A Waterford man who parked his van in a disabled parking bay without the proper permit has been put off the road for three months.
Darragh Power with an address at Keating Street, Dungarvan was fined €500 at Dungarvan District Court and disqualified from driving for three months, for failing to pay a fixed charge penalty notice of €150.
The fine and penalty have been welcomed by disability awareness groups who believe this will be a deterrent to other drivers.
On Deise Today Damien Tiernan spoke to Sean Rohan from the Waterford Disability Network about the case. He also spoke to Lismore man George Quinlan who is a disability badge holder.
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Also on the show Damien spoke to Professor Patrick Holden, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Plymouth about the latest on Brexit following the last ditch talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Journalist Eoghan Dalton was at the recent protest at City Hall over the councils decision not to grant planning permission to The Haven Hotel in Dunmore East for a marquee.
And Elizabeth Farries of the Irish Council for civil liberties spoke to Damien about revenge porn and whether or not it should be made a crime.
Listen to the full first hour of the show below:
In the second hour of the show Bernadette Ryan spoke openly and honestly with Damien about the troubled relationship she had with her mother.
While Turtle Bunbury and John Flahavan spoke about a new exhibition at Plunkett Station in Waterford celebrating local history, and a family fun day happening there this weekend.
Finally Drive Time presenter Aoibhin Fallon told Damien about her documentary "Walshes of the Wine Islands" which airs this Sunday and tells the story of Waterford man Bernard Walsh who built a trade empire in Tenerife in the 17th century.
