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00:00 Cook. I'm mortified now. It's time to talk. Today, tomorrow, and the day after. People have stood together. If I could speak twice as fast, I'd be off the air at half ten. The Neil Prenderville Show on Red FM. Tell us what you can. The Voice of Cook. 00:18 Morning all, the Neil Prennable Show with Elevate Credit Union. Text 0868 104 106. Pick up the phone on 0818 104 106. You're talking about different types of countdowns to the cash machine. There's another countdown on right now, and it's to 10 o'clock this morning, which is just over 50 minutes away. So I'd say there's a lot of apprehension and probably worry or fear or anxiety. I understand all of that. It's a difficult day for people getting their leaving certificate results today. 10 o'clock this morning, of course, they'll be available online or indeed going to the school to pick them up yourself. 00:54 I'd say people have their own memories of picking up or getting their own leaving certificate. If you go back far enough, everybody had to go to the school. It's changed now where you can get it online. But if you have a leaving certificate exam result memories, text 0868104106, there could be a handy little prize in it for you. But there'll be 70,400 students will get their results today. That's up about 15% when you compare it to the last set of data. So more people sitting the leaving cert than ever before. But it's interesting because as the examiner puts it this morning, it starts, you know, we look at the first year now who started, secondary school wearing face masks and social distancing with regards to the leaving certificate. 01:37 Not necessarily, you know, starting exam process or anything, but more of them began their studies at the height of the COVID pandemic starting first year in September of 2020 with face masks and social distancing, having left their primary school unexpectedly in March that year because everything shut down. Do you remember that? Does it feel like six years ago? I suppose it does when you think of it. But there you have it. And good luck to everybody who's picking up results at 10 o'clock this morning. Now, we have a lot then with regards to issues regarding the five that died and the M9 crash because funerals begin today. 02:16 And the Independent this morning says that the Garda Public Order Unit will form part of a major security operation for the funerals of the five teenagers. So we know that we're driving down the wrong way, the M9, and collided with an oncoming car. So a strong police presence in the coming days, concerns over stunt driving and potential public order incidents possibly linked to the funeral services. Now, there are another couple of stories with regards to that, where they talk about TikTok, who've given a right slap in the face to the Irish public because they have refused to turn up to answer questions in front of a DAW committee. 02:54 That's why the headline in the mirror says, all talk, no action, snubbing the invitation. You would think that they would want to be there and be part of the conversation as to how online could be made safer on this particular topic, as in sharing videos and live streaming. But what I didn't know was the speed at which they were driving. And the mail tells us, this morning that they drove the BMW car the wrong way on the M9. They all died as a consequence of the crash at 187 kilometres an hour. 03:26 I mean, it's important to pause, I think, for that for a second. 187 kilometres an hour down the wrong way of the M9 in the early hours of Sunday morning. 03:37 So can you imagine the impact? If one car is doing 187 kilometres an hour and the other car against them, unfortunately, and these are Irish people who are now in hospital, unfortunately, Now, combined speed could have been what? I'm just thinking out loud. If they were doing 80 or 90 kilometers an hour legally or maybe a little less, you're certainly talking about possibly an impact of 250 kilometers an hour. The impact crash speed. I mean, it's absolutely appalling. So they've arrested three members of the so-called Lucky Dip gang, apparently. 04:09 They've been terrorising communities around the country. They were arrested in Dublin yesterday. The three of them are all under 16 and apparently all related to some of the teenagers who died. So this story hasn't gone away and probably won't any time soon. And there's another angle to it then that makes the mirror this morning where they said Pavi Point is slamming the online abuse that's being targeted at travellers in general. But particularly travellers were involved in the horrific crash. 04:37 And they're saying that this online abuse is appalling. 04:42 And the Pavie Point director says, I know it's reckless and dangerous, but at the end of the day, you're talking about five young lads who are very immature doing what they thought was bravado. 04:54 And goes on to say, I can understand people's anger and frustration, but this could happen to any cohort of Irish people in Irish society. If the five were all settled people, we wouldn't get the reaction that we're getting now. And I can't understand why people are making an issue of their ethnic origins. So that's as much as I know with regards to any updates with that story. Funeral is now happening over the next few days. And of course, a major Garda presence as a consequence. I don't know if you saw the Michael Healy Ray documentary on RTE. 05:27 I have to say, I thought it was absolutely terrific. I really and truly did. And it's well worth the watch. Sit down. I say Michael Healy Ray, but it's the entire Healy Ray family because there is Michael, but there's also Danny, his brother. And it goes through all of their history and all of their career and all of their lives right up to... 05:44 when Danny Healy-Ray dropped the bomb on Michael when he said that he wouldn't be supporting the government and he wanted Micheál Martin and Simon Harris to get the boot. And of course, that broke the deal that Michael Healy-Ray had for his junior ministry and the rest is history. So it's very, very strong. But there's a story in the Irish Times this morning who said that this is in 2013. It was a documentary that Michael Healy-Ray did when TV3 went to go and visit him in 2013. Apparently, he said some stuff about, you know, shotguns and what have you. 06:16 And the guards in County Kerry then confiscated his firearm after the documentary in 2013. 06:23 he was shown firing a rifle at a target. Now, the gun was subsequently returned to Michael Healy Ray, and that was sorted out. But he's been a very vocal supporter of legal gun ownership, including using guns in your own home for self-defense. Now, we'll come back to that. He also said that he would have no issue with using a gun on an intruder in his home. And that was in 2013 as part of a TV3 show. But He said something similar then on the RTE documentary the other night. 06:54 Worse, the fact that if I was at home and somebody came into my house to rob me or to burgle the house, or they came up the stairs and I was in the bedroom, and I'm paraphrasing this incidentally, and they were coming up to harm me or hurt me or assault me, I would have absolutely no problem in the wide earthly world if they went out of my house in a box. or a coffin as in he would use the gun so that's kind of an interesting one there's some audio on that which i hope to come back to in a few minutes time but in other news you know you talk about tests whether it's the leaving certificate results this morning there's one in the mail this morning that says four in ten learner drivers in ireland delay applying for their test um Because it's nothing to do with whether or not they can make the appointment. 07:36 I mean, sometimes they're just not motivated enough to bother. But four in 10 of them don't do it or they keep on putting it off because of nerves. They're just because they just are nervous about it. Yeah. Kind of, you kind of can get that. Like, it's not the easiest thing in the world to do, a driving test, because you never know what the test is going to be like. You never know whether you're going to make a Hames of it or not. So that kind of makes sense to me. The 40% of learner drivers just keep on putting it off because they're too nervous to sit it in the first place. But from one type of transport to another, I think this is quite disappointing. 08:08 The Irish Times this morning, we were expecting a ban on the under-18s being allowed to ride or buy or get anything at all with regards to getting up on an e-scooter. So that was due to be introduced this month before the end of the month. But now it's not going to happen. Certainly isn't going to happen for now. And I don't know whenever. They got advice from the Attorney General not to proceed with the new rule. So that's why the Times this morning is saying that it has been, in adverted commas, deferred, as I would put it. Deferred means, you know, pushed back. 08:41 But in Irish parlour, and certainly with regards to politicians, not in the foreseeable future or perhaps never at all. I don't know. But the rule was to come in to prohibit under-18s from using an e-scooter. And that now has been, as they say, deferred, which is disappointing, really. It could have been done. It should have been done. It would have been easy to do it. Whatever needed to be done law-wise. should be done ASAP, don't you think? And you talk about different matters regarding education. Now, I mean, it's supposed to be great these days for people with kids in primary school. I'd love to get your thoughts on that, text 0868104106, where I'm told, by and large, the cost. 09:14 I wouldn't say that it's minimal or none at all, but it certainly is nothing when you compare it to the cost of secondary school. Like, I don't know why primary and secondary aren't treated the same with regards to all the books being provided as an example. It should be the same, but it's not. But they talk about the hidden cost of sending somebody back to secondary school. So do the multiplication on this if you've got two and three during another year in secondary coming up in September. Because for each one of the children, it's €2,928 per child. That's a bit of a shock, isn't it? 09:46 Nearly three grand per pupil. And that's why they're saying in the red tops today that... Some families are being forced into debt just to keep their kids in the classroom. And when you add in all the extracurricular activity, it comes up to twenty nine hundred per child, with nearly 40 percent of the parents now having to take out loans to cover basic education costs. And like one in four are being dragged into debt as a consequence of the cost of secondary school education per child. Your thoughts on that are welcome. 10:16 Text 0868104106. And if you throw into the mix, of course, that parents are being told that they also need to get into the digital age and spend hundreds of euro on these mandatory laptops and tablets. Never mind the fact that they have the uniforms to pay for. They're one of the major headaches, of course, all of this branded clothing that is to be paid for. It's coming in at £2,900 per child. Papers also this morning talk about other different costs in different ways. I have a buddy who, every time he goes to Spain, sends back photos and videos to lots of his friends with regards to the price of a bottle of wine. 10:52 in the Spanish supermarkets. And he's sending videos of 150 and 175 and 195 for perfectly drinkable red or white wine or rosé, whatever you have. But here, of course, is the different ballgame entirely where the Indo says that half of the bottle of wine that you're buying from your off-license or supermarket, half of it is excise duty and VAT. Now, when you compare 14 other European countries who don't charge any excise at all on wine... And give Spain as an example, like none. 11:23 And then other countries, whereas it's lowest, one cent on a glass of wine in many European countries. Some have none at all, but some have one cent excise duty and vat per glass of wine. And here it's 50% of the bottle. Even whiskey that's produced in Ireland... Say below down in Middleton, for instance, has nearly 12 euro excise on it, which they say is pretty much half the price of the bottle of whiskey. So it's not just wine. And other things that you might like to imbibe, perhaps it might be a glass of red wine with a bag of tato. 11:57 Well, you're in for a bit of good luck. If your name is Byrne Doyle, Kelly McCarthy, Murphy O'Brien, O'Connor O'Neill, O'Reilly O'Sullivan, Reiner Walsh, there will be Tato bags of crisps with your name on it in the foreseeable future, for a period of time anyway. So these are special edition named packets. And the idea is that this select group of Irish families now will have their names immortalised in a packet of Tato and you need to go on the hunt to find your one. if you were any of the 12 names that I've just mentioned. So off you go hunting for it. 12:29 And then other forms of produce, if you like, where the Mail this morning are asking, what will our favourite jampreneur actually do in the rainy misery of an island whose affections she squandered? What is it with the constant pylon against Meghan and Harry? I mean, they're saying in one of the papers this morning, it's the English Times, I can't remember now, that America is glad to see the back of the two of them. They call... They say that they were grifters. 12:59 They were nothing more than grifters. But now others are having a go at Meghan's lack of culinary ability, where the best she can do is make jam. There ain't nothing wrong with good jam, but the pylon continues. I mean, Meghan and Harry are going back to the UK. I mean... 13:20 what's so bad about that? What could happen next? Well, I would imagine a lot if the tabloids and television news has anything to do with it because they just ain't leaving them alone. Did you see that one? I don't know if you saw this online because we've dealt with this in the past to people going into supermarkets in pajamas or bikinis and of course in other countries like where the sun shines all the time like Spain you'll see ads saying you can't come in topless as in Men topless, I'm assuming they're talking about in swimming trunks. 13:51 But there's one makes the Telegraph this morning where a convenience store and post office in the UK had to take this sign down because the woman involved complained because all she was wearing that broke the code of the shop was a backless dress. 14:07 I mean, what could be so offensive about a backless dress? I don't know. But the ad said, we do understand it's very hot. But because this is a convenience store of food and a post office, we can't allow topless, backless or braless or just a bra being worn. 14:27 It's just too much exposure. Please wear a proper top before coming in. thanking you for your cooperation. Well, there was major pushback, particularly about the backless dress, and they were forced to take the actual sign down. And there were other things that are forced upon people, maybe for the right reasons. I don't know. I don't get it. But it's yet another one of these trigger warnings. Do you remember the London Palladium there last year who was ridiculed because they had to put up a trigger warning at the start of Jesus Christ Superstar? And the trigger warning was this production depicts a crucifixion. 