Galway Advertiser 1979/1979_05_17/GA_17051979_E1_006.pdf 

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TELEVISION
BACK TO THE BOGS ? The day to day developments in the fuel problem (if, like the Government, you do not approve of the word "crisis") are, it is true, complicated. But that is no reason why there should not be some blunt talking or even some outlines of a more-long-term energy policy. The harsh reality is that the problem or crisis will not go away. We live in a world where energy is going to get scarcer and dearer and it is going to require considerable changes in life-style and outlook to live with it. Indeed, it is only because the vast majority of mankind still lives in such a terrible state of misery and underdevelopment that energy supplies in the Western industrial world seemed almost infinite in the past few decades. All this will have to change and change quickly. Mr. O'Malley, like every other politician, does not wish to have to tell us this in so many words, especially coming up to an election in which Manifesto promises which included the abolition of car-tax was a central feature, are going to be resurrected. Short-term shortages in energy are maddening for everybody, highly disruptive and very unpleasant -- especially for political leaders who are in the front firing-line over situations about which they can do little. That is not to say we are happy with current energy plans in Ireland. Far from it. We need to plan. And while hoping that summer will break upon us and alleviate the most serious immediate problems, the time to start thinking about next winter is now. Right now. While we get on with long-term considerations we will have to revert, we suggest, to relying more and more on our own initiative. This means Government to Government trade deals in the oil world and above all else conservation. Waste should be eliminated in any case because it is wrong. At this stage we have no real choice. We also need to look again at our own resources and in particular at those old-fashioned bogs which cover up to one seventh of the island and which proved a life-saver during the last war. There is still a full season ahead and every effort should be made to encourage all sectors, public, private, Bord na Mona, individual families, to set about harvesting a record amount of turf. Peat milling technologies have come a long way. There is little initial capital cost. Indeed peat-cutting is an employ ment intensive business which might be drawn to the attention of Martin O'Donoghue as he grapples with unemployment. Why should any ablebodied person remain on the unemployed register at a time when acres and acres of bog lay idle and when all that is needed to get local fuel production rolling is to organise teams in every area to ensure that whatever the oil shieks decide this year, nobody will want for a fire next winter. How about it Professor O'Donoghue? After all the value of the bog and the bogman was always appreciated by the august founder of your own party. Unemployment figures apart, think of what it could do for the Haughey "keep fit" campaign.

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T H U R S . 17 M A Y 4.00 S o u t h R i d i n g 5.00 S t i n g r a y 5.30 Y o u n g l i n e 6.00 T h e A n g e l u s 6.01 Y o u n g l i n e 6.15 N e w s 6.30 C u r i o u s E y e s 7.00 T h e Rockford Files 8.00 T h e H a c k i n n o n s 9.00 N e w s 9.20 T h u r s d a y P l a y date--The Branchy T r e e 10.35 N u a c h t 10.40 F o l i o 11-10 L a t e N e w s

6.50 R e l i g i o n 7.15 N u a c h t 7.20 S o m e M o t h e r s D o 'Ave E m 8.00 A g a i n s t the W i n d 9.00 N e w s 9.15 S w a n e e R i v e r (film) 10.40 S p o r t s c e n e 11.40 L a t e N e w s

T H U R S . 17 M A Y 6.50 S w i t c h O n 7.00 Cartoon T i m e 7.20 T o p o f t h e P o p s 8.00 P o t B l a c k 8.30 W o r l d W e e k 9.00 P i o n e e r s of Photography 9 5 0 Potter 10.00 P o s i t i v e l y H e a l t h y 10.30 M u s i c by D i o n n e Warwick 11.30 N e w s n i g h t F R I . 18 MAY 6.40 S w i t c h On 6.50 B l a n k e t y Blank 7.25 K e n n y E v e r i t t Video Show 8.00 C h i n a -- A Class by Itself 9.00 W o r l d Sportsman 9.25 P r e m i e r e 9.55 F e s t i v a l 11.10 N e w s n i g h t S A T . 19 M A Y 4-15 Cartoon T i m e 4.35 T h e V i r g i n i a n 5.50 T h e W o r l d A b o u t Us 6.45 G e n e r a t i o n Game 7.40 A i s l i n g Gfaeal 8 1 0 Telford's Change 9.00 Old Gray W h i s t l e Test 9.30 Raffles 10.40 T h e P e r f e c t Gentlemen 10.30 N o r w o o d S U N . 20 MAY 6.05 J u s t William 6.30 T a s t e f o r Adventure 6.55 S a l v a g e One 7.45 S y k e s 8.10 T h e P a r c h e d Land 9.00 K i l v e r t s Diary 9J15 P a p e r C h a s e 9.45 Parkinson MON. 21 MAY 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 Call My Bluff 8.30 Tomorrow's World 9.00 Early Music 9.30 T h e S h a m e (film) 11.20 N e w s n i g h t T U E S . 22 MAY 7.00 Switch On 7.05 C e l e b r i t y Squares 7.30 T h e Tribal E y e 8.30 A n d M o t h e r Makes 3 9.00 S t r e e t s of San Francisco 9.50 J o h n Betjeman's Dublin 9.55 J e m m a 10.25 Cold Comfort Farms 11.10 N e w s n i g h t W E D . 23 MAY 6.50 S w i t c h On 7.00 T h i s I s Y o u r Life 7.30 Coronation S t r e e t 8.00 KEZ 9.00 M u s i c i n Camera 9.30 C o u n t d o w n to Europe 10.20 L o v e for Lydia 11.30 N e w s n i g h t

