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STAR'S ASHES

IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE DEATH OF POPSTAR STEPHEN GATELY AND ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH FRIENDS, HIS PARTNER AND FAMILY WILL GATHER TOGETHER TO SCATTER STEPHEN'S ASHES AT ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE PLACES AT HOME IN IRELAND.  SO TODAY COLM WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PLANS POST-DEATH.  WHERE DO YOU WANT YOUR FINAL RESTING PLACE TO BE, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE SPRINKLED?  WHERE HAVE YOU SPRINKLED FAMILY AND FRIENDS?  SOME REPLIES WERE SWEET AND SOME WERE DOWNRIGHT INVENTIVE.

BEFORE LIZ'S FRIEND DIED SHE REQUESTED TO BE SPRINKLED OVER THE HAROLD'S CROSS BRIDGE SO AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY LIZ, ACCOMPANIED BY HER FRIEND'S TWO DAUGHTERS SCATTERED THE ASHES OVER THE BRIDGE AND TOOK A PHOTO OF THE ASHES FLOWING DOWN THE RIVER.

SHERALD HAS HER MOTHERS ASHES IN A GLASS PRESS IN THE KITCHEN WHICH IS WHAT SHE WANTED.

PAT'S BROTHER DIED IN AUSTRALIA 7 YEARS AGO AND AFTER HIS ASHES WERE POSTED BACK, PAT SPRINKLED THEM OVER RED ROCK IN HOWTH HEAD.

MARTIN'S AUNT LIVED IN SURREY IN THE UK AND SHE WANTED HER ASHES SPRINKLED AT WISELY GARDENS BY HER FAVOURITE SPOT IN THE PARK.  WHEN MARTIN WAS ADVISED NOT TO ASK COULD HE SPRINKLE THE ASHES (BECAUSE HE WOULD BE TOLD NO) THEN HE SMUGGLED THE ASHES INTO THE PARK AND SHOVELED THEM, WITH A SPOON,  UNDER A RHODODENDRUN BUSH.

MAURICE READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT A LADY WHO PRE-ARRANGED TO HAVE HER ASHES PUT INTO FIREWORKS AND ARRANGED A HUGE PARTY FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  TALK ABOUT MAKING AN EXIT TO BE REMEMBERED?

TAXI INDUSTRY 

COLM ALSO GOT ON TO THE TAXI DRIVERS OF THE COUNTRY AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY WOULD BE INJECTED INTO THE TAXI INDUSTRY, BASICALLY TO GIVE IT A FACELIFT.  THE PEOPLE TAXI DRIVERS AND EVERYONE ELSE BESIDES, AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT.

JAMES THINKS ITS THE BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY BECAUSE IRELAND HAS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNISABLE GROUP OF TAXIS IN EUROPE WITH THE YELLOW NEON SIGNS ON THE ROOF. 

MICHAEL RANG IN TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TAAXI DRIVERS WHO HAVE A STICKER ON THE SIDE OF THEIR CAB STATING THAT THE DRIVER IS IRISH.  FAIR OR NOT?  THAT'S THE QUESTION.

JULIANNE LIVES 4 MILES FROM DUBLIN AIRPORT AND HER PARENTS WERE STUNG WITH A €58 FARE AFTER A TAXI DRIVER DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS GOING.  SHE SAID THAT OFTEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A TAXI FROM THE AIRPORT TO PORTMARNOCK WITHOUT THE DRIVER HAVING A SOUR FACE ABOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THE RANK TO GO TO A DESTINATION SO CLOSE.

MARCUS RECONS THE TAXI REGULATOR WENT TOO FAR WITH DEREGULATION, CAUSING AN OPEN-SEASON SYSTEM IN THE TAXI INDUSTRY.  HE RECKONS THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT CLEANING UP THE INDUSTRY.

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I/V CARLOS SANTANA

WE ALSO GOT THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO CARLOS SANTANA ON THE SHOW TODAY AHEAD OF HIS GIG TONIGHT IN THE O2. 

BREASTFEEDING

NATIONAL BREASTFEEDING WEEK, WHICH STARTS ON FRIDAY, WILL SEE MANY NEW MOTHERS GATHER TOGETHER IN A CORK SHOPPING CENTRE TO TRY AND BREAK THE WORLD BREASTFEEDING RECORD.  THE WORLD RECORD IS CURRENTLY HELD BY CANADA WHERE THE FIGURE OF BABIES FEEDING SIMULTANEOUSLY STANDS AT 850.  SO FAR JUST 50 NEW MOTHERS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE EVENT SO IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT, GET YOURSELF TO MAHON POINT SHOPPING CENTRE, CORK THIS WEEKEND, SATURDAY 11AM.

AND OF COURSE BREASTFEEDING IS A POPULAR, AND NOT SO POPULAR SUBJECT.  IT SEEMS AS IF THE NATION IS STILL DIVIDED ON WHETHER OR NOT FEEDING YOUR BABY IN PUBLIC IS ACCEPTABLE.

GERRY WAS DEALING WITH A LADY WHO WAS IN BUYING A CAR AND SHE WAS BREASTFEEDING WHILE TALKING TO HIM.  HE DOESN'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

MAUREEN CLAIMED THAT THE WHOLE ISSUE OF BREASTFEEDING IS OUT OF CONTROL.  NOBODY WOULD CARE IF A KITTEN WENT TO ITS MOTHER FOR A DRINK SO WHY WOULD PEOPLE GIVE OUT ABOUT THIS?

GLORIA CAN'T BELIEVE THE FUSS THAT IS BEING MADE WHEN WE HAVE TO SEE BARE LADIES ON THE FRONT OF LADS MAGAZINES ALL THE TIME.  SHE SAYS SOCIETY IS WARPED.

MOIRA HAS BEEN FEEDING HER BABY FOR THE PAST 16 MONTHS AND DOES IT EVERYTHERE....PLANES, DISNEYLAND... A BABY NEEDS TO BE FED RIGHT?

JOANNE DOESN'T THINK THAT IRELAND HAS CHANGED AT ALL IN TERMS OF BREAST FEEDING.  SHE STILL FINDS THAT PEOPLE ARE SO SHOCKED IF SHE FEEDS IN A PUBLIC PLACE.  JOANNE MEETS OTHER MOTHERS FOR COFFEE MORNINGS AND THEY ALL BREASTFEED THEIR BABIES TOGETHER.  SHE SAYS IS OFFERS SUPPORT TO MOTHERS WHO MAY BE NERVOUS ABOUT BREASTFEEDING.

SIOBHAN PURCHASED A HOOTER HIDER FROM THE INTERNET SAYING THAT IT ALLOWS HER TO FEED HER CHILD WITH PRIVACY.  SHE HAS USED IT ON HER 3 CHILDREN AND IT CONCEALS THE BABY AND HER HOOTER FROM STARING EYES.

