deep in to be something even worse. I really hope that whoever is responsible that this is nipped in the bud. We do have guarded diversion programmes in Ruffo, so the local kids are being looked after. We have a good bunch of young people in the town and we have great scouts. There's lots of really good work being done by those youth groups. And I don't think it's young people either. It could be anybody. So we don't know until and it's impossible to point a finger at something that's done in the dark of night and you wake up in the morning to find the whole place is all smashed up. So I hope that we are able to get to the bottom of this and that somebody, some responsible person knows what happened and there's contrite and will come forward and say, look, this happened and shouldn't have happened and we're sorry or they're sorry or whatever. So you can only hope for that to happen. And certainly any other time, it's something that shouldn't happen. It just should not happen. It does really. I don't get it, but it does. We had another bizarre incident last week as well. Mary Hart, listen, thanks for your time. I do appreciate it. And thank you very much for helping us highlight the time. It's critical. It happens. Okay. Thank you so very much indeed. That is Mary Hart. They're awful thing to be done to a beautiful town like that. I was a grade A student stage listener throughout the year, but suffered from extreme exam anxiety and barely scraped through my exams. I shouldn't have been so anxious as I had two successful careers in my 65 years. I was only asked for exam results once in over 30 years of working. Yeah, indeed. Good morning, Greg. What it shows is how badly our kids are really taught at school and we have to fudge the figures for them all to pass. Your teacher can say what he wants. This is off the back of our Friday panel, but teachers aren't up to scratch these days. If they stuck to teaching course subjects, reading, writing, arithmetic, you're not there to be their friend or push an agenda or how you feel or think. Another caller says, I suspect the results of a referendum would show a clear majority against, perhaps it would give us some leverage in migrant negotiations. These are the calls that we get quite frequently for a referendum on whether or not we should subscribe to the EU's migration policy. Saturday morning, I was going through the HSE action plan. Just from time to time, you don't go through some of this stuff in case someone texts in or if it comes up in a subject matter or not. So I was going through the HSE's urgent and emergency care operation plan just off the back of a lot of the calls that we get. And I recall back 2016, the target for everyone, I think, to be given a bet if they need one in the ED was nine hours. And I was able to double check that it's hard to find out precisely what it is. But anyway, the new relatively new HSE action plan, urgent and emergency action plan, it sets out a target for an inpatient bed for sick over 75s in the ED, right? So I put it out on social media and asked people to guess what they believe it to be. So what would you say the target for an inpatient bed for a sick over 75s person is in EDs across this country?  What do you believe the weight should not exceed for that person? Well, and this is 2023 for you. No patient. This is a direct quote from the plan that I talk of. No patient aged over 75 will wait more than 24 hours in an emergency department for an inpatient bed. So that is how regressive things have become. So the target now is if you're 78, and you're so sick that you need a bed in the hospital, they say you shouldn't have to wait more than 24 hours. I really find that quite remarkable. Okay, now apologies if you are watching, and you had an interruption to the broadcast. A button was hit that knocked us offline, but we're back again. So hopefully you're all you were all able to reconnect with back broadcasting on YouTube, Highland Radio Ireland, or on Facebook, Highland Hub, Highland Radio News and Sport. Our next guest with us very shortly. Watch the show live now on YouTube, Facebook, and at highlandradio.com. The 90 noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union with monster loans available up to 60,000 euro for all occasions. Visit letterkennycu.ie If you're tired and struggling to put a spring in your step, discover the power of revive active at your local Brennan's pharmacy. Revive active is an award-winning super supplement containing 26 active ingredients, including vitamin C, D and zinc, which support your immune system all in one handy daily sachet. Made for busy stressful lives, it's the convenient way to put back what life takes out. Enrich your life with the revive active from Brennan's pharmacy.com. We're here for you. 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Well, in reply to a question I had put to the minister for defense for the to the tonnage to me hall, Martin and just in relation to an in fairness to me hall, Martin, he said he would leave no stone on town that this state would do absolutely everything in relation to delivering, you know, justice for Sean Rooney. Obviously here, your own people in Donegal and particularly people in my hometown of Dundalk have a very close affinity with Sean Rooney. Obviously his his comrades and his family and many others are watching this absolutely intently. And and what we're talking about I suppose is the fact on the 14th of July, you had the first indictment hearing and you had six defendants who did not present themselves. And then the case was postponed on to the 30th of August. Now, I accept that there can't be a huge level of government commentary in relation to that court proceedings have to are ongoing. I know that this has been watched by the embassy in Cairo as lead and also the consulate in the roof and that there has been there has been obviously some element of legal support that has been engaged there as well, which is absolutely necessary. But we are incredibly worried given the part of the world that it is, you know what I mean? And and also with the passing of time, we just need to make sure that absolutely everything is done. Now, as I say, the positive parts in my reply from me or Martin were the facts that he said absolutely everything would be done. So we just need to ensure that that is the case. There is also the ongoing issues that there will have to be the guard and the guard investigation. And we know that Unifil also carried out its own investigation. We need to make sure that whatever learnings need to be learned and as regards safety, security, protocols, procedures that all dash is absolutely desperate. And I have also called for the fact that there needs to be continued engagement with the family. And I know that me, Hall Martin had met with Sean's mother, Natasha a number of times, and we just need to make sure that the family are kept fully abreast in relation to where the situation are. And from their point of view, obviously, they want to know absolutely everything they want to ensure that there is justice for their son. And also that, as I say, if there are things that need to be learned from a point of view of securing our troops who are doing absolutely a vital service in relation to peacekeeping, and we all know the importance of it. Unfortunately, with the death of Sean Rooney, we learned just the huge sacrifice that sometimes has to be made in relation to this, but we need to make sure that we do absolutely everything to avoid any future tragedy as much as that can possibly be done. But again, I am very worried at this point in time, and I just want to make sure that I can play whatever small part I can in relation to the fact that we maintain the pressure and that the government engages with the Lebanese authorities and everything. And again, we want fair trials, we want absolute justice, but we just want to make sure and to use the tarnish the zone words that no stone has left unturned. Yeah, but what does that look like?  I mean, what what does that look like when Michael Martin gives you that commitment? What can what pressure can be exerted? What can be done to try and get justice? It might be in a way, we can sort of see the pathway to try and to ensure something like this as best as can be possible avoided into the future. But in terms of getting justice, getting those responsible before the courts, what can actually be done? Well, look, there obviously is a Lebanese judicial system, and it's obviously in operation at this point in time. Some of this will become very clear very quickly in the sense that the postponement date was till August 30th. So we will very, very soon see what is happening. And I have no doubt that and as I say, well, the government might be somewhat circumspect in relation to the commentary it's going to make around all of this. I would like to believe, and I do believe that there is engagement at all level, just to ensure that all pressure is brought to bear, just to make sure that we have an absolute, as I say, frank and fair and decent judicial proceedings. And just we ensure that everything is done from a point of view of, as I say, a fair trial. But obviously, we are looking for the fact that there has to be accountability in relation to what was an absolutely heinous crime and that we lost a very young peacekeeper, as I say, that will be missed by not that is missed not only by his family, but by communities, particularly in Donegal and in the dock and by a family that is going to be deeply hurt. And won't want to be forgotten, you know, won't want no, no, not in any way. No, no, of course, we owe it to the memory. We need to recognize the huge sacrifice that he has made. And we're talking about a family that has had a huge commitment to the defense forces over over many, many years. And so look, they deserve that anybody who has done the colors and has put themselves in the line of fire in relation to peacekeeping. And we know the we know the long tradition of Irish peacekeeping and how Irish peacekeepers are seen. But we need to make sure that we recognize their commitment, their sacrifice, and that we have their back. And there's an absolute there is an absolute obligation on me, hallmarking and the wider government just to make sure that all can be done from a point of view, as I say of the two points of making sure that we see justice for Sean Rooney. But beyond that, that we learn anything that needs to be learned in relation to whether we're talking about protocols, procedures, and just operations in in general from a peacekeeping point of view, obviously that absolute best practices followed, and that we ensure that we keep people as safe as is possible. While accepting, we are talking about something that is incredibly, incredibly dangerous. For sure. Okay, Rory, thank you very much for your time. I do appreciate it. Okay. Now, sorry, that was, I should thank Deputy Rory, or Morroku of Shinfane there. 08 660 25,000 WhatsApp and texts to that number, of course. Hi, Greg, what's the purpose of having the leaving, sir, when the end result is that when you graduate from university and the unofficial, but really official body languages, you must emigrate because Arlen wants to steal individuals from third world countries that really need them at home. So Arlen could pay everyone here the lowest wages possible, and then feel proud of themselves. Can anyone dare think of the long term societal damage? Hi, Greg, if this housing refurbishment grant money was used by the government to repair these homes and rent them to those who really need them, yeah, this was off the back of a call, a conversation we had with a councillor on Friday, Patrick McGowan, who says, look, there's 50 up to 70,000 euro available for refurbishing derelict properties, and it's been, the scope's been widened and what have you, and more people should be applying for it. There's been very few drawdowns of this grant across the country, but they may start coming through. Then we got a sort of sense from people that says that's grand. If you've got money, you might be able to avail of this money, but there are some that feel that if you are struggling to get on the ladder, that you might not be able to get a mortgage on a property that you're waiting to draw down this grant on, if that makes sense.  