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We're going to start in the, well, two areas really. We've got two vehicle thefts to report, and we'll start in Stronora. Yeah, a bit of a money-crime wave. This one, Donald, bear with me. It's kind of drawn out and a bit of an incident. I'll give you the background to it. So my colleagues in Litterkinny are investigating these incidents, multiple incidents that occurred on Tuesday the 12th of July. A white Reynolds Kangovan partial registration 151D was stolen from Trina Mullen in Stronora between 9 a.m. and 9 25 a.m. So the morning time of the 12th of July. A male who was wearing a blue top was observed from the driver's seat, leaving in the stolen van. And it is believed that two men who appeared to be intoxicated were seen walking in that area that morning around the time. So we want to speak to them, two individuals. A report was then received in relation to dangerous driving incident involving this van in Lyford on the Litterkinny Road shortly after half nine in the morning. And then at approximately quarter to 10, some 15 minutes later, a red Toyota Land Cruiser registration number 01G6259 was stolen from Riverlands Carrigans. The owner of the jeep had just got out of the jeep and was turned into his animals when he seen a man exit a white Reynolds Kangovan and jumped into his jeep and steal it. The jeep was driven off towards Carrigans and the van followed. So it's the same van obviously that was involved and stolen earlier. The jeep crossed the border and then returned for a brief time into Carrigans area where the driver of the stolen jeep, this Toyota Land Cruiser, hit a ditch at Pump Street Carrigans at around five minutes to 10. The jeep was then set alight. The fire brigade attended the scene and the two men left the scene in the stolen Reynolds Kangovan and travelled onwards towards Derry. But they were involved in a further collision with another vehicle that killed them lower at St Carrigans at 10 o'clock. So it's all happened within that sort of space of half an hour. I don't know. The other driver wasn't injured in this accident. Thank goodness. The stolen van then made its way, kept going and crossed the border at Calais and was recovered then by the PSNI. So if any of your listeners can help us in identifying these two people, maybe if anyone had dashcam footage in around the Carrigans, please make it available to my colleagues in Lederkinny. They can be reached on<PHONE_NUMBER> or indeed to guard a confidential line, 1-800-TREBLE-6-TREBLE-1. Yeah, and this all, as you say, kicked off in the Stronnor area just before nine on the 12th and continued over the course of the morning until they crossed the border a little later in Carrigans. I mean, it's a strange sequence of events. Is it thought that maybe they were planning another crime, perhaps a break in somewhere or a robbery somewhere? Who knows? Yeah, it's difficult to get out of them. You know, these two clowns are obviously drunk and they've just no respect for other people in the community or the safety of other people or indeed law and order and it would be best if they were identified and arrested. As you say, you're cooperating with the PSNI on that one, so it is very much a cross-border investigation. So we do have listeners in Darian across the border and I mean, if they're in a position to help either contact yourselves or contact the PSNI. Thanks, Donald. Absolutely. To Bunkranon now and the theft of a boat. Yeah, Guardian Bunkranon investigated it in the theft of a blue and white punt boat. A punt boat is a flat bottom sort of tender boat that's quite small in size, but it had the blue Yamaha engine on it. It was stolen from Inch Island between Wednesday the 13th of July at 6 p.m. and it was recovered then at Fawn on the 14th of July at a half-nine. So just a quick skip across the little stretch of water there. When the boat was recovered, the blue Yamaha engine had been stolen from the boat. Now, I don't have the horsepower of... I'm sure it's quite small if it's on little pumps with something around maybe 15 horsepower lower. It says blue Yamaha engine. I'm not sure if that's correct. They're usually gray, I think, but I'll speak in the groin this morning and she says just maybe try and get the Facebook picture up on the Guardian Facebook page. So anybody may have any information or has been offered this engine for sale or knows its location, please contact the Guardian Bunkranon at 074-932-540. And with a view toward that, some advice and information about boat security is to be posted on your own. Gareth Shea Khan had only called Facebook page today. Absolutely, groin is looking after that today, yeah. I'm to letter Kenny now and Fortwell Court in the early hours of last Thursday. Yeah, Fortwell Court, which is on the lower main street in Letter Kenny in the early hours of Thursday, the 14th of July, so between midnight and 7 a.m. on Thursday. Damage was caused to the door of an apartment. It would appear to have been kicked and the lock on the door was damaged as a result. No entry was gained, thank goodness, and anyone or any residents that can help us in identifying who did this and for what reason, please contact the Guardian Letter Kenny 074-9167-100. Anybody noticed any suspicious at Fortwell Court lower main street in the wee hours of Thursday morning. And skipping back just a few days another location in Letter Kenny this time Isle View Apartments. Yeah, Isle View Apartments down, I think it's down there behind Domino's Pizza. Sorry, on Tuesday the 12th of July again at 6 p.m. until Wednesday the 13th of July at midday. A resident of one of the apartments returned home to discover a brick and glass on the footpath outside. A small window had been smashed. Again, no entry was gained, and if anyone can help us in solving these two incidents, please contact the Guardian Letter Kenny and maybe leave some information for us 074-9167-100. When you want to get to the bottom of, and it seems a strange one certainly on the face of it, an entry man has been receiving calls from a person in relation to an alleged note. Yeah, we don't normally get into sort of these one-off incidents or scams or possible scams, but this one has been highlighted nonetheless for various reasons. So just maybe to make people aware of this one and the MO, the modus of it, a gentleman received approximately three or four phone calls from a person who spoke in a foreign accent and he thought it was an American accent. In relation to a note that this person that was calling had said had been left on their car windscreen and the caller was very persistent and indicated that the note had contained the landline number of this senior citizen and it related to an incident involving their cars. So this man was very concerned and obviously he hadn't been in America or involved in any incident with this other chap. It's possible that this caller had a note left on the windscreen and had read the contact details incorrectly, however small that chance may be, but given the amount of scams that are on the go at the present and certain new scams, we want to highlight the matter in case anybody receives something similar along them lines and just to advise people not to give out any information and they can contact ourselves in your local guard station. Was this potentially then the precursor to a demand for money for alleged damage caused to the person with the accent's car? That seems to be the thinking donal yet. Something we spoke to Gronje about last week and we're happy to highlight again this week is happening on Saturday and that's the Float for Hope boat run in Burtonport. Yeah, hopefully they get the weather for this one donal. This Saturday, July 23rd, the Float for Hope boat run takes place out of Burtonport Harbour. This year's event is based on water safety awareness and we've had a lot of tragedies this week and indeed yesterday, but with the recent improvement in the weather and crowds flocking to the local beaches, it's a good one to attend and it'll be a sort of fun family day out. Donal, members from organisations such as Irish Water Safety, the RNLI, the Donalgall Coast Guard, the Swilly Seals, the CFFM Arnmore, the Sheephaven Subaqua Club, the Snorkeling Club to name but a few will be demonstrating different types of water safety and techniques in the water and on the pier. There'll be information and advice for everyone attending at Burtonport on all aspects of water safety. Kicks off at 9am this Saturday and it's an excellent chance for people to maybe see a few of these people and skills and maybe talk to them and there's different clubs and stuff there I'll be looking to recruit people. And your own colleagues will be there as well giving out information and supporting the day. Absolutely. Yeah so if anyone can help with any of these issues we'll be putting the whole of the slot up on our own Facebook and social media pages as soon as the show is over you'll be putting it on your own if anyone wants to listen back obviously Michaela in use is going to be highlighting a lot of the stories over the course of the news bulletin today as well. Just in terms of anyone with information if you just want to give us the confidential line in case people want to use that particular number. Yeah it's a number that's used quite often. It's 1-800-TREBLE-6-TREBLE-1 and it's just a matter you can just leave a voice note. Yeah. Garda na Maguire, thank you very much indeed. And that's Garda na Maguire there that is the Community Garda slot for this morning. The Community Garda information slot is brought to you by Sheridan Security Systems protecting what you value most. Call today and get your Zero Wire alarm system from 299 Euro. Sheridan Security 9126025 Just to be your comments about our previous discussions before we go any further typical of the Department of Education to drop this consultation into the mix when schools are closed surely this should have been launched when the schools had been open to give teachers and parents time to look at it together. A discussion on school SPHE what about a parent who wants to protect the innocence of children