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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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0:21:08

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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0:07:29

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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0:08:40

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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0:04:50

Leitrim Ladies Footballer Michelle Guckian

CountryWide ·

2024/10/05

Michelle Guckian, Captain of the Leitrim Ladies Football team.

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0:04:01

David Power from the Leitrim Observer

CountryWide ·

2024/10/05

David Power, Acting Editor of the Leitrim Observer

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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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0:44:55

Launching the Just Rambling Project live from Leitrim

CountryWide ·

2024/10/05

Countrywide is live from dancer Edwina Guckian's house in Drumsna, Co Leitrim to launch the "Just Rambling Project". (for copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this programme cannot be made available in the podcast)

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0:03:21

Summer in September

CountryWide ·

2024/09/28

An essay by Janet Heeran on cherishing the late summer sunshine.

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0:06:45

Making and restoring old Irish dressers

CountryWide ·

2024/09/28

Joe Ribbon is a master craftsman who has spent his life preserving the tradition of the old Irish dresser.

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0:45:50

Countrywide Full Episode 28/09/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/09/28

Countrywide Full Episode 28/09/2024

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0:06:59

Shannon Pipeline project

CountryWide ·

2024/09/28

One project being mentioned for the Apple tax windfall is the Shannon pipeline project to pump water from our longest river to Dublin and the eastern counties. Uisce Éireann has already spent nearly 70 million euro on preparing its planning application. However the plan has once again aroused concerns in the Tipperary and Lough Derg areas.

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0:14:54

Slurry derogation

CountryWide ·

2024/09/28

EU officials have been hearing the arguments for retaining the derogation that allows some farmers to spread larger amounts of manure than everyone else. As water quality in many rivers, lakes and estuaries has not improved as much as we promised it would, we find out what way the Commission might be leaning and the impact if the derogation goes.

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0:09:46

Remembering our community midwives

CountryWide ·

2024/09/28

Nearly all babies are born in hospital today, but that wasn’t always the case. Many were delivered at home by community midwives, whose role is remembered in a new exhibition in The National Museum of Ireland and Country Life in Mayo.

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0:43:34

The rivers of Donegal

CountryWide ·

2024/09/21

Countrywide explores the challenge, history and music flowing through the rivers of Donegal. With music by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. (for copyright reasons, full tracks cannot be made available in the podcast)

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0:14:22

Paying for nature restoration

CountryWide ·

2024/09/14

Many farmers and landowners say they want to do more for nature. But how do farmers get paid for hedgerows that eat into their fields or for putting in a pond? How do they get paid for using less pesticides when doing that reduces their yields? These are some of the questions we try to answer with the help of Dr Brendan Dunford.

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0:18:04

Leaning on Gates by Seamus O'Rourke

CountryWide ·

2024/09/14

'Leaning on Gates' is the latest book by Seamus O'Rourke. It's a sequel to his first popular memoir 'Standing in Gaps', and covers the tender years after Seamus turned 18.

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0:05:23

A new and important role for Miscanthus

CountryWide ·

2024/09/14

In the noughties, farmers were prompted to grow the elephant grass miscanthus as bio-fuel. But when government plans were changed, they were left with fields full of an unwanted high energy crop. Some stuck with Miscanthus and have carved out a new and very important role for it.

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0:47:00

Countrywide Full Episode 14/09/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/09/14

Countrywide Full Episode 14/09/2024

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0:07:39

How demographic changes affect GAA clubs

CountryWide ·

2024/09/14

A big issue for GAA clubs is the changing demographic of this country. According to the latest CSO figures, 63% of the population now live in urban areas. For rural clubs, it means fewer players, and for urban clubs, it means not enough facilities. New demographics committees have now been set up to attempt to match facilities with population.

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