the door, Greg, keep walking. Keep walking. Don't walk yet, boy. You've got a bit of money to earn. Come here. Late, late show was good. I said I wasn't going to watch it. Bambi, Thug. What did you think?  It's like, as I said on social media afterwards, there's no point sending a Johnny Logan or a, you know, you have to send something over that's going to compete. If we're going to take part in it, you have to send something that is likely to win. And that is the thing most likely to win. Yeah, probably. I don't agree with you. The Irish language song was good, but it was just a little bit obscure, probably for an international audience and didn't have as good a hook. Yeah. But if you take all the, if you take all of the screaming and all of the imagery out of Bambi Thug, it is a little like song as well. You throw all that stuff. Yeah. Now people can get up and say, well, it's a big performance, a theoretical thing as well. I mean, Lady Gaga's been doing the same thing for absolutely years that you're going to get people that will go, oh, it's done demonic and all this kind of stuff and blood. What does demonic mean? You know, like it's devil worshiping or, you know what I'm on about, or it's in some way invoking even, but I say Lady Gaga's been doing that for years. Madonna's been doing it for years. It's, you know, we're, we're a mature population. We can work out Johnny Logan's back in it. Johnny Logan is one of three times he says that's the one. Yeah. He's in the newspaper, he's saying that's the tune. Well, we've tried to Turkey and that didn't work. So like we sent a Turkey in all fairness. Like, but either, to be honest, it's either do something like this or just don't take part in it.  But anyway, I agree with you, you know, yeah, from once. Like, is that your phone? It must be. It's after nine o'clock. I have to do not this new watch.  No, no, you see, you've been encouraging me to spend money, but we have to treat yourself.  Rachel, you recommended it for us to watch it that we get out. Loved it. I'm just on the season one, two episodes in as great. Excellent.  I says a quarter to nine. Come on, it's bedtime. Listen to daddy self talk, right? Come here. Have a good show, right boy. Hey, Lee, take care of yourself. Son, see you tomorrow. Nine o'clock. Let's get a news update. It's a minute past. And it's good morning. Michaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. And letter Kenny business owners says thefts from businesses has become a major issue in the time. It's after two women entered Simpson's letter Kenny yesterday and filled a trolley before fleeing the store and making off in a red scotty Jeep at around four p.m. Guardi have confirmed that investigations are continuing. The shop's owner, Marie Carlin, says better enforcement is needed to apprehend those responsible for thefts from local businesses. It's just getting worse and worse. Over the last few months, there's been a lot of incidents. And the guards are doing their best to get to the bottom of this. But these people are being taken to court and they're coming up with all sorts of problems. And prosecution just is not happening. They're just seem to be getting away with it. I'm just constantly reoffending the DUP is having a crunch meeting later so that party leaders come brief senior members on new cake government proposals aimed at ending the storm and steelmate. It's almost exactly two years since the party walked out of the executive in protest at post Brexit deal terms. The latest deadline to restore power sharing is the 8th of February, just a week and a half away. Another crash has led to further calls for safety measures to urgently be installed on the round road in letter Kenny. There has been a noted increase in traffic on the route due to long delays being experienced while works were being carried out on the four lane road, the main archery into letter Kenny. Donegal into representative Mary T. Sweeney says a digital traffic count and a feasibility study needs to be carried out. She says the rise in larger vehicles on the road is concerning also. It's a common sense to look at how much traffic is used in this to do the digital count of the traffic use in this road as a shortcut into letter Kenny. And what's even more concerning is the number of big articulated lorries or so big buses that have started to come in this way. And I think really it might be their sat nav is directing because it is the shortest route into letter Kenny. It's claimed Irish truck drivers are being targeted every single day by traffickers to bring illegal immigrants into Ireland. The Irish Road Hullage Association says offers of up to 25,000 euro are made to hollers by people smugglers and stowaways. Midlands Northwest MEP Maria Walsh says the practice has to be stomped out. And the movement of people in these such dire straits. What we have to is EU citizens being moved within the EU under human trafficking as well as those coming from outside of the EU. So it's it's multiple forms of movement of people. Whether night overnight, rain, drizzle and mist will linger for a time today. Highest temperatures of five to seven 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. It's important to take care of yourself when you're feeling unwell. And if you have symptoms of a virus, flu or COVID-19, the best thing to do is to rest up and stay at home because you won't just be taking care of yourself. You'll be helping to protect other people too. People close to you like family and friends and people you've never even met who might be at higher risk than you. And don't forget to visit hsc.ie for advice on getting better from the hsc. The county's number one talk show, The Ninetill Noon Show on Highland Radio. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, The Ninetill Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello and a very good morning to you. It's the start of another week here on The Ninetill Noon Show on Highland Radio. Five minutes past nine this Monday the 29th of January 2024. How are you all keeping? How is your week canned? We've heard what Lee was up to. What have you been up to? Did you notice anything out and about? Anything happening in your life that you think we can help with or you want to share? 086 6025,000. That's the WhatsApp and text number 086 6025,000. If you're listening outside the Republic at 0035 386 6025,000. Now, if you want to give us a call 0749 125,000 again outside the Republic, you know the code there and you can email us if that's more convenient for you from anywhere on comments at highlandradio.com. And just to invite you to watch the show if that suits you. We are on YouTube Highland Radio Ireland so you can watch us on your large screen smart TV that has the app built into it or on your Fire Stick. And also you can take us on your mobile devices on that app and also Facebook, Highland Hub, Highland Radio News and Sport and indeed we're also on X. Right, lots to get through this morning. Lots to cover but we're going to have a quick look at what's making some of the newspapers this morning starting with the Dairy People Donegal News and Positive News, the family of an Ardra man who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision while on a family holiday in the U.S. at Christmas says he's continuing to show positive signs of recovery. Daniel Gallagher of Meena Killu Ardra suffered critical injuries in the incident in Orlando, Florida. The collision occurred on Friday after Christmas December 29th and exactly a month on Daniel continues to show signs of improvement. His brother-in-law Thomas McQuinnie said Daniel was taken off a ventilator last week and he's been able to talk with his medical team and family members who are with him in Orlando and we wish him a continued and rapid recovery. The Dairy News this morning, Dairy was awash with Palestinian flags yesterday as thousands marched through the city for the annual Bloody Sunday March. A large crowd gathered for a cross community memorial service yesterday morning for those who died on Bloody Sunday. Political and religious leaders joined the Bloody Sunday families for the short ceremony at the Rossville Street monument close to where many of the victims were shot. On to the nationals now and whilst many people out there aren't or refusing to or have chosen not to pay their TV license, many are ending up in court. 60 people a day are now facing prosecution for not paying their TV license with the rate expected to soar over coming months. There's been a substantial increase in the number summonsed for not paying the 160 euro fee since the RTE payment scandal erupted last June. Figures obtained by the Irish Independent reveal that more than 13,000 were summonsed to appear before the courts last year for the non-payment with the numbers facing prosecution since the controversy broke increasing by 33% a month. The figures show that between January 1st and November 30th last, on post applied for a total of 13,137 summonses to district courts while 5,073 summonses were applied for by on post between January 1st and May 31st last. 8,064 were sought over the following six months. So a big increase, big enforcement there. What do you do when you receive that summons? Do you pay up? Do you go to court? Have you had that experience? Just by coincidence, these people won't have any bother paying any fines or any bills you would imagine for that matter because RTE has released the salaries for its top earners last year 2022. Sorry, there's a one year delay. So this is what you're paying for to some extent. The former RTE presenter Ryan Toberty, he was the top on-air earner at RTE for 2022. He earned a total of 515,000 euro. RTE published the earnings of its top 10 earners for 2022 today along with restated earnings for 21. After Toberty, the second highest earner for 22 was Joe Duffy. He collected 351,000 euro. That's the same that he got in 2021. Claire Burns earnings dropped from 350 euro to 320 euro. Sorry, 350,000 euro to 320,000 euro. Though I think she did give up a radio show, didn't she? Or TV show. Miriam O Callahan, she's still earning 263,000 euro per year. Ray Darcy, his earnings dropped by 100,000 over that period. He earned 250,000 euro in 2022. But he has a radio only contract now. He doesn't have a TV contract. Brendan O'Connor, he does a couple of shows at the weekend. He's the sixth highest paid broadcaster and earns 245,000 euro a year. He earned that effectively half a million over 2021, 2022. Brian Dobson, he earns 209,000 a year. His wages actually went up a little bit on 21. He presents the news at one and he's retiring in April. Mary Wilson, eighth highest paid earner. Her wages actually went up from 196,000 in 21 to 197,500 in 22. Dara Maloney, who I didn't actually know what he did, but apparently he's a sports presenter and that's not an insult to Dara, I just simply didn't know what he did. Dara Maloney earns 183,000. Well, that's what he earned in 2021, but his wages went up to 184,501 in 2022. And bottom of the list, the 10th highest paid earner at the station was RTE's Environment Correspondent, who was out in Dubai and all for that, for the G, what do you call that meeting that he went to again? Well, he earned just 179,821 euro in 2022, slightly more than he earned in 2021. So we've got a slight bump in 22. So that's the RTE published figures this morning. Onto the Irish Times this morning, and you may not be surprised to learn that immigration tops the list of issues, getting the attention of voters in the past month, according to a new measure of public sentiment introduced by the Irish Times and Ipsos BNA. Almost a quarter, 24% of respondents to the survey cited immigration issues when asked what they had noticed along with the government, about what the government had done recently. Next on the list was housing at 19% with taxes and social policies each at 4%. I don't know how these numbers are calculated because obviously there's going to be a crossover, isn't it? So maybe people are splitting it 24, you're 24% worried about one thing and 25% worried about another. Housing, 19%, as I mentioned there. Six areas were each cited by 3% of respondents. Climate change, the cost of living crisis, inflation, budget spending, employment, crime, Guardi and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. So it's immigration most on people's minds, but the figures are a wee bit hard for me to break down. I'll have a look at that a little later on. The Irish Daily Mail this morning, Irish hauliers are being offered payments of up to €25,000 to smuggle migrants and illicit items into the country amid calls for the government to conduct greater checks of how migrants arrive into the country. Eugene Drennan, Irish Road Hauliers Association president said Irish drivers are being targeted all day, every day by traffickers and potential stowaways. Mr Dreen and said it's all over Europe really. Someone would stop you and say, would you like a box, a package, a message, that kind of thing? You could be offered anywhere between €5,000 and €25,000 for doing it. On to the Irish star this morning, an interesting poll for Sinn Fein at the weekend. They've made great inroads, as some would see it, over the last three years, but those inroads have kind of been wiped out in one foul swoop. Sinn Fein have been hit by a massive loss of support, which has wiped out much of the gains the party made in the last three years. Backing for Mary Lou McDonald's party continues to slide and is down four points in two months according to the latest opinion poll. The largest drop in support since the general election in 2020 and what's kind of interesting this to me is the drop is greater than the margin of error. I mean often you'll see parties gain one, lose one, gain two, lose two, but when you have a change beyond the margin of error, it certainly can't be ignored. The results mark a further drop from the 32% support the party achieved in the poll in October. While it is still the most popular party in Ireland by five points, a seven-point drop within two polls will be a serious cause of concern for the Sinn Fein leadership. Analysts believe much of the loss in support is down to the party's stance on immigration. An opinion poll showed that up to 75% of Sinn Fein supporters are in favour of a cap on the number of asylum seekers and migrants entering the country and you do see positions changing now and what have you and I'll tell you what those figures point to as well and I've been saying this from the get-go in this program, the return of the three-party government that's in power at the moment should not be ruled out. There is a presumption amongst people that as soon as you have an election that's it there's change but I'm not so sure. On to the Irish Sun this morning, the HSC urged parents to have their children vaccinated against measles after cases in Europe rose by four and a half thousand percent. The World Health Organisation expressed alarm and issued an official warning. The UK has also seen a surge on some people some people have stopped vaccination. Now the problem is obviously massive controversy over the COVID vaccine and that controversy that conversation continues to happen. People thinking it was rust, people making claims about it and people having concerns about it and they're well aired and well understood. There is other vaccines though that are tried and tested and have been proven to be effective with minimal negative consequences and I think what's happening is and it seems to be the case that the general caution over vaccines or vaccines apathy is having an impact on important vaccines for children.  