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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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0:07:34

An Irish American in Connemara

CountryWide ·

2024/11/02

Tami Joy is an Irish American farmer transplanted from Washington State to Co Galway. She now runs an agri tourism enterprise, where you can tour their farm, dine on their produce, stay the night and take part in workshops.

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0:09:49

Restoring natural woodlands: Forest Midwife

CountryWide ·

2024/10/26

Catherine Cleary's endeavours to restore Ireland’s natural woodlands and protect biodiversity in her farm in County Roscommon are the subject of a new documentary by artist Beta Bajgart called Forest Midwife.

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0:06:07

Burren Pine Project

CountryWide ·

2024/10/26

A project in the Burren has identified an ancient stand of Irish pine and the Burrenbeo Trust is now conserving this unique variety for future generations.

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0:06:39

The People’s Millennium Forest

CountryWide ·

2024/10/26

If you were a householder in 2000 the government sent you a certificate with a number telling you where in the country they had planted an oak tree on your behalf. Countrywide went to see if those trees are still standing.

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0:03:49

National Parks projects

CountryWide ·

2024/10/26

There are hugely ambitious projects going on within our National Parks. For example, the largest conversion of commercial spruce forestry to native woodland in the history of the state in Nephin National Park. And the largest attempted restoration of a native woodland in the history of the state in Glenveagh National Park in Donegal.

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0:47:56

Countrywide Full Episode 26/10/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/10/26

Countrywide Full Episode 26/10/2024

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0:18:39

Public policy on forestry

CountryWide ·

2024/10/26

We are at a very interesting threshold in forest ownership in Ireland. The past century was mainly about the state investing in publicly owned forestry. But we are now at a tipping point where just fifty percent of forests in Ireland are now owned privately, and that number continues to grow.

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0:42:22

Countrywide Full Episode 19/10/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/10/19

Countrywide Full Episode 19/10/2024

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0:07:20

Music by Padraig Jack

CountryWide ·

2024/10/19

Singer songwriter Padraig Jack, who grew up on Inis Mor, is touring with his new album These Shores. (For copyright reasons the full tracks performed in this interview cannot be made available in the postcast)

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0:07:01

Exotic mushrooms in Offaly

CountryWide ·

2024/10/19

On Thursday, seven awards were presented to organic growers and food producers at the National Organic Awards. Garryhinch Wood Exotic Mushrooms from Offaly received the 'New & Innovative Award'.

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0:16:11

Wild and woolly hedges in Tipperary

CountryWide ·

2024/10/19

Nothing shapes the Irish landscape more than the hedgerow. We meet two farmers in Tipperary who are invested in preserving and expanding the hedges on their farms, and hear from Teagasc adviser Catherine Keena.

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0:04:02

New GAA rules

CountryWide ·

2024/10/19

Tonight on RTÉ 2, you can see the first matches being showcased with a plethora of new rules.

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0:06:23

A visit to the mart in Maam Cross

CountryWide ·

2024/10/19

The largest ever sheep sale for a single breed was held recently at Maam Cross Mart in County Galway, with over 3000 entered by members of the Connemara Mayo Blackface Breeders Group.

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0:07:49

Chainsaw carving in Co. Laois

CountryWide ·

2024/10/12

Joe Hyde works as a carer but discovered the joy of chainsaw carving during lockdown.

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0:08:40

Male bull calf

CountryWide ·

2024/10/12

The male bull calf is a bad fit for the dairy industry, that only needs heifers, and a bad fit for the beef industry where it compares poorly to their beef bred counterparts.

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0:07:29

The golden retriever trained to sniff out minks

CountryWide ·

2024/10/12

Lough Ree, the Shannon's second largest lake, has many islands which provide sanctuary for breeding waders. The unwelcome threat to these birds is the mink, which has decimated populations since it escaped from fur farms in the 1950s. Enter Lorg, a three-year old golden retriever who has been trained to sniff out mink areas.

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0:47:21

Countrywide Full Episode 12/10/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/10/12

Countrywide Full Episode 12/10/2024

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0:21:08

Racehorses

CountryWide ·

2024/10/12

We look at a way to make a better fit for horses that are too slow to race or those who have ended their racing career.

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0:07:25

Social Farming

CountryWide ·

2024/10/05

Brenda visited a very special farm on the shores of Lough Allen, which offers disadvantaged people the opportunity to spend time on a family farm in a healthy, supportive and inclusive environment.

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0:04:52

Story telling with Leo Early

CountryWide ·

2024/10/05

Nine year-old Leo Early is the winner of the Feis Ceoil All Ireland Story Telling competition.

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