Dundalk

Now, Niamh, Leash must be proud of you.

Well, I'm from Dundalk, but mum and dad actually are originally from Leash.

Yeah, they were both born in Mount Malick, but they all live in Dundalk.

So Dundalk's very proud of me.

I'm doing this around clouds as well.

So I have loads of allegiances, but I love living back in Leash.

And if people won't find it out before you go, if people can't make that event, where can they find you? And I'm sure you have other events at other

times.

And by the way, the reliance on, and you'll know this, Alan, and your listeners will know it, it's not simply a phenomenon for rural Ireland and more dispersed areas.

I know the areas I represent, places like Drogheda and Dundalk, urban areas, some of the biggest urban areas of the country, there is a reliance on housing estates on kerosene still.

We need to be able to provide people with the supports they need to retrofit, get those heat pumps in, have the low-cost solar and so on.

That's the revolution we need.

Now, first off on the programme today, organised drugs gangs are continuing to operate across Louth, according to Dundalk TD Rory O'Muricu, who's called for a much stronger response from the state.

Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy O'Muricu said, communities in Dundalk and across Louth are living with the consequences of drug dealing, intimidation, threats and criminal activity.

activity and Rory Amirk who joins me on the line Rory you've been saying that while Gardaí are doing important work more resources are needed to dismantle established criminal networks and protect vulnerable families

100% look we have spoken in the last while Adrian I suppose about the absolute necessity that we don't want to be clogging up already clogged up and I suppose, courtrooms.

And unfortunately, a lot of this falls on the guards.

And you're going to be talking about what happened in Dublin.

Obviously, we would have had our own issues in relation to, you know, antisocial criminal behaviour in Dundalk.

We need to look at possibly, you know, other things that can happen on a Halloween night.

Was there any one winner along the week that you felt like that's the one I think I could do this? At what point did you feel you could win it?

I suppose after Dundalk last week, after having the double, I was a bit more confident that I was going to be able to do it.

And obviously then leading into Punchdown, then after the first winner for Aidan, the first winner of the treble.

So I suppose after them two days, I really thought I was able to do it.

I know they have flat winners, but we've mainly seen as a jump start.

Dun Gwyb as well, obviously a hurdler.

And I've seen a photograph of you taking the other day with Sam Cohen and Rhys Hollihan in Dundalk.

And I know, Scott, you know, you're the taller of the three.

Paddy Hartnett, crowned champion apprentice after a massive week, Paddy.

He rode a treble in Pontchartown, a double in Dundalk to kind of get it over the line, just nudging Sam Cohen.

in second.

I think it was Paddy's first ever treble in Ponchester when he went on to ride a winner for Aidan O'Brien, then the first race at the Carrara on Sunday, which sealed the title for him.

I'm going to go with a horse that won, actually, another horse that was surprisingly weak in the market.

And, you know, after the fact, you can say you should back these horses, but it's very hard to back drifters.

Like in Son of Beauty at Dundalk on Friday, I liked this horse coming back to the all-weather.

And I actually really liked the way he run this race.

She announced it in July of last year and it was stage four and stage four bowel cancer is something that's quite difficult to bounce back from.

She got married to her long-term partner three weeks ago in Belfast City and they had a celebration there in Derver Castle in Dundalk, County Louth over the bank holiday weekend, so just two weeks ago.

And it was announced on Instagram yesterday morning that at 6.30am Ciara lost her battle and she was surrounded by her loved ones.

She was a beloved daughter, she was a beloved sister, wife, friend and inspiration to many and she'll be so deeply missed and our condolences are with Ciara's friends and family and the community, sporting community that she leaves behind that will miss her so very much.

A couple of good wins again for Boardsmill and Rathode.

In the Leinster Junior semi-final on Saturday, it was Rathode 3-14, Dundalk, Gales two goals and six.

So no scares for Rathode on Halloween Eve.

No, really, really good performance.