Developers will not get these grants. And otherwise, don't they give a grant or money for a person to buy a wee modular home for, say, one person or even a mobile home and let these people pay back the council rent or let them buy it out? Not a bad idea because those wee houses now are, are something else, aren't they? Johnny McCollum is a member of the letter Kenny heritage group and is wondering if any of you can help track someone down. Good morning to you, Johnny. Good morning, Greg. How are you getting on now? How can the people help? Who are you looking for? Well, in the 40s and the 50s and the 60s, there was a nursing letter to Kenny and she was a madwife as well. And her name was Nurse Harkin and she lived in Lower Main Street. And our heritage group, we're looking for a photograph of her. And we do wall murals around the town. So if we could get a photograph of her, we would do a wall mural, mural of her up on Council car park in San Drey Hill, Greg. But we just, we just cannot find a photograph. And why is it so hard to track it down? Do you think? I don't know. I remember just a wee bit about her and the people in the town told me that she used to go around the bicycle all the time. And the food for letter Kenny was smaller than she delivered half of letter Kenny people. Wow. Yeah, that's what people around the town can still tell me that people that have been who you thought had a photograph great. And that's what they told me like. Okay, so recap then. When would she have been, you know, give us the years that she was around doing the workshops that she was doing to help try and trigger memories again there, Johnny? Yeah, she would have been in the 40s, 50s and the 60s. And she always had a wee bicycle with her. And she would have a wee case with her leg. So very distinctive of that time would know precisely who we're talking about. We're just hoping that one of them snapped her. And maybe if that picture is around the house or something that they make it available. The most there are plenty of people around the town know for like, and a lot of people told me that she delivered them and all like, but to get a photograph that's another one, you know, okay. There's bound to be one out there. It's just hopefully the right ears are reached in this conversation. So as I say, it's a very distinctive description. So if someone has it, they'll know exactly what we're talking about. Johnny, if we get anything, we shall, we shall pass it on to you. And as I say, it's all for a really good cause because it's about, it's about making a wall memorial in tribute to her. So it would be a really nice story if one of those pictures could be obtained and even lovely. Yeah. All right, Johnny, you never know. And unless we ask, I suppose we don't know, do we? No. And also Johnny, sorry, should have mentioned maybe her own relations. Someone who is related to her may be still around and listening. I don't think she has got any relations. I'm letter Kenny. We shall see. Johnny McCollum, thank you very much indeed. He's the member of Letter Kenny Heritage Group, if you can help get in touch with us, 08, 6, 60, 25,000, and we'll pass it on. My daughter has a really bad outbreak of psoriasis. It's got to the stage now where she will not leave the house. She's tried all the consultants, all the medications, oceans and portions, but nothing has worked. Has anyone tried anything that really worked? Please help a very distressed 19 year old. If you can help us, we will pass it on. A caller says, I'd welcome a referendum on the new EU migration deal. Our country and society will change forever because of this deal. So a mandate from the Irish citizens should be mandatory. This is primarily what democracy is about, giving the people a say. And how might it change from where it is now? Let me know. 08, 6, 60, 25,000. What are your concerns about it? What do you believe that will change that worries you? OK, let's take a break for the news and obituary notices and we'll be back afterwards. You can't think of a barbecue, the burgers, the bangers, the steak and the grilled veggies without thinking of a delicious dollop of our legendary relish too. Bring taste to the table with Balimalu relish. 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Supply disruptions are being reported in the Cararea Road and surrounding areas of Carndona. The first Osprey bird chicks from a new National Park and Wildlife Service programme were introduced into the wild at the weekend. 50 chicks are being brought into the country over the next five years. The aim is to establish a breeding colony in the Republic. There is already breeding taking place in Fermanagh. Ospreys from there have already been spotted in Donegal. Minister of State Malcolm Newton says the release of these chicks is a significant step toward what he hopes will be their permanent return to this country. A successful breeding of a pair of Ospreys in Northern Ireland. I think the reintroduction programme here in the Republic is really going to be very, very important and return these birds to Irish skies for the first time in over 200 years. Ospreys are different. They don't remain in the country. They migrate down to Equatorial Africa and then return again. Lots of challenges along the way. And what we're trying to do is make the conditions right for them. The chair of Refo Community Action has hit out as an incident of vandalism in the town on Saturday night. The destruction which included broken branches and depotted flower beds has been reported to Carthy on today's 9 to the noon show. Mary Hart said at a time when a lot of regeneration money is being invested into Refo. It's disheartening to say the least when incidents like this occur. Overnight on Saturday a group or one or several vandals ripped up the flowers out of the pots and pulled off branches from the trees. So the tiny towns who cleaned the town every morning came along and this is what they were faced with. It's the first time that this has happened to this extent. We have been working for the last two years very hard in the town, under the town of Village and Newell programme to try and enhance the look of the town. A junior transport minister says people will still be able to pay for their NCT using cash. Minister of State Jack Chambers has hit out at NCT Ireland for the recent announcement that their centres are going cashless. He said it's not been agreed nor is it happening. NCT Ireland which is run by Aplos faced a backlash from public and politicians in recent days after the announcing on social media that they were saying goodbye to cash. A smartphone levy has been proposed to replace the current TV licence. There has been a sharp decrease in households paying the 160 euro licence fee in the wake of the payments scandal at RTE. It's reported the state broadcaster could require a bailout of up to 35 million euro as part of next year's budget. Associate Professor of Politics at DCU Ono Mali says the majority of people are now consuming news and videos on their mobiles. And a lot of the reason I kind of suggest a smartphone levy is because that's how we consume it. It's also really easy and quick and cheap to collect. The government just tells the companies that if you add three or four euros onto your bill per month, are you take three or four euros away from your pay-as-you-go credit per month? There are doubts this morning as to whether November's planned Women in the Home referendum will go ahead. The government is set to be nervous about the campaign possibly being dominated by debates about the definition of the family and gender issues. There are also differing views about the wording for a replacement article. Last month, Thysiok Lee of Raptor promised the referendum would go ahead in November. That was echoed by the housing minister Darrow O'Brien just last week. Donegal County Council has been ranked sixth in electoral vehicle transition among local authorities across the country. New analysis has been unveiled today by GeoTab, a global leader in connected transportation solutions. Donegal County Council has a fleet of 68 vehicles, four of which are electrified. That's a total of 6%. However, the council fares better in the use of telematics which help vehicles reduce their carbon footprint. The system is used in 54 of the council's vehicles. And Pinergy, the energy supplier has today announced a second decrease this year to its standard residential electricity charge. That's effective from the beginning of next month. I beg your pardon, electricity bills for customers will drop by 9.5%. The second time the company has dropped its prices this year. Business journalist Jonathan Haley says there will be pressure on other suppliers to follow suit. They come into effect now from the 1st of October. It's about a 9.5% decrease to the typical household cost, about 220 euro per annum. With a forecast for this Monday morning, cloudy with some sunny spells and well-scattered showers this afternoon, the showers will become more isolated with more hazy sunny spells breaking through for a time. However, it'll turn cloudier again later without breaks of rain and drizzles following. Top temperatures today 16-18 degrees Celsius, light to moderate, westerly breezes. That's Highland Radio News, back with headlines at 11 o'clock. Good morning. The obituary notices this Monday morning, August 28th. The death has occurred of Patrick Murray, Liz Cooley Villas, Castle Finn and formerly of Gorton South, Castle Finn. Funal from Liz Cooley Villas at 10.15am tomorrow morning, going to St Patrick's Church, Merlog and Lifford. Burial immediately afterwards in a joining cemetery. Family flowers only please. Donation and loo of flowers please to Donegal Hospice or care of Kennedy's undertakers and Castle Finn. Family time only from 11pm to 11am. The death has occurred of Bridget Holmes, Naye Byrne of Munglass, Newton Cunningham. Funeral from her late residence today, going to All Saints Church, Newton Cunningham, for 11am recreation mass, followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery. Funeral mass can be viewed on churchservices.tv. Family time please on the morning of the funeral. Family flowers only please. Donations and loo of flowers to St Vincent de Paul Society, Newton Cunningham. Care of any family member or Charlie McLafferty funeral directors. The death has occurred of Stefan Toth, 34, Strah Evine, Muldindrait, Strunorlar and formerly Bratislava, Slovakia. Funeral leaving his late residence today at 10.30am for recreation mass in the Church of Mary Immaculate Strunorlar at 11am. Interment afterwards in Drombo Cemetery. The recreation mass will be streamed live via the parish webcam at churchservices.tv. The house and funeral is private to family and close friends only please. The death has taken place of Dr John Gallagher, 52 Ernie Road, Straban and formerly of Arranmore Island. Recreation mass in St Mary's Church, Mailmount, tomorrow at 10am. Interment afterwards in Straban Cemetery. Donations and loo of flowers please to Mary Curie, Care of Quigley Funeral Directors, 1A Newton Place, Straban. The house is strictly private to family and friends only. The recreation mass can be viewed live via the parish webcam. The death has taken place in Tipton, Birmingham, England, of Anthony Tony Gibbons, formerly Mina Hall, Clonmany. Funeral leaving from his sister's residence this morning at 10.40am, going to St Mary's Church, Clonmany, for recreation mass at 11am, with burial afterwards in the new cemetery. Family flowers only please. Donations and loo if desired to St Column Kill Village, Care of any family member or Comiskey Funeral Directors. House private please from 11pm until 10am. Funeral mass can be viewed live on churchservices.tv. The death has occurred of Seamus McElwee, McCalla, Curian, Vintown, County Donnie Gall. Family time on the morning of the funeral. Recreation mass at 11am this morning in St Column Kill's Chapel, Vintown, with burial afterwards in the adjoining churchyard. The mass can be streamed live via the parish Facebook page. For more details, including any family health guidelines for weeks and funerals, please go to HighlandRadio.com. You're very welcome back to the Ninetown News Show. Good morning. If you're just after joining us, great to have you on board. Just some comments in reaction to the vandalism in Raphoa. Caller says when catching these people, they should personally be made fix it wearing a jacket saying I'm a vandal. Maybe it would send out a good message to others. Another caller says and, beg your pardon, and stiller. Prescription only. Husband tried many things, but this really works for his psoriasis and stiller. Another I Had Skin Problems gave up with doctors, used tea tree cream and ruse tox cream mixed together. It worked for me. Another organic castor oil for that lady with psoriasis, yeah, indeed, off the back of the commentary about the hospital situation, not just our own local hospital, but clearly hospitals right across the country had a few messages in, and I just want to read a couple of those before we take a break. Hi, Greg. My partner has went into Neficanny Hospital on the 18th of July. She couldn't walk and her speech was all slurred and in very bad shape. They did CT scans and two MRI scans. They came back and said they thought it was MS. The neurology staff were off on annual leave, so she had to be transferred to Sligo, where she was on a steroid drip for a week to take her back to some kind of normality. They'd done a lumber puncture on her, too, and said they're waiting on results back. They are 90% sure it's MS, but are waiting on results. They let her back home two weeks ago now and gave her steroid tablets for a week to wean off. She's got no better whatsoever.  