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CountryWide

RTÉ Radio 1
Ireland
Climate Change
Agriculture
Dairy Farming
Cork
Mercosur
Drought
Mental Health
Biodiversity
Organic Farming
Galway
Marine Protected Areas
Farm Machinery
European Union
Flooding
Wool
Cows
Nature-Based Solutions
Farming
Feeding Systems

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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How the seas and ocean around Ireland shape our lives and could change our future.

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Prof John Bell flips Ireland's idea of itself on its head. The country is not a peripheral island on the edge of Europe. It is a large maritime nation that could become a bio-economic super power.

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The Creative Ireland visual arts project "Dunmore Through a Lens" has captured the Waterford fishing village's people and their memories.

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Surfer and Academic Dr Easkey Britton believes that both we and the ocean will benefit by adjusting our relationship with the marine world.

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Recent Guests

Dolph de Haunt
Local resident and campaign participant
Bantry Bay community
Episode: Countrywide Full Episode 10/10/26
Gareth Murphy
Founder of Ornifarraga, seaweed farming entrepreneur
Ornifarraga
Episode: Countrywide Full Episode 10/10/26
John Bell
Professor in UCD's School of International Relations
University College Dublin
Episode: Silicon Valley of the Sea
Dr. Easkey Britton
Donegal surfer, writer, and academic advocating for blue health and ocean literacy
Independent researcher, marine social scientist
Episode: Blue Wellbeing
Kay O'Sullivan
EU Best Organic Female Farmer of the Year winner
Glynn Organic Farm, Morne Abbey, North Cork
Episode: EU Female Organic Farmer of The Year
Yolanda Coughlin
Owner at Coughlin's bakery
Coughlin's Bakery, County Kildare
Episode: EU Female Organic Farmer of The Year
Professor Fiona Doohan
Professor of Plant Health at UCD
University College Dublin
Episode: Food Security: Bread
Donal Beagan
Nest protection manager with the Breeding Waders EIP
Breeding Waders EIP
Episode: Nest Protection Officer Training Programme
Dan Murphy
Representative from Southwest Kerry, farm organization; co-founder of Tull of Oak
Southwest Kerry farm organization; Tull of Oak
Episode: Agriland/ICMSA Farmer Survey: Panel

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Della Kilroy
Host of the feature from BirdWatch Ireland
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Farming Seaweed
Q: Have you done a tally of the number of applications for what it is that you're growing here?
Gareth notes that while he has not tallied every application, numerous approaches keep coming in, but the focus remains on established supply chains and scalable uses across fertilizer, food, health, and industrial segments.
Farming Seaweed
Q: What are the applications for that seaweed then?
The seaweed serves as a fertilizer (bio-stimulant with anti-stress properties), an additive for drought resilience, a binding agent in industry and pet food, and a major ingredient in foods and health products, with substantial market potential both domestically and internationally.
Farming Seaweed
Q: Well, you got this far, so I know you must have a good 30-second pitch to describe the business and sell it to people. What's your pitch?
Gareth Murphy outlines Oir Na Farraige as a regenerative agriculture company aiming to become Europe's largest seaweed farm by 2030, emphasizing the shift from traditional harvesting to scalable, long-line farming that creates habitat, supports local economies, and offers multiple product streams.
Countrywide Full Episode 10/10/26
Q: What about the ecological and community impacts of seaweed farming vs. traditional kelp extraction?
Dolph argues farming avoids wild-stock depletion, supports habitat restoration, and creates a no-go zone around farms that protects other species, contrasting it with the risks of suction-based extraction.
Countrywide Full Episode 10/10/26
Q: What are the main applications for the seaweed you're growing?
Gareth outlines fertilizer use as a primary early application, calling it an anti-stress, soil-nourishing additive and clarifying that it's a standalone fertilizer with additional industry uses including pet food and binding agents.

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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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CountryWide launched 17 years ago and published 108 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.

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2. Gareth Murphy
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4. Dr. Easkey Britton
5. Kay O'Sullivan
6. Yolanda Coughlin
7. Professor Fiona Doohan
8. Donal Beagan

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