On todays show Damien travels to dungarvan where he meets CEO of the Dungarvan and West Waterford chamber Jenny Beresford as they stroll through Grattan Square taking in the consequences for Dungarvan traders.
The Pride of The Deise is a volunteer led community organisation based in Waterford City which is a celebration of Waterford’s inclusion and diversity. This years event has had to be moved online due to Covid-19. On the show today we hear from the chairperson of the organising committee Cam Lyttle.
Also Waterford independent councillor Mary Roche gives her reaction to the announcement of a Technological University for Munster in Cork and the implications for the future of WIT.
And Irish Times crime correspondent Michael O Toole has the latest on a suspected Brazilian murder squad arrested in Co Offaly yesterday.
Fianna Fail TD Mary Butler discusses the stalled TU bid for Waterford and Carlow, plus the latest on the havoc wreaked upon Ireland's nursing homes by Covid-19.
Sharon Foley, CEO of the Irish Hospice Foundation, tells Damien of the difficulties faced by families when a loved one is at the end of their life during the Covid-19 crisis.
We continue to speak to business owners who have recently re-opened. Today we meet Peter Fowler, owner of The Granary Cafe in the city which opened recently for takeaway only.
And we hear another of the winners in the children poetry competition run by the Waterford Teachers Centre. Today we hear from 6 year old Meadbh Hall from the sisters of charity in Clonmel.