Last year the EU recorded 42,000 cases compared to 941 in 2022 and now as well as we were trying to lay just before the break we'll be talking about this a little later on what's your views on it because Eurovision legend Johnny Logan has backed Ireland's Bambi Thug to try and fit this year's competition. The non-binary performer emerged as the winner of Friday night's Late Late show Euro Song Special their song Doomsday Blues beat five other entries let's have a listen to it. Well their song Doomsday Blues beat five other entries and will represent Ireland and Malmo Sweden in May Logan who won the competition in 1980 and 1987 as a performer and again in 92 as a songwriter told the Sunday World it's probably the best and most original entry Ireland has had for as long as I can remember it's a very good choice and it will definitely get attention it's eye catching and different viewers related to it and that's why it was chosen. My heart be buried. So what do you think of it? 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People close to you like family and friends and people you've never even met who might be at higher risk than you and don't forget to visit hsc.ie for advice on getting better from the HSE Highland Radio time checks with Expressway travel route 32 from Lettacenny to Dublin when you book online and travel for less Expressway bringing you the time, Matt. Okay the time now is 9.19 it's just about to turn actually it's just about to turn at 9.20 Right a call has been made for an urgent upgrade works at a road outside Lettacenny after another motorist had a near miss at what's become a bit of a notorious junction. It comes after a motorist plowed through a fence and ended up in a field at the Rahn Listac Junction on the back road from Dromkeen to Lettacenny. We're joined on the program now by Councillor Donald Kelly. Good morning, Councillor. Good morning, Greg. Good morning, dear Lester. Good to have you on the show. Right so this is a road if you're coming from Balabafe you can cut up left you go up a hill and eventually you come out old and effectively is that the road we're talking about? Yeah that's correct Greg I suppose if you're coming there from Balbafear when you go all town direction there you can turn off there the four before gauge I suppose a another road that can take you in can it to the bottom of the town if you are heading in the direction of maybe Domsdor's air or the old town or Glencari and I suppose this road has seen it's about a higher volume of traffic using it since particularly since the work started on the foley in there and Lettacenny I imagine people have seen this as a quicker route done rather than being held up on the traffic congestion that was there at the time and this junction that we're focused on is where you turn down there to Listeck from Drumkeen road or ran there and yeah we've seen another accident there yesterday and it's not the first accident that has been this junction and you know thankfully there's been nobody seriously hurt but looking at the looking I actually seen went up yesterday to the junction and seen the car in the field and you know that's the extent of damage done to it so that's and Greg what I'm calling for now is for safety measures and put them in place here I have this section of road put forward for this year for the restoration program to have it resurfaced and you know I feel now should this be passed this common weeks to have that road resurfaced that we need to focus on putting safety measures in place as well at the same time because when you do go down that road Greg you know if you're not familiar with it that junction does come on you very quick you know and it's a road I would use fairly often and you know if you're not familiar with it it can catch you out and that seems to be what the problem is and the thing to you know Greg there's going to be a fair bit of local knowledge I think most of us would be who travel these roads regularly would be familiar with it the only thing the problem what seems to be especially with the timing here is perhaps Google Maps I think the majority of drivers use Google Maps in one way or other now it will calculate and does calculate sort of timings traffic on certain routes and will offer alternative routes I just wonder is Google Maps with the delays into letter Kenny actually offering this as a route to people who aren't familiar with the area and therefore getting caught out I'm not blaming Google don't get me wrong but as I say it will change where it sends traffic dependent on speed and time and traffic volumes and levels maybe that might explain why we're seeing you know cavern registered vehicles and other cars that aren't maybe familiar with the road going off it Yeah Greg that's a fair point and another problem that has been brought to me attention as well is that Google Maps does seem to take you down that way if the congestion is heavy I'm going to let Kenny and I suppose people are taking that route that you can Google Maps the only thing I would say on that Greg is I've traveled a lot in the country at different times of the year as well as meetings and places that you're not familiar wasn't Google Maps will try to throw you off there's no doubt about it and take you down a by road or a narrow narrow road you know I always feel you know I suppose you learn as the years go on you're always better to stick to the main road I mean you're better to be there late than not get there at all you know and I would urge people that maybe if you're using Google Maps to stick to the main road you know and surely you may have some traffic congestion at times but you know that doesn't that's not frequently happening well it's funny you see it in the summer you often see vehicles you know towing caravans that have no business being on certain roads you know when that type of traffic increases in the summer so certainly you know Google Maps will not account for the vehicle that you're driving it'll just try and send you the with a certain degree of intelligence it'll try and send you the the shortest route the thing too though is I mean obviously your call for road improvements road resurfacing stands but you know that can also lead to an increase in traffic speed you know yourself Councillor so it's vital that if you get this if this road is included an improvement works that's improvements to safety forms part of those works that's correct Greg I mean you hear it all the time and you see it all the time you're what you said there you've had the nail in the head you know on our older suppose there's nothing great shape and then as resurface you do see the speed increase and you know that's something that's going forward you know motorists need to watch out for you know and take care on roads that are resurfaced but you know that junction in particular Greg you know I'm not saying that this accident was caused to speed you know but there has been accidents there before you know and that speed seemed to be the factory you know so listen all with all that I can do as a local representative has raised this and I have been speaking with Donegal County Council this morning to have them go out and survey this junction and see what appropriate measures can be put in place to try to slow that down and also to let let down common traffic of the dangerous bend and the junction that is ahead so all right Councilor we'll take it from there Greg and I'm taking the motion going forward on this again and try to get something resolved all right Councilor Kelly thank you very much for your time Mary T joins us now as well good morning Mary good morning Greg Mary T Sweeney of course ain't too rep you're familiar with this stretch of road it's not the first time we've seen something like this is it Greg I actually am the first class you meet I'm the only house at the junction so I am right and so everybody that has the crash come into me we are night and day and as I say they're quite welcome to do that but people have to realize I wrote in October last year looking for our Donegal County Council to include this road on the gritting route which isn't so it's extremely you're talking a road that's 230 meters above sea level it's the highest point around letter Kenny and the tragedy of it all is coming through the forestry is the most unobstructed beautiful view over the River Swilly which could be a great tourist feature for cars to stop but the reality is we're facing people and there's going there was a very renowned tragedy for three young people in 2016 just a couple hundred meters up the road that bend has never ever been addressed since that accident and where I'm living at the moment we had three fairly fairly serious accidents in the last three weeks alone plus another two on the side roads just in the last three weeks now I mean people having to be dragged out of their cars vehicles wrecked and in fairness it is and I made that point about the sat-nav it is mainly people that are not local that are coming in the shortcut but it is not appropriate to see 40 foot lorries and 40 foot buses on this road the number of people that have lost their wingmers wingmers can be up to six and seven hundred pounds nowadays depending on the vehicle they drive and there's a few there's about four very very difficult spots to pass on the road and dangerous there's two very dangerous bends one at the hill where the tragedy occurred in 2016 and one further down the road and today a car any damage to a car is significant never mind injury to the person and we have to be considered well for sure what do you think needs to be done though because this is this is not really a road this is not a main thoroughfare and and I don't think anyone sort of wants it to be it's just so happens that as people try and avoid congestion or whatever it might be they use this road or they're guided to use this road well what is the solution I mean you don't want the whole road widened which would address the the wing mirror issues you have there are certain areas that could do with safety measures but do you think vehicles of a certain size should be discouraged from using or what do you see is that the practical implementable solution here well the first thing is officially this is a local primary so as a local primary that needs to be reviewed to do a traffic study on it to see the one man had 35 cars passes front gate in the morning to get out before he could drive out the gate that's the extent of traffic we're talking just to get out a gateway on this road you know so it does need to be reconsidered in its allocation of category a feasibility study will be the very least that should be done by the council to count the traffic on it and potentially fine at the junction of the end 13 junction coming in what's called Trenta Boy off the main Balbuffet road which is a primary route national primary route the cars are coming to the national primary route directed often by sat nav on the shortest route to letter Kenny and they don't realize the elevation of the journey going into letter Kenny as I say 230 meters above sea level and when there's snow we can have snow for eight to 10 days after the snow disappeared around there's a couple of there's a couple of routes and you can go on to that point Mary T but there are a couple of routes in Donagall and what I don't understand what we don't do have you know some sort of a measuring device at the peak and signs that the the two entrance you know what I mean sort of on the main Balbuffet letter Kenny why don't we have a sign saying you know temperature minus five do you know what I mean have a road sensor up the top I can think of at least three other roads that it's okay if you have local not how many people get stuck up this road or overlook salt for example people that don't know why don't we have digital signs on these very busy routes that says you know not you know closed or low temperatures or some sort of a warning I mean we have the technology it's