day, whatever you get up to back with you tomorrow from half past six. Connoisseur tattoo. It was all you. It was all the students from collage Jolly and today someone practicing me a couple of Falkland you see very good transition uses it. Yes. So it's T. Y. Media. Well it's usually T. Y. Media Week is how it's usually run. But we're obviously doing it over the course of five weeks. So we're doing it bilingual as well. So phones are just I don't know what you're saying. I'm not saying my lines. My off air lines on air. Um well I won't say I won't say the carding what you call her there. Better to go. She convinced singing. You are actually delirious. What's wrong with you? You used to be shy and stuff. You're right. I'm fine. It's these early mornings. Not certainly. Get used to not sleeping at all. I know right. So the students come in. They look around the place. Yeah. Well basically what they are doing is it's putting a program together. So we're putting together a little bit of information on this bilingual obviously, and it is going to quite I think on since Stevens day, but obviously arranged the interviews, they arranged everything we can adjust. We're just based there to be sure they're in these loops. I'm not in this loop any more. I don't know why people are trying to push me out. All right, good stuff. That sounds fantastic. Yeah, you're back tomorrow. Yeah, I'm doing the full week. Great stuff, Kevin Fury back with you tomorrow morning at six 30. The nine till noon show on the way after a news update now from Mikaela Clark. Thanks of killing private Sean Rooney has reportedly been released after being handed over to authorities by Hezbollah in December last year. He's been released on bail pending a trial. 23-year-old Private Rooney, who had been living in Donegal, was killed on December 14, 2022, after a convoy he was travelling in came under fire inside Lebanon. RT News reports that a military official says the accused may have opened fire on the UN patrol, but there was no conclusive evidence proving he was the one who injured the peacekeeper causing his death. More Irish citizens are expected to cross the Rafa gate from Gaza into Egypt today. 23 were evacuated yesterday, but it's not yet known how many will leave today. Khalid al-Astal is an Irish citizen whose mother and wife were killed in Gaza. He hopes to be reunited with his children soon after learning their names are on today's list to cross the border. They are on the list tonight, they contacted me from Fenerbahce. They are now trying to cross from Rafa, boarding the crossing board from Rafa to the Egyptian side. I was hoping my wife could do it with them, but yeah, at least that's what they will to take care of the children. Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson says local business leaders have a key role to play in bringing the northwest city region to its full potential, but it cannot be done with like targeted government support. Donegal Deputy Pierce Doherty was speaking ahead of a business breakfast being hosted by himself and MLA Connor Murphy, a former finance minister at Stormont, two more morning at the Ingrin and Hotel in Birch. Deputy Doherty says the cross-border gathering will give them a chance to outline Sinn Féin's policies and hopes for the region, but more importantly it will allow business leaders from Donegal and Derry outline their perspectives. It's an opportunity for us to have a chat with business leaders, but also for business leaders to make their views heard in relation to how do we unlock the potential of the northwest. The problems are there for everybody to see in terms of infrastructure, in terms of productivity, the depopulation and low-income slow wages and high-level self-deprivation in the northwest region. You have to take your lead in a lot of these from businesses. They're the people who are at the cutting edge. They're the people who are able to identify what the new technologies are, where the new opportunities are. Whether or not I turn in Clydey with eye breaks of rain developing this morning and into the early afternoon, highest temperatures of 6 to 8 degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with news again at 10 o'clock. Until then, you can keep up to date with the latest local news on our website, highlandradio.com. Good morning. To help with the cost of heating your home during the winter months, the fuel allowance scheme is now available. This allowance is paid at a rate of €33 a week for 28 weeks. To find out more and check your eligibility, visit gov.ie forward slash fuel allowance. The quickest and easiest way to apply is online at mywelfare.ie, one payment per household. A Government of Ireland initiative brought to you by the Department of Social Protection. The county's number one talk show, The Nine Till Noon Show on Highland Radio. And now it's time for the talk of the Northwest, The Nine Till Noon Show with Greg Hughes on Highland Radio. Hello, good morning to you. Four minutes past nine on this Thursday, the 16th of November, 2023. You're very welcome along to The Nine Till Noon Show. How are you all keeping? I hope you're doing very well indeed, of course. And we want you involved in the show today. You can just sit back, relax and listen. That's up to you. But if you've got a view that you want to get off your chest or contribute or if there's something that you think we should be talking about, well, then you get the phone out and you open up WhatsApp or SMS and text<PHONE_NUMBER>. If you prefer to send a voice message, you can send that to us on WhatsApp on<PHONE_NUMBER>. Just hold down the little microphone and release when you're ready to go. You can also give us a call 07491 25,000 07491 25,000 and emails come into us at comments at Highland Radio dot com right here. Let's see what's making the news in the newspapers. We'll start with the Chicano Tribune this morning. John McIntyre writes that the issue of clerical sex abuse that has haunted the diocese of Rafale for close to a century is back in the news once again. The name of paedophile priest Conn Cunningham is back in the national headlines due to concerns that he's living close to a primary school in Dublin and an apartment complex where children play unsupervised. He was placed on the sex offenders register in 2018. A very detailed report on that on the inside and front of that paper this morning. The Donegal News this morning, Donegal County Council has confirmed that it is cooperating fully with Guardi as part of an investigation into allegations of corruption with the Council. The claims of corruption relate to the purchase by the Council of Five Houses in Bunkrana containing defective concrete blocks in March of 2021. The allegations were made later that year by Councillor Frank McBrady. The council has confirmed to the Donegal News that Guardi are now investigating the complaints as they must. A council spokesperson said the council is cooperating fully with the Guardi and expects to be vindicated in due cause. It does not propose to make any further statement or answer any further questions on the matter, so as not to interfere with the Guarda investigation. The Dairy News this morning, a Dairy Autistic Advocate and Authorist questioned what he described as the negative portrayal of autistic people perpetrated by autism charities and non-profit organisations. Speaking to the Dairy News, Jude Morrow, who himself is autistic, said autistic people face huge unconscious negative bias as a result. The author of four books to date, including Loving Your Place on the Spectrum and Neurodiversity Blueprint, elaborated typically where people go when they hear autistic is the lack of social skills, the lack of communication skills, difficulty being organised. These are the negatives people go to and we had a quite interesting and long conversation with Jude on this show a couple of weeks ago, where he was speaking on that in great detail as well, made a lot of sense in what he was saying. The Donegal Democrat this morning, the owner of the Ring Fort Inn, has confirmed his intention to house around 150 Ukrainian refugees in the brookless guest house amid concerns of a group of locals who have scheduled a public meeting for this Sunday. Robert Lynch says he plans to have the building, which has been vacant since 2012, occupied by Ukrainian refugees by January or February at the latest. Remedial works are ongoing at the Ring Fort Inn, which Mr Lynch says will consist of 22 bedrooms when the works are completed. In July, the Minister for Housing, Dara O'Brien, signed an order which allows vacant buildings to house refugees for a period of five years without planning permission. Latest figures show that 7,006 Ukrainian refugees are now living in Donegal. There have been 60 objections against planned development works at the Ring Fort Inn. So I wonder is there an arrangement in place with the government to actually use that or is he developing it in the hope that it might attract that clientele? It might be in the inside of the paper, I didn't get a chance to read the full article, but has an agreement in principle been signed that it would be Ukrainian refugees in the Ring Fort Inn. The Irish should depend this morning, there's always a worry around things aren't they? Well if you've got a pay cap of 250,000 euro, well you can take more days off in a year and then it's not really a pay cut at all is it? Well RTE stars hit by a 250,000 euro pay cap will be able to get more money per day for working less. Joe Duffy, Claire Byrne and Miriam O'Callaghan are currently on salaries above the limit. Director-General Kevin Bakker say stars above the cap may be able to negotiate to work fewer days. They'd be paid more per day but they'd keep their salary under 250,000 euro. As I say there's always a way around these things isn't there? Okay on to the Irish Times this morning and the first Irish citizens to escape from Gaza since war erupted there a month ago crossed into Egypt yesterday amid hopes that more will be able to follow in the coming days and this is a really important story and I'm very pleased for these people to have escaped that hellhole at the moment but sometimes we as human beings look for a little bit of positivity to make yourselves feel better and that can sometimes be at the expense of thinking about the wider picture so whilst it's good that a handful of Irish people have escaped Gaza and it's very good news the rest who have no option, the rest of the people stuck in that enclave who have no options no way of getting through that border are still facing the wrath of Israeli bombs and tank fire and weapons and what have you so as to say whilst this is good news I don't think it should overshadow the absolute nightmare millions hundreds of thousands of people are living in will tarnish to me hall martin who traveled to Egypt as part of intense diplomatic efforts and will visit Israel and Palestine today confirmed that 23 Irish citizens and the dependents extended Gaza yesterday and were received at the Rafa crossing by a team from the embassy in Cairo the Irish Daily Mail what are your views on assisted dying do you believe it's something that we should facilitate so if someone has a terminal illness that they can choose on their grounds to pass away earlier than nature might have it or does that go against what you believe in nationally 75% were told of the Irish public support assisted dying this is in the Irish Daily Mail three quarters of the public believe assisted dying should be permitted in cases where people have a life limiting or terminal illness in a survey of a thousand adults by Amrak research on behalf of dmg media 75% said they were in favor of allowing assisted dying in such cases in Ireland the government is currently weighing up whether to legalize sorry to legislate on the issue and a special rockers committee tasked with exploring the idea is ongoing this was spurred on by the success of the dying with dignity bill in the doll in 2020 which was supported by the late cervical check campaign a vicky feeling whose one-year anniversary felt this week and as I say in other countries where this is legal you know I've seen of and heard of cases where people were at the beginning of a journey relatively speaking of ms for an example and chose to and were able to end their life could this put pressure on older people who have a life limiting or terminus terminal illness that they don't want to be a burden you know what kind of a country would this make us what do you think apparently according to this survey I'm not sure how big the poll was but it was done through amark which is a respected a respected outlet at 75% of you out there apparently support assisted dying now it would be useful to get your views but also not especially if it's framed in a life experience whereby you would have you lost someone and you both of you would have agreed that if this was in you would have chosen that option be very interested to speak to you or perhaps you were with someone who was