Countrywide
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Temple Grandin Full interview
A chance to hear a much longer version of Marty's talk with Dr Temple Grandin
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NO GRANDIN STANDIN HERE
Dr Temple Grandin is one of the world's leading animal scientists, Professor at Colorado State University who spoke to Marty last month. Web:www.templegrandin.com
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A BALLYHOURA OF A TASTE
The Craftisan Food Group ‘A Taste of Ballyhoura Country’ celebrated their 1st birthday last week. Web:www.atasteofballyhouracountry.com
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NOT JUST BIRDS WHO TWEET
The meeting of the "farmerettes" in Kilkenny last week, and Louise Denvir was there for Countrywide and fills Marty in on what happened on Twitter.
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BAD WEATHER OUTCOMES LEAD TO BAD INCOMES
The bad weather over the last few months if putting many farmers under pressure.
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CONNECTICUT CATTLE
On a recent trip to the state of Connecticut on the east coast, Nanci Previs went to visit the Stuart Family Farm and found out how one family in new england is making a living doing what they love. The farm's website: www.stuartfamilyfarm.com/
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PLANTING SEEDS OF SAFETY
The start of May saw the annual Young Social Innovators Showcase and Awards at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, and one of the finalists was a project on farm safety from students of Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty, Co Cork.
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BALMORAL SHOW IS JUST A-MAZE-ING
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) runs what is arguably the biggest agricultural show on the island. Richard Wright is the Agriculture Correspondent for BBC NI spoke to Marty this morning. The show ran from 15 to 17 May. Web: www.balmoralshow.co.uk/
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FIRST ROSE?
This year is the 200th Anniversary of the publication of the The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore. Former head of the GAA and Kilkenny native Nicky Brennan is in studio to tell us about it and sing a tune - No! Relax! His daughter Nicola will do the singing.
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THE BADMINTON RACKET
The only one found guilty at the Badminton Horse Trials was Frances Shanahan, who confessed to being 3 day event nut. She was at last week's Mecca for 3 day eventers and came back with the bit between her teeth and a report in her pocket.
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TRACTORS AND BOLTS
The Tractor Nuts festival in is expecting over 350 tractors to rev up the town of Borris this weekend. Suzanne Campbell can tell her PTO from a hole in the ground so we sent her to Borris to check it out.
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IF THE CAP FITS YOU GET A JOB
Students- AgriAware have a job for you in Dublin Zoo for the summer! Marty Morrisey went to the farm in Dublin Zoo to find out more.
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Console Long version
A much longer version of Damien's talk with Paul Kelly founder of Console
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GLAN BIA
Glan Bia announced the opening of it's new ingredients plant which will be built in Belview on the Kilkenny/waterford border. The 20 hectare development will process 700 million gallons of milk annualy and will create 1600 direct and indirect jobs !
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CONSOLE
Paul Kelly is the founder of Console, the suicide prevention charity,who also run the Farm & Rural Stress Helpline – 1800 742 645 for the Health Service Executive (HSE) South which is targeted specifically at farmers and people who live in rural areas.
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JOHN MURPHY RETIRES
John Murphy has been running the mart in Tullow, Co Carlow for the last 35 years, and he is finally hanging up his gavel and cattle prod. Damien made the trip to Tullow
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NEW AGE FOLK
It's 25 years since Mary Nally set up Third Age, the national voluntary organisation for people who may no longer be in paid employment, but can remain healthy, fulfilled and continue to contribute to society. She talks to Damien about her time with 3rd Age and her retirement as long standing CEO. Louise Denvir went to Summerhill
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MORE THAN KEENAN TO DO BUSINESS
Keenans in Borris Co Carlow are one of the most succesful agriculture systems manufacturers in the country. Their range of feed mixer wagons and allied feeding systems have led to a sizeable export market. Damien went to meet Gerard Keenan,son of the founder, and Managing Director, Jim Greene, at their manufacturing centre.
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DAIRY MADE
National Dairy Week is on 29th April - 5th May, and NDC Chief, Zoe Kavananagh is here to tell Damien what is going on during the week. Frances Shanahan went to see Derek Frawley who runs the Craogh Pedigree Holstein herd with his father in Adare, County Limerick.
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CHOOK CHOOK BOOKS
13 year old Andrew Butler from Clonmel has written a range of books called Chook Books which give advice on how to rear chickens. Louise Denver spoke to Andrew about his publishing success!
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LOUGH EGISH FODDER
To see what is going on in the current crisis Damien headed up to Lough Egish in Monaghan to catch a fodder delivery coming in to the Lakeland Co-op in the town. To say the haylage and sileage delivery was eagerly awaited was to understate what is going on..
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TRACTOR LAD
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Pilgrim Hill
Pilgrim Hill is a raw poignant tale which no doubt mirrors the social challenges faced by many farmers and other rural dwellers across the country. Darragh McCullough of Ear to the Ground and the Farming Independent has been to see it and joins Damien to review
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The Importance of Beef & Sheep Farming to the Irish...
