A PARISH priest in Waterford has had his plea to the country's bishops for one standardised guideline on funeral eulogies ruled out.

Fr Michael Toomey, who covers the Fourmilewater/Touraneena and Nire areas, had an issue with the lack of uniformity between parishes when it comes to eulogies in terms of what is permitted and duration etc.

He had maintained a collective guideline that allowed one person to speak for less than five mins either before the funeral mass or after it, would solve a lot of the problems.

However, when asked about the proposal, a spokesperson for the country's bishops referred to the "universal instruction" applying to priests throughout the world and said it's the responsibility of each bishop to implement guidance in their diocese.

This morning (Tuesday), 'Deise Today' spoke to Fr Michael Toomey about his proposal.

You can listen back to his chat with Damien by clicking on the image above...