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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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0:17:03

Harvest time in a climate of change

CountryWide ·

2024/09/07

Producing cereals is only becoming more and more challenging thanks to climate change and a poor international price.

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0:08:01

Commercial vegetable growing

CountryWide ·

2024/09/07

Over time the number of people producing vegetables in Ireland has grown smaller and smaller. So it is not often you hear of a young person getting into commercial vegetable growing, like Brian McCarthy, who started with just a small roof top garden before moving to a much larger space.

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0:06:59

Hooker racing in Galway Bay

CountryWide ·

2024/09/07

All summer long, Galway Hookers and their smaller counterparts, Gleoiteogaí, can be seen out on Galway Bay competing in the yearly regatta and sailing league.

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0:45:46

Countrywide Full Episode 07/09/2024

CountryWide ·

2024/09/07

Countrywide Full Episode 07/09/2024

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0:11:29

A disease free future through the appliance of science

CountryWide ·

2024/09/07

For the last three days there has been a conference in Dublin examining zoonotic diseases, those like Avian Flu, Swine Flu, Covid-19 which can cross from animals to humans. Professor Alison Van Eenennaam speaks about the state of research which genetically alters livestock to remove or reduce their susceptibility to all manner of disease.

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0:10:04

Walking the fields with farmer Gill Smith

CountryWide ·

2024/08/31

Countrywide visits Gill Smith's farm in Carrigaline, County Cork. She is now retired and having to make tough decisions about the future of the herd.

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0:07:06

The Old Garden: a community garden in Kildare

CountryWide ·

2024/08/31

Near Clane in County Kildare, Pat Pender and his volunteers have created a garden that grows plants, flowers, vegetables, and cultivates a warm and thriving community.

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0:07:55

Irish grown wool

CountryWide ·

2024/08/31

Once upon a time, Irish wool was very valuable, used for clothing and carpets. But times, tastes and breeds of sheep have changed, and wool is sometimes seen as an unwanted by-product of the sheep industry. But there are moves afoot to change this...

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0:09:51

Do the English cousins still visit Irish farms?

CountryWide ·

2024/08/31

In years past, cousins from England, Scotland and further afield used to make the pilgrimage to the home place in the summer, just like Noel Gallagher. Does that still happen today?

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0:10:02

How has the summer been for small tourism businesses?

CountryWide ·

2024/08/31

It has been a tough year for farming, but how has the summer of 2024 been for small tourism businesses focused on farms in rural Ireland?

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0:47:38

Countrywide Full Episode 31/08/2024

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2024/08/31

Countrywide Full Episode 31/08/2024

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0:46:21

Countrywide Full Episode 24/08/2024

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2024/08/24

Countrywide Full Episode 24/08/2024

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0:07:07

The future of Lough Neagh

CountryWide ·

2024/08/24

Lough Neagh is the largest lake on the island of Ireland. Last year, the Copernicus satellite captured images from space of the green algae that spread across the lake, revealing the scale of the water quality problem. With new plans for the future of the lake being announced, how are stakeholders reacting?

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0:11:23

Newspaper review

CountryWide ·

2024/08/24

With Stephen Robb, renewable editor with the Irish Farmers Journal; and Niall Sargent, current affairs correspondent with the Currency.

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0:03:32

Nigel Owens to judge at Dualla show

CountryWide ·

2024/08/24

Legendary rugby referee Nigel Owens will be at the Dualla show as a livestock judge.

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0:06:29

Paralympian archer Kerrie Leonard

CountryWide ·

2024/08/24

We speak to Kerrie Leonard live from Paris ahead of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Kerrie is from county Meath and representing Ireland in archery.

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0:16:15

Anaerobic digestors

CountryWide ·

2024/08/24

We discuss anaerobic digestors and their future with Irish farms. With Stephen Robb, renewable editor with the Irish Farmers Journal; and James Delahunt, Corporate Finance Partner at KPMG.

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0:08:58

The Importance of Diversification in Farming

CountryWide ·

2024/08/17

Darragh McCullough, Ear to the Ground Presenter, and Teresa Roche join Hannah in the studio to talk about how important it is to have diversification in farming. Teresa Roche is from a farm beside Kylemore Abbey near Loughrea in Galway. She came from a dairy farming background and has now started Kylemore Cheeses.

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0:05:10

Electric Tractors for Ethiopia

CountryWide ·

2024/08/17

David Moore chats to Hannah about his company which creates Electric Tractors to use in Ethiopia

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0:08:29

Aronia Berries Farm

CountryWide ·

2024/08/17

Treasa Bhreatnach visited the farm of John and Kate O'Sullivan. Their sheep farm has also been growing blueberries for years but recently they've started experimenting with a new type of superfood berry- The Aronia Berry.

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