15:02 What do you expect there to be if it's Jesus Christ Superstar and they don't tell how the story ends? But anyway, that's what they had to do. And of course, many people said that this is absolutely ludicrous. Now, for people with allergies, I don't mean to trigger your annoyance on this, but the latest one now is a trigger warning for allergies because there was going to be toast on the stage. Toast. Now, you can kind of understand things like, say, for instance, peanuts. Why do I say that? Well, I suppose, and maybe it's the same for toast. 15:34 Maybe if there's peanuts on the stage or if there's toast on the stage, the small little particles could get into the air and float down into the audience and trigger a reaction to somebody who might have an allergy. So there's a lot of people wondering, oh, my God, when is this actually going to end? All these kind of nonsense trigger warnings. And there's another story actually making the papers this morning, certainly online, with regards to theatrical production. And this is from the Opera House. Now, they really saved the day at the Opera House. Now, you can have gremlins and a show had to stop because they had a problem with the sound desk for the sound of music. 16:13 So Wednesday's performance was cancelled mid-show because of sound problems. But they just didn't kind of say, the gig's over, go home, we're very, very sorry. The cast and the entire 16-piece orchestra... continued by doing a full concert performance of the Sound of Music soundtrack. They did all of the songs. They got a standing ovation, which was fantastic by the audience who kind of got it. These things happen. What are you going to do? So the concert that happened then, which was all of the songs and the music, the band and the cast just got on with it. 16:49 There was no actual performance of the show, but yes, of the music of the show. And they got a standing ovation from a full house. Everybody remained in their seats, despite the fact that they couldn't continue with the show. So the Hills remained alive on Leeside, in spite of the gremlins. And they're going to try and add extra shows now, because this is hugely popular, this production. Everybody loves it. I haven't been there, but I had family members who said, this is Broadway stuff at the Opera House for the Sound of Music. It's absolutely incredible. So they'll get around to it, I hope, to sort out extra shows and people to... 17:20 who had to leave the show or didn't get a full production of it, would get to go again, which is very, very nice. Do you see all of the people that love to buy massive big houses on the Blackwater? We know of James Dyson, who bought a big gaff down there at Ballinatray for £29 million in 2014. His next door neighbour now is going to be Mark Zuckerberg because he's bought his own castle. And when I say castle, you want to see the aerial shots of what Zuckerberg has bought. It's Tran Cali Castle in County Wexford. Waterford, give me... relocating the Blackwater. And apparently he paid anywhere up to 30 million for this sprawling estate on the banks of the River Blackwater. 17:58 So it's becoming a real major focal point for living for millionaires and billionaires. And then there's a cracking story. There's a company apparently called Vivio AI. It's an Irish company developing AI technology. telephone receptionist. Now, you can say what you want about it. Less and less will you speak to humans now when you're trying to interact with, you know, different companies and different organisations. So it's an AI telephone receptionist, specifically for dental practices, you know, booking dental appointments. 18:28 You'd be talking to AI and AI will talk back to you. But they're having a major problem at the moment trying to get AI to understand The Cork accent. And even in Cork alone, you could have 10 or 15 different derivatives of types of Cork accent. So they're saying that if they can crack the Cork accent for AI understanding it, they could crack any accent all over the world. That the Cork accent is the toughest. We kind of like that, though, isn't it? That's kind of like a compliment, don't you think? 18:58 The Neil Prenderville Show on Red FM. 19:03 Conversation that matters. 19:05 Be part of the conversation. 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I just wanted to mention there's an article in the papers this morning where people suffering from Friedrich's ataxia gathered in Dublin yesterday to urge the authorities to greenlight the miracle drug. 20:05 Now, the countdown is on to next week, sometime next week, when it is hoped at this stage that the HSE will overrule the committee's decision not to fund Skyclaris. There are 200, around 200 people living in Ireland with Friedrich's ataxia. And they've been fighting for the access to this drug for over a year now. We spoke with Craig Cody on the air regarding his son, Pawdy, who is declining now. His other son, Rory, of course, passed away. We've spoken to Emily Felix on the air. There's also Emma O'Shea from County Cork, whose brother died from Friedrich's ataxia about 10 years ago. 20:40 And she now is suffering and declining also. So we've heard the real life stories of many people who must be so, so worried and so anxious as to what kind of a decision will be made next week because they don't want to be waiting anymore. Now, bizarrely, the HSE said that the drug would cost 280,000 per patient per year. So that would be a five-year cost for the 200 patients of 130 million. Biogen then came out and said... We dispute the numbers and the figures that the HSE are giving. As in my interpretation of that is Biogen is saying that it wouldn't cost 280,000 per patient per year. 21:16 They gave a very attractive package to the HSE. I get the impression from Biogen that they discounted it. So we don't even have the accurate figure about how much it would cost in the first place. So chaos upon chaos, really. I want to go to the phone lines on this and talk to Jonas. Jonas, good morning. 21:33 Hi, how are you? Okay, so I'm accurate in all I've said so far. I mean, you're certainly studying this and watching this because of your wife, Shannon, right? 21:41 Yes, exactly. Yeah, my wife, Shannon, she has phytrixotaxia now for 23 years. She was diagnosed when she was seven and she's now just turned 30 there at the end of July. 21:55 And do you mind me asking, does she continue to decline now? 22:01 Yes, she does. So we know each other now for seven years, and we are married for free, and I could really see a great decline in those, like, especially the last three years. So she lost the majority of the independence she had when we first met, and right now she needs a lot of help, actually, with, like, A lot of the most menial tasks every one of us does alone, it's like cutting your food, getting dressed, going to the bathroom. 22:33 And that's just, yeah, a disheartening for her. 22:37 And that's alarming that you would say you saw an increase in the rapidity of her decline in the past three years. Yeah. 22:46 And would it be OK for me to ask how old Shannon is? 22:51 Yes, she just turned 30 in July. 22:56 And just for context there, the average life expectancy is the mid to late 30s, which is why it's so important for my wife and myself as well that she gets this medicine because it would... really helped probably increase that average lifespan that she's looking at because, again, it's just a few years left in her head. 23:22 I have to tell you, Jonas, you've taken the wind out of my sails with what you've just said. I don't think anybody has actually told me that the average life expectancy is mid to late 30s. I haven't heard that before. 23:35 I'm very upset to hear that. 23:38 Yeah, I think that's something a lot of people don't talk about. Also, it's because probably a lot of people don't want to talk about it. 23:46 But again, like there are obviously people in their 40s and 50s and even 60s with it. But most of the people, they pass away when they're younger. And that's just something really, really, like you said, that really knocks you down. 24:02 And that's really driven at home for me now, Jonas, you saying that that potentially and I don't mean to upset you, but it's probably something that plays on your mind that and I certainly don't want to upset Shannon if she's listening. Forgive me. But you're watching the clock tick down to potentially five years time. 24:21 Yeah, of course, it is. And like then what seems so short for other people, like two years of a waiting list for those medications, that's just almost a lifetime for those people with phytrix ataxia because, again, they can't wait that long. 24:40 So Skyclarus then, in your case and many others, in fact, the whole 200, but let's say in Shannon's case, she's 30 now, Mid to late 30s. Let's take the worst case scenario of 35. Sky Claris would increase somebody's lifespan from 35 years old when they pass away to 70. 25:05 you don't know that. That's the thing. We obviously know it's not America. 25:09 No, but if it potentially could slow the progression... 25:13 Exactly, yes. So that is something we really were hoping for because, again, it's a difference between having hope and just not having any hope at all. 25:24 It would slow the progression by 50%. It would half the speed. 25:29 It would, and it would allow us for a lot of things like starting a family and things like that, which we can't plan on right now. We can't plan on the most normal things other people in their early 30s are thinking about. So, yeah, it would really help throwing it by 50%. 25:48 Can Shannon walk? 25:50 No, Shannon has been in a wheelchair since she's 15, so for 15 years now. 25:56 And again, when we first met, she was able to stand at bars and stuff like that. But even now, she needs my assistance and help to stand when she's transferring. 26:10 Okay, so that would be permanent use of a wheelchair, not able to stand anymore, not able to dress herself, cut her food, use the bathroom, shower, do any of these things independently. You would therefore be her full-time carer then, are you? 26:27 Yeah, I'm her full-time carer now for three years, yeah. 26:32 Yeah. Where did you meet Jonas, you and Shannon? 26:36 So we met in Cork. So we actually met on Tinder, like almost every normal couple now does these days, because I was doing actually my PhD here in Cork at the time. 26:52 And when you met, did Shannon then tell you of her condition and let you know? I mean, you fall in love, you fall in love, but you knew what you were signing up for. 27:04 Kind of, yes and no. Obviously, she told me about the condition, but there's a difference between having all those theoretical symptoms in there and then the real life. It's just two different stories. So I kind of knew what I was getting into, but the whole extent, you just never know. The thing is, with that condition, you have to take it day by day. 27:28 But as the weeks and months go by, you see changes. 27:32 Yes, you do. 27:34 And that's like heartbreaking because you, like you as the husband and also Shannon herself, you are in a constant state of grieving the things she lost. 27:46 Would both of you like to have children? 27:50 Yes, we were talking about that. And that's the thing. Right now, we are just not able to plan on that. There is genetic testing for that because, again, it's a genetic disease, but both parents need to have it. So that's provided by the HSC. But, again, with that life expectancy especially, you wouldn't want to put that on a child, especially since Shannon also lost both of her parents when she was very young. 28:20 So that's something that's playing in her mind as well. 28:24 Is Shannon feeling that while she would love to have children or a child, she is reticent to do so because she perhaps wouldn't be around for the rearing? 28:36 Exactly. And that's the thing. And again, with her experience, she wouldn't want to do that to anybody because she experienced it firsthand as well. 28:45 And how does this refusal make you feel? Or more importantly, I suppose, what is Shannon making of the current state of play where something that is so necessary within reach won't be funded to help people? 29:02 So it makes us actually both of us like scared and furious at the same time. like really like you don't know what the future is holding and at the same time as well you're obviously angry because you can't do anything about it like uh again that's also an issue here like we do this campaigning there is gonna be the protest again on sunday at 12 in dublin but again there's not a real dialogue like and that makes you just feel like really helpless 29:37 And the longer this drags on, and it has dragged on for many, many, many months, those suffering continue to decline. 29:46 Yes, exactly. And you can't stop that without the drugs. So it's like kind of a catch-22. 29:55 It must be just constantly playing on your mind then. 29:58 It is, it is. And yeah, like it really messes with your head. And it's like... 30:06 Again, it's just devastating, to be honest, looking at that. The process is legally supposed to take 180 days, but it has been now almost 700 days. 30:20 700 days? 30:22 Yeah. 30:22 That's two years. 30:27 Oh, my God. 30:29 Are you optimistic next week? 30:33 uh my whole stance on this is like hope for the best prepare for the worst kind of thing like i don't want to get my hopes up because then you just get fully crushed but i'm carefully optimistic let's say it like that because you see things like what you mentioned as well that like You had like several people on. There's definitely a media attention. There's definitely support there from like PDs like Patrick Rice. There's support from organizations like Family Carers Island. 31:06 And that gives you hope. But at the same time, the decision last week was just a full, complete shock and setback. 31:14 If the Dáil was reconvened, incidentally, the Dáil should be reconvened. I think everybody would agree with that. If for no other reason for the price of fuel, and that's a major issue because it's going to go north of two euro, but that's another topic for another day. But they're on holidays, but they really should be reconvened because there's a few emergencies going on in this country at the moment. Fuel is one, of course, but also Friedrich's. And what we need is more, okay, there's a lot of media attention, but we need a massive political pylon Just to force, I mean, the Minister for Health could just reverse that decision. 31:47 And hopefully she will do the right thing next week and do it. But pressure counts. Do you mind me asking, Jonas, where were you born? 31:56 I was born in Germany initially. 31:58 Okay. So you're a German citizen. 32:01 Yes. Okay. Does Germany fund the Skyclarus drug? 32:07 So yes, and that's also a disheartening fact. It does. But again, the issue there is Ireland wouldn't fund, again, for Shannon to be able to go to Germany. But also at the same time, we were looking into this and it's getting more and more difficult to go over there just because of her condition, but also all the bureaucracy involved. And that's again... 