very sick at a life limiting or terminal illness and you would have hated that option because it could have put pressure on their final months and years as I say it'd be very interesting to get various views on this and you know yourself you can whatsapp or text us on 08 660 25000 that does seem to be a move towards the introduction of assisted dying here the irish farmers journal this morning new tb control measures which could curtail the buying and selling of cattle could be rolled out as out in parts of the country the move was proposed by the department of agriculture to its scientific working group on bounty tb this would see cattle herds and regions classified by tb risk a move which the group admitted would undoubtedly impact on the cattle trade if adopted the change could restrict farmers in low risk tb areas from buying animals from high risk areas in order to stem the spread of the disease and just turn into page seven here they don't have the pages numbered oh yes they do right now I was just seeing if they had a breakdown of the regions that are seen as higher low risk but no they don't currently the irish daily start today tea chocolate of rad cars execution feign of having a policy of shouting down or suing the media and other political parties shin feign has faced criticism in recent weeks after its td chris andrews took legal action against irish times journalist harry mcgee the party's leader mary lew mcdonald has previously defended the right of individual shin feign politicians to take action against the press in a manner they deem appropriate including soon in the media miss mcdonald has also been accused of mounting a strategic lawsuit against public participation against members of the media acclaim she was rejected but there are other ways and other parties that find other ways of trying to stifle what the media say or questions that the media ask it's not exclusive to shin feign there are other examples that you would see whereby the same result could be achieved but it's done in a in a different way it was quite interesting to see because the irish times I believe is one of the papers that's being sued but they covered that story yesterday or online at the very least and they had a screen grab of the dull proceedings and it's not very favorable to mary lew mcdonald which I thought was really quite interesting worth looking at if you see because she looks like she's scowling and it's not a very flattering um a very flattering picture so maybe there's a little bit of a back and forth going on there the sun this morning the dreaded winter virus that affects almost all children is on the rise in arland cases of respiratory cynical virus rsv have more than doubled in a week with parents urged to keep infants away from crowds dr colin henry chief clinical officer at the hsc said you can reduce the chance of infection by keeping hands clean covering coughs and sneezes and having your child's vaccines up today rsv is a common virus and is the main cause of broncholitis and pneumonia in the very young and it was uh in our house at christmas last year and i was in now doc um and what have you so not nice uh when it's about and finally in the mirror today in the early 1400 guardia currently off sick uh on sick leave new figures released by the justice minister reveal some 500 native been out over 28 days according to the figures provided to fina fall kaf and monah and td neve smith following a parliamentary question this is labelled as an excuse an exclusive but it was a an answer given in the doll to a parliamentary question uh she had asked minister helen mccainty the number of uh police or guardia or cops as they call them that are out sick by division and how many are uh on long leave she also asked for information on how many people are on a career break and when they are due back minister mccainty confirmed that as of october 4 there were 1376 people out sick this included 508 who were out for more than 58 days we must get in contact with her office to see if uh we can get a regional breakdown there it's not published in the papers but it was requested by that td it'd be interesting to see what the uh level of absenteeism is up here or those on sick leave right good morning paul annie aughtry josephine bethler amongst the crew watching on our social media we invite you if you wish to uh go on to youtube highland radio arland if you're at home you can watch us on your big screen tv if you've got a uh smart tv which most people have at this stage the youtube app is there it's on your fire stick as well many if you have those uh or you can watch across your mobile devices your laptops and what have you and we're also on facebook highland hob highland 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since last january he's had six or seven appointments with the ent and he's got fluid in his ear and um it's causing um popping it's pressure in his ear they keep he said about six or seven appointments they keep giving him um keep giving steroids keep giving him uh stuff for the year but the same thing is uh happening and um they keep saying come back in three months time come back in three months see if it's gone and uh this has affected his life um it's had a serious impact on his life it's um affecting that he can he's actually had a lot of time off work because because it's causing a lot of dizziness and there's blood coming out of his nose there's um like glue like it's not coming out of his nose um he's stopped socializing he stopped um going to his training and we've told him he's had a big impact on his mental health and he's actually had to take anti-exid medication and because of this and they told him the mental health team would get in contact doing this is over a year ago not one person has contacted him that's over a year ago we've spent over 1000 euro on medication and doctors he's been to A&E about five times because of the pressure in his ear that he couldn't cope with it it's like he says he feels like he's under water all the time and um the pressure he says it's just unbearable at times and it just feels like it's just you know yourself like if you're under water all the time the pressure in your head like you know when there's something in your head he just says it is unbearable but they keep saying to him um so he was um at the last appointment and they said that they would put grommets in this procedure takes 10 minutes to do that's what they told him the last time it takes 10 minutes to do to put grommets in and then he says they would do balloon dilation so we went to the person that does the balloon dilation and um she says there's a big long wait list for the balloon dilation this is you could get the grommets in and he says I'll take whatever is the quickest so then he had heard Demi rang up again he says like I've heard nothing again since and he says well you actually refused the balloon dilation he says I've never refused the balloon dilation as it'll take whatever is the quickest so they had on his notes that he had refused the balloon dilation which which wasn't the case he says I'll take whatever is the quickest option to get rid of this pen he says this has impacted my life completely like he's 30 um 30 plus years of age and um it's completely put his life on stand still there's no escape from from this either it's continuous and one of the symptoms as well is that you it's like when you really put your fingers in your ear you can hear your own voice when you're speaking and you know the gurgles and bubbles and noises from within your body they you can hear them as well does it does it affect him like that also all all the time he says it's just a constant pressure he says and like you know he knows this stuff coming out of his nose constantly constantly blood and like you know he says it's dizziness and this has impacted his job because he can't actually do his job because when he gets the dizziness he can't actually do his job obviously you know if you're if you're dizzy you know what I mean like you know you can't do whatever the job he's doing he can't actually do it because of the dizziness he's explained this to him but they just seem to turn the blind eye to it like you know a year is a long time to be putting up with this here like you know they're talking about young men's mental health problems but they don't seem to be doing anything about it we've explained this we've been ringing like you know we don't have a medical card and every time we go to the doctor like he's not run to the doctor for the good of his you know just to be thrown out 60 year old every time like you know I mean do not see this and we just want to know maybe you could maybe find out of course we're going to check it out Claire have you looked at the national treatment purchase fund has anyone mentioned that to you whereby if you're on a waiting list that you can go and get the the grommets in or the the balloons in in Galway you know in the Galway private hospital for an example has the national treatment purchase fund been mentioned at all or would he qualify for that no we've never we no we've never we've never heard tell of that we've actually asked the last time we were at because I actually went up with them the last time to see and we say is like you know can we go private he says not make any difference if you go private you're still going to be waiting the same length of time because we're willing to pay anything at this stage to get him free from the symptoms this is that you'll still be waiting the same length of time so that that's what we were told so like you know we're willing to go and see someone go pay private or whatever to get this sorted for him but um that's all we've been told each time come back in three months come back and like he's got another appointment now next thursday but again he's just he says oh I'll be told again come back in another three months time again like you know we're getting just pushed back every time we go we've been pushed back again like he can't go on much longer he actually said in the last day you know I'd rather be deaf now than go through this you know in one year then do we go through this pressure that I'm actually feeling like you know his life has been on hold this last year he's given up training which is he was actually competing in competitions and the training that he was doing he's actually had to give up this this last year as well which is sad for a young fella at this age to stop socialising like you know I don't think they put one of their own members of their own family through this if they you know what I mean like you know what is wrong with the health system at this stage I don't know if any other um body has experienced the same you know I'd like to hear if anybody else experienced the same thing no for sure but I would like you just to make some inquiries as it relates to the national treatment purchase form too because supposedly you know it is to facilitate the treatment in certain categories I'll just I'll just write just the NTPF if you google it and go on to their website maybe some listeners purchase fund purchase fund right now I don't know how it works now but I know my own son needed grommets and there was a huge waiting list and we ended up getting an appointment quite quickly down in Galway for for grommets to be installed now he was younger at the time and I'm not looking to give you false hope but I just want you to be able to look I can't believe no one has mentioned that to you unless it doesn't apply no so we'll throw it out to the listeners we're going to make inquiries of course with the HSC but we'll throw it out to the listeners if they have any advice as to how this can be expediated because you know I'm not saying this only because I'm only saying this because you said it but his mental health is so greatly affected that he has in the past said that he'd almost prefer not to be here than to endure what he's doing I mean no parent ever wants to hear that no exactly like you know they're talking like there's young men they're out there like you know and so much has happened like why do you want to hear that like you know I mean I think it's absolutely ridiculous at the minute the way things are going that that anybody should put a young fella or any young girl through that like you know why would anybody want to put anybody through that and they do not realize and like over a year and they say the mental health team would contact them and not one person has gave us a call so that goes to show you you're only a number in this in this society at the minute right okay all right listen well as I say between what listeners might have to contribute we'll make our inquiries and and maybe you can just have a look at the ntpf there and hopefully we can get somewhere Klett so he gets his life back because it's unbearable what he's having to endure at the moment yeah okay thank you so much for that okay okay take care of yourself oh wait six six twenty five thousand any input into that please let