I've been off work for the last six weeks because we'll have a nine-month-old baby. Sligo was supposed to ring her when the steroids finished, but they didn't. And I've been trying the last four days to contact them, but can't. I'm due back at work now and I've rent and all to pay and my partner is in no shape to look after the baby. We don't know what to do. Sligo is a slack. It was a disgrace she was let out in the first place because she couldn't even walk in a straight line. And that's a young family there with an awful situation that they're going through. Hi, Greg. I heard you mentioned the issues in the hospital. I have a disc that needs surgery. I had an MRI in January 2022 and then again in May 2023. The disc is now at the point I can't walk and haven't been able to since January 2023. I was in the hospital for 10 days. I had a spinal epidural, which never worked. I had to get my doctor to send an urgent referral as they never sent a follow-up appointment. I was in an appointment on Wednesday, which I myself made. Ringing the doctor's secretary non-stop to have another procedure, which hasn't worked. The surgeon knew that as it should have worked immediately. I have a disc at L4, L5, S1. I've been told if my bladder or bowels go to ring 999 as that's the stage I can become paralyzed on one side. I haven't been able to walk, as I said, since January. And they know this. I'm so angry. I really feel like saying to them, if someone came in with a broken leg, you wouldn't send them home without fixing it. It's disgusting the way I've been treated. And I don't know when they will see me next. If you have an injury that's made you a mobile for eight months, it should be something to help.  My back is so sore. I can't even walk around Asda with crutches. The pain is so bad. And with mental health issues, it's just really impacting my mental health as I just lay in my bed every day to ease the pain. It's absolutely terrible to be treated so badly. That's just two listeners' experiences of the health system currently in both two absolutely shocking cases. Hi, can you get some discussion around the ATU providing primary school teaching degrees? Dublin has had the monopoly long and often. In today's age of tech, ATU needs to provide an option for students in the Northwest to save hours commuting in thousands on rent and living away from home. Thank you. Now, I don't know, if I'm honest, how courses become available or what courses become available or recognised where, but yes, obviously it would be fantastic for those wishing to study primary school teaching if they were able to do it more locally. But let me see. Caller asks the question, sometimes Donegal is known as draconal. Does this exclude in a shown? It kind of does. It doesn't cover all of Donegal and can be quite controversial as well. A caller says it makes him sick listening to people criticising our health service has experienced the health service in other countries with terrible reports, including the states where he was sent away because he didn't have health insurance and in Scotland where he waited all day without anyone even asking who he was, any experience he has had here has been excellent and that is really good. And just to be very clear, in highlighting people's cases and trying to get resolution for them and helping them, it's a given that the majority of people have an acceptable experience in the health service, particularly if you can go in there, get checked and get home safely. Of course, the majority do, but there are a lot of people. Just to put it to you like this listener, I can't remember what the exact figure is off the top of my head. I think it was 1200 between the start of this year and May. And I'll just double check, it's not the start of last year. But anyway, since the start of this year and May, 1,259 people left Lederkenny University Hospital's emergency department before their treatment was complete. So 1,259 people just said, right, this isn't moving or I'm not getting any satisfaction here and left. That is a huge number. So whilst we accept that clearly, obviously, there are people, particularly the staff and most of the doctors and consultants work really, really hard to do their best, they aren't supported by, say, Alta, the HSE in doing that work. We have to discuss that for them, for patients. But of course, we do recognize and I and myself know that often people have a very positive experience, but we can't just because that happens ignore people's horrendous experience too. I've just read right now. Okay, back with more shortly. Bingo on Highland Radio. It's Monday, the 28th of August. You're playing on the green sheet. The reference number is as 11. 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Employment specialists from Dance Syndrome Ireland will be in attendance. And we're going to talk about this now with a number of guests. I'll say good morning first to Eva Gaffney who's head of employment with Dance Syndrome Ireland. Good morning to you Eva. Good morning Greg. Thanks a million for having us here today. No, it's our pleasure. So what is the purpose then of this information session and who do you want to see there? I suppose just to give a bit of background Greg are we developed our employment program back into 2018 and back then we would have estimated that there was only 5% of adults with Dance Syndrome in employment across the country. A lot of that was voluntary work. There was very little meaningful paid work in people's local communities. Since then we have raised that number now to 12% but we still have a lot of work to do. So what we want to do in Donegal on the 7th of September is really provide information and awareness to families, to people with Dance Syndrome but also to show employers the capabilities of people with Dance Syndrome in the workplace and to really get them on board. You know we've got a structured program in place we can provide support to employers and to our members with Dance Syndrome too so we really just want to you know I suppose pull it all together and get people with Dance Syndrome into the workplace. And that's it it's joining the dots the pieces are there. It is absolutely the pieces are there. We've seen huge success you know we've supported we're nearly at 200 people now that we've supported over the last number of years. We've got some really good partnerships like Specsavers, Lidl and what we're really trying to do with big employers like the like Specsavers and Lidl is we're trying to get employment in people's local community that people don't have to travel maybe 40 minutes to work that they can go down the road and they can work you know with people in their community people that they know and also in jobs that they want to do that they have an interest in. You mentioned Specsavers. Shannon Broderick is director of Specsavers in Donegal Town. Good morning Shannon. Good morning folks how are you? Good to have you with us. Now you employ Marie in your business what has been your experience? It's actually if it's really hit the nail on the head I want to echo we've had a lot of support through Dance Syndrome Ireland for the recruitment process. We didn't really know what lay ahead of us in terms of the recruitment process the interview process and they supported us greatly for that. We've had somebody on hand for guidance and support after we hired Marie as well so Joanne Dawson was our point of contact and we've been able to liaise with her throughout the process so we had any questions or anything we were unsure of we always had somebody to fall back to. The experience has been lovely Marie started with us 18 months ago and she comes in big smiley face every day happy to work she's been a great addition to the team we would hire locally anyway so it's been lovely to have someone local like Marie to come in and join us so she actually recognises people that comes in and people recognise her from day workshops so it has been seen to be local we are local and it's lovely to see her being able to embrace the role her different tasks so she'd meet and greet our customers would bring them to the area in the store they need to be she'd sanitise frames and then a lot of admin and just general housekeeping work for us so she's been a great addition and Greg Crack have to say she's been good. Shannon it's something that you want to do why wouldn't a business want to do that but it's having the support to give you the confidence in that area even if it's not certain things aren't required or whatever it's just to know that everything's been done correctly yeah I think if everybody's open and honest about what we can offer what Marie can be expected of the role and then Down syndrome Ireland can support us in how we make it happen I think if once the lines of communication are open between everybody there's absolutely no reason it can't work Yeah okay well Shannon thank you so much for your time this morning I really do appreciate it and is that sort of the typical feedback not the such a thing as typical feedback but what you might expect to hear Eva Absolutely I mean really the feedback has been just so positive you know the change that somebody with Down syndrome can bring to the workplace and you know people look forward to that person coming in we've heard from other spec savers stores that customers when the person with Down syndrome is not there on a given day if it's not their day for work customers actually look for that person definitely there's an increase in staff morale I think it stops us you know we're so tied up in busy life and busy work it gives us an opportunity to stop and actually slow down a little bit and think you know when welcoming this person with Down syndrome into the workplace we have had a very very few issues come up in the workplace maybe simple things like timekeeping or explaining you know on written rules and things like that but 99% of the feedback has been really really positive which is fantastic Yeah and as well you would have those experiences often with anyone who might be might be working okay stay with us if you don't mind because we've two guest in studio with us as well I want to say good morning first to Anna Hennessy Anna how are you getting on how are you keeping I am good Greg thank you it's very good to have you with us right Anna where do you work um I work in the our leisure center on Mondays I also work in the the community center in Leicester County and I also work well it's like a summer job but I work in the coffee shop like a summer job Is that in Don Fannahy that you're working is it Yeah it's nearly a bit you know it's um we have a holiday house down in Don Fannahy important about it it's just it's it's near the beach and I really enjoyed I really enjoyed walking down there I think it sounds to me like you like working with people the public do you I do I do indeed yeah okay and you like to be busy obviously because you don't have much spare time I know I know well I'm then well I'm well we have a parent who who um teaches to make coffees and I make like cappuccinos lattes and flat whites and everything and I'm good with customers I get paid and um and I I get I get more independent as well so I'm I'm getting there you know I'm really good with everyone and I I don't want to I don't want to be bored I just want to do some work and I'm really enjoying it and how long have you been out working Anna would you mind would you mind repeat the question no of course not like did you start working recently have you always been working in different places well um quick I'll come back to you is that okay in that question is that all right don't if you don't mind I want to say hello to Daniel as well okay thank you no problem um Daniel you work in Max Mace yes definitely yes yeah and uh how long have you been working there now I've been working last year and you enjoy it I love this yeah okay and what's your experience been like there um I like the past the morning and the morning they're helping me do my checklist the checklist and tell me what to do do his key boxes and and liveries uh marpin uh yeah anything I do yeah and it's a very busy place that you work to I'll say it is is that what you like about it yeah I love the other thing it's Max Mace or Max Deli I love it there yeah okay and and it's far better for you to be working than sitting at home I mean that's obvious isn't it kind of but yeah definitely okay and um how many days do you work there uh 21 hours and Monday to Friday wow so you're busy as well okay yeah and you are looked after as well as you're looking after everyone else well yeah definitely well yes definitely and the food's lovely too on your brain the food is a real nice there yes okay do you have a favorite thing to eat Dan I like to wrap wraps are my favorite yeah I agree I agree what's it like working in