32:30 stressing this fact again it's time shannon simply doesn't have at the moment without the drug but but if if for instance they refuse next week in your own case the case of you and shannon and they're told we won't fund it surely you will have no choice but to go to germany and have it there as a german citizen 32:50 that's probably what we would have to look into if they don't approve it, yeah. 32:56 That's appalling. In your case, that's appalling. You have an option that many others don't, but it's still not the right option, though. 33:03 Yeah, no, it's like, again, like this presents its massive challenges, and it's not just about Shannon, because that's very egoistic to think about just that way. We are there in a very privileged position. It's about... Thinking about all the other people like Emily and Greg, it's like really, really disheartening to see what they are going through as well. And you obviously want change for yourself, but also for those people. 33:30 There is a protest arranged this evening at Ballinlock Park, lads. Sean got in touch with me. He's arranging a compassionate protest and a vigil to ask the government to fund the HSE for the reimbursement of Skyclaris. 33:43 And maybe, Neil, you can promote it for us. It's the... Final decision we made on the 25th, so public support is very important. So I'll give out further details of that, but there is a protest and a vigil this evening at Ballinock Park. And if anybody is around, I'll give you details of when and where, etc. But it's important to talk to people who are living with this and those that are caring for them and those that love them. And that's why I'm really grateful that you came on in air this morning, Jonas. Thank you. Maybe we might have an opportunity to chat next week. 34:15 I won't be here, but Nick Mulcahy certainly will be when the decision is made, whatever that is. Okay, so expect a call next week, my friend. And regards to Shannon, okay. 34:25 I will say that. Thank you. Thank you. All right. 34:27 OK, God bless. I think that's the first time I've heard anybody put it so bluntly that the average life expectancy of somebody with Friedrichsaxia is 35 to 40 years old. So on the lower scale, see the clock ticking for Jonas and Shannon if she's 30 now. You know what I'm saying. Text 0868104106. 34:49 Get on to Prenderville. 34:50 Text or WhatsApp Neil now. 0868 104 106. 34:55 The Neil Prenderville Show on Red FM. 34:59 Text 0868 104 106. Pick up the phone on 0818 104 106. Just staying with this for another few minutes. There's a protest at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin this coming Sunday to bring this issue more so to the attention of the public. Of course, I think everybody knows about it, but we need to keep on pushing. So that's this coming Sunday, the 23rd at midday in the Gardens of Remembrance of the March there to Custom House Quay. Now, the timescale on this is very important because the HSE could reverse this decision of the HSE drug group, the HSE itself, like as in the Minister for Health. 35:33 And that final decision is Tuesday of next week. And many people are very, very worried about the decision that will be made on Tuesday, certainly if the wrong decision is made. So that's Tuesday of the 25th. But I just did mention there a couple of minutes ago, a protest and I suppose a vigil as well for this evening at Bananlock Park. Sean, good morning. 35:52 Good morning. You're organising this because you're just moved by those that are living and suffering with Friedrichs. Is that it? 35:59 Absolutely. I was moved actually by a social media program done by Craig Cody about his son Paddy and his late son Rory, who passed away almost 12 months ago from the same disease. And the opportunity there now is for this drug to be made available. 36:19 We met in Buswell's hotel yesterday, which was my first time actually engaging with people suffering from this disease. And it was probably the most horrific event of my life. 36:30 Why do you say that? 36:33 There was about 20 patients there who had travelled from all over the country in their various forms of mobility, most of them in some very sophisticated wheelchairs just to get around and losing their vices, losing their swallow, losing all their functions slowly and slowly. 36:51 They travelled from M. O'Shea, for example, travelled all the way up from Bantry. Probably left at 6 o'clock to move her all of her equipment up to the Boswell Hotel. They came from Longford, they came from Kilkenny, they came from Galway, they came from everywhere. 37:06 It was arranged by independent Ireland, Michael Collins and Richard O'Donoghue and Ken O'Flynn, who are doing closing work to highlight this in the past week or fortnight or so. 37:18 You know, when you talk about Emma O'Shea, right? She was first diagnosed when she was nine and she only was informed of her condition three years later. She would have been heading into her teens. But in 2016, her older brother, Timmy, passed away at the age of 29 from Friedrich's attack. He was 29 years old when Friedrich's ataxia took him, her brother. 37:37 Yes. Yeah, that's true. 37:40 And we had a video call yesterday from the leading specialist in the skycarless drug from Philadelphia. 37:47 And he explained to the patients as well and to everyone in the room the benefits of this. And it has tremendous benefits. It's not a drug that hit and miss. It does work 100%. The science has proven its work. And the improvements that they've seen in patients across the world is that, number one, in some cases they'll get their voices back. They'll get their upper mobility back. They'll get massive energy back. 38:16 And at the worst case scenario, it will stall the progress of the disease. 38:22 So deterioration of their bodies will stall. 38:25 So I'm also learning this morning that you're saying this expert said not only will it stall the progression, but it will also alleviate and reverse some of the symptoms. 38:36 Absolutely, yeah. It depends on the stage of the disease in the person. But a lot of the people start losing their voices very slowly and losing their swallow and everything. And they can stall that and reverse that to a certain extent. The same with their upper limb movement. It'll improve that. They can start writing again and stuff like that. It's a miracle drug in a way, to be honest. And it's available in 11 countries across Europe at the moment. But for some reason... The people suffering from this have been battling the government and the HSE now for 762 days today. 39:10 I always thought it was cruel, this decision, to say something like, it doesn't offer good value for money for us to fund this. But now I'm on a different level of cruelty, having spoken to Jonas, where he says that average life expectancy can be as low as 35. And from what you're saying, on top of all of that, it's just a different level of cruelty. 39:32 It's a totally different level. We're actually sentencing these people to death row. It's as simple as that. That's exactly what we're doing. We're just putting them up in a line to die from this disease. And there's no other polite way of putting it. 39:46 I can't understand that decision. I really can't. And I would be absolutely flabbergasted if it wasn't reversed. 39:53 The decision is 100% based on money. 39:57 It is absolutely, the science is correct. They've got 762 days looking at the science. And by law, there's a law passed in 2013 that these decisions were supposed to be made in 180 days. And that's what, it's the same law across Europe. And that's why in France and Germany and Spain, all these decisions were made in 180 days. But seemingly, there are some clause in Irish law that if they go back, to the pharmaceutical company to ask a question they can restart the clock. Oh my God. 40:29 And that's how the whole thing has dragged them for so long. It's barbaric what's being done. Barbaric. And we're just and we're caught and another thing which made me very angry yesterday is these people went up at the expectation to meet the Taoiseach or the Taoiseach or the Minister for Health Taoiseach sent a letter of apology the Taoiseach sent a letter of apology the Minister for Health didn't even acknowledge the meeting was going on. 40:52 That's God Almighty. God Almighty. 40:55 That is shocking. And that's where we're at with this at the moment. It is horrendous. It's barbaric. 41:00 And people just have to come out on Sunday, come out tonight in Banelock Park at 8 o'clock. There's another vigil in Mallow at 8 o'clock this evening, which Craig Cody will be there. And people need this support. We are condemning Irish people to death. That's exactly what we will be doing on Tuesday if this decision goes against us. We are putting these people on death row. 41:26 Thanks for taking the call, Sean. I do appreciate it. Next week is going to be a really important week. And ahead of that, you've got tonight at 8 o'clock in Ballinlock, tonight at 8 o'clock in Mallow, and of course on Sunday at the Garden of Remembrance. And if anybody's free or available, Certainly tonight, either Ballinlock and Mallow turn out and there's power and strength in numbers. Listen, thanks for that. 41:50 Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Condemning people to a slow, agonising death. Who would have thought that we'd be living in a society where that would happen? You would think. I mean, come on. You would really think at this stage that the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll McNeill, will not stand idly by next week and allow that to happen. Text 0868 104 106. The Neill. 42:16 Be part of the conversation. The Neil Prendival Show with Elevate Credit Union. Friday makes it Free Food Friday in association with Domino's Pizza. And they're in Blackpool, Douglas, Wilton, Glanmire and Formoy. Delicious pizza and lots more besides. 42:30 And we have for you the large pizzas. I'm talking about the biggest that they do. Five of them. Cheese, pepperoni, passion, cheeseburger, Texas barbecue and the ultimate hot honey and pepperoni. That's not all. This will feed at least 15 of you in the workplace. We've got all of the chicken wings, the boneless bites, the chicken kickers, the chicken tenders, lots and lots of potato wedges and mucho, mucho dips for dipping. So a lot of food to unpack this lunchtime. So to do that, get involved. Text who you are and where you're working to 0868 104 106. 43:03 We'll start the first bunch of shout outs in about 20 minutes time. If you've never texted for Free Food Friday before, get involved. Start today. Text 0868-104-106. Now, yesterday, I received a statement from a particular builder who's coming in for a lot of criticism. I'm not quite sure what actual trade this guy has. All I know is that there are serious allegations against the work that he does or doesn't do for that matter. The deposit's taken. Sometimes the jobs are started and not finished. And, of course, we've heard with other people who have accusations against this kind of work that sometimes they take deposits and they just leg it and never come back at all. 43:40 So I don't know what to do with this story because he sent me a statement yesterday, lengthy statement, refuting much of what was said about him. I was ready to read it out on air. I didn't get an opportunity yesterday because I ran out of time. And then yesterday, he came back again with the very same statement, but he added on to the end of the statement, I do not give permission for this letter which is addressed to you to be published. Yours sincerely. And it's not signed. So there ain't nothing I can do about it if he withdraws my right to read out the statement that he sent me yesterday. 44:15 Now saying, don't read it out. And in the statement, he goes in chapter and verse, you know, going through different aspects of what was said about him and how it's untrue and it's getting on to, you know, all sorts of stuff like that. So I can't read any of that out. Now, Fine. It's frustrating. But these kind of stories are frustrating when people are dealing with people who claim to be in the trades that are good at their work, but don't do good work or don't start the work or take an awful lot of money and don't finish the work. So what can I do? There's no more I can do for now. I would love to be able to read out the statement. I'd love to be able to give out his name and his details and everything, but I'm precluded from doing any of that for now. 44:49 But really, let me just address him. There's no point you sending me a statement, right? and then sending me an addition to the statement the next day saying, don't read out the statement. If you're sending me all of these details saying that all of this is wrong and it isn't true and what people are saying isn't accurate, come on the air and let's talk. 45:10 Tell me where everyone is wrong. I mean, I give you an opportunity. There's more than one person saying that about the work that was done in many different ways from people on the air that they're unhappy with and money outstanding. So come on. And if you're going to send a statement, put your name to it. 45:26 If everyone is wronging you, come out, put your name to it. Come on here. But at least put your name to a statement. Yeah. 45:35 There's no more I can do. It's frustrating, but we'll have to see whether, but listen, you could spell it. I think you could spend a week on air dealing with people who've come across, I'm talking in the general terms now, you know, cowboys or scammers, people starting work, people who are just absolutely so charming. 45:54 But it's all about trying to get the cash. So there's no more I can do with regards to that one. Can I also just mention this one? Because I know that they played a blinder at the Opera House on Wednesday with regards to the production of The Sound of Music, which couldn't continue. They did a great job. And I said all of that earlier on this morning. Not a bother in the wide earthly world there. And they got on with business and the orchestra and the cast sang the entire score of The Sound of Music. And it's an incredible, I've said it all already. It's an incredible production. It's like Broadway standard. Everybody that was there loved it. 46:24 Or did they? I've thought long and hard about writing this email, but I feel strongly that the issue of theatre etiquette, and quite frankly the lack of it, needs to be addressed. I'm a regular theatre goer and thoroughly enjoy and support the arts in Cork. However, I'm absolutely cracking up at the behaviour of some adults at recent performances. I went to see The Sound of Music at the Opera House on Saturday afternoon and had the most wonderful experience. What a fantastic show. I enjoyed it so much that I put my name on a cancellation list and was lucky enough to get a ticket for Tuesday evening's performance. 47:01 So they loved it so much, they went back a second time. But the second experience was very different. There were five women sitting in the row in front of me with at least eight children ranging in age from approximately three to 10 in the row in front of them. All right. So you had the five women and then there was at least eight kids in the row in front of them aged between three to 10. The children were as good as children can reasonably expect it to be. It's the adults who are the problem. 