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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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0:06:07

Wild Irish honey bee

CountryWide ·

2024/12/07

The native bee is uniquely adapted to the conditions on this island. Lorna Siggins went to visit David Geoghan, a bee keeper in Oughterard in Galway who has been giving samples of his bees to a researcher from the University of Galway.

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0:05:21

Tractor runs and other charity fundraisers

CountryWide ·

2024/12/07

We chat to a few of those involved in tractor runs, live cribs and other fundraisers around the country.

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0:05:45

Farming in Gaza

CountryWide ·

2024/12/07

Palestinian agronomist and ecologist Mazin Qumsiyeh tells Countrywide about what it is like to farm in Gaza now. See palestinenature.org for more details.

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0:10:48

The rise of TB

CountryWide ·

2024/12/07

Farmers Joe and Michael Dempsey in County Galway have lost a third of their herd to TB since summer, and won't know until January if they can come out of lockdown.

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0:45:42

Countrywide Full Episode 07/12/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/12/07

Countrywide Full Episode 07/12/2024

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0:09:20

TB Eradication Scheme

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2024/12/07

Dr Damien Barrett, Chief Superintending Veterinary Officer of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine, on the TB Eradication Scheme.

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0:09:00

Turkeys for Christmas

CountryWide ·

2024/12/07

Ella McSweeney reports from David McEvoy's turkey farm in County Louth. This year, he has decided to donate part of the proceeds from the sales of his turkeys to the local women's refuge in Drogheda.

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0:19:02

Nellie Oleson actress tracks down Irish ancestors

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2024/11/23

Alison Arngrim, who played mean girl Nellie Oleson in The Little House on the Prairie, tracks down her Irish ancestors in county Kilkenny.

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0:45:16

Countrywide Full Episode 23/11/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/11/23

Countrywide Full Episode 23/11/2024

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0:18:28

Organic farming

CountryWide ·

2024/11/23

We visit Joe Nolan in Carlow where he runs both organic sheep and tillage operations. In this virtuous circle, the sheep fertilise the cereals and the cereals feed the sheep. We also hear from Padraig Brennan, Chair of the National Organic Strategy Forum.

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0:06:50

Storm Bert

CountryWide ·

2024/11/23

We hear from farmers around the country as Storm Bert makes its way through the West and South West.

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0:09:18

Proposed sale of Kerry Dairy Ireland

CountryWide ·

2024/11/16

Kerry Group is asking its shareholders if it can sell off most of its dairy business, a big change with a potentially big impact on farming. With Lorcan Roche Kelly, agri-business editor with the Irish Farmers Journal.

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0:07:14

Restoring Éire 63 watch station

CountryWide ·

2024/11/16

There were 83 watch stations on cliff and mountain tops around the country, each with its own numbered Éire sign, made with white stones and visible from the sky. Lorna Siggins hiked up to Éire 63 in County Mayo with a community group who have restored the coast watch station.

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0:01:01

The Caddisfly: a poem by Jane Clarke

CountryWide ·

2024/11/16

Poet Jane Clarke grew up on a farm in County Roscommon, and farming and nature are woven through her work.

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0:09:03

A lifetime of training yields a winner in Fairyhouse

CountryWide ·

2024/11/16

Brenda Donohue meets 70 year-old horse trainer Eleanor Broderick in Fermoy.

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0:43:06

Countrywide Full Episode 16/11/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/11/16

Countrywide Full Episode 16/11/2024

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0:15:43

Farming For Nature

CountryWide ·

2024/11/16

Mayo farmer Sinéad Moran, one of the earlier ambassadors of the Farming For Nature scheme, speaks about what she has learned and how the scheme helped her business. And we look at the new handbook by farmers for farmers: "A Practical Guide To Protecting And Restoring Nature On Your Farm"

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0:16:06

Invasion of the Jelly Fish

CountryWide ·

2024/11/09

We got news on Countrywide this week of a very large fish kill in a Salmon Farm in Donegal – that was caused by an inundation of Jellyfish. Then separately we got more jellyfish related news at completely the other end of the country from Donegal. Philip Boucher Hayes went to investigate

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0:11:36

Irelands Tidiest Village - Ballinahown

CountryWide ·

2024/11/09

Well, we have all heard of the phrase, it takes a village, that is certainly the case in Ballinahown, Co Westmeath, which has been named as Ireland’s Tidiest Village at this year’s SuperValu TidyTowns competition.

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0:15:29

The Town Scientist

CountryWide ·

2024/11/09

A Town Scientist is a pilot programme developed and delivered by Dundalk native Dr Niamh Shaw, scientist, engineer, communicator, and performer. It aims to work with people from local communities to make science more accessible and to break down barriers that often keep people from engaging with scientific topics.

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