
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.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 108 | Founded | 17 years ago |
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Today's programme is a River Shannon special as we hear about the life along the river.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We continue our River Shannon special, and Regan Hutchins also chats to Donal Boland about life living on the Shannon, on a boat in Co Offaly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Louise McHugh is a professor of psychology and the deputy head in the school of psychology at UCD, and she’s been involved in researching mental health and suicide in the farming community in Ireland. If you've been affected by anything we've discuss... more
The loy is a long, narrow spade that broke hard ground for generations. A new exhibition at The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon takes the loy as its starting point. The Green Loy is curated to make a quiet case that the everyday things of rural life - too... more
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Tackling a mix of rural affairs, environmental stewardship, and science storytelling, the show threads together policy debates, farming livelihoods, and ecological wonders across Ireland. Recent episodes center on the European Union's CAP reform and how to define active vs inactive farming, the politics and practicalities of subsidies, and the balance between productivity, biodiversity, and food security. Science segments explore mayflies, their ancient mating dances, and how pollution and light affect insect life, while human-interest pieces spotlight small-scale farming families turning goat milk into soap, and on-the-ground environmental and wildlife reporting. The program frequently features active farmers, policymakers, scientists, and... more
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Recent guests on CountryWide include:
1. Louise McHugh
2. Regan Hutchins
3. Martin Keating
4. John Joe Gavin
5. Michael Keegan
6. Blathnaid Gallagher
7. Sinead Grimes
8. Robert Harvey
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