We got a wee giggle this morning, me and you. Yeah, about my haircut. Yeah. Well. I have a moustache on the back of my head. Have you ever seen anybody with a moustache at the back of the head? See, nobody else would point this out to you. No one else cares. No, but I would just spit the domain tag in.  Explain now, just explain. I shaved my own head and I missed a bit. Yeah, well, you missed a good bit.  I'm not talking. Well, I sent you the picture and you put it up in social media. We're not talking a little moustache. We're talking full on. Big bush. Good back. Boy, these two, not Cartman's name. Anyway, it's a big one. No, Magnum is the same. Magnum, yeah. I've got Magnum. You've got Magnum at the back of your head. Just draw his face in the moustache is already there. It's embarrassing. That's OK. Right. I'll just keep looking straight at everyone. You should let that grow up. We've got grown up from a member. What are you? Why don't you try it? What do you do when you leave here? All right. I'm away. Bye-bye. Oh, God. What a start to the day. All right, then. It is the 9 till noon show. And it's over to Emma Ryan for a news update. Hi, Emma. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. The government is set to announce a bumper budget package worth more than 10 billion euro as it tries to battle the soaring costs of living. The plans will be largely aimed at young families with students also set to significantly benefit. Political correspondent, Sean Defoe reports. Parents may get a number of benefits, a 25% reduction in childcare costs leading to savings of between 1,200 euro per child, free primary school books, and income tax changes worth 800 euro a year to those earning over 40 grand. Students will see 1,000 euro slash from third level fees and a double payment of the student grant, along with the reduction in public transport fares of 20% being kept, while renters will get a 500 euro tax credit, both this year and next. Core social welfare rates will be raised by 12 euro, along with a 500 euro payment to carers and people with disabilities. Free grant reception will be extended to people aged 30 and under. Publicly funded IVF will start next year, and 1,000 extra guarantee will be recruited in 2023. Businesses will be given money to deal with energy price hikes up to 10,000 euro a month, with households to get three energy credits worth a total of 600 euro. A Donegal senator has supported our proposal for presidential voting rights to be extended into Northern Ireland. A graphing of fall launched the campaign at Stormont yesterday. Senator Nail Blaineep says allowing people in the north to vote in presidential elections would be a huge step in building a shared future. He believes there is an appetite for it. I met some MLA's on the Unionist side. I met the tired DUP speaker of the house, and we told them what we're about and explained the reasons for it. And they weren't completely anti and opposed to it. And I think given that we're coming from policy-wise in relation to shared Ireland, we're starting to understand who we're coming from. Any moves to make Ireland a cashless society will discriminate against our older citizens. That's according to a Donegal councillor who is calling on Minister for Finance Pascale Donehu to ensure cash remains a key part of our day-to-day lives. A recent survey from the Dublin Mint office found 88% of those believe using contactless cards payments will leave behind a significant cohort of Irish people. Councillor Michele Nocton says not everyone has access to the right technology to stay up-to-date with a fast-moving world. You know, it's discrimination basically against our older generation and people in low-income families because they are dependent on cash and that. Not everybody has the iPhone. Not everybody has access to the internet. To whether or not, starting mostly cloudy with isolated showers, but some sunny spells will develop later in the day, the highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees. That's all for now. We'll be back with a news update again at 10 o'clock, but until then, good morning. The cost of living crisis has us living in uncertain times. As prices constantly rise, it leaves us wondering, will everything that goes up always come down? With the budget speech comes more uncertainty. What impact will it have? And what will it mean for you? The Irish Independent looked to answer the important questions in their budget supplement, an essential guide that explains how Budget 2023 impacts you and your finances. You'll find it in Wednesday's Irish Independent, up close and independent. Would you like to win a Hyundai Kona car? Well, that's the first prize in the St Yunans GA Club Development Draw, who are sponsors of this week's 9 till noon show. There's nine other great prizes and tickets are now available online at styunansgadraw.com or any club member. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, the 9 till noon show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. And hello, a very good morning to you. It's just approaching five minutes past nine on this Tuesday, the 27th of September, 2022. How are you keeping? I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Of course, I should have said that to you yesterday, but I was off. Donald was in, thank you Donald as always. 08, 660, 25,000. Our lines are there ready for you to make very, very busy. What's ups or texts? What's your expectations of today's budgets? What would you really like to see? I mean, we pretty much know everything that's in there now at this stage, don't we? But what do you think would really, really have made a difference? From what you've heard, do you think the government is doing as much as it possibly can to offset the rising cost of living inflation? I think we couldn't expect them to do them all, or could we? 07491 25,000 if you want to get involved in that conversation as well. And it's a busy show. There's lots of different stuff on today. So stay tuned right up until 12 o'clock, by the way. If you tune out any of those hours, you do miss some great content. So stick with us as much as you can. If you want to watch this show, get on our website right now. The tab at the top beside Listen Live is Watch Live. We're live now. Or you can click other links that are on the website there. Or go on to YouTube, Highland Radio Ireland. Say hello to us there across our Facebook pages too. It's just an option for you to watch if you wish. And for those of you who have audio issues, there are captions on our Facebook streams as well, which is useful to some people out there. Let's see what's on the front and inside the papers today. The Donegal People's Press, public meetings about social problems arising as a result of the influx of Ukrainian refugees are effectively putting the wrong people on trial. That's according to Chancellor Maritórez Galahar, who believes the blame lies not with the people fleeing their war-torn homeland, but rather with those who are profiteering from the misfortune of others. She further believes that deeply flawed government policies play a major part, allowing greedy profiteers to move in and take advantage of the plight of refugees. There are social problems because of the increased numbers and there are human problems because of how some of these Ukrainians people are being forced to live. And, you know, there is a conversation that's maybe not necessarily happening in the media, but certainly happening out in the community as we talked about last week. And we've recognized that on this program right from the get-go. Some people are talking about instances of antisocial behavior, road traffic rules maybe not being applied equally, and social housing becoming unavailable to people on housing waiting lists and then, you know, being filled, and in many some cases filled with Ukrainian refugees. And, you know, I think those conversations are far better had out in front and interesting to see. Chancellor Maritórez Galahar amongst others is raising that issue recently, 08, 6, 60, 25,000. It is something we're going to be talking about this week. The Derry Journal, the principal of special needs school, has gone on trial at Derry Crown Court on a series of rape and sexual assault charges against a female. Michael Dobbins, 54, of Greenhall Road in Derry, faces a total of 10 charges, including six charges of rape on dates over a two-year period.  On to the Irish Independent now in the national newspapers, focusing very much on the budget, which as I say, we kind of pretty much know what's in it at this stage. Pensioners are in line for one-off payments of up to 1,100 euro before the end of the year under a series of last-minute social welfare spending measures agreed by the coalition. Now, I'm sure there's many people out there we've heard from them in this program who after paying bills on given weeks have, you know, 12, 13 euro in some cases, none to live on for the rest of the week. So I can only presume that this has to be welcomed for at least a certain group of people. A double payment of the 253 euro per week state pension will be paid twice in the coming months, once a month, once soon after the budget and again in December. Pensioners in receipt of the living-alone allowance will get a separate 200 payment and those receiving the fuel allowance are in line for an added once-off 400 euro lump sum. So that's 1,100 plus 200 plus four. Social Protection Minister Heather Humphries also struck a deal which will extend the fuel allowance up to another 80,000 people. So there are many people who, you know, should qualify for the fuel allowance. It's a matter of pennies and pens almost sent in euros. Hopefully now this net will be widened to bring those people in. Ms. Humphries also secured a 12 euro a week increase in social welfare in the new year, along with a special once-off 500 euro payment for carers and peoples with disability this year. Now carers and peoples with disabilities, they are very, very broad parameters, okay? So the devil will be in the detail and I have no doubt after this budget will may well be contacted by carers and people with disabilities, whether it's the minority or the majority that will miss out on this for one reason or another. But hopefully it catches as many people as possible. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly received funding for a major expansion of the GP visit card scheme with 430,000 people becoming eligible for the first time. And of course that's useful if you can actually get an appointment with your GP. Elsewhere, third level fees to be cut by 1,000 this year which is really quite significant I suppose. There'll be a significant reduction on a permanent basis. So there are some of the highlights picked out by that paper. I'll run through some more of the figures for you after we run through the papers. Let's focus on the business side of things. That's what the Irish Times have done. Businesses with soaring energy bills will be given up to 10,000 euro a month while welfare rates will increase by 12 euro under an overall budgetary package worth 10 billion being unveiled by the coalition today. Now there's two very different things going on with two things happening right beside each other. Let's say for instance in Britain and I think this might have been discussed in the program yesterday. They have announced a giveaway mini budget effectively mostly for the rich as to be said, their argument being that it stimulates investment and growth and there's more tax take then and jobs are protected. But anyway, the problem is that and this is why the sterling is tanked. There's no real plan has had to pay for it. They're gonna borrow. And because the sterling is so poor the cost of British borrowing has gone through the roof. And it is an absolute mess over there. And it's something that will eventually have some sort of an impact on us. The difference here is the government has corporate tax and it has a big lump sum this year and an even bigger lump sum next year. So it's able to make these types of decisions without necessarily happening to go to the borrowing markets. Okay, and that's the difference. In Ireland, there is this surplus from corporate tax and you take that out, we'd be running out of deficit. You know, we are incredibly reliant on corporate tax. Whereas in Britain and Northern Ireland, of course, their situation is very different. They've announced stuff. They haven't even costed and have to go and borrow for. And the very announcement that they're making is making borrowing more expensive. It's