Podcast Episodes

Stone Lifting

David Keohan, is a man on an archaeological quest to discover Ireland’s ancient lifting stones and revive a sport and culture – Stone Lifting – that …

3 months ago

Granuaile

Lorna Siggins visits an all woman aerial circus production of the story of Grace O’Malley or Granuaile with the truly spectacular backdrop of the old…

3 months ago

Generational Renewal

A complicated problem we are facing in Farming is how to get younger people taking over the reins. Generational Renewal is the short hand. Our report…

3 months ago

Egg Vending

Week after week on Countrywide we feature farmers who are trying to bypass the middlemen and sell their product directly to consumers. The big proble…

3 months ago

Countrywide Full Episode 27/06/26

Countrywide Full Episode 27/06/26

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3 months ago

The Inishkea Islands

National Parks and Wildlife Service has taken the precaution of appointing a warden to make sure visitors know how to tread softly on the Inishkea Is…

3 months, 1 week ago

War Zone Farmers

Farmers here have a lot to contend with. This morning we looked at what farming is like in a number of countries affected by war and climate change; …

3 months, 1 week ago

Meitheal

Keith Brennan, on Hawthorn Hill Farm in Roscommon, reflects on the power of Meitheal, and therefore found putting his back in to a shared job of work…

3 months, 1 week ago

Countrywide Full Episode 20/06/2026

Countrywide Full Episode 20/06/2026

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3 months, 1 week ago

Peat Extraction

The European Commission is not happy about what we haven’t done to protect our bogs. They say we have failed to stop large scale commercial peat extr…

3 months, 2 weeks ago