Countrywide Full Episode 20/06/2026
Countrywide Full Episode 20/06/2026
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Damien O'Reilly and 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...
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Meitheal
Keith Brennan, on Hawthorn Hill Farm in Roscommon, reflects on the power of Meitheal, and therefore found putting his back in to a shared jo...
War Zone Farmers
This morning we looked at what farming is like in countries affected by war and climate change; Sudan, Lebanon, Ukraine. Given what the agro...
The Inishkea Islands
National Parks and Wildlife Service has taken the precaution of appointing a warden to make sure visitors know how to tread softly on the In...
Booleying
Grass growth has been rampant in the last few weeks, with quite a few farms pushing into surplus. It’s a time of year where that kind of gro...
Making Farms Work for Women
'Making Farms Work for Women' is a pilot project that's looking at the reality of farming for women and at the challenges they face. Over th...
Irish Wild Honeybees
Swarming season is in full swing across the country. Queen bees are leaving their nests, allowing developing queens to inherit their thrones...
Peat Alternatives
Looking at the bogs a bit more closely, where are we at in developing completely peat free alternative composts so that we can stop cutting...
Peat Extraction
The European Commission is not happy about what we haven’t done to protect our bogs. They say we have failed to stop large scale commercial...
Seashore Kids: Getting children involved in marine protection
Della Kilroy goes beachcombing in Bray with Marine Biologist, Mona McCrae and a group of school children as part of ‘Seashore Kids’, which p...
Fair Seas Conference panel
Speakers at the Fair Seas Conference 2026 on MPAs: Minna Epps - IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Belinda Bramley - UK...
A fisherman's perspective on MPA's
Fisherman John Lynch talks to Suzanne Campbell about his reaction to MPA introduction.
Do Marine Protected Areas work?
Marine Biologist, Ben Harris, has scientific evidence that MPAs work.
Whats in a birdsong?
Ornithologist, Sean Ronayne, on how important Marine Protection Areas are for Seabirds and his passion for capturing bird sounds
How much land will nature need to use
Jesmond Harding, author of the The Irish Butterfly Book, makes the case for conserving habitat for creatures like the Marsh Fritillary butte...
Cornafulla Bog competing land uses
Ella McSweeney talks to locals in Roscommon who feel there is better environmental and cultural value to be had on their bog than the climat...
Panel Discussion on Land Use
Stakeholders from farmers to renewable energy call for the publication of the Land Use Review. Pat O'Toole, Political Editor, Irish Farmers...
Impact of absence of Land Use Review
With a wind farm going up in the next field Michael Miley's farm outside Monasterevin is just one of thousands that would benefit from clear...
Where is the Land Use Review
There isn't enough land in the country to do all the things we have set targets for. 17 months ago government received a report setting out...
Blinded by Whitethorn in Cork
There’s enough hedgerow in Ireland to go around the equator 17 times and there’s a Whitethorn at the heart of every hedge. So lets pause for...