gonna be incredibly interesting if not worrying certainly for lots of us who've got friends and family in Britain. Many of you listening today online may well be in Britain. You know, it's gonna have an impact on real people and it is, you know, riches for the rich and pennies for the poor. And that's what we're seeing in Ireland a little bit some might feel with this budget, but perhaps there's enough in it to offset that sense. Well, the final details of budget 2023 were agreed last night and will be announced by minister for finance, Pascal Donahoe, minister for public expenditure, Michael McGraw in the door at lunchtime. Following weeks of negotiations and amid significant pressure on the government to stage a major intervention, ministers have agreed to increase the entry point for the top level of tax to 40,000, a 25% reduction in childcare fees, a 1,000-year-old cut on third-level students' fees and a 1.2 billion package of supports for businesses hit by soaring energy costs, okay. Let's go on to politics elsewhere over to Europe. Italy last night, Italy was last night set to have its first female prime minister after the far right claimed a victory in the country's elections. The result that was praised by Russia, this is the Irish Daily Mail. The problem far right parties, as they're described, have when they go into power is they have a lot to, firstly they've got a lot of people that would vote, that would be, this is not a generalization, but a lot of people might be drawn to vote for them who feel that the government doesn't speak to them, that the government doesn't represent them, that they're forgotten, that they're concerns about things like immigration, that they're concerns about European powers and not listened to by the regular government, so they vote far right, they vote for parties that promise real, real change. Now the difficulty, and it's happened in some of the Scandinavian countries already, the difficulty is, is that these parties have to deliver because they have at least some of their support base that feel disaffected by politics in general. So they look to this new party and they say, or this new government and they say, right, well, you better deliver on this, that and the other. And what happens is that in reality, that doesn't happen. So we'll watch, we, a great deal of interest in Italy to see exactly what does happen because while Russia has welcomed this decision, they've already committed to stick to the government's, previous government's line on Ukraine and Russia. Well, anyway, the conservative coalition of brothers of Italy leader, Georgia Maloney, which includes former PM, Silvio Berlusconi picked up just over 44% of the vote. But the progress of the process of asking her to form Italy's most right-wing government since Mussolini's in the Second World War is not expected to be completed for at least another month. The 45-year-olds win in Sunday's poll marks the latest success for Europe's populist anti-immigration parties. The blonde-speaking single mother from Rome appealed to voters with tough rhetoric on Islam, woke ideology, the LGTB lobby, and she also promised to use the Italian Navy to stop migrants getting into the country. Now, as I say, how much of that will she actually be able to deliver on? It could be a one-term government. We shall see because, as I say, the expectations particularly for those who think, you know, it's a waste of time voting for the same old, same old. The expectations for those will be very, very high, so we'll watch with interest. Just a wee update in the Irish Daily Star on calls last week for a vat to be scrapped on newspapers, well, it seems the government is going to meet those demands. Government is set to scrap vat on newspapers in this afternoon's budget. Government sources told the star. Last week, the Taoiseach said he was positively disposed towards getting rid of the tax that is crippling so many media outlets, especially local papers every week. He said the issue was on the table for discussion ahead of the budget and it now looks like his position has swayed other ministers with the backing of the Taoiseach. Now confirmed, the industry can be optimistic that the tax should be axed today. The yield to the government from the 9% vat charged on papers, 18 million, is relatively small beer to the Exchequer in the grand scheme of things. Now I'm not sure if that means papers become cheaper or they just become more sustainable. Yeah, but good news, I presume, particularly for local newspapers. Right, okay. The mirror tells us today that drinking, smoking and tanning contribute to hundreds of preventable cases of cancer every day. The World Cancer Research Fund has estimated around 40% of cancers could be prevented through choices such as eating a healthy diet, being active, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking. Other ways of lowering cancer risks are avoiding alcohol and processed meat and cutting down on red meat. Breastfeeding and staying sun safe are good tips too, the charity added. Dr. Vanessa Gordon Diego of WCRF said early detection via screening is also a vital tool in improving survival rates. A lot of that's kind of stuff we know and you try and implement it, but it can be tough too, can't it? Because a lot of ways to eat healthy are incredibly expensive, but I suppose exercise is free. An interesting story overnight for those of you who look up. NASA launched a mission to deliberately collide a space probe with an asteroid and it will provide the first proof that technology can save us from disaster. The Dublin asteroid redirection test mission was due to dramatically smash into the giant space rock 17.7 million kilometers from Earth at around 7.14 last night, what happened after midnight, I'll tell you how it went. The dark spacecraft launched last November to target the asteroid DeMorphos in the Didymus system. The craft will impact DeMorphos and researchers will measure if the impact shortened its orbit period. Well, it did impact with it and it was very close to where they wanted to hit it. It's about the size of a football stadium. So if you were down at Crock Park recently, imagine this asteroid is that size and it's hurtling through space, not towards Earth and its position cannot be adjusted where it would end up going towards Earth, but they smashed this object into it. It was a success in that regard. This satellite, they smashed it into it and now over the course of the weeks and it only has to move a fraction really because it's so far away because that fraction by the time it would get to us would be massive, right? So they're gonna track it over the next week, two weeks, three weeks and so on to see if this high impact caused it to alter course. It's trajectory, which is kind of like those 90s films. I can't remember the names off the top of my head but it's the same kind of stuff, isn't it? Right, so we have a quick look then at what before we move on to our guests. What's expected to be in this budget? So in relation to business, we'll start with businesses. SME said to get energy bill payments up to a maximum of 10,000 euro a month. So I presume the bigger payers of electricity will get the higher rates. The scheme will cover 40% of the increase in electricity or gas bills. Revenue will administer and it'll be backdated to September and it'll run until at least February at a cost of a billion. So hopefully now, there's not too many hoops that businesses have to jump through in terms of compliance and stuff to pick up that money but it should offset 40% of the increases in electricity or gas bills to business. Another 200 million scheme will be aimed at larger companies involved in imports, exports and manufacturing with up to 2 million in financial aid if the business shows how they'll get through the crisis and control energy costs. PhD students, PhD students will also get a once off cost of living payment before Christmas. The 9% VAT rate on hospitality will be allowed to expire in February and will return to 13.5%, which is a big shame for businesses up this part of the world that have, I think, continue to offer relatively good value, not so upset for the gougers in the big cities, but anyway, in terms of your income tax, the top rate of income tax will only apply to earnings over 40K after the budget. That's an increase in the tax band of 3,200. It'll be worth 800 a year to those on the higher rate. They'll help to buy schemes to be extended for two years. There'll be a once off 500 euro payment for carers and people with disabilities in the budget, as I said, when looking at the papers though, it'll be interesting to see how targeted that is if people miss out. And Minister Heather Humphreys has also got a double child benefit payment to be paid in the coming months. And I welcome things like that, but I don't see why people really, really well off get a double child welfare payment. And I'm not supposed to discriminate amongst children and all, but wouldn't it be far better off to give those who are really struggling a greater proportion of that money rather than giving people that it just goes into a, it just goes into the abyss of wealth, giving them that money. It just doesn't seem right to me. Some pensioners will get 1,100 from the government before Christmas. Some of you will get more details on that a little later on. There's a 12 year rise in the state pensioner, 400 euro lump sum for those on the fuel allowance, which will, it makes a difference that, doesn't it? And then a 200 euro lump sum for those on the living alone allowance and a two double payments for all on social welfare at Christmas and around about Halloween. The free contraception scheme will be extended up to and including 30 year olds. So I think it was 26, wasn't it? Hospital inpatient charges had to be scrapped and the first publicly funded IVF treatment will be provided in 2023 under the budget package from Stephen Donnelly. The Department of Health is also planning to make 430,000 more of you out there eligible for free GP care next year. It'll mean more than half the population will have either a GP visit card or a full medical card for the first time. Renters are to benefit from the 500 euro tax credit both this year and next. In terms of the defense budget, defense budget is rising to 1.17 billion, 47 million euro for paying pensions in the defense forces, 176 million on capital spending, that's the highest ever budget. It'll be used on state of the art radar, new planes and vessels. Onto students here, students, 1,000 euro reduction in college fees this year. Now, I don't know exactly how that works. If a lot of students not already paid their charges or is that done quarterly or something, someone out there will let me know. There'll be a permanent reduction of 500 euro in fees for any family earning under 100K, which is useful. That's a lot of people there. It's combined incomes, but I think a lot of people in Donegal will qualify for that. Families earning under 62,000 will pay no more than 1500 euro in student fees. That's not insignificant that.  So if you're under 62,000, you'll pay no more than 1500 euro in student fees. And all student grant receipts will get a double payment this year. Okay, so that's what's potentially in it. They better be right. So I'll tell you those who claim to be in the know so they don't want to be misleading anyone either. All right, okay. Much more to come on the show, stay where you are. The newspapers are courtesy of Kelly Centra, Mountaintop, Letter Kenny. The county's number one talk show, The Nine Till Noon Show on Highland Radio. The Nine Till Noon Show with St. Joonan's GA Club Development Draw. 40,000 euro in prizes. 