CountryWide
RTE Ireland
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.
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
Networks:
RTE Ireland
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@RTECountryWide
Language:
English
Contact:
RTÉ Donnybrook Dublin 4 01 208 3111
Website:
http://www.rte.ie/
Email:
countrywide@rte.ie
Episodes
Countrywide's Christmas Special
12/21/2024
On this week's Countrywide, we meet storytellers, wren enthusiasts and convivial shop keepers, all wrapped up with music from Lyric FM's Choirs for Christmas. For copyright reasons, some of the music has been shortened in this podcast version.
Duration:00:38:22
Countrywide Full Episode 14/12/2024
12/14/2024
Countrywide Full Episode 14/12/2024
Duration:00:46:40
New Bia Innovator Campus supports Nibbed Cacao
12/14/2024
This year, a brand new Bia Innovator Campus opened in Athenry, providing support to businesses, such as Nibbed Cacao.
Duration:00:06:19
A visit to Dublin's DSPCA
12/14/2024
Ellen Leonard reporting from the DSPCA.
Duration:00:06:01
What does the Mercosur deal mean for Ireland?
12/14/2024
This week, farmers took to the streets in Brussels to protest against the Mercosur deal, a new trade agreement finalised last weekend between the EU and a group of South American countries, including Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Professor Alan Matthews is an expert in European Agricultural Policy.
Duration:00:08:55
Donegal singer David James
12/14/2024
David James is a 26 year old musician from Donegal. He is also a world champion Irish dancer, and a presenter on Highland Radio.
Duration:00:12:10
Walking through an apple orchard
12/14/2024
Down on his 60 acre farm near Cahir, Con Traas produces nearly five million apples every year. To make a living, he has to diversify - apple juices, ciders, vinegars, and now he has a new apple brandy.
Duration:00:08:44
After the storm
12/14/2024
After the storm, an essay by Keith Brennan
Duration:00:03:33
Tractor runs and other charity fundraisers
12/7/2024
We chat to a few of those involved in tractor runs, live cribs and other fundraisers around the country.
Duration:00:05:21
Countrywide Full Episode 07/12/2024
12/7/2024
Countrywide Full Episode 07/12/2024
Duration:00:45:42
Wild Irish honey bee
12/7/2024
The native bee is uniquely adapted to the conditions on this island. Lorna Siggins went to visit David Geoghan, a bee keeper in Oughterard in Galway who has been giving samples of his bees to a researcher from the University of Galway.
Duration:00:06:07
TB Eradication Scheme
12/7/2024
Dr Damien Barrett, Chief Superintending Veterinary Officer of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine, on the TB Eradication Scheme.
Duration:00:09:20
The rise of TB
12/7/2024
Farmers Joe and Michael Dempsey in County Galway have lost a third of their herd to TB since summer, and won't know until January if they can come out of lockdown.
Duration:00:10:48
Farming in Gaza
12/7/2024
Palestinian agronomist and ecologist Mazin Qumsiyeh tells Countrywide about what it is like to farm in Gaza now. See palestinenature.org for more details.
Duration:00:05:45
Turkeys for Christmas
12/7/2024
Ella McSweeney reports from David McEvoy's turkey farm in County Louth. This year, he has decided to donate part of the proceeds from the sales of his turkeys to the local women's refuge in Drogheda.
Duration:00:09:00
Countrywide Full Episode 23/11/2024
11/23/2024
Countrywide Full Episode 23/11/2024
Duration:00:45:16
Organic farming
11/23/2024
We visit Joe Nolan in Carlow where he runs both organic sheep and tillage operations. In this virtuous circle, the sheep fertilise the cereals and the cereals feed the sheep. We also hear from Padraig Brennan, Chair of the National Organic Strategy Forum.
Duration:00:18:28
Nellie Oleson actress tracks down Irish ancestors
11/23/2024
Alison Arngrim, who played mean girl Nellie Oleson in The Little House on the Prairie, tracks down her Irish ancestors in county Kilkenny.
Duration:00:19:02
Storm Bert
11/23/2024
We hear from farmers around the country as Storm Bert makes its way through the West and South West.
Duration:00:06:50
Restoring Éire 63 watch station
11/16/2024
There were 83 watch stations on cliff and mountain tops around the country, each with its own numbered Éire sign, made with white stones and visible from the sky. Lorna Siggins hiked up to Éire 63 in County Mayo with a community group who have restored the coast watch station.
Duration:00:07:14