us know right okay uh we are going to take a quick break then our next guest joins us watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from letter kenny credit union call us on zero seven four nine one zero two one two six or apply online via our app or in office today it's flu season and while anyone can catch the flu it can cause serious illness in children the flu virus spreads easily from person to person that's why children age two to 12 can now get a free flu vaccine it's given through a 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and fine dining and dancing dress to impress and let the festivities begin okay you're very welcome back to the 90 noon show it's good to have you on board this morning right we are discussing kill mcranon now and we go to independent cancer john o donal good morning to you john thanks for joining us today morning great morning to your listeners right okay so for those who may not be aware describe this junction that you have many people have concerns about it yeah it's the it's the main intersection in the middle of the village of kill mcranon it's a four-way junction leading to church hall malford and then the end of the sixth the main corridor to the west of dunning all leads through it from letter kenny all the way down to fun day and uh people were and stuff so just i suppose we're very very concerned as local residents greg you've heard us on numerous amount of times and uh you know it's got to the stage now that something's going to have to be done just i certainly am very very concerned of it's not leaving very seriously injured with this junction what do you think is what do you think makes this junction so particularly dangerous well i suppose it has really it has become very very dangerous both in the last 10 years because it was a realignment done in kill mcranon about 10 years ago and they took all the parking on the left-hand side of the lower means the lower straight main state away and they put down double yellow lines so they've widened out the carriageway and made a step more step through and there's no cars parked there so people are they've created a much faster corridor and more straight alignment for people to travel through and then you have a dangerous blind junction there people are struggling trying to get out onto the road and if you've seen the volume of traffic like the amount of traffic it's on the road as you know regularly everybody every house there is two cars now and the amount of traffic it's on the road and the volume of traffic that travels through kill mcranon and there's no real traffic jamming measures and i do believe that we need to number one we need to narrow the corridors to make traffic jamming but we also need to put a traffic light controlled junction at this junction and everybody that have been speaking to is singing up the same ham sheet like and all me elected members agree as well that something needs to be done as a matter of urgency so now this is not really the the councilor kind of wee bit hamstrung here this is a a junction a road that's uh transport infrastructure ardent have responsibility for and we know they can be hard to get to the table to discuss changes to roads because then there's surveys and then there's this and that and the other you know it can be a long drawing that progress at time a process at times yeah exactly it's it's it's under the control of the ti your your spot on gregg and i suppose i'm the chairperson of the roads spc for the whole county and i'd be engaging with the ti i in an ongoing basis and i also go as a delegation on an annual basis to dublin to make representations for all the new uh road uh network upgrades that we need in donnie and donnie gall and also from a own municipal district so this is one that's been on the priority list every time i've went and you know i just feel that we need to reach we need to maybe step out past ti i and get an independent review on this an independent review to say for the audit because you know we're waiting and waiting on them to do something and i like as i said to you gregg like even last week well in fairness last week there was an accident there but it was a mechanical failure of the qr but you know i'm standing at that junction because i'm there every day of the week i have an office in that area and i have a number of buildings and you know you're standing there directing traffic around an accident give your local constituents and local people from from the area and people from florida feel that know you and know that you've been mentioning this junction and you're just standing out directing traffic around another accident you just feel like you know there was one particular construction blocked at me and was absolutely human and i can't believe them i can't believe them but you know something needs to be done gregg and and that's the reason i've made it so strong well last day they point across to the to the executive of the council and i do believe that they are going to maybe act on it now following the motion and the full support of all the members as well we had that day i mean there is also an issue is there not from one of the roads leading to that junction there's quite a lot of residential property up that road and no safe footpath or means for a person to walk into kill mcrennan yeah well look i suppose that there's there's the the the footpath is an issue also but what i would say is we also need a traffic we need a control crossing at that junction because gregg like we have the local national school there that's on on the fire side of that junction up the car cheek road heading towards church hell we have the local church there as well so we do and you know your parishioners and your your pupils head into school and your parents they're trying to cross in the morning and evening like and i'm seeing them in yourself every day of the week with me on ice and like you know as i said to the executive on tuesday legally there's no point me bringing a local roads engineer from donnelly got back to council because they can do nothing number one but number two they're fully aware of it so we need to get somebody from the tii or we need to get an independent report separately on it done so that somebody will see the dangers that that is arising from the speed of the traffic and the volume of traffic went through the park and the as opposed to the concealness of that entrance as well that people trying to cross because you know you're just if you get an opening at all you're just trying to get out to cross for the best and that's no joke like in response to in response to your in response to you raising the issue you were told the road safety engineer has carried out an investigation of the location and the design of a signage and lining enhancement scheme will be completed this week and the works broken will be carried out as soon as is possible does that go far enough though an absolute waste of time waste of time they can line all the want and they can talk about signage all the want but at the end of the day until you get a controlled junction so that people can like you can line all you want that still doesn't help people trying to cross the road no and if you're coming from out for it there's two big red stop signs there's a stop on the on on the road itself i mean what else could be added there clearly what's there at the moment is not adequate as you say the the traffic going from letter kenny to uh going to letter kenny to the likes of crease likes bombing it down there and up there yeah indeed and look at the end of the day uh you know they were on before but put my go safe fan on there for the check for the speed like it's what's the point you shouldn't touch in a bar at the end of the day if the load's not designed for to build a reduced traffic speed going on to a village to down to 50 kilometers that's not the road will you you're uh called nailer and like we all know the amount of roads that and village that you enter this 50 kilometers that maybe the signs could be overgrown for the want the heads just to be caught in maintenance or maybe that the signs been turned around the other way they may be about a local blaggardism and and young boys you don't get mean and no harm and have a doing what they're doing and then all of a sudden the motorist coming and he's a victim so it's it's not about it's not about uh you know putting go safe bands or anything in place it's about reducing the the speed of the vehicles coming into the town and putting safety measures in the junction that people can cross that carriageway safely there's not a number of village i would say in ireland that has an intersection like that that's not controlled some type of controlled light and signals and reducing traffic to make sure that pedestrians and motorists can cross safely and i think i would stand to the correct than that because this is a mean as you know yourself Greg you're a donny goleman you you travel that road often and you go down to the tell mcranon that's a main corridor from letter kenny to the whole west of donny goll if you're heading for creaselut on fanny hay falciara the door that's the road you go okay well we'll see uh keep us updated on it because we just don't want to be in a situation where we've had severe warnings a couple of crashes more than a couple uh we don't want to be in a situation that someone gets knocked down or there's a fatal uh collision there and then we'll all be saying well we told you so you know what i mean but that's the last thing anyone wants well that's exactly and i think greg you've hit the nail net nobody wants to be standing back saying i told you so we just want the problem at rest and what i would say to you is the reason that i'm i'm i'm raising it too often is because for some reason that's getting more and more common that's happening far more often and i want to thank you greg for giving us the time when the airwaves this morning to let the constituents that i represent as well know that i'm doing the level best to get this addressed and you know i just hope to god now that that the the council does listen to us and engage uh uh an independent body to do a safety order to get the dominance of matter of urgency all right thanks very much indeed independent councillor john old donnell there greg asked that mentioned this yesterday nice to hear you use a clothes horse i'm the only one in my large family he uses one i'd be lost without it that comes in from mary thanks mary random text i appreciate it um but i think they're brilliant the dry clothes really really quickly and they say if you were fortunate i got one um that you can extend the the arms out on it and uh you get two loads of washing on it's fantastic uh and it doesn't create an awful lot of dampness in in the house either i don't find anyway why can't driving instructors uh just give the test at the end of the course of lessons yeah i mean why can't there's lots of things that could be done differently here like why can't everyone do every garage do mot's you know providing that they meet meet the requirements nct sorry i'm thinking of what they do in northern ireland you know so you could go to your local garage highland motors or in a shown motors or empty corner or wherever it might be and you could get your car serviced and tested there and then that would be so much handier we wouldn't be waiting six months to get an nct but again uh you know we could have a situation whereby driving instructors could perform the test i've never heard that proposed before actually everyone's always talking about health and safety what about bin lorries asks the caller are the exempt the young lads the look the young lads round the back no cages or nothing they could take a turn and fall off what is the stance on health and safety is it hazardous are the exempt i mean maybe it is hazardous but they're often jumping from house to house and and it's not something that bothers me but i understand where you're coming from and respect your view there uh hi greg old fridges and freezers can start to run more often and for longer amounts of time because when they start to run low on gas uh this can send electricity bills through the roof and water pumps can do the same if there is a pressure fault best regards that's off the back of some people finding uh spikes in their spikes in their electricity bills many people putting it down to um smart meters because that's the only thing that's changed for them over the last wee while we had a great conversation yesterday about boss escorts i was familiar with the work but i wasn't familiar with their issues as it relates to their terms and conditions we had uh some of you would have other things to do between 11 and 12 so i understand that you can't listen to all of the show though i don't like it but anyway i'm only joking but we had a very interesting conversation at the end of yesterday's show about boss escorts and how they're being treated and what they want etc and you can um listen to