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Now Community Guard information is coming up for you around about quarter past 10 this week today. Last week there was an appeal as it relates to, I think it was last week as it relates to an appeal on a holiday home that was, people went inside and messed up this holiday home. Now the appeal was detailed, do not get me wrong, but it did not tell the full story because it couldn't because only the pictures can tell the full story. We're gonna speak to that property owner now, but if you want to see what people or a person did the inside of this house, go on to our website, highlandradio.com, click watch live or go on to Highland Radio Ireland on YouTube or any of our Facebook pages and I'll be showing you some of the images of what these people or person did to this house. Sam is the property owner. Sam, good morning to you. Good morning. Right, okay, now you've had this holiday home, is it actually this home that you've had in Movil for a couple of decades now? Yeah, we've had it almost 20 years. It comprises of three apartments, a ground floor apartment and a first and second floor apartment. We never actually used the ground floor apartment, but we used the first and second floor, talking for ourselves on the first floor if we had friends or family coming to visit us. And what kind of state was the ground floor in? It was the ground floor that was the focus of this vandalism, is that correct? The ground floor was actually vacant. The only damage done there was the broken window in the door into the kitchen, but there was no actual damage done inside because there was no furniture or anything in that ground floor apartment. All the damage was done in the first and second floor apartments and the entrance hall and the staircase and everything into the apartments. Right, so during what period of time did this happen? In other words, the last time you were there and compared to when you returned? Well, the property was pretty much vacant prior to lockdown. Obviously, we weren't allowed to travel, et cetera, but we did keep a regular check on it and we were actually in the property on the 29th of August and that's the day that we found the damage. Prior to that was two weeks before the 29th of August and the apartments were intact. So, as I say, on the Monday the 29th of August, we just had a routine check to make sure everything was okay and just couldn't believe our eyes when we opened the door. Yeah, right, so the latter two weeks of August this damage was done. Now, anyone who hopped on to watch the show will see this, this looks like a demolition job.  So, can you describe for listeners in Radio Land what these people did to your property? Well, they basically broke in with an axe and they went at the staircase like I have never seen anything like it before. The local guards and the forensic team were, they said themselves that they had never seen damage like it. That just was the vandalism. There was nothing taken and it was just, they went at the staircase, as you can see in the photographs, they basically tried to take the staircase out, but not for any moderate gain, it was just vandalism. They then went at the walls, the light switches, the sanitary ware, the kitchens, doors. And at one point, I'd say in the first floor apartment, they actually hacked off the bathroom door but left the hinges on and about probably six inches of the door on and brought that door upstairs, put it into what would have been my daughter's bedroom and just smashed the place to complete the smithereens, the TV, just unbelievable. The photographs don't actually give enough detail but the photographs are appalling, as I'm sure you agree. They're unbelievable. And it's not like copper was stripped from the walls, it's not like the wood was taken to be burned, it's not like, this was like a pack of animals that went in there for however long I don't know and as much as they could possibly destroy, they destroyed. That's correct. What's the damage? I mean, we'll talk about the actual monetary cost of this, but what are we looking at here? Well, we're still assessing it and the staircase was that badly damaged that, you know, I've had a couple of joiners look at it and they, there's a feeling that we probably will have to replace the whole staircase because it's been damaged beyond repair. The number of walls that are gonna have to be replastered, kitchen replaced, sound to wear. At this stage, we're looking at probably between 30 and 40,000 euro of damage. Yeah. What about the emotional impact this has had on you, Sam? Because there was an audible pause for me anyway, when you mentioned, you know, them accessing your daughter's room. Did I pick up correctly in that? And how has this made you feel personally, you know, the emotional element of it? Well, we have always had, you know, a great respect from a though. And it's just sort of shattered to the extent that my wife and the daughter really don't want to return. What do you think has happened here? I mean, do you feel this is anything personal? Do you think that people just went in there? Like, was there any evidence of drinking or smoking in there? Like, what do you think? There can be never any justifiable motivation for anything like this. I think that's clear. What do you think went on here? I think that the property was empty and the perpetrators gained access and it's clear from the top apartment that they rearranged the furniture and they had this evidence of drinking alcohol. There was pizza boxes with half-eaten pizzas in them. There was evidence of smoking and cigarettes and nobody in our family smoked, so there was definitely that. They readjusted the furniture to the extent that they were using it, whether it be as a bin or a drinking or a gathering place, I don't know. The guards did do a door-to-door inquiry and there was a scene leaving the building, I think a few days prior to us coming down, but they were wearing hoodies and they said that possibly there was one female as well. But they had used the... We had the water turned off, thankfully, in the premises, but they had used the toilet and, as I say, we believe there definitely was more than one person in there. Do you get the impression that this all happened in one day or they may have been returning of the course of that fortnight? I would say that there'd been another night of there, definitely, on a number of occasions, without a doubt. And the ax, and I'm gonna, for those watching, I'm gonna pause the image on the ax. It's, to me, it seems really quite distinctive. It's got a green and yellow handle, almost like the Donegal GEA colours. That obviously was used, was that on the premises or did they bring that with them? No, that was not on the premises and that was sitting on the coffee table and there was also a crowbar on the floor, which you can see in one of the photographs as well. That was obviously what was used to do the damage in the GEA and access. But I agree with you that that ax is very distinctive and I'm sure that there's somebody somewhere that will look at that and say that that ax... There's an ax missing. Yeah, exactly, there's an ax missing from the back of someone's van or a shed or a utility room or something. Someone's gone looking for a yellow and green handled ax and is wondering where it's at. This is where it gets quite important because this means that maybe there's someone out there, it might be quite difficult. It's not actually a yellow and green handle, the handle's green but the ax's body is yellow, just so we're clear. The rubberized section is green, the body of the ax is yellow. There could be someone that knows it's someone in their family who's really what I'm getting at or they say it supplied this equipment and that would leave someone in a very difficult position. But I think people are gonna have to step up and do the right thing here. This is really, really quite significant and as you say, an attack like this is gonna feel personal Sam, it's gonna feel personal to you too as well. There's just no, and your family because you've already talked of the impact it's had on your family but it's gonna feel personal. Yeah, absolutely. Is there been any other information other than youth spotted exiting and entering the building? No, the guards in Cernus now have been very helpful and they've had friends to guide them. They are hopeful that there will be DNA of the pieces that they took, the ax, the crowbar, cigarettes, there's a glass there, empty drinking cans and things like that there. So they have been in touch with me and they're working on it and they have done door-to-door inquiries and I've spoken to some of the local people that live nearby and the public across the road and they haven't seen us and I'm confident that if they do, that they'll be very happy to help. What do you do next now, Sam, in terms of trying to get this back to the way it was before or I don't know, what are you going to do? I mean, obviously it has to go in and be assessed and costed and all that type of stuff. Are you ready for that? Well, we have, as I say, we've had the insurance loss adjusters out and they advise me to employ because of the extent of the damage they've advised me to employ, my own loss adjuster to do a detailed report as to the damage and we're still working our way through that. It's, as I say, the staircase is a bit of a worry because it's been so badly damaged that it may be that we have to take the whole staircase out of the property and replace it, which that one item would be in excess of 10,000 euro, I believe. All right, and listen, it's great that they're doing their forensic work, the DNA and all that type of stuff, but look at, if this is young people, how you get a match, what effectively I'm saying is this is going to require maybe having real life suspects as well that things can be cross-referenced with. We don't, it's not like the telly where we have this database and they run it through and all of a sudden two suspects pop up. So, you know, this is going to require the local community to pass on the information they may have to the guards. Can you give us a more specific idea of where this is? It's in Movil, it's an old barracks, which as you say has been converted to three apartments. Is it, you mentioned there's a pub across the road, is there a joining property? Can you describe to us its location? Yeah, well, it's pretty central and the trawler and pub is opposite and there used to be a restaurant on one side of it, which was destroyed by fire, oh, I'm sure it might be 10 or 15 years ago, and it's pretty close to the, there's a children's park there and the water sports area. So, you're right in the centre of James Street, just at the traffic lights, if you were coming in, if you were coming in to Movil from Green Castle and you hit the traffic lights, you take a left and that you're on James Street and you're on the left there. And given the level of damage and destruction here, you would imagine someone was walking past and heard something as well. I don't know, maybe it's incredibly well insulated, I don't know, Sam, but there would have been a riot going on in this building. You would imagine anyone close to it is banned to have heard or seen something. Well, the perpetrator didn't do any damage to the ground floor apartment, which would have been, they purposely would have avoided that because yes, you're absolutely correct that anybody walking past would have heard that. The damage would have been confined to the first and second floor and the access was from the rear. Now there is quite a substantial back area to the garden and the sort of a back lane, so there wouldn't be an offload of pedestrians on the back lane. So, but I agree with you that the noise must have been horrendous because I would say that I don't think anybody could, you couldn't do the damage without, it's a complete work out. Even the noise of smashing a toilet, it's under pressure, so to speak. Do you know what I mean? That would have made a racket. The length of time it would have taken to destroy the stairs as they did, all their damage, smacking, smashing of walls, random stuff like pulling out the kitchen. It serves absolutely no, there must have been like a pack of animals, but the throwing TVs, you know, yet the oven seems relatively untouched. I don't know, none of it makes sense, of course, but this is something that took an awful lot of energy. Dependent on how many people were at it, it took a bit of time as well.  