AND MARILYN MENTIONED THE HUMAN MILK BANK IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND WHO ACCEPT BREAST MILK DONATIONS FOR SICK BABIES WHO'S MOTHERS CAN'T BREASTFEED. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HUMAN MILK BANK PLEASE CONTACT:

THE HUMAN MILK BANK, UNIT 2, THE CORN SHED, MILLSTREET, IRVINESTOWN, BT 94 1GR. / t-m-b@live.co.uk / REP OF IRELAND: 048 686 28333 / N.I: 028 686 28333.

HOARDING THINGS IN YOUR HOME 

COLM ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOARDING.  THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO JUST HAVE TO KEEP EVERYTHING, LITTLE TRAIN TICKETS THAT ARE 4 YEARS OLD, EMPTY BOXES, OLD NEWSPAPERS.  SOME PEOPLE THROW OUT NOTHING.  SO TODAY HE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WITH SLIGHT HOARDING PROBLEMS LIKE GEORGE WHO HAD A BOX OF GOOSEBERRIES IN HIS FREEZER FOR 13.5 YEARS AND RECENTLY MADE GOOSEBERRY JAM OUT OF THEM.  THE JAM WAS DELICIOUS AND WHY WOULDN'T IT BE WHAT WITH ANTIQUE BERRIES?

TERESA KEPT PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING HER CHILDREN EVER TOUCHED.  TOYS, CLOTHES, SHOES AND ANYTHING WITH MEMORIES ATTACHED.  SHE PLANS TO GIVE THEM EACH A BOX OF NOSTALGIA WHEN THEY LEAVE HOME.

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SATNAV'S

SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK THEY'RE THE BEST INVENTION IN THE WORLD AND OTHERS, WELL, NOT QUITE SO MUCH.  FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T QUITE GRASPED A SENSE OF DIRECTION, A SATNAV BECOMES THEIR BEST FRIEND.  FOR THE REST OF US, THEY CAUSE MORE TROUBLE THAN THEIR WORTH AND WE END UP MORE LOST THAN WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUR JOURNEY. 

COLM TALKED TO PAT, MARIE AND ROSE WHO ALL FOUND THEMSELVES A LITTLE OFF THE BEATEN TRACK WHEN THEY TOOK NANCY THE NAVIGATOR ON HOLIDAYS.  PAT AND HIS FRIEND WERE TOURING NORTHERN SPAIN AND THE FRIEND, AN AVID SATNAV FAN, WAS LOOKING FOR AN ATM.  HE ENTERED 'ATM' INTO THE SATNAV AND THEY FOUND THEMSELVES DRIVING UP TO A FARM MORE THAN AN HOUR LATER EVEN THOUGH THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ATM WITHIN 10 MILES.  TO THIS DAY THE FRIEND IS STILL CONVINCED THERE IS AN ATM ON THAT FARM.

MARIE FROM WEXFORD WENT ON HOLIDAYS IN THE CAMPERVAN TO THE MAINLAND AND DECIDED TO BORROW HER DAD'S SATNAV.  SHE DISCOVERED THAT HIS RECENTLY UPDATED MAPS HADN'T ACTUALLY LOADED ON TO THE SATNAV AND SHE ENDED UP HAVING TO BUY MORE WHILE SHE WAS AWAY.  OUT OF 8 SATNAVS, BELONGING TO EVERYONE WHO WAS ON THE TRIP, ONLY ONE WAS WORKING.

ROSE TOOK THE SATNAV TO FRANCE LAST YEAR ON A TRIP TO FIND THE GRAVE OF HER HUSBAND'S GRANDFATHER WHO DIED IN WW1.  THEY GOT TO THE TOWN NEAREST THE GRAVEYARD AND SET UP THE SATNAV TO GO TO THE EXACT LOCATION.  4 HOURS LATER THEY WERE STILL DRIVING AND WHEN THEY REACHED A PETROL STATION THEY WERE TOLD IN TRUE SATNAV STYLE, 'YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR DESTINATION.'  WITH NO GRAVEYARD IN SIGHT THEY GAVE UP AND WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL AND LATER ENDED UP GETTING A TAXI TO THE GRAVEYARD WHICH WAS ONLY 25 MILES AWAY.

LOST "TEDDY" IN FRANCE

LORNA CALLED IN TO US ABOUT MR SNUG, A LOST TEDDY BELONGING TO HER CHILD.  MR SNUG WENT MISSING IN FRANCE SO WE SET OUT TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR HER.  ENTER FIDELMA.  FIDELMA CALLED IN TO SAY THAT SHE HAS ONE OF THOSE EXACT TEDDYS AND CAN SEND IT TO LORNA.  HAPPY DAYS!

CLONING REGISTRATION PLATES

IT SEEMS AS IF THERE IS AN EVER INCREASING PROBLEM CONCERNING VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES BEING STOLEN OR CLONED.  ANDREW, MARY, AISILING AND ERIC ALL RANG IN WITH THEIR EXPERIENCES OF THIS. 

ANDREW HAD THE GARDAI CALL TO HIS DOOR AFTER THE PERSON WHO STOLE HIS REGISTRATION FILLED UP THEIR VEHICLE AT A LOCAL FILLING STATION AND DROVE OFF WITHOUT PAYING.

MARY DISCOVERED THAT SOMEONE WAS USING HER REGISTRATION WHEN SHE STARTED RECEIVING BILLS FROM EFLOW.  THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE CAR WAS DIFFERENT FROM HER OWN.  SHE WAS QUICKLY ISSUED WITH AN APOLOGY.

AISLING'S PLATES WERE ON A CAR INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN.  SHE WENT TO THE GARDA STATION ABOUT IT.

ERIC WAS OUT ON HIS TRAVELS ONE DAY WHEN HE GOT BOOKED FOR SPEEDING.  HE GOT A KNOCK ON HIS DOOR SOME TIME LATER TO SAY THAT HIS CAR HAD BEEN USED IN THE ROBBING OF A BAG, THE SAME TIME AS HE GOT DONE FOR SPEEDING.  HE PROMPTLY REMINDED THE GARDAI THAT HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ROBBERY.

SINGLE SEX SCHOOLS V CO-ED SCHOOLS

THERE'S A LOT OF ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST SINGLE SEX SCHOOLS -V CO-ED SCHOOLS.  TODAY COLM TALKED TO MONICA, DEIRDRE, AINE AND CIERAN ABOUT THE MATTER.  MONICA WENT TO A CO-ED SCHOOL AND THINKS ITS THE ONLY WAY TO GO.  SHE SAID IT WAS THE BEST THING FOR HER AND WILL BE SENDING HER DAUGHTER TO A CO-ED SCHOOL.

DEIRDRE HAS BOTH HER CHILDREN IN CO-ED SCHOOL, BELIEVING IT'S THE MOST NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.  SHE SAYS THERE NO NO BETTER PLACE TO PREPARE THEM FOR WHAT THEY WILL ENCOUNTER IN LIFE.

AFTER GOING TO A SINGLE SEX BOARDING SCHOOL HERSELF, AINE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO SEND HER CHILDREN INTO CO-ED SCHOOL.  SHE FOUND THAT WHEN SHE WAS IN SCHOOL GIRLS WERE EVEN MORE DISTRACTED BY GLIMPSES OF MALE STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBOURING SCHOOLS THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY THEM ALL THE TIME.