not incredibly expensive why don't we do it well Greg one thing that hasn't come up today and I need to raise it because it's really really dangerous isn't it I haven't myself when I would take my youngest son to school went to school and Eastern Order and or I would have had to use that mode every morning on the junction and turned to boy down on to the main end 13 which is in the drum king just at the drum king village before the drum king village when a winter's morning happens because it's not being gritted your car goes into freefall sliding right out onto the national primary scary that's the reality that's how dangerous this road is now we have the same thing at ram junction the road alignment I have spoke to the council a number of years ago and I mentioned it in a report for the development plan of latter county the same elevation is happening down at ram which is disguised a bit now because of the the way they've re-aligned the roads but traffic traveling down ram and I have seen it often in winter where the cars can't get a grip and they're actually skidding down on now to what will be the most direct traffic because of the elevation so I think they aren't coming up they can't get up yeah in an email you sent out though you talked about upgrading the road widening the road so effectively accepting that there's going to be an awful lot of traffic and improving the road is that what people on that road want that it becomes an established route you know a back road into letter I don't think the people have a I don't think the people have a choice because it's become it's naturally becoming a primary route this feeds into what I prevented to the council and the development plan for the town the ring road around letter county shouldn't be in tight to the town it should be on the periphery of the town which this is and it should take you naturally across the river slowly between comal and the GAE club okay and that would naturally allow you to go on up Glencar up there Kirkstone road and that's the son of the leaving the old existing Kirkstone road build a new greenfield road up to catch the above the hospital it's the most natural ring road to form around letter county and I did put this into the council it would make perfect sense okay perfect sense all right we'll see how things progress over the next while thanks Mary T for bringing this to our attention as well we really do appreciate it take care of yourself that's a Mary T Sweeney there and before her you heard from cancer donal Kelly oh Kira congratulations look at her tiny fingers she's beautiful just like her mommy oh thank you have you got a name yet well we're thinking she's going to call her Brooklyn Brooklyn Massachusetts Phoenix Arizona your vote is your voice so if you don't speak up someone else is deciding for you Baltimore Kentucky Moffie El Neal who's that hospital porter just back from his American road trip make sure you're registered to vote go to checktheregister.ie and be a voter so that it's your voice 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we'll also be stopping by and playing his new songs from their debut album Left Behind which has been launched shortly Singer Sean Gallagher from Drummer Own is also joining us for a few tunes and from Sturban we welcome back singer-songwriter Adam Doan so that's the Monday Night Sessions this Monday night between 8pm and 10pm right here on Highland Radio More traffic with increase in population needs more roads in better quality in and out of letter Kenny just back from Spain and cannot understand how their roads are far higher quality than we have in Ireland join the EEC same time as Spain 1971 Why are our roads so underdeveloped compared to other European countries in 2024 Read The Road in Rad of course as it's a dangerous junction for years nothing has been done about it it's nothing to do with Google Maps you can't blame Google Maps it's just a dangerous road and it's not to blame and I didn't say not blaming Google it's just that it will choose the quickest route and it's sending people up there and of course after that it's down to driver responsibility Another caller says in my opinion the three parties now in government will most likely be back in power after the next general election even after dull voting in favour of Vulture funds as recent as last week independent and new parties will also contribute to no change after the next general election and there's an awful lot of new parties and independents too that sort of maybe split the protest vote in inverted commas as well that's also going to be potentially not an issue but a factor A caller says it's time they changed the name of the so-called Eurovision Song Contest the song is no longer the theme it's more a theatrical show contest I think our entry is a chance not because of its quality as a song but it conforms more to the type of entry that has been winning over recent years I always watch the Eurovision but to be honest spending a couple of hours watching absolute mayhem on stage is something I'm not interested in doing here's a question for you name the group the one last year or the year before there was a time when winning Eurovision made you famous decent point there Greg that Eurovision entry by Ireland is a far cry from the island of saints and scholars I can think of another S name for it what has happened to our wee country now if you are on social media you will see and it's just horrendous you'll see various ways in which scammers are trying to scam you but also what they're doing now is they are exploiting bereavement and you'll see certain pages being shared what they do is they create a page they harvest pictures from official sources like Highland or rip.ie or wherever they might get them they use the images of a recently deceased person and their information and they'll offer a link a live link where you can watch the funeral but you can't watch the funeral then they expect you to pay they get your card details and they extort you and then you try and report it and they've changed the details to another another deceased person and people I know I got a friend's request from one of these pages on Saturday and I think I had 25 mutual friends so at least 25 people saw the page and accepted the invite that's just one way that these horrible people are exploiting people's grief to try and extort money Breach is of Keir and Raughty funeral directors and joins us now on line one Breach, thank you very much for taking the call this morning Hi, good morning Greg Is this becoming more familiar, more regular Breach? We have seen them time and over time but I seem to be seeing an awful lot more of these lately Yeah, they seem to be cloning the pages a lot more now this last few months and it's not just us that's experiencing it as well it's other funeral directors And you just wonder where these people are located you know are they doing it across the country, across the world or is it perhaps particularly you know wakes and funerals or watching funerals online is an Irish I don't know but as I say we see far far too much of it there must be a really big organization that's behind this Yeah, they seem to be targeting funeral pages now at first it was more your personal page but it seems to be a lot more now of the funeral pages and there's there's just no end to it now it's getting a bit out of hand That's as well too Breach I don't think there's anyone in Ireland charging anyone to watch a funeral obviously this became more of a thing through COVID and a lot of churches and chapels and what have you they have webcams they're always free to view Yeah, they're always free to view and we'd urge people not to click on the links because I assume that when you click on the link that's been shared they're then asking you for your credit card details and that's how they're catching people out and then for people that want to sort of highlight it it's difficult because you know they are using the images of someone who's recently breathed so there's a very upset family there so it's very hard to sort of say you know report this or what have you because as I say you don't want to add any upset to the family of the breathed Yeah exactly like I got my friend request on my own page yesterday from a local boy that had deceased and all I could think about was the family if they had got a friend request seeing that yesterday morning it's just it's heartbreaking for them like it's a hard enough time at the minute for them without scam pages going around Yeah and I think and then what happens is is they change the images don't they because they've accumulated friends and they're well aware that people are going to start to twig so they'll change the images they'll take more images of a recently deceased person and update the information that way and their friendships grow but it can be harder to track them a little bit that's it yeah and when I posted the warning yesterday not to add the page we were flooded with scam comments then from other page Oh really we were constantly on the page yeah they seem to flood the posts then saying what kind of stuff for a breach and if you've been hacked get in touch with me so if you click on the profile then you're into another scammer well if they have you ever which way I've seen that now that you mentioned it yeah okay so they're saying effectively yeah sorry I beg your pardon I thought you were finished there so they're saying if you did click that link and it's the same people now click another link and we'll sort it out yeah yeah but then it's another scammer so they've got you again I don't think we can rely on the social media companies to police this for us as they say you can report them they might be taken down but they can pop up almost immediately it's just really important that people don't add them as friends and block them and and warn others yeah they're not even being the pages aren't even being blocked though they're like we've reported them and they don't seem to be doing anything about it yeah the pages are all still active right as I say the best thing we can do is multiple reports though because that can't be ignored report them block them and maybe advise your friends as I say you know they're doing this at a very difficult time for families and I've seen families themselves have to warn people and they should just be you know dealing with their grief not having to get involved in this stuff no we just urge people again never to add those pages or click on any links you might see some comments coming up on our live streams as well that says that the live streams on another link that's never the case we just go out on facebook our stream is live on our facebook page only and it's always a free service all right it'd be very interesting to dig in a bit more to see is this is this artificial intelligence is it people are the Irish based or the foreign based I mean it really does need an investigation because this is criminal activity it is yeah with Donegal victims so I wouldn't be the Donegal guard he should have an interest in this because there's victims in Donegal okay listen bridge thank you very much indeed I appreciate it that's bridge there thanks no thank you bridge I've Keir and Rorty funeral directors listen none of us really like to maybe admit if we have been the victim of a scam but have you clicked one of those links thinking that you were genuinely getting access to a a feed and did we defrauded did you lose any money or any personal information please let us know because it will help us to understand exactly what's going on and what the end game of these scammers is that we suspect we know right Tracy joins us now Tracy listen thank you very much for holding and thanks for joining us on the program no problem Greg thanks a million I'm good Tracy I just wanted to chat to you off the back of a story you've been telling and it goes back to last Thursday what happened Tracy I did get a message it was two messages within a week actually I got from three saying that my some contract was going to be disactivated or deactivated sorry and I did freak out because I was like it's the second one within a week and unfortunately I did click the link but when I did click the link it did take me into the official three website but the message did say I didn't agree to the terms of service so I did click the link unfortunately was taken on to the actual three webpage but when I was there there was nothing you know there was no messages to say that I had to agree to any terms or anything so I did go on the web chat itself on three and was talking to you know their wee people on the web chat thing and told them the whole story and he said no that's definitely a scam that didn't come from us so I didn't know what to do so I ended up changing passwords on Facebook changed all that kind of stuff and that was grand that was eight o'clock last Thursday morning so there was nothing else off it after that so then I got a phone call do you know the way the location comes up on your phone sometimes where the phone calls from so it said it was from Calder so I answered it and he said he didn't give his name he said he was ringing from three that there was unusual activity on my account and I says right okay so he said there was an 850 pound transaction from Belfast that tried to happen on my account was that me and I was like no definitely not so he just said he was like did you lose your bank card did you give it to any friends and family and I was like no I have it here so he was like right what we're going to do now is we're going to have to cancel the card and send you out and excuse me sorry and send you out a new card so I says right okay so what do I have to do now because it was so genuine so he was like look you need to go on and I'm going to send