If somebody breaks into some place to steal something, although that's wrong, you can sort of say, well, they broke in and they stole something or they broke in and they were using it as somewhere to sleep or to drink. But, you know, this, you know, I just struggled to have nightmares about it, that I just struggled to get my head around the fact that anybody would actually want to go in and leave a place in such a state that they know that somebody is gonna come in and find this and lead us in the position that we are, just struggling to get our head around it. Yeah, you are offering a substantial reward for any information that leads to a prosecution. Tell us about that as much as you want to on air, Sam. Well, as I say, we do feel so strongly about it and, you know, I've had a chat with the guards about it and, you know, we know that the people of Maval are good people and somebody knows somebody that has been involved in this and all I would ask is, do the right thing and come forward anonymously or whatever way that you want to either through yourself or through the guards and there's a substantial cash reward at the end of it. Like, I mean, none of us would ever want to think it's our young people, but I think if it were mine, I think they would need to speak to the guards and it might straighten them out a little bit if that makes sense. You know, as hurtful and as tough as that might be and it could be any of our children at any time, by the way, because I don't know what was going through the mines, but clearly they got caught up in a situation or whatever was happening. But I think also too that the acts is really quite distinctive and I think maybe people could focus on that a little bit as well as everything else because it was left behind. It's sort of like a medium-sized axe. It's bigger than a hatchet, I think. Is it axe-sized or sort of a mid-size implement? Or is it a hatchet? The handle would probably be about 14 inches long, but the sort of thing that you say somebody would maybe have in their shed for chopsticks or something like that there, but you know, it's quite substantial. It's not a toy and it's, you know, I'm sure that somebody would look at that photograph and go into their shed and say, that's my axe. So it's got a yellow body, it's got a green handle, and as I say, it jumps straight out at you as sort of like the Donegal colors and obviously just it's a regular metal head. As I say, Sam, you know, these things are... It feels like an absolute violation. How do you rehabilitate? How do you rehabilitate you and your family's sort of relationship with this property again? Well, as I say, we're just trying to come to terms with it. And at this point in time, you know, the girls are of a mind that they really don't want to go back in there. But, you know, times are good healer, we'll see. OK, well, listen, I hope in some way this is helpful and that someone who knows something gets in contact with the Guardi or not even if they don't, if this is mistrust to the Guardi for whatever reason, local parish priest or also whatever it might be. But I think anyone should really want the people responsible for this to sort of have to face up to it. I think it would be good for them because if you're capable of this kind of prolonged, sustained abuse of a property, what do you do next week or the week after or in a month, do you know what I mean? Or maybe it's just a group of people and excitement and drink and impressing members of the opposite sex or whatever it might be, or the same sex, things run away with themselves. But I think they need to face up to this, I think, and the community would be very forgiving. I think if those responsible stepped up and faced this, OK, I think it would set them up for the rest of their lives effectively. I don't want to overstate it either, Sam, but I think it's that type of an incident.  Absolutely. And, you know, can I take the opportunity to thank you for airing? Thank you. No, it's anything we can do, Sam. All right, best wishes to you and your family. Thanks a lot. All right, take care of yourself. All right, that is Sam. There's the owner of the holiday home in Moville. He's been there going back and forth for 20 years. It's the old barracks there. You heard him describe its location, converted into three apartments. The first floor and the top floor were the targets of that rampage. It's the only thing you could describe it as. The bottom apartment or bottom section of the building was empty, basically untouched. But it definitely happened in the last two weeks of August because they were there mid-August. They returned on the 29th of August and discovered this damage. So it's a two-week window. 40,000 euro worth of damage and a substantial reward for any information that will lead to a prosecution is being offered. And again, though, I just think sometimes it happens. People step up and go, look, that was also, that was me. And I think they would benefit greatly from that because there's a lot of evidence there. There's a lot of DNA evidence on cigarettes and on axes. And people might not be on a database at the moment if such a thing exists, but down the line, this stuff can be cross-references.  Would you like to win a Hyundai Kona car? 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Now are you a student or speaking on behalf of a student? Yeah, I'm a student. I'm in third year. Right. Now you live in Anishoan and travel into A to U daily, is that correct? I do, yeah. Right, okay. So tell us what your experience was. So there's a few different things but yesterday really was a big highlight. So two bosses left from Anishoan to A to U yesterday morning and they are also for the general public as well. And at the evening bus, 20 to six is the last bus home to Anishoan and over 25 students were left and told that they could not get on the bus because the bus was full and I was lucky enough to get on the bus because I didn't wait for the bus outside college yesterday because it kind of had like an idea that this was going to happen because last week the first years weren't even in college and the buses were packed and I walked up to the bus stop at Mr Chippey to get on but there was only three seats left from there. Right, so the bus, part of its route then it goes to that bus stop at Mr Chippey and then it'll come back down in front A to U. Yeah, and it'll pick up the remainder of students or whoever's getting on at that bus stop. And the bus driver told the students outside that there was only three people that could get on and that is the last way home to Anishoan any evening. So they were kind of left and the bus man obviously rang whoever's in charge of the bus company and told them that a bus and other bus could be on their way to them. Now, they weren't really told anything other than that. I was talking to a student who was left yesterday. I recognised him and I asked him this morning how did he get home in the end up and he said that they all had to stand out and the bus came over an hour later and like there was no apology or nothing like that. So they were standing on the wind and the rain for an hour not knowing was there a bus coming, was there not a bus coming, what time was the bus coming and yeah, the bus service is just not set for purpose. We're a university now and we must be the only university in the whole country that does not have adequate services. Is it possible that the bus company is waiting to see what the demand is before they lay on another bus? Do you know, get into the year a little bit and see if there's days that are particularly busy? I'm trying to be fair here, is that possible? Yeah, well yeah you could say that but I'm sure from last week they already knew that the bus service was full and they took two full coaches two letter Kenny yesterday morning for a quarter past nine in the morning so they were both packed so how did they not expect the two full bus loads that they also coming home that night? Yeah, because there's going to be certain days as well where it's non-student traffic as well isn't there so you need the capacity to account for that I presume because it's not just students might be left behind it could be any members of the public who are left behind. Yeah, so I was speaking to a man yesterday and he gets the bus up some days to his own work and he works in letter Kenny and they can't even be in work before 9am and the bus service doesn't leave people from the inner shown line that runs from Mallon through Kilmarnay to Bunkrana through Burnfoot I'm not sure about the other side of inner shown but the side of inner shown they can't even get to work before 9am so they're taking the general public there's a lot of people that go to letter Kenny to shop do different things and then you have all these university students who are relying on this one bus service because that's the only bus service that we have so they knew and they know already that the letter Kenny run is already quite busy with the general public before we start back in college and then yesterday morning for the first bus run there was well over 100 people going from inner shown to letter Kenny and how were they actually still to get home last night Now is this a Monday thing or do we have to wait and see what the story is today as well so college is obviously open Monday to Friday so this is going to be a Monday to Friday issue now it's not a new thing it was the exact same last year and it was probably even worse when we had to deal with not being allowed to step aside people because the seats were cordoned off because of Covid and yeah it's an ongoing thing it's not new it's been going on for years we're going to follow this up unfortunately I'm up against the clock here we've contacted the boss company we're going to try and get a statement from them to put your questions to them so we'll be back in touch with you to let you know how that goes unfortunately I'm going to have to carry over our other guest on this issue, Siobhan unfortunately because we're right up against the news at 10 we will return to this and Siobhan if you hang up your phone we'll be in contact with you with this and much more besides coming up in the next couple of hours 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desk the owner of a holiday property in Movil which was badly damaged after what appears to have been a series of break-ins in recent weeks has appealed for information about what happened Sam is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those behind the break-ins at the old barracks on James Street which had been converted into holiday apartments used by him and his family he estimates the level of damage could be in the region of up to 40,000 euro Sam told Greg on today's 9 to noon show he's in no doubt that this involved multiple people entering the property on multiple occasions we believe there definitely was more than one person there would be none out there definitely on a number of occasions without a doubt the awareness now have been very helpful and they've had friends to guide them they are hopeful that there will be DNA the axe, the crowbar, cigarettes there's a glass there empty drinking cans and things like that there they have done door-to-door inquiries and I've spoken to some of the local people that live nearby Donningall County Council is to ask the government to prioritise the letter Kenny Campus of Atlantic Technological University for the provision of on-campus accommodation the council passed an emergency motion last evening it was moved by councillor Michael McBride at a plenary council meeting he argued that preferential treatment is not just desirable it's essential councillor McBride says the number of Ukrainian refugees in the county coupled with the micro rebuilding programme will put existing accommodation options under severe strain that he says must be acknowledged and acted on we have got an exceptional circumstance here in Donningall at the moment the first thing as we have absorbed over 3000 Ukrainian refugees in the last number of months which is unprecedented in Donningall and the second thing is we've still got all the families who have to deal with the problem of micro so if we want letter Kenny ATU to be able to operate at the level that we hoped that it would then we need to get on-campus accommodation the government is set to announce a bumper budget package worth more than 10 billion euro as it tries to battle the soaring cost of living the plans will be largely aimed at young families with students also set to significantly benefit with more here's political correspondent Sean Defoe parents may get a number of benefits a 25% reduction in childcare costs leading to savings of between 1200 and 2100 euro per child free primary school books and income tax changes worth 800 euro a year to those earning over 40 grand students will see 1000 euro slash from third level fees and a double payment of the student grant along with the reduction in public transport fares of 20% being kept while renters will get a 500 euro tax credit both this year and next core social welfare rates will be raised by 12 euro along with a 500 euro payment to carers and people with disabilities free crunch reception will be extended to people aged 30 and under publicly funded IVF will start next year and a 1000 extra guarantee will be recruited in 2023 businesses will be given money to deal with energy price hikes up to 10,000 euro a month with households to get three energy credits worth a total of 600 euro