On Friday's version of 'Déise Today', Damien was speaking to Waterford born writer and Journalist Megan Nolan, who is back in Waterford for a week.
She has had work published in ‘The New York Times’, ‘The Sunday Times’ and more.
She recently wrote a piece on her affinity of Waterford and how she feels that even though she loves Waterford with all her heart, that she could never really see herself living here.
If you want to listen to that interview, you can click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-14th-june-damien-chats-with-novelist-megan-nolan?in=wlrfmwaterford/sets/deise-today-2019
Also on Friday’s show, Damien was speaking to Conor McCarthy, one of the investors for the new runway that gained capital planning permission from the government this week for Waterford Airport, spoke with Damien this morning.
Conor is the chairman of ‘Stobart’, a co-founder of ‘Air Asia’ and founder of ‘Dublin Aerospace’.
This was after news on Friday morning that ministers within the government had warned Minister for Transport Shane Ross that it is unwise to invest 5 million into the runway.
Minister of State for Training and Skills John Halligan has said the €5m investment from the Government in Waterford Airport was “a small amount”.
This follows reports that Minister for Transport Shane Ross went against the advice of officials in granting the investment, Mr Halligan said that down the years, such advice from civil servants has not been correct.
The Waterford TD said the southeast should have the same infrastructural opportunities as everywhere else in Ireland and asked why the region should be excluded when every other region across Ireland has an airport.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-14th-june-damien-chats-with-a-main-investor-of-waterford-airport?in=wlrfmwaterford/sets/deise-today-2019
Damien also spoke to the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan.
Alphonsus was in the studio to discuss the brand new 5-year pastoral plan for the diocese which he launched last Sunday and what he hopes this plan will do for the Catholic community in this area.
If you would like to hear that interview, you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-14th-june-damein-chats-with-bishop-alphonsus-cullinan?in=wlrfmwaterford/sets/deise-today-2019
If you want to listen to the full version of 'Déise Today',you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-friday-14th-june-2019?in=wlrfmwaterford/sets/deise-today-2019