Overall it’s a five billion euro sector with a strong multiplier effect. This means that for every euro produced on these farms, multiples of that euro is generated locally. Frances Shanahan has been to a such a town in the west to find out just how dependent local business is on the hard earned money of the local sheep and beef farmer
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Protest Against Live Animal Exports
Another live shipment of 3,000 weanlings were exported to Libya last week. This follows a similar shipment of young bulls to North Africa in February. Ireland also exports calves to destinations in Europe including Spain and Italy. While farmers welcome this competition in the cattle trade, the national animal rights association don’t.
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Nurseries Fair
According to Bord Bia, the outdoor and flowering plants market in Ireland for 2011/2012 was worth €112 million. Nanci Previs ventured out early one weekend to see what goes on at the Irish Specialist Nurseries Fair, a small but rapidly growing niche. It was a bitterly cold April morning but that didn’t stop the devotees coming out in their droves
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Young Farmer of the Year
The Teagasc FBD young farmer of the year winner was announced at a reception in Dublin during the week. This is a competition which recognises the best of the next generation of farmers in Ireland. Brian Lally went along to find out who had won.
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Fodder Crisis Continues
Damien is joined by Peadar O'Scannail, vet from Meath, and by Michael Doran, a beef farmer from Duncormick County Wexford. Sarah Swaddling of Farming Today on BBC Radio 4 fills Damien in on the even more disastrous situation in Britain.
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Consumer Trends in Food Purchasing Have Changed
Grant Thornton and Good Food Ireland have published their 2013 Food Tourism Industry Report, ‘Driving and Mobilising Growth by Leveraging Irish Food and Food Tourism’.
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Gorse Fires
Frances Shanahan was in Ballycroy in County Mayo to have a look at the 7,000 acres of mountain land and commonage which has been destroyed in the spate of fires across the country.
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Michael O'Leary's Aberdeen Angus Sale
Michael O'Leary runs his annual Aberdeen Angus sale at Gigginstown House, near Mullingar in Westmeath, on Saturday 20th April.
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Food Conferences
We have 2 major Conferences on world food production in Dublin as part of our holding of the EU Presidency- Monday sees the Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice meeting in Dublin Castle and last Thursday and Friday saw the The Food Security Futures conference. Dr Oliver Moore gives us more details.
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Fodder Crisis Rumbles On
Damien talks to Jimmy Lambe is a fallen animal collector; Catherine McCollum, a sheep farmer; Jimmy Brett of Brett Bros Feeds; and Gabriel Gilmartin is from ICSA, Sligo.
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Shannon Callows
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Jessica Springsteen buys an Irish horse
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Tony Dolan
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Teagasc
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Milk Churn Racing
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Racing Tips for the Grand National
Leo Powell
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NOT WOOLLY WEATHER FOR POOR SHEEP
Campbell Tweed from Larne has lost sheep in the snow drifts that formed on is farm last week
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LOVELY RITA MILLINER MADE
Rita Daly is a milliner and fashion enthuiast from Tullamore. She made an Easter Bonnet for Martina who works on the show. www.ritadaly.com
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CORMAC MCCONNELL EASTER RECOLLECTION
We asked Cormac to write about his memories of Easter
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DOORLEY LOVES FOOD
“Tom Doorley – ace food writer - joined Damien for a chat about food , value , and why we don’t complain … Check out this new foodie website www.thediningroom.ie
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EASYFIX
EasyFix is a Galway company that’s landed one of the big contracts in their line of work Frances Shanahan finds out more www.easyfix.ie
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Colette's Eggs are in One Basket
Collette Kinsella feasts her eyes...and some other senses …in the glory that his luxury chocolate www.lilyobriens.ie
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TILL THE RAIN STOPS
Frances Shanahan called to Annaharvey, near Tullamore, to talk to Henry Deverell, a large scale tillage farmer. Given the problems with the autumn harvest, the saturated ground up to the end of year and so on, tillage farmers must be having nervous breakdowns.
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GREEN SPROUTS IN BRUSSELS
Damien was in Brussels during the week attempting to unravel what the CAP reforms actually mean. Using his Eurojargon translator. And some reaction from some farmers in Ireland who neither support the existing proposals nor the IFA line. Still following us?
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ROUGH WETHER! ROUGH FOR LAMBS TOO!
Peadar O'Scanaill is a well known “large animal” vet, in the Meath area. Damien asked Peadar what is happening to farm animals especially new born lambs and calves with this appalling weather, upcoming fodder shortages and Schmallenberg Disease.
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CATTLE CARE – OF COURSE THEY DO!
An App that provides diagnoses and remedies for sick cattle was the winner of the second annual APPrentice competition which took place at Cork Institute of Technology as part of CIT Innovation Week . Paul Mc Carthy from Grenagh in Cork designed the app
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WOOLY BULLY?
The Zwartble is a breed of black/brown sheep originating in the Friesland region of the north Netherlands. Suzanna Crampton takes Damien on a Zwartble tour at her smallholding in Bennetsbridge, Kilkenny.
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GUILTY PLEASURE OR JUST INNOCENT FUN
Louise Denvir headed off to St. Thomas’ National School in Tallaght, Dublin to see how they won the Innocent and Grow it Yourself Competition! And alongside Louise at the award-winning school garden was chef Donal Skehan.