any moves to make Ireland a cashless society will discriminate against older citizens as according to councillor Meehul Nocten who is calling on finance minister Pasco Donohue to ensure that cash remains a key part of our day to day lives when they go to council last evening moved a motion tabled by councillor Nocten supporting the retention of cash he says not everyone has access to the right technology to stay up to date with a fast moving world you know discrimination against a older generation and people and low income families because they are dependent on cash and that not everybody has the iPhone not everybody has access to the internet and the prosecution of a former British soldier in connection with the events of bloody Sunday will resume today in Derry soldier F faces two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder with more here's Garth McCullough soldier F is being executed for the murders of William McKinney and James Ray and Derry on January the 30th 1972 he also faces five charges of attempted murder on the same date last year the public prosecution service decided to drop charges against the ex-soldier but that was overruled at Belfast High Court in March the PPS subsequently reviewed its position and then announced it decided to resume the prosecution 13 people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured when members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the bogside the prosecution is due to restart at Derry magistrates court later tonight we'll see some clear spells and scattered charge moderate to fresh north westerly winds easing light by morning those temperatures hitting five to nine 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basic things that require public transport for isn't there getting to school getting to college getting to work maybe getting to the hospital you know getting out to the shops whatever but there seems to definitely be a gap for many shown into letter Kenny and let's not forget either that an awful lot of services are focused on letter Kenny you know that's part of the strategy seemingly so I think it's all the more important that you know we have a boss service it's not going to be perfect anytime but that meets the needs of other people so that's something we're going to be returning to later in this hour because it's a complex issue Bridgine's going to rejoin this as well to discuss that but we've other guests if you want to get involved in that conversation WhatsApp will text 08 660 25000 our focus so far and perhaps will continue to be so in a shown into letter Kenny maybe you're in west on the goal let us know what the situation is there or maybe in the south of the county as well and we'll just try and get to the bottom especially in this day and age where we're being encouraged actually to get out of the cars even if you're lucky enough to afford one and have one to get out of the car and use the bus instead but that can only be done if there is a reliable boss that gets you where you need to be at a reasonable time okay I call us as a worker I'm wondering are we getting an increase in wages is all the ones that don't are getting an increase fair play to them but as a worker who didn't get a wage increase in 17 years isn't it time we did well you will have more money put back on your pocket it depends how much you were and though if you're earning around 50k you know it's probably a a reason not significant but it's a reasonable amount of money it's not the five or a week that we've sort of come to expect if you're on 25 a grand a year or the minimum wage or 35 grand a year I'm not sure that will all be teased out and we'll have a money expert on the show tomorrow to try and ascertain exactly what the situation is there this text says the working husband and wife middle of the road people are worse off as usual those on social welfare as usual will benefit the most and also not forgetting the Ukrainians getting houses and food and heat all for nothing even getting vouchers to get their heritage what a great country we live in it's not get the double child benefit and energy credit they pay the most in taxes and need to benefit somehow otherwise what is the pointing working I don't know what that's politically you know socialist or all this kind of stuff that means but like if you don't need it right need there's want to need obviously we'd want it but if you don't need it and I'm not against high earners don't get me wrong I don't know you know people work very hard to accumulate their wealth but you know what I'm talking about you know there are people who the money that the child allows just goes into the account you know what I mean it's not put to one side to try and it's not put to one side to try and pay for third level necessarily because it can't be you don't have to use it to buy coal or gas or pay a bill you know what I mean you're waiting on that money to come in on the first Tuesday of the month so you can get it out and pay a bill it's it goes into your account and if it didn't go into your account you might not even notice it didn't go into your account that's kind of what I'm talking about and I think sort of taxation can be slightly better targeted you know I'm not saying that rich people should be drained of their wealth that's not what I'm going I'm not talking about but you know there are millionaires getting the child benefit that probably don't need it in fact they certainly don't need it and probably wouldn't even notice it's there or not and there are families that are counting down the days to come they're checking their balance over and see if it's in yet so they can withdraw it and put it against a bill or put it against food or put it against coal or home heating I mean that happens and I just think that maybe some payments like that could be better targeted and that also means that there's a you know say for instance bans as it relates to the fuel allowance or the Susie grant that there is some flexibility in understanding there that people don't miss out on these benefits for a euro or two euro or three euro because if you get an extra one or two three euro a week you know better often someone who's getting less except that you don't get some of these benefits so we surely we can have a system that has a degree of fairness and flexibility to it that's all I'm saying a 12 a 12 euro rise in social welfare won't go far but when will it be implemented it will be will it be right away or will people have to wait for months for it it's needed right away I suspect that will happen right away but I don't want to mislead anyone either but that's my understanding because the whole idea of delaying a mini emergency budget in the summer was that they could bring the budget forward and implement some changes immediately and I suspect that will be one of them. 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Okay it's time for community guard information for Tuesday the 27th of September 2022 and we're joined in studio now by Garda Garnier Daherty of the Electric County Guarder Station. Good morning Garnier. Good morning Greg. How are you keeping? I'm doing the best. Good stuff, good stuff. It's two years of absolute heart taken and worry for the Langolin family because it, we are approaching the two-year anniversary of Kean's disappearance and it's still an active missing persons investigation presumably. It is of course so we just wanted to re-issue the appeal today. So two years have passed since Kean Langolin was last seen. The last known sighting of Kean was on Sunday the 27th of September 2020 that was the red area of Donegal. Kean he was age 27 at that time he was reported missing from the Falkara area. Kean is 5 foot 8 inches tall of medium build and he has sandy colored hair. He was wearing, when last seen he was wearing blue jeans, a white t-shirt and black boots. So we're just appealing if anybody has any information in relation to the whereabouts of Kean or any information however small that might assist with the investigation. We are calling 911-53060 or call the Garda Confidential Line either on 1800-666-111 I've posted, reposted the appeal to our own Garda Shea Connor Donegal Facebook page today with a photo there of Kean and you know it's just been a horrific, it's unimaginable really the horror and the grief and desperation that this family and in particular Kean's mother is feeling. So we do appeal to anybody even if they had information at the time felt it would have come forward with that information and we would ask them to do so. Yeah and also to it'd be useful for people to share that post that you talk of as well because the further and wider the story gets and the image gets it only just gets someone to spot something that didn't hear about this the first time around. So share that post as well I think because if people don't have any information and they can't help that is one way everyone can help. There's a finding Kean page there as well set up by his mother and it's Kean in momentum you know it has great support so please do share the post, share the photo any help whatsoever given would be most appreciated by Garda and most especially by Kean's mother. Alright okay now Garda investigating a house fire in the Seshia O'Neill area of Balaba Fay. Yes this fire happened at a vacant property a house, a small house just there in Cheshaneel on Sunday the 25th of September happened in around so the fire services attended the scene and luckily they got there in excellent time they extinguished the fire which had been confined mostly to one room so that room is there's quite extensive damage to that room but the rest of the house has been damaged only by smoke luckily so that the rest of the house is still fairly structurally secure so the house in question is located in close proximity to Cheshaneel Chapel Garda you're investigating all of the circumstances surrounding this fire it hasn't been ruled out as of yet that this fire may have been started maliciously so we appeal to anybody who witnessed any activity in that area on the night in question that's Sunday night in around 11pm to contact Garda and Ederkenny on 9167 100 we would also ask anybody who travelled in the Cheshaneel area particularly up past Cheshaneel Chapel that stretch abroad on Sunday night around that time if they had a dash cam just to make that footage available to Garda and the reason that's important presumably it could locate if this turns out to be a maliciously started fire people coming or going from the property and that's the important of something like that isn't it and people can be eliminated or whatever and that's why in a case like this the dash cam footage is important to gain that number 9167100 Garda and Milford now investigating a burglary this burglary happened it was vacant at the time a holiday home there at Seaview Terrace on Main Street, Rathmullen this happened between Thursday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 25th so the owner of the property had been alerted actually that youths had been seen in and around the property so then they went to check on the building and when they arrived they discovered entry had been gained to the property it's believed that access may have been gained through an upstairs unsecured window and there was a smell of smoke in the house and footprints were to be seen throughout the house also damage had been caused now minor damage to the shed door and also to one of the window hinges in the house some of the other windows in the house then the guy who ever had entered the house so we appealed to anybody, especially residents in that area who may have seen suspicious activity in that area between the 22nd and 25th of September to contact Garda and Milford on 9153060 if anybody did observe youths or gangs of youths in and around any of the properties in that area and if they can offer a good description of then we would like to hear from them and also we're not placing blame on parents in any form but we would just ask parents to please speak to their children and their teenagers in relation to the seriousness of this type of incident and to urge their young people that you know if they are in a group and this activity is taking place just to you know pull themselves away from that situation it is quite a serious matter you know it is classified as a burglary and they may not realize that at the time you know but also to I think and it might be talks to the appeal last week in our conversation with the property owner earlier today Moville we also have to consider that maybe they haven't been