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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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Countrywide Full Episode 15/11/2025

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2025/11/15

Countrywide Full Episode 15/11/2025

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Learning about regenerative farming in Monaghan

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2025/11/15

In Monaghan, a not-for-profit co-operative called Síolta Chroí is hosting training courses on regenerative agriculture. They recently started a six-week program called Farming the System, aimed at helping local farmers to create more diversified and resilient farms. For more details, visit sioltachroi.ie

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0:03:31

Shifting Baseline Syndrome

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2025/11/08

Mary Reynolds is a writer based in Wexford. She’s been thinking about how our concept of nature has shifted over generations and wants to introduce us to the idea of Shifting Baseline Syndrome.

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0:16:16

Nick and Cass McCarthy's Lúnasa Farm

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2025/11/08

In 2021, Nick and Cass McCarthy set up Lúnasa Farm on 30 acres of land in Co. Clare. Neither of them comes from a farming background. Nick’s an engineer by trade, and he met Cass while working in her home country of Australia. lunasafarm.ie for more details

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0:45:39

Countrywide Full Episode 08/11/2025

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2025/11/08

Countrywide Full Episode 08/11/2025.

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0:05:17

A visit to the repair café in Tullamore

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2025/11/08

Across Ireland, repair cafés are springing up. The idea is simple: reduce waste, reuse what you can, and give old items, from clothing to furniture, a new lease of life.

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0:10:02

Séamus Boland

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2025/11/08

Last month, Séamus Boland became President of the European Economic and Social Committee, an EU body that gives voice to workers, businesses, farmers and communities right across Europe.

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0:09:20

Protecting Donegal Tweed

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2025/11/08

At the moment, anyone across the world can use “Donegal Tweed” to describe their fabric, whether it was made in Donegal or not. This might all stop because the Donegal Tweed Association is applying to get official EU recognition and legal protection.

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0:15:07

Land value

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2025/11/01

Two very large farms that have just come on the property market, and the asking prices for both say all kinds of fascinating things about the value we attach to land.

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0:08:13

Careful restoration brings a Wexford cottage back to...

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2025/11/01

Up on Forth Mountain in Wexford, a group of volunteers and craftspeople have been slowly restoring an old cottage, a place that was once the centre of a small, close-knit community.

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0:20:21

Efforts to eradicate bovine TB

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2025/11/01

Last month the government allocated €157 million of public money in Budget 2026 for the Department of Agriculture to continue their efforts to eradicate the disease.

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0:01:27

A poem for Manchán Magan

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2025/11/01

A poem by Janet Heeran, remembering Manchán Magan

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0:46:19

Countrywide Full Episode 01/11/2025

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2025/11/01

Countrywide Full Episode 01/11/2025

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0:05:53

How Sweden responded to Storm Gudrun

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2025/10/25

On Saturday 8th January 2005, a powerful storm swept past the northwest of Ireland before gaining ferocious strength as it reached southern Sweden.

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Countrywide Full Episode 25/10/25

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2025/10/25

Countrywide Full Episode 25/10/25

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0:06:27

Civil Defence: How volunteers help deal with emergencies

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2025/10/25

The backbone of communities is neighbours helping each other, but also the teams of volunteers who are trained in dealing with emergencies.

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0:38:32

How we should prepare for extreme weather

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2025/10/25

October is the start of storm season. So how should we prepare for extreme weather?

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0:07:27

How Marie Hannah Curran storm-proofed her life

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2025/10/25

Marie Hannah Curran and her husband moved to a windy spot in East Galway, and quickly realised they’d have to adapt their home if they were going to cope with severe weather. Our reporter Della Kilroy went to meet her to find out what they’ve done to storm-proof their lives.

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0:07:30

Why flea treatments for cats and dogs are threatening...

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2025/10/25

London-based vet Sean McCormack tells us why flea treatments for cats and dogs are threatening river life.

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0:31:11

Why are beef prices going up?

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2025/10/18

Philip visits Balla Mart to see who is selling and the prices cattle are making.

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