Peter Flanagan

Bhioraigh mé na cluasa nuair a chuala mé fear áirithe ag caint, agus seo é an tuairisc a bhí againn air ar an gclár i gceartlár na ndaoine mar a bhíodh air an uair sin ar an gcéad chlár a bhí againn ar an gcúigiú lá de Mhárta, 2001.

I pricked up my ears when I heard a certain man speaking and this is the report we had on him on the programme in the midst of the people as it used to be called at that time on the first programme we had on the fifth day of March, 2001.

bhí súil go mbeadh sé i láthair ag a leithéid d'ócáid, ach bhí seisean ar an leaba le fliú.

She was hoped that he would be present at such an event, but he was in bed with the flu.

Ar ndóigh, bhí súil ag, bhí súil leis an Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta na linne, Éamon Ó Cuív.

Of course, the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the time, Éamon Ó Cuív, hoped...

Chomh maith leis sin, más cuimhneach libh, bhí an galar crúb agus béil sa tír, agus bhíothas ag iarraidh ar dhaoine gan a bheith ag taisteal dhá bhféadfaidís é.

Also, if you remember, there was foot-and-mouth disease in the country and people were being asked not to travel if they could avoid it.

Thiar i dteach Iorrais i nGaoth Sáile a seoladh an tuarascáil, agus cé go raibh súil le slua mór a bheith i láthair, bhí an aimsir go dona le sioc agus sneachta, agus bhí roinnt daoine nárbh fhéidir leo a bheith i láthair.

Across in Teach Iorrais in Gaoth Sáile, the report was issued, and although a large crowd was expected to be present, the weather was bad with frost and snow, and there were some people who could not be present.

Bhfuil cuimhne ar bith agaibh céard a bhí ag tarlú an Mhárta sin? Bhuel, an chéad tseachtain sin agamsa ag obair i gContae Mhaigh Eo, seoladh tuarascáil an Tascfhórsa a bhí curtha ar bun le staidéar a dhéanamh ar bhealaí le cúrsaí géilleagracha a chur chun cinn i gceantar Iorrais théis don chomhlacht Warner Brothers dúnadh, agus do chéad agus cheithre dhuine dhéag a gcuid postanna a chailliúint.

Do any of you remember what was happening that March? Well, that first week I was working in County Mayo, the report of the Taskforce that had been set up to study ways to promote economic affairs in the Erris area was launched after the Warner Brothers company closed and one hundred and fourteen people lost their jobs.