the reason why there is an increase in sexual assault is because children are exposed to this from all angles schools, TV, cinema, internet no mention of what is being done to close those websites all together internet providers could block all porn today if they wanted to no political will to do with globally says a caller women are not objects for men's benefit but some women use men for their own benefits it's not always men that are in the wrong says a caller parents need to be educated on how to talk to children on these topics Mary is well used to packaging her presentation in attractive wrapping paper that looks great on the outside but insight is hidden much more than can be unsavory to many young people some of my grandchildren have been repulsed at some of the present content and I have had to elaborate and discuss the topics based on respect for all involved they were open to accepting the moral values that I expressed and discussed with them now we had a query with regards to a caller who had a service for which they paid 600 euro and now a couple of them not too long while later they're hearing a funny noise in the back they're wondering what's their recourse and a caller says the service all depends on what you ask for generally it's just the engine and check the tires I want a full check over is the term to use if you want a thorough check it's down to the person getting the service make sure you ask your mechanic what they call a service there's an element here of buyer beware so says a caller it's 28 and a half minutes past 10 o'clock I'm going to take a short break this Tuesday around the Northwest is live in our draw from the open day at the new sleeve league distillery we'll tour the facility see the stills and discover how the famous silky whiskey is made with demand for Irish whiskey expected to double in the next 10 years we'll also find out more about the heritage and history of peated whiskey that's around the Northwest live from sleeve league distillery in our draw today from 12 want unbeatable value from Sky? here's the deal that's sky broadband for just 29 euro a month plus sky queue for only 10 euro a month super fast, super reliable broadband and sky queue with your apps and recordings that's sky broadband for 29 euro a month plus sky queue for 10 euro a month for 12 months now that is unbeatable value go to sky.ie availability subject location offer does not include sky tv subscription new sky customers only set up fees minimum term and further terms of play for more info see sky.ie slash speeds are you worried about trees on your property? Northwest Forestry Services Bally Buffet are fully insured and have over 40 years experience in dangerous tree removal, tree felling surgery and stump grinding for peace of mind call Northwest Forest Services Bally Buffet for no obligation quotation on 9132033 join the Highland Radio I'd say broadcast team this Wednesday from 1.30 in Letterkinny Credit Union for the first car draw of the year two lucky Letterkinny Credit Union members will each win a brand new Mazda 2 and there's 10,000 euro in cash prizes to be won so tune in this Wednesday from 1.30 to hear if you're a winner with Letterkinny Credit Union bulk a private VIP screening at Century Cinemas perfect for celebrating birthdays and special occasions featuring a private VIP screening with luxury reclining seating, delicious popcorn and a brilliant choice of movies for further information on our VIP packages called Century Complex or visit Letterkinny on 07491 21976 or visit CenturyCinemas.ie Text 086 60 25,000 It's 9 to the Noon Show on Highland Radio where in mid to late July which in Donnie Gall usually means just one thing and that is the McGill Summer School delighted to welcome on to the program this morning Dr. Joe Mulholland who is the director of the McGill Summer School. Joe, good morning to you. Good morning, Donald. We're very well indeed, thank you. Joe, for the past two years there's been an online program offered by the McGill Summer School and I'm sure you and your colleagues will be delighted this year to get back to your spiritual home of Glendies. Well, we were very anxious to get back. I mean, online is great and we had great reaction to the two years that we did online and of course the advantages that you can go abroad to speakers far more easily without having them come to Glendies which is ahead of a track for some but no, we're back in business albeit shorter we start on Thursday afternoon and run until Sunday and but we have a terrific program I think at the end of the day and it's a very appropriate and a very positive theme this year very much dominated by Ukraine it's the destruction of Ukraine and its people and the fallout for mankind and the fallout is going to be very very broad and very important. As I said, the past two years saw you take the opportunity to bring in some international guests online that's going to be done in this instance as well and on a number of occasions over the course of the four days there will be contributors from Ukraine taken in over the internet. There will indeed and after opening on Thursday afternoon which has been opened by the Ukrainian ambassador as is sitting we have a connection with one of the most important politicians in Ukraine and we're obviously then presenting something Ukraine's culture really to show that we're not talking here about destruction of buildings only although it's terrible and the murders of people the destruction of a civilization really of people who are great artists and dance and so on and sing and we'll give some examples of that on Thursday evening to get us off to a start and of course along with discussion about what's happening in Ukraine very important debates taking place in this country that are linked to it debates on things like neutrality that are going to be addressed over the course of the four days as well Yes indeed a lot of things have changed in the short space of time because of the Ukraine tragedy and you know things we have to question and it's going to have an enormous effect on the way on the way to do things it's going to have an enormous effect on the European Union who which must now cater for a different Europe than the one we had six months ago so these are all extremely extremely worrying and are going to really it's going to change in many ways our lives even agriculture which is in trouble and those changes and those changes are the four of the discussion because it's fair to say one of the hallmarks of the Miguel Summer School has always been it discusses the issues of the day and it discusses the background to those issues and the history behind those issues but it also looks forward and the Miguel Summer School always asks the question what's the impact going to be what's the world going to be six months, one year, two years five years from now and that's a hallmark of Miguel it's looking forward as well as looking back you've got to be one so it will be an interesting few days and hearing experts talk about Russia where it is going what is going to happen to Russia what kind of policies is it going to pursue is it going to continue with this war and is it going to go for other wars just mind-boggling the awful possibilities that are out there and at the end of the day are threats to the planet because we're beginning to hear about nuclear and this kind of stuff and we didn't realize we would come to that the John Hume lecture has always been a high point of the Miguel Summer School traditionally it would have been delivered on what would have been the opening weekend in this instance it's been delivered on Saturday afternoon and a very prestigious speaker for this one Yes indeed it's been delivered by the provost the fairly new provost of Trinity College Linda Doyle very capable and able lady and she will talk about issues related to the program Ukraine and so on in the future again always the future and looking forward and we have we've always included the arts in our programs and we can't do much this year because it's just too short and the time was too short but we have a lovely recital for those who are interested in music by who has very strong sonical connections but is a wonderful national and international pianist that's on Saturday evening and I see we have Charlie Boner reading Freel's short story a man's world as well and that is going to be something special and our own Charlie the town's man of my own I'm reading how he has been in many free productions as soon as he is working life and we'll be visiting the house where Dancing at Lunisa was actually lived out called the Laurels and which we have been trying to renovate now for some years we've met progress the building is now secure when it was almost falling in and we hope to make progress and all of that issue in the future but that's for another day and another another kind of school in the 42nd year of the McGill summer school those who are lucky to secure tickets and be able to do so will be able to attend the various talks and discussions at the Highlands Hotel in Lenties for those who can't jumble Holland the opportunity to watch online streams is there how can people go about accessing those streams oh yes absolutely because we have to be mindful of safety here we had hoped that Covid would be very much on the wane but that doesn't seem to be the case not yet anyway and we'll be paying particular attention to security of anybody who's coming there and we wouldn't we mean we don't want huge numbers we have the facility of people watching it online it's not the same thing as being there for the discussions and arguments and so on but still it has worked very well in the past and that can be you can register for that for very little I think it's something for the whole school and the details should be on our website the McGill website and that's McGillSummerSchool.ie just reminding me what that addresses Dr. Joman Holland Director of the McGill Summer School we look forward to the discussion from Thursday until Sunday it's always an illuminating and interesting school and it always brings up a lot of new stories which at the height