Épisodes

  • Beating TB
    Feb 28 2026
    An opinion poll of farmers shows they are prepared to go much further than farm leaders or politicians in trying to eradicate bovine tuberculosis. Liam Guinan, Farmer, Birr Co Offaly. Dr Deirdre Robertson, Senior Researcher, ESRI. Eamonn Carroll, VP ICMSA.
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    13 min
  • Fermanagh Farmwalk
    Feb 28 2026
    Creative Ireland has fostered collaborations between artists and farmers to better explain farming to the public. Della Kilroy visited farmer Barry Connolly and Artists Helen Sharp in Fermanagh.
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    6 min
  • Grass Growth
    Feb 28 2026
    One of the surest signs of spring is the moment when the soil gets above 5 degrees in temperature and grass starts growing. Suzanne Campbell visited Tom Burgess on his Coolattin Cheese farm in Wicklow to see how fresh grass and silage affected the taste of the milk and his global award-winning cheddar cheese.
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    7 min
  • Signs of Spring
    Feb 28 2026
    Three experts in their field on the signs that spring has or hasn’t sprung. Aine O’Donoghue, Irish Peatland Conservation Council on frogs and frogspawn. Prof Jane Stout on the first pollinators to emerge from hibernation. Declan Murphy Naturalist and Author on the birds beginning nesting
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    19 min
  • Countrywide Full Episode 28/02/2026
    Feb 28 2026
    Countrywide Full Episode 28/02/2026
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    47 min
  • Tangle Net Fishing
    Feb 21 2026
    Tangle Net Fishing for Crayfish is sweeping up other critically endangered species as “by-catch”. How do we save Angel Sharks from extinction while preserving fishermen incomes and coastal communities? Marine Biologist, Dr Patrick Collins, QUB. Crayfish fisherman, Eddie Moore, NIFA. Angel Shark project leader, Louise Overy, MTU.
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    19 min
  • Seaweed Rights
    Feb 21 2026
    Families who have traditionally harvested seaweed from the foreshore fear that a new requirement to register before collecting will favour a multinational exporter over them. Lorna Siggins reports.
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    7 min
  • Dúlamán
    Feb 21 2026
    When a song about seaweed is actually about so much more.
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    1 min