the aura Anna that's the Leisure Centre isn't it yes um I'm actually walking today if you won't believe after this very good um yeah so I also do my work experience in the aura Leisure Centre in the other county I love this work too I do some cleaning I'm tying and help get ready for classes I stock the shelves and I help in the pool area as well and as the summer camps wow again so very very busy and and what's the favorite part of your job Daniel you do so much there I do everything stuff they tell me what to do yeah okay very good if that's uh this is what it's all about isn't it really that the wonderful experiences of Anna I don't know how she managed to find time to to fit us in here and uh and Daniel's happened to take a break from work as well but this is what it's all about this is what we're talking about here absolutely and I think look you know from an employer's perspective um employers would say to me we may not have ever met a person with dance syndrome before there may be an element of fear there but you can see from Anna and Daniel you can also see from Shannon's feedback people with dance syndrome are highly capable um you know we the where we come in is to look at job roles to carve out job tasks you know that we want them to be meaningful we don't want an employer coming up with tasks for the the sake of it you know we want them to do tasks that are really meaningful that are taking work of other people but the feedback again has been that that fear quickly goes away once that person with dance syndrome starts in the workplace and people can really see the capabilities so again you know we're just calling out to employers to say if it's something that you might have in mind absolutely either come along to the station house on the 7th of September or you can get in contact with me directly we have the supports in place and there's some fantastic adults with dance syndrome in across the county of Donegal that are are looking for work and are really really capable and also you're doing what your customers want we want uh all parts of our society to be reflected in the places that we shop and visit that's what we want as the consumer absolutely absolutely the feedback again you know from people going into their their local store they're delighted to see this person with dance syndrome in the workplace and a parent said to us last year should we don't want it to be that oh my god it's fantastic that somebody is in the workplace and we see them in their local supermarket we want it to be the norm you know it's it's the norm that people want to work you know our members of dance syndrome they're now going to college after school you know there's more career guidance and opportunities there's more courses available and and like ourselves when you finish college what's the next step it's employment that hasn't been there before so it's really starting to open up those opportunities too and just to give people I suppose a chance in life yeah for sure and I'm sure too you Daniel would like to see other people with dance syndrome to get the opportunities that you've had to to to get out and work and mix with people and and and uh work with others yeah definitely yeah yeah okay is there anything else Daniel you want to say whilst you're up here with us we covered everything didn't we yeah okay what about you Anna is there anything that you want to add yes actually I do I just want to go over again as my three-work experience so easy I go ahead thank you very much Greg but yeah I I'm a part of the fun team and I really enjoyed it I have been a great experience working with my friends I meet new people and I make hot chocolate and coffees and teas and cappuccinos lattes we also sell tray bakes you know it's like a caramel squares whereas crispies whatever like them well my favorite is caramel squares and of course chocolate brownies the work involves meeting and grading the customers taking their orders taking payments and keeping the place clean and tidy I also do work experience in the Oral Centre I love work I love this work so I clean I was cleaning and telling and help get ready for the classes I stock the shelves and I help in the pool area as well at the summer camps and I work you know in summer camps I help out with kids who needs help I also work in the community centre in other county and I help with Monica and Neym with the scene with the classes and games and basketball with Saint Bernard School and students and I love this work too and and while I would like a job is I wouldn't be bored because I like to do more stuff I would like to do and I want to be I want to be I am very independent because I go to college up in the NLN and in my college I do I do any kind of skills that's what I'm doing in college I really enjoyed it and um I am I would I would meet people and um I'm very good with people and um and sometimes I could paid so I really enjoyed this opportunity yeah no brilliant well done and it's clear to see how popular you are and the contribution that you put into all the places uh that you work fair play to you Anna Anna Hennessey Daniel thank you very much for calling up you're probably back to work now are you definitely I'll go back to work again yeah you're mad to get away now and get back to work yeah definitely this world great definitely thank you right we'll see you again your hair looks lovely by the way thank you thank you very much thank you very much Greg thank you and thank you to the ladies as well yes of course you're very polite as as well as everything else Anna a lovely person Shannon who's uh Dan in Donogaltown and we're just going to say quick final word to Ifa Gaffney to remind people that you can have fantastic people like Anna and Daniel working in your organization but how maybe there's questions you have or maybe you want to find out you know what kind of supports you might need or what so over to you just to remind us when and where Ifa if that's okay please thanks very much Greg yeah I think the easiest way would be to drop me an email ifaatdownsyndrome.ie I have we have information packs for employers and we can give you sample tasks like the ones that Anna has called out in terms of the jobs people can do in the workplace so drop me an email and I'll give you some more information and in the meantime if you'd like to see us on the 7th of September it's in the stationhouse and go all the way at 1030 and thanks a million Greg and Anna and Daniel and Shannon just I think you know the more the people are aware and the more information that we can spread hopefully the more opportunities that we can get for adults with Dan syndrome for sure thank you so very much indeed okay that's where we have to leave it thank you very much to Eva Gaffney who you just heard of Shannon Bodrick who is director of spec savers in Donegal Town and they have a wonderful member of staff called Marie and also to Anna and Daniel O'Reilly Anna Hennessy both of you thank you so very much you did fantastic and yous are so busy I better shut up and let yous get on with getting back to where for years ago and thank you so much Daniel thank you so much Greg thank you very much Greg you're very kind yous are brilliant pulling up to me yous guys that made the effort thank you so very much indeed watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at 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remarkable achievement isn't it Kelly it is thank you so much yeah and I feel like today it's really only like is it setting in what we've done like when we woke up this morning me and my team that were like we're eight in the word he's like you know this is a really really big B you were a small country how the hell did we get here like how did you get there Kelly I mean when did you first realise that you firstly loved athletics but B were really good at it well I suppose to me like I joined like any other young athlete and my my locals all been Chicano and Donegal Town and I joined when I was eight or nine years old and yeah like I loved all sports but running was just yeah it was my favourite one so that was the one that I stuck at and and yeah and I suppose like that's where the love all started and I've just stuck at it since and like my team are all the same like you know they joined like me young athletes and their local clubs and I suppose it's just it spirals from there then and you know it's a it's a long journey I suppose I'm 26 now and I joined when I was eight or nine but when you love it it doesn't it doesn't feel like a long journey yeah and that's the one thing from all four of you and all involved in the team it was I mean obviously competing at the very highest level but not getting lost in the moment being able to actually enjoy the experience yeah and I suppose that's the hard part getting the balance of both like you you really want to soak it all up and enjoy the experience but also you like you really have to focus in on on the task at hand and not get swallowed up by the you know the overwhelm and the excitement and everything so like getting that balance is hard but like we did and you know there was pressure on us in the heat I suppose to go out and make sure we would perform and like the stock the odds were against us a little bit and we really did outperform ourselves and then when we got to the final we were go out and actually focus off and really enjoy it and so we like we really enjoyed running last night and sometimes it's hard to do that because you know you always have pressure on you from yourself and some expectations and everything else but um yeah we loved every minute of it last night and like we keep saying the support from the Irish was phenomenal yeah and when did that become so much razzmatazz razzmatazz around athletics seeing the four years running out there it's like you were running out to a wrestling match or a boxing match or something it's great to see that side of it I know we really came out fighting like the four of us were raring to go for that final if it was love and passion that would have got the gold medal like we would have took it but um yeah we we just this was we'd like brilliant guidance from our relay coach Dave McCarthy and you know he gave us a really inspiring speech before we went out on the track in the night before and like all of us believed in each other and believed in what we could do you know we're four strong athletes and I suppose just having that belief and like we're we're competitors all year around against each other but when you come together on a team it's all about you know working together and doing it for each other and I suppose that kind of it brings you together um and yeah we're like the four of us our good friends as well and um you know we we went out on their track with with each other's backs no matter what was to happen we were going to be happy leaving um leaving the track knowing that everybody had poured their heart and soul into the performance and that's what we did yeah and you would count yourself being from Lahi wouldn't you Kelly yes I am I'm a I'm a proud Lahi woman so just just to lead on to that so this year right let's be very clear about this now this year we've got a Lahi woman representing Ireland in the finals of the World Athletics Championships we've a Lahi man in Jason Quigley top in the bill in championship boxing for a tiny little village in south on a goal we're not doing too bad are we yeah we're not doing too bad at all we're made of different stuff there will be something in the water very good what now you're I think you're at the airport and you're heading home what next Kelly there's a bit of a calm down to come from all of this obviously everyone all of your family in Lahi of course there'll be great celebrations I know in the bar there was a big crowd watching you perform and a great atmosphere but now you get back a bit of celebration but then I suppose then back to reality to some extent yeah back to reality like I'm in my off season now once I get home so we'll take you know breaks through your four weeks off training but back to reality back to work tomorrow I definitely will get home to Donegal this weekend and the celebrations will go on so just really looking forward to like seeing all my family and friends properly and you know enjoying my time off now and finally what's your targets now as you you know you take your off season and head towards next season do you are you the type that sort of says right this is what I want to achieve in the next season yeah I suppose like at the end of the season I'll sit down with my coaches and we'll set our targets obviously I'll have individual targets in the in the four hurdles but you know this has really changed the goal post for me like making this game and you know performing well in it as well and like it's going to be in my goals going forward for the next few years and making teams and being part of this quartet all right well listen fantastic stuff Kelly