of the summer silly season is something we journalists really really like as well so thank you for that Joman Holland it's been a pleasure and thanks for speaking to us this morning a pleasure for me too thanks very much indeed Dr. Joman Holland there the director and we wish Joe and the team all the best with the McGill Summer School in a few moments I'm going to be speaking to a politician in Donegal and I'm looking forward to this conversation because he's a man of whom I am very fond and he is a man of whom you will be aware and we'll have, I have no doubt a really good old yarn with that's coming up in just a moment just want to remind you that on this coming Sunday the 24th of July we have a tractor and vintage car run it's in association with the Balear 10K fundraising it's in support of the Donegal branch of MS Ireland and also in support of Cancer Care West it starts and finishes at cars of the diamond in Balear entry fee 20 euro per vehicle registration starting at one and then the actual tractor and car run gets underway at two and we're promised when you get back to cars of the diamond in Balear you'll not leave again with an empty stomach because there shall be there shall be refreshments and all sorts of goodies available to you. If you were listening to the show last week we were chatting to the mayor of Latter-Kennie Milford Municipal District, councillor Donald Mandi Kelly and in the course of it he wished a happy 92nd birthday to my next guest councillor Ian McGarvey it's a pleasure to welcome you to the studio. Good morning to you how are you doing this morning as well? I mean anyone who's watching Facebook is going to be looking and they're going to be saying hang on I thought he said it was going to be a 92 year old in the studio because you certainly look nowhere nearer to Ian. What's the secret? Thank you Donald. Donald one thing I will say to you, I suppose I lived a simple life things weren't anything like what they are today and neither drank or smoked I was very athletically oriented I used to play sports, I used to play football and I used to work hard and I always had the feeling like one of the things was always my ambition in life if I could help someone else to improve their way of life even from a very young and look after the elderly as well I always thought those were factors that was very very important to society and you've kept doing that and I've said this to numerous people that I have spoken to you in various contexts over the years and you've told me that you've been raising issues on behalf of elderly people and most of the time the elderly people you are raising issues on behalf of are younger than you Well that's quite true but that's no handle because look I've been very fortunate to see you that way because it could have been one of those people and therefore I can recognise very very well and readily what they need and what they need most and there's still been maybe overlooked but this is well done and that's quite regrettable because when you reach a certain age people put you into a certain category and I think when you categorise people it's like what I said about a person looking for a home living on their own recently the H.C.S.A. determined because he was 66 years of age he was entirely no support so I made the case to John Hayes who is now retired that this man at 63 years of age could be worse physically and it should be on well say need rather than on age that the situation should be church so on so thankfully as well as that John Hayes recognised the need and provided that there was a home help for that person too so those are the kind of things that I always like to contribute to the needs of others will say where and make representations on the behalf where necessary and in the chamber you have not slowed down if anything you're actually more vocal now than you ever were because I can attest this I would attend quite a few of the council meetings both the municipal district and plenary councils and I mean you know there is no question of McGarvey sitting down at the back and keeping his mouth shut McGarvey contributes vocally and contributes often I'll tell you one thing again like when you adopt a role of representing people you not only have an obligation but you're paid for doing that as well therefore don't there are people out there what needs this being ignored and the executive and others with respect to them doesn't take into consideration age or any other factor that would say need as well as are because I look at the view will say no matter what anybody says one thing's certain when you're an elected representative you have an obligation to represent the people and to look after the public at this number two and unfortunately for me don't you know in the team when you saw it happen many cases where there is deserving cases being made by somebody like me are being ignored and for example you saw even that mast in the Monahanwood to me it's an eyesore number one and then threat number two and interferes with our customer rights that's there for over 400 years those types of things don't have always represented now and in the past as well and you certainly haven't been in any way shy of coming forward and making your views on the Monahan and other issues very clear indeed you are an independent is that a help or a hindrance I was in Fianafoil for years you know that I actually contributed very much to Fianafoil and over the years and the people that I worked with as well I had great regard for anything that I have anything against any political party and you see in the chamber as you know Donald I'll support any representative no matter what or who belongs to be provided a synanthus of the people so I've always had that Donald so I have had the experience of being through Fianafoil many a time contributed in our days as well in Dublin and Ballsbridge and even at all the stages when you talk about representations I think Charlie was a minister for health at the time I had him in the Tula Palace in our days in Dublin when he actually abused me and made me a representation on behalf of somebody that wanted to get down to Galway at that time for a half operation after waiting three years so nothing's much changed since then so you can see the circumstances that when I as a representative a selected conscientious about what say the people that I represent wants to help people and so on you can run into difficulty in the wrong questions and so on it's so difficult you've always been my perception of Ian McGarvey has always been first and foremost as a campaigner I think I would have first really come across you and interviewed you when you were leading a campaign against a mobile phone mast halfway between here and Remelton and that wasn't the day or yesterday you remember the one I'm talking about of course I do all the city I had been asked Galway to go over to Galway to talk against the mast at some time I also was in Carriquil as you know in 1998 on the 2nd of December when I was filled up the street by the yard I ended up in hospital and still suffers a bit you can hear my neck when I crack so every time I turn around I've been so on so I never had fear number one I always felt I had the right to be out and protest on the entrance for those people as well when I was in Carriquil was to be erected in my yard the barracks and you would have thought they were going to be a war zone and they made a yard so it wasn't Carriquil that morning and I just like anybody else was there and I was walking along the thing and I was knocked down the first thing I heard was to take him out and I was pushed to my face first of all in freedom filled me up the street for about 30 years and fell off the seat going to Milford Doctor had to come to take me to the van so I had no fear there's been a common theme in what you've done I mean up to just a couple of months back you were standing in front of Dramonahan Woods and blockading up there you've always married as it were the council debate and the council lobbying with direct action sure because don't look you can talk all you like but actions should be noticed and should be observed at least there's a reason for it and that's all you're doing you're standing out against will say what's wrong and if you look at Dramonahan Woods I know well with the legal situation there the national guidelines say no new match should be erect on new sites but located on existing sites with clustering of nursery on the section 5.3.3 if you do with the national guidelines that refers to the very same thing as we'll say it's coded on our own development plan and therefore we had people violate the current development plan themselves now with respect of course what they have done they've talked about in board planilla important to them and unfortunately apparently my letter was a few days late when they referred to it and all I referred to the submissions that I had made but at the same time and board planilla shouldn't be exempt from would say representation by people apart from that who would have authority over them namely would say the ombudsman can't even interfere with the decision so I've been asking just the last day at the meeting there we need to look at our would say equality legislation number one number two that states on the section 40 and 41 that we protect the rights of people at all times and the duty of care and protection is there for planning as well and it wasn't being observed on so therefore that's again a confrontation in my part and just in fairness, in fairness to the executive of Donegal County Council I will state that you and Liam Ward and others have had this discussion vocally and often in both the letter Kenny Milford chamber and in the council's position is that that development received the required position within Donegal lawfully and that decision was backed up and verified by on board planilla and that is the position of the Donegal County Council executive and I think it's important that we do sort of state the executive I actually agree with you and I respect the executive I don't want to say as Liam Ward who is the director used to say to me I