47:33 This is the five women sitting in the row in front of this emailer. From the moment the show started, they talked continuously in their normal speaking voice. Normal levels. 47:44 They repeatedly checked Snapchat. They repeatedly checked Instagram. They were constantly up and down, in and out of the theatre, taking children to the bathroom and generally creating an enormous distraction for everyone around them. Now, the tickets for this production were not cheap. And I feel that when I pay that money, I have just as much right to enjoy the performance as anyone else. They even brought drinks in from the bar after the interval, despite this not being permitted. It seemed that they were simply making up their own rules. 48:16 The show began promptly at seven o'clock with a solo nun singing on stage. 48:21 These women did not break conversation for one second. The complete lack of respect for the performers for the performer was just beyond acceptable. I made one fatal mistake of shushing them while the solo was being performed. 48:37 One of the mothers then took it upon herself to stare me down for much of the remainder of the performance. 48:45 The ushers were up and down to them throughout the evening, asking them to be quiet, to get off their phones. Eventually, an usher had to call a supervisor. It was very obvious to me that the ushers were uncomfortable and fearful of exasperating the situation. What disappointed me even more was that the supervisor ultimately felt it necessary to explain to me and the women sitting beside me that children will be children and that they all would get naturally excited. Of course the children will be children. That wasn't the issue. 49:16 The issue was the behavior of the adults accompanying the children. I think this is something that needs to be addressed because performers can hear what's happening in the auditorium. The talking, the phones, the movement, the general disruption must be incredibly distracting for people who've worked so hard to deliver a performance. Does that sound familiar? 49:57 It beggars belief. I'm absolutely raging on behalf of the performers, the musicians, the stage crew, production team who put so much work into delivering these wonderful productions. They deserve respect, as do people who have paid to sit quietly and enjoy them like me. I understand that children can become excited, need the bathroom or make some noise. That's part and parcel of being children. But surely it's the responsibility of adults to manage their own behaviour and respect the performance and also the people who are in the audience. Perhaps this is something worth discussing on air. 50:30 I think generally, genuinely, that there's a wider conversation to be had about theatre etiquette and the complete lack of consideration some people seem to have for performers and members of the audience. Or maybe just etiquette in general. We're incredibly lucky to have such a vibrant art scene in Cork and I want to continue supporting it. But I also think we need to say quite loudly that going to the theatre is a shared experience and a little respect and consideration goes a long way. Please don't give up my details on air. I won't, but thank you for getting in touch because it raises a bigger question, not just about theatre, but also cinema, restaurant behaviour and all of these kind of different things. 51:07 Now, of course... 51:09 I slightly cringed when you spoke about somebody bring a sandwich wrapped in tinfoil and proceeding to eat them during the performance of The Sound of Music because I admitted and confessed on the air that there are times when I bring a Long Valley sandwich to the cinema and wondered whether that was right. But I stay very quiet, though, and I eat it quietly. But with regards to the bigger picture stuff, I get what you're saying. There's nothing worse. You spend good money and people just, it's the phones. And it's just all to do with, you know, not being able to just leave the damn things alone for a couple of bloody hours and just concentrate on what you've paid money to watch. 51:49 And then the chat and the chatter. 51:52 it can ruin an experience. Anybody got thoughts on that? Text 0868-104-106. Pick up the phone on 0818-104-106. Back after the break. 52:09 You talk about the basics, really, with regards to society in Ireland and how all of the money that we actually have that's paid for by Irish taxpayers should be used in all of the different settings and help that's needed. I mean, you talk about, you know, the 85,000 people on hospital waiting lists for Cork hospitals. That's just Cork hospitals alone. You talk about... scoliosis amongst our small children you talk about Friedrich's attacks and the 200 that are slowly dying for want of people intervening with financial help talk about residential and nursing home settings for the elderly or the care of the elderly in general and the cost and the whole fair deal arrangement which I'm Not convinced is the best way forward. 52:45 And then, of course, a lot of conversations during the week with regards to families with children with autism. And that was harrowing again to listen to all week long. I mean, you come across all sorts of different stories where people are just forgotten about and don't get support. I got a lovely email in from Gary and Jenny, incidentally, and I know that they have a family fun day organized in St. Finbars at the start of September. But I just thought they'd jump on for a couple of seconds or at least Jenny would because three, Jenny, good morning. Good morning. 53:15 Three children all under the age of seven, all diagnosed with some form of additional needs or learning development problems. Is that right? 53:25 Yeah, that's right. My daughter Daisy, she's just diagnosed with autism and our twin boys are diagnosed with global developmental delay, but they're in line for like assessments, you know, so like we're waiting quite a few assessments. Even for Daisy as well, she's waiting for assessments for like dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, you know, so like we're still waiting on a couple of assessments, but she's currently diagnosed with autism. 53:50 Oh my God, so many complications. All three children. 53:56 Daisy, Alfie and Theo. 54:00 Yeah. 54:01 Wow. How are you coping? 54:05 I think you just have to cope, you know, because if you were to sit down long enough and think about, oh God, how all three of them, you know, all are struggling and have so much needs and stuff, it would just get on top of you. But like, we're so blessed that like, we do have family support and all three of my kids are linked in with Enable Ireland. Yeah. So we're on the... 54:24 Like we have a lovely walk and talk group every Thursday where parents and staff are there. And like we get huge support from that. Like we would genuinely be absolutely lost if we did not have that every single week. 54:36 That is so important. You have someone to go to relax and chat or have a cup of tea with other parents or, you know, maybe people from Enable Ireland as well, because otherwise it would be lonely and isolating, right? 54:48 Oh, 100%. At the start, like the minute the boys were born, like straight away, like they were just so difficult and everything. And I remember going to like our first walk and talk. The boys were referred to in Abel when they were maybe like one and a half-ish. And when we went to the first walk and talk, like the staff were like, sit down there, let's make you a cup of tea. Here's a biscuit. Here's a biscuit. they were on the floor playing with the kids and we were actually like, we didn't know what to do with ourselves to actually have five minutes to ourselves and like sit down and have a cup of tea. We didn't know what to do. 55:19 We were like, oh my God, like what's going on? 55:22 For all of the other time though, the days, the weeks, the months, you don't have any time to yourself. 55:28 No, like I'm lucky in a way that I do work two days a week. I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky, but like for those two days, I get to eat my lunch when I need to. I can go to the bathroom when I need to. If I didn't have that, like your mental health would genuinely, it's so hard to be at home all the time with the kids and they don't sleep and like their eating isn't great and like you're constantly watching them and they're getting up to havoc. Yeah. 55:56 I would say that and all and lots more besides, not just mentally, but physically as well. That's what I'm finding with an awful lot of people. Not a whole lot of sleep, no downtime. And of course, you do it as it's not a it's not a chore. It's a labor of love. You wouldn't have it any other way. But I'm always amazed, though, because not not every relationship survives. 56:19 a scenario like that you must really have to work together yourself and Gary just to keep the show on the road and we do yeah we definitely have our ups and downs I wouldn't lie about that it's so hard because we have no time for ourselves essentially like you know any bit of energy or anything that we have has to go to the kids you know so like I'm not going to stay here and say we have a beautiful marriage and everything it's very hard 56:46 You have to work harder at it because sometimes those relationships collapse as a consequence. 56:53 Oh, definitely. Yeah. And like you would see that, like, you know, with a lot of other parents that like we would talk to and stuff like that, like a lot of like marriages and relationships would definitely break down. 57:03 Yeah. 57:05 Do you mind me asking, does it ever play on your mind though? Why us? Why me? Why all three of our children? How life can be so unfair and cruel? 57:16 Yeah, my husband would really struggle with that. I try not to think about it because I just think we already live in like a fight or flight, like daily basis. And we're just trying to get through every day. But my husband would definitely like really struggle with that. He's like, why are three kids like, why has this happened to us? Like, what have we done? Like, you know, how is it all three of them? Like, you know, is it my fault? Is it like our genetics? Like, how has this happened? Yeah. 57:41 Oh, my God. And it's, you know, it's easy for me to say, but, like, there's no point feeling that way. There's nothing you can do about it. You can't reverse it. 57:53 You can do absolutely nothing, yeah. 57:55 You know? But it's hard to park that from your thought process. It's hard not to feel that way. And also to feel, what's their future? Have they been denied a future? Like, you see other children thriving, do you know? 58:10 Yeah. Exactly. It's definitely hard. We do worry about that, you know, as well. Like, you know, that, like, you know are they like their education and stuff you know like because like our daughter struggles kind of like she's in mainstream at the moment but she has like she recommendation has been put through for a special class but like there's none at the moment sure like all week people are crying out for everything and everything like you know so we're like is she going to be able to like do the whole education process and like you know is she going to be able to get a job and same with the boys like you know are they going to be able to do all those things and like I suppose we put all the support in place now and put all the effort in now so that they can be able to do all those things but like it definitely is always in the back of your mind 58:52 You know, it's just appalling that, you know, we talk about other aspects that I just said a while ago that all could be fixed for the want of money of which there is enough, you know, certainly places for children on the autism spectrum in mainstream school or special needs assistance or settings like that. It could be so easily fixed, couldn't it? It must be very frustrating for families knowing that this is just about money. 59:18 Yeah, it's crazy. It is definitely crazy. 59:21 What was the summer like? 59:23 The summer has been very hard. Yeah, it's been a long summer. But, like, for us, like, as well, like, you know, a lot of parents can't wait for them to go back to school. It's nearly, like, nearly a dread for me because, like, I know my boys are starting in preschool but they're still not potty trained and the school, like, can't facilitate nappy changing in the preschool. Right. 59:47 such like which is great but like I know one of my sons is going to scream the place down every morning like he really struggles with like transitions and like he really struggle with like like that initial going into school and like my daughter can struggle with that as well so like for us like you can already see in my daughter's personality now because of like the whole back to school talk is like you know starting like she's just like oh so anxious in her brain like and you can just see the way she's sitting there and like she'll just tune out and like 60:15 you know it's playing on her mind and stuff like so even though the summer was hard like oh i don't know if going back to school is going to be any easier yeah but while they're going through the struggles you just described of course you are indeed gary or at home or whatever worrying about them when they're in there on a different level to the rest of us about you know the first day at school or the first day back yours is a different level completely 60:39 Yeah, no, definitely. Yeah. If we can even leave the school, sometimes we just have to stay outside for a half an hour or so and see if, you know, she'll stay or they'll stay or whichever, you know. So that's something to look forward to too. 60:52 Yeah. OK. Well, listen, I wanted to give you the opportunity to share because among other things, isn't there a fun day organised in Enable Ireland? 61:00 Yeah. 61:01 I think it's happening at St Finbars, is it? 61:04 Yeah, Hurling Club on the 5th of September. Yeah. So we just wanted to try and give back to try and raise as much funds as possible. So Enable Ireland have said that like anything that we raise will stay within like our community. So like it will go back into, you know, like the children in the area that like, you know, need it. So like that was absolutely amazing. And like we just wanted to like do what we could for like the support that we've received because it has been like genuinely we would be lost without them. Yeah. 61:34 just said that like a family fun day would be nice because we we would love because as you said like it is very isolating for parents and stuff so like if parents did want to come bring their kids try it like a little bit social but like in a calmer kind of atmosphere as such that like the kids have things to do and they're occupied that like hopefully that might work well yeah okay what time is that happening um it's going to be four to seven in the Barres Hurling Club, Saturday the 5th. 61:59 Saturday the 5th, 4 to 7, a family fun day in aid of Enable Ireland. It's in Fimbars Hurling Club. 62:05 A way of giving back as well to the team that's been giving so much support at Enable Ireland. It's a lovely thing to organise and well done. I'll make sure that it's given a good push next week ahead, ahead of the Saturday, September 5th date. Always. 