we're also very proud of you as you would know the whole country was watching last night and you did us all so proud all four of you and all everyone that has to sort of have a part to get to where you did thank you so very much indeed thank you so much and thank you everyone at home for all the support it means so much all right safe journey home Kelly all right that is Kelly McGrory there from Lahiss South Donegal part of the Irish team the 4x400 relay team finished eighth in the world at the World Athletics Championship eighth in the world which is an unbelievable achievement and certainly a space and a place that they can kick on from there and you can hear in Kelly's voice too what she's looking forward to more of it I presume it's like an addiction you know the more success you have the more you want amazing stuff 299 go on shop without compromise go full needle today calling parents teachers and all those concerned to an important meeting on Tuesday the 29th of August at 8pm in the Mount Aragile Hotel Letter Kenny discussing parents' rights regarding the content of the new sex education to be taught as part of a school's curriculum getting married men's wedding suit packages are now 20% off both before August 31st Evolved clothing Letter Kenny retail park terms and conditions apply imagine a device so innovative you're except 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is to construct a 24 meter high multi-use lattice tower carrying antenna and dishes the structure would be enclosed within a 2.4 meter high palisade fence compound with associated ground equipment and associated site works including new access gate post and rail fencing now it is near St. Mary's school in Castle Finn and the chair of the board of management at that school is Dominic McGlynchie good morning to you Dominic thanks for taking the time today to chat to us good morning Greg and good morning to everyone listening at home now it's fair to say Dominic that there's been a lot of concerned parents making contact making their views known what are the concerns quite a variety of concerns the visual impact is a major concern people feel it's not compatible with the landscape there's a local reservoir there's pollution concerns you know that water will actually access that local reservoir there's traffic concerns you know that the actual road that we're talking about develops into a single lane access towards the top of the hill head and there'll be concerns for the children that are attending the school I can go on here and Greg no do because it's important that all the information is out there yeah it is a leisure amenity like it is used by walkers cyclists and the school would use it for nature walks even going back 30 or maybe 35 years of this age now and fond memories of Muscahoun taking us up that area for nature walks like that's a connecting road it connects with the Convent Road you know this location to us is a natural greenway and like even local sports teams what would use this area for training like they'd use that the hull for for their footless training it's a natural fauna and flora there like that that will be disturbed the school itself will be huge then the biodiversity we've been working towards served biodiversity flags and you know for this to be happening it's going to disturb the small animals of there as well one of the major concerns is what will end up attached to this mast you know there are none of us experts in that field so initially the concerns are there you know about the visual impact the impact it might have in terms of just spoiling the area but there are also concerns Dominic as to presumably you know whatever is transmitted or received from this with the close proximity to young developing people we simply don't know what impact that might have on on their well-being that's part of it too then yeah well like I'm I'm no expert on anything to do with radio frequency or electric magnetic waves you know but the World Health Organization website States International Agency for Research and Cancer concluded that radio frequency electromagnetic fields were a possible carcinogen you know I can't talk any further and that's like you know but as regards parents that that is a major concern with this mass being built in close proximity to the school now I think we all recognize in this day and age that we need communication there might be black spots of mobile coverage or whatever it might be but it's it's location here Dominic that's the key issue here isn't it and it's not a case of not in my backyard this you know there's a genuine strong argument as to why this is not the right place for this to be that's what locals would feel yeah we feel that they're potentially better spaces in an area for having a 24 meter mass that's actually actually in the in the recent weeks we've noticed a drop in connectivity in castle fun the connections dropping the lower standard of service in general I don't know if that's anything to do with this plan going on and maybe trying to provoke maybe the desire for a mass in the area but definitely the standards have dropped in recent weeks very interesting yeah yeah okay yeah it's the application that was received by the council on the 17th of August it's a pre-validation stage so the public have a right to you know familiarize themselves on it I know you're not sort of expecting everyone to take your word on it Dominic but have a look at the proposed site have a look at the planning have a look at the location to the school do you believe that's the right place for it and if you don't then make a submission yeah well the school the school will be objecting our own right to do that I'm not advocating for everybody else to object but I think people need to make themselves aware of the mass the the plan for the mass and what potentially could end up on the mass as well what's will be out of our control once it's up yeah and I want it's up it's up that's it okay um right so um you can have a look through it a submission can be accepted up until Wednesday the 20th of September then a final decision is expected them on the 11th of October so if people have heard this interview and have their concerns they'd need to get on it now at this point yeah uh we'll start in the September we have we'll have 152 pupils we'll have 12 teachers five SNAs and three ancillary staff and as a board of management you know we're responsible for the well-being of of them people every one of them and uh we have to get them the best day possible and that's the reason we'll be objecting yeah okay all right Dominic thank you very much for your time Dominic McGlinly uh McGlinchea beg your pardon chair of the board of management of st. Mary's school in Castle Finn I'll wait 60 25000 if you want to give us a call there in relation to the proposed master in hillhead Castle Finn as a resident of Castle Finn I'd have concerns for residents living beside it and also the proximity of the master the national school and local play school that's coming in from Jackie thanks for that Jackie um I'm from Castle Finn and this monstrosity is going to wreck our town not to mention the potential health hazards it's also an area for walkers and joggers and it's single lane traffic roads so there'll definitely be accidents if this is allowed to go ahead believes listener Patricia thank you very much for that and as I say it seems the uh the concerns are are multi-faceted they're not simply uh concerns about the the risk of radiation or whatever it's also uh where it's located in terms of it being seems a very popular local immunity um Louise Kelly on Facebook fantastic Anna and Daniel weren't the brilliant really were Gina Grant commented also and I think saying that Anna's a fantastic athletes as well um both a fantastic athletes both represent Ireland Sandra McCray good on Anna and Daniel up and out working every day and getting to meet the public thank you for the comments coming in via text calls and for those of you commenting with us also on social media we have a contact number here for someone who got a treatment let me call it that for psoriasis and it worked successfully someone for someone in their life so if that person who's looking for some assistance for her 19 year old daughter if you contact us we'll pass that on to you Kathleen says great to hear Anna and Daniel great to see and hear the interviews well done all involved and to Highland Radio for supporting it and just to mention again I know lots of you are on it already if you're in the car it's irrelevant if you're at work it's irrelevant but maybe you are at home and maybe you have a smart TV and if you have a smart TV you've got the YouTube app if you've got a fire stick you've got the YouTube app or access to it and you can watch our show and see interviews like the interviews we conducted with Anna and Daniel and the rest of the crew that were on with us it's just a different way for you to engage with us so Highland Radio Ireland you can like and subscribe the YouTube page and we're on Facebook as well Highland Hub or Highland Radio News and Sport and we have about two million live minutes viewed of the show every week sorry every month so lots and lots of you watch it at different times on different platforms throughout the course of the morning really appreciate that I think Dominic is totally correct as a parent I'll be having severe reservations about sending my children to the school Greg I'm a local parent and my child attends the National School in Castlefin and I'm shocked that this is going to be in close proximity to the school I myself am a past student to remember going on sponsored walks on this route and beautiful scenery as well that comes in from Mary in Castlefin morning Greg part of a cycling group based in County Tyrone which comes to Castlefin area and we cycle past this proposed mast location our group will not continue on this route if this mast is built establishing this route during COVID lovely scenic landscape so sorry and saddened to hear that this is even being considered that comes in from Sarah Louise well let's wait and see thanks for the text Sarah Louise it is an application it is a proposal and it is going to face some resistance it seems really impressed and enjoyed your conversation with Emma Anna and Daniel fine articulate young people yes indeed they are the best of the best in relation to the active vandalism in Raffault pretty horrific it was too for those of you watching the stream would have seen the images there's plenty of CCTV cameras in business premises in Raffault hopefully they pick whoever done the damage catch them yeah indeed there are 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relation to the discovery of a body of Sleague League in Donegal the remains of a man in his 60s were found at the sea cliffs after an alleged assault between June 24th and 25th Gardie say a woman in her 20s has been taken into custody a man in his 30s was charged in relation to the incident last month A Dundalk based TD says he has concerns at the family of Sean Rooney the UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon late last year will not get justice on today's 9 till noon show Deputy Rory Omurku said while five men have been accused in relation to the attack he has concerns and reservations he has raised those concerns with Tonistat and defence minister Mihail Martin Iskia Aaron is investigating reports of a water outage in North Enish Owen Supply disruptions are being reported in the Carol Ray Road and surrounding areas of Carandona Donegal County Council has come sixth in electric vehicle transition among local authorities across the country New analysis has today been unveiled by Geotab a company in connected transportation solutions Donegal County Council has a fleet of 68 vehicles four of which are electrified that's a total of six per cent However the council fares better in the use of telematics which helps vehicles reduce their carbon footprint The chair of referral community action has hit out at an incident of vandalism in the town on Saturday night The destruction which included broken branches and depotted flower beds has been reported to Gardie There are doubts this morning over whether November's planned women in the home referendum will go ahead the government is said to be nervous about the campaign possibly being dominated by debates about the definition of the family and gender issues There are also differing views about the wording for a replacement article Those at the latest headlines will be back with your next news update at 12 o'clock Welcome Lucy Where are you going? I'm speaking to you Lucy We're live on the radio This is your first time you've been with us during the day I mean obviously you're the new member of the team at the weekends Yeah I know this is lovely this is really different It's cool isn't it? It's all good I'm all relaxed You're very chill Greg With the sports people they're a bit chaotic Yeah I like the shuffle that can't be done That's that's off-air shuffle is not to be mentioned on air Sorry I crossed around That's an off-air shuffle From Fannin' don't you? From Fannin' Greg And how are you enjoying it so far? I'm loving it It's amazing So exciting Excellent good stuff Well it is wonderful to have you on board and as part of the team and great to have you in during the week as well That's Lucy Peoples who presents the news here on Highland Radio at the weekends All right back with more shortly What can you bag at Max Hall? 