don't want to follow it with you I used to say to him well you can't follow it with me I'm only making a representation on behalf of people and if you look at it it's short that evil only exists because good people do nothing and therefore you know Donegal as well and this has not been critical of the members because they were able to decide they did not support me when they took a meeting they went down to the aura centre take them down to see the site look at the location and judge for themselves was it fair in the matter but on board planilla or anybody else because look when you sit in that chamber what I hear coming across times that's about what will happen if you do X, Y, Z we have one obligation done as far as I'm concerned when I sit in that council there will be four turbines there will be four anything else to represent the views of the people and stand out for them as well because they don't have that right to do it themselves so I've always I've no regrets about the like and I'm not looking for any credit for it either and you know that I've come back in time to Ian McGarvey the Fina Falls stalwart in his 50s and 60s and said yes Ian, you're going to be the mayor of Donegal you're going to sit on Donegal County council you're going to become one of the most talked about and celebrated councillors in Donegal indeed in the country but you're doing as an independent with that in those days have surprised you if you had known that you would have a career in active representatives politics as a councillor but you wouldn't do it under the Fina Falls banner given that you gave so much of your life to that party Donegal you just referred to something that I appreciated the period I spent with those people because again a good deal of experience as well worked with them canvassed for them and everything else and yet and all never was about me but about what I could do through them for the people and in fact had a reason to follow it was one who I'll not mention had shaken intelligent had asked me to come under my representation on behalf of the people who do it for me and they told me I had no better I had no better thing to do then they'll listen to me every bit three or four cases that needed representation in Donegal then so Donegal I actually would have known Senators and Robbie Gulliver and Mark Dilley down from Ken Merran I can then carry who came here with three flags of the original Tom Meager flag which I would direct in Waterford one for each of the two schools secondary schools in Milford and one for the Cardiff Council that's there in the pletton all on it representing that kind of time as well so Donegal I would have to say on behalf of those people that respect to have acquired from people like that and even when Robbie Gulliver would see 50 men at either birthday which is nearly a non-event say for that matter but mentioning it in the Senate in the morning so it's quite commendable today and appreciated by somebody like and it's funny you mentioned Senator Robbie Gulliver has been on the phone to us again wishing best wishes to Ian always a joy to talk to Ian he describes you as a man of knowledge which you absolutely are there is absolutely no doubt about that still learning Donal don't forget well yeah well I mean as I always said the day you stop learning is the day they hammer the nail into the net that's the day you stop learning they come out the year and say that's the end of the year you know Cliff is all in I'm convinced of that you are the Keith Richards of Donegal Politics Ian I mean you turned 92 last Thursday I mean people I fully intend before I'm 70 to put my feet up and relax and enjoy myself the older you've gotten the more active you've become it seems to me and you know a lot of people are going to be saying you know is that man mad I mean you obviously take confidence and a joy and a sense of I won't say a sense of accomplishment but you take you know a real sense of something out of your involvement in politics and your lobbying and your representing what is it that keeps you going Donal to be able to achieve things and to make changes particularly and I can refer now to someone like who has taken over you see Donal if you you're aware of some of the things I'm going to quote to you about the changes that has come about for a local authority member at the present time they've drawn nearly any of the authority they had now I can go back to like a Sam Baxter in Milford who was very helpful to me at a young age when I was not as familiar with the scene as I am today and I'll never forget what he said to me when I was tried to buy my own house and the solicitor was actually right there took me by and the house of Donal bought it in 68 but he said to me he says it was a curtsome property you see and at that time and he said to me young McGowhey the solicitor was refusing a job or contract between a man who I'll never forget was very good to me wanted to sell me the house we're moving back to Scotland and hadn't heard of that himself and I'm in the same house today Donal but he says to me young McGowhey you're wasting your time talking to me take him down here and he says we'll have a solicitor across the street Osburn was at the time sign up the whole thing and that's how I became owner of that house otherwise I could have been out of it Donal and again I wasn't afraid to face the challenge at that stage Donal so there was something on the inside that told me would say don't accept everything he's told you but challenge it and take us right along because look the information and the experience again is invaluable and Donal when I was as well when I grew up I can say the another thing I went to the Schumacher's in the Melton there were four of them and I'd better went to them and learn the trade and there's a man yet John Lowry when I was young he said many a time at 12 o'clock and I'd heard me bathe in the shoes just across the street I was able to earn enough money when I started to work and hand on the pay to the house of a big family and I have still a photograph at home sitting on the master's chair at a year old where they took me over and got me photographed again with the rest of the brothers so it's up in the wall there Donal I can go back quite a bit to those little things and regrettably another thing Donal when you talk about what say religious and regulations and so on when I got married when I got married Donal I'm 54 my wife was nursing and like what say people today if they're married and they saw me doing a good job like that makes a difference well absolutely the marriage ban was on she couldn't work one day longer she had to leave her job Donal when she reached pension I just told her now she has to pay for many entitlement whatsoever and there are very few of them left around and it's quite regrettable Donal that this is the state of when they talk about equality and about equality ladies and gentlemen all this stuff that people are being treated like that because she's not the only one in this country absolutely Ian McGarvey you're 92 you are the oldest public representative on the island of Ireland within the next two years you will have a choice to make because we're going to have a local election within the next two years two and a half don't will you go again Donal look put it in this way physically I don't feel different you heard me in the chamber just last week there it's my contribution as good as ever is it I asked you to judge now I would say you are probably more vocal than ever is and you've always been vocal in fairness Donal it's good to talk to you because look you see what I'm doing you're back today turning the thing over to yourself to ask your own opinion what should a person like me do because I value those things I'm not just going to say I would act on it but what I would say in honesty is that the Donegal County council chamber would be or would be a poorer place without Ian McGarvey thank you for that and on that note I'm going to say Ian McGarvey thank you very much indeed thinking of hiring a private investigator or do you provide a private investigation service did you know that private investigators must hold a PSA license issued by the private security authority private investigators who operate without a license and anyone employing one are breaking the law and could face prosecution and fines for more information on how to get a license or to report on licensed private investigators visit www.psa-gov.ie at Florid Letter Kenny Park Run has 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radio news it's the 9th til noon show it's just anyone who knows Ian McGarry will be really surprised to hear that he's still standing behind me chatting as I say it's two in his past 11 almost time for the news headlines and we say good morning to Miquela Clark Thanks Donald good morning and mother believes there are people who witnessed a hit and running car Donna that left her son with serious injuries Nathan was hit by a dark colored car on the Mobile Road on Sunday July the 10th at around 3.40 a.m he has been left with serious injuries which require his nose to be rebuilt and facial reconstruction a string of incidents involving the theft of vehicles in Donegal has been described as a mini crime wave investigations are continuing following the theft of the vehicles on Tuesday last in the Strunholder and Carrigan's area one vehicle was later set alight and the other by the PS&I Minister Charlie McConnlough has backed Mihael Martin to leap from the fall into the next general election the Taoiseach will step down from his role at the end of the year and some back bench TDs have called for him to give up the party leadership at the same time an elderly man in Donegal has been left intimidated after receiving a number of calls from an American man claiming a note had been left on his car windscreen the man alleged that the note contained an elderly man and related to an incident involving their cars it has yet to be determined if it is a scam as the elderly man was not involved in any incident an historic sister city partnership agreement between Ireland and the US has been signed by the