The Big 6 - Monday November 2nd

Every evening at 6 O Clock WLR brings you the 6 biggest stories of the day

There was good news for 3 Waterford communities today following the announcement of funding. Under the 2020 CLÁR scheme, Knockanore, Clashmore and Kilrossanty will receive funding towards the provision of safety measures such as traffic calming, public lighting and footpaths in their communities.

Following a study, The Simon Community have said that private rented accommodation is beyond reach for people in receipt of the housing assistance payment in Waterford City. Of the 34 homes available in Waterford City Centre at the time, none were available within the HAP limits.

All Ireland champions Tipperary have received a bye into the second round along with Wexford. Dublin will play Cork in the first round and Clare go up against Laois.

Today, Garda Keith Ryan of Waterford Garda Station pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman, while arresting her, in the city two years ago.

Produced by WLR's own Ray C, along with Keith Daniels, Against The Current aired on WLR over the Halloween weekend and proved very popular. The documentary features some of the key figures in Waterford’s Counter Culture movements and explores why these Sub Cultures wanted to be different from the main stream. Listen back to all five episodes here.

We're delighted to be teaming up with Waterford Sports Partnership to get people thinking about what we can do to support women and teenage girls to participate in sport and physical activity. So far, we've met Sports Development Officers