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THE MONEYGALL PRIMROSE IN DC
Kilkenny Horticulturist Pat Fitzgerald established Fitzgerald Nurseries in 1990, and has been propagating the Kennedy Irish Primrose Collection for his global clients. For St. Patricks Day, a recent strain from the Irish Primrose Collection, the Moneygall, has made a trip across the Atlantic to the garden of one of the world's most powerful men.
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CAP REFORM PROPOSALS
There's division among farmers over stance on CAP reform. The EU Commission wants to spread the payments more evenly among all farmers. Not everyone agrees with this. Frances Shanahan meets some farmers who are against the proposed CAP reforms . John Bryan President of the IFA in studio
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WALL HORSE
Pat Wall , vet , Doctor , Food Safety Expert and recently appointed head of Horse Sport Ireland talks about the future of the genuine horse industry
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GIVE UP YER OUL SNAKES
The 2nd Class pupils St Brendans National School ,Loughshinny , Co Dublin tell Brian Lally what they know about St Patrick and the National Day !
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HARP ON
Aine Ni Dhughaill brings her Irish Harp to celebrate the day with some suitable music and chat. Irish Harp Festival June 30th - July 5th http://www.cairdenacruite.com/
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HOW GREEN WAS MY ROOF VALLEY
We sent Nanci Previs high above the street in Dublin’s city centre to see a rooftop farm where people grow food, raise chickens and compost vegetable waste. It’s called the Urban Farm and is on the roof of the former Williams and Woods confectionary factory on Kings Inns Street.
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BACK TO THE FUTURE FORUM
6th Forum for the Future of Agriculture was on last Tuesday (5th March 2013) in the centre of Brussels and Damien was there moving and shaking with the best of them. We asked Dr. Ollie Moore, who writes on, and researches, sustainable and ecological agriculture, to give some background and analysis to what this means for all of us.
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THE MARTS OF ATHENRY
Not quite as catchy as the fields but a bit more real. Frances Shanahan went to the mart in Athenry, Co Galway, one of the biggest in the West, to see how cattle prices have been effected by the recent meat scandals.. And it was good news for the farmers selling stock.
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I LEFT MY WALLET IN CHELTENHAM
It's March and time for Cheltenham. Report from Suzanne Campbell who visits trainer Tony Martin and Leo Powell Editor of The Irish Field joins Damien in studio
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HAVING A LEEK
Colette Kinsella went to visit a little know Dublin cult - The Welsh Male Voice Choir. And what better way to celebrate the weekend of the Welsh parton saint, St.David, that to hear the lush vibrant sounds of a real choir?
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LOIRE TO LETTERFRACK, AND BACK
Last week a group of craft workers and artisan food producers from Galway travelled to a wine fair in the Loire Valley in France to promote their wares and increase trade with the region.
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BEET THAT!
After the closedown of the Irish sugar industry in 2006- that was that. Damien talks to Michael Hoey, chairman of BEET Ireland, and their plan to build a sugar factory at a mine site at Lisheen in Co Tipperary. The mine is due to wind-down next year and the new factory will be open in 2015.
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SCHOOL LUNCH BUNCH
Emin McDonnell is probably best known for her Farmers Journal Farmette column. Recently she returned from making a new tv documentary on Irish food and was asking on her Twitter account why did Irish schools not provide real hot lunches –as they do in the USA, most of Britain and in many other countries?
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TRACTORS IN CLARE
Marina Lewycka is the Ukrainian author of the hugely successful “ A short history of Tractors in Ukrainian” and is in Ireland this week at the Ennis Book Festival where she is reading from her new book, Various Pets Alive and Dead. www.marinalewycka.com www.ennisbookclubfestival.com
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IS IRISH BEEF LOCAL?
Julia Glotz, Fresh Food Editor of The Grocer, the main UK food trade magazine and website, joined us to explain what Tesco and other UK buyers mean when they say they will have shorter supply chains and buy beef locally. www.the.grocer.magazine.co.uk
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HORSE AND CHIPS
Joe Collins is a practicing vet in North Cork – Equine Veterinary Services- and still does some research work with UCD Veterinary school. 2 years back he was World Horse Welfare funded PhD scholar at University College Dublin, conducting research into equine welfare in Ireland.
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ADAM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Damien visited the Cotswolds in England to visit Bemborough Farm, the family home of Adam Henson, best known for BBC TV's Countryfile, but a serious farmer as well.
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QUINN THE EXPORT
Damien talked to Damien and Kevin Quinn, of Quinn International Livestock Exporters, on the resumption this week of the live cattle trade to Libya and North Africa. The first load left Waterford on the Al Mahnoud Express on Tuesday last.
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HARROWING SMALL ADS
Atkins Farm Machinery, based in Cork City, Fermoy and Bandon, run a page of machinery ads in the Farmers Journal every week, but small ads with a bit of ironic and off beat humour.
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MARTIN THE GUARD, AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE.