you an activation code so I can have access to your account now bearing in mind I had the two young kids here running around the house and they were going crazy so I was just agreeing with them I was like yeah that's fine so he sent me the activation code and I had to read it out to so I read an activation code and he says that's grand I've got access to your account I will delete your cards I'll send you out a new user ID for your online banking and I'll send you out a new bank card and that will come within three to five working days so I says that's fine no bother he says you delete your online banking app and once you get your new user ID you read download the app and work it from there with your new user ID so I said that's perfect no bother and I did say to the man I was like these scammers would go through any lengths to get you and he was like oh it is actually crazy what's going on so that was it I was only a 10 on a phone call that ended and I got a phone call from another number and it was a double and best number so I answered it and it was a lady and she said hi Tracy I'm just ringing from Bank of Ireland and I thought right she says did you delete your online banking app and I said yeah I did yeah she says did you try and log in on a phone that's less than an iPhone 12 because I have iPhone 12 and I said no she says I think you're getting scammed and I was like I'm just off the phone literally 20 minutes ago to a man from Bank of Ireland and there was a transaction done well I tried it we don't create 160 sterling and she says no she was like that man did he send you an activation code and I says yeah she says he sent you that activation code so he could get into your account so he could do more damage I was like so was he not from Bank of Ireland and she says no that's what the scammers are doing now they're pretending they're being from Bank of Ireland so when they send you an activation code that gives them access to get into your account to do more damage wow I was baffled so who's real and who isn't real I've that's what I that's what I said you know what I mean she sent me through yeah I she put me through then to like the fraud department after we changed pens and stuff on my online banking and I says to the lady I was like how do I know what's genuine and what's not and she says if you think it's a bogus call you just hang up and ring the number on the back of your bank card but I said to her I was like that man seemed so genuine that I didn't have any worries of him you know being a scammer I was like the same way I'm talking to you I was like I don't know who's right and who's wrong yeah she was like unfortunately there's just so much of it that she was like it's nearly even better if you get a call from us just to hang up and ring back what's the number on the back of the card because if it's actually from them they will have it documented whereas if it's not then they're going to know that it was from a scammer so you even were talking about how nasty scammers are to the scammer and he was going oh you couldn't be up to them yeah yeah he was agreeing he was like it is crazy the lengths that they would go to so but when I was talking to the actual woman that rang me from three she was saying that so the link message that they had sent they do it that well now that they can copy the actual page that it looks real so he obviously the message came from their behalf and that gave them access to into my phone itself but they obviously couldn't get into the banking so when you're talking to three was that a fake three web page and a fake three chat box I don't think so no because I don't know what way it worked I whenever I click the link it took me through to this web page and then when I had to log on to my three it took me through the app to log on to the my three right okay it's complex crazy yeah did you you did you managed to did you manage not to lose anything no they didn't they didn't take anything which is great and the other woman now the from well I think was originally from three they did say but you're still to this point not actually a million percent sure that the actual woman who's fixing everything is and did you have to cancel the bank card yeah cancel the bank card and they are going to reissue me out another one no I did say to her when she put me through to the fraud woman and she was like do you have any questions I did say look I was like look F3 ring again as the location always going to be Dublin like because the first man was from cold air and she says what do you mean and I just said to her look the location shows up on my phone on where they're ringing from I was like so where's it going to be from Dublin and she just kind of giggled and she says I can't answer that because I'm actually an India yeah okay she's okay do you know she didn't know they can clone the numbers they can clone the number to say it's anyone's number so your phone would just believe it to be from wherever so they could do it from the local guarder station they can clone the hsc's number they can do whichever number they want to demonstrate to you they can that's the problem so right Tracy listen and I've been caught out with this with a similar things I had so many payments direct debits that were charged to the card and not actually a direct debit my had a couple of things almost cut off over the back of it's a double check all of that too Tracy I don't know if that's how you do things yeah all right I know I will definitely double check everything I think the advice is don't trust anyone I don't know what is that the advice do you know what I mean it's so complex all right Tracy listen thanks for that because I have no wi-fi in the house all right I have no wi-fi in the house so I was literally depending on my phone so that's why whenever I got the two messages within a week I thought it must be something and listen they know how to they know how to explain this I'll never click a link again no all right Tracy listen thanks for that good advice The 9 till noon show with O'Hara's of Fosford our new Baker 51 authentic sourdough celebrate 72 years of baking now is the perfect time to try it for yourself do you have niggling pain tighter sore joints back pain or maybe you're just getting ready for the start of the GA season CS injury clinic bun crana can help you we are now offering 30% off any treatment until the 9th of February call or text us on<PHONE_NUMBER> or online through CS injury Facebook and Instagram pages CS injury clinic move freely be healthy at B&Q get four for three on flooring and 20% off wall and floor tiles so 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i've been told it's 50-50 regardless of fault regarding the road talked about in your show why are people taking this route because of poor traffic management and lack of infrastructure it's not rocket science yeah indeed some people would agree what a load of bull this is re eurovision what a load of bull whatever happened to proper songs and people reading them on a strange road oh sorry this is nothing to do with the eurovision it's not songs it's signs i'll start that again this is about roads what a load of bull whatever happened to proper signs and people reading them on a strange road you read signs and drive accordingly all right this is on eurovision if you record a donkey to get a bag of crisps you could get an entry for eurovision this year's song is a joke well we tried the uh wrapping turkey so i know you might think that you're being extreme and ridiculous but we quite literally sent a turkey over to the eurovision so sometimes um reality is uh is is is a stranger truth 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serah's letter kenny serving food you'll love in serah's kitchen live on air online and on the hyland radio app this is hyland radio news good morning i'm akilah clark with the news at 10 o'clock a letter kenny business owner says staffs from businesses has become a major issue in the town it's after two women entered simpson's letter kenny yesterday and filled a trolley before fleeing the store and making off in a red scota jeep at around 4 p.m. gardy have confirmed that investigations are continuing the shop's owner marie carlin says better enforcement is needed to apprehend those responsible for staffs from local businesses it's just getting worse and worse over the last few months there's been a lot of incidents and the guards are doing their best to get to the bottom of this but these people are being taken to court and they're coming up with all sorts of problems and prosecution just is not happening they're just seem to be getting away with it and just constantly reoffending another crash has led to further calls for safety measures to be urgently installed on the ran road in letter kenny a car went off the road at the ran list stack junction over the weekend there has been a noted increase in traffic on the road due to long delays experienced while works were being carried out on the four lane road the main artery into letter kenny tenegal into representative mary t sweeney says a digital traffic kind and a feasibility study needs to be carried out she says the rise in larger vehicles on the road is also concerning a common sense to look at how much traffic is used to do digital kind of the traffic use in this road as a shortcut into letter kenny and what's even more concerning is the number of big articulated lorries or full big buses that have started to come in this way and i think really it might be their sat nav is directing it because it is the shortest route into letter kenny the dup is having a crunch meeting later so the party leaders come brief senior members on uk government proposals aimed at ending the storm and it's almost exactly two years since the party walked out of the executive in protest at post brexit deal terms the latest deadline to restore power sharing is the 8th of february just a week and a half away the justice minister is defending her record on immigration despite polling suggesting it's neither top concern among voters a new ipsos poll in the irish times puts it ahead of housing as the number one priority for the public it finds sentiment focused on arnan's inability to cope with the number of arrivals and the government's response minister helen mackinty says she's committed to improving the asylum process i'm doing everything that i can to make sure that our system functions in the best way possible and i have to say i think while people are concerned the vast majority of people want us to continue to protect people who seek international protection and to make sure that we have legal rules for other people an initial encounter is seeking an urgent meeting with tourism bodies to discuss the promotion of the peninsula kanzer johnny mcginnis says there's a fear among businesses that they will not survive the coming years if efforts are not made to increase tourist footfall in innis shown he says businesses have experienced a drastic during downturn and visitors to the area which having is having a serious knock-on effect kanzer mcginnis says there doesn't appear to be an equal promotion of innis shown i'm just hopeful that the incoming season will be better than than last year um from our own perspective we we noticed an an noticeable downturn in footfall and after speaking to a number of the tourism providers in the area and along the innis shown coastline everyone's of the same opinion that we're just not getting the footfall that we once enjoyed so whatever we can do to help that change whatever we can do to help the stakeholders that are there to promote the innis shown peninsula and the better life then we're all ready to do that further crime prevention patrols have been carried out along the dunnigal border guardi from the bunkrana district conducted the checkpoints in border areas yesterday they say the patrols and checkpoints will continue in an effort to prevent and detect crime in rural areas 1.3 million people will get a double lump sum welfare payment this week minister for social protection heather humphrey says it will be used will be issued to pensioners carriage people with disabilities low-income families and single parents it's on top of a 12 euro a week increase in social welfare payments the sum will be paid on the same basis as the christmas bonus around 51 200 people in dunnigal will receive the payment whether night overnight rain drizzle and mist will linger for a time today it will be cool with highest temperatures of five to seven degrees that's all from highland radio news for now we'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock until then you can keep up to date with the latest local news on our website highland radio dot com good morning the obituary notices for this monday morning january the 29th the death has occurred of michael meli collion let your mic award and formally from fintine michael's remains will be reposing emiglens funeral home this afternoon from three o'clock with rosary at eight o'clock removal to his own home tomorrow and let your mic award where family and neighbors are welcome funeral mass on wednesday at 12 noon in simbridge's church let your mic award with interment afterwards in kill bridget cemetery house is private on the morning of the funeral the death has taken place of patrick mcgarvey paddy barns lord termin patrick's remains are opposing at his late residents funeral from there tomorrow morning going to sing columbus church termin for recreation mass at 11 o'clock fall by interment in the adjoining cemetery rosary tonight at nine o'clock family time from 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock and on the morning of the funeral family flowers only please the death has taken place of theriza harkin nate galler fall more glinnie lee