the podcast which is on our website or if you wanted to rewatch it go on to youtube and just watch yesterday's show it's from about 20 to 12 but these listeners say my mother is one of the boss escorts she leaves the house just after six a.m every morning to take young vulnerable children to school at nine these escorts get absolutely nothing but they give everything to the children to ensure they are safe and happy going to school and talking with them about their day at school it's really unfair how they're treated another high grade just on the boss escort discussion i have a family member who does this role i'm shocked and disappointed how the escorts have been treated over the years their job is so vital for all the children and their families with special needs it's not an easy job but they show up every day making a difference for the children and young people with complex needs they give so much to the families it's time they were paid and treated fairly a rise in their pay and paid for holidays like christmas Easter and summer all bank holidays like s and a's teachers and other professionals in the education system thanks to annan breed for highlighting this matter it's very important something changes for their profession thank you uh for these professionals indeed and um just that whole process and i know from speaking to i know from speaking to um school secretaries and caretakers over the years and also seasonal workers this whole crack of having to sign on every time you know summer holidays time the delay in payments the level of payments um it's it's just an old-fashioned way of doing it we heard from poor McLaughlin shin fame and it's on the record have committed if this current government does it they've committed to address that situation so i'm a boss driver for special needs school most if not all bus drivers are on a uh minimum wage read the bus escorts i'm a bus driver i don't get the wages they get i have a bigger responsibility i've spent two and a half thousand euro to get a bus license i've never seen them do anything other than put a seatbelt on are they trained in first aid if there was a medical emergency this is just the latest group jumping on the bandwagon for extra money a couple of messages in there from bus drivers i don't know why don't you align yourselves with them though and go down the route of a rising tide lifting all boats right uh an interesting and troubling story coming out of oma and this is an ongoing noise it's a persistent persistent noise it's been reported by residents in oma and it's impacting on their ability to sleep and of course then that has a knock on effect in other areas of their lives alliance councillor Stephen donnelly joins us now good morning steven good morning right so can you describe um what uh residents of oma are enduring enduring for us so it's been quite a strange situation but uh as far back as uh maybe three three or four weeks ago we started receiving complaints initially we thought was from the southeast of the town but later transpired that it was across the wider geography of the town itself that essentially there's been a prolonged and sustained buzz or hum uh happening uh late at night usually after 11 o'clock or midnight uh which sometimes is accompanied by vibration and uh it tends to be sort of received by different people in different areas differently but in a lot of cases it's been incredibly disturbing and discomforting and people have uh find that's uh occasionally made it difficult to them to sleep so we've been dealing with it as a serious issue of noise pollution and it sounds omnidirectional which means uh it's a frequency that can be hard to sort of ascertain where it's coming from what's creating it i think that's what's been a little bit baffling about the situation because as you can imagine the local government we get complaints by noise pollution all the time and they tend to be relatively easy to resolve from this particular case um once i had requested that the council investigate the matter and they had people on the ground and it was confirmed that there was a problem unfortunately the technology that the council had in this possession was not sufficient to be able to pinpoint the exact source or indeed to confirm the possibility that it may actually be a multitude of sources that are contributing to the problem and um is it likely to be like waterworks a pump uh what particularly could be running at night this is not being heard during the day or is it drawn out by the hustle and bustle of of daily activity i wonder i think that that's uh a possibility because uh the time of day that it becomes most tangible is at the point whenever traffic is at its lowest so that is indeed a possibility and there's been some early speculation that it could could potentially be something to do with generators at night possibly could be something to do with power lines but the honest answer at this stage is that the technology that is being used to look at this is not sufficient to be able to uh the pinpoint list directly so for us we need to be able to procure that additional expertise and equipment to be able to make sure that we can actually establish the facts and then be able to act on an informed basis i do you think it's likely that whomever might have responsibility over whatever is generating this noise might know it's a problem but are saying nothing or do you think this is actually maybe no one you know even the person responsible or persons or organization don't know it i mean at this stage i think it's just too early to know it's quite possible that whoever is responsible or indeed if it's a multitude of people are responsible they may not realize that potentially whatever it is is contributing to a number of factors that are meaning that there is a significant degree of noise pollution at night but that is something that's going to have to be clarified because there are a considerable number of people that are concerned about this and you know we deserve to see some action yeah and the action could be taken there are obviously tools and powers that the council possess to crack down on this but you have to find the source before that can be done yeah absolutely and i think that that could end up presenting a challenge especially if it does turn 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telling you what they mean now i imagine when allison comes on we'll get quite a rush of calls so if you want to make sure that your question is answered about what your dream means please text or whatsapp us now or give us a call and we can get that question to allison hi greg they need to build a bypass for kyl mcrennan maybe they can do it at the same time when they build the bonagy bridge lol they say yeah indeed hi greg in regards to the bus escorts yes i agree that they may deserve a pay rise but what about the bus driver that have the responsibility of everything on the bus they aren't even getting minimum wage and i do understand that and rather than saying it's just the tone of them and us kind of i don't think that benefits anyone i don't think bus drivers are such a part of a union are they often self employed or or employed by smaller operators but if that is a particular issue you know let's raise that issue and it doesn't not necessarily have to chip away at the bus escorts roll because you know whilst someone might perceive them as not doing much let's just say that is a perception we heard yesterday from parents whose children simply wouldn't go to school if the bus escort wasn't there that they're a familiar face they're part of a familiar routine and we spoke to two parents yesterday their children simply wouldn't be at school if it wasn't for best bus escort so you know i don't think being critical of what they're doing benefits another set of workers in seeking improvement in pay if that makes sense and i mean that with respect uh joe in lismonahan the traffic on the remelton road has improved from what it was with the pole star junction i wish i could say lismonahan has gotten better too they've moved traffic from one side of the town to another if nothing it's uh is done it will only get worse you never really know how you know is it improvements or is traffic being displaced if anybody in donningall thinks the ti i gives a uh cares about the donningall roads people think again three miles of dual carriageway in 40 years what does that tell you not much traffic lights needed at mountaintop roundabout blocked from 8 20 am until 9 15 every weekday morning it's a funny old round about that because it needs yellow boxes at the very least but also there's a peculiar scenario whereby traffic coming up the hill splits into two lanes and then it competes to access a single lane whilst there are other roads two other roads also trying to get onto the lanes you've got two lanes of traffic uh coming from one direction another lane of traffic coming um i don't know where it is from the two other sides and terrible on road names and it's it causes it causes you've got four into one do you know what i mean and then cars sit on the roundabout that roundabout down there and there's another roundabout in letter kenny just below us here at the mountaintop it needs yellow boxes because cars just sit on it trying to get down towards the hospital and uh it's nightmare 10 15 minutes you'd be sitting there sometimes hi can you tell that fella with the sinus issue to get his doctor to refer him to dr mcbride in bali kelly i waited a few weeks for this after waiting ages on letter kenny and i'm using the cross border funding unfortunately there is nothing can be done for me but that fella may get sorted it's an awful way to live with sinus issues well i'm sorry nothing can be done for you but fair play i didn't know at the time if that would cross border funding would cover that issue okay so that's very interesting so there is that option cross border funding uh collect and there's also maybe the national treatment purchase fund i got grommets in on that i'm not sure if uh it applies to an adult or if it's changed in response to this gentleman speaking it's all falling on deaf ears until there's a serious uh instant always is no action is ever taken that's uh uh councillor old donal and kill mcrennan there john has brought so many ukranians into kill mcrennan this increases the volume of people at his premises on that junction kill mcrennan overflowing school volume to people etc could you ask him his opinion on this whether he has or not and i presume if you say he has he has that junction and i'm familiar with the crushes that have been caused at it it isn't no way related to refugees i get it you're making another point that's fine but um the the last crash it was someone just came straight across from milford and smashed into another car um i feel sorry for your caller son with the ear issue my younger son had to get grommets in but long story short we had to go private to bali kelly based on the waiting list he had to be referred through an ear specialist we were seeing quickly though um a son is a new person since the minor operation but it did cost 2000 pounds which not everyone has of course i know but to if if one could get the 2000 together it's uh life changing isn't it uh but maybe there is the cross border treatment plan or maybe the national treatment purchase fund these are options so hopefully something good comes of it right we'll be back with more after the news and obituary notices the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union now offering mortgages from 40 000 to 600 000 euro with no hidden fees or transaction charges letter kenny credit union 9102 127 return refund recycled arland's deposit return scheme is coming from the first of february 2024 when you buy a drink in a bottle or can with the return logo you'll pay a small deposit once you're refreshed return your empty undamaged bottle or can to any shop or supermarket and get your deposit back the results less litter less waste and better recycling for arland for more visit return dot i michael hennies are now open every sunday until christmas from 1 30 to 6 p.m why not gather your friends enjoy the in-store festive entertainment and tick off everyone's wish lists unsure what to get as a gift 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identified and is being considered the public consultation will take place in jackson's hotel ballet buffet on monday 20th of november and in the abbey hotel dunigal town on tuesday the 21st of november between 12 midday and 8 p.m each day dunigal county council staff and their design consultants will be present on both days to listen to and to register your views for additional project information please visit the dedicated project website at barnsmoregapgreenway.ie or contact the dunigal national roads office on 074 97 245 00 or by email at design at dnrdo.ie live on air online and on the highland radio app this is highland radio news good morning i'm akilah clark with the news at 10 o'clock