informed of that just because a premises have been vacant for a while it doesn't mean that it's free to enter it doesn't mean that you can without consequence go in and cause damage internally I mean we have to make sure our young people are equipped with all the facts now a lot of that's common sense and people might be screaming at the radio and me saying that but it is these are conversations that we maybe sometimes avoid but we do have to have of course and look regardless of whether there are people in the property at the time or whether the property is vacant you know the property does not belong to you simply quite simply you're not allowed to enter it and it is classed as a burglary you know and these young people too you know they'll want to travel in the future they don't want any sort of criminal record and they don't want maybe to have even a juvenile caution on the record you know and so we would just ask them to please pull back and distance themselves from that sort of activity and there's no justification for any crime but there's nothing to this it's pointless or it's pointless it's like the case of Moville nothing taken just damage caused it's you know what I mean so it would be a pointless completely pointless as they all are blot on your record if you have wanted to go out to Australia or America or wherever it might be okay now criminal damage in the Glencar area of letter Kenny yeah letter Kenny Gardie you're investigating this incident it happened at Glencar Irish there in letter Kenny between Monday the 19th of September at 3 p.m. and Tuesday the 20th at 10 a.m. a resident in the area returned home to discover their front window had been smashed by rocks and there was property damaged within and within the building as well you know as a result of these rocks being thrown there was a mirror smashed as one of the items that was damaged a check then was carried out around the property and the owner went to the rear of the property they then discovered that the oil burner had also been stolen from the boiler at the back of the house so we haven't established yet you know if this theft occurred at the same time as the criminal damage incident or it may have occurred earlier in the summer as the boiler hadn't been in use for a number of months the incident of criminal damage to contact us in letter Kenny on 9 1 6 7 100 and in relation to the oil burner you know if anybody in that area observed any suspicious activity in that area over the past number of weeks or months or if they have any relevant information in relation to either incident these alert Gardie in letter Kenny or contact the Garda confidential line again on 1800 666 111 okay well we're sleeping the scammers are coming up with new ways to try and defraud us and another clever one I suppose has to be said but one we have to be extra clever to avoid yeah and we have mentioned this before I know when it was posted previously to our Facebook page but I actually got notification from a lady there during the week to say that a number of her friends this week had received this text message some of these people aren't even aren't mothers so therefore the message would have come in the form of you know high mom you know so automatically they realized it was a scam but anyway just to make other people aware because this scam is on the go at the moment so it's known as the grandparent scam so members of the public they'll receive a random text message purporting to be from a family member stating they need financial help or they're in some sort of trouble and it needs to be kept secret and the person sending the text message will pretend to be a family member you know a son daughter sibling grandchild they may say they've lost their phone and are making contact now this is their new number they're usually based in a foreign jurisdiction the fraudulent text will state that they require urgent financial assistance you know maybe to pay an urgent medical bill or a fine the victim of this fraud will then make a direct payment to the fraudsters account and I suppose look that's a mother being a mother and if you're used getting texts from a son or daughter who are seeking your assistance you know the instinct kicks in to help them automatically you don't say dad no the daddies just might not be so forthcoming maybe I don't know before you go on they can cast the net so why did it cost nothing for them to send 100,000 texts and they only need you know 5 it's probably not on that scale but they only need a fraction of those they send this text to to respond to it in that heat at the moment because it instills panic and as soon as we have panic our normal sensibilities that we believe we have which we probably do they go out the window because it's someone we care about they're first dragging us into their trust and they need our help so we put to one side the normal protections in our mind that we might we might normally have there and it doesn't need an awful lot of people from all of the people they send this to right so the victim of the fraud as you say makes a direct payment to the fraudsters account so what advice have you got from the Guardian yeah so we're just evasing the public worry of any unsolicited text message that you get from an unknown number don't volunteer information fraudsters are known to fish for facts which they then use to make themselves sound more credible resist the urge to act immediately and as you've said there is an emotional element attached to this you know so resist that urge don't act immediately no matter how dramatic this story is verify the person's identity perhaps ask questions that a stranger couldn't possibly answer call a family member to verify if somebody is operating under a different number even if you've told to keep the story a secret don't send cash gift cards money transfers once they receive that money that's that money's gone trust your instincts the fraudsters can also make contact via social media platforms using free fake profiles as well so just another scam I wanted to mention to you I had an elderly gentleman call to the station and it was very good of him to call in and this was one that was on the go for a long time before we mentioned it I think he had a letter with him the letter was addressed to him his correct name and address was on this letter that was from Madrid a solicitor's office in Madrid stating that he was the beneficiary of a will and of course he was going to be awarded six point something million you know and of course then with the correct name and address on the letter that adds credibility to it you know that's the worrying part of it so sometimes these letters also inform me that you've won a massive amount of money but look the aim of the game is they want your cash you know there's no such thing you're not if it sounds too good to be true it usually is you know you're not going to be awarded a massive amount of money and obviously if you don't have relations in Madrid or France or Germany or wherever this letter is purported to have originated from then it's a scam you see the thing is is to and there there's a show on during the day I'm not sure if you're I can't remember what it's called it's like will hunters or something right where the cameras follow around a team that try and track down people who are the beneficiaries of wills like a far third cousin or something you know and and if you watch that program on a regular basis it might sort of switch something in your brain that says well maybe this did happen or make you know what I mean so that it I think I'm not saying they know about programs like this they should they do but if you're of that mindset and you watch this show all the time you might think right this possibly even if there's a one percent chance this is real six million quid like you know I know and look at your hunters I think it's called H E I R hunters but you know look the common sense is there and I'd say automatically when people receive this letter their instincts tell them that it's a scam but as you say it's a life-changing amount of money and I suppose that ignites a spark of hope that maybe just maybe you know and they have me correct name and address on the letter as well so we would just ask anybody if they have fallen victim to this scam contact your bank first of all contact them without delay report the matter to us and should anybody ever see any correspondence by email text and by post and they're unsure about it you know don't act on your impulses and just hold back don't answer don't respond don't give any financial details call to your local garage station call it or give us a ring and explain what has happened and let us advise you from there yeah exactly it's just that reassurance it's just reassurance oh you've seen this before you know it just means because you can throw it in the because I remember dad got one of these and like I assured him it was a scam but he didn't throw the letter away just in case just in case I went back to that about three months later it's still sitting on the the coffee table you know what I mean but maybe he would have taken more trust from from from the guard so I understand how someone might go even if there's a chance this could be true all they need is my bank account to make sure so ignore that ignore them and if you need extra reassurance contact your local guard station for advice there now the Domenical Guard of Youth Awards presentations took place in the old courthouse in Lifford and you know we got the information sent through to us and I use posted on your social I posted mine you know what was so encouraging the the public feedback yeah do you know what I mean like I think there's over a thousand people liked on my page and tons and tons of comments recognizing this award for these young people that was fantastic and it sort of blew up for me you know how important it was I knew it was important but just to see the public recognizing these young people after they were recognized through this awards scheme was so encouraging it the awards were given out on September 23 we're doing the old courthouse there in Lifford just last Friday so we just want to congratulate all of the young people you know there were four all winners four categories in which they won an award but really we want to congratulate all of the young people who were nominated everybody received a certificate of nomination so we want to congratulate them all they all deserve recognition because all of them were important enough for someone to nominate them and that in and of itself that if someone thinks that of you I think that's a great honor and that recognized to be an overall winner but unfortunately I like that yeah yeah yeah well I'd look it had to be narrow down it was a tough job narrowing it down but they all deserve recognition they're all fantastic role models for their peers but unfortunately as I said not everybody could win an overall award so the four overall winners I have a wee bit about each of them I actually posted it to our page you know to name the winners and there's photographs there off them receiving their award but it was just going to say a few lines just about each you know why they were nominated or reason for their nomination you're asking me for permission you're the guard you can do whatever you like I could be here till late evening I've quite a bit typed up here I'll narrow I'll narrow it down I'll summarize it I'll leave it in your favourable hands so Josh Marley he's from Lifford he was our individual award winner so Josh entered the river at Lifford bridge on the night of the 27th of August 21 in order to rescue a female who was in extreme distress he did this without any consideration for his own safety or well-being and he managed to bring the woman to the safety of the river bank where emergency services were then contacted so the actions of Josh on the night in question were selfless and very courageous he displayed great strength of character and he managed to keep a level head and what was you know an emergency situation so it was just felt Josh is a fantastic role model for others he's great to be greatly admired for his instant willingness to help others in their time of need well done Josh and I'm sure all his family and friends are super proud of him as well brilliant thing to do Josh and it'll stick with you for the rest of your life as well in a really nice positive way okay now so the second winners were the group winners that's the transition year students from Skolawara and Kranna college in Bunkranna so the transition