theriza's remains are opposing at her home where you're welcome to pay your respects theriza's funeral mass will take place tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in st mary's church book in cul d'aff fall by burial in the adjoining graveyard funeral mass can be viewed live on cul d'aff parish dot com family flowers only donations in new if desired to the dunigal hospice care of any family member the death has taken place of tony mcglinti formerly of rahini county dublin and dunigal town recreation mass is ongoing in high field health care oratory which will be followed by burial in sin columbus cemetery mass mine fanard at four o'clock today family flowers only donations if desired to the alzheimer society of arland care patrick sweeney funeral directors the death has taken place of neil bethin farne to oakfield court of boncranna neil bethin will repose at mcglucklin's funeral home boncranna today from three o'clock until five o'clock funeral from there to more morning at 22 10 going to st mary's oratory boncranna for 10 o'clock recreation mass with burial afterwards in cock hill cemetery the death has taken place of danie mccalier for brine hill park at glenn morning and formerly of dunamana funeral leaving quickly spewner home stroban this evening at quarter past five to st patrick's church coliney dunamana recreation mass to more morning at half past 11 interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery the death has taken place of john mcmonagall 64 sylvanian's park movill john germans are opposing at his home where you're welcome to pay your respects family time please until 11 o'clock john's funeral mass will take place this afternoon at 12 noon in sympiast the 10th church movill followed by burial in balibrak cemetery funeral mass can be viewed live on movill parish dot com family flowers only or if desired donations in lieu to the renal unit letter kenny university hospital care of any family member the death has taken place in london of david jerald mackey formerly church street remelton remains will arrive at st mary's church remelton this evening at seven o'clock funeral service tomorrow at 12 noon burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery funeral service can be viewed on church services dot tv family flowers only donations if desired to irish awareness care of patrick sweeney funeral directors and the death has taken place of eileen penrose nake hostelow late of bonkrana county dunningall formerly of balanahein county go away reposing at her nephew willy penrose's home balanchoe balina kargi county west mace arriving to the church of the nativity balina kargi for requiem mass this morning at 11 o'clock with burial afterwards in saunas cemetery for family information and more details regarding wigs and funerals please go to hindland video dot com let's join steve live for the build-up what's your prediction i've been watching this team for a very long time guardian i could tell you now the score will be three one there'll be our annoying corners and the french lad will score a header very specific steve it's bet builder from live score betpull you can combine markets from thousands of options to create your own bet or if you can make up your mind choose from the pre-built quick bet options which is exactly what you did isn't it bet builder from live score bet building a bet just got easier full account terms apply bed responsibly 18 plus gambling care dot ie and now imrose 2023 best local original news program the voice of the northwest the nine till noon show with greg hughes and you're very welcome back to the program approaching 10 minutes past 10 that lots of interesting stuff to talk about over the next hour the next two hours in fact so stay right where you are but first i want to get some of your comments coming in so far this morning and thank you so much for taking the time it's greatly appreciated we were speaking about that scam before the break mary says greg my friend was scammed the exact same way with the exact instructions given and they got scammed for five and a half thousand euro the scammers are also cloning amazon's exact phone numbers and all transaction details got scammed on amazon but it was the cloned amazon and that's it you see they can replicate the numbers they can replicate the websites and as we heard from tracy earlier on you know we're all very busy aren't we we're being pulled left and right and they know exactly how to exploit that next table turn from the bbc did a great piece on scammers not too long ago well worth watching another if anyone wants some eye opening about these scammers scam interceptors on bbc one on monday night at 8 30 is a great watch you'll be extra careful after that indeed i am on tiktok there is a person that exposes scammers as well which makes for quite interesting he actually infiltrates the scammers their webcams and phone lines and what have you i discovered six months ago the bank of ireland used call centres in india when i rang the call centre the scammers would ring straight away they have the same accents of the same area in india the banks have given them the technology to do this the guards will tell you not to interact with them but i do i tell them that i don't use any of the services that they mention if you get aggressive and tell them that they're wrong they leave you alone and banks that sold their atms use indian call centres are requests to be put through to an irish call centre so i know that it's not a scam the government needs to pay people in ireland to man these call centres big opportunity missed yesterday to have a double header in balaba fe just like to roam ladies and men's team had in oma would be a boost for ladies team to have some of the 5000 supporters in balaba fe than the 200 only 30 kilometers away in letter kenny corporation uh cooperation between both organizations will hopefully improve under mary cockleham's tenure indeed mixed results obviously a great dunagore performance or a good dunagore performance we'll talk about that later the ladies listen losing out but why wouldn't it be um a double header we can ask that question a little later on stay with us if you're interested in that another caller in that regard regarding the gaelic football yesterday the ladies were playing in letter kenny why did the gea not have a double header so that they could attend both in the cool park not many people were able to attend the ladies game because they were in balaba fame it is kind of interesting because there's a big campaign going at the moment from little it's very effective um and ladies gea we covered it on this program as to the poor attendance at football matches uh or that more people should go and support the ladies in their games that's what we can do but you don't want to set up whereby you have to choose either do you so i think that's shot themselves in the foot a little bit there if it was not possible and it wouldn't be practical for a lot of people to attend the ladies game and then the men's game i've just got a spam text that through my phone shall i open it for the crack to see what it says um this is actually really quite interesting because i am due a parcel at the moment and i just got a scam message from<PHONE_NUMBER> and it reads unsuccessful delivery attempt for parcel irl 384 blah blah blah go to https colon forward slash post dash dhl dash tracks and confirm your address to attempt your delivery gain i'd almost be tempted to do i've clicked the link oh no i've accidentally clicked the link just to see where the website goes and um my phone says it's not a good website don't go near it okay i just wanted to click it to see if anything was obvious to save you doing it but anyway it is interesting wait on a package today and also e-flow i don't all of these go into my spam i don't actually get them um they go into the spam folder e-flow you've been recorded using the motorway without paying the appropriate charge visit e-flow payment dash fee dash online for additional fine of 5750 will be sent to your home another scam on past your parcel has been redirected ups uh is subject to customs panel dash ups dot com not with these aren't website addresses at all netflix your last payment was declined please confirm your um information go to reactivate dash account dot nas and other scam more from ups revenue our record show that your tax refund of 247 euro can now be claimed i didn't realize i get so many of these uh this is only in the last couple here's another one hi dad my phone is broken can you send me a message on whatsapp on this number and it's a link that's a dirty one isn't it hi man another one i broke my phone whatsapp me on my new number i'll wait 99680975 and on they go another one from government the government trying to give me money which is nice but actually just as we were speaking i got that scam dexed in and i am waiting on the parcel um why did they send people out to play during the bad weather last week how was it okay to play asks a listener um that's in the mechanical final is that what you're talking about in fairness and for balance a comment on the alignment of hr salaries with rte um in fairness and for balance a comment on the alignment of hr salaries with rte i don't know what that actually means my ignorance apart pardon me obviously i know nothing about music because i thought the song was pathetic well you do know something about music you have your own tastes and you didn't like it um and sometimes i think our taste on things we try and sort of get everyone to think the exact same but music is so subjective and you could even go music that's not music but that's also subjective to artists as well so i mean if you didn't like it that's your personal opinion and if you were on the voting panel it wouldn't go through but you weren't and it did uh so i respect your opinion and it stands there with equal strength and power as any one else's uh should send the turkey back to the revision better than that song says a listener and on it goes mixed views actually but there is um a mixture i'm going to keep going with the comments after we take a break and go to our next guest stay right where you are the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on highland radio it's time for vision ireland bingo on highland radio it's monday the 29th of january you're playing on the green sheet the reference number is s1 it's game number five the numbers are 46 90 one 52 68 54 nine 14 55 and finally 57 phone your claim to nine one zero four write double three before eight tonight leave your name contact number and the name of the shop where you purchased your book and we'll call you back the next working day get all your vision ireland bingo information at highland radio dot com new this week in home store and more 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and the party has been involved in protracted talks now with the british government aimed at securing concessions on the arrangements that would address its concerns around trade and sovereignty right okay pat mccart joins us on the program now good morning to you pat thank you so much for your time good morning it's good to have you with us as always right um i suppose the dup of i don't know if you could say they've been painted into a corner now but it's coming close to a decision time for them how do you assess what's going on well the secretary of state chris heaton harris uh gave the deadline for february it's for the restoration of devolution so uh without question your term they have painted themselves into a corner but they have to make a decision somewhere before now uh between uh february eighth greg so uh there's a meeting tonight of the assembly are the executive sorry and there's 130 members of the executive and apparently by all accounts uh jeffrey donson this or jeffrey donson the leader is going to give a detailed update on what's going on now there was a meeting about about 10 days ago friday where they thought there would be a big decision and they sort of chickened out of making the decision then but the bottom line is they have to make one soon so i presume the the only complication that tonight's greg it apparently the officer board is the only people can make the decision to accept you know that that famous expression yay or nay in regard to this and apparently there's not a meeting of that tonight now well they could nod it through uh the whole assembly saying we are the executive said we agreed to it or not but legally as far as i know only the officer board can accept this deal or not so if they're not meeting tonight i'd suggest that first of all it's going to be softening up the party to tell them what's happening and then depending on the whatever way they read the room tonight they will make a decision maybe tomorrow or jeffrey jeffrey donson will they return or not i beg your pardon jeffrey donson those seems to be in an impossible position because even if he does sort of uh try and impress uh for an acceptance of what's on the table we uh read last night an orange lodge which includes two former d up politicians tells jeffrey the party must not return to stormont until its seven tests are fully met members unanimously expressed grave concerns about the likely deal with no voice of support so that's i suppose you could call the grassroots and people with influence so if he goes against that kind of mood that kind of opinion within his own party will that sort of really uh raise his question marks about his his leadership and if he goes in the other direction well where does that leave the party especially in the face of further strikes in the north and and what have you it's a very difficult little position pat yeah i think for such an experience politician sir jeffrey has well left himself very little regular