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We're getting on we're getting on really good good to see you thanks nice chaos that's what I like you know I don't like anything too polished well listen I'm scrambling or outside around the house TP links and the upstairs and wait for me yeah but your house is like all of our houses you know went with children in them that every every year there's something happening with the weather they're going into this or going into that and it's a busy old week for families out there Brent it is indeed and I usually with two minutes before the show to make myself a coffee and we've been we've been a dark chocolate town left the mood here Greg no don't worry about it are we Hudson's going to mean ref for the first time today which is all very exciting right listen yeah my wee man just started seeing humans there Matthew so uh we're in there this morning so good good bows about the the colleagues there good crack guy those those are teachers but different from my opening day I can well I was going to say I hope as he got out of the car and headed into the college you didn't say all right son don't do anything I wouldn't do well listen I have I have a I have a checkered history there I have a good buy time so but you're redeemed at all by putting the state units on the on the national stage the international stage so you're all right you did well for yourself Brent come here I think last Monday we were speculating on the inevitable or no yeah I think when we were speaking on the deal debate and then we spoke afterwards the speculation was that Jim McGinnis obviously was going to get it we know he's in situ now we know he's got his back room team you're going to reflect on that but again exciting times exciting times once again for for Donego football Brent oh yeah Tuesday exciting Greg you know and you think people was looking in the I suppose what was the alternative you know from from last year and the whole saga about who was going to take the job there wasn't a whole crew of people or people that we went after they didn't want the job and you know people then wanted Carolese and Murray Cabinet and that that looked like it was going to happen one stage and they backed off so even this year Greg the fact that we have someone of Jim's caliber wanting to come back in I think the time it's brilliant his back room team is brilliant as well and and I think we're so lucky here and I was looking in the you think of it from his other last four years Greg you know three Allsters two All-Ireland final appearances one All-Ireland one Division II but the effect that has lasting on Donego all G8 I was thinking about that over you know when he when he announced his return and of course his back room team because previous to that there was no you know massive amount of potential managers out there and I think particularly with him coming in now for this tenure that after this you know you're going to have so many players from that 2012 team involved in coaching there's at least eight or nine of them so we're going to have managers ready made and I was just thinking about the last and effect of his first four years there and certainly now under these next four years whatever we won then whatever comes out of it there certainly is some great coaches and managers the future there as well yeah it really does seem to set us on a steady footing and and Jim McGinnis' second tenure is much more than a transition project but it certainly is going to have that effect so in other words it kind of and we hope and pray it puts to bed you know this uncertainty and about management and what have you for for quite some time to come now obviously maybe the future stars of Jim McGinnis' squad and established stars as well of course in action at the weekend it was round two at the weekend and of course you're going to be going through all of that with your guests Frank Craig of Iconic Media and GA coach Barry Mehan as well what what stood out for you Brent well it was a big game and Jim was at it was was certainly or sorry it was Dave Connell against the Dunans and and you know it ended up at drops through all steel stalemate down in Clint East and really because the game said Dunans had you know seven points up and the game is low scoring is that Greg there you would have thought there was no way back so listen testament to Dave Connell the most consistent team in Dunnegall now this last number of years going for you know an amazing six finals in a row their their attempt which which is really unheard of so listen they have that in them Greg that they're never going to say die attitude so you would think though with the Unans team the way Dave Connell play sitting deep like that you know if you have a lead on a side like that you've got to play play smart in terms of keeping the ball and drawing out the team because if you're sitting there's a deep counter attack in team and you're way behind you have to come out and play but but listen they were at home you know still early in the season you know you talk about learning learning processes and every coach and everybody will tell you every games a learning game and I think both teams will have learned a lot from that match got a bit feisty got it was a bit of bit of a scoffing at the end it was funny in TG Carr there actually because I was I was doing in Boncran I was doing Boncran in Malin in the intermediate and I got up as far as Newton I stopped on the moment and you could see the whole commotion after but then a wee graphic come up on the screen blacking it it was kind of funny but I think there wasn't too much in it now but that's just the rivalry Greg listen there's no two team no doubt in these two teams you're looking at ease of them you wouldn't put it past there doesn't seem to be anybody else outside those two for me I'm going to win the championship and I know you know obviously legs of Calcare and Protector and you know Ghidorah were defeated at the weekend you know in terms of the squads and the ability I think at this point you can see the title going outside of either these sides of season all right I hope the coaches got a clip of that from the podcast and they can play it out in the dressing rooms and prove this guy wrong no one listens to me you know no one listens to me that's way on our back can we have you just briefly before we let you go and the deal debate I'll remind people when it's on like you've fully made this transition now of course from you know as a club player club manager soccer player and all that kind of stuff to the whole media side of it between podcasts and live broadcasts and you know being the interviewer of players rather than being the interviewer how are you enjoying it Brandon because you're still right now I was going to say something else but deep into into the game but from a different perspective it must be fun isn't yeah it's good fun I guess listen we love the game and then you know going to games now because they are so defensive Greg and Purr quite often like a lot of the crack you'll have about games it used to be you're always going to games just for the game and whatever happened outside that was fine but it's almost flipped now the people that you meet and particularly when you're doing this media work the kind of the crack and the laugh you have around it because you know even like down in Boncran there yesterday you know teams are playing everyone's playing the same you know everybody behind the ball more or less and playing the percentages so the games can be about drab there might be a bit of life at the at the end of them when it comes down to low scoring games because there's never teams pulling away from teams really and a lot of the matches you know so this and quite often there's a lot of fun there I got an opportunity to go and do a a GA podcast in New York next month so um a lot of these things pops up there what color is that what do you want to come you're going to do the podcast no i'm going to do a podcast are you going to america to do it yeah yeah have you heard of we're literally on zoom what do you want to do no zoom in new york now i'll video it yes i'm coming i'll video it no problem we'll do a little video we'll do a heiling radio tell us all right and you never know and you never know unless you ask all right brilliant stuff we'll tell us more about that next week Brent listen the day on debate is live just after 7 p.m. tonight and you can also podcast it of course highlandradio.com reflecting on Jim McGinnis' return his back room team and a full review of the club championships we'll see if anyone has a different view to brendan and he's got frank craig GA correspondent with iconic media group and top GA coach barry mehanon as well so you can imagine that's going to be an interesting conversation and you can listen to the dl debate and association with Sarah's kitchener sister Sarah's letter Kenny go ahead and game he did made 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Okay joining us on the show support guidance officer at National Learning Network Letter Kenny, Sinead McAteer and students Sean Sheridan and Kiva Begley. Good morning to all of you. Thank you so very much for joining us. Good morning Greg. Great to have you on the program. Okay I'll speak with you first if that's okay Sinead. We talk about accessibility inclusion on this program all the time. It feels that sometimes we're making some inroads but then you hear people's lived experience and I'm not saying we're going backwards but it's it's it's it's frustratingly stalled I think in terms of having proper access for as many people as is possible. Yes I know through the National Learning Network we have an advocacy group and representatives from a lot of the classrooms would feedback issues and then we could try and maybe highlight those issues but one that would reoccur constantly is the lack of accessible transport for people with mobility needs should they perhaps require crutches for walking or mobility scooters for longer distances or a manual or electric wheelchair the fact that there's virtually no public transport to get to areas you know like tourist areas shopping days things like that kiva isn't it yeah you know buy a taxi maybe but that's a buy it up so the cost of a taxi would be sure. Can I go to you kiva what has your experience been? My experience has been I was going to Father Fair one day and I had to get a taxi because I couldn't get on the bus and I had to go into the taxi alone. It's very frustrating yes yeah and you'd have an experience of being in Dublin now it is okay down there is it? Yes and then you come back to Donegal and you realise how far behind we are. And in terms of of local link that would be the most regularly used transport for you how does that work for you? Yes good the actual local link that I'm on is the only bus that has a wheelchair ramp it's the only bus in the local link company that has a wheelchair ramp so I feel like.  Yeah and why should people with mobilities in Donegal be treated to those in Dublin? We're all like well we're all the same.  