year students from both schools went together on this initiative so they have volunteered to help with the redevelopment of Swan Park which of course suffered a lot of devastation during the recent floods the park lost a lot of animal and plant life as a result of the floods so the students have joined up with Dunnegal County Council Wildlife and Ashown and also the Angling Centre they've been busy planning sketching and developing information boards detailing the flora and fauna of the park the students are incorporating Braille into the boards to be inclusive to everybody they're also taking into consideration the height of these boards just an effort to make them available for all to use and enjoy qr codes are going to be added to these boards so this will allow for the translation of the information into many different languages for tourists and visitors to the park these students are representatives from each of the other groups involved and they spend an awful lot of their own time outside school hours conducting research and creating sketches they give up an awful lot of their free time as I said already and they do so with the good of their local community in mind they've shown and continue to show great determination and enthusiasm so when completed these boards will be a fantastic asset of Swan Park and they will undoubtedly encourage visitors to come to the park and the boards will also be a great source of information in relation to the vast number of people present in Swan Park and will encourage the conservation of them so well done to them all and let's keep including our young people there the ones with the new and fresh ideas now we'll move on now to the community safety awards so that was two local lads Alan McCarron and Karmic Brady so Alan and Karmic took part in a youth leadership initiative between February 21 and September 21 so as part of this initiative they completed a leadership community action project they got their heads together they decided to collaborate with Letter Kenny Fire Service and they set about visiting the elderly and the Terriman and Kilmocran areas to check and install fire alarms they acquired boxes of fire alarms from Letter Kenny Fire Service and they then called to the homes of the elderly distributing them the checked existing alarms they were shocked to find that many of these alarms were very rarely checked or the batteries had run out so they replaced the batteries and any alarms that needed new batteries and they collected information then from each home they visited information was passed on to Letter Kenny Fire Service and would be stored on a database so that a return visit will then be arranged after the two years have passed to recheck the fire alarms again these homes so this of course give great comfort to the elderly people that they visited they distributed leaflets at the houses they called to in an effort to raise awareness of a carbon monoxide poisoning Alan and Karmic also distributed information posters to shops to inform the community that they were calling to houses just to reassure them about the reason for their visit they carried out fire safety leaflets drops at schools, churches and bingo centres they spent their time providing a free and possibly life-saving service and they did so with great enthusiasm yeah and you know we'll never know whether or not you know what impact this might have but one thing we certainly can know is the reassurance for people you know maybe if they're living on their own or maybe if it's a high smoke alarm and it's hard to get out that they can go to bed at night reassured that the alarm is functioning and running which is lovely brilliant stuff that's a fantastic initiative this was also during Covid times as well you know and of course all Covid regulations were adhered to but the boys also felt that you know for a lot of these elderly people who did live alone that it was a friendly face you know it was a visit also when they were there and a friendly face someone to talk to while they were there yeah alright special achievement award went to Manus Duharty in Kaldaf yeah so Manus is is involved in the make-a-action action group Manus's Daddy is Makal Duharty who you speak to often on the show yeah so the make-a-crisis has been around for most of Manus's life he's seen first-hand the toll that the crisis has had on his family and also on the waiter community Manus gives freely of his time and has done so for quite some time in his involvement with the make-a-action group he's driven by a strong desire to improve the situation for his family and not only his family but for his community by campaigning, attending meetings etc Manus has attended many make-a-related events and he spoke confidently to crowds of people at the make-a-stand at Self-Build Ireland in March of this year Manus has played and he continues to play an invaluable role within the make-a-action group he is determined passionate and extremely community spirited and he's a fantastic role model for his peers well done well he didn't look it off the grass either so but well done to Manus a great recognition of his work and you know these young people too because when we we cover different issues like this you could be mistaken in thinking something different of our young people that's the reality and you as a guard know this and as the force know this Grania these people are representative of the absolute majority of young people out there aren't they our young people are amazing they are fantastic they are involved in the community in sport and maybe carers for grandparents or whatever you know that is this is what the majority of young people in our country are like and these are the sort of the faces of our amazing young people of course and then in relation to the incident earlier you know we were mentioning gangs of youth seen around the area and sometimes we do do appeals you know like that seeking any sightings of young people in areas where groups were hanging out and it's not something that we want to do we don't you know nobody takes pleasure in that we don't want to be speaking with that microphone do you want me to speak again nobody wants to speak negatively in relation to young people you know and the vast vast majority of young people are fantastic young people you know and as I said even those who didn't receive the overall award you know their achievements were fantastic also and it's great to recognize all of that and we would actually encourage people too for next year for the youth awards it will be advertised on here on the radio slot and on our facebook page and we would love to see more I think they go from strength to strength as well do you know what I mean and I think it's the public recognition of them that they went well done, Josh well done transition year students well done, Manus do you know what I mean and that's that means that it's really worthwhile now no pressure but some of these could go on they all go on to the national awards and what they've achieved so far is plenty but who's to say what happens next then yeah so now all of the award winners these four overall winners they're going to be put forward now they'll represent on EGAL for consideration at the national awards level and the very best look at that and we're sure they'll continue to do their families and don EGAL proud in the future and as you say no pressure but we have done extremely well at national level over the past few years but we do genuinely if they don't win it's obviously fixed we do wish them the very best and all of the people that were nominated we wish them all the very best in the future and all to mums and dads, granny and granddads and caregivers all really immensely proud they should be proud well I can only imagine anyway listen we're all proud of our young ones thanks so 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8th of October however I contacted Ulster Bank customer service yesterday and they told me not all accounts are closing on the date and some accounts will remain open until January 2023 many thanks will you see if you got notification of six months now I'll get the exact terminology because I don't want to mislead anyone here because this is an important factor but there are some people were given a six months notice on their accounts and others not so I think those that were told that they had to sort out their accounts in six months might find a loss of services in October 8th I wonder am I amongst them I don't know I got another email from them but you know I think from conditioned in years of burying my head in the sand as soon as I get notifications from a bank but listen let me dig at the exact information on that but I believe that's the case some people and I don't know what the criteria were but some people were given six months notice of their account closing and it is they I believe that are affected by the 8th of October closing so bear with me on that and I'll get the proper information for you good morning Greg could you tell me why there are Ukrainian vehicles here how many safe countries did they drive through to get to the best free handouts this is a joke like you're I think maybe I'm not here to defend anything by the way I'm just here to sort of state why they would have their cars with them say for instance anywhere in this country could be bombed your refugee status is not based on your income right so you could have people fleeing Ukraine who are homeless or you could have people who worked in the local bank okay so the idea is that Russia could drop a nuclear tactical nuke anywhere in Ukraine whatsoever so you get your family out and get safe now if you've now people weren't in certain areas in around Kiev and you know the villages close to Kiev people were they were being bombed and taken over by Russia at that time right so presumably at that point you grab a bag and you run okay but if you don't feel safe in that country and you are leaving that country I am you could have wealth as well I'm not sure if the support that our land is giving refugees is index link but we are not only just taking in refugees that are hard are hard up if you know what I mean so people if they had a Audi Q5 and they were in Ukraine and they thought right I don't feel safe here Russia is at war with this country I am fleeing here there would be nothing to stop them loading up the Q5 with as much stuff as they could get into it driving into Poland and onward to their place of refuge here being Ireland now you might disagree with that and say well because you have a Q5 you should stay in Ukraine or you should leave it behind you but there's nothing to stop them taking it with them because they still would be fleeing a war a lot of the people that are here are professionals they worked in media as I say banking financial services and what have you and some of them took their cars with them as they fled so that would be the reason why now whether you agree with it or not I don't know but refugee or does not equal having nothing do you know what I mean there's another class system so if you're fleeing Ukraine you don't have to leave what you have behind you you know there's probably people fled with a trunk full of cash I don't know if they had cash in the house they're not going to leave that behind them either are they so I don't know so someone having a car it doesn't affect the refugee status now you could then start arguing well what kind of supports are they getting from the government you know if they can afford this fancy car or a car are they still getting all the money from that's certainly something that could or should be clarified but the majority this is European money it's part of the war effort you know you put these sanctions on Russia you send weapons in Ukraine to hold Russia back part of the cost of that is displacing people and the EU has taken a decision to fund the displacement of these people and that's just part of the war effort in inverted commas so whether someone comes over here with their car or not they could be towing their caravan, their holiday home whatever that doesn't mean they're not refugees that just means they're refugees that have were able to flee with their stuff and have at least have money in terms of assets their cars then you can perhaps ask the question you know are they still getting the same level of government support as those who clearly have nothing but I don't really answer that question but the fact that there's Ukrainian registered vehicles in Ireland you know as I say there's no the income or wealth of the