62:19 We really appreciate it. Thank you very much. 62:20 Best of luck to you and your lovely family. Take care, Jenny. Take care. Text 0868 104 106. Pick up the phone on 0818 104 106. If Sky Claris, back to Friedrichs, is not sanctioned on Tuesday, we all need to shut down and put manners on these greedy so-called heads of state, as in a national day of strike. Our government is shocking. Gemma Callaghan said earlier in the week that the government put Irish people first. That is not being delivered. They should all resign. Interestingly, then, a lot of people are talking about the cost of things and, of course, back to school around the corner and the worry of the costs involved in that. 62:56 I also spoke about, you know, the price of things, comparing the excise and the VAT, not just on petrol, There was an article in the paper this morning with regards to a bottle of wine. Talking about the price of wine, I was in a city centre hotel bar last Friday night. I was charged €26.10 for a glass of red wine and a gin and soda water. I had asked for tonic water, but after waiting about 10 minutes to be served and ignored by the bar staff, I was finally served. However, I was given soda water instead. It was only when I poured it into my gin that I realized it didn't taste right. 63:29 I knew I didn't recognize the brand on the bottle, but the staff had been so unhelpful that I didn't go back up to the bar. When I realized on Saturday morning how much I'd paid, I was shocked. Contacted the hotel to check whether there had been an error. I was told someone would get back to me. No one did. I let it go until Wednesday when I contacted them again. And the same thing happened. Called again yesterday and missed the callback. But I rang again afterwards and I'm still waiting for somebody to get back to me. Now, it's interesting about that a lot of different levels. You didn't get what you asked for. And of course, the drink was spoiled. 64:01 But it's the cost of it. I mean, what, in the name of God, would you be doing giving €26.10 for a glass of red wine and a gin and soda water? Like, what is a gin and tonic? If it's a tenner, it's a lot. Right? Would you agree? That's a lot. And what's a glass of red wine? If it's €8, it's a lot, I would think. 64:21 Not a drinker of either, but I would say... Anyway, if you said €8 to €10 for each drink, the glass of red wine, €8 to €10, and a gin and tonic, €8 to €10, where are they getting €26? Like, that's an extra drink that you didn't get. 64:35 And again, you might say, well, it depends on the gin and it depends on the glass of red wine, but generally speaking... 26 10. I don't know the hotel. I'd love to know the hotel. Love to know the type of wine you were drinking unless it was really, as they would say, the equivalent to top shelf. Keep them coming. Text 0868 104 106. Pick up the phone on 0818 104 106. Speaking of tops off and people putting up signs about the dress etiquette in, say, for instance, restaurants, bars, hotel lobbies, supermarkets. 65:06 Speaking of tops off, I was in a bar in Yall about a month ago and two fellas were in there with their girlfriends eating fish and chips with their tops off in the restaurant. I put the blame on the staff. They were cowards because they said nothing. And this should not have been accepted. No, it shouldn't. Topless inside in a restaurant. No, it shouldn't all day long. But in the crazy world that we live in, on the day that the leaving certificate results are out, I have to tell you that Brown Thomas have just opened their Christmas shop. And it is, what's the day today? 65:38 The 21st day of August. So Brown Thomas opened their Christmas shop yesterday, the day before the Leaving Cert results. 65:56 All right, get involved. 66:21 Gouldings on Centre Park Road would love it for a good colleague. It's his last day today, Paul. 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Last day, off to have a baby. 67:53 Igwe Hair Studio at Ticknock in Cove and the Trade Electric in Cork, working hard, providing contractors and the public with all of their electrical needs. So keep those shout-outs coming. We want to know who you are and where you're working. So text 0868 104 106. We'll pick a winner just before midday. And the Red Patrollers will deliver lots and lots of tasty food and treats from Domino's Pizza. We'll do another bunch of shout-outs in about a half an hour's time. Meanwhile, to the phone lines we go, Alan, good morning. 68:19 Good morning, Neil. How are you? 68:21 I'm good, man. What we know now is that BMW was driving at speeds of up to 187 kilometres the wrong way down the M9. Can you believe that kind of speed? 68:32 Yeah, I can. I'm driving over 30 years and well used to seeing it on roads. Cars passing you like you're standing still. So, yeah. And actually, this latest tragedy, I love the poor sister's, Last year, there was another bunch of kids killed up in Tipperary. 68:53 And it was a thought that came to my head that should the likes of the wreckage be left at the side of the road, similar like to car crash telly, this is car crash for real, and leave it there with the family's consent, as I said in the message, for all to see. 69:10 And I think it will drive home, and as I said to a researcher, with a sign saying, for example, on the M50, Five killed in this. Or down the road, another perhaps fatal crash of that, one or two killed in this car. 69:24 And, you know, as people are passing this week after week after week, you know, I think it would drive home a lot more of a message compared to, you know, just like television as it is. 69:36 But on the same note, you know, instead of fighting the likes of TikTok, use the platform. Record it. Show it. Show the wreckage. you know, and drive it home, you know, to a lot of young people. 69:49 The only problem with the TikTok aspect of what you're saying is that it would encourage other young fellas or young people in general to get involved. 69:58 Perhaps it would. But then again, perhaps on the other side, as they all see it, and they see the wreckage and the funerals, you know, the idea is, you know, perhaps everyone is kind of looking at, oh, you have to fight the platforms and this, you have to do this and that. 70:13 Maybe, you know, think outside the box and use the platform and drive it home because, after all, they've led the likes of, you know, I mentioned TikToks or possibly Instagrams or any of the other platforms that are out there. That's what these kids are watching. They're not watching television. You know, most of them don't. 70:32 Yeah, but they'll say they think they're invincible. They think they're going to live forever. They don't see the consequences because they're young. But they'll just say if they see a video like that, that won't happen to me. I won't be that stupid. 70:44 Yeah, perhaps, perhaps. But then again, you know, a well put together, you know, like advert and even just simply the wreckage of itself. Leave the wreckage there. Even if you don't use the platforms, leave the wreckage at the side of the road. if with the family's consent, you know, and safely out of the way, like on the guard's consent, leave it there for all to see. 71:04 And as every person, like day after day, week after week, is passing this for maybe six months, it's a lot more of a hit home aspect when they see the condition of the cars, you know. 71:16 The car in which they died, right? That BMW is unrecognisable as a car. It is so mangled. 71:24 Exactly. And by God, wouldn't that be a major... 71:28 selling point to our own infallibility. We are smushy little things. 71:35 Oh, it's a serious wake-up call if you pass that. I 100% agree with you and I'd say most people would. A sign there... And I actually was talking about this on the air some time ago... 71:47 we have so many roundabouts in this country, right? And some of them are quite large. And a lot of the time, they're beautifully laid out with shrubbery and plants and flowers. And I get that. But I was actually been saying for a long, long time that our roundabouts should be used, put wreckage on roundabouts. 72:05 Absolutely. And Neil, actually, there was, last year we came, there was a guy, whose son was killed in a car crash. I'm not sure, and I wouldn't wrong the man's son, whether there could have been drink involved. However, he has taken it upon himself to tow that mangled wreckage of his son's car all around to the different schools in the area. 72:30 That's a wake-up call. 72:31 And I thought that was just a most commendable idea by that gentleman. 72:37 and you know in with his grief he was still wanting to put the message out and he's all the primary schools and the young secondary schools and as they come to you know 16, 17, 18 you know I'd love to talk to that man Alan thank you for bringing that up I think it would be great to talk to that man you know because like you know a real life real world example is what people need not a video not an advertising campaign just see a real wreck 73:06 see it for real in the flesh, in the nuts and bolts, you know, in everyday life. I think that would be, you know, as you said, like perhaps the old TikTok may be a very debatable or contentious issue, but however, the use of the physical wreckage mangled beyond belief and, you know, like when a fine sign said, yep, this could be you or something along those lines. I think it will be a major hit home for every young person. 73:34 100% agree. 100% agree. Let's see what people think. Well said, Alan. Appreciate that. Text 0868 104 106. Have a good weekend. Take care. James, good morning. 73:43 Morning. How are you? What do you think of that? Just briefly, do you think that's a good suggestion? 73:49 Well, I'll give you an example of something like that. I'm from Stigo originally, and between the road between Boyle and Stigo, put up crosses at every point there was a fatal accident. and there was 29 classes over a number of years put up. 74:03 That would have an impact for sure. And there was out crying places, and there was other people that thought it was a great idea, and I think it was a great idea. 74:11 Yeah, but actually what Alan is saying is the mangled wreckage... Oh, absolutely. ...that took lives. 74:17 Yeah, okay. Absolutely. Fantastic idea. Fantastic idea. 74:21 Okay, okay. Go ahead. You have another point to make on zero tolerance. Go ahead. 74:26 Yeah, just that one, it was promised in 1997... 74:30 So this is not a new phenomenon as such. There was trouble then, there's trouble now. We've got nowhere. 74:36 I mean, a car, when it smashes, it's so unprotected. The people are so unprotected. We have airbags and all the rest. At that speed, nothing protects you. If you have a car stripped down, all its parts taken away and just the shell, you would smash it up with a sledgehammer. It's that light. You can move it on the ground, some of the cars. 74:57 There's nothing, it's tin, it's just tin. 75:00 Or plastic, or plastic now a lot of the time. 75:04 Or plastic as well, but when you think about that, just the tin aspect of it is so little, so little, and so not strong. 75:12 Why not deal with those young people that are going around and have the parents responsible? 75:18 Call them in the morning if they're out on the streets, let them come and bring them home. If they cause trouble, garnish their wages or garnish their dole. 75:26 The Department of Finance have said that they can garnish, if they need to, our wages. 75:35 The parents you're talking about? 75:37 Parents, yes. The young ones are on Dole. The ones that are caught on Dole, garnish theirs. Cut it off or garnish it. Take some of it away. Try and focus them. Because they have the money to put the petrol in. They have the money to do their... all the other activities. They don't come badly dressed. They think of lots of money, designer jackets, all the rest of it. 75:57 Well, in the case of this car, the BMW, I'm understanding is that the five of them chipped in to buy it for a thousand euro. You got to wonder where people that young would get 200 bucks each to buy a BMW car. 76:09 Well, that's another question. 76:11 They access their phones, take their phones away. In Germany, they do on-the-spot signs. 76:18 If you do something wrong, they can on the spot find you or arrest you. 76:23 You know, little things like that, like to focus them. 76:26 What about youth detention centres? 76:29 Where are we going to put them? Build them. 76:33 No? Oh yeah, but I mean, we can't even build a hospital. 76:37 I'm not being smart. I'm not being smart. 76:40 I mean, there was a statement made yesterday about the hospital that's 60 or 70% finished. 76:45 And five minutes later, they said it was not commissioned. It's not finished, it's not commissioned. 76:53 You know, other things like this, three strikes and you're out. 76:59 Gangs, stop gangs. Eliminate gangs. If gangs are on the streets, send them home or bring the parents to get them and bring them home. Get them out of the way. If Giuliani could clean up New York, I think if there's a will, we won't clean it up at that level, but he made it safe. And his philosophy was quite simple. 77:15 Get tough. 77:16 Parents are responsible. 77:19 Spoken to parents who've done everything. In some circumstances, parents can't control their kids. They've tried. They've done everything. They're just tearaways. 77:26 They left it too late. 77:28 They left it too late. They didn't control them in time. I'm not an expert. I'm going to see it as I see it. Most kids are good. But one bad... One bad blackberry when they call the blackberry is bad. 77:41 All right. Okay. Good points. Well made. Thank you for that. Much obliged, James. Text 0868104106. A message to share a really frightening experience we had in town on Monday night. My friend and I brought our four little girls aged eight and five to the Everyman for the K-pop concert. While heading back to catch our bus from Grand Parade, we mistakenly walked down Oliver Plunkett Street. As we got near Market Lane, a young man came up aggressively looking for money. And that's an understatement. He looked deeply unwell, incredibly thin, and it was clear that he was in the depths of active drug use. 78:18 He wouldn't leave us alone. And our kids were absolutely terrified. Bear in mind now, two aged five, two aged eight after the concert. So it would have been late enough. 78:28 They were terrified. We hurried away as fast as we could. But by the time we reached voodoo, things got even worse. There was a man in his underpants covered in blood in the middle of the street, surrounded by four or five Gardaí. We had to make the kids stare into a shop window just to shield them from what was happening so that they couldn't see it. It's heartbreaking, but our girls are now left with those frightening memories rather than anything to do with the concert we went to see. Sadly, we've learned our lesson. Won't be bringing the kids into the city centre again after dark. 79:00 I can't come on air as I'm working, but I just wanted to reach out and share what happened. Yeah, well, if you want another example in the middle of the day, just go along to Bishop Lucy Park any lunchtime, maybe to have a bit of lunch or have a sandwich on your lunch break. You will see all sorts in there and that's in the middle of the day. Jackie, good morning. 