I have a disability scooter as well okay the lack of transport for me for the axle to get around there can I at the the the cost of it and your taxis again aren't you really if you want to get around it if you want to do it yourself you have to depend on other people you have to depend on like your PA's and your and your family to get you places and can I ask you Sean what would you like to see change? I'd like to see change in more accessible taxes and public buses because we have public bus or the card for the bus but we can't use it without assistance from family and from other people to help us to get opened down the steps and your independence how important is it for you to be able to live your life as independently as it's possible? It's really hard when you have a disability when you're balancing you have to go around with crutches so does a scooter and the scooter is it's is the town you're around Lederkenny mostly like is there anything around the town that needs to change in relation to the scooter so say for instance you could get the scooter to point A and travel from there is that is the town set up that you can move around okay on the scooter but like you still need the transport of course to get there yeah of course to get there it's like you're not like you can't depend on the battery on on the scooter to be uh I know it's normally all this should be all this charity stuff but but you should be able to use your local transport right uh ask them for other people to um to to um help out sorry for sure no no I was fascinated with what you were saying you're doing fantastic uh Sean Kever your independence too as much as you uh you know when you know best um that's important to you also I had about you oh yeah fair but so yeah yeah okay um and and see this is the thing to uh Sinead it's it's really great that we've got two excellent speakers in Kever and Sean making points that cannot be argued with okay it's this is what Sean's saying and what Kever say you there's no counterargument here okay that's I think there's no one listening that that could could put up put up an argument so the people that make these decisions need to understand people's lived experience and listen to them and make things more accessible more inclusive yes I yeah I know that um through the LIC we called the LIC it's local advocacy committee we have a few representatives including Sean who would like to write to the transport minister just to address these because we're wondering why perhaps like I know Dublin's a big city capital city but um there could be so much accessibility and then none around Donegal you know um but we had the minister on I can't remember her name who's responsible for local link and she was coming on um and was talking about how there's new buses being provided for local link right and I said to them A are all these new buses going to be fully accessible and B you know how are they going to be in terms of the environment and there was no answer do you know what I mean so even now and it was it she's a Green Party rep even now we're getting new buses but are they fully accessible for Sean and Kiva and others yeah there's other issues as well it's like lack of clarity because we have another student she couldn't be here today but um she would require just medical conditions she requires a mobility skitter for longer distances and um it comes apart and we fold it up into three pieces and give fit in a standard car boot so um we phoned the local buses that was bus airing and we were told that it could be booked and expressway buses underneath that to put it as a bike but whenever we turned up on the day it was declined so one of the staff had a drive behind in their car just to take this fold-up skitter in the boot so and it was it wasn't a big car it was a standard four focus size car that was there a reason given us to why they just don't they wouldn't transport it no and so there was a lot of phone calls from ourselves back and forward that day trying to find out and the conclusion was yes it could be booked under a bike but it wasn't the case on the day so we have as two staff that would accompany we've been an outing a shopping trip it was this day and um what's one person was there having to drive their own car just to put the mobility skitter that was folded up quite compact and their boot uh kiva is it difficult now to book uh say for instance you are going to Dublin and you want to go on on on boss airing uh is is it a difficult procedure for you to book your place it's not a difficult procedure but when you get there you just have to say you will be able to get on because not all the time you would be able to get on and do you have to still book in advance because there's you have to book in advance yeah so if you decide that you want to go to 24 hours in advance but even when you turn up there's no guarantee that they might say I'm on my own I can't accommodate you today no that did happen you kiva recently where um you booked a seat and they told you that they were able to take and the chair but whenever they turned up they said they couldn't so kiva had to get a taxi separately too and one of the summer outings wasn't it and and shone you mentioned and kiva's mentioned taxis as well and that's fine but they're a private sector incredibly expensive uh we can't rely on private people you know just individuals like our brothers or dads or moms or whatever you know there is a responsibility I think for the state to provide uh accessible transport the state needs to uh by our also service is because like we can't uh always have we'd like to be out on on our own so does and taxes are rather expensive yeah and is there anything else that you want to talk to us about shone I know you've made a couple of notes but I want to make sure that when you leave here you feel that you've you feel that you've said everything that's important to you so go through them and if there's anything that you want to talk about please use this opportunity now shone or we might have covered everything um I want to mention as well for older people as um getting on the bus was a stick and how accurate it is on bus iron and generally buses that they have to get up open and and myself I ended up having to use my mother my mom to uh to actually help me up go behind me go up the steps and then come back after the bus go in front of me in case off my balance would go and what's the alternative there and pardon my ignorance on this but it's best to ask the questions I presume there are some buses then that that have uh that that's they're easily accessible you just step on them rather than up into them hi if there's one so uh able to step on to instead of going up the steps should be a lot easier for yeah and is that normally an electronic ramp that helps in that situation or how does that work I wonder I haven't seen one of these buses it should be um um an annual ramp on buses get you understood and um kiva most buses can they accommodate you in your chair most buses very very few very few okay um it's this progress is so slow shone again I'm going back to where we began here um I just would love if they had one of these committee meetings bring in the bus companies bring in uh excellent speakers like shone and kiva and explain to their faces why we're not making the progress we should I mean there was a lady from palace shannon had a six month campaign uh just to try and be able to get access to a bus she could go to the atu in slago why are we having to have these battles these individual battles and then you talked about older people uh shone we had a lovely lady on the show last week norah who um the boss was empty she wasn't even able she says can I get on the bus to go back to don and go she'd just been in hospital right and they says no and then let someone else uh on that had it's the treatment of people I wonder is there a culture in boss air and that doesn't care I hope there isn't but for you too many stories uh shenade yeah you hear about um well a lot of the students would highlight the having to book a seat to get onto bosses even though they have travel passes and that can be difficult because a lot of people don't have smartphones or phones with apps and are having to ask people to book tickets for them straighters and straight we've heard the importance of independence you know and then this thing whereby this for two year we get priority boarding yeah flying to alicante here you know we're trying to get on a bus yeah yeah I know I know yeah you can go into the ticket station say they're down the letter county shopping center but we've been in there before trying to book like uh tickets for to go for a regional meeting with some student representatives and um say the ticket machines broke then it's broke just for the weekend so you're trying to rely on those that have apps not everybody has an app to to book their tickets so booking tickets for each other so it's not very convenient you know um can I just show just jump in say whatever you want go ahead and I just say something on the uh we had to book a ticket from uh boss Aaron to there they were in doble in there and we had to book a pipeline or we had to book a seat for the to get on boss Aaron and we ended up had asked actually asked somebody in the public to help out we couldn't do it online it should be that you should be able to go to a person unable to do it over a counter and it's clear Sean you're a very proud man and you you don't want to have to be you know it's nice that you met a member of the public that would help but you don't want to have to do that do you you wanted to be able to to do that kind of thing yourself uh kiva before I ask you a question anti Katrina's watching you oh hello okay anti Katrina hi Katrina um anything else that you want to mention kiva as well or did we touch on most of it for you no I think we're done okay brilliant stuff as I say you know we're we're hearing you listening to you I just wish the people that make these decisions did as well and I'll ask the same question if you should need anything else you want to add I suppose just a summary that it's a basic need that should be accessible for everyone and people shouldn't be excluded from public transport especially on crucial essential routes you know that um there should be accessible adaptations made to buses you know buses need to be upgraded if there's absolutely none of them in any goal if there is ones and we're not aware of them and anyone's listening please get in contact with the national air network in little Kenny and also too and kiva's made the point about how things are good in Dublin and we're talking about us living here but you know we have to talk about to our um now Olivia Montgomery is waving at you what's going on what's going on what's going on here kiva hi Olivia hello Olivia but my point is is we have to think of our international reputation as well kiva and Sean because if people can go into Dublin and and move around I'm sure they know that it's going to be very difficult if they have a if they're a wheelchair user or or on crutches or a scooter user that Donagall is like do you know what I mean so we have to think about that too Sean it's been great having you on thank you very much indeed and keep up the good work advocating for yourself and for others as well kiva it's always great to have you on the program you're a bit of a regular now at this stage so thank you very much indeed and last but not least national support guidance officer at national learning network letter Kenny shane macateer thank you very much indeed thank you great all right and that's Sean Sheridan and kiva Becca who seems to be related to everybody out there because they're all saying that and you too Sean some lovely messages coming in for you as well okay I'll read them out of course they are uh well done Sean and kiva fantastic interview uh well done Sean a great speaker and on they go as well so there you go you're both getting the love today nothing fusionate oh well sorry nothing for you it's all the love for kiva and Sean go ahead Sean but uh that's how they are known as for health needs to be woken up he needs to listen and listen to us all right all right good note to finish on thank you very much indeed watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the night till noon show is brought to you by letter Kenny credit union digital loans now available apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account house to home bridge end dunny gall our modest front door opens 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have you on the program calls have been made for an emergency meeting to be held with ishk air in irish water following yet another burst water pipe in the mean neclady area residents in that area experience difficulty due to water pipes on an ongoing basis in the area is one that is home to tourists irish language students during the summer months and many depend heavily on having a dependable source of water local shin fame councillor john shimmer so far he said that he'd be asking his colleagues at the carelock of the glen t's municipal district called for an emergency meeting with ishk air and to discuss the ongoing problems here so we've talked about people that come into the area but there's people that live there all the time and have to endure every outage maria coils amongst them i think hi maria hello gregaria i'm i'm okay but for you guys it's on and on and on and on and here we go again yeah it seems to be a constant thing now having water outages every so often and it feels like it's a sticky back sticky pasta sticking plaster yeah that's exactly what it is yeah very much so yeah tell us what it's like how often does your water go out how does it impact your life quite regularly so like we're on this stretch your own try i am there's a one kilometer and there's about 20 odd patches in the past couple of years of constantly leaks burst pipes it is so frustrating that we eat up in the morning and you have no water and you could have water maybe for an hour or two it could be off for an hour or two and then it could be off maybe a couple of days and it's just frustrating like there's like there's a lot of young families here and older people and water is a kind of immunity that everybody