On today programme we get reaction from Waterford TDs Mary Butler of Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein's David Cullinane, to the outbreak of Covid-19 at Dawn Meats. The facility on the Waterford/Kilkenny border has been identified as the location of a workplace cluster of Covid-19 cases.
We also discuss the issue of Covid-19 in nursing homes with Padraig Dolan, MD of Havenwood Nursing Home, who says there has to be a better way of communicating information regarding Covid cases to owners of nursing homes who, he says, are currently getting their information from the media and even social media.
Damien also hears from Kathleen Chada, whose two sons were killed by her ex-husband Sanjeev in 2013. Despite being given two life sentences he has already applied for parole. There is a new Parole Bill that was passed into law last July which requires killers to serve at least 12 years before applying for early release. However the legislation has yet to be implemented by the Department of Justice.
And David Hall, CEO of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association, reacts to news that credit card company Avant is to offer mortgages in Ireland.
Katherine Donnolly, Education Correspondent with The Irish Examiner, discusses the first of what may be several high court challenges against the system used to calculate leaving certificate grades.
We also take a look at how anxiety is on the increase among children since returning to school. Psychotherapist Joanna Fortune tells Damien how parents can deal with their childrens nervousness around Covid-19.
And in todays "My Farming Week" feature Kieran O Connor visits the Kiersey family dairy farm in Kilmacthomas.