room you when you ask uh greg for seven tests to be met and say you won't return well basically you're sort of saying right unless i get my seven tests i've lost and greg he's lost the british government i don't think it's moved in any of them now they've made promises on in regard to funding they've made promises in regard to the green lien that there will be some legislation introduced and that and they've also been made promises that they won't divert from the EU in regard to various trade standards and so on but that's all promises it's not legislation it's not hard and fast but i love there was a one that jim allister kate hoy ben have been the sort of right-wing tori ampey and jimmy bresson issued a statement yesterday and which he said uh the the progression of a constitutional obscenity of a partitioning border in the airy sea was totally unacceptable and the dup should not return uh to uh the executive unless it was removed i thought that these people don't do air irony if you consider the fact that they don't see anything wrong with prediction partition the island of ireland but that's that's a sort of side the bottom line drag is that uh sir jeff is going to be between a rock and a hard place no matter what way he goes because without question do i remember a big way back in the day when i was a young editor in the dairy journal old republicans used to say to me that the whole idea of the troubles was to make northern ireland ungovernable to to portray it as a field entity it seems now more than ironic that the people ensuring that northern ireland is a field entity is the are the unions like when it's there's no when there's no government there's no executive 150 000 people took to the streets what 10 days 12 days ago and protest the public service workers haven't got paid they have the worst uh health waiting lists and all of uh britain and the they have the least disposable income in all of britain so northern ireland is not exactly a success story right now no and it's just interesting to see the language you mentioned jamie brison there uh for for all his faults and otherwise he is an influential voice he's calling this a surrender deal but it seems really that the dup are outliers in this uh and you know what can they achieve by not going in any longer um because for all the reasons that you've been outlining here it's hard to see how it plays out if it's another no or another nay well if it's no or nay it's the dup's on a very sticky wicked but what i think might happen rig you know we don't know the deal yet there might be more sweeteners than we know uh jeffrey dollison has probably got right first of all they've got three and a half billion uh and that will sort out some of the public pay sector there are also promises on the the green lane now the of course heating harris they might pull out a few rabbits out of the hat uh in the next couple of days to sweeten the deal and all the rest but the one thing that the unions can't do is stay out a dev a devolution if there there's going to be a return to direct rule no matter what way they dress it up there will have to be an advanced stroll or an an stroll for doubling and that's a reality and as well as that there's more and more trade now going north and south and there's no way greg the one bottom line is there is no way that the british government are going to start renegotiating renegotiating with the that's a dumb deal and basically what's on the table is now what's on the table yeah but you i think you've you've mentioned as you always do a few interesting points in that you know when you set out the seven red lines that can't be met they will not be met so then you could say well sweeten the deal once you've said we can't accept unless we get our our seven our seven measures met so even if the deal is sweeten can you accept it and and really too is this not really all about not wanting to play second fiddle shin fame there are so many people that actually believe that's the big issue can you imagine greg come let's say tonight you know hypothetically that's accepted and it's not just through and on thursday there's suddenly there's a new formation of an administration at starman an out front and center as shin fiends michel o'neill the symbolicness of that is unbelievable for the first time in the foundation of the northeastern state basically a nationalist or republican is out front you know the whole premise of the partition was the almost to have a unionist majority and perpetuity and like for 50 years we had a one-party statement we all know the problems of that because now for unionism symbolically did or to produce greg that would make a hell of a difference and it will certainly cause a major issues and a lot of people think that one of the big issues for people like brison kate hoey bennabeeb and various others a jim allister as they simply can't stomach a nationalist front first minister and there does seem to be an element of truth and and as much as there's politics being played with with britain politics being played within northern island and played north and south in ourland there is an awful lot of politics being played within unionism in northern island at the moment like if there were another election you know who would be standing for what what would the dup would be standing for what alternative voices might be there more hardline voices i don't know like it would make it would make for i mean as i say i think there's a bit of jockeying going on here as well within unionism which is probably i don't think i've revealed anything i think that's pretty obvious i think it was john heum said many many years ago that every time unionism walked away from the table they come back weaker and if they walk away from the table this time they will certainly come back weaker because they're going to be another split and another split uh the the problem for unionism there's there's no unity in unionism uh you can go from the sort of loyalists right and then you can go into the d up you can go to gem allister and then you can go to the u up like people like um what you can't do baby um very much see the danger of what's happening right now he is basically saying unions are doing more damage to the union than nationalists have ever done and they are you know you can see rishi sunak reg has basically bowed out he's he i think he came to northern once uh he has got his deal done the ones or framework the last thing he wants to do is open a pandora's box on the Tory party and start a whole lot of them fighting again he's got a deal done with the EU and i presume keith's uh sir kiris darmer if he is the next prime minister is most certainly going to try and work even closer with the EU he's already said that the brexit has not been the the sort of goal of the honey the land of milk and honey that everybody was told you know the 350 million a week for the national health service and all that sort of stuff brexit has proved a bit of disaster the british economy is basically flatlining they haven't made the big deals with america or anywhere else that the big trade deals that they said they were going to make it hasn't worked out at all so the their biggest market for 550 million people is in the EU it's in their interest to stay stay as closely aligned with the US bottle so i don't i don't think they're going to worry too much about 900,000 unions in northern ernan's when they have 600 or 550 million people in europe to do a trade deal and and the d up here trying to sort of as you say where do they get support trying to tell the british people about seaboarders and stuff you know uh and and you know we need to cut our ties with the EU and as you say the sentiment over there is the majority actually now i think maybe brexit wasn't a good idea so your argument kind of is really falling on on deaf ears and if you're in london you're hearing how much money's going in there what the be you're going well you know what else do you need we know there's a bit of apathy in in britain to to uh northern ireland and its politics now uh post troubles which um thank god we're post troubles so it's and then you wonder what the the audience is within northern ireland as well so to put you to the pin of your collar then pat what how do things play out as far in your opinion basically i think on the officer board uh of the d up i think sir jeff has about a 75 majority seven there's 12 members i think seven would vote for a deal to return five probably one some of the big beast greg in the d up people like i was watching sir jeff's speech last week in the house of commons and i was thinking why is a and paisley sitting behind him so directly was that either to sort of show support or to make sure that everybody saw the expression on his face that he was not in favor of what's going on here but lord dodds uh jeff african dodds is not in favor of it lord morrow is not in favor of a and paisley i'm not sure but i think he's against it as well but then you have people like gavin robinson and uh michelle macklevin uh edwin pooch apparently the former first minister isn't is in favor of it gregory campbell stayed very quiet but the fact that he hasn't said anything against it i presume he he's one of the persuadables so according to various sources seven of the fact of the twelve members of the officer board in favor of sir jeffrey going back into these dormants that's the case then the dormant could be up but the opposite but if that if that got your kid who is here how do they bring the rest of d up how do they bring if if it if it's so divided at the top table how can and there'll be an awful lot of anger from the rank and file members how can they stay in that position then because they say right this is what we suggest but if it's not what you want i mean how could you stay in that position if you make a decision that seem is seemingly so at odds with what these powerful voices and orange lodges and and others think it's just mean to position somewhat untenable you couldn't get it over the line with those people you're you couldn't work with them going forward it would be very difficult you'd imagine yeah but it's a big the alternative as as what it's the only show in town if they turn this down where do they go you know if in other words they become the sort of the shun fain of the 1960s they're basically they make northerners and unworkable and ungovernable and that's that's for unionism that's a disaster so a lot of people maybe in unionism might not like this deal but it's might might be the least worst option for them greg you know some goods coming over that getting stamped or maybe have a custom inspection bottom line for unionism uh is that there can be no constitutional change until a majority so stores its sides on the terms of good freddy agreement it doesn't change the constitutional position okay it might sort of weaken some sort of aspects of and lead sort of more trade for the republic and and maybe give the south more influence but the bottom line is the only place and these islands where the EU and the UK meet is on the island of Ireland and there was always going to have to be some sort of trade deal done on the island of Ireland and the ones your frame looks like that's the deal and unionists are going to have to learn to accept that okay thank you very much indeed i do appreciate your time as always have a wonderful day pat and we'll see how things pan out that is pat mccart there um good morning greg on sunday sorry on saturday morning in the bon crana area there was a black helicopter flying very low over the top of houses can you find out why this was pleased now there are quite a number of helicopters fly around the place um leisure leisure craft they're not um anything dodgy or anything um so possibly is that it's probably just someone flying around the place i don't know or there is sometimes a helicopter that is used instead of the 118 that i've heard described in such uh in such a manner i don't know if anyone out there and i'm sure there is someone out there knows why a black helicopter was flying over homes low on saturday morning please let us know we can pass it on to that listener the government and the media has to listen to the majority of the irish people and put a cap on immigration immediately a referendum is required on the new EU packed on asylum migration as demanded by the lisbon treaty well maybe the election is uh the um the referendum you talk of i know that's not what you want but another qualifier so i think going with the times that's in it's the irish song for the eurovision has a good chance of getting through this year and finishing in the top five what will the begrudgerous have to say then i'm a big fan of eurovision but not particularly fond of the change of format but hey life has changed and it is a theatrical you know type of a thing now isn't it hi greg wonder could you mention having been to the donagore sports awards last friday night i have to commend the organizers in the venue can imagine there is so much organizing to put on such an event which is so enjoyable and inclusive of all sports it really was great to see so many athletes from all types of sport across the county well done to all nominees and winners on the night i was contacted by a few people who are fans of bowls uh with some concerns i didn't get to fully read the messages yet but uh yep no doubt hugely successful uh hi greg we're over near st johnston no broadband since storm isha can't help thinking it might have something to do with the tree lying on the fibre cable near balaba fae on the lyford letter kenny road the telegraph poles are bent in from the strain not sure who's responsible even well hopefully you've gone on to your company and they should be able to give you some more information um let me