needs and to have that off for you don't know if it's going to go off for every day it's a mid-shower mid-washing machine wash yeah exact mid-wash machine is a big one yeah that's the big one yeah and then if there are people obviously going to be caring for for younger people or others that rely on on water we all know especially over the three or four years the importance of water and cleanliness you know it's just and it sounds to me with these problems Maria and it's not just in your area there are a couple of other areas but we're focusing on yours today is that the pipes are so bad that when they improve a section or when they seal a weakness in the pipes it actually almost puts extra pressure on another area a weak spot that goes and it's just constant whack-a-mole it reminds me of that you know you can't yeah that's exactly it's like the pipes here haven't been replaced in the bit forty odd years so they're replacing old pipes with new pipes which is putting pressure on the older pipes that's in yeah it needs a proper investment action plan to say right we we recognize there's an issue there and this is what we're going to do to fix it because as well as anything else you get the sooner they get rid of the old asbestos pipes the better yeah exactly that's what it is because the water is just it can be okay I just want to thought financially Maria it makes more sense to when there is a particular area of difficulty to go in dig the road at once and replace it rather than constantly sending crews there you know financially I wonder would it not make much more sense to go and fix a problem once and for all rather than this constantly returning to the same area fixing segments bit by bit which will eventually all get ripped out and replaced anyway just as a matter of when it would be financially better for water it is an ice water I guess I think it was something like 400 000 in this area alone to fix the leaks it's in the pipes my word that's huge like they would put that as to put new waters invested that money in the new pipes yeah okay it would be a lot better for everybody right so hopefully now and I'm sure they will all Glenty's electoral area councillors will join with John Sheamus O'Ferry and the the Cahirlock which I'm sure he won't be found wanting either in convening or at least calling for this emergency meeting so Iska Erin explain the reason as to why this is happening and what they're going to do about it we have asked we did have a meeting in 2018 when it was when it was starting and we were supposed to meet by each water but they haven't appeared okay well listen we're going to make our inquiries as well to see what they say what how they justify this Maria thanks for helping us tell the story this morning no bother thank you take care of yourself Maria Coil they're disgruntled at residents and rightly so on the 23rd of August I celebrated my 60th birthday and also retired after 42 years working in on post I was overwhelmed and humbled by the number of gifts cards and messages of good wishes I received from family friends colleagues and members of the public it would be nearly impossible for me to thank people individually so I want to take this opportunity through your good selves at Highland Radio to say a very sincere thank you to all those people for their thoughtfulness and kindness it was very much appreciated and that's coming in from Tommy McNaught in Battle Buffet and Tommy if you don't mind and I think I can on all of the people over those 42 years that you delivered post to with a smile on your face and a skip in your step and also I'm sure for all of your work colleagues you spend 42 odd years or parts of it with someone you get to know them really well I'm sure they all thank you for your fantastic service and wish you health and happiness in your retirement and at 60 you're only a nipper so hopefully you've plenty of a time to enjoy it too well done thank you very much for that Tommy and we are more than happy to use our airwaves to pass that message on for you good morning in relation to the phone mast in Castle Finn I agree that it would be detrimental to the area which is a rural setting which would be an eyesore for the skyline also there's a 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applications in relation to the defective block uh scheme um so you know kwan who is the senior planner within donning hall county council decided to to bring all of us into the one room and also to bring the planners into the one room so that when we we are putting in for applications that we are all on the same ham sheet and this will obviously uh stream line it's uh and also really because what we're talking about here is as much as is possible we know what these families are going through it's the lesson the burden on them i presume oh very much so it's to make it easier for everybody to get through the process because the process will be there'll be a lot of rest tape involved in the process but at least of the architect from the from the offset um gets gets it right um from the start it will make it easier because there are scenarios out there that people will not relays is there until they actually get into the the nuts and bolts of it we will have situations where people 10 or 20 years ago would have been built in their house and maybe for one reason or another they might have had to relocate it maybe they have very serious rock or maybe they have a very soft spot in the site and the shift of that house maybe a couple of meters and didn't realize that um that the the scenario will ever come across so what'll happen there then they will actually have to apply for retention of that house first before they get get on the scheme you know so they have to get they have to rectify everything that's needed first before they actually can get on the scheme and that also that also applies for their septic tank and percolation area or maybe their site entrance might be exactly where it's at so those people will have to apply for retention of that while they're also applying for demolition but in fairness to the planning team they say you can do it all in the one application so whenever you're putting on your application if you aren't going for a change of house type you can actually retain apply to demolish and apply to to build a new that's sort of where we're trying to streamline it right so it's so whilst in explaining it it does sound incredibly convoluted and complicated and that's it's just the system it's not your explanation in reality um in reality it's been it's been set in such a way now that it will be as simple as possibly could be in in the planning process yeah it is and in fairness to Yunnan and the planning team that there will be individual cases and he's going to like the the planners are going to be sympathetic to the applicants and are going to work their way through the system as easy and cleanly as possible having had a chance to sort of look at it the workings of it the potential workings of it uh what what's your uh what's your feelings on it now that this is the scheme and how it will work and operate not necessarily with you 100% because that that's uh or if you want to comment on that that's up to you but I mean how do you how do you think in real terms this is going to work for people who can work with it um I think you know the the the quicker that we get down to actually getting at the scheme um and get the right team in place within Donegal County and within the housing department it'll be like any other scheme you know whenever you're going for ordinary planning or you're going for a fire certificate or any of that the the easier that you try to to make it and it's easier the whole way through um the situation is if we get it right people like in fairness to people there that are some people are downsizing I know they're not getting the financial benefit for downsizing but they're also there if you are doing a house manning around 2000 square foot um and you go and you get your plan permission for change of house type um you're in a situation then where you're getting over 400,000 and that that will still build you a very good house um in my opinion you know what I mean uh and that's where we need to get we need to get our head rounded first and then start looking at it from a positive position that we have an opportunity here to change our house and to design a house that maybe suits us maybe our children now are of an age and that they've moved out of the house and maybe we don't what need the the two or three certain rooms or the bigger house that we can I accept that that's your point of view and we're coming to the end of the program get into it but I also want to recognize too that that that's again a compromise that people might have to make that they feel they shouldn't have to make but as I say we'll not we'll not get into that I know you've done your view you've expressed that all right councillor canning thank you very much indeed that is uh councillor paul canning 086 60 25 000 a caller observed over the weekend that out of six disabled spaces in a public car park there was only one car which displayed a blue disabled parking badge right okay um shouldn't be the case shouldn't be the case at all um letter canning university hospital is a disgrace three years ago treated like a leper and won't be going back I thought I had covid made light outside in corridors was told they'd be out not once I cried with pain and at five a.m got a bed lay in nobody came near me had to scream to get someone to come there's no buzzer in the room turns out I hadn't got covid the topic on your radio station about letter canning hospital about having no money why the hell did they give the car park money away to another company instead of using it for the hospital as that lady said on the radio the management of the hospital couldn't run a bath she's definitely right if lin mcdevitt who was on with us on friday well worth listening back to that interview if lin mcdevitt stands for the door I'll vote for her for sure lin was saying look at you know the the people that have influence need to start exercising that well said lin says another hi greg agree 100% what lin said on the program on friday I've been a few times and it's disgraceful what's happening in letter canning hospital nurses or health care assistants out and out patients taking blood pressure in front of everyone and asking you medical history how degrading for the patient on one of the nights I was there I seen at least six people get up and go home one gentleman was called to go in three times and sent back out again he went home as well lin is right my husband died in letter canning university hospital went in after an a fall told me to go home he was okay sleeping but he was in a coma I didn't know any different he died a few hours later he's just heartbreaking uh greg lin was 100% right the minister for health should spend a day in the emergency department another can you please read out I was in last monday was needing urgent brain scan no beds and I'm still waiting for that scan fair play to lin I have two elderly parents one with dementia and a mobile from a stroke two years ago and the other who just recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis have spent many many hours in the ed over the past few years most staff are lovely and helpful but my god that doesn't seem to be any sense with the way things are run the horror that it strikes in my parents when they are told they have to go to the hospital and although the problem with the ed is that they keep sending people home only to have to start the waiting process over and over again call a state to family member has been sent home and readmitted four times in the past month the president minister for health talks a great game says this listener but he hasn't or isn't delivering just look at the new children's hospital uh let me see I want to stay on topic here totally agree with lin talking about the ed we witnessed there's a fly in this room it's like that episode of of um breaking bad it won't leave me alone um totally agree with that lady talking about ed we witnessed how bad it was in there with an elderly parent only for we kept speaking up she would still be there felt sorry for vulnerable people that don't have anyone speaking for them staff were brilliant but it's a management problem money's been thrown into a black hole unless it is utilized and managed properly it's a waste of funding communication there is a major problem my parent was told a scan was needed after 36 hours she got a bed when we inquired about the scan she was not on a list because particularly uh this particular scan is not done at weekends she used up a bed for that weekend and after several phone calls to ensure she was on a list she eventually got scanned and was then discharged so that was one bed that should have been freed up over the weekend if things were managed properly this is only