On Tuesday's 'Déise Today', Damien visited the village of Dunhill which is situated in between Fenor and Bunmahon on the copper coast.
VFI strongly criticised the government yesterday for abandoning rural communities in the wake of changes to drink- driving legislation that was introduced last October.
Due to this, Damien, while visiting the town, chatted to several people in the town who all talked about the new drink driving laws which are having this effect on the pubs.
JP Harney from Dunhill and who runs the pub talked about how he saw this as the final nail in the coffin for rural pubs in Ireland as people simply "can't head down to the pub for a pint or two anymore as they are over the limit the second that they take a sip".
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https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-14th-may-are-pubs-in-rural-ireland-dying
Apart from that on Tuesday's show, there was plenty of debate on a number of topics.
Damien was talking to Darren Skelton of 'Waterford News and Star" on the case of Tramore man Nicholas Power who was convicted of child sex assault but has avoided significant punishment after being deemed unsuitable for community service.
Damien also talked to Adrian Weckler, technology editor of 'The Irish Independent' on the news that Whatsapp was hacked over the weekend.
Cybersecurity experts have warned WhatsApp users to update the messaging app as soon as possible following the discovery of a major vulnerability that could allow attackers to install a malicious code on smartphones.
The Facebook-owned app said it identified and fixed the issue earlier this month but Citizen Lab, a research group at the University of Toronto, suspects that an attacker attempted to exploit it again on Sunday.
WhatsApp believes that a select number of users were targeted by an advanced cyber actor, exploiting its voice calling feature, which it said had all the hallmarks of a private company reportedly that works with governments to deliver spyware that takes over the functions of mobile phone operating systems.
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https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-tuesday-14th-may-2019
