Aoibhin Fallon stands in for Mary this week.

She chatted to Fergal Kelly, solutions engineer with Compar Vision Systems and robotics, based in the Cleaboy business park in Waterford.

He will talk about the company’s recent expansion and also the rising concern that robotics are taking over many of the manual jobs traditionally done by humans.

Trevor Darmody (Festival Director) and Mary Merritt (Market Manager) from Winterval in studio to discuss the positive impact the popular Christmas festival is expected to have on Waterford city.

Also, WLRs David Farrell and Kieran Foley speak to the winners of last weekend's Waterford Business Awards.