CIERAN RECKONS THAT THERE SHOULD BE SINGLE SEX SCHOOLS.  HE WAS IN A CO-ED SCHOOL HIMSELF AND WAS DISTRACTED BY THE GIRLS THERE.

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MICHAEL BUBLE CONCERT

HAILED AS THE MODERN-DAY FRANK SINATRA, MICHAEL BUBLE HAS TAKEN THE MUSIC WORLD BY STORM AND OVER THE WEEKEND HE PLAYED A SELL OUT GIG AT DUBLIN'S AVIVA STADIUM.  TODAY COLM TALKED TO LISTENERS WHO WERE AT THE GIG ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, ESPECIALLY SEEN AS IT WAS THE FIRST GIG TO BE HELD AT THE STADIUM.  AT €87.50 PER TICKET, MANY PEOPLE WERE NOT PLEASED WITH THE GIG.  WITH A PRICETAG LIKE THAT, THEY EXPECTED, AND HAD A RIGHT TO EXPECT, A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THEIR MONEY.  THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MOST TROUBLE WERE THOSE ON THE UPPER TIERS WHERE THE ACCOUSTICS JUST DIDN'T CUT IT. 

LISA SAID IT WAS WAY TOO HIGH IN THE UPPER STAND AND DOESN'T KNOW HOW THE GROUND FLOOR TICKETS WERE THE SAME PRICE AS WHAT SHE PAID, FOR A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE. 

SHARON WAS ALSO ON THE TOP TIER AND FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONCERT WAS AFRAID TO MOVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE THE SEATING WAS SO STEEP. 

ORLA, MARIE AND MARY HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BEVERAGES, OR LACK OF, AT THE GIG.  THEY EXPECTED MORE THAN BEER AND WHITE WINE FROM A VENUE LIKE THE AVIVA.  TO THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT IT SEEMS THAT THE RED WINE HAD RUN A LITTLE DRY.

SARAH AND HER DAUGHTER GOT A LITTLE MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR WHEN MICHAEL CAUGHT HER DAUGHTER WAVING AT HIM FROM THE AUDIENCE AND HE STOPPED SINGING TO START TALKING TO HER.

FAMILY RUN BUSINESS

ALSO ON THE SHOW TODAY WE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAMILY BUSINESSES.  IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO WORK WITH YOUR FAMILY OR NOT?  APPARENTLY IT'S NOT THAT BAD AND IN FACT, SOME FIND IT QUITE ENJOYABLE. 

ROB AND BERNARD BOTH WORK IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS WITH THEIR BROTHERS AND FIND THAT BUSINESS GOES SMOOTHLY WITH LITTLE OR NO HICCUPS. 

LINDA IS A MIDDLE SISTER AND WORKS IN THE FAMILY'S ALTERATION BUSINESS WITH TWO OTHER SISTERS.  SHE GETS ALONG WITH THEM WELL AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THE BUSINESS.

AND DENISE AND HER HUSBAND WHO HAVE 6 CHILDREN BOTH WORK IN THE SAME COMPANY.  IT PROVIDES LOTS OF CHALLENGES BUT THEY WORK ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE COMPANY SO THEY DON'T SEE EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.

NICKNAMES

SOMETIMES THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY JOES OR PATS IN THE ONE FAMILY OR ON THE ONE STREET THAT THERE'S A NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE.  OR THERE ARE SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE ONE FAMILY LIVING IN ONE AREA THAT THE ENTIRE CLAN ADOPTS A NICKNAME.  ALANNAH'S FAMILY HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THE NAME BARNEY, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BOYLES.  THE NICKNAME HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THEIR FAMILY SINCE THEIR GRANDFATHERS TIME.  BARBARA'S FAMILY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE COOKS FOR YEARS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF BYRNES LIVING IN THE AREA.  SO NOW TO DISTINGUISH PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN FIRST NAME FOLLOWED BY THE OCCUPATION OF THE GRANDFATHER, LIKE JOHN THE JOINER OR CLARE THE COOK. 

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PEOPLE'S PETS

IT WAS ALL TALK ABOUT OUR CANINE FRIENDS TODAY AFTER A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE HAVE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PETS THAN THEIR PARTNERS.  IT SEEMS THIS MIGHT JUST BE TRUE!  WE TALKED TO A WHOLE HOST OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THE WORLD OF THEIR FLUFFY FRIENDS. 

FRANK'S SISTER HAS 2 DOGS WHICH SHE TREATS LIKE CHILDREN.  SHE BUYS COATS AND SCARVES FOR THEM AND LETS THEM SLEEP IN HER BED.  STEVEN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HAVE 4 DOGS A 2 SLEEP IN THEIR BED WITH THEM.  HE AND HIS GIRFRIEN DRESS THEM UP (THEY WERE SHEEP LASY HALLOWEEN) AND TAKE THEM EVERYWHERE, EVEN ON HOLIDAYS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR YEARS BECAUSE THE DOGS CAN'T GO TOO. 

SO WE HAVE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT DRESS THEIR DOGS BUT THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO PULL SPECIAL FAVOURS FOR THEIR PETS.  MARTINA TELLS US HOW HER DAD LEAVES TWO SOLAR LIGHTS NEXT TO THE DOG'S BED BECAUSE HE IS AFRAID OF THE DARK.  DONNA SPOKE OF HAVING TO GIVE UP HER SEAT TO THE FAMILY DOG WHEN SHE VISITED HER HUSBANDS FAMILY HOME EARLY IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP.  SHE THOUGHT THE DOG CAME OVER FOR A PAT ON THE HEAD BUT ACTUALLY HE WANTED HER TO MOVE OUT OF HIS CHAIR.  MARIAN'S HUSBAND RECORDS HIS DOG'S FAVOURITE TV SHOWS AND PLAYS THEM BACK FOR HER AND ALAN HAS MADE A DRINKING PARTNER OUT OF HIS DOG, ALLOWING IT TO TAKE SIPS FROM THE BEER BOTTLE.  A STEP TOO FAR?  MAYBE...

RACHEL AND HER HUSBAND MOVED BACK FROM DALLAS TX LAST YEAR AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY SAVING UP FOR THE RETURN OF THEIR DOGS WHICH WILL COST A STAGGERING €1800 PER DOG.

AND JOSEPH HAS HIS DOG SIT IN A BOOSTER SEAT IN THE CAR, CLAIMING THE DOG CAN GIVE A HIGH FIVE.

RELIGION

THE TOPIC OF RELIGION CAME UP TODAY WHEN THE TELEGRAPH SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO TURN THEIR BACK ON GOD ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER ILLNESS AND START DRINKING.  COLM TALKED TO MARK A DEVOUT CATHOLIC WHO GOES TO MASS EVERY SUNDAY.  PATRINA ALSO TOLD US HOW SHE TURNED HER BACK ON GOD WHEN HER LOCAL PRIEST TOLD HER SHE WAS LIVING IN SIN AND WOULD NOT GIVE HER HOLY COMMUNION UNLESS SHE WENT TO CONFESSION.  SHE KEPT THE BOYFRIEND AND DITCHED GOD.

