On Tuesday's 'Déise Today', Damien was talking to Fine Gael senator Paudie Coffey who is now also the director of local elections for Fine Gael as well.
Damien was chatting to Paudie to discuss why he believes the people of Waterford should vote yes for a directly elected mayor for Waterford.
Mr Coffey believes that this is a fantastic opportunity for Waterford and that he is afraid that Waterford will be left behind the rest of the country if the people vote no to this proposal.
Later on, in the show, we had a debate in the Waterford City South ward with councillors Cha O'Neil, Sean Reinhardt as well as two new local candidates Donal Barry and Vivienne Burns.
All 4 of these candidates voted no to these proposals due to a couple of reasons. The first of which was that the wage was too high. Cllr O'Neil says that "simply the wage is just too high".
If you want to listen to the debate between Damien and Paudi Coffey on the directly elected mayor you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-21st-may-paudie-coffey-on-the-directly-elected-mayors
If you want to listen to our Waterford City South ward debate you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-21st-may-our-2nd-debate-for-the-waterford-city-south-ward
Apart from this, Tuesday's version of 'Déise Today' was packed full of discussion on a variety of different topics.
Dr Niall McNamara, a Waterford GP was on the show to give his reaction to the news that four theatres in University Hospital Waterford are to shut down over the summer as budget cuts force their closure for four weeks.
Dr Bobby Smyth, a leading adolescent addiction psychiatrist, one of the 25 senior doctors who had written a letter to the HSE was also on to voice his concerns as what he see's as increasing health-related problems with cannabis use.
If you want to listen to the full version of 'Déise Today', you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-tuesday-21st-may-2019?in=wlrfmwaterford/sets/deise-today-2019