see the song to represent 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covid and then uh the gradually the numbers got bigger and bigger and uh the the group has gone from strength to strength uh we were there's a proxy approximately 60 odd members now in the group it's impressive and and yeah and we meet welcome so we meet uh four times a week to swim social end of it and all so that's where it all started and we made a lot on beach a very busy beach used by lots and lots of people so we have a member we had a member uh shaneid mclaughlin a very valuable member and um she unfortunately had an incident on the beach and we have decided as a group who responds for the defibrillator on the beach and breech um shaneid was incredibly well thought of um and and i suppose it's fitting that this is being uh done in her memory yeah with the memory of shaneid because she was a treasured member of the group um she was very involved in the community she was a lovely girl and this will benefit everybody what you would love you know um and we feel it's very important to have it on the beach as well because it's it saves lives more or less and it's essential for the community yeah it really is um we know all too well there's some excellent information that the people put up in terms of the the amount of times they're called out to do with instances and and and how the defib can make a difference and it's for everyone it's uh for for members of your group it's for uh holiday makers or other locals do you know what i mean that so many people potentially uh could benefit from this uh breech yeah that's right i'm the good thing about this the whole community is chipping together and they're buying it it's not the swally seeds we're just getting it out there everybody else is buying this here so it's great it's great everybody coming together to do this in memory of shaneid and as part of this fundraiser marion there is a coffee morning taking place in old flaher tea's bar tell us a bit about that yeah we uh started a few weeks ago with the tickets selling tickets and uh we first of all have uh places that are selling the tickets uh for loads of beautiful prizes uh at bradley spilling station apple green fringe on krana and initial gateway and also super value have allowed us last had allowed us last Friday to sell tickets at their entrance to their shop uh but the highlight and the all of this coming together will be on friday morning uh starting around 10 15 until approximately 130 or two to a clock 2 p.m and um does everybody come along and support us yeah this is uh we're hoping for a good turnout we have some excellent bakers in our group and in the community who are who are all supporting uh the cause on friday yeah and on the second friday the second of february and bridge um i think you know obviously uh and my condolences as well in that use use have lost a a member of of the group but also a friend and i think the generosity up until now uh and hopefully carrying on through friday is a testimony to how well thought of shaneid was and what she meant to people that that that's why people are giving i think the response that they are up until now and and will into the future yeah well everybody's been so kind and so generous and shaneid would have just loved this she would have she's she would have just loved this wouldn't she all right he would have uh she would have been the first one to be doing something herself yeah she would have loved it i yes it'll blast through the the talk and i hope yeah and as well as that we want to mention if we have money left over we're going to donate it to the rnla and uh new charity mcranit the mcranity mcranas first responders brilliant okay and those first responders groups are genuinely amazing now you can get all of the information on a facebook page um and it's defibrillator for london beach facebook page there are if people can't buy tickets on the from outside the area but love the beach or want to support you guys and remember shaneid there's a revolute number there as well so there's no excuse but ultimately really why we're speaking to you as well is to get along to olflarity's bar main street on friday the second of february uh marion's pretty loose with the times 10 10 15 i'll finish it off one two i think just get just get there for 10 get there for 10 and something will be happening and it might finish it off one or it might finish it too but there'll be loads of stuff and a cup of tea or coffee for you is that right marion yeah the the door is completely open and uh anytime at all anybody wants to come along they we will not be turning any one away and we would like also to thank olflarity's bar and uh their owners and staff who have been so accommodated to us yeah so far and just again to to remember uh shaneid mcglotland bridge who this is uh all about so i mean we would love if uh she she was with us still of course but as i said it's a beautiful way to honor her memory and again uh my condolences on just losing a very valuable group member and a real friend as well because it's sad that it's this is why we're doing this but a war user doing it but still it's uh in her memory and as you said she'd love it yeah she would just love this so okay listen i'm sure it's going to be a huge success keep us updated anything any further help i can give her whatever let us know we'll be more than happy to do that and get along to olflarity's bar main street friday the second of uh february believe it or not uh from 10 15 onwards and there'll be loads of great stuff there won't there take off these bakes i'm sure and all that kind of beautiful stuff loads of prizes loads of prizes on the day well done to y'all thank you so very much indeed take care bye bye that's marion simpson and breej kulhoon part of the swilly seals swimming group from bonkranow the nine till noon show with oh harris of foxford it took us 72 years to perfect our deliciously authentic baker 51 sourdough bread one bite and you'll agree true 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water heat pump and new flex underfloor heating visit grant dot ie mainly dry today with hazy sunny spells highest temperatures of five to seven degrees in light to moderate northerly winds now new rules introduced by the european parliament will be instrumental we're told in revealing the true extent of the silent industry of human trafficking in arland maria walsh mvp was amongst a group of mvps that wrote the revision to the eu's anti trafficking directive aimed at strengthening protections for victims of trafficking and maria walsh joins us on the program now maria thank you so much for your time as always thank you good morning to you all um what is human trafficking sort of in an irish context yeah so for those listening human trafficking is the trade of humans uh for be it for forced labour for sexual slavery sexual exploitation uh we've also seen increases of uh the use of trafficking children through uh drug cartels and also labour and sexual exploitation and there's a physical and of course an online uh way of how it's uh controlled and dare i say coercive control in in bringing people innocent people into the trafficking industry so we've seen reports of a significant amount of women and young girls be trafficked online the selling of a story from a trafficker about a future relationship opportunity both inside the EU and outside the EU um a better life uh and then that force of coercive control uh and then uh unfortunately we've also seen high numbers of of uh again disproportionately affecting women and young girls um taken from streets and just moved very quickly yeah and i think the reason i wanted you to clarify that maria because i think the a lot of us might think it's about moving people in lorries or what have you you know and i'm not saying that's not the case but it's just i think the imagery or the notion that people associate with human trafficking and we're not talking and if we were if we were it would still be bad we're not talking about one or two people a year or five or ten or a problem we actually don't really know the extent of extent of we do have really quite firm estimates as to the amount of people trafficked in and out of arland on an annual basis yeah so um this report this revision on human trafficking so the initial report say or the initial body of legislation happened about 12 years ago um and the reason uh the revision has happened uh and some might listening might say well do we need a revision this quickly or some say why didn't we have this a lot sooner i would be in the latter category considering the amount of people uh being trafficked that we know of so right now from working with experts within the anti-slavery and trafficking organizations a gentleman called Kevin Highland who worked very closely for 30 years in the united kingdom as a police officer very much focusing on ending and eradicating the anti-antitrafficking and the trafficking movement he led his expertise also in arland but with speaking with him over the course of this rewrite of legislation he estimates about 3000 to 4000 people have been trafficked in and out of arland on a yearly basis uh when you look at the EU overall about 18 member states out of the 27 have seen dramatic increases of people being trafficked however what this revision is calling for is more data and more reporting so we actually know the full extent so what do we do about the people though because listen this is completely anecdotal but i have read court cases of of women that have been brought before the courts and they've been accused of of being sex workers or so they've admitted that and they've been told you know you can avoid this but you have to return home in a certain amount of time and that's that and i just wonder you know like if they are victims and probably are what supports are being given to them what level of understanding what is happening to ensure that there isn't some person sitting outside in a van waiting for them to walk out of the court do you know what to mean that like absolutely and and i'm so glad you brought this up because this was something that was quite contentious in the parliament um and something as co-writers um or as we say shadow rapporteurs and rapporteurs were really keen on making sure we were distinguishing those that are the traffickers and those that are being trafficked and ultimately if you are an EU citizen and i have to stress to those listening a quarter of registered traffickers uh sorry a quarter of registered victims being trafficked in the EU are from the member states so to back to your question previously you know you assume they're coming from far enough lands they're coming over in various forms uh illegally but that's not always the case in trafficking so i just really want to just distinguish that when we look at those victims what was happening on what was being reported by NGOs and we heard from people who had come through and sadly been trafficked and are now on the other side trying to rebuild your life they were excluded from various forms of supports at a in member state so we really wanted to fix that and when in this revision it would mean that if you were from outside the EU it wouldn't discontinue or make you push you out of the asylum or the international protection mechanism so those supports in place that you would still be able to apply and move through that when you are an EU citizen those move a little bit quickly because you are obviously born here or have resided here for a long period of time and it's about getting the appropriate therapy support working with the guards in our case on the judicial system and very much putting the victim and the survivor at the center and just just finally because we don't have a ton of time to those in terms of like in fairness to the guard we've had guard on this program appealing to people who may be trafficked uh and who are the victim of crime or whatever it might be to come forward and they'd be listened with uh they'd be dealt with sympathetically and i i accept that that's the case okay but uh we have to make sure that the whole system is designed in that way because we don't really know what's happening to these people because i would imagine many of them don't come forward you know they've already been the victim of trafficking but what are the victims of when they're actually here now i know i'm focusing on a certain group of traffic no no fear and fear pays but this is a really important conversation because i think fear pays um uh is it compelling argument you know you're terrified to put your hand forward because do you face prosecution uh for any crimes uh perhaps uh prostitution that you are in part of do you have family members in other in other member states or other countries that are that you're being told are also uh in play here and and could face uh real serious injury and harm um do you have enough financial supports to actually uh move through this so there's a lot of implications and and to your point i really compel uh anybody who believes or thinks of or themselves are being trafficked please reach out we have uh we have an anti-trafficking unit within the guards please please use them uh and make sure that that they're able to do their job and ultimately this revision is about reporting collecting data educating and training judicial uh systems law enforcement people who are working in hotels that have might see a high rate of those being trafficked so it's all around being and showing up better for each other so that we can eradicate the the hundred and fifty billion dollar industry that we have worldwide that's what i was going to say and and in terms of the human trafficking and those that are trafficked here uh uh you know and it falls to be sex workers or whatever