FRI. 18 M A Y 4.00 W i l d W o r l d of Animals 4.30 I n c h H i g h Private Eye 5.00 S p a c e 1999 6.00 T h e A n g e l u s 6.01 C a r t o o n T i m e 6.15 N e w s 6.30 B a i l e y ' s B i r d 7.00 S u i l T h a r t / Nuacht 7.25 T h e Good Old Days 9.00 N e w s 9j50 T h e L a s t R u n (film) 11.50 L a t e N e w s

4.00 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.01 6.15 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.20 9.50 10.20 10.30 11.30

MON. 21 MAY Sesamee Street Call It Macaroni Our T i m e s The Angelus Our T i m e s II News Dick Turpin Hardy Boys T h e Riordans News Frontline Rhoda Nuacht Executive Suite Late N e w s

SAT. 19 M A Y 11.30 S e s a m e S t r e e t 12.30 Mumfie 12.50 San F r a n c i s c o International 1.40 Sport S t a d i u m 5.05 Scooby D o o 5.45 N e w s 6.00 T h e A n g e l u s 6.01 Cartoon T i m e 6.15 R e t u r n of t h e Saint 7,15 N u a c h t 7.20 T h e S a v a g e (film) 9.00 N e w s 9.15 L a t e L a t e S h o w 1L15 Late N e w s

T U E S . 22 MAY 4.00 G o i n g S t r o n g 4.50 A n B a i l e B e o 5.00 T h e E l e c t r i c Co. 5.30 Let's Go 6.00 T h e A n g e l u s 6.01 Let's Go 6.15 N e w s 6.30 K i d n a p p e d 7.00 H a n d s 7.30 S h a r p I n t a k e of Breath 8.00 L a n d m a r k 8.30 W o r d s & Music 9.00 N e w s 9.20 D u c h e s s of D u k e St. 10.20 N u a c h t 10.30 F e a c h 11.00 M.A.S.H. 11.25 L a t e N e w s

A HELPING H A N D A little praise goes a long way; and the County Manager's tribute t o the people o f Corrib Park and t o the city generally for their help in settling travellers in their areas has been well earned and timely given. And praise for Galway's efforts could be a little more forthcoming from other cities and concerned bodies. We all remember h o w Dublin papers threw up their hands with despair at the heartless Galwegians w h o supposedly closed their doors t o the homeless . . . when at the same time any visitor walking at the rear of Charlemont Place in the very centre o f the capital would be appalled at the squalor that exists there. Galway's concern and constructive help for the travelling people is a matter of record: fifty-one famalies housed in the city, sixty four in the county since 1969. Few other areas of Galway's size and resources can claim such progress. It was only the few, be they protestors or travellers, that caused trouble and because the issue is such an emotive one the publicity was, in retrospect, o u t of all proportion. Perhaps the most important development, however, is not so much a tally count of successful integrations but the awareness by the Community at large that many of the travellers are simply poor people, hopelessly unable t o cope with the rush of this complicated century. Curiously they were able t o cope far better t w o decades ago. A great deal has been written and spoken as w h y the traveller has b e c o m e so helpless. Despite the few w h o survive and prosper on their sharp wits alone, most travellers have put themselves at the mercy of the settled community. It's a responsibility that has to be shared by everyone. Integration with the general community is the only solution. Gradually new policies will be seen t o work; hopefully in the near future there will be an end t o those depressing sites at Merlin Park and Wdlpark. Even if only for selfish reasons the longer the traveller remains unsettled and unkempt" the more distress they cause t o everyone else. We trust that the incoming City and County Councillors will continue t o work calmly and purposely towards the full settlement of the travellers and that even further inroads are well made before next winter.

S U N . 20 MAY 10.30 K e e p U p w i t h Yoga 11.00 Mass 11.45 E n s e m b l e 12.15 P a i n t A l o n g w i t h Nancy 12.45 Going S t r o n g 1.30 T h e Garden 2.00 F o l i o 2.25 S u n d a y M a t i n e e T o m , D i c k and Harry 4.00 T h e W a l t o n s 4.55 T h e R i o r d a n s 6.00 T h e A n g e l u s 6.01 Cartoon T i m e 6 5 0 Worsel Gummidge

W E D . 23 MAY 3.00 A l l S t a r s Lass-ALympics 3.15 W e d n e s d a y Matinee Painting the Clouds with Sunshine 5.00 F a b l e s of t h e Green Forest 5.30 V i s i o n On 6.00 T h e A n g e l u s 6.01 Garda Patrol 6.15 N e w s 6.25 V a l e n t i n e s 2nd Chance 6.40 T h e G a r d e n 7.30 F l a m b a r d s 8.30 H a l l ' s P i c t o r i a l Weekly . 9.00 N e w s 10.30 N u a c h t 10.50 E v e n t h e O l i v e s are Bleeding 11.30 L a t e N e w s

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