On Tuesday's version of 'Déise Today', Damien was speaking to now-retired Waterford hurler Brian O'Halloran on his recent retirement after Waterford's exit from the Munster Hurling Championship for the second year in a row.
Brian wanted to thank everyone who had sent in well wishes in on his retirement and says that his best memory in a Waterford shirt came in the All Ireland final of 2017 against Galway.
"I know its kinda funny that my biggest game that we lost would be my best memory but honestly that game and day were just brilliant, the occasion was really special".
When quizzed about the commitment of some players during
this year's championship, Brian said that "It stung to hear the comments that some people were saying, if people went into that dressing room and saw the hurt on people after these losses, they would know that there is a serious commitment from the lads".
If you want to listen to that interview, you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-11th-june-waterford-hurler-brian-o-halloran-on-his-retirement?in=wlrfmwaterford/sets/deise-today-2019
Also on Tuesday's show of 'Déise Today', Damien was talking to Joe Healy, president of the 'IFA', this was due to a story that broke this morning about how young farmers will be tied to the land for at least six years if they want the State to subsidise their parents' nursing home fees.
A long-awaited overhaul of the Fair Deal scheme to reduce the burden on farm families and small business owners will be approved today.
The current system sees farm families and small business owners required to set aside 7.5pc of the value of their land annually to fund a place in a nursing home.
Under a plan devised by Minister of State Jim Daly, this will be capped at three years in future. However, to qualify for a 'fairer deal', the farmer/business owner, their partner or nominated family successor must have worked the farm or business for three out of the previous five years.
If you want to listen to the full version of 'Déise Today', you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-tuesday-11th-june-2019