a man suspected of killing private sean rooney has been released on bail the man was handed over to authorities by hezbollah in december last year a military official says he has been released on bail pending a trial 23-year-old private rooney who had been living in dunigal was killed on december the 14th 2022 after convoy he was traveling in came under fire in south lebanon or to use reports that a military official says the accused may have opened fire on the u.m patrol but there was no conclusive evidence proving he was the one who injured the peacekeeper causing his death letter county university hospital is seeking a two-story modular extension for its emergency department counter germic monagle confirmed the plans at this week's meeting of the letter kennie millford municipal district it will provide alternative access for children and people with mental health issues attending the ed this has been welcomed by the cahirlock of the letter kennie millford municipal district who's called for a private waiting room at the hospital's emergency department to be established for people seeking emergency medical attention for mental health issues country kevin bradley says it's vital a separate area is provided at the hospital for those patients i've been chatting to residents people lost loved ones in recent weeks take their loved ones in it's an epidemic at the moment this whole thing like it's not just in dunigal it's all over Ireland everyone has no somebody who knows what's happened to like it's it's not good enough what's happening like calling the hsc to engage with them and put them into a separate waiting room haman has been arrested today in connection with the attempted murder of two police officers in stroban in november of last year the officers were on patrol in the mount carmel heights area of the town when a bomb detonated at the site of their vehicle the 59-year-old was arrested in stroban under the terrorism act and taken to moscow serious crime suite for questioning police say investigations into the attack on the police officers is continuing they're appealing to anyone with information to contact them on 101 a number of irish citizens are expected to be named on a list of people permitted to leave gaza today 23 people crossed the raafa gate into egypt yesterday but there is no definite number for how many will be evacuated today ibrahim alaika is an irish citizen who crossed with his family last night he says he was forced to leave a lot of his loved ones behind i honestly once the bus left the gaza and just went through the egyptian gate i was crying honestly i was crying remembering all the people that i just left behind me and how their lives are still in danger and and thousands of people could not make it next week i mean a lot of mixed feelings really on that moment shin fien's finance spokesperson says local business leaders have a key role to play in bringing the northwest city region to its full potential but it cannot be done without targeted government support teni gold deputy pierce tohri was speaking ahead of a business breakfast being hosted by himself and mla connor murphy a former finance minister at storming tomorrow morning at the ingrenan hotel in burge deputy don horde says the cross-border gathering will give them a chance to outline shin fien's policies and hopes for the region but more importantly it will align business leaders from dunning gul and dairy outline their perspectives it's an opportunity for us to have a chat with business leaders but also for business leaders to make their views heard in relation to how do we unlock the potential of the northwest the problems are there for everybody to see in terms of infrastructure in terms of productivity the depopulation and low incomes low wages and and high levels of deprivation in the northwest region you have to take your lead in a lot of these from from businesses there the people who are at the cutting edge there the people who are able to identify what the new technologies are where the new opportunities are by dunning gul returns for a fourth year next week following on from what dunning gul county council is describing as a series of phenomenally successful campaigns businesses from all sectors are being urged to use the opportunity to highlight the products and services they offer to a local and global audience while people in the area are being urged to buy local weather night turning cloudy with outbreaks of rain developing this morning and into the afternoon highest temperatures of six to eight degrees that's all from highland radio news for now we'll be back with an update again at 11 o'clock until then you can keep up to date with the latest local news on our website highlandradio.com good morning the obituary notices for this thursday morning november the 16th the death has occurred of john mccloskey grange inch island and formerly ross diley park dairy reposing at his home this evening from five o'clock removal from there on saturday afternoon at quarter past one to your lady of lords church inch island for requiem mass at two o'clock while by interment in the adjoining graveyard requiem mass can be viewed on the parish of fawn youtube channel family time please from 11 p.m to 11 a.m the death has occurred of robert hegerty baylett inch island his remains will be reposing at his home this afternoon from two o'clock removal from there on saturday morning at quarter past ten going to your lady of lords church inch island for requiem mass at 11 o'clock fall by interment in the adjoining graveyard requiem mass can be viewed on the parish of fawn youtube channel family time please from 11 p.m to 11 a.m and on the morning of the funeral family flowers only please donations in new if desired to the irish heart foundation care of any family member or murphy funeral directors the death has occurred of seedy rossol naivik suvni eight balli duff park lifford formally of ghidor seedy will repose at her late residence today and tomorrow from 11 a.m to 10 p.m funeral from her late residence on saturday morning at 20 past 10 going to simpatrick's church murlock for 11 o'clock requiem mass with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery family time please on the morning of the funeral funeral mass can be viewed on clonley parish dot com family flowers only please donations in new if desired to cancer care west don't go to cancer support center care of any family member or kelly's funeral directors the death has taken place of james jim doherty colla crick anagree originally of glasgow his remains will repose at roti's funeral home dairy bag this afternoon from two o'clock until rosary time at eight o'clock removal afterwards to the family home and colla crick heist private two family neighbors and friends only funeral mass in st mary starved the sea church anagree on saturday morning at 11 o'clock and hermit afterwards in the new graveyard the funeral mass can be viewed live on the parish webcam and in cairn roti funeral directors facebook page family flowers only please donations in lieu to the dunigal hospice care of any family member or cairn roti funeral director on the death has taken place of josephine coyl nameur 33 station road bali maghore and formerly of newton sturt reposing at her home funeral leaving her home two more morning at 20 past nine for requiem mass in the sacred heart church dairy road at 10 o'clock and hermit afterwards in the adjoining cemetery donations in lieu of flowers please to mary curie care of quickly funeral directors the house is private to family and friends only the requiem mass can be viewed live by the parish webcam for family information and more details regarding wakes and funerals please go to highlandvideo.com this christmas at supervalue we have great offers to help you share the magic like cabry milk trade 360 gram now half price selected cabry nestley and mars selection boxes and e3 for six euro selected pepsi club and seven up cloth pecans 750 each plus get money off vouchers every week on the real rewards app too share the magic this christmas with supervalue the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on highland radio okie doke very welcome back to the program and thanks so much for all of your calls and comments today as it relates to that junction in kill mcranum a listener says it's an absolute tragedy waiting to happen as a parent of a child at the local school i dread that junction when the sun is low in the sky at this time of year there's very little vision as you drive up the hill at the junction towards the letter kenny direction morning rush hour traffic lorries coming out that side road of the junction constantly from the church hill milford direction children and parents walking trying to cross the road waiting as cars dare not stop and if they do there's a free for all the local breakfast club children walking to school the pub on the corner of that junction that houses a lot of people and it's added extra floors of housing as an extension with more in the near future their front door is directly on that corner children walking to school across the road as there's no footpath on that side so they dart in front of the cars turning in from the main road then add morning service at the chapel at the same time coming into the village has traffic calming on one side of the village but not on the other so the cars coming from letter kenny on the good road downhill at speed and then that is the side of the village with no traffic calming how many eyes in your head do you need talk about a hazard and they say there is a lot of people a lot of children living in the area who access out of one particular door last year a car crashed at that junction and into the front door no safe footpath at that junction car parked on that dangerous corner so that's a detailed review from one listener there there's a few different issues running at the moment we have the issue in Kilmwood Crennan bus escorts and also access to health care my son also goes on the bus with Keith and Eileen I'm very shocked that they don't get paid for the days off is anything going to come of this will there be strikes I would support them all the way they are so good to my boy my son knows them better than his sna I know them better than the sna and they know him better than the sna they're like a friend which is a kind of a message we've had from a number of parents they say they don't want to strike striking is not on the table that's not what they want to do they're not critical of the schools and they certainly don't want to leave parents or their children in the lurch that their issue is with the department of education hi i'm a bus driver for special needs children we don't get either so that would be paid holidays and what have you waiting in the hospital this country is a joke bringing people in from other countries to get operations guaranteed there'll be more people now too they need to sort their own people first no problem helping others but there are people here waiting and suffering for years we can't even look after our own they're not talking taking into account that there are nearly 10 000 extra people in this country and no extra resources well there's 7 000 extra uh nearly 10 000 extra in this county maybe that's what you meant um okay telling people to go private just reinforces the inequality in our health service yes people are desperate but the hsc managers must be made accountable for the problems in hospital management and i get what you're saying but people uh like say for instance the the caller that went private it cost over 2000 uh euro they didn't want to do that but they had no choice they managed to get the money together and it changed their life so i understand why they text it in please can you read out again the danger of black mountain mallinhead road where the water is flooding down the road so much traffic driving up the middle of the road the shucks on both sides haven't been cleaned in years and now the water is no place but the roads come down thanks it may save a collision yeah indeed i appreciate that maybe there's a local rep that might get on uh that one as well um let me see in response to the junction uh no i i read that one thank you i'm sure that steven donnelly knows that the noise uh what the noise is constant noise all the time people in oma town don't notice because of the traffic i know because the cables were replaced four months ago where my parents live in the country as soon as you leave the house outside the door you hear the home from the pylon cables that's someone who called us in there and uh i think implying that the dogs in the street know the situation riot another caller asks why are greenways located alongside busy roads people cycling or walking are doing so for health reasons but currently millions are being spent on a so-called greenway between castelfin and lyford where users will be bombarded by the pollutants and toxic emissions of every car boss and lorry there is a disused railway track from dairy