ANN LOST HER CHILD AND HER MOTHER WITHIN 6 MONTHS.  SHE TURNED HER BACK ON RELIGION AND GOD AND WENT INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF DRINKING AND SMOKING.  LATER SHE GAVE UP BOTH SUBSTANCES AND STARTED GOING TO MASS AGAIN.  LIFE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC FOR HER EVER SINCE. 

LIDL FINAL

AND TODAY WE RAN THE FINAL OF THE LIDL COMPETITION AND A KILDARE WOMAN WON THE FIAT PUNTO EVO!  EXCITING TIMES!

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KNIFE CRIME

IRISH KIDS HAVE BEEN RANKED THE WORST IN EUROPE FOR CARRYING KNIVES AND OTHER WEAPONS TO SCHOOL.  A STUDY BY THE UN WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REVEALED THAT 13.9% OF IRISH CHILDREN CARRY WEAPONS TO SCHOOL AND THAT IRELAND HAD THE HIGHEST HOMICIDE RATE OF YOUNG MEN IN WESTERN EUROPE.  SO TODAY ON THE SHOW COLM TALKED TO THE IRISH PEOPLE ABOUT WEAPONS AND KNIFE CRIME. 

PAT SAID THAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN THESE DAYS AND AS A RESULT KIDS ARE AFRAID OF NOBODY.  BILL AGREED, BLAMING THE PARENTS FOR NOT TEACHING THEIR KIDS RESPECT.

JOHN CALLED IN WITH A DIFFERENT SIDE TO THE ISSUE OF KNIFE CRIME.  HAVING BEEN BULLIED FOR YEARS IN A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN, JOHN EVENTUALLY BEGAN CARRYING A KNIFE WITH HIM AND CONTINUED TO DO SO FOR YEARS.  HE RECKONS IN SCHOOLS, TEACHERS DON'T REALLY CARE AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST MULTIPLE ATTACKERS.

13 YEAR OLD LEO UNDERSTANDS WHY PEOPLE CARRY KNIVES.  THEY FEEL INTIMIDATED IF THEY ARE BEING BULLIED BY OLDER PEOPLE AND ALSO THEY WILL CARRY A KNIFE IF THEIR FRIENDS ARE DOING THE SAME.

NOELEEN ALSO TOLD US ABOUT HOW SHE WAS ATTACKED 12 YEARS AGO AND IF SHE'D HAD A KNIFE AT THE TIME SHE WOULD HAVE USED IT.  IT TOOK HER 10 YEARS TO GET OVER THE TRAUMA OF THE ATTACK. 

STERILIZATION

WE ALSO DIPPED BACK INTO THE TOPIC OF STERILIZATION AFTER THE HUGE REACTION IT GOT YESTERDAY AND COLM SPOKE TO DR CAITRIONA HENCHION OF THE IRISH FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION WHO DISCUSSED THE PROTOCOL FOR THE PROCEDURE.

HE ALSO TALKED TO CAROL WHO WAS REFUSED STERILIZATION AFTER SHE HAD 5 BABY BOYS.  HER DOCTOR CONSIDERED HER TOO YOUNG AT 33. 

JANET WAS STERILIZED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND AFTER A REVERSAL SHE WENT ON TO HAVE A BABY GIRL.

GENDER IDENTITY

AFTER GETTING A TEXT IN FROM NAKITA, COLM TALKED TO HER ABOUT HER GENDER IDENTITY ISSUE.  NAKITA WAS CHRISTENED JON AND FOR THE LAST 15-20 YEARS JON HAS WANTED TO BE A WOMAN.  IF YOU HAVE FOUND YOURSELF IN THE SAME POSITION AND NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO IN CONFIDENCE, PLEASE VISIT WWW.OUTHOUSE.IE OR CALL 01 873 4999.  ALSO AVAILABLE TO TALK ARE THE PEOPLE AT WWW.TENI.IE (TRANSGENDER EQUALITY NETWORK) OR 085 147 7166 AND 01 633 4687.

LIDL COMPETITION 

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GETTING THE SNIP/YES OR NO

BABIES, THEY'RE THE CUTEST, AREN'T THEY?  BUT THERE COMES A POINT IN YOU LIFE WHEN YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, 'I'M DONE HAVING KIDS, THE FAMILY IS PERFECT, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,' OR MAYBE YOU NEVER WANTED KIDS IN THE FIRST PLACE.  THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM CREATING ANY MORE OFFSPRING BUT NONE AS EFFECTIVE AS HAVING THE SNIP.  COLM TALKED TO A WHOLE HOST OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO HAVE HAD THE SURGERY DONE, WANT TO HAVE THE SURGERY DONE AND THOSE WHO PLAIN REFUSE TO GET IT DONE.

SHANE FROM MEATH HAD THE OPERATION 5 YEARS AGO AFTER HAVING 3 CHILDREN.  HE SAYS IT WAS THE BEST THING HE EVER DID.

PETER HAD THE SNIP WHEN HE WAS JUST 21 AFTER HAVING 3 CHILDREN, POSSIBLY MAKING HIM THE YOUNGEST MAN IN IRELAND TO HAVE IT DONE.

MEL TALKED ABOUT SAVING HER HUSBAND FROM HAVING TO GET THE SNIP AND OPTED TO BE STERALISED AFTER HER 3RD CHILD, FEELING HER FAMILY WAS COMPLETE.

BERNIE RIGHTLY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF PERMISSION WHEN IT COMES TO BEING STERALISED.  WHEN SHE WENT TO SEE ABOUT STERALISATION 5 YEARS AGO SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE DOCTOR WOULD NEED TO SPEAK TO HER HUSBAND ABOUT IT TO MAKE SURE HE WAS HAPPY WITH THE PROCEDURE.  HER BROTHER WENT FOR A VASECTOMY THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND WAS BOOKED IN FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH, NO PERMISSION REQUIRED FROM HIS PARTNER.

LISA ALSO TALKED ABOUT PERMISSION REQUIRED.  SHE SEPARATED FROM HER HUSBAND AND WAS LIVING WITH ANOTHER MAN FOR 8 YEARS.  WHEN SHE WENT TO BE STERALISED, HER HUSBAND STILL HAD TO SANCTION IT, DESPITE THE FACT THEY WERE SEPARATED MORE THAN 8 YEARS.

