Episodes

  • Lambing

    Lambing
    Mar 28 2026
    A sleepless time of year for sheep farmers, made easier on many farms by taking on students to help. UCD Ag Science students Aoife O’Brien and Sarah Ronayne were in the middle of a difficult breach birth when Suzanne Campbell arrived on Patrick Nuttal’s farm in Wicklow.
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    8 mins
  • Nature Restoration Plan

    Nature Restoration Plan
    Mar 28 2026
    Farmers and environmentalists have agreed an ambitious plan to restore nature. The only open question now is will government give it the funding it needs.
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    22 mins
  • Cullahill Mountain

    Cullahill Mountain
    Mar 28 2026
    The Heritage Council runs a Heritage in Schools scheme giving pupils a chance to experience farm life. Della Kilroy went on Vincent O’Sullivan’s tour of his farm with the pupils of Cullahill National School, Co Laois.
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    7 mins
  • Pond Life

    Pond Life
    Mar 28 2026
    Regan Hutchins reports from a greenway outside Clonakilty Co Cork on how digging three ponds saved the local newt population from being trodden on or ridden over.
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    8 mins
  • Countrywide Full Episode 28/03/2026

    Countrywide Full Episode 28/03/2026
    Mar 28 2026
    Countrywide Full Episode 28/03/2026
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    46 mins
  • Impact of Energy Crisis on Farmers

    Impact of Energy Crisis on Farmers
    Mar 21 2026
    In the current oil crisis, which the International Energy Agency this week called the ‘worst in history’, fluctuating prices on fuel and fertiliser will have a severe impact on farmers. Philip meets farmers and contractors at the forefront of this, including one farmer who has found a way to function without using chemical fertilisers.
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    16 mins
  • Search and Rescue Dogs in Kerry

    Search and Rescue Dogs in Kerry
    Mar 21 2026
    Lorna Siggins attends a demonstration of the search and rescue dogs of the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team in Killarney.
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    6 mins
  • Livestock Boat to Israel

    Livestock Boat to Israel
    Mar 21 2026
    This week, an Israeli registered Livestock carrier left Ireland heading to Israel, with a large shipment of calves on board. But with the port of Haifa under threat in the current Middle East conflict, it's unclear whether the ship will be able to land and unload these animals. Philip talks to journalist Lilach Laila Ben David in Haifa.
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    7 mins