CountryWide Podcast
1) Dry Stone Walls
PJ