it might be there are also customers as well uh and i think people should be conscious of whether or not they are supporting um the exploitation of people on on this level and just in 30 seconds if you can where will arland get this information the data to pass on to the european commission if you know what i mean so that's one thing i don't fully get on absolutely so ngos and how they work on the ground so i got to give a shout out to mechpats who do a lot within the child trafficking space or rumus who does a lot within prostitution and sexual exploitation space here in arland um you have obviously members of the guards um our frontline services in terms of those who work in hospitals hospitality i know mechpats is doing a lot of training with semi-state bodies like too slow also so that we can be aware of it people are trained and that feeds into on an annual basis so ultimately we know then different revisions there is a piece of work to do online uh and i say that as an irish m e p in a country where we have a number of uh large tech companies so we've a lot of work to do at national level and across the e u to make sure anybody who's uh involved in the trafficking online space in that course of control gets shut down and gets shut down a lot faster okay m e p maria walsh thank you very much for your time we'll be back with the news just a minute or two past 11 the nine till noon show with ohara's of foxford it takes 18 hours to perfect our new 18 hour fermented sourdough bread one bite and you agree true taste takes time on the wings of a snow hot country tv sky five eight eight in association with highland radio resent in concert a tribute to country music legend charlie bride by his brother steven and six-piece band with guests at the margarita hotel letter kenny wednesday 27th of march 2024 here over 40 of charlie brides hits this is a concert not to be missed tickets 25 euro available from hotel reception now is that the new opal yes of course does it really look that good yes of course is a fun to drive yes of course is a patch with smart tech yes of course can i test drive it right now at manor 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meeting this evening to be briefed on british government proposals aimed at ending the political deadlock in northern arland an email invitation says leader jeffrey donaldson will provide a detailed update on the current political situation the storm and assembly collapsed almost two years ago when the dup withdrew in protest over post brexit trade rules a letter kenny business owner says theft has become a major issue in the town it's after two women entered simpsons in letter kenny yesterday and filled a trolley before fleeing the store and making off in a red school to jeep at around four p.m. gardi have confirmed that investigations are continuing another crash has led to further calls for safety measures to be urgently installed on the ran road in letter kenny in recent days a car went off the road at the ran livestock junction there has been a noted increase in traffic on the route due to long traffic delays being experienced while works were being carried out on the forlain road the main artery into letter kenny an initial cancer is seeking a meeting with tourism bodies to discuss the promotion of the peninsula cancer johnny mcginnis says there is a fear among businesses that they will not survive the coming years if efforts are not made to increase at first footfall in the area further crime prevention patrols have been carried out along the dunningall border gardi from the bonkana district conducted the checkpoints in border areas yesterday they say the patrols and checkpoints will continue in an effort to prevent and detect crime in rural areas dunningall county council is being urged to do more to support households who are disposing of rubbish responsibly councillor patrick mcginnis says he is concerned about the ongoing illegal dumping taking place across the county which dunningall county council has acknowledged and 50 lambs have been stolen from land in county dairy the texel and suffix bradio lambs which have orange markings are reported to have been taken from a field on teenock road in claudy sometime between 7 p.m. on thursday last and 7 a.m. on friday morning those are the latest headlines we'll be back with an update again at 12 interesting story there about people disposing of the rubbish responsibly of course mikaela we shouldn't dump rubbish it should be put into your blue bin or whatever but do people really know what happens to their rubbish when it's put in the recycle bin and you know the way they say that you can contaminate like your blue bin rubbish yeah but most of that rubbish is taken straight to an incinerator and burned or it's exported and then what happens to it there was a case one of the councils in the north actually that i can't remember now actually where it was and facts don't matter carry out they weren't disposing of the rubbish like they were just dumping it all on we burn it like it's burnt and or it's exported or it's buried do you know what i mean but we have this notion that we're putting yeah i did think it went to like a factory and all the cans were crushed and yeah that's exactly what we all think but i must get more information on that because it doesn't really work like that but be that as it may responsible is not dumping it in our beautiful landscape of course i don't want to take away from that important point all right mikaela chat to you in a bit changing habits around how we use electricity at home is more important than ever and if the first change is a switch to a flow gas smart meter tariff you're off to a great start with smart energy decisions like avoiding peak usage errors between five and seven p.m the savings can make it really worthwhile i'm aving gary and i'm changing my habits see how i get on and discover more useful tips at flow gas dot ie flow gas energy for everyone terms and conditions apply now a texture says uh highland radio apparently chose not to report on the new EU asylum migration deal and the fact that arland and danmark has an opt-out of EU immigration policies under the disbond treaty and the fact that a referendum is required in both countries the objective seems to be kept from the donagore public or to keep it in the dark well it's if anyone wants to come on and talk about that that's fine i did reference and i've talked about it a couple of times because i noted that leo vradkar when he was over in davos he said that arland is likely to opt out of it effectively so we can pay a financial contribution instead of accepting more migrants this onto the new european union pact on migration and he said that and he pointed out and i'm not here to speak on his behalf but he's on the record of saying it's so it's important to put it on the record because people think we're not talking about it he said that arland has an option to provide financial resources and as an alternative to accepting more migrants under the pact now maybe you're talking about exiting the pact all together but the government is certainly exploring the fact and says it's more likely to to actually pay a fine and not accept migrants rather than now maybe you're saying there should be an immigrant referendum so that we don't actually pay those fines at all at all i don't know but the pact some of the key points it introduces a uniform screening process for the identification of non-eU nationals upon their arrival in a member state developing a common database to detect unauthorized movements making asylum return and border procedures more efficient establishing an asylum migration management regulation that will see some member states have the option to pay a monetary contribution rather than accepting migrants that's the part of it that we're likely to employ and to prepare the EU for a situation of migration crisis including the instrumentalization of migrants which means to organize okay so that is it we've talked about it on a number of occasions maybe not in the detail perhaps that you wanted but there it is and the latest stance from government seems to be that they are likely to opt out we shall see oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand if you want to talk about that or anything by the way nothing is nothing is vetoed in that regard by the way right okay we got this correspondence from a listener who doesn't want to speak but we want to offer some advice or help and I'll read it as it was sent to us uh dear greg did anyone have issues with employment and the effort in helping you get employment if you have mental health issues because I have terrible issues with my mental health I feel like no one really cares I just get thrown out on a scheme but it's not helpful I feel like I'm just being pushed from pillar to post for years something has to be done people with mental disabilities have a right to work too we eat just like everyone else we've a right to a chance instead of being thrown to all of these services and getting no help according to all employers we don't have the experience in their field but it's not our fault we are willing to work as hard as anybody else but employment is not willing to help us it comes across like I've never worked in my life but I have had paid work that I had worked in four years employers are not willing to give you a chance we're stuck with doing work experience hoping or thinking we'll get a job at the end of the month or year which is not always the case and that's a year wasted I don't have anywhere else to turn please help me I'm willing to work the same jobs as anyone else I think employers should see past the mental illness in an interview and should see she or he so see she or he can get worked on and takes directions and is punctual employers should be more willing to take on people like us because we feel like we're not wanted this needs to change we have bills to pay too professor Brendan Kelly's a professor of psychiatry of Trinity College Dublin and he joins us on the program now good morning professor thank you so much for your time good morning Greg how are you I am okay and I think we accept don't we that it can be a struggle for people with mental health issues to gain in employment yes yes it can be difficult and the dilemma that your listener outlines is a common one as I imagine they might know having spoken to other people who've met with similar difficulties we know worldwide this is an issue and it's there's a couple of things and I suppose the first and biggest thing is this idea of stigma being wrongly associated with mental health issues mental mental illness and treatment and this is very common among employers sometimes they this is not conscious on their part it can be unconscious on their part but it still has the same effect which is to lock certain people out of paid employment from an employer's perspective are they saying to themselves I've got two candidates here and I've got one with no mental health issues and I've got one with mental health issues or poor mental health or however this person describes as mental health issues themselves are they always going to go with the person that that doesn't present or admit with mental health issues and and if so what can we do about that so not all employers take you know take take that attitude and and some of them are very fair and however it can be difficult to figure out and very difficult to work out you know why certain decisions are being made you know there is a quality legislation and once a person is in the workplace it can be easier to identify discrimination or problems but when it comes to selecting people for employment sometimes you know the category of general suitability and similar phrases are used but some employers do take a really positive approach to this but it sounds like your listener hasn't encountered any of those there are a couple of things that we can do to help and there is a program called individual placement and support IPS individual placement and support and across many community mental health teams in Ireland there are specific staff members who are trained to provide guidance and support to people with mental health issues who are applying for employment and they can carry that into the workplace so sometimes with the person's agreement this IPS or individual placement and support officer can help support the person in the workplace and hopefully alleviate some of that concern that certain employers might have regarding employing somebody who has a history of mental health issues. One of the enormous difficulties though Greg is this can force people to you know not to confide or force people you know to feel to feel ashamed or to feel like they shouldn't speak out and so forth and that is problematic but in terms of the mental health services community mental health teams most of them now have access to what's called IPS an IPS worker and they can be and if your listener punches individual placement and support Donegal into if they're in Donegal indeed into into a search engine they will come up with the relevant resource that will provide some support in the search for employment. Yeah and I mean obviously we're talking about difficulties in the workplace with mental health issues it's not just that this is we have talked as well even just last week someone would end up meet your ISIS for instance having to take up too much time work and looting their jobs also in terms of you know women going through the menopause for an example so it's not exclusive to people with mental health issues often employers will seemingly take the path of least resistance on on either mental health or physical issues. Yes and of course employers you know feel an enormous responsibility for their business for their other emp