president of the Association of Irish Local Government Donegal County Councillor Nicholas Crossham Ireland has become the fourth country to sign the agreement which encourages stronger links between Irish and American local governments Donegal County Council is being urged to do more to protect thatch buildings in Donegal the last remaining insurance company that provided 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spoke to D from the Honeypot we also spoke to Councillor Jerry McMonagle we put a query in with Irish Water the improvement works in the high road are still being finalised we would intend to update all communication channels including issue of oppressed race regarding the exact nature of the works commencement dates and duration of the works in the coming weeks as this is a short section of pipe replacement it's anticipated these works will commence in August and be completed in September Florence Construction are delivering this improvement project on our behalf they've begun proactive direct engagement with local businesses in the area local businesses needs during this time local pedestrian and emergency access will be maintained at all times deliveries to local businesses will also be facilitated as required and that was one of the issues that D did raise and express concern about every effort will be made to limit the impact of these necessary works on both local businesses in the area and also on the local community now we have two guests in studio delighted to welcome Dennis O'Donnell who is the chairperson of the letter Kenny number one Celtic supporter's club and also especially to welcome Jonathan Foley who is one of the contributors to a book Celtic Minded Five essays on Celtic football culture and identities the book is being officially launched this evening at the station house hotel in letter Kenny and it's great to be able to welcome both gentlemen to studio so now I'm having Jonathan I'm going to go to yourself first if I may tell us something of the book and how you came to become one of the contributors well the best way I could put it is the book of a collection of essays I suppose about the unique history of Celtic football club you'll notice throughout the book there's bits about religion, bits about politics but from my own angle mine was more about the history of migration between County Donegal and Celtic themselves because it is a kind of unique history anybody who's been on the town at four o'clock in the morning and sees the amount of bosses heading off from letter Kenny from Rosses from Remelton, Donegal town there is a unique connection I think between Donegal and Celtic so I had always kind of written about it in my own way but I got to know Dr. Joseph Bradley who is the editor of it I got to know him through my time living in Scotland so we forge connections as we do and he asked me to come along and be a contributor for it so I was delighted to see my name and print on it as Jonathan said there is a link between Donegal and Celtic always has been right back to the foundation of Celtic football club at Donegal man central to that yeah definitely Joseph McGrory from Mount Charles we didn't realise we had who was on the first committee when Celtic was founded in the early 80s 1888 1890 and we found out he was buried in Rosses he died in 1937 and we commemorated him and your last speaker that was in here Ian McGarvey Ian was over at that commemoration and I wish Ian all the best when we went looking for him he was there in Mount Charles the connections with Donegal are on Patsy Galler Remelton Pachy Boner our own Pachy Boner everybody remember Pachy from Genoa Genoa and then in later years you have Aidan McGady and recently in Falkara we have a young lad Aidan Cannon who signed last week for Celtic as people are from Falkara and Mara Rote and Derek Connor and we're delighted like the association involved with the Donegal Association we've been taking people through the late Paddy Swinney and Dunlowe who started this with people from the town here like Shyamaz O'Donnell P.K Kelly and now Dony McIntyre the association covers Slago and we take schools we take underage teams like Ballerina the top of the town in Derry Dermot Moore and Nichols all those people it's a family like I was born in Scotland it was just because you were from our parents were from Donegal Parkhead was only over the road and my late father who took me to my first game and we're delighted to have somebody like Joe Bradley come to letter Kenny tonight to launch his book and Dr Aidan Donaldson and our own Jonathan Foley and Paddy MacMennumman will be there to outline their own essays and the books on sale there and when you if you buy the Celtic find Celtic Mind at number 5 you get a free copy of Celtic Mind at number 4 for 20 years so we're inviting everybody to the launch tonight in the station house we're a big Celtic family it stretches all over the county Derry we go down as far as Slavo we go up as far and even last weekend in Falkara the Falkara Celtic Supporters Club had a big weekend Yuri Sharkey and Jerry Harley they had a big charity week again that's all part of the Celtic family and if you go forward or back the soil the original soil from Donegal came from the Rosses and they took the soil back in 1995 Rosses Celtic Supporters Club which Michael David laid in in 1892 and Jonathan from what Dennis is saying there and it is true there is something almost in the DNA of Celtic Football Club that has Donegal in it because it seems to be more than just you know kids in school will decide oh I support Man United or I support Liverpool or I support Chelsea or I support Man City depending on you know what was prevalent in the school at the time when I was growing up there was loads of Leeds United Supporters because Leeds were in the ascendancy when I was in the school in the 70s so a lot of people my age are Leeds Supporters you know and but it seems in Donegal being a Celtic Supporter is more than just picking the team that's popular at the time it almost seems to be in the DNA yeah I think there is something in a cultural and I dare say even a little bit spiritual as well it's like an extension of Donegal's history that is rich in migration it's a huge huge part of the culture as Donegal people and I think with Celtic there's sort of that's a sort of a living embodiment of generations who have gone on before us and you know the society that they lived in in Scotland like as Dennis said that he lived over there as well I did too you know I lived in a different time period to when Dennis lived over there but yeah it's hard to put words to I know that's a bit strange to say considering we've just released a book on it but there is something almost spiritual that sort of magnetically pulls our club from Donegal as such but there's still something very very unique about the Donegal interest I would presume given like most football clubs I mean Celtic football club was formed to give young working class men who are working in an area and living in an area a chance to go out and socialise and play football I would have assumed that quite a few Donegal migrants are indeed people born in Scotland of Donegal heritage would have been members of Celtic in the early days and I'm sure if you looked at the very first Celtic football club teams in the 1880s there was huge Donegal representation in those teams we might not know the names but I would wager there was a fair few Galahers and O'Donnells and so on and so forth actually one of the first players that played for Celtic in 1893 was from Manor Cunningham from Ray Mahoney who was Charlie McElaney he played with Celtic on two occasions and that's one of the first connections I've made in my research of people from Donegal you know and like we've been lucky like the book I think 25% of the fund in the book is going to Celtic FC foundation which is the charity wing of Celtic which is the reason Brother Walford and the Cairns from Barry Mote founded Celtic which to supply dinners for the people on East End the Glasgow and we've been lucky that the foundation has been over here on two occasions we had two big dancers pre-COVID with Brendan Rogers and Scott Brown and then we were able with the money that was raised through that charity to challenge them through the Donegal Down syndrome through Gina Grant, Tony McNamee and Danny Ferry and we hope that that's going to come back on board again in September so that's the Donegal people working with Celtic to help the Down syndrome community in Donegal and Jonathan it's fair to say that the Donegal links and that Donegal affinity has always been recognised too by the club that it is a two way process that the club has always looked toward Donegal, the club has always appreciated and in a sense supported the Donegal fans and acknowledged them. I think so they've always been quite aware of their own history Celtic would be very aware of the Donegal influence in the west of Scotland you mentioned players there and we talked about the gentleman that Dennis mentioned a few minutes ago but even if someone Celtic's most famous Erie players, the likes of Patsy Gallagher and Ginny McGrory of Donegal Ancestry Celtic historically seemed quite thankful to Donegal for that there, it's almost like there's a feeling of they're one of our own and as I said that goes right in through the 50s and the 60s with people like Paddy Crane and so on and you could name a list as long as you're Armand, Jim Brogan and it goes right up to the modern day when she ended up playing for Celtic last year of a letter Kenny background as well so I do think that they are very aware of the kind of Donegal connection, like I was fortunate to play at Celtic Park in a challenge game a charity game so I should say three years ago and when I went in I had a t-shirt underneath my jersey for Donegal Down syndrome and the people who worked at the club you know were instantly asking what part of Donegal are you from they would tell me that they spent their summers over here as well so there is that awareness and that connection and it's great for us that we get to celebrate it a wee bit tonight in the