to donnelly galtown and beyond this is where a greenway should be located i hope the barnesmore greenways kept away from the end 15 well i suppose they might say by 2040 there'll be very very few vehicles on the road uh emitting toxic materials maybe that's what they're looking at to the future uh greg can you ask why none of our td's or councillors have made any statements about the killing of children in gaza um there are motions that were down for debate at donnelly galtown to council meeting yesterday i presume councillors had their say on that i don't know i wasn't privy to it uh local tds um well there was a vote last night actually on expelling the uh there was a vote last night on expelling the israeli um diplomat is that the right word i don't know how our local tds voted but i can check that out so in a way that is they having their say isn't it uh not not necessarily that's kind of convoluted but anyway let that boss uh let that boss driver come on to your show greg uh don't think too many on a minimum wage i know i'll pay my driver well and all his holiday pay okay right i think i heard a similar noise in donnelly the past few nights has heard in oma it's called the home because it's more and more popular right across the world hello my wife had the same symptoms as clets on after years of steroids grommets etc her facial nerves got affected only then she was taken to bowman for emergency survey surgery to remove a large cyst made up of dead skin this is known as colostitoma and it's very serious as it can move in behind the brain she has lost the hearing in this ear i hope this information helps perhaps okay thank you a few years ago there was a similar mysterious sound heard in limerick it featured rt news it turned out that a new bridge had some sort of steel supports which were open at the top and the wind made a humming sound a bit like pan pipes which was mostly heard uh at late evening or night when normal city sands were reduced and last one for now before we take a break for the bingo numbers it is jackpot day so i'm sure you're very keen to get your books and pens out 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you by letter kenny credit union seasonal loans now available for christmas apply online or via our app today and get your loan transferred directly to your current account now we're told that t-shock leo faradko will gather with his ministers parliamentary party councillors and finnegale members to discuss a range of issues including how delivery for rural arland is one of the party's top priorities deputies peter burke of finnegale is the minister of state for european affairs and he joins us on the program now good morning to you thanks very much for your time today we do appreciate good morning gregg good morning to your listeners right okay so talk to us about this conference yes so the party is having its special conference discussed many issues that are very pertinent to rural arland we're having a look at our broadband plan and measuring the rollout of it which is very important for citizens right across the country we're also having a look at a whole range of areas under our farming and agri sector from succession planning to food security and to investment in rural arland so we're really trying to work and ensure that the huge capital investment that's in our capital program is being delivered right down to communities in rural arland and we can see the evidence in our communities from the huge work minister header humphries is doing from the major programs through klar outdoor recreation and town and village rural regeneration leader all those key programs to deliver funding locally and we really want to see that continue into the future well the delivery of you know roads infrastructure rail infrastructure um health infrastructure um third level education infrastructure in in the regions not least the northwest do you think that will feature as part of the conversation absolutely it's very important that we do see that development continue at pace so we've about 165 billion euro over the next decade to build new hospitals to ensure we have more schools for many children our growing population has increased significantly over the last census so we need to keep investing in rural arland in that infrastructure because that's one of the ways we really pay a dividend to our citizens into the future because the income streams that come out of capital investment are quite significant as well the mistakes that was made back a decade ago when recession hit this country really capital expenditure tapered off because it was the easiest one to cut but we never want to do that again and that's why our capital plan needs to be maintained and this conference will be looking at rural arland and right across the regions to have balanced regional development and ensure that we are putting significant capital funding behind so many projects is this going to lay the groundwork for plans you know in other words maybe you could call it levelling up if we could borrow that phrase is this really just a back patting exercise from finna gill where you know you're list off figures like 165 billion or million or whatever it might be and so on and so forth or you're actually going to from this have plans to level up areas like the northwest you'd be familiar maybe i hope you would be with the challenges in accessing hospital care access to the region the lack of a rail network matters like that there you know will we see new plans new information coming from a conference like this well we have plans to do just that so we already have a rural regeneration plan which essentially is backed up through our rural future which has one billion euro funding that's very significant for rural areas the capital plan essentially looks after our schools our hospitals and that's very significant what we have to deliver so what we are doing now is discussing any pinch points and the major issues that are facing rural arland like we have as you well what will well know on your listeners with a shortage of young farmers getting interested in agriculture how do we you know devise policies to incentivize it how do we ensure that we have more connected hubs in rural areas to give people an alternative than traveling over to cities that can work at home or work in a connected hub if they have meetings or that they have to do during the week all those investment for rural island we will be discussing and trying to ensure that all this money is penetrating down to the regions and we know that that investment is happening because wherever you stand in rural island you're not too far away from a town or a village that has got a significant enhancement program roads that have gone through the laf in rural areas we can see through our outdoor recreational scheme post-covid when we really learned about a new way of living getting more time at home that we saw many infrastructure recreational projects in our locality all that has helped us into the future all right and presumably finnegill members from right across the country will be in kildare for this event on saturday absolutely and we're looking also at trying to give the membership more power so we think that's very important in terms of having a greater say in policy that the party is devising and also in terms of decisions that the party takes at a national level level we're having a look at the role of the member as well as part of the conference and that's important that our membership really is empowered that they have the power to make key decisions for the party as well yeah because there is a sense that you know anything you would see in dairy as well where decisions when there is a natural parliament take place in belfast and in our case here in the republic when decisions are taken in dublin there is a sense of a lack of understanding or connection with rural ireland and you know we've seen it with the provision of health care and road infrastructure and now with rc plans to move out of dublin that very little seems to happen north of that dublin gallway line do you recognize that that's an issue and do you think your party can do something about that i think it's a huge challenge and we are doing something about it because alone the shared island initiative is looking at so many projects and delivering projects that was over in carlingford along the border as well delivering when i wish war her major infrastructural waste water treatment plans so now towns and villages on the border to grow and we also have major arteries and road projects through the shared island initiative that it is working on so i think that's a very significant fund to really help border counties and help the north west as well which is very important but our capital plan will also do that that will be backed up by not only money but we have a planning policy international planning framework that will be the guideways to ensure that regions benefit for that and like me in long for west me i'm working so hard to ensure that the m forward extension of them for right into north west is the real large major artery that has to be finished and we're working hard to ensure that project progresses with minister ryan those are important projects for the region that we really have to continue a pace and support thank you very much for your time that's definitely peter burk the minister of state for european affairs that event taking place in um it's taking place in kildare on saturday back to uh some of your comments it seems the problem of humming in oma has been resolved because another listener says greg the humming noise in oma is due to cables they've all been replaced on electricity pylons i know this as parents live beside them that's another caller with the same uh comment there hi greg sending you this text for the five years now the crossroads beside manamotors is the junction to crossing not one light there for the children crossing um either getting off the school bus maybe paul canan could come on and tell us what he thinks should be done thanks uh please mention greg i was coming out at a road in don fanny a bus must have left children off they were walking it was two minutes to five it was getting dark the dark uniforms on school bags uh was what i could see uh there were definitely two girls possibly two boys i couldn't see them i swerved the van behind me swerved he thought he'd hit me if there was a car coming the other way i would have gone into them if they would even have the torches on the phones just so i could see them it's a safety issue and we do have to be really careful now because it is getting dark really early now and uh we have to be seen anyone noticed finnegales new tactic interacting with the main opposition party and on dal on the radio don't sue me do they realize what happens if one breaks the law no matter who you are what other real options are there to counteract media bias and protect one's good name i don't know i've mixed views on that to be honest with you but uh if someone is rightly is wronged well of course then there are uh recourses there should be they should be able to challenge that it's how it looks to perception too sometimes right um just in relation to the records being stored at st connell's hospital uh we have an email in from a listener and just to to recap by the way there's nothing more i can pursue in that story in that the hsc says they won't ask a series of questions i had about the records uh how long they've been there what's going to happen to them now and so on and so forth because the matter has been referred to on goddess shiokana so in other words um it is off the um in other words it's off the we can't talk about it because how could there's no questions can be answered it's off the agenda so to speak uh a caller says help lines should be set up immediately for individuals to be able to determine if their record has been affected as there'll be some very upset individuals worrying about loved ones records on their own from my perspective uh from my parents who would have engaged with letter candy university hospital it would sadden me and this is no criticism of staff the staff of no this is they have no role in this whatsoever but if my mom's uh medical records are lying there in the pile you know her x-rays her notes stuff that really perhaps was recorded towards the end of her life i don't know why but it kind of would bother me if they're just lying there in a damp box in in in that place for someone to go in and root through it feels personal to me i don't know if you understand what i'm saying there if that's how you feel it just feels disrespectful to a part of her if that makes sense uh that hasn't motivated me in any way i just covered the story as i would cover any story but that honestly is how i feel it just doesn't feel right it feels to me like there's a connection there and it feels disrespectful but as i say that's only how i feel and i'm not saying that how other that's how other feels and i as i say