The title of the Facebook page set up by the people of Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, to celebrate the retirement this week of Garda Martin McKenna. For many years now, Martin has kept the traffic flowing in Carrickmacross, and has become something of a local legend.
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FECK OFF CROWS !
Cormac MacConnell asks where did the Irish scarecrow vanish to? Did they emigrate with the cubs of the Celtic tiger, or maybe the tiger chewed them up along the way?
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Full vox pop and interview
The full version of the views of shoppers in Limerick - we used a stripped down version in the programme
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PRICES- DOWN FOR THE FARMERS –UP FOR THE SHOPPERS.
The Consumers Association of Ireland say groceries are up 12% in 2 years. The farmers are protesting that they are being paid less. We hear what Limerick shoppers are saying and , also in Limerick, Mairead Lavery of the Farmers Journal tries to explain where the rip off is, and just who benefits from “cheap food”.
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PREPARE TO MEAT YOUR MAKER!
Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is on hand to discuss the latest turns of the meat fraud affair with Ella McSweeney and Julia Glotz, of The Grocer , the main UK Retail Food Journal, joins in from London with a view from outside the island of Ireland.
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NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESSION
A recent survey carried out for Macra na Feirme showed that half of all farmers have not identified a successor to take over the running of the farm after their time. Alan Jagoe President of Macra Na Feirme and twenty one year old Aoife Ladd, a dairy farmer from the Mallow area, were in the Cork studio to tell Damien about this real problem.. The full details of the survey are in the news section on the Macra website. www.macra.ie
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WHO SAYS AMATEUR DRAMA IS CHEESEY?
Diarmuid Russell and Talya Lewin of Superlife both have a passion for health and nutrition and have brought out a range of Breakfast Toppings and Smoothie Mixes all made with superfoods. Mary Morrisey is the Foodworks Programme manager with Bord Bia and she explained to Damien how it works for new business.
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BIA MARKETING SUCCESS
While she was with Damien, Mary Morrissey filled him in on Bord Bia’s Marketing Fellowship Programme 2013-14 . The closing date for applications is Monday 4th March 2013 Get the full details on the Bord Bia Marketing Fellowship at www.smurfitschool.ie/bordbia/
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Food Works ? Hope so !
Diarmuid Russell and Talya Lewin of Superlife both have a passion for health and nutrition and have brought out a range of Breakfast Toppings and Smoothie Mixes all made with superfoods. Mary Morrisey is the Foodworks Programme manager with Bord Bia and she explained to Damien how it works for new business.
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RUGBY IS A BRUFF GAME
Ahead of the Six-Nations match, Diarmuid McIntyre headed down to Bruff Rugby Club, Co Limerick on Wednesday night. The club was set up in late 1969 - early 1970 by two G.A.A. players, Willie Conway and Nicholas Cooke.
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GLOTZ OF BAD NEWS?
Julia Glotz is Fresh Food Editor for The Grocer and she has been doing several daily pieces for thegrocer.co.uk site on the current beef business.
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MY GOODNESS MAIREAD
Mairead McGuinness is Member of the European Parliament for the East constituency. She is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. www.maireadmcguinness.ie/
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POWER TO THE PUBLICANS - DEFINITELY NOT
Brenda Power, columnist with the Irish Daily Mail, gave us her thoughts on the idea of drinking permits for lonely farmers and the real problems of rural isolation. www.dailymail.co.uk/
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DES-PERATE FOR LOVE
Des Keogh is on tour with his one man show, The Love Hungry Farmer, adapted from the writings of John B. Keane: Carlow on Feb 2 and a 6 day stint in Dublin’s Gaiety starting the 4th.
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SPANISH POINT VEGETABLES!
The Talty Family in Caherush, Quilty, Ennis, Co. Clare have harvested quality Sea Vegetables through four generations. These days they trade as Spanish Point Sea Vegetables. Ger Talty took Marty Morrisey for a paddle at the seashore and a tour of where they dry and package the many varieties of “sea-weed” they produce.
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Kerry Gold Mine
There are few enough internationally recognised food brands from Ireland and Kerrygold is one of them. Irish Dairy Board CEO, Kevin Lane, told Damien what they are doing to keep Dairygold in the spotlight and how they use it to spearhead their export drive for all dairy products
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Jarlath Kelly, Butcher Tuam,
Frances Shanahan has been talking to Jarlath Kelly, who has a mobile butcher shop and operates from his home near Tuam. He talks about the increase in fresh burger sales since the crises broke
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HORSE OUTSIDE ?
Ella McSweeney went through some unanswered questions on the horse meat trade and what, if any, connections it has to recent events here . She also talked to Offaly livestock farmer, John Cleary, and he made his feelings on recent happenings pretty clear.
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Chips !
News this week that the price of a bag of chips is about to rise, as the cost of sourcing potatoes has doubled becuase of the bad summer ! Louise Denvir visited San Reno chipper in Ashbourne
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PADDY O’KEEFE – AN APPRECIATION
No smart headlines here! Paddy O’Keefe, a true legend in Irish farming died in his 90’s this week. Paddy was a dairy farmer, a commentator, the driving force behind setting up FBD and amongst many other things Editor of the Farmers Journal. Current Journal editor, Matt Dempsey, was a friend and colleague of Paddy for 40 years and we asked him to record a personal appreciation of Paddy and his life. www.farmersjournal.ie/ Matt recorded a much more detailed piece with us than we had time for...
