done for them retailers and what can be done to keep retailers in business but it's always the fishermen that the fishers that have to be shouting to try and get some attention is that how it feels is that a reality or just a my perception tony now your perception is correct because history won't tell you that's the way it's been this long time we were last on the line for for everything and the fuel subsidy that we're looking for now is just a quite another point in time the fund for that is available in the u the government were told to apply for and it's free money for the ones of another word and they haven't applied and it's baffling to us in the fishing industry spaffling to all our PO's and the ministry has been asked directly on more on one occasion and he's never answered the question why has Ireland not applied for the fund that's readily available to help through this difficult time and all fishermen are doing is supplying fresh food to all these people that's all we're doing trying to make a living and we're trying to supply freshest of fish uh to our old people and to our european neighbors and we're hamstrung apparently by our own government and of course this would be this would be there's why yeah this would be the responsibility of the marine minister charlemagne conalogue i presume yes the department of the time let me point out this is free this is money this is free to the ejector this subsidy is ready it's sitting we've been told that our government has to apply for it and for no reason in the world where this won't cost Ireland any this will help our fishermen and don't forget our fishermen are all our citizens and we're all our people so it'll help everybody um i think the answer to the question as to why this fund hasn't been drawn down might be very telling as you say it's free money it's available other nations in europe are taking this money and they're helping to subsidize fuel costs for fishers why is the irish government not drawing down this money i think that answer or maybe even a lack of an answer perhaps might be very very telling well minister mcconnellog was on primetime two weeks ago in a castle down bare base program and he was asked the question and he's been answers so i'm not here to buy anybody i'm just wondering why you know we haven't availed of of the of the subvention that's there and i said all we're trying to do is supply fresh fish to our home market and our european market we're trying to feed the nation which we did alter covered and here we are again having to come on the radio and ask fairly straightforward simple question why talk to me about the impact of writing fuel costs on doing business well as as you know last year we were paying an average 40 cent a liter from marine diesel uh this year the average is 105 so that tells its own tale and we're on the western peripheries of of europe our transport costs to into the european market has also increased because the lorry the lorry drivers are paying more for the fuel so it costs more to send your fish to market so everything has gone up the price of lube oil the price of lube filters uh the food that we put on board are going to see their cruise has gone up because all the house waste knows where everything has increased i would have a place to fuel but bearing in mind that the place where buyer lube oil has been there before but the fuel never got to this place so this is this is uh people taking uh taking the mix finances yeah well there are i mean there are other factors as well the strength of the dollar doesn't help the situation and it wasn't as strong back at the time you're referencing i understand exactly where you're coming from in terms of margins though you have to make a decision you're not going to go out and fish at a loss is are we at the point whereby you are having to make decisions as to whether or not it's it's worth going out well this this this summer now this year we we didn't go whitefishing normally we would whitefish uh three of a crew and we would go pelagic fishing for sprat and herring when the when the when the season opens which will be in two weeks time so this year we don't know whitefishing at all because it's it's only economical you'd be you'd be waiting out of and running down the boat for nothing for no benefit you'd be wasting uh valuable fuel and valuable time and there it's cheaper to tie the boat up all right so the key question isn't and we'll put it to to minister charlemagne carlogues office as well one question go ahead why have we applied for the fund why have we not applied for a fund that's there it's free money from your right nothing is free it's uh but it is a fund we can draw it down and make uh fishing more profitable or profitable uh some profit at least make it worthwhile going out to sea make like like make life more bearable right okay well last last sunday last sunday uh uh son kovni was on the television and he was spoke note about uh people's esp bills and he kept saying well this is you know we have to be careful this is tax prayers money well this money isn't tax prayers money this money it's free he really emphasized that you have to be careful in the upcoming budget you know we can't be given away tax payers money willy nilly but this is money that won't cost the taxpayer a red cent this is going to help the taxpayer right leave it with us as soon as i get an opportunity to ask that question directly i will tony thanks for your time okay tony burns a fisherman they're based in uh killy bags the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union now offering mortgages with life cover provided at no additional cost letter kenny credit union nine one oh two one two seven at irish life we've been helping people make smart investments with their nest egg for over 80 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