just to reiterate this is um this is nothing to do with the staff in the general hospital there whatsoever this is a separate issue but there are loads of questions like what's going to happen now what rules were broken if any uh what will be passed on to the public i can't ask those questions anymore because i've been told that no more comment because the guards are involved but anyway i'll read on from this email the building has inadequate signage to show they are protected documents within in my opinion jamie should be protected under the whistleblower legislation we need to stop turning to the hsc for answers a full independent inquiry is needed here with repercussions for all staff and management who with knowledge of this neglect uh this negligent storage of files why did they not contact a higher authority staff are constantly uh completing training on hsc land and record keeping protected disclosures and personal information etc are so clearly aware of the severity of this situation anyone involved in the negligent storage of documents or disposal with knowledge of the deterioration of the site environment should be investigated if this happened in a private company people would be sacked and government organizations would intervene immediately i believe jamie's been visited by uh visited by uh the authorities in the north uh i was told but we'll try and get to the bottom of that there was another case in britain uh by the way it was a pharmacy uh group and it kind of feels similar to this so i'll read some of this article for you if that's okay uh a pharmacy fined for its careless handling of sensitive personal data has had the level of its penalty reduced on appeal after a tribunal accepted its claims at the scale of its breach of data protection laws was smaller than a uk regulator had determined doorstep dispensary was fined 270 thousand pounds in order to improve its data protection practices by the uk information commissioner's office in 2019 the ico took action after determining that doorstep dispensary had stored approximately 500 000 documents in unlocked containers at the back of premises in edgware in london now there is a claim that the door to st kennels was unlocked that's probably going to be disputed but the documents contained a range of personal data including nhs numbers medical information and details of prescriptions as well as people's names and addresses and some of them were water damaged however the company raised an appeal and on it goes so they got the money the fine reduced from 250 odd thousand down to 92 uh thousand but it was the subject of a full uh tribunal and as i say that does seem to be similarities uh in the story water damaged files the type of information that's available was there proper security what security was there again i apologize i can't get any answers to those questions for you anymore because the hsc says the matter is now with unguarded shiokana watch the show live now on youtube facebook 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elich erlich be revoked amongst those who i presume deputy marion harkin i could describe it as voting with the government you are amongst those aren't you on this issue well in practical terms no because i was paired with minister norma foley who's at a meeting in europe at the moment so in actual terms i voted against the government and what i said was that i agreed with everything in the motion they have a lot of us that's just one of many asks and they ask for example that the e you israeli trade agreement that that would be suspended the horizon europe funding to israel would be suspended that israel should be referred to the international criminal court that the what we call the archbid territory bill would be passed which of course the full doll supported many months ago i support all of those asks and in fact have actively done something about them which i'll come back to later but the one thing that i felt was was not the right or the best course of action was to also expel the israeli ambassador because what i said is that we need to keep all channels of communication open we need to keep dialogue on the table and especially with those people that we fundamentally disagree with and that's just my perspective on this because you know let's just say let's just say right that we aren't able to influence the the israeli ambassador or we aren't able to influence her to influence her country is it not sending a message to say that what's happening to or what has happened to the 4000 children the 3000 women on the grounds of of gaza's biggest hospital that we are saying as a to to register our upset at what's happening that we are going to expel in other words she can come back in a year or two years or what have you but in now it's the clearest way we have within our power to send a message to say there needs to be a ceasefire now those 4000 babies and children are incredibly important and this is what we have within our gift to get that message to the israelis a number of things we can do greg uh and i've listed them and i've already written to the european commissioner don broska's and to bonder lyon asking them to start the process of suspending the trade agreement between israel and the e u because there is a clause in that trade agreement which says israel must adhere to um you know human rights and democratic principles and i think that's what we did with russia we put in sanctions we we tried to to show them in in other ways that uh we fundamentally uh disagree with what they're doing but in russia you could argue that in russia you know there it's a fair fight in inverted commas and i'm sure others would could contradict me what we are seeing here though is the awful uh terrible events of october 7th in which very sadly 1400 people were killed on israeli soil what we're seeing from that is uh after years of corralling these people in this open prison indiscriminate bombing which has cost the lives of at least 4 000 children 3 000 women and the cutting off of fuel from hospitals babies dying in incubators mass graves at hospitals is it a fair comparison between russia and israel here as again i'll put it to you if we are truly well i think you talk to the people in buchan many of the other towns in ukraine they would say that their horror was as great but i don't think comparing one horror with another but you compared one diplomat in fairness with it to you marion you compared you compared one diplomat to another so i had no point i'm making there is that i the the opposition called for the expulsion of both of them and and i disagreed with both of them on the same principle and the principle is that we have to keep channels of communication open keep talking to people we disagree with and i did quote the likes of of john hugh you know at the worst of times when he was vilified john kept those communications open he found a way of talking of listening of engaging and it's that diplomacy channels that that i just don't want to cut it off all of the other stuff the trade agreements the international criminal court those are real solid actions we can take and as i said i as an individual as a former member of the european parliament have already taken the first step there i have spoken many times about the occupied territories bill and as i said the doll agreed on it it's now up to the government to move so there are many actions you can take and i just feel that the one we shouldn't take is to close down those channels because diplomacy at the end of the day is the only way we'll find a solution and that doesn't minimize in any way the horror that it's happening in gas that i and others have spoken many times about i'm not minimizing that in any way the question is what actions can you take that are likely to have better outcomes for what actions are you to take that are likely to send a strong message that would reverberate do you know what i mean to say because you say what you say we don't talk you know we don't want to stop speaking to people just because we disagree with them does and i understand we have to choose words to describe the situation but this is this does this not what we are witnessing what's happening to these people does it not go beyond disagreement it goes to condemnation it goes to but we're doing that Greg i mean our own t-shirt has spoken about revenge and our tonic style who's in the middle east at the moment has spoken about disproportionate reaction and while that word disproportionate might sound you know a bit weak if you look at international law that is the word that is used to describe disproportionate says that it prohibits attacks against military objectives that will be the likes about chief of hospital which are expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life that is that's international law that is very clear and that's the language we are using and i think we are very strong on that very few other countries are using that language i do think within the EU we were able to bring a group together be part of a group that moderated the response if if we get rid of the ambassador if we cut off ties i think we we push ourselves outside an area of influence and i don't want us to do that i want us to be as strong and take the actions that that i've spoken of the international criminal court you've mentioned that a couple of times now okay i understand i want to bring ied marshal who's co-chair of the irish-palestinian solidarity campaign in donagol you had an opportunity to listen to deputy marion harkin ied uh what what's that you well first of all greg thank you for having me on today and i would like also from here to from your program to thank all the irish people who took to the streets with us and solidarity with the Palestinian people greg was going on today far exceeds the disagreement just like you said so diplomatic representation is a failure at this point and what's the point of having international laws if if the israelis keep breaking them and breaking them and and you know now we're we're just standing here saying expel in the ambassador whether we should do it or not that ambassador should have been expelled when she criticized the president of ireland you know she she's she's breaking diplomatic protocols and the country she represents is currently involved in a genocide but the the amazing thing here we know we know palestine is occupied everybody knows that the question is who isn't occupied today if if if the politicians are not listening to the people there's a divide in irish politics um at the minute this is this is becoming very apparent the people everybody is saying that what's going on is wrong the politicians are not reflecting that and from their position as as representatives of the people that's that's my my point here also you know you mentioned russia listen there is no hierarchy in in struggle every person every innocent person that got hurt during any of these horrible actions military actions against civilians we're all equal whether it's gaza or ukraine or anywhere in the world but it was amazing how fast everybody moved for ukraine 60 uh there was in the first week there was 60 sanctions and me whole martin was one of the biggest scholars on enforcing sanctions on russia and russia is a big country with the massive history they actually defeat second world war if the people don't know that and and they you know they have massive history and all of a sudden all the countries in the world decided that you know we have to sanction them we have to punish them for what they're doing sanctions sanctions sanctions union meetings general meetings emergency meetings israel has been doing this for 75 years 75 years and now we're talking about expelling the ambassador i mean that's that's not even enough what about the argument uh yeah that's what would it achieve in that uh yes it would strengthen get strength as a send a message but it means that we can still whilst these she's in situ make very clear uh our calls for a ceasefire uh for a resolution to this that will not cost any more innocent lives is it not better to be able to have that conversation through official channels than to uh you know just disregarded altogether well look uh it's it's simple that they're not listening you can you can try and speak to them and and have negotiations we had negotiations as palestinian people for 20 years with the israeli peace negotiations we give them everything they wanted and they kept changing we have rights and resolutions in u.m. resolutions 194 is a resolution where we are trying to have a stake all of that illegal settlements are being built since we had the peace with them they've been building illegal settlements and they've been taken land and killing people this is not about Gaza only you want to see what's going on in the west bank i actually blame the the media for not showing what's going on really even al jazeera everyone saying oh cnn and rte and bbc are evil evil al jazeera is evil too they're not showing everything you