station tell us a bit more about your own specific essay Jonathan, as you said it does look at the whole history of migration from Donegal to Scotland and so on and that links I mean obviously you've put a lot of thought into the piece you've written as you do to all your columns and the leader and elsewhere where you're writing tell us something of the essay and your conclusions well the best way I could put it I suppose is that it's a bit of a social history of the migration at history there was a lot of Donegal movement throughout the Scotland even long before the times of the famine and Gorthamore you know the seasonal harvesters, the Tattie hookers as they were known but of course after the famine that influx into Scotland it went up skyrocketed and obviously that the Donegal people who went there they were seen as starving and diseased and Gaelic speaking with an unusual religion in what was a very very Presbyterian society it was in Industrial Revolution Britain it was basically kind of a story of their story of how they got settled into Scotland and how Celtic became a cohesive influence in setting up charities for them but obviously then I didn't want to spend too much time just on the foundation of the club I think that's been done so many times before but then just maybe about how you know people like the supporters clubs here have set up supporters clubs to transport fans over and back every weekend as well that have kind of kept that migration going as well and of course in between times you had so many players like I've just mentioned who kind of kept those ties between the football club and the county of Donegal so it's sort of a social history I suppose from the 19th century right up to the present day really and then it's from your own point of view as Jonathan said so truly earlier on walk around the town at four o'clock in the morning you'll see the buses leaving now there will also be buses leaving for Old Trafford and buses leaving for other venues across the UK but it seems with Celtic in particular when those buses leave Donegal there is almost a sense of going home about it and I'm sure whenever you go to Parkhead whenever you go to a match there is very really well I think that will be very real in your sense but there is a sense of going home well definitely well like when you pass the Gorbells like it's gone a lot of old Gorbells has gone but that's where I was where and brought up in the school in St John's but a lot of the people travelling we also like Charlie McDade there from the old town he walked his whole life in Glasgow and plenty more people say how far they can't believe how far we've come some of them men leave Donegal Kelly Beggs Amonog McEw they leave Kelly Beggs at two o'clock in the morning and they're not back we come back on the twelve o'clock boat back either in Slago or Kelly Beggs are done low to all hours in the morning the next day so we feel that we're just one big family we know each other we know each other's families our parents before us who have gone before us they had to leave here both my parents were from Donegal like plenty other people they had to leave here there was nothing for them my father was the eldest of seven people like many before him and my mother and they rared us in Glasgow when the opportunity arose they came home but Celtic was all part of as you say our DNA and the people that we take over regularly are associated with that and Celtic means so much so we invite everybody tonight our most welcome to come along to the station house at half seven to listen to Joe Bradley who has an abundance of Celtic history he was a lecturer in Stirling he's now in Edinburgh and also to Dr Aidan Donaldson and to our two very own and Johnny Foley here beside me and to Paddy McMenement who spent many a year in Terman so we ask everybody you don't have to be a Celtic supporter you want to come and learn the history why we're so unique and we would have great relations with all the other clubs in the town they've got the school children over so they show them the atmosphere Celtic the songs and the whole atmosphere on a European night and Parkhead is unreal because you can hear from players like NAS dad all the great European players one of their favourite stadiums is Parkhead you can't get over the atmosphere it's incredible Well as you said Joseph Bradley the editor of Celtic Minded 5 and Identities will be among the guests at the launch of this evening in the station house and I've no doubt there will be a huge crowd because the level of support for Celtic in Donnie Gull and the Wetter Northwest is well established 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draw today from 12 well I think that counts as a lovely song that was you too and desire now just want to mention that we've had a message from Lachlan Hart and Lachlan is running the Dublin marathon this year for his father Jimmy under the theme get Jimmy out and about now Jimmy Hart of course is the former counsellor and senator in 2013 Jimmy had a sudden fall and wound up with a life threatening brain trauma thanks to the miracle workers in the HSC that saved Jimmy's life with radical surgery however as Jimmy's mental health dropped over the years his ability to care for him safely meant that they had to get full-time care in a nursing home in February 2020 Jimmy moved into the new home then of course we had the coronavirus lockdown a lack of physiotherapy and the ability to be acting about have almost rendered Jimmy confined to his bed or a push wheelchair now the family car has been retrofitted with a swivel chair to get him back out and about but with the aid of an electric 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is the owner of the yard in Rathmullen, Anna good morning Morning hi Thank you Anna, yesterday was the sort of day that businesses in places like Rathmullen are depending on to bring in revenue because come the winter it's going to be a very different story however because of inconsiderate car parking you found yourself in a very disadvantageous position yesterday tell us what happened Yeah it was pretty shocking really but at the beginning I thought who I parked there may just come back so we even sent one of the guys to go down the beach to see if we could find that person and send text to a few people as they know who owned it but then I did phone the guards and I said oh crikey this car you know and what can we do and this is oh yeah we can find the number and we can call them and it is and they were so helpful so I was really appreciative of that and then they said all the people were actually on a boat up the hill and you're now going oh that's the end of it for us today you know there was no way of getting them back A car had parked right in front of your gate and you were unable to open the gate to allow people in Yeah and as much as you could just maybe a couple of three inches even three inches we could have worked with it you know I was shocked I wouldn't mind but the evening before I had the same thing I couldn't believe until about 8 o'clock because the car I pulled it out, you have tables outside just to keep the doors from being locked and we just brought them in the car went and parked and they were close to my door another car had parked there I couldn't leave until 8 o'clock until they came back I was like oh wow and I mean obviously it's clearly marked that it's a business and there are clear markings on the road outside of the gate but it seems that was totally disregarded it's not the person's intention or anything like that it's just an awful I don't know what you'd call it but I just think it needs to be more aware of those more considerate just think twice but the door you're in front I mean that's from a business point of view it'd be the same probably for our home or whatever but you have to roll with these things out it's very busy down here with the great weather we're having and the point that you've made is the regulars will know to come in but the passing trade the visitors won't know to come on in and really on a day like yesterday what you're looking for is that and God bless the regulars the regulars are the people that keep every business going but the passing trade the visitors to the area they're the ones that are going to bring in the extra revenue they're the ones you really need on a day like yesterday and put the ferry on and everything and in the Montageuse there's not a lot of places to go so we're one of the few that are actually open for trade so it's a kind of downer for those visitors coming off the ferry and there's nowhere to go really so yeah but hopefully now we just have to catch up for the rest of the season and just make the most of it I can't let all these things get us down because even with the first skill the venture one because we're at the yard as part of the venture one and we had other issues in the evening so as they're like oh right here we go we have to roll these things yeah but I mean you had to put a message up on your own Facebook page and on your own social media effectively saying look we're pretty much close today because someone has parked outside and has blocked us off completely and maybe we've got to send a message out to people that look just you know when you see a space in front of a gate I mean it does have consequences if you park there you're blocking people off in your case the other night you were blocked in and physically couldn't leave you know we have to as car drivers and as parkers realise that you know there are consequences if we park inappropriately absolutely you know really if that message came across to really think you know even just what if it was somebody else's house somebody who needs to get out or anything like that you know okay we're a business but it could have been another person's house you know with access issues to get in and out you know yeah thanks indeed for talking to us Anna and for telling us the story and look hopefully it'll resonate with somebody did you get a chance to speak to the owner of the car or did they just sneak back and drive away while you weren't looking well this is it I was looking