LIDL COMPETITION 

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SLEEPING TOGETHER/APART

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THOSE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF MARITAL BLISS... COSYING UP IN BED TOGETHER, LAYING LIKE SPOONS ALL NIGHT, DREADING EVER SLEEPING APART, NOT WANTING TO LEAVE AN INCH OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONE AND WOULDN'T THE WORLD BE PERFECT IF YOU COULD BOTH LAY LIKE THAT FOREVER AND EVER?  THAT'S ALL YOU EVER NEED, RIGHT?  WRONG...  AN AMERICAN STUDY RECENTLY REVEALED THAT MORE AND MORE COUPLES ARE SPENDING THEIR NIGHTS COSIED UP IN BED ALRIGHT, BUT IN THEIR OWN SEPERATE ROOMS OR AT LEAST THEIR OWN SEPERATE BEDS.  SO WE THREW THE QUESTION OUT THERE, ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR OWN SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEIR PARTNERS.  WE WERE A LITTLE SHOCKED BY THE RESULTS.  IT CERTAINLY APPEARS AS IF MOST OF OUR OWN LISTENERS DO IN FACT LIKE TO SLUMBER AT A DISTANCE FROM THEIR OTHER HALF.

RACHEL IS 20 AND LOVES HER HUSBAND NO END BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SLEEPING SHE'D LOVE HER OWN BED WHERE SHE COULD HAVE PINK SHEETS AND DECLARE IT A NO-FART ZONE.  HER HUSBAND DOESN'T LIKE THE IDEA ONE BIT EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS OFFERED TO SHARE FOR BED FOR INTIMATE TIME, AS LONG AS HER HUSBAND RETIRES TO HIS OWN BED LATER.

AS A SOLUTION TO COUPLES WHO DISAGREE OVER WHAT DUVET COVER TO HAVE ON THE BED, PAUL RANG IN AND SAID THAT HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE A LARGE BED WITH SINGLE MATRESSES SO THEY CAN COVER THEIR OWN SIDE WITH WHATEVER FLORAL OR SPIDERMAN DUVET COVER THEY LIKE. 

KIDS AND TELEVISION

COLM ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THE AFFECTS OF TV ON YOUNG CHILDREN.  THERE WAS A WHOLE COCKTAIL OF RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE IDEA.  THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO THINK EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.   

ON THE PRO-SIDE WE TALKED TO MARY FROM KILLARNEY WHO STILL SUFFERS BECAUSE HER PARENTS NEVER PUT ON THE TV FOR HER BEFORE 6.  SHE SAYS SHE KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT POP-CULTURE BECAUSE OF IT.  SHE STILL GETS SLAGGED FOR HER LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON MUSIC AND TV AND MOVIES.  ALAN AND WILL ALSO MADE CONTRIBUTIONS CLAIMING CERTAIN CHILDRENS TV PROGRAMMES TO BE SUCH A HELP.  ALAN SAYS HIS DAUGHTER HAS A VAST RANGE OF VOCABULARY THAT WOULD GIVE ANY ADULT A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY THAT WOULDN'T BE THERE WITHOUT TV TIME.  MARY FROM MAYO ALSO CLAIMED TV TO BE A WONDERFUL ASSET FOR KIDS.  HER OWN LEARNED A LOT FROM SESAME STREET AND LYNSEY CALLED IN SAYING THAT HER TODDLER DAUGHTER CAN COUNT TO 10 IN SPANISH, JUST FROM WATCHING DORA AND DIEGO.

OF COURSE FOR EVERY PERSON WHO LOVES THE TV AND THE HELP IT GIVES TO SOME CHILDREN, THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THE IDEA OF USING THE TV AS A BABYSITTER FOR CHILDREN AND THEY ALLOW EITHER NO TELEVISION OR LIMITED TELEVISION FOR THEIR CHILDREN.   EJIRO FROM DUBLIN SAYS HER KIDS WOULD FIGHT ENDLESSLY OVER THE BOX SO SHE REMOVED IT AND INSTEAD THE KIDS DO JIGSAW PUZZLES.  THE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDING THE KIDS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED.  ERICA SAYS THAT ITS OK TO ALLOW YOUR CHILD A LITTLE TV BUT NOT TO USE THE TV LIKE A BABYSITTER.  SHE THINKS THAT CHILDREN ARE BETTER WITHOUT IT MOST OF THE TIME BUT IF THEY MUST WATCH IT, THEY SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT THE SHOWS THEY ARE LOOKING WHICH ENCOURAGES THEM TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION TOO.  ORLA, A MONTESSORI TEACHER SAYS THAT HER JOB WAS A GREAT LEARNING CURVE.  MANY KIDS WOULD COME TO SCHOOL WITH DARK RINGS UNDER THEIR EYES, EXHAUSED FROM HOURS OF TV WATCHING THE PREVIOUS DAY.  SHE DOES NOT WANT TV FOR HER OWN KIDS.

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DRIVERS AND ROAD RAGE 

COLM TALKED ABOUT THE DODGY ISSUE OF WOMEN DRIVERS.  PEOPLE COULDN'T CONTACT US FAST ENOUGH WITH THEIR STORIES OF WOMEN DRIVERS WHICH SNOWBALLED INTO STORIES ABOUT ARROGANT DRIVERS AND THOSE WHO ARE JUST A PLAIN DANGER ON THE ROAD.

CAROLYN AGREES THAT WOMEN ARE NOT AS POLITE ON THE ROADS.  SHE THINKS THEY SEE YOU, KNOW YOU WANT OUT BUT JUST IGNORE YOU.

MARY USED TO FIND THAT THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH SOMEONE DRIVING UP THE REAR OF HER CAR WAS TO STICK UP HER TWO FINGERS TO THE DRIVER BEHIND HER.  UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN SHE DID IT AND A MEMBER OF AN GARDA SIOCHANA PULLED HER OVER.  HE WAS IN AN UNMARKED CAR AND SHE WONT BE DOING THAT AGAIN IN A HURRY.

NOEL, A POLITE DRIVER, LET OUT FROM A JUNCTION NONE OTHER THAN OUR OWN BONO.  NOEL WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH HIS MANNERS, OR LACK OF, WHEN BONO WHIZZED OFF WITHOUT EVEN OFFERING A SALUTE OF THANKS.

SINEAD, EDEL AND ALEX WERE ALL ON THE RECEIVING END OF TANTRUMS FOR AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS.  SINEAD WAS YELLED AT AFTER SHE STUCK HER TWO FINGERS UP AT ANOTHER DRIVER.  EDEL'S 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER WAS YELLED AT WHEN SHE PARKED PERFECTLY IN A PARKING SPACE BUT THE GUY IN A BIG BEHIND HER COULDN'T FIT HIS GARGANTUAN CAR INTO JUST HIS OWN PARKING SPACE.  ALEX WAS FOLLOWED HOME AS A LEARNER DRIVER AFTER HE MISTAKENLY PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF A MAN.  THE MAN LATER PUT A BRICK THROUGH THE WINDOW OF ALEX'S HOME.

NOEL TELLS US ABOUT THE ADVANCED DRIVING COURSE HE DID AND WHY IT'S SAFER TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF A DRIVER SPEEDING BEHIND YOU BECAUSE MAYBE THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION TO DEAL WITH, JUST LIKE NOEL DID WHEN HE FOUND HE NEEDED TO RUSH HIS DAUGHTER TO HOSPITAL.

SANDRA'S DAUGHTER AND HERSELF FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG END OF A ROAD TANTRUM WHEN A GUY IN A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR CAR LAST WEEK.  HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SPAT ON THEIRS AND HE CONTINUED TO TORMENT THEM ON THE ROAD ZIG-ZAGGING INTO THE LANE THAT THEY MOVED INTO.