79:20 Good morning, Neil. I just wanted to make a quick point, Neil. I can't speak for all cars now, but in general, when you pick up Facebook, you'll see wanted car for around 500 euros, you know? 79:34 wanted car for about $300. Now everyone knows what them cars are for. I didn't know that. 79:38 I didn't know that. If I saw an ad like that, I'd know what it was for, yeah. 79:43 Yeah, oh, it's always on it. But Neil, what I'm saying is, there's one quick way around this for cars, some cars, okay? If the person that's buying that car, I'm buying a car off you, so you said to me, right, you can buy the car off me for $500, but I want to see your licence. And I'm going to photocopy your license and I'm going to send that off with the logbook. That should be law, actually. 80:09 Right. That's what I'm saying. Then you have somebody held accountable for buying that car. 80:16 Now, you said on there a few minutes ago, kids chipped in 200 euros each and they bought that car. 80:21 Yeah. 80:22 Well, that's the way around it, Neil. Somebody didn't have to hold accountability for selling that car. 80:30 I had a text earlier in the week from John Murphy. I asked him to know him. He's been in the motor trade for years and years. And he says there's no law in place where someone is buying a car from a dealer or a private person whereby they have to give a copy of their driving license. 80:46 And that then has to be... Well, there you go, Neil. And there should be. 80:50 Well, there should be. That's one small way around things now. 80:53 The only problem, and you are right in that regard, and I'll let you go, but if they want the cars, they'll rob them anyway. 81:00 Oh, that's another, I know, that's another situation. But what I'm saying is this could crack down on a lot of Black Garden that's going on as well, you know? 81:07 True enough. People have a lot of good ideas this morning. And thank you, Jackie. Take care. Thanks, Jackie. Thanks, James. Text 0868 104 106. Back after 11. 81:20 Be part of the conversation. The Neil Prent of a show with Elevate Credit Union on a free food Friday with Domino's Pizza. They have a passion for making the best pizza. And they're there for you, particularly as you head into the weekend. Maybe a nice treat, Friday night treat, pizza the weekend, work gathering or whatever the case may be. We've got lots of large pizzas and chicken wings, boneless bites, chicken kickers, chicken tenders, you name it. Potato edges and loads and loads of those. And selection of dips for dipping. So text who you are and where you're working to 0868-104-106. 81:52 We'll do another bunch of shout-outs in a few minutes' time. It's busy this morning, phone-wise, as usual. Veronica, good morning. 81:58 Good morning, Neil. How are you? 81:59 That was a bit of a calamity, wasn't it? 82:02 Oh, stuff. I'm a Limerick woman and I never thought I'd be so happy. 82:06 How did that happen? So you were going with your son to Ariana in London. What happened? 82:11 Yeah. So the tickets were purchased in St. John's College. A couple of people were looking to try to get them for me and they were got. But obviously Ariana had a kind of a clause that nobody could transfer those tickets in case they were trying to make money from them. So she got me the tickets. 82:32 The 18th was in our heads. It's written on the calendar. It's written everywhere. 18th, we're going to Ariana Grande in the O2. So we only received the tickets about three weeks ago. 82:42 This is the O2 in London now, lads, right? Go on. 82:45 In London, yeah. So we got the tickets about three weeks ago. They were released by the event organisers or Ariana or whatever. So the girl that got them from me sent them to me. But sure, I didn't... Didn't think to look at them. It was the 18th as far as we were concerned. We were going over so we flew out from Cork to Heathrow Monday, 17th. Delighted with ourselves. Wandered around London. My son's a huge Lego fan. We was off in. He got his Lego that he couldn't get here and having a great time. Couldn't wait to get to the concert up at the dawn. 83:15 He wanted to get up the front of the stage. I'm not a young woman. I'm not an old woman but I'm not a young woman. So I said, look, I'll give you the full experience. Last time I was there myself it was with Prince. So I am... Kind of knew a little bit of it. So I said, we're going to have to queue. If you want to get up the front, we're going to have to queue. So we went off to get on the cable car. I don't know if you're familiar with XL in London. 83:38 I know. 83:40 It's fantastic. I'll come back to that because you really need to. I couldn't recommend the place highly enough. It was the Ibis slash Novotol in XL in London. They were just amazing. Anyway, we went off to the cable car. We'll bring you over to the O2, which was an experience as well because we hadn't been on a cable car. So we're off over the top of the team. So we went up to him with the tickets. It's funny now. It wasn't funny at the time. So he said, it's today the 19th. And I said, I didn't know what day it was. We were just all buzzed up for the concert. 84:10 And I said, yeah, he's here. He said, no. He said, Ariana's not playing tonight. She's playing tomorrow night. 84:16 So you can imagine just looking at my son going, oh, for the love. So we would do the fly out tomorrow night, which was Wednesday night at half at six from Heathrow back to Cork. So obviously panic station. 84:27 You turned up on the 18th with tickets for the 19th. 84:32 Yes, I did. And I don't make mistakes, Neil. I'm known for not being someone that makes a mistake about anything. So this was a huge, stressful moment for me as well because I was like, how? But obviously the reason, as I've explained to you, was because we just didn't have the ticket. I booked this in September. I know. 84:49 I mean, you've made your excuse. I understand. But there was no gig at all that night when she slipped into... No, no, she wasn't playing at all. 84:57 She was taking a break Monday night. 84:59 It was closed. Nothing. 85:00 No, yes. Yeah, you could still go over to the O2, which I didn't know either. It was amazing. There's loads of shops and everything in there as well. It's different than it was when I went to Prince, let's put it that way. 85:09 So your man says that gig's tomorrow and I'd see you then. What did you do next? 85:13 I didn't know. My heart nearly fell out of my mouth. I didn't know what to do. I got panicked, obviously, a little bit. Thankfully, my son was calm, 19. He was pretty calm about the whole thing. So next thing was like first thing obviously I said we need to get back to the hotel to see can they keep us again tonight tomorrow night because the weekend was playing over there and Ariana Grande was coming back on to do another six shows like so I said this the hotels are going to be booked out solid but they didn't care they weren't letting us out of the place so they left us stay in the room we were in first of all which was just amazing and didn't rob us blind only charged us I don't know, £60 each to stay the next, the same, on the Wednesday night. 85:50 That's mad, isn't it? £60 for an extra night in a hotel. My God. 85:55 It was brilliant. Like, if there was anywhere else, like, I mean, if it was over here, I wouldn't like to think about anywhere. 86:00 Okay. So, but anyway, like, at least you, so you went, how was the gig? 86:06 The gig was amazing on the Wednesday night, but we still had to get home now. 86:10 I know, I was coming to that, but he had a night to remember. 86:15 Oh, she was, and we got right up the front. He could have touched her if she was able to stretch out as far as him. She looked at him and everything, you know. I sent a few videos into Red FM actually for Ciara because she knew we were going because I had been talking. We were on about it there one day because she played her new song and I told her, she said, send me the video. So there's a couple of videos on your site. 86:33 So you must have been queuing for hours then to get in to get up to the front. 86:37 We got there at 10 o'clock in the morning and we were about 60 in the queue. 86:42 What time is the gig at? 86:45 They opened the gate at half to six. 86:49 What do you do in a queue from 10 o'clock in the morning? 86:51 I'll tell you, Neil, I'll tell you this now, Neil. I've never seen, I've been to a lot of concerts in my time, but this was the most organised I've ever seen anything. The security guards came over to the hatch where we were kind of, you know, in behind the barriers, one barrier. Then we were at the top of the next barrier. I was like the security guard at the top of that, opening and closing it, letting people in and out. So they're basically told to take a selfie in the crowds and go in and do whatever you want to do. That's the only way you'll get back into the queue that you were in because they can see who you were standing beside. 87:20 Brilliant. So people, like, we went off for about three hours and we had something to eat and went to shopping. 87:25 But was it hot? 87:26 They were in the middle of a heatwave. 87:28 No, we were inside and it was an air con, obviously, was amazing inside in the O2. So it was just, I couldn't actually, and they gave me a chair. Like, I'm only 56, but I was treated like I was a lot older. I was given chairs and everything because my legs were a little bit acne. I had comfort, as I said. I looked like the security guard at the top of that. 87:46 Listen to me, not that I was ever a huge fan and I wasn't really particularly enamoured by the music of Elvis Presley, but let me give you an example. If Elvis Presley came back from the dead and was playing in the O2 at 8 o'clock, I would not join a queue at 10 o'clock in the morning for a gig that late. I just wouldn't do it. 88:05 This is a sacrifice I had to make for my son because this was, first of all, his first ever concert. 88:11 He wouldn't go to anybody until he saw her first. So I'd set the bar way too high. 88:17 I'd put him in the queue and I'd say, you mind that, I'd be back in 10 hours. 88:24 Yeah, but you could have done that in the O2 once you had a selfie with the person that was in the queue with you. You literally could. There was people gone away for ages, like went away to the bar and done whatever they had to do. But she was absolutely amazing. 88:37 Okay, all right. So moving swiftly along, you now have missed your flight because you stayed an extra day. 88:43 Yes, so we got on to him. I got on to my husband straight away, Ciarán, and I asked him to go up to the airport and go straight to the Aer Lingus desk and ask them Can they just move our, like, I know it does, it probably is a bigger deal than I'm saying it is, I don't know. Can they move us from half a six on Wednesday night to half a six on Thursday night? There was tickets there because I checked. They went up, they could do it, no problem, but they wanted €900 for us to come one way back to Cork. 89:14 450 each one way from what Heathrow to Cork. Okay and when you so that is exorbitant to say the least. 89:23 I couldn't believe my ears like I was like you know as I said people will always recommend Aer Lingus they're the best to fly with they have an amazing service I'm not going to say they don't. But like, I know for a fact, if that was Ryanair, which I don't want to be bigging them up for any reason, they would have only, they would have changed that for £100. I know they would have. I've done it before. They would have changed that for €100. 89:45 Okay, and do Aer Lingus not allow any facility to somebody who is already a paying customer, a passenger, to change for a fee? 89:54 This is my question to you because they weren't, my husband was up there and he stayed up there for about an hour, I'd say, trying to see was there anything at all they could do to help us And there was nothing unless he handed him over 900 euros there and then. 90:08 Was 900 euro the fee to change the tickets or to buy two new tickets? 90:15 Well, it was obviously two new tickets because when I was looking at the flights to try to come back ourselves, that's what they were looking for, to just come back one way. 90:23 So at the last minute, if you wanted to get a last minute flight quickly from Heathrow to Cork, you would be charged €450 one way. 90:31 May God forbid if something had happened, someone happened to somebody and you were away and you needed to come back straight away. That's what you were looking at to get back home. 90:40 OK, that's exorbitant. 90:42 There was nothing big happening in Cork. It's not like there was a big event here and everyone was trying to get back to Cork. There was nothing happening here. 90:49 OK, so you would think... I often think about that. If it's the last seat at the last minute, they're not going to sell it. So you'd think they'd be better off selling it cheaply. 90:57 Yes. And the thing is, we didn't leave it last minute. We gave the 48... This was at 11 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday morning when this happened to us. we needed it to be changed for Thursday. 91:09 So it's not like we would rocked up another... Because Viv checked our website. It says, Aer Lingus date change fees range from €29 to €150 per person each way, depending on when you make the change, your route, etc., or whether you book online, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Any difference in ticket price between your old and new flight also applies. I don't quite follow what that is. If it's outside 60 days before departure, it's €29. Within 60 days of departure, it's €49. 91:41 So where did they get €450? I don't know. 91:44 And, you know, I feel like I probably will send an email to them to question this. That makes no sense. We still then ended up having to pay €380, so €160, €70, €65, whatever, each to go from Heathrow to Dublin. We had to go to Dublin, like... 92:01 And who did you fly with to Dublin? 92:04 Aer Lingus, because if we had gone with Ryanair, the same thing was happening. They were looking for the same price. I wonder, I don't know, if you start checking stuff, do people see you checking it and they know these people are desperate or what? But their tickets were coming in at about, it would have cost us about six, seven hundred to come back to Cork one way with Ryanair as well. 92:23 It's that last minute caper, you see, that's the thing. 92:26 And you see, and the thing is, Neil, we brought our luggage because obviously my son was going to buy some merchandise. He wanted to go to the Lego store, got these big sets. So we count, we had, Aer Lingus weren't charging us for that luggage. 92:38 No, I get that, but it says on the website, if you're making... 