out for a person but no they came and went didn't catch them at all but like we had their insurance number you know we're going to phone and say or whoever you know do you know this can you phone them or whatever I'm trying everything but no I mean I'm sure they must feel bad but like you know they wouldn't make you want to put insult to injury it's bad enough for us we're going to spread that insult over absolutely and as I said thanks indeed for sharing your story and hopefully you'll have some good days between now and the summer and that'll help make it open and just put out the plea to motorists look please if there is a please don't park here it's a business sign on the road it's there for a reason and let's give our local businesses as much support as we can and you know the most fundamental support we can give our local businesses is to allow them open yeah yeah we appreciate even coming on here onto the highland radio for this because even if that helps us out at all you know I know we're like discreet down in Rathmore but again it's an opportunity to say thanks even to all the customers who do come in regularly because we do have a great fan base here and for you to even have a chat with me this morning it's you know kind of makes up for yesterday and we'll roll with this to get on with this yeah and the owner of the yard in Rathmore and thanks indeed for speaking to us this morning thank you all the best to you now just got a message in from Charlie Mcgarvey a long time Celtic fan he just sent us in a message that says Aidan Cannon my husband's two great uncles played for Celtic the O'Donnells in 1934 so the O'Donnells 1934 also with Linkston Eagle many Celtic players we know over the years have had links with Donnie Gull and that launch as we say taking place tonight at the station house in letter Kenny at half past seven just some of your comments before we go to our next caller with regards to our discussion earlier on about the changes to the relationship sex and health education program the RSHE sex is a gift from God its purpose is for reproduction of life if not used in the way that God intended it becomes the biggest killer of the soul another caller says the following should be included in sex education pregnancy teens should be shown videos and photos of the dangers of smoking and drinking alcohol during pregnancy because of the rise of fetal alcohol syndrome video of what a healthy placenta versus an unhealthy one looks like you know would be important it's an eye opener that needs to be shown to teens another caller says with regards to GPs I had to call the GP this morning I was shocked to discover I was charged 30 euro to be given a prescription over the phone I never spoke to a doctor the nurse called and said it would be left in the pharmacy for collection it would cost me 45 euro to see the doctor I might as well have made an appointment and got value for my money what do others think yet you do pay a fee to have a prescription renewed over the phone 30 euro seems to me to be steep but but certainly there is a fee for a prescription renewal and off the top I'm not I I think in my own surgery it's either 10 or 20 euro I don't think it's 30 but they're there you all all surgeries will have some fee and fees will differ I presume wherever you go and caller says I'm enjoying listening to counselor Ian McGarvey he reminds me of my late father they had a great knowledge and never stopped working for the people which lacks nowadays younger ones just want the votes and they don't necessarily want to do the work sounds like a great man congratulations on his 92nd birthday and Ian McGarvey can and frequently does talk for Ireland that's all I'll say about Ian and a man who is well regarded by all in Donegal County Council and a very popular member of council and I would and we did sort of reflect the fact that Ian and members of the executive and council officials find themselves at times at loggerheads and they have some very robust discussions but it's really important to say in fairness that on both sides of those discussions there's also respect and you have to say to Ian he's a man who always makes his point and he makes his point forcibly but he always makes it with respect and he always is responded to by officials with respect as well and it makes for some very interesting and very robust conversations but also conducted within that spirit of respect caller says there's a cow wandering on the road between Kilmachrenan and Milford near the Milford side please drive with care now it is time to talk about farm safety because farm safety week is this week from the 18th until Friday the 22nd of July and there'll be a national event taking place in Newton Cunningham tomorrow we'll talk about that in a moment but the farm family chairperson for Donegal IFA is Victoria Boyd and Victoria joins us, Victoria good morning good morning Donegal thanks for having us on this morning it's an absolute pleasure, Victoria we have you on Zoom, I don't have any video actually if you want to flick on your video screen it would be nice to be able to see you at the moment I just have a blank screen but it's your call obviously the video is up the internet is not great I fully appreciate that I know so we'll just leave the channel off then the screens for the moment on Facebook and YouTube Victoria farm safety week is an important one farm safety is an important issue and sadly and tragically in Donegal over the years we have had fatal incidents on farms and really what we want to do this week is to ensure that that doesn't happen again into the future yes this is the 10th annual farm safety week that the Irish Farmers Association has ran in the country and it really comes on the back of an average of 20 people per year dying on farms in Ireland as a result of farm accidents and thankfully those numbers have decreased with last year 9 deaths but there has been 6 so far and with one just happening last week so the farm safety event is really really important in terms of ensuring the safety of our children ensuring the safety of our farmers and in particular older farmers as well on farms now as we said a major event taking place tomorrow evening July 20th at the Porter family farm at Lustigal in Carragans tell us about that yes so we are extremely grateful that the Porter family might know them from social media Shannon Porter she runs the milk bar up there it's fantastic diversifying as well so we're up there tomorrow night at half 7 and we have a jam packed event we have some fantastic speakers coming in from all over the country and they're going to be talking about their own experiences with farm accidents they're also going to be talking about farm safety in terms of livestock and machinery and then we're extremely grateful we have a man called George Graham he is the chairperson from a charity called awareness head to toe and it's an extremely small charity non-profits very much supporting local farmers in terms of promoting mental health and general health as well as farm safety awareness so we're really excited to have him coming and then we also have representatives from embrace I know they've been on your show on the night show before which they support farm families through loss as well so when we've also got representatives from the Garda and from Chagas we're hoping that it's going to be a fantastic event and all being well we'll have the minister for agriculture Charlie as well joining us as sort of our ambassador for the farm safety event and it's important obviously that and in fairness to minister Charlie Mcconnell I mean he is very much supportive of farm safety week and he and others want to ensure that this gets as much profile as possible as much as possible Charlie as well of course farm safety ambassador and mentor a man who knows a lot about this and is in a position to offer some very invaluable advice yes we're absolutely delighted again to have Vincent Nally with us a man who had a quick conversation on Zoom with who just was fountains and fountains of knowledge particularly keeping in line with the health and safety authority and all the regulations that they have in place so we're delighted that he's coming up to the event and he's going to be looking at livestock machinery as well as slurry gas and we have slurry gas is particularly something that has become the forefront of farm safety because although we have a lot of farm safety equipment in place to detect the slurry gas is one of the things that can cause absolute devastation amongst families and he's going to be talking about that and we also have a farm survivor Mervyn Waters he's going to be talking about his experience whenever he had an accident with the gas things as well so it's going to be jam packed and the contribution of someone like Mervyn is very important because you know effectively a farmer will look at Mervyn and say that could be me he's the same as I am and if he can have an accident so can I and one of the ads that we run and have run and do run here on a regular basis is the ad that talks about the biggest risk being people taking the farm for granted that if the noise of the farm fade into the backgrounds and we no longer pay attention to the noises, we no longer pay attention to our surroundings around us that's when we're at our most vulnerable and the fact that one of the charities being represented tomorrow night is called awareness head to toe and that maybe is the key word and that word is awareness and being aware at all times Yes and there has been a massive push particularly for wellbeing and farmers addressing mental health it is difficult for farmers to talk about their accidents and I'm really grateful that Mervyn has given us his story but it's really important as he would say himself it's important to talk about these things to get them out there in the open and to really just have an environment where farmers can really lean on each other especially after the difficult years of Covid and not have a stigma attached because like you said farm accidents can happen very very easily and they can be extremely devastating for young and old