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CountryWide

RTÉ Radio 1
Ireland
Climate Change
Agriculture
Dairy Farming
Cork
Drought
Mental Health
Biodiversity
Organic Farming
Roscommon
Galway
Marine Protected Areas
Farm Machinery
Flooding
Wool
Nature-Based Solutions
Farming
Feeding Systems
Bovine Tuberculosis
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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 24/10/2026

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The Agriculture faculty in UCD is 100 years old this year. Philip meets their newly appointed Dean of Faculty, Professor Karina Pierce to find out what her department is doing to meet the challenges of the next 100 years

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With EU funding for farming with nature in retreat is this the moment that private finance might fill the gap. Ronan Doherty has transferred his fundraising skills from the renewable energy sector to nature conservation with the charity Hometree. He ... more

There are 52 EU funded LIFE projects currently running in Ireland with ambitious climate and environment goals. But the funding for these could be wrapped up over the course of the next two years as Europe shifts its political priorities. Mayo farmer... more

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Carina Pearce
Dean of Agriculture and head of the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
Episode: Countrywide Full Episode 24/10/2026
Justin Francisco
Tourist rescued after being swept into the sea at the Wormhole on Inishmore
Episode: Countrywide Full Episode 24/10/2026
Colm Ginley
Hill sheep farmer and tourist guide involved in a nature-restoration scheme
Episode: Countrywide Full Episode 24/10/2026
Ronan Daugherty
HomeTree fundraiser who moved from renewable energy finance to nature restoration
HomeTree
Episode: Countrywide Full Episode 24/10/2026
Karina Pierce
Professor and Dean of Agriculture at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
Episode: Karina Pierce
Ronan Doherty
Hometree fundraiser with experience raising money for renewable energy projects
Hometree
Episode: Hometree's "Defining Moment" for Nature
Colum Ginnelly
Mayo hill sheep farmer and tourist guide
Episode: LIFE Projects Under Threat
Cormac Nod
Rescue 118 winchman involved in the rescue at Poll na bPeist
Rescue 118
Episode: Poll na bPeist Rescue
Jane Clarke
Poet and writer featured on the program
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Episode: Countrywide Full Episode 17/10/2026

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LIFE Projects Under Threat
Q: If that money from that project is whipped away now after 2028, what does that mean for this landscape?
He says he would not continue farming there, and later explains that the recovery made so far would be lost without continued funding.
LIFE Projects Under Threat
Q: Talk to me then about the difference before and after entering that LIFE scheme.
He says farmers now notice flowers, plants and wildlife that they previously overlooked, and that nature, water quality and farming all benefit.
Poll na bPeist Rescue
Q: If the fire crew's rope hadn't been there, the two of you could have been swept right into the wormhole.
Cormac Nod agrees, saying they could have been swept into the wormhole or thrown against the cliff.
Poll na bPeist Rescue
Q: Could you tell us what was going on?
Cormac Nod explains that the helicopter crew arrived as the island fire crew secured a rope around Justin Francisco, and that he was attempting to fit Francisco with a rescue vest when a large wave hit.
Countrywide Full Episode 24/10/2026
Q: How are you dealing with the challenge of AI.? Because on the one hand, obviously, you don't want students becoming overly reliant on it. But on the other hand, in the sciences, if you're not leaning on AI to do a lot of the donkey work, particularly in laboratory settings, you're missing a trick.
Carina Pearce says the school must prepare students to use AI in industry while adapting assessment and teaching to protect academic integrity and build critical thinking.

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What is CountryWide about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show consistently covers rural life in Ireland through a multidisciplinary lens—focusing on agriculture, environment, water management, wildlife conservation, and community resilience. Across episodes, listeners hear on-the-ground perspectives from farmers and wardens, in-depth science from researchers, and policy/industry context from sustainability and offshore energy experts. The program often threads together climate-related challenges (drought, water scarcity, soil health) with cultural and historical stories (river lifeways, traditional crafts, equestrian culture) to illustrate how communities adapt and endure. A standout pattern is its cross-cutting storytelling: practical farming realities sit beside ecosystem health, wind-farm ... more

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2. Justin Francisco
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5. Karina Pierce
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7. Colum Ginnelly
8. Cormac Nod

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