92:42 Ryanair will charge you for everything they'll be charging you for they'll be charging you body weight soon believe me within 60 days of departure 49 euro is the cost to change the ticket online 50 euro at the airport and you're reading that on their website are you any difference in ticket price between your old and new flight also applies I don't even understand what that means do you understand what that means 93:07 No, no, I don't. And as I said, I'm going to have to go a bit further with this. So we got to Heathrow. I just mentioned it at the desk when we were going through. I said, look, I'm asking the question. I said, I'm probably wasting my time here. 93:20 There's a flight at half past six, I said, to Cork. Is there any chance we could get on that flight? 93:25 Oh, I see. I see what they're doing. I see what they're doing now. What they mean by any difference in ticket price between your old and new flight means that, you know, the flight difference in price. So like they take the price that you bought the first ticket. They take the price of the second ticket if you were buying it at the last minute. They subtract one from the other and then they add on the 29 or the 50 euro penalty. 93:50 Does that make sense? No, it doesn't make sense because it's still a stupid amount of money. 93:54 Like our whole trip for the two nights, flights and accommodation was like 700 euros in total, you know, for the whole thing. And they were looking for more than that to take us home from one way. 94:05 But they're all at it because you say Ryanair at the last minute as well. You would think, though, that if you are already... It's the same flight, just on a different day. You've already paid for it. OK, penalise me. I know there's going to be a charge, but it should be reasonable. 94:20 My husband was expecting to pay €100 maybe, maybe whatever, maybe €150 because we messed up the day, which was fine. It is what it is. But like, as I said... we still had to go into Dublin last night. So when I got to the desk, I asked her, she said, no, the best I can do for you, she said, is we can put you on the 20 past two flights into Dublin instead of the four o'clock. I said, we'll take that. Is that, are you going to charge us for that? No. Fine. I said, that's grand. I said, we'll get to Dublin a bit earlier. It'll be easier. So I booked the air coach, didn't I? For half past four, because that flight was due into Dublin at three o'clock. 94:54 So we get on the flight, we board the plane and he announces that, um, there was a delay in the flight. Oh, God. 95:02 You had a disaster. 95:02 So that flight, just long story short for that, but that flight didn't take off out of Heathrow till four o'clock. So we were still on the same flight, if you like. 95:09 I see a price ticket there for a flight out of London Heathrow, say, for instance, at half past six tomorrow, €184. What's that about? No. If you take the half ten from London Heathrow to Cork, Erlingit, €120. What's that about? 95:25 No. That's what I mean. Like, I wonder, that's what I'm saying to you, I wonder. 95:29 I think you should query it. 95:31 Yeah, when you do start looking at stuff, are they aware that you are looking so badly and all these are you desperate, you know? 95:38 Cookies, cookies and either of them. 95:39 I tried Stansted, I tried Luton, and every one of them were exactly the same. And I would say, this is just, like, it would make you think that they know you're desperate. 95:51 Absolutely. They can see who's looking at what and when they're looking at it. 95:57 So would you mind if we got on to them to see if they can explain why that happened? 96:00 I know you probably will as well. I would love if you'd done that for me. And that's a fact because I wasn't prepared to let it go because I feel like the last time I was speaking to you I was after coming back from Luton after my brother's funeral and it was the disastrous flight we came into where it's So every time I ring you, it seemed to be something to do with an aeroplane. 96:19 No, but it's... No, listen, in spite of everything else, it's... We would look if we had the money, like Neil, as well, besides anything else. 96:25 If we didn't, what happens then? 96:27 Okay, so it's one thing if you wanted a flight at the last minute, right? I get that. There can be all sorts of price increases and some people would say it's price gouging, taking advantage of people. But you were already a paid passenger who was making a different... 96:39 48 hours notice of the change. 96:43 And you can make that change up to 60 hours before the flight. You would think it would be a nominal change, particularly if there's seats on the plane. Alright, let's see what they have to say because I wouldn't be letting it go without a full explanation, you know? 96:55 No, I wouldn't either. 900 euro. But that's not good. It just was off and it didn't ruin our trip, thankfully. But we got, as I said, I booked the coach, the air coach in Dublin then for half as four. Obviously we missed that. I paid for a Flexi ticket for that. And then the next one was coming at half as five. He wouldn't let us on it. 97:14 Oh God. 97:15 Because we had already paid for half as four. I said I paid for Flexi. So then there was no half six service. 97:21 Why wouldn't he let you on if you had a Flexi ticket for God? 97:23 Because it was full and I had booked for half as four. 97:26 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 97:27 So... Do you know, it's okay, fair enough. So then, there was no half six service down to Cork. The next one was half seven. So we had to wait till half seven to get on to flight. We were up to get off the plane. 97:37 Oh, it's a total dose. The only upside to this is that the concert was absolutely fantastic. 97:41 And my son had an amazing time and a memory for life and you can't buy memories like that. 97:46 Well, let's see what they have to say. I'd love to get an explanation on your behalf. 97:49 Yeah, I hope, yeah. Yeah, brilliant. Thanks, Veronica. 97:52 Take care for now. Take care. 900 euro. What really is 900 euro to change the flight? 900 euro. It's London Heathrow, lads. It's not as if you're coming from, I don't know, Turkey or the middle of Europe or Scandinavia or something. It's London Heathrow. Text 0868 104 106. Calls, texts and emails after the break. 98:10 Get on to Prenderville. 98:11 Text or WhatsApp Neil now. 0868 104 106. The Neil Prenderville Show. 98:19 There's a really cracking documentary on RT. You'll get it on the RT player now and it deals with the Healy Ray family, primarily Michael and Danny Healy Ray. Although it does talk to a lot of supporters and canvassers and other politicians and media people and stuff. It really is worth watching. It's quite long actually, but it's a really good watch. And there's one thing you'd say about Michael Healy Ray is he doesn't hold back when he speaks his mind and he has the courage of his convictions and no fear. in letting people know his beliefs and what he stands for. One of the aspects of it that was quite interesting was because of rural pursuits, it involves guns and shotguns and things like that. 98:54 I'd love to get your thoughts on this. Perhaps there might be something you might be able to chat about next week when I'm not here. But part of it, we've just isolated. And this is, well, it's self-explanatory. Have a listen. 99:03 In the school of women, he was shooting crows out the window. 99:14 I have a lifelong interest in guns and I would credit Master Hickey with that. 99:20 I would have guns in my possession at all times. 99:24 Gun ownership is important to me. 99:27 If you're inside in your house and you're upstairs in your room and somebody is after breaking into your house and they're charging up the stairs to come at you and you are in possession of a firearm. A legally held firearm. Well, the person that goes up your stairs, as far as I'm concerned, if they go down that stairs in a box, no problem. Because they knew what they were doing when they entered into your house. It's all bets off. 99:58 All right, text 0868104106 if you agree or disagree with Jackie Healy Ray. That is the way in America, absolutely. And there are also some laws in Ireland that we already have with regards to what level of self-defense you can engage in if somebody comes into your property. 100:16 I think now it would be accepted, what Michael Healy Ray is saying. But back in 2013, he said something similar with the TV3 documentary he was doing at the time. where he said he would have no issue with using a gun on an intruder in his home. And that was on TV3 in 2013. Now, interestingly, as soon as he said that, the Garda Shakana arrived at his home down in Kilgarven and took away his rifle, took away his gun or whatever it was. He appealed it anyway and he got the gun back. 100:46 They said at the time that what he was saying... didn't really quite stack up when it came to the reason he had the firearm license in the first place, right? Do you know what I'm saying? So they confiscated the gun for a period of time. But your home is your castle, you're saying. And he's saying if somebody comes in to rob you or to rob your house or you're upstairs in the bedroom and you're petrified as they come up the stairs to rob or to attack or to violently assault you, you should be able to use whatever firearm or whatever weapon you have to defend yourself. 101:17 And if they go out the house... In a coffin, that's their own business. They shouldn't have come onto the property in the first place. Agree or disagree? Text 0868-104-106. I'm trying to squeeze as many calls in as I can. We'll do another bunch of shout-outs in a few minutes, but Tom's been holding. Tom, good morning. 101:33 How are you doing, Liam? How's it going? 101:35 Good. So I'm talking about, well, this was flight prices a second ago. Before you get on a plane, of course, you might well drive to the airport and park up. So tell me about that. 101:45 Well, first of all, the flight that I'm catching to Hungary used to be based out of Cork, but Ryanair moved it. That's one issue. 101:53 And the same to people who were trying to get to Poland, interestingly. 101:57 Yeah, it's the same with the Polish flights. They're all gone out of Cork. Gone. 102:03 But I went this morning about 8, 8.30. I went on the website for Shannon Parking, right? 102:15 And I got a quote for the holiday, which was from the 13th of September up until the 1st of October. 102:26 I got a quote for 140 euros, but I didn't have my wallet with me. So I went to get my wallet and I lost the quote, right? Right. 102:38 I'm not great on phones anyway. 102:41 So I went back in and the second quote was 209 euros for the same period. 102:50 You can speak to nobody. There is no such a thing as customer service anymore. You can speak to nobody and there's nobody. You can send an email and they'll think about it for four or five days. I got a response this morning. said we might get back to you in four or five days. 103:08 After four or five days, they got back to you saying we'll get back to you in four or five days? 103:13 No, no, no, no. This morning, I wrote them an email. 103:16 Oh, and they said then, OK, I thought it was four or five days after four or five days. 103:21 So nobody has explained to you why the first quote, that's about, so it's two weeks parking. So it's €70 a week kind of thing. 103:29 Yeah. 103:30 OK. Yeah. And OK, that's probably all right, I would have thought. 103:36 Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, 140 is what they gave me in the first quote. Why then does it turn into, yeah. And why did that happen? 103:48 Your guess is as good as mine. 103:50 So did you try a third time, see what it comes up with? 103:55 Oh, I did. And I tried the fourth time too. And guess what? It's 209. 103:59 What? 104:02 Are you sure it was $140 the first time this morning? 104:05 Oh, I swear to God. I swear to God. I said, that's a good price, no problem. And I went to get the wallet, get the bank card out, you know, do the deal. And came back and I lost it. So I went back in again and $209. 104:22 And you lost it all over again, as in a different way. So is it the same zone? Is it the same zone parking and everything? 104:31 Oh, yeah. Same everything. Same everything. 104:35 They actually gave me the green parking for 209. It was the same as... Sorry. They gave me the green parking for 140 and the blue parking was the same, even though it's a little bit further away. 104:48 That's mad. Talk about hyperinflation in the space of half an hour. 104:56 What rate of inflation is that on a yearly basis? 105:00 Will it be 2,000 next year? Is that the idea? Is that how they gouge people? Did you pay it? I mean, no, I didn't, my arse. What are you going to do? 105:12 I'll figure out something. It'd probably be cost-effective enough for me to go out and hire a car and drive it up there. 105:27 I can tell you the price of that. I can tell you the price of that because when our flight got cancelled in Cork Airport because of high wind, I rented a car to go from Cork Airport to Shannon Airport and it was €130. Yeah, €130, €140. Yeah, yeah. 105:42 No, I think that was one way... 105:49 Yeah, well, you know what? My son-in-law lives in Limerick. He's not a million miles away. He works beside the train station and I have free travel. 106:02 I'll tell you what, if you want to... My husband and my wife have free travel. I don't mind that you wouldn't be able to get... Oh, well, you can get a bus, but if you want, you could hire... Well, I did it with Avis, right? €130, picked it up at Cork Airport, drove it to Shannon Airport, gave it back to them, €130. That's what you should do. 106:20 Right. 106:21 That's what I will do. Problem solved. I'm telling you now, and then I don't have to at all. But it's just the idea that they're allowed to gouge like that and get away with it. 106:32 I hear you. I hear you. Thanks, Tom. Have a good trip. That's madness. Space half an hour from 140 euro for the fortnight to 209. 106:40 Renting a car is cheaper, I tell you. Morning, Neil. Where I am originally back in Yorkshire, they do put badly crashed cars on displays on roundabouts regularly, says Mike. You see, somebody's telling me I'd never get a job for Fall to Ireland or the tourist board putting mangled car wrecks up on roundabouts. But I still think it's a good idea. It'd be a serious wake up call. That lady is right about cars. Lots of young lads ring us looking for scrap cars that are still running. They call them field cars and they offer us €200 or €300. 107:12 Obviously, we don't sell them on. Usually, they say it's just for driving around a farm. Can't come on the air, but that would only be highlighting the business. But no bother in you reading out the message. So that's somebody in the trade who says that young lads are regularly ringing them looking for cheap cars that are still running. There are no deterrence for criminals. Billy Callagher is right. Deliberately driving down the wrong way on a motorway, it needs to be treated as attempted murder regardless of age. These young thugs are laughing at the judicial system. How many times did we hear about the 130 previous conviction? 