Following a protest last Friday which saw over 100 mental health workers protesting outside Waterford University Hospital, David Heffernan, the south East Regional Manager for Mental Health Services joins Damien on the programme with an update on the issue.
Terri Martin is live in studio to tell Damien about Mesh Survivors Ireland. The group represents women who have had severe complications from mesh implant surgery. In 2018 the government introduced a pause in the use of the devices after many women reported suffering intolerable levels of severe pain, of being unable to sit and therefore to live normal working and family lives, and of suffering from recurrent infections including sepsis.
And Con Moynihan, Regional Manager of Tusla's TESS programme explains how the programme offers support for primary and post primary children and young people who have been identified as potentially at risk of early school leaving or who are out of school and have not successfully transferred to an alternative learning site.
In the second part of the programme Darragh O Brien, Fianna Fails housing spokesperson, chats to Damien about how the new regulations for AirBnB are being ignored by many home owners. Damien also speaks to AirBnB owner in Stradbally John Darcy.
Helen Barry from Cheekpoint speaks about her new book on the drownings that happened in the area 70 years ago. Helen's own father died in the incident near Loftus Hall when she was just 6 weeks old.
And Gavin Whelan has all the latest on the sport while journalist Karen Tomkins speaks about her experience at a wrestling show over the weekend.