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BOTHAR’S ROAD MAP 21 YEARS ON
Bothar was 21 years old just before Christmas. Julianne Maher is TJ Maher’s daughter and she , and indeed he, were intimately involved in setting up Bothar, one of Ireland’s most successful charity aimed at the developing world. TJ was a giant in Irish farming, one time head of the IFA, and poll topping MEP for the Munster region. Julianne has worked with the Red Cross and these days works for a unique community service, CEART Health Partnership, based in Callan, Co Kilkenny.. Julianne tells...
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Countrywide with Marty Morrissey, Saturday 12th of...
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Countrywide - Teresa O' Donnell
Teresa is a 'freelance' harpist and lives in Roscommon.
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Countrywide - Olive Broderick
Olive and her husband Ivor run a stud farm called Kylemore stud in Galway.
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Countrywide - Kate Carmody
Kate is an organic dairy farmer and cheese maker from North Kerry. She makes Bal cheeses !
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Countrywide - Mary O' Toole
Mary O' Toole is 26 and is a livestock farmer in Carlow. She breeds Limousine's ! She represented Carlow in the Queen of the Land last year too !
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Countrywide - Rev Elaine Murray
Elaine is a Church of Ireland Minister based in Carragaline
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Countrywide - Rita Ann Higgins Poem
Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins wrote a poem for the start of the new year
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Countrywide - Bernard Brogan
Bernard talks to Damien
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Countrywide - Tommy Fleming
Damien has a few words with Tommy between songs
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Countrywide - President Michael D Higgins
Damien visits The President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D Higgins at ras an Uachtarin
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Countrywide - Catherine Leyden
Catherine Leyden from Odlums talks Christmas, baking, home economics and bakeries !
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Countrywide - Pat Shortt
Damien talk's to Dixie Walsh about his rise to 'mediocrity' and speaks with Pat too
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TOPSY TURVEY LAND PRICES OR IN GOLF WE TRUST
The Turvey Golf club in North County Dublin went into receivership last year and is for sale at a price “that would suit use for agricultural land”. Frank McDonald , Environment Correspondent of the Irish Times, gives his views on the insanity that led to prime land being rezoned in the Celtic Tiger era. http://www.mounttemplegolfclub.com
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No Donkey in the stable in Bethlehem!
No Donkey in the stable in Bethlehem! Shock! Horror! But rest easy, the IFA Living Crib at the Mansion House in Dublin has ,not one but, 2 donkeys. Louise Denvir went to see the crib and had a listen to the 4 year old carol singers from St. Josephs Nursery School, Dublin 8.
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ELLA TO THE GROUND
Ella McSweeney, presenter of Ear to the Ground on RTE TV, is talking to Damien about the power of the supermarkets and the need for a code of practice for retailers, something farmers have been demanding for years now. http://www.rte.ie/tv/eartotheground/
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Cardinal Sean Brady
Cardinal Brady talks to Damien at his home in Armagh on his thoughts at this Christmas and on his growing up in a small farm in Cavan.
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No Room at the Inn
Hundreds of donkeys abandoned each year. Frances Shanahan went to the Mayo pound to meet some of the clients in the company of Beryl Knell of the Donkey Sanctuary and Noel Slattery who runs the Mayo Pound. You can contact the Donkey Sanctuary for more information: www.thedonkeysanctuary.ie
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Countrywide - Full interview with Michael Hamill
Full interview with Michael Hamill
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Countrywide - The Kicking Cow, by PJ Cunningham
Journalist PJ Cunningham remembers not only the days of hand milking on the family farm in Offaly, but even a particular cow known as the kicking cow !
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Countrywide - Fur Farming
Fur farming was due to end in Ireland at the end of 2012, but the Department of Agriculture's Fur Farming Review Group has given the green light to continue. Fur farming is banned in most European countries and the UK banned it some 8 years ago.
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Countrywide - Memories
South Kerry Partnership has compiled a unique book of stories and memories from older folk in the Kingdom. The book is called Memories and Damien meets three of the contributors - Mary Lou O' Sullivan, Paddy O' Callaghan and Patsy Cronin.
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Countrywide - Friendly Farmer Poultry Abbatoir
Ella Mc Sweeney went along to meet Ronan Byrne who will open his own poultry abbatoir on his farm. Ronan farms chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys and next week, he will kill then on his new on-farm abbatoir.
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Countrywide - Mossy Ryan from Green Belt
Mossy Ryan founder and director of Greenbelt Ireland's largest private forestry company talks about afforestation, Green CAP and competing with conventional farming for land. His company website is www.greenbelt.ie
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Countrywide - Christmas Tree's
Frances Shanahan went to Grangecon on the Wicklow/Kildare border to meet Dermot Page, Chairman of the Christmas Tree Growers Association. When she arrived at his farm, he was busy loading trees onto a truck for dispatch to a garden centre in Athlone
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Countrywide - Lily Mae Update
Two week's ago on the programme we brought you the story of four year old Lily Mae Masterson from Claregalway. Lily Mae has a condition called neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. Her mother Judith spoke to Damien from Crumlin Hospital this morning. You can still buy 'Tiny Dancer' a song for Lily Mae on Itunes
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Countrywide - Keogh Crisps
Tom Keogh from Keogh Crisps came in with his new Christmas Crisps
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Countrywide - Chocolates, Nun tastier !