107:44 The American system is right. Three strikes and you're out. Have you any idea how much it costs to send somebody to Oberstown for one young adult for one year? The texter is suggesting to me that it's €700,000. Now, I haven't fact-checked that figure. It's just somebody said that's the cost of it with regards to young offenders. I think there should be a line set up for parents whose children are not home by a certain time of the night. If they're not home, parents could ring the line to log that their child is missing. The Gardie and Tusla could then be notified in case of repeat offenders. 108:17 This would distinguish the parents who are actively trying to find children from the ones who couldn't care less. If you haven't called the line and your child is out, then the parents should be held accountable for their child's actions. 108:30 On scrap cars, any chance you might get a job with the Irish Tourist Board having every roundabout filled with scrap cars? I have an idea. Would the guards get off their asses and enforce the law? They know the thugs. They know where they live. Henry, they've already lifted some people and they continue to lift members of the various gangs, but they can't anticipate a crime or a crash before it happens. If you bought your first flight for €50 and the new ticket price is, say, €150, you have to pay the €100 difference in the ticket price, plus any penalties. 109:03 I accept that. But how can it get up as high as €900 for two people, even with penalties and flight differences? That's wrong. You're already an existing customer. 109:15 I know what you're saying. You pay the difference. 109:18 But you know that if it's at the last minute, it's an unreasonable amount to ask for in the first place. The woman's forgetting you're paying the fair difference. It's summertime, Neil. I had to pay it for myself this summer. You will have no case with Aer Lingus. It's nothing new. Never, ever change an original ticket. It's cheaper to buy a new flight. And don't cancel the original flight either. Don't give them time to resell your original booking. Yeah, they make, make, don't they, a lot of the time? They really and truly do. OK, we've got voice notes as well this morning. 109:48 One on guns and gun control. 109:51 Hi, Neil. I totally agree with Michael Heateray with the gun situation. If someone's found your house, they took the risk. 109:59 But I was in a farm there recently and there's a sign on the gate. If you're found here at night, you'll be found here in the morning and a picture of a rifle. So, yeah, I think that says it all. 110:12 All right. OK, fair play. In favour of what Michael Healy Ray says, somebody comes into your house and you've illegally held firearm and they're in there to rob you or to beat you up or assault you or possibly kill you, you have every right to shoot. Text 0868 104 106. Free Food Friday. Courtesy of ourselves and Domino's Pizza. Morning to everybody at Bright Path Healthcare and Home Care today. Always listening. Microbio in Formoy. They love Domino's and they love the show as well. Everybody at Millennium Hairwig Clinic in Blackpool. To all the staff at the Outpatients Department at the Mercy. 110:43 Morning to Suzanne and all of the gang. Freestorm ABS in Churchfield had a very busy week. It would be nice to be finishing off the week with pizza. The Little Hands Childcare and Redemption Road. Morning to Denise and all the gang. Tails and Tubbs Dog Grooming and Academy would love to win. Another few here including Smurfett, Westrock and Palladough Industrial Estate. Little Learners Childcare and Cove. To everybody at Caulfield Industrial in Little Island, you know who you are. Have a great day and a great weekend. Declutter, the cleaning business in North Cork, love pizza. Everybody at Dennis O'Neill Electrical, hard work up at the airport at the moment. 111:17 Rathbury and Glenview Stud, Eric Lynch Exhausts in Menon Bridge. Cork Auto Repairs on the Tremore Road are listening and Dr Marion Surgery in Mallow. I might get one more opportunity to do another bunch of shout-outs and pick a winner. For Free Food Friday, and we'll do it just before midday, Red Patrollers are standing by to deliver all the pizza, the chicken, the sides and the wedges to feed at least 15 of you in the workplace. So stand by for that one. Massive response yesterday to Strawberry Gate. Absolutely incredible. 111:47 The amount of people who had stories to share with regards to their food being robbed at work. I'll give you a selection of those after the break. 111:53 Get on to Prenderville now. 111:56 0818 104 106. The Neil Prenderville. 112:01 You know, they get money out of you either way, boy, no matter what happens, even if you die. There was a story this morning of a woman who died, came back to life and got a parking ticket in spite of the fact that she was dead when the parking ticket was issued. How does that work, you might ask? Well, a parking company has now apologized to an Auckland woman after she received a parking ticket for staying too long in a supermarket car park on the day she died and was brought back to life. Yes, the 54-year-old collapsed in the car park of the supermarket in Auckland, right? A stranger came along, performed chest compressions because they couldn't find a pulse. 112:35 This went on for a period of time. Ambulance came. She was taken to hospital. Her car should have been allowed to stay for 90 minutes, but it wasn't moved because she'd had a heart attack and technically died. 112:46 and it was left there for five and a half hours. So she received an $80 breach notice, as they call it down there. The fine wasn't waived, just reduced by $30. When she appealed it, or her family did, because she was busy trying to live at the time, having considered your appeal in detail, we've decided to uphold the fine as we believe that it was correctly issued in accordance with terms and conditions. 113:09 but we are able to reduce this to $30 instead. I mean, you would think that they would say, oh my God, that was awful what happened to you. We waive that and hope you make a full recovery. No way, boy. Bureaucracy at work in more ways than one. On Strawberrygate, if things are so bad in Red FM that people are resorting to stealing strawberries, maybe the bosses need to give the staff a pay rise. 113:32 "'I look forward to my food when I put it in the fridge. "'If someone stole it, I would be like Nidge. "'Revenge would be sweet and delivered post-haste, "'even if it was only just one little taste,' says Billy M. "'I'm telling you, there's a poetry book in you, Billy M. "'I worked in a job where you had to change into a uniform and work, "'and people's shoes you'd get robbed. "'I couldn't be dealing with that, fungal infections, the whole lot. "'I had a plumber once come in to do a bit of work in the house. "'I needed his toolbox up on the landing.' And I was wondering, I was saying to myself, the dog's very quiet. 114:04 Where the heck is the dog? Wasn't he up there munching on the plumber's breakfast roll? Oh my God, the plumber wasn't happy. I had to go down to the petrol station and buy him another one. Says Jar, you remind me. We had a painter in a few years back and Jack ate his sandwiches that were on a low coffee table. It happens a lot. My partner told me about where he worked. They put money into the kitty for milk and bread. One day there was no milk there, but there was a new mother who used to express breast milk. And kept it in a bottle in the fridge. One member of staff was particularly mean, wouldn't go out to buy the milk, so he took the bottle, thinking it was regular milk. 114:38 Needless to say, he got quite a shock. Talking about giving people shocks, there's an interesting one. You were chatting about people taking other people's food. A place where I used to work before, one of the lads would keep taking another guy's, Kimberly Mercado's. Wholesale, always robbing them. Anyway, my pa got so fed up of it in the end, he took the biscuits, wiped them all around the urinal in the men's toilet, put them back into the packet. 115:02 The culprit continued to take them, and when eventually it was announced as to what had happened to the Kimberley Mikados, he was sick for the entire day afterwards. Well, I suppose, if nothing else, that taught him a lesson. I absolutely don't touch anyone's belongings, and nobody gets a chance to touch mine. I have my own flask of boiling water, my own mug, and all my own food in a thermal bag with an ice block. It stays with me all day. The only time I use the kitchen is to wash my mug. I actually get the vomits when I see people sharing stuff. 115:34 Well, ain't nobody going to touch you because you're taking all of the precautions necessary. Keep them coming. Text 0868 104 106. I'm just keen to talk to Kieran Wise before we finish up. Kieran, good morning. Good morning, Neil. How are you? What a lovely story, because, you know, we talk about Heritage and Heritage Week and the state of the city. I know we'll talk in a second, but are you at all cautious about going into the city these days? 116:00 I'm very cautious, Neil. I kind of, ideally, would go in public transport, but that's not always great at night. But the things that would draw me in tend to be on daytime, a.g. Heritage Week events in the city library, bookshops, but... What you're telling me there, I'd have to be very cautious. 116:18 Ideally accompanied, ideally with a plan to get back quickly on a bus or whatever. 116:23 It's sad, like, it's sad. 116:24 I mean, I quite like, I'm into local history a big time now and I love walking around looking at even the names of streets, what they were called before and everything. I'm very curious and coming and going to shops. And a person going around doing that is very vulnerable. Yeah. 116:40 Now, you worked in local history. You were in the library, weren't you? 116:44 I worked in Cork County Library Local Studies. I know a lot of your clients fairly well, like Liam O'Higgine and maybe Ron Hurley was a friend of mine. 116:51 Yeah. 116:52 Retired about two months ago, but it's addictive. And this year now is very special. It was the library centenary, the Cork County Library. And... 117:02 No, I'd say there'd be lots to discuss there with the public library memories. 117:07 Yeah, and you know, it's something that I'd love to reminisce a bit more with you. And I know, you know, you'd love to do it. 117:13 I think you would, because I co-compiled a booklet now. And I defended an awful lot on newspaper reports, but I asked around. I'd say in the last year, anyone I met anywhere, even new people, would then... three minutes and asking about their own library and how they felt there. But now I have a lot of information. 117:32 Libraries have evolved and changed very much, haven't they? 117:36 Massively. Books now have become secondary. 117:41 But they're still probably pivotal. But people are going for other things. Consumer information, welfare rights. They're using... 117:51 I see DVDs. 117:53 CDs. Even YouTube now, music is an interest of mine. You can get all the old records of the 60s. 118:01 Okay. 118:01 Just put the name in there. Even the most obscure stuff now, music is... 118:05 a particular interest in the... And we'll chat about that in a few weeks, I promise you. 118:10 I think we should. 118:12 I know one of the things that you love to do is to visit record shops, what are left of them. 118:18 I do, and I had to... 118:20 So here's a list that I put together. These are the record shops from back in the day. See if I'm missing any. Ursula's, Kelly's, Golden Discs, HMV, Eason's, Cash's, would you believe, Hennessy's and Shanahan's. Am I missing any? 118:35 Hennessy's, this is a villain out of a flunk of street. In the same part as Shanahan's and Ursula's. Hennessy's. 118:43 Kelly's on the Grand Parade. 118:46 Hennessy's would have been on the Grand Parade. It was Fitzgerald's electrical shop. They gave records as well. But my main memory is most of the big shops, now Eason's, Woolworth's, Roach's Store, had record sections. But I know you didn't really get the atmosphere of a record shop because of the other hustling. But I think Ursula's, Shanahan's and Hennessy's had things very special going for them, which I can elaborate on in a minute. But as you go back in history, the record shop in Cork was Pigots. 119:19 They were up there at number 117 Patrick Street, where Dawbridge Street meets it. They had the same image now for music as Walt has had in Dublin. Apart from records, they tuned pianos for you. You've got sheet music, you've got tuition, book instruments and everything. 119:36 So we're up to 12 on the list now. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13. My God. 119:44 Yeah. Other record shops, Kelly's Post Office, as you said, did records. 119:51 There's, if you go up in time then, they're coming at Pat Egan's in 1970. 119:56 Ah, that's another one. God, I forgot that. 119:58 No, the thing is now, I would think now, Pat Egan's by then, he fills the gap. 120:05 While the record shops now were okay for buying albums, there were certain kinds of scenes, cult acts coming from the west coast of America. like various spin-off bands of Jefferson Airplane or The Grateful Dead. Then over in England, more esoteric stuff like Soft Machine or King Crimson or The Incredible String Band. You mightn't get those in the main record shops. You got them easily in Pat Egan's. Up to that, you had to order by mail. I gotcha. 120:31 Yeah, so we're at 14 now. 120:33 And then they put a 40% VAT rate on it in 1976. But fortunately, Pat Egan had come that time and he'd order your records for you then. 120:43 it was part of the scene. 120:44 I'd say people will add to that. Yeah, I'd say people will add to that list. 120:49 They will. And going back earlier on, then Piggots were the people. 120:55 Possibly most electrical shops back in the 40s and 50s sold gramophones and records as well. But I think the records were kind of secondary. But the big game changer then is the coming of Golds and Discs in 1979. The record chains. And they've been there since. They've come and gone. But the old kind of ones aren't gone entirely. There are small indie shops around. 121:18 There are. There's one on McCurtain Street. There's one on Patrick's Quay. 121:23 Yeah, and there's one on Camden Quay, I think, just called... Camden Quay. 121:27 You're spot on, Ciarán. 121:28 Camden Quay. There's one on Camden Quay and there was one in Lancaster Quay, I think, records and relics or something. 121:34 I wrote down the names there, but you'll get them yourself in a minute. 121:37 I'll tell you what I will do, because I'm out of time now and I need to shift seats for Ciara. 121:42 I would think now I had a similar discussion on another station recently about the record scene in Dublin. 121:49 The lines went more hairwear. Oh, listen, I'm mad keen. 121:52 I tell you, we will come back to another minute. 121:55 We should revisit this matter. 121:56 And I will encourage people to text 0868 104 106 because it's an incredible topic of conversation. Very nostalgic. And when I'm back, we'll drive it on, Ciarán. My apologies for now, though. 122:08 Well, we can also revisit the library as well. You better believe it, baby. 122:12 I won't let you down. I won't let you down. 122:14 Two popular consumer goods now, the book and the record. 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