Trevor was in the playground in St. Stephen’s Green on Saturday with his fiancé and four year old daughter when he noticed a man putting a camera through the railing of the playground and taking pictures of the children playing there. Trevor went over to the photographer to ask him what he was doing, he told him rather abruptly that he was a private photographer and he could take pictures of who he likes when he likes. Trevor wondered was this the case, as he believed you couldn’t take photos of children without their parents permission. Martin is a former professional photographer….he says the law in Ireland is that if the children are in a public place it is not illegal.
Noel was onto the PSA a couple of weeks ago. On the new licence it's for CCTV and card access control and for automated gates. The installer and the homeowner can be fined and imprisoned. He was on with Joe back in February. Intalls CCTV and automated gates and this new licence coming in means he can't do it at the moment. Came out at the start of October and he's lost 2 jobs since it came out. Doesn't mind paying a licence. But he registration fee is €1250 and the licence is another€1000 and that's €2250 to the PSA. Part of the pre-requisite for joining them you have to be affiliated to a standards body and they are quite expensive. Rory says he installed his own alarm. He wants to know will he be fined. He did it over a year ago now. But he would contend the job he did would be better and tidier than some of the professionals.
Kevin collapsed in Dublin airport just after passport control 8 days ago…headed up in Beaumont Hospital. Constantly hears bad stories about the HSE and hospitals but he just wanted to say from the moment he arrived he couldn’t fault the care. The care and attention of the nurses and the consultants in emergency who were under a lot of pressure was amazing. They go about their day and night shifts with the highest degree of knowledge and skill levels and the ability to handle any medical emergency which occurs in the ward. However it is the human touch that is so unique and so important. Micheal was coming home from holiday in Agadir. he worked on Kevin when he collapsed at Dublin airport. He's done the Red cross cardio first responder course. He has been worried sick about him since. He handed over to the EMT. He was conscious and he worked on him for about 15-20 minutes. He had a few seizures. Micheal presumed it was a heart attack. Good to hear that he is well.
Olivia was listening to the show on Friday in relation to the discussion on Angela Merkel. Olivia believes our Taoiseach Enda Kenny is too gentle with the Germans. She worked for a German company and lived in Germany for 10 years. She is also married to a Germany and says that in business niceness and pleasantries are seen as a weakness. This lesson took me many years to come to terms with and it was against my nature to be like that….but you do any to be strong and aggressive when dealing with them. They are not insulted by it, the respect you for it.