On today show Damien speaks to the parent of a student at The Firary School in Dungarvan. Sharon says because only 20-24 students are allowed in each classroom, there is a constant overflow of up to a third of the classes being sent to the study hall. We also get a response from the principal of the school Michael O Sullivan.
Also on the show we look over the governments new long-term roadmap of dealing with Covid-19 which was announced yesterday. Also we discuss the scare in the Dail when Health Minister Stephen Donnolly presented with symptoms of the virus. He has since tested negative. Damien speaks to Elaine Loughlin, political correspondent with The Irish Examiner.
Racing correspondent Mark Philips remembers the late Pat Smullen who passed away yesterday.
And Damien has an in-depth conversation with Nichola Wall, a Dungarvan woman who has written a book about her experience of schizophrenia. The book is called "Pretty Sane".
In the second part of the show Dr Jennifer Kavanagh, lecturer in Law at WIT discusses with Damien how the cabinet and the Dail deals with a crisis following the temporary shutting down of proceedings yesterday.
A listener to the show Nicholas Power tells Damien about the on-going issues he has been having with broadband in his area.
And we have the third in the "My Farming Week" series as Kieran O Connor visits Bucks strawberry farm in Clonea. Kieran meets Michael Buck and his son Diarmuid who with Margaret Buck run one of the best fruit farms, Glen Fruits, in Ireland and supply many of Ireland’s major supermarkets.