JACKIE AND DOREEN BOTH EXPERIENCED ROAD RAGE DURING THEIR PREGNANCIES.  JACKIE WAS HEAVILY PREGNANT AND AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVER SHOUTED NAMES AT HER, WHILE DOREEN WAS IN LABOUR WHEN A SIMILAR THING HAPPENED TO HER.

FINALLY COLM TALKED TO TERESA WHO WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM COLLEGE ONE EVENING AND ENCOUNTERED A DANGEROUS DRIVER WHO WAS SWERVING IN FRONT OF HER CAR, CAUSING MAYHEM ON THE ROAD.  WHEN SHE PULLED INTO HER ESTATE SHE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER.  SHE SAYS THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE WHEN HE SAW HER WAS PRICELESS.  SHE ALSO RECKONS IT WAS THE LAST TIME HE TORMENTED SOMEONE ON THE ROAD.

THIRD LEVEL EDUCATION

WE DISCUSS THIRD LEVEL EDUCATION AFTER IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE IRISH TIMES THAT IF PEOPLE HAD TO PAY FOR EDUCATION THEY WOULD BE LIKELY TO TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY. SO WE THREW OUT THE QUESTION: IS COLLEGE DOSS TIME FOR YOU OR DO YOU TAKE IT SERIOUSLY?

WELL IT OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW DISCUSSION AND WE TALKED TO:

JONATHAN WHO IS IN HIS FINAL YEAR OF STUDYING A SUBJECT HE THINKS HIS PARENTS WOULD LIKE HIM TO DO. THE PROBLEM IS, HIS HEART ISN'T REALLY THERE AND HE WANTS TO BE A TEACHER INSTEAD BUT THE FINANCES WON'T ALLOW HIM.

MICHELLE O NEILL'S DAUGHTER DID A COMMERCE DEGREE AND DECIDED IN HER FINAL YEAR THAT SHE WANTED TO BE A TEACHER, SHOCKED TO FIND THAT FOR EVERY 120 TEACHING POSTS, THERE WERE 850 APPLICANTS.

ALAN TALKS ABOUT HIS WIFE WHO WENT BACK TO UCD TO STUDY VETERINARY MEDICINE FOR 5 YEARS, SETTING THEM BACK €15,000 A YEAR FOR 5 YEARS. 

THERE'S IAN, A QUALIFIED TEACHER WHO IS STRUGGLING TO GET A JOB IN THESE TIMES.  FOR THE 75 APPLICATIONS HE SENT OUT, HE HAS GOTTEN ONLY ONE INTERVIEW.

AND JENNY IS A MATURE STUDENT AND SHE SPENDS THREE TO FOUR HOURS A DAY ON COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT.  SHE LOVES THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO CRAM FOR COLLEGE BUT SAYS ITS JUST NOT POSSIBLE FOR HER.

LIDL COMPETITION 

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PRIESTS MARRIAGE/WOMEN PRIESTS/FEMALE POPE

 78% OF PEOPLE IN FAVOUR OF FEMALE PRIESTS

MICK - HAS THE STORY OF THE FEMALE POPE IN THE 1300'S 

MARTHA - SAID THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO TALK OF PRIESTS MARRYING UNTIL THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE OF WOMEN PRIESTS IS DEALTH WITH  - MEN ARE JUST LOOKING AFTER THEMSELVES AGAIN

LISA - SAID THAT SHE HAS RECENTLY STARTED GOING TO ANGLICAN SERVICE AND FINDS IT SUITS HER MUCH BETTER

LIZ - ALL IRISH WOMEN ARE CATHOLIC PREISTS! TONGUE IN CHEEK COMMENTS MADE BY A TEXTER

DAVID - PEOPLE SHOULD NOT EXPECT THEIR RELIGION TO CHANGE FOR THEM

DAVID - HIS MOTHER PERFORMED A MASS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

SMOKING BAN
CALLS FOR SMOKING BAN TO BE LIFTED

DAVID - IS A SMOKER BUT WOULDN'T WANT BAN TO BE LIFTED - DRINK IS OVERPRICED AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM

ANGIE - IS ALSO A SMOKER BUT WOULDN'T WANT THE BAN LIFTED

CONOR - BARMAN AND SAYS THAT BAN HASN'T MADE A DIFFERENCE

MARIE - THERE SHOULD BE AN AMENDMENT MADE TO THE LAW SO THAT THERE ARE SMOKING AREAS WITHIN THE PUBS

FAIR CITY
SARAH FLOOD - PLAYS SUZANNE IN FAIR CITY AND IS CELEBRATING HER 21 YEARS ON THE SHOW

LIDL COMPETITION
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JUNIOR CERT RESULTS
AFTER COLM READ OUT AN ARTICLE FROM THE PAPER RE THE JUNIOR CERT CELEBRATIONS TONIGHT - ARE THERE ANY RISKS?

RUTH SPOKE TO HIM SHE SAYS STUDENTS ARE VULNERABLE OUT IN DUBLIN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO BE OUT...

SHIRLEY SAYS HER DAUGHTER WASN'T GETTING HER RESULTS UNTIL 2.30 TODAY...

CAROLINE IS MOTHER OF SHANNON AND WON'T ALLOW HER TO DRINK - ALCOHOL DAMAGES THE BRAIN - SHE DISAGREES HUGELY WITH PARENTS WHO ALLOW THEIR KIDS TO DRINK IN THE HOME - SHANNON IS 17 AND SPOKE OF HER EXPERIENCE ALSO...

JOSEPHINE - THINKS IT'S CRAZY TO LET KIDS DRINK IN THE HOME AND IT'S NAIVE TO THINK THEY THEN WON'T DO SO WHEN THEY GO OUT...

SINEAD - IS 22 AND DOESN'T DRINK - SHE FEELS UNDER PRESSURE FROM HER PEERS...

DRINKING
GERALDINE - READ AN ARTICLE IN A MAGAZINE ABOUT 'VODKA EYE-BALLING' AND WONDERS WHAT IT IS?...

SIANNE - SAID SHE HAS SEEN IT DONE MANY TIMES IN AUSTRALIA...