refugees not considered it's the fact that they don't feel safe in Ukraine and they're offered asylum or safety here or refuge here so I know it's been made a big deal but Ukrainian cars and car parks it doesn't really that's not the issue the issue I suppose if someone wanted to take issue is that are they being do they have money of their own and are they still receiving support from the government at the same level as those who have nothing and I think that's certainly worthy of investigation but the fact there's Ukrainian cars here I don't that doesn't surprise me in the slightest but obviously people are at the moment very very wound up on this issue many people are I want to say wound up I understand it by the way I'm not saying wound up in a derogatory sense these people from Ukraine are inviting their relations to come here who do they think there are these people are getting social welfare they have to pay for nothing how much has been sent back to the Ukraine the bottom line is is there's no status if you're in Ukraine and you want to come here or anywhere in Europe you can you know as I say it doesn't matter if you're a relative or invited or someone says you know what Ireland's alright it feels safe and you're 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government of Ireland now this is my life is a national roadshow which will be held in the Raddison Hotel in Letter Kenny this evening it starts at 6pm it's being organised by the Spinal Injuries Ireland group to provide public representatives in Donegal with a better understanding of the issues that people living with a spinal cord injury face on a daily basis now Fiona Bolger is the CEO of Spinal Injuries Ireland and joins us on the programme now good morning to you Fiona good morning Greg thank you for having us on this morning it's great to have you with us and we're also going to be speaking to Anne-Marie Weir from Ardra who is a walker with an L2 L3 incomplete injury since 2016 a very good morning to you Anne-Marie hi Greg thanks so much for joining us and I'll come back to you if that's okay we'll start with Fiona so talk to me about this roadshow who's invited and what people might hear Fiona okay well we issued like an awful lot of organisations we issued our pre-budget submission at the end of August so all during the month of September we've been going to different venues around Ireland trying to create awareness of what it's like to live with a spinal cord injury in Ireland in the current environment so we invited politicians we obviously talked to the media as we went around the country as well and really the main thing that we wanted to highlight is that people with a spinal cord injury are not automatically entitled to a medical card it's based on means not needs so I suppose just to give a little bit of background to all of that a spinal cord injury is it's described by the World Health Organization as one of the most devastating injuries that a person can sustain and it has a lot of life changes for people and their medical needs are very high and also there's no two injuries the same in that you can't predict what level of either medical devices or medicines that people will need or people really need their medical card to access community health services so we know that obviously the life changing physical challenges the emotional challenges maybe even what might have to be done to the property or a change of accommodation you don't need then the complication of regularly having to apply for a medical card firstly not knowing if you'll get it but secondly also not knowing if you'll retain it it's an extra layer of distress and anxiety that's really not needed absolutely I mean it causes huge stress to people I mean we've heard stories all around the country I mean the one young lady who is working full time paying a mortgage she's a wheelchair user but she lives in fear of her medical card being up for renewal so it's up in the next few months so she starts stockpiling catheters and her view is that she has to give up work if she loses her medical card because she'll have to go on to social welfare and that's really it's a huge block for people participating fully in society and also too I presume the majority don't get better all of a sudden in other words you're having to if this was accepted at the first point I mean obviously things have to be reviewed but this is something that's going to stay with someone do you know having to prove that you are in the same condition and we always would hope for improvement but having to prove basically that you're in the same condition every time you know and we've had a similar story it's not similar but it's in the same space of people with life limiting illness not life limiting but actually the term of the life terminal diagnosis for example having to prove over and over again that they are going to die do you know what I mean is there a head side manner for a health system? No most definitely not and people just find it so devastating that you know every time there has been any improvement in their condition you know and I suppose when people don't understand spinal cord injury there's many levels you know I mean you could be you know paraplegic or you know paralysed from the neck down as to your level of of injury you know so one thing that people don't realise is that you know 40% of people actually walk post injury but you know that can come with a lot of medical issues as well and pain and it doesn't mean that people don't have the same other personal care issues As part of the body may have to bear weight exactly to bear weight like they do and also to when we talk people might go well this isn't relevant to me the reality is we might hope it may never happen to us or maybe even believe or never consider it might happen to us but spinal cord injury can happen to anyone at any time it is rare obviously but we never know with life events or fall from a ladder, a bus, a car collision do you know what I mean so this is relevant to us all and Greg with an ageing population as well first of all you know the falls in your own home under 2 metres the average age is 54 years of age also as well we're seeing an awful lot of non-traumatic there's actually an increase in the number of people sustaining spinal cord injuries because there's a lot of you know with an ageing population of people getting cancerous tumours on the spine or on the roads or there's a number of different conditions like cauterine syndrome maybe at this point we should bring Ann-Marie into the conversation because I think Ann-Marie your story and it starts in 2016 in terms of your injury you acquired your spinal cord damage in a way that's just been referenced to some extent but people might not realise can you tell us as much as you're comfortable to talk to us about Ann-Marie sorry my mistake no that's okay and pre-spinal injury like I was very active it was 46 year old 3 kids out working full time bitch very active life and all went to the GP on the Friday evening was sent to Slaggham and rushed to Dublin very traumatic big impact and profound impact on the family and it was like disc bursting it was it just ruptured into the spinal cord and it caused a very rare thing called quataquina so quataquina would be the horse's tail at the end of the spine, the nerve so that was compressed and some of that more that I had the surgery some of that was failed the nerves were severed or compressed by on repair I'm set years on now I would still have life long effect I would be prone to falls I would use a wheelchair quite a lot if I go out at all any uneven ground I rely on people to help me a lot and depending on my family depending on people coming in to help me like Fiona said the cost occurred I'm in rural Ireland and I have to travel up and down to Dublin quite a lot for rehab and medical appointments and I would have to stay up there maybe and even the cost of travelling up and down and medical devices I got a spinal cord implant stimulator stimulator implanted and that would be reviewed and the battery would be changed every 8 to 10 years in that and like the medic occurred if you don't have the medic I carried it at a time like that the cost occurred or just massive like between accommodation surgical you know and you're one of those people that has to reapply I mean you are very familiar with what the impact is on the rest of your life but you have to reapply every few years for your medical car I'm left with this injury for the rest of my life and not even year to year from week to week month to month I don't know if it's going to get worse you know what I mean but you could get a letter from a consultant to say you are not going to be walking around the spine it's not going to repair itself do you know what I mean this would be easy to establish early on many a letter from consultant and doctors and GPs but it makes no difference like if you're 10 year over you don't get that medical car you're talking about having to use a wheelchair or choosing to you do walk and recently started driving with hand controls so it's suppose it's about adapting to make your life as independent and active as possible I suppose is it Amri? Since I drift like and with the help of IWA and all I got the lessons assessment know and I started driving but again very limited because of pain there a bit I've known this from the waist down and I haven't full power on the right side so again like the cost incurred there were massive like pain management is very expensive too isn't it? Very expensive yeah and there's other therapies like the Bifysio down to do the line and I could act the puncture and that's all cost incurred at my own pocket like and you know it is life changing and even again in a small town and transport you don't get the transport link you don't build and so on foot pass around to cover wheelchair like so that means that you don't get out as much as you would like to get out did you find Amri that I mean it seems an obvious question but it's just to wake us all up a little bit all of a sudden you became aware of accessibility do you know what I mean like and I was recently not so long ago in the company of someone who's a wheelchair user and it was only then that I realised that just because there's a wheelchair sign on the door the practicality is if using that space and how it's laid out the box was ticked and this was someone who had very very good upper body strength but in terms of the facilities that were actually there I was like wow I just saw the sign and thought thumbs up there's wheelchair accessible toilets but you probably come across things like that all of the time yeah yeah and like that I was 46 and I never thought that it would happen to me like but I was aware of from my mum she was a wheelchair user but even more that you're aware Greg you don't actually know until you're in the situation it's like anything like heaven cancer terminality you don't know until you're actually in this situation Nick CEO of Spinal Injuries Ireland Fiona Bolger we rely on people to make decisions who may not have the understanding that Ann Marie clearly has you know I don't know if they're somewhat insulated from stuff but you can't imagine a minister for whatever who is responsible who had a child or a wife or a mother who was affected by this that might not make slightly different decisions so it's important isn't it that people in positions of authority and decision makers attend road shows like this so they can make informed decisions in reality yeah that's Greg Greg and in fact this is actually our third road show that we've done we did one in 2016 one in 2018 and now in 2022 and we've been lobbying for the same thing in terms of you know if there was one single item that would make a difference to people's lives is to grant medical cards on needs and not means and that that is just the one single message that we want to get out there to politicians today is budget day from what I can see I don't think we've had any luck this year again but we won't we won't give up and we'll continue to lobby and hopefully all the politicians in Donegal will support us this evening all right now it's in the Radisson hotel in Africa and he starts at 6pm is it walk up a fair Fiona can members in the public attend or yes they can it's actually 630 Greg sorry so yeah 630 in I was trying to get them in early for you Fiona you spoiled it now because we're 6 for 630 here all the sandwiches have begun by 630 we love a samba okay so it's 630 in the Radisson hotel in and you know just to even get an