On Wednesday's version of 'Déise Today', Maria was talking to Dr Michael Toomey, a Clonmel priest who is apart of the diocese of Waterford and Lismore.
Father Toomey had made national headlines recently as he made an appeal at masses in his parish over the weekend to ask for urgent help in finding a house for a young family to rent.
The young couple, who wish to remain anonymous, had been renting a house up to very recently with their three-year-old daughter, and they were expecting a second child.
However, the owner of the property contacted them earlier in the year to ask them to vacate it.
"Their situation is truly heart-breaking," Fr Michael told parishioners. The family approached Fr Michael last week, desperate to see if he could help in any way.
"I made the appeal to highlight that the homeless crisis isn't just in Dublin - it is happening everywhere; it is a national emergency," Fr Michael said.
"This could happen any of us who are renting a property - we could be asked to leave through no fault of our own.
Michael made the point that the homeless crisis is not just in Dublin but is a country-wide issue and that a lot more needs to be done at a national and a local point to fix this.
If you want to listen to that interview you can just click here.
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-22nd-may-father-michael-toomey-who-appealed-for-people-to-help-families-pay-rent?in=wlrfmwaterford/sets/deise-today-2019
Wednesday's version of 'Déise Today' was also full of other discussions.
Maria was talking to local Sinn Féin councillor Pat Fitzgerald on the new 80 million plan for a massive housing and apartment development in Knockboy which is causing concern with people in the area as they feel that the infrastructure does not exist in the area and this will just put further strain on traffic and other things in the area.
If you want to listen to the full version of 'Déise Today', you can just click here!
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/deise-today-wednesday-22nd-may-2019