POPE'S VISIT
PADDY DUNNING - HAS THE ORIGINAL POPE MOBILE FROM 1979

QUEEN'S VISIT
KILKENNY INVADED BY SECURITY FOR POTENTIAL QUEEN'S VISIT
MICHELLE - MET THE QUEEN WHEN SHE LIVED IN THE U.K AND MET DIANA 40 TIMES

LIDL COMPETITION TO WIN FIAT PUNTO EVO
BRIDGET MARTIN - MONAGHAN - WINNER OF 100 EURO WITH LIDL AND ENTRY INTO NEXT WEEKS FINAL

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BULLYING - SCHOOL BUS
LAURA - HER SON IS BEING BULLIED BECAUSE THE BUS IS DELAYED EVERYDAY AND THE OTHERS AT THE BUS STOP ARE PICKING ON HIM

ANN-MARIE - AGREES THAT THE SCHOOL BUS IS A HUGE PROBLEM - HER CHILDRENS SCHOOL USED TO STAY OPEN UNTIL 5 PM SO THE CHILDREN WERE SAFE GREAT IDEA

OLIVE - DAUGHTER SEVERELY BULLIED IN SCHOOL AND NOW THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED

DOROTHY - HAS AN AUTISTIC SON AND FEELS BULLIED HERSELF BY THE PARENTS IN SCHOOL

CELENE - ALSO HAS AN AUTISTIC SON AND UNDERSTANDS

RACHEL - WAS BULLIED HERSELF IN SCHOOL AND HAS NOW HAD PEOPLE COME TO HER TO APOLOGISE

IRENE - IS FROM ZAMBIA AND HAS EXPERIENCED BULLYING IN ZAMBIA BECAUSE SHE IS TOO WHITE AND BULLIED IN IRELAND FOR BEING BLACK

ADOPTION
ON FOOT OF A PIECE FROM THE NEWSPAPERS (ABOUT ADOPTION LAWS BEING CHANGED TO ALLOW YOU TO ADOPT FROM 40 NEW COUNTRIES) FIONNUALA SPOKE TO COLM, SHE ADOPTED A GIRL FROM MEXICO BACK IN 2005 AND IS HOPING TO ADOPT AGAIN

BLUSHING
ROBERT - HAD THE OPERATION TO STOP BLUSHING

POTS DISEASE
TERESA - HUSBAND DIAGNOSED WITH POTS DISEASE

TANYA - IS 21 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH POTS DISEASE AT THE AGE OF 14

LIDL COMPETITION

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SMELLS
COLM SPOKE ABOUT OFFENDING SMELLS...AND THEN OLIVIA RANG WHO HAD BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THE COUNTRY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SMELL OF SLURRY...CALLERS RANG IN OUTRAGED AND TOLD HER IS SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE SMELL OF SLURRY (WHICH IS A NATURAL COUNTRY SMELL) SHE SHOULD MOVE TO THE CITY...

 
INFIDELITY 
IT HAPPENED TO ANGELA YEARS AGO - FRIEND KNEW HER HUSBAND WAS CHEATING AND SHE DIDN'T TELL HER. EX-HUSBAND NOW. HER EX-HUSBAND WAS SOCIALISING WITH HER FRIENDS HUSBAND. SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IF IT WAS HER SHE WOULD TELL - SHE WOULD CONFRONT HIM AND FORCE HIM TO TELL...

DIY
ON FOOT OF YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION ABOUT DIY JOBS WE SPOKE TO SYLVIA ABOUT DIY SOLUTIONS...SHE IS ORIGINALLY A CARPENTER...SHE RUNS HER OWN COMPANY OF FOUR YEARS, SHE TOLD COLM THAT SHE HAD BEEN IN THE KITCHEN DESIGN BUSINESS AND THAT SHE HAD DECIDED TO CHANGE BUSINESS IN 2006 ...SHE IS RUN OFF HER FEET...   

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BUDGET WEDDING DRESSES

CHARLENE

BOUGHT WEDDING DRESS FOR 6 EURO SHE WAS THE WOMAN FROM PAPERS

LANA

GOT MARRIED ON 9TH OF JULY THIS YEAR. WASN'T GOING TO BUY A DRESS WAS GOING TO BORROW ONE - DRY CLEANER BILL WAS 150 EURO. NEEDED TO GO TO GALWAY BEFORE WEDDING TO GET UNIFORMS - AND SAW BRIDAL SHOP. PRICE TAG 1400 ON LOVELY DRESS - 400EUROS AS WAS TORN. SHE SAID NO AS HAD DRESS ALREADY AND THE WOMAN THEN GAVE IT TO HER FOR 100 EURO. IN HICKEY'S GOT MATERIAL FOR BOLERO. WEDDING DRESS AND BOLERO FOR 123 EURO. WHOLE WEDDING 120 PEOPLE - LESS 5000 EURO

EDDIE
 
OUTRAGEOUS COMMENTS ABOUT CHEAP WEDDING DRESSES ARE PUTTING PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS/ BRIDAL COMPANYS RIPPING PEOPLE OFF  

JENNY

WAS GIVING OUT ABOUT CHINESE WEBSITES - NO-ONE IS PUTTING THEM OUT OF BUSINESS - GOT HER OWN DRESS FOR LESS THAN 100 EURO - NOTHING WRONG WITH IT..

SUSAN

BOUGHT HER WEDDING DRESS IN LUNCH BREAK

CLAIRE

BOUGHT A BUDGET WEDDING DRESS TOO AND WAS VERY HAPPY WITH IT  

DIY JOBS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE

KATHLEEN LOST THE KEYS TO OUR SITTING ROOM 1 YEAR AGO WHEN THEY TOOK A HOLIDAY AND HAVE NEVER GAINED ENTRY TO THE ROOM SINCE  RIDICULOUS!

BARBARA

IS IN THE HOUSE 5 MONTHS AND THE KICKER BOARDS ARE NOT IN YET, BUT THEY ARE LYING IN THE HALL JUST WAITING TO BE PUT IN....

MICHAEL

HAS JUST FIXED WASTE PIPE AFTER 20YRS... IT WAS FROM THE KITCHEN AND WE USED TO STICK IT BACK TOGETHER....SO AFTER 20 YEARS I FINALLY REPLACED THE PIPES...I HAD SKIRTING UP AGAINST THE WALL FOR 5 YEARS....

CATHERINE HAS A SOLUTION FOR THE KEYS/ IF YOU GO IN TO ANY HARDWARE SHOP YOU'LL GET 18 DIFFERENT SIZES - YOU CAN BRING THEM HOME AND TRY THEM

CAITRIONA'S HUSBAND IS AN ENGINEER AND THE SKIRTING IS STILL SITTING IN THE SUNROOM...

HANNAH ON 17TH SEPTEMBER 17 YEARS AGO MOVED IN TO THIS HOUSE. SON AND DAUGHTER WERE ALLOWED TO DECORATE THERE OWN ROOMS. SON ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SIGN THE WALLS. PAINTER IN NOW TO TRY AND PAINT OVER IT - VERY NOSTALGIC - HIS WHOLE LIFE IS ON THE WALL - FEELS LIKE LAST 17 YEARS OF HIS LIFE IS GONE - SPENT NIGHT IN THE ROOM BEFORE THE PAINTER

MAUREEN TAKE A PHOTO OF THE WALL ...I'VE DONE IT MYSELF ...I WROTE NOTES TO MYSELF ON THE WALL OF A SHED...

SANDRA HAS A SUGGESTION FOR WOMAN ON AT THE MOMENT - TAKE PHOTOGRAPH AND BLOW THEM UP AND DO A COLLAGE - COLLECTION - MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART FOR ANOTHER PART OF THE HOUSE - UNDERSTANDS THE NOSTALGIA - THE MEMORIES ARE IN THEIR OWN HEARTS SHE SHOULD MAKE A PIECE OF ART

TONY TOLD COLM THEY HAVE A CARPORT WE ARE THE 3RD FAMILY TO LIVE HOUSE SINCE IT WAS BUILT KIDS FROM ALL 3 FAMILIES SCRATCHED THEIR NAMES ON THE BEAMS OF THE ROOF...