Frances Shanahan visited the chocolate making nuns in Kylemore Abbey !
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Countrywide - Weather
Gerald Fleming of Met Eireann joins Damien to talk about weather in general, and how the weather impacts the farmer
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Countrywide - Robot milking cows
Damien visits Ned Mc Carthy's farm outside Macroom to see LELY at work !
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Countrywide - Rose O Donovan, Agrafacts
Talks at agreeing the EU Cap Reform budget from 2014 - 2020 are ongoing and Rose O' Donovan discusses this with Damien
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Countrywide - Minister Simon Coveney
Minister Simon Coveney talks to Damien about funding of the Common Agricultual Policy
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Countrywide - Sean Rickard and Dacian Ciolos
CAP discussion
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Tiny Dancer for Lily May
A cover version of Tiny Dancer has been released to help raise much needed funds for Lily May Sibley who has a rare form of cancer.
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Countrywide - Josie McIntyre
Josie was recently recognised with an award for 25 years of coluntary community service
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Sloe Food/G Day for Glanbia/Look Back in Agri
Pickling, drying, curing, smoking, and preserving Sloes in oils, sugars and salts. 6,800 Glanbia Co-op shareholders will be voting on the future of the organisation's milk business. RTE’s retiring Joe O Brien looks back on his time as an Agriculture correspondent
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Rememberence Run
Frank Grealley talks about The Rememberence Run on Novermber 11th
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Dairymaster
Frances Shanahan meets the people behind Dairymaster
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Nomad Productions
Ride on Tour by Nomad Productions
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Ash Die Back
Matthew Jebb Director of National Botanic Garden and Albert Nevin Hurley Maker discuss Celera Fraxinea disease in native ash trees
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Aisling Meehan
Aisling Meehan is a young solicitor who has benefited from the Nuffield Scholarship
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Schmallanberg
Schmallanberg Virus has been deteced in Cork, Donal Lynch incoming president of Veterinary Ireland tells us what it means
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Diamond Frolics
Countrywide visits Ballyjamesduff and talks to the founder and people involved with Diamond Frolics Musical Society
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Alan Jagoe
Alan Jagoe speaks to Damien from the Macra Na Feirme Annual Conference
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Trans-humance in The Burren
Frances Shanahan reports from Carran in Co. Clare where the cattle start their winter grazing
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ALice Taylor
Damien talks to Alice Taylor about her new book 'And Time Stood Still'
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SIAL
Damien visits the SIAL Global Food Marketplace Exhibition in Paris
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Tom Arnold of Concern
Tom Arnold is CEO of Concern Worldwide and highlights the fact that extreme hunger remains a tragic reality.
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Fishing
Damien learns to fish at Carton House with Rob Love
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John Hayes talks about his new career in farming
Damien talks to former Rugby player John Hayes about his new career in farming !
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Countrywide Saturday October 13th 2012
Martin Mc Aleese, Farmer protest, women in farming music from Mike Donaghy
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Countrywide, Saturday October 6th 2012
Farmers protest, Saorview, Jackie the farmer, Something to Chew on and Mario Lanza !
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Countrywide, Saturday September 29th 2012
Thatching, Poultry Producers, Sheep Dog Trials, Eurotorque Chef and fundraising with a blessing !
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Countrywide 22nd September 2012
Ploughing preview, music and chat from Donegal and Mayo and a new children's film initiative.
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Countrywide, Saturday September 15th 2012
Apples, Beer Tasting, Music from John Spillane, A play set on a Farm and a discussion about new plans for Glanbia
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CountryWide with Damien O'Reilly, 08/09/2012.
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Countrywide, Saturday July 21st 2012
Countrywide, Saturday July 21st 2012
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Countrywide, Saturday September 1st 2012
Foods of Athenry, Cormac MacConnell on education for emigration, Dr. Roger Yates explains veganism, Suzanne Campbell on the Pig Market and Aoibhe Rs Power starts school
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Countrywide, Saturday August 25th 2012
Potatoes, A New Book called 'Fr.John Fahy - Radical Republican and Agrarian Activist', The Kilkee Marine rescue crew and Colm Dubh O' Mealoid on his voyage across the Atlantic on A Galway Hooker !!
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Countrywide, Saturday August 18th 2012
Eireann Elvis, Moynalty Stream Threshing, Berney's Saddles, and Cian O' Connor
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Countrywide, Saturday August 11th 2012
Pedigree Simmentals, The Merriman Summer School and A Grand Experience !
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Countrywide, Saturday August 4th 2012
Field names, Barn Owls, Celebrating Irish Horse breeders and Cliff Diving !
