Maria stands in for Damien on today's show and starts by looking back at the failed motion of no confidence in the embattled housing minister Eoghan Murphy. The Dublin TD yesterday survived the vote by 56 votes to 53 with 35 abstentions.
Maria then speaks to representatives from homeless charity "Helping Hands" about a protest taking place in Waterford on Thursday.
New rules have been introduced regarding the sale and use of gift vouchers ahead of the Christmas rush. Maria speaks to Doireann Sweeney from the Consumer Protection Committee.
And Stradbally resident John Darcy from the Surprise Surprise charity group speaks ahead of their appearance on Nationwide this evening.
In part 2 of the show Waterford News and Star journalist Darren Skelton talks about the hospital bed crisis at university Hospital Waterford.
Conor McMahon has the latest on all of the new streaming services that are coming online soon which hope to rival Netflix in their domination of the service.
The show's parenting expert Laura Erskine talks about how too fewer toys can make children play more.
And Gerard Hurley, the CEO of Waterford Chamber has details of their voucher system.