need to see there is a lot more than what you think is happening to the likes of al jazeera i mean they are in the grand in in gaza and many of their journalists who are gassans have lost them their own lives or their families lives to try and expose what's happening do you think that's a fair criticism of of uh al jazeera i mean you don't want to sort of presumably alienate everyone by being critical of absolutely everybody do you uh well to be honest with you yes i can be critical of everyone because what i'm trying to say here is that i'm not obviously look the people on the ground they are you know they are in the ground they are witnessing everything that is happening and they're doing an amazing job i'm not criticizing the people themselves i'm criticizing the media in general as as organizations and companies and headquarters and all of that look um the truth of the matter is that the killing of civilians and innocent people and children in palestine has to stop and not only it has to stop people who are quiet when this is happening i have to be whole they have to be held accountable for their silence you remember listen yourself on your radio i learned something amazing by the way on your show that the native americans sent the hundred u.s dollars to the irish people during famine right that means a lot to to the irish people today there's a there's a tribe a native american tribe i learned this on on highland radio one day look solidarity makes a difference island has suffered from colonialist settlement oppression for hundreds of years island has to as as politics as politicians and a government they have to put pressure on Israel today but what about the measures what about uh measures marion harkins mentioned and i'll bring her back in in a moment has mentioned the measures that have been taken she supports all of them uh in terms of our trade agreements and what have you but uh miss harkin is of the view that it's far better off to retain the diplomat so that there is a direct line so in other words if another thing is completely horrific that we can relate it to her and she's obliged then to take that back to her government i presume is there not some value in that statement that at least then are uh discussed if it's applicable is registered then directly with the israelis and if you cut that line of communication or those lines of influences then you know we're we're we're making a mistake look as i said um there has been diplomatic representation between island and israel for a very long time and this is not the first time israel is breaking international law what's the point of having any conversation or any the any channels of communication with them if they're not going to listen to you in the first okay let me put that directly to deputy harkin i mean is uh ied uh mashal changing your view at all deputy harkin or are you resolute in your view that we need to retain these lines of dialogue well first of all i just want to say that that i fully on well i can't say i fully understand where that is coming from but i have followed this for many years especially when i was in the european parliament i know what israel has done with u n resolutions flouting i know what's happening so the the heartbreak for people in gaza and he's quite right in the west bank it's just it's unbearable to watch so i i i understand all of that the only question is uh where where can we go from here now this awful situation maybe maybe we can ensure uh deputy that we are on the right side of history i mean we really probably don't know the full extent of what's going on here or the the true motivation in the end game maybe we want to make sure that we are on the right side of history when our children and grandchildren are looking at what ireland did or didn't do uh whilst as i say i'm not trying to be a motive here but i don't want them to be forgotten four five six thousand babies kids children my children's age wiped from the face of this earth you know do we not need to make sure we are standing on the right side of history in years to come well i suppose you ask what actions can we take our votes in the u n show we're on the right side of history our t-shirt talking about israel as it's committing an act of revenge is on the right side of history our call by many people in the dawn for the uh occupied territories bill the enactment is on the right side of history and at the end of the day the pharmacy cannot be a failure because if diplomacy is a failure i mean where do we go and i international law of course it doesn't work a lot of the time but it's the only thing we have it's the only thing we can hold on to and push for and as i said it's people like john human others the people who never give up who never stopped talking never stopped listening never stopped engaging it's that but does it not come a point does it does it not come a point where you say that these acts are so apparent that for the time being we're actually going to suspend engaging with you that's how bad we think about this situation that doesn't mean to say that we won't come around the table with you again but at this point with what you're doing and disregarding pretty much every country's view on this situation that for now we have to take a stand and say we will we'll speak to you again but we're so opposed to what you're doing now we're actually going to have to suspend those diplomatic relations but i still believe that talking is is more important than turning your back i i always believe that it whatever the situation is however awful difficult intractable and this is an intractable situation and i still believe that communication it's it's the only way we humans have of connecting with one another and we all remember the history we remember how close we came to it in camp gave it and and yet it didn't happen and and when that chance went a lot of people felt that this is on a wrong path and uh that we are where we are now but it this is my personal view that talking is better than turning your back and the reason why we want to speak to you is because whilst it might be your your personal view you know many thousands of people elected you to represent them um and that includes slaggle leech and of course much of south donagall they did represent you to represent them as well so i do understand it is your personal view but the way democracy works this is that you were elected to represent your people as well absolutely and there are a few points out there uh people want to see what do people want they want to be an end to the war that's what people want to see and the way we can do that it can't do okay but the way we can try to influence is through diplomacy and i think getting some of our citizens out at the moment is part of that but but through diplomacy and through action at e-level agreements i've listed them all that those are ways that we can work okay definitely harkin i do have to to move forward i appreciate all of your time today i'm sure you're incredibly busy i will come back for a final word ied with you if that's okay but steward i'm sorry to hold you uh just a quick comment from you if that's okay well maraids as far as i'm concerned that woman is representing part of donagall and she's representing this this part of ireland and we want is real booted out of ireland everybody that belongs to that embassy needs to go now they're not going to listen to one word that's been said that man is a dictator he's even worse than a dictator what he is i can't even mention online what he is nithinyahu that man is the most evil human being on this planet at this time and he has to be sent a clear message that there is people are totally against what's going on people don't realize unless you're on the ground in gaza what's going on even even soldiers israel is really soldiers are coming back at night and they don't want to ever go back to work again because they don't want to start they don't want to be killing children they're murdering children indiscriminately we need them booted out immediately because that woman is not listening to one word all she's doing is gathering information that's all they do in every country try and buy off who they can get the support for israel that's all they want support for israel they don't care about anybody else that's all they're interested in israel right okay from everything that can get them out yeah but i mean in terms of maryon hawk of maryon hawk i'm not you're not referring to her because she pointed out she's uh supported she's supported all the other measures i get you thanks steward uh ied very finely to you i mean you've heard stewart's view there you heard maryon um we actually have to go now because the news is on the way uh but i want to thank you for joining us this morning okay thank you um that so that's i'm not there's not much i can say now is it no well if you know yes if you've 30 seconds go ahead yet i don't want to cut you off just just wrap up what i would like to say what i would like to say is people in denigol take to the streets put pressure on your politicians we're going to have another vote hopefully soon and we will expel that horrible embassy we don't need an israeli flag fly in ireland while they're killing children in paris day okay thanks ied i appreciate your time the night old news show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union offering low rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today stay warm for less this autumn with homeland five pack wood logs by three for 13 euro hardwood log great 450 kg only 329 euro nationwide delivery available shop in store or online at homeland.ie it's flu season and while anyone can catch the flu it can cause serious illness in children the flu virus 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sometimes we get premonitions sometimes it's useful for us to know in advance what might be happening so we can you know for warrants for armed that kind of thing so is it possible that sorry you're gone to coke just kidding but i'm fascinated by that last statement so say for instance you know how people trust their guts so something's happening in their their woken life and other people may not have that sort of gut feeling that they have but on a subconscious level maybe their mind is lugging things that don't feel right it could be suspicions about a partner or a decision they have to make can that then be teased out through a dream in other words should that not be ignored absolutely can be teased out through a dream and the thing just to be careful of is the dreams aren't literal dreams work in symbols and and pictures so if you dream you said working outsourced suspecting your partner of something so if you dream that your partner is misbehaving it does not mean your partner is misbehaving you know you have to get into the different levels of the dream you know very occasionally at night but generally speaking it doesn't yeah and the honor isn't asked that because it's going to come up in our questions and i'm inviting the listeners to text in their questions i can't string two words together i didn't sleep much last night i was dreaming 08 660 25000 i have this uh the dreams are somewhat different but there's a couple of locations in my dreams like i have a one particular house that's kind of half finished and i could draw a map of it right now i could draw plans uh you know it's so specific and it's been in my head this location for uh as long as i can remember and you know different scenarios occur there but it's the consistent is this half finished house on a site that's close it's actually the site where my house is now this half finished house and as i say the very the dreams can vary but this location i might not dream about it for six months allison but it will pop back in and it's all laid out the exact same what could be going on there should i ask maybe the first thing is if you have a recurring dream it's a message that you're subconscious is really trying to get through to you and you know if an awful lot of us can just ignore the dreams and carry on as if they weren't there but if you're unconscious mind is saying no it's really useful for you to get this information then it'll come in a recurring dream so that's the first thing to look at and the next thing is the unfinished house you said it's where your house is now but it was a different unfinished house yeah exactly it's a completely different design and it's built back into a hill and as i say it's a kind of a massive front room it's got a big stone sweeping curved frontage that's very interesting because the house can represent you your whole self your personality the whole lot the fact that it's half finished would indicate that there's something that you really want to finish now it's not a house you know but you would look then you go down into the different levels and you said two things one of the big white sweeping drives so there's a welcome in this so whatever it is that you're trying to bring into your mind tha