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Country Wide Saturday 28th July 2012
Country Wide Presented by Damien O Reilly
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Countrywide May 12th 2012
On today's show, dramatist and monologuist Samus O' Rourke, Athlone man Brendan Shine, Robert Massey and Dave O' Sullivan from Prosperous Drama Society in Co. Kildare and writer Dermot Healy talks about his involvement with an RT TV series
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Countrywide, Saturday July 14th 2012
Diarmuid Gavin at Galway Flower Festival, a report from the Willie Clancy Summer School, waterlogged farmers and Edel Cooney and her dad Christy talk about their new brand of gourmet seasonings 'Simplee'
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Countrywide, Saturday 7th July 2012
Countrywide's special broadcast from the Volvo Ocean Race in Galway, presented by Marty Morrissey.
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Countrywide, Saturday June 30th 2012
A goat nurses a foal, Stories and Memories of the Civil War, Memories of RT TV and Radio, Matt Molloy on Westport being voted Ireland's best place to live, Moth Catchers in Munster and a visit to Michael Finnegans Goats !
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Countrywide, Saturday June 23rd 2012
Making silage while the sun shines, a report from 'The Bray Lakers', Origin Green,and local newspapers under pressure
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Countrywide, Saturday 9th June 2012
International Quilt Festival 2012 (www.iqfoi.com), Sligo Celebrates WB Yeats, Paul Brady and Micky Harte sing for Ireland !!
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Countrywide, Saturday June 16th, 2012
Milking Sheep in Cashel, Keeping the faith in rural Ireland, Chef Neven Maguire and a look at the man behind 'Aryzta', one of the world's largest baking products firms.
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Countrywide June 2nd 2012
Kilmore Sausages, Lyme Disease in the West, The Best of Bloom and Derek Davis on the one that didn't get away !
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Saturday, 26th May 2012
Dr Thia Hennessy of Teagasc talks about farm incomes; Suzanne Campbell on Supermarket Consumers and the change in shopping habits; Tony Keohane, CEO of Tesco Ireland and John Bryan, President IFA, live in studio; Frances Shanahan meets tourists who are visiting the Burren and Noel C Duggan reminisces on the Eurovision Song Contest in his "Cowshed" in Millstreet 19 years ago.
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Countrywide, Saturday May 19th 2012
All the fun of the fair at Dunderry fair, Fiona Prine on recovering from addiction. Farmers with no one to succeed them on the farm, and the tillage harvest.
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Countrywide, Saturday May 5th 2012
On the trail of the cuckoo, Philomena Begley celebrates 50 years in the business, is bio-energy a sustainable alternative, Dave Duggan's new book 'A Sudden Sun'.
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Countrywide, Saturday April 28th 2012
Impact of bad weather on silage making, a visit to Kylemore Stud in Galway, making ice-cream in Waterford and the studio guest is Niall Quinn, sporting personality.
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Countrywide, Saturday April 21st 2012
Darragh Mc Cullough is presenting today ! Suki tea tasting, a discussion about College fee's for farming families, a package on water divining, live music from Sarah Mc Quaid.
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Countrywide, Saturday April 14th 2012
On today's show 'The Greenway' in Mayo, and we meet the singing County Down farmer, Aintree Grand National, www.compassionatefriendsireland.ie and Jane Mc Evoy who was recently fired from The British Apprentice
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Countrywide 31st March 2012
Mairaed Lavery editor of Irish Country Living magazine joins us to discuss the new magazine. Alan Jagoe , President of Macra Na Feirme also drops by to talk about the preparations being made by young farmers for the abolition of quotas in three years time to the day March 31 2015. We hear about an initiative in Cavan highlighting the devastation of road traffic accidents and Perfume making in the Burren.
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Countrywide, Saturday March 17th
Sen Bn Breathnach, Pat FitzPatrick, Ann May McHugh and Martin Donohoe and family.
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Countrywide, 24th March 2012
Lambing Live with Ella McSweeney in Co. Meath, we have a look at the current beef market and hear from some VSO Volunteers. Raymond Keogh is in studio to tell us about his new book "Cattleman".
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Countrywide, Saturday March 10th 2012
Forige, Frank Patterson, the Laois farmer who's in the new Mc Donald's Irish Beef Ad Campaign, Cheltenham, and Ag Science !
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Countrywide, March 3rd 2012
Canon Joe Cooney explains all about The Knock Marriage Bureau , we meet the self styled farmerette Lorna Sixsmith, we celebrate National Tree Week and talk to a Donegal man who has taken New Zealand by storm !
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Countrywide, Saturday 25th February
Growing old in rural Ireland, bee theft, pig and poultry farming and the ingenious Irish !
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Countrywide February 18th 2012.
Diesel laundering and what can be done about it. Damien visits two Alpaca Farms, and Pat Fitz Patrick raises that old chestnut again - The Townie Versus The Culchie !!!
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Countrywide, Saturday February 11th 2012
Matchmaking, Kilbeggan Porridge goes international and Turloughs
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Countrywide, Saturday February 4th 2012.