WHEN SHOULD YOU COVER UP IN FRONT OF YOUR CHILDREN

ANDREA ASKED WHEN SHOULD YOU COVER UP IN FRONT OF YOUR KIDS  
WHEN IS IT INAPPROPRIATE TO BE NAKED IN FRONT OF KIDS?

BRIDGET SAYS ALL MY CHILDREN WOULD SHOWER WITH MY HUSBAND AND I. IT'S ONLY AN ISSUE IF YOU MAKE IT ONE. THATS WHATS WRONG THESE DAYS CHILDREN WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THEIR BODIES LEADING TO ALL SORTS OF EATING DISORDERS.

NATASHA  

SAID THAT THAT MAN SHOULD COVER UP....

IAN

SAID IT'S ACCEPTABLE UNTIL THE TIME OF SLEEPOVERS ....

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ON THE SHOW TODAY

DANCING

Colm threw out the question from an article in the newpaper as to whether men could dance or why are men such bad dancers, Louise replied that if men are good dancers then they'll be good in bed!!

 BURGLARIES

Colm spoke to a couple of people regarding burglaries Liam, Carol, Jennifer,Anthony and Rachel all has experiences of being victims themselves or had known of people who had been burgled...

TIME

Elisa Felicitas Arias, Director of Time Frequency and Gravimetry International Weight and Measures told Colm how time is run...

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WHAT'S THE CORRECT TIME

JOHN RANG IN TRYING TO FIND OUT THE CORRECT TIME ...ITS HARD TO FIND OUT...I'M A BUS DRIVER AND I HAVE TO LEAVE AT THE CORRECT TIME - ACCORDING TO MY WATCH.I TELL PARENTS WHO SAY I LEAVE EARLY TO RING 11911 -.  BUT MOBILES, LAPTOPS ETC ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES...

DARAGH TOLD HIM TO GOOGLE "ATOMIC UK TIME" THERE IS A LIVE CLOCK THERE. HE CAN SET HIS TIMES FROM THERE. BTW IT'S NOT BASED IN GRENWICH...AND

RUSSELL ADMITTING BEING VERY GEEKY... BUT THE TIME PIPS ON THE NEWS JINGLE ARE VERY MISLEADING AS THEY BEEP REGARDLESS OF THE IF IT IS THE TOP OF THE HOUR OR NOT. JUST WHILST YOUR TALKING ABOUT TIME ...

BED BUGS

VERONICA HAD A SOLUTION TO BED BUGS ...WHAT SHE DOES IS SHE PULL'S THE DUVET BACK TO VACUUM THE MATTRESS AND CHANGE THE MATTRESS ...I HANG THE QUILT OUT THE WINDOW....

PHILIP SAYS THIS BED BUG PANDEMIC IS TRUE WHEN I LIVED IN AN APARTMENT FOR A MONTH WE WOKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH BITES ON OUR LEGS...PHILIP IN GALWAY.  THIS WAS IN GALWAY.  THE APARTMENT WAS FILTHY WHEN WE MOVED IN BUT WE CLEANED IT.  WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE BEDBUGS..

TONY SAYS DILUTED TEA TREE OIL ....BE CAREFUL WITH ASHMA SUFFERERS...

CECELIA AND MICHELLE BOTH HAD STORIES ABOUT BED BUGS...

TREVOR SAIS TO CHECK OUT WWW.BEDBUGS.IE, FIRST BEDBUG DOGS IN IRELAND.  WE HAVE A GENERAL PEST CONTROL COMPANY.  WE HAVE IRELAND'S FIRST TWO BEDBUGS DOGS.  WE HIRE OUT TO HOTELS ETC.  PLACES THAT HAVE INFESTIONS.  WE'RE OUT THE DOOR WITH BUSINESS SINCE WE GOT THE DOGS...

IRELAND V ANDORRA

JOHN BRENNAN SPORTS NEWS EDITOR WITH SUNDAY WORLD SPOKE TO COLM ABOUT THE IMPENDING MATCH...

COLLEGE COURSES

GILLIAN RANG IN TO SAY THANKS TO AN ANGEL WHO WAS LISTENING TO THE SHOW YESTERDAY, IVE JUST LEFT THE ADMIN DEPARTMENT OF IT CARLOW WEXFORD, WHERE MY COURSE FEES HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL!

MORTIFYING MOMMY MOMENTS

MARY AND PHIL BOTH RECALLED STORIES OF MORTIFYINBG MOMMY MOMENTS...
    

ON THE SHOW

RECYCLING CLOTHES

Colm Spoke to a couple of people about recycling clothes from their wardrobes on foot of a topic in the paper whereby M&S are taking your clothes back to give them to Oxfam...

NIGHT COURSES

Callers spoke to Mandy and Bretta about the courses they were going to take up in October one was a sausage making course and the other was an Accountancy Tecnician...

WINNER OF 1,000 EURO

Breda Shannon from Co Meath was our winner for the grand prize wre gave away this morning...

On the show today we spoke to former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern who admits to running onto the pitch after a game.... however, he feels it really should not be allowed for safety reasons....and Paul told us about his experience of a National League Final in Monaghan.  Fans ran onto the pitch after the match but he said, never again, too many kids getting squashed....

Useless Gadgets around the House - plenty of texts and calls on this - Rose told us she had an ice-cream maker, a doughnut maker, Pasta Maker and Air-Conditioning gadget - all of which were never used.....

And finally, smoking.  We caught up with our caller from yesterday, Mary, who was off to see a Hypnotist to see if he could help her give up..... It's early days yet, but so far so good.... no doubt we'll check in with Mary again....

On today's show we discussed the thorny issue of homework and whether children in Primary school should have to do homework - lots of different views, as you'd expect:  Karen told her about her 6 year old coming home from his 2nd day in first class - he was exhausted and cried after doing his maths homework......  Sinead thinks a little homework is a good thing as it lets you see if your child is understanding what's being taught in school during the day and Seamus told us that the school his children attend have guidelines laid down as to how long a child should spend doing homework - if they're taking too long you can approach the teacher to see if there are any issues with the child or with the teaching.....

A recent survey found that Smokers Lie - they lie about whether they smoke when filling in Insurance Forms, they like about how many a day they smoke when they go to the doctor - we had lots of calls from smokers about the lies they have told and that they tell themselves....like Ciara who told us she quit smoking 3 years ago but still smokes when she's out socially!!!!  Monica shared her concerns about her daughter who smokes and how it's showing in her physical appearance.....

And we caught up with Mary who we spoke to during the week.  Mary hadn't been to the dentist in years and eventually summoned up the courage to pay a visit to her dentist.  We spoke to her after her dental appointment this morning..... and she only needed 2 fillings - so she was happy enough and glad that she took courage in hand and made that appointment!!!!