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CountryWide

The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across Ireland. Listen live Saturdays at 8am on RTÉ Radio 1.

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0:01:32

Poet Jane Clarke reads Barnacullian Bog

CountryWide ·

2025/07/19

Poet Jane Clarke reads Barnacullian Bog

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0:02:49

Tóchar Community Voices

CountryWide ·

2025/07/19

Tóchar Community Voices is a storytelling initiative, part of Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration Project. The three-year project is dedicated to wetland restoration, research, and community engagement across Ireland’s midlands.

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0:18:06

Saving Abbeyleix Bog

CountryWide ·

2025/07/19

25 years ago, 37 locals protested to save Abbeyleix Bog, now a local centre for locals, tourists and nature.

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0:10:54

A visit to Carbery Bog

CountryWide ·

2025/07/19

Ella McSweeney visits Carbery Bog, which the community has owned and managed for 120 years.

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0:05:26

The lucrative business of illegal peat removal

CountryWide ·

2025/07/19

Ella speaks to Tom Ryan, EPA Director of Enforcement

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0:08:34

A pedicure in Inishmore

CountryWide ·

2025/07/12

Treasa Bhreathnach went along with Cecil Fitzgerald and his apprentice Noel to visit the yard of Thomas Faherty in Aran Islands where a couple of horses were waiting for their pedicure.

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0:09:35

How are animals dealing with the hot weather?

CountryWide ·

2025/07/12

Dairy farmer and vet Hazel Mullins and farmer Martin Conroy from Woodside Farm in Cork tell us how to keep animals cool and calm.

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0:23:12

Dairy farmers and EU's new environmental standards

CountryWide ·

2025/07/12

Uncertainty and confusion surrounds Dairy farmers on the possibility of adhering to EU's new environmental standards that aim to protect nature sites, including rivers, bogs, sanddunes and estuaries as part of appropriate assessments.

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0:05:17

Adjusting farming to the heat

CountryWide ·

2025/07/12

A look at how new rare breed pigs Marjorie, Hattie and Ishpini at Hannah Quinn-Mulligan's farm in Limerick are adjusting to the heat.

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0:24:11

What's stopping young people from farming?

CountryWide ·

2025/07/05

Only a sliver of farms are owned by young people - 7% under 35 years of age. Some of them shared their experiences, frustrations, and hopes.

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0:09:12

The Lingaun Loop Bus

CountryWide ·

2025/07/05

To get people out of their cars and into public transport, a small community right on the Kilkenny-Tipperary border have set up a free bus service for tourists and locals.

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0:06:58

Community gardening

CountryWide ·

2025/07/05

In the heart of Portlaoise a forgotten patch of land, that was once a forgotten patch of land, has been completely transformed into a place of restoration and community.

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0:06:12

A river runs free

CountryWide ·

2025/07/05

There was real excitement during the week on the River Deveron - when a weir that had stood for over 150 years was fully removed, reconnecting the river and giving salmon, trout, eels access to more than 11 kilometres of upstream habitat for the very first time in generations.

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0:08:36

Irish oysters

CountryWide ·

2025/06/28

Meet Kerry-born chef and oyster sommelier Sarah Browne who wants to expand the market for oysters in Ireland.

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0:06:43

Tribute to Dan Browne

CountryWide ·

2025/06/28

We remember founder of Dawn Meats, Dan Browne who passed away this week. Browne was a pioneer in developing Ireland's beef and dairy industries.

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0:08:09

A pop-up museum in Wexford

CountryWide ·

2025/06/28

Take a trip to village of Killinerin in Wexford where a pop-up museum discusses local folklore and displays amusing artefacts.

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0:06:55

Adieu Ballyfad National School

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2025/06/28

Father Denis Brown, the chair of the board of school management shares fond memories of the school, which was among seven other schools across Ireland that closed its doors for the final time yesterday.

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0:16:55

The Bride project

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2025/06/28

A total of 43 farmers took part in this project in Cork's Bride valley aimed at reversing nature loss across the valley, which has now come to its conclusion.

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0:07:19

Uses for willow in the bioeconomy

CountryWide ·

2025/06/21

There is apparently an ever increasing demand for willow baskets, panniers, handbags, bird feeders, and obelisks for climbing plants. And only a very small number of people with the skills to make them. Sarah Jenkinson runs her own workshops in Galway.

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0:07:24

Summer solstice

CountryWide ·

2025/06/21

To understand how the Solstice – and its companion event St John’s Eve bonfire night on Monday - is being marked countrywide Philip speaks to folklorists from Limerick and Cork.

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