Emigration and depopulation in rural areas, poetry from Rita Ann Higgins and how the internet is linking fragmented church communities through webcam.
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Countrywide, Saturday 28th January 2012
Meath Field Names Project Group, Turkey Trotters in the Mid-West and the Low Price of Potatoes
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Countrywide, 21st January 2012
This week the programme comes from Waterford., guests include the Greene family, Kieran O'Connor of Glanbia, Regina Mangan of bookaroom.ie, councillor Mary Roche and photographer Paddy Dwan.
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Countrywide, Saturday January 14th 2012
On today's programme we look at farm injuries caused by animals, Margo remembers Bridie Gallagher the girl from Donegal, and the cast and writer/director of 'The Night Joe Dolan's Car Broke Down' join Marty in studio.
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Countrywide Saturday January 7th 2012
Marty Morrisey is presenting this week's show. On this week's programme Spiritual Healing, Ash Trees, Hurley making and music from Shaefri.
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Countrywide 31st December 2011
Damiens guests are three brothers, Sean, Cormac and Mickey McConnell - songwriters and journalists.
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Countrywide Christmas Breakfast - 24th December 2011
Damien O'Reilly brings you a CountryWide Christmas in the company of broadcaster Mary Kennedy, Fr Dan Joe O'Mahony, writers Rita Ann Higgins and Noel Monahan, and boy sopranos Euin and Cuam Durkin
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Countrywide, Saturday December 10th, 2011
Damien visits St.Mary's Abbey Glencairn
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Countrywide, Saturday December 3rd 2011
Countrywide, Saturday December 3rd 2011
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Countrywide Saturday November 26th 2011
Saorview, Irelands Own Celebrates 110 years, Natasha's living foods - have you tried kale Crisps
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Countrywide, Saturday November 19th 2011
Music from Paul Casey, the plight of horses and donkeys facing into the winter, John Bowman's new book on 50 years of RT television and rural de-population.
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Countrywide - 12th November 2011
On today's programme the controversy over discarded fish , a group of Kerry enthusiasts for whom every day is a ghost trawling day and a Donegal womans like in Music city.
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Countrywide, Saturday 13th November 2011
On today's programme the controversy over discarded fish , a group of Kerry enthusiasts for whom every day is a ghost trawling day and a Donegal womans like in Music city.
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Countrywide, 5th November 2011
Countrywide, Presented by Marty Morrissey
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Countrywide, Saturday October 15th 2011
Music from The Henry Girls, charting the life of a country Doctor, and the impact that the CAP reforms will have on Irish farmers - all on Countrywide today.
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Countrywide, Saturday October 1st 2011
Live from Bundoran this week
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Countrywide, Saturday August 27th 2011
Jimmy Buckley performed live in studio. Items on the show include; The reopening of Sixmilebridge Mart this morning, Fr. Harry Bohan on cancer, the priesthood and the catholic church of today. Donna O’ Sullivan reports on a gathering of ‘redheads’ where being different is celebrated ! And the 60th anniversary of The Quiet Man – Marty goes to Cong
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Countrywide, Saturday August 13th 2011
Marty Morrisey presented the show today. Items on today's programme included; New Leglislation being introduced for mandatory inspections of septic tanks,a report from Puck Fair, a nostalgic piece from John Allen about school, The Tullamore Show, an Irishman in Uganda and two GAA Mums talk about what its like to have hurling stars for sons !
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CountryWide, 30th July 2011
Interview re harvesting of oil seed rape....... Donna O'Sullivan went to sit and watch as clouds go by....John McNamara of Teagasc and John Dillon, ex IFA President, spoke about farm accidents...Report about the strawberry industry.
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Countrywide, Saturday July 23rd 2011
Preparations for the Bailey's Champion Cow competition...The Collamore School renunion and Animo TV want your most memorable TV moments from the last 50 years. Also a discussion about Superquinn and we meet Clive Gee from 'G's Gourmet Jams'.
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Countrywide, Saturday July 16th 2011
Pat FitzPatrick presented a celebratory piece about the humble spud while studio guests Dr. Dan Milbourne (Teagasc Genetisist) and Dennis Griffin (Potato breeder at Teagasc) discussed a big scientific breakthrough and it is hoped that this will allow researchers to develop potato varieties that are resistant to blight. Tom and Derek Keogh of the Keogh family, well known potato growers and suppliers from North Dublin also participated in the discussion. Bthar, Hay-making, The Percy French...
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Countrywide, Saturday July 9th
Today's programme has an Italian feel as a dairy in County Cork produces Ireland's first ever Mozzarella cheese. Damien O'Reilly on the GA Social Initiative which aims to bring people together through the auspices of the GAA. Also, Frances Shanahan on the 'Know Your Neighbour' weekend organised by Macra Na Feirme and Electric Ireland.
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Countrywide, Saturday July 2nd
On today's programme ; Livestock and tractor batteries are being stolen in some parts of the country, Prostate cancer - the facts, reports from The Tall Ships Festival in Waterford and The Ballybunion Batchelor factor !
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Countrywide, Saturday June 18th 2011
Damien broadcasting today from Knock to celebrate 25 years of Knock Airport
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