and it can't always be down to something that we should have done this or maybe we didn't do that it can simply just be an accident and that can be very difficult for an individual and for family members to deal with so it's brilliant as well that we have Shannon Porter she's going to speak on behalf of the family side as well her father had a farm accident and she's going to be talking about how it affected her family and how it made them feel and how they dealt with it so we're also extremely grateful for her to be there to share her story as well as you say the event is taking place on the Porter family farm it's that lusticle in Carragans and for those who use their Google Maps or their Apple Maps to get around and the air code is F93ED34 so F93ED34 if you have access to an Apple Carphone or Android Carphone system that actually allows you use an air code for navigation that's the air code for the rest of the week obviously Victoria farm safety to the forefront and you'd be encouraging people there'll be articles online I have no doubt in the farmers journal later on this week and there'll be articles in the farming supplements in the various papers I mean read the articles have a look at the advice, go online look at the materials that you have on your own websites and your own social media and so on there's plenty out there for people just to read over and listen to and watch and refresh their memories and maybe no harm to just look it all over again to boost up our own personal knowledge Yes the IFA public relations have really put a massive drive in terms of promoting the farm safety and highlighting the factors of child safety and everything that comes along with it and the social media campaign to promote farm safety that the IFA are driving is that they identify a hazard on the farm and you document the change that you would make to improve it so it's trying to be as proactive as possible and you tag the IFA in it and do hashtag IFA farm safety week so if you're on the social media Facebook the IFA have their own general page and then Donegal IFA have regular posts up all the time especially as you said a lot of newspaper articles so it's just really about bringing this to the forefront of our minds particularly at this busy season where there's contractors out busy with silage harvesting grain and there's a lot of machinery on our roads so it's really important particularly at this time in the year as well for us Victoria thanks indeed for speaking to us this morning or for previewing that event that's on tomorrow night at the Porter's Farm in Carrigan's Farm Safety Week it started yesterday it runs until the 22nd which is Friday Victoria thank you very much thank you very much for having us on our pleasure I'm not the kind of person who wants to sit in a metal box I don't want to slowly die in traffic I want to ride a motorbike and I don't want to suddenly die in traffic I'm not the kind of person who wants to lie in a wooden box biking is a joy don't let it kill you a third of bikers who have died on our roads were speeding so ease off the throttle and keep within the speed limit from the road safety authority at Coonies Home Interiors we pride ourselves on offering 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super value this Tuesday around the northwest is live in our draw from the open day at the new Sleeve League Distillery we'll tour the facility see the stills and discover how the famous Silky Whiskey is made with demand for Irish Whiskey expected to double in the next 10 years we'll also find out more about the heritage and history of Peded Whiskey that's around the northwest live from Sleeve League Distillery in our draw today from 12 the world online this is Highland Radio your voice your station a number of people asking how they can text 086 60 25,000 as I was saying a number of people asking how they can look at the draft materials with regards to the updated education program that we discussed earlier with Rebecca and with Mary go to NCCA.ie that's the National Council for Curriculum Assessment website go to NCCA.ie if you then click the drop down menu you'll see publications and research and if you click publications and research the second item there's a bit there that says have your say you click that and the second item down is now open consultation on updated junior cycle SPHE so you can do that through the NCCA website now I'm joined on the line by Mary Doherty who was listening to the discussion earlier and Mary you agree with what Rebecca was saying yes I agree yes she made very good points there about the program and yes the parents need to be fully informed about what's going on in their schools and there's maybe they could make it mandatory for the school to publish a list of the resources that they're using on their school website and the parents would be able to look at that I heard you saying that parents may not be teaching their children about these matters but that still doesn't give the government or the schools the right to take over the role of the parents they need to talk to the parents and see how they can help the children and I think in fairness to Mary the Donegal Women's Centre as well Mary did acknowledge that the best way to do this is to learn through the parents and talk with the parents but the basic problem with the days that sometimes if that's happening there can be a vacuum Mary thanks very much indeed for sharing that with us and it's a story we'll be returning to and we'll be watching with interest Mary thank you very much indeed I want to very very quickly go to another issue that we referenced earlier on that is the Finharps well the Donegal Community Stadium of which Finharps will be a major user joined on the line by Councillor Patrick McGowan Councillor good morning good morning Donald you were able to confirm following discussions at yesterday's council meeting that this was the case obviously from your own point of view great news yeah well there's been another a number of options in the council over the last couple of years obviously the Donegal Stadium has been put in hold following sort of the recession you know and all things to tight then so they've been sort of tweaking and working at the atmosphere and Paul McClune and the team there the stadium team so this is the finals draft now and this went sorry sorry sorry they met with the FEA and they've had ongoing discussions for a while so this is the final proposal now it's been supported by the FEA and Donegal County Council all of the members Donegal County Council yesterday supported as well type 100,000 FEA Donegal County Council and Finharps themselves so this plugs the 1.5 million euro gap that was there does that now mean basically that it's full steam ahead with regards to construction and completing that facility yeah basically the way the government's funding was allocated the 4 million that was provisional that's on the basis that Finharps could come up with the matching funding and now that that's confirmed obviously that the minister is aware because I was been contacting myself the last couple of days was telling him that yesterday he's meeting and obviously we've been sort of in contact with his office now to say that the matching fund is in place and basically we just need to go ahead for the diggers, the diggers are ready to go and Joe McMillan and Sons are ready to go and that we can get on and complete this stadium now as soon as possible that's great news indeed Councillor Patrick McGowan thanks indeed for confirming that with us and we look forward to early progress and to Finharps being able to move on to that new pitch and indeed the local community being able to use that pitch because it is first and foremost the Dunnegull community stadium so we're obviously focusing on Harps a lot but there is more to it than Harps and it is going to be a community facility for the local community yeah absolutely and then we have the options then with the existing from Harps puts there an avenue about the pain you have obviously training you have the academy, you have the women's football so it's a great asset to have as well like so it's a 1-1 situation all around so fair play to everybody involved all of the countries all parts of the county all spoke in favour of yesterday management staff so everybody's behind it so just now with the minister deciding that they'll already give us final approval excellent and hopefully that will happen very quickly indeed Councillor Patrick McGowan thank you very much indeed just a couple of final comments before we go it's great that Councillor Ian McGarvey is still working as a representative of the county but I was working on an SE scheme I was very happy working on it but I was forced to leave and retire because I turned 66 caller asks is that fair it's a good question now they say about politics that anyone can apply and anyone can run for election and it's the people have to say someone once said that politics you need no qualifications but the interview is the hardest one you'll ever do because you've got several thousand people on the panel another caller says with regards to the parking in Rathmullen yesterday caller says it's a disgrace the way they were parked yesterday at Warden Beach as well just remind you that John Breslin is not in studio John is in our draw he's coming live on around the Northwest from the Schlieblich distilleries in our draw speaking to owner James Daugherty for a sneak preview of the distillery for it officially opens eight stores so that said John following us around the Northwest thank you to all of you who participated thanks to all who contributed to the program a special thanks obviously to Caroline who produced and looked after the phones as well Donna Marie for her help Oshin for his help most importantly thank you to you for continuing to support this program and for listening to the new show we're back tomorrow 9 o'clock then have a very good day they say you should have your second baby first because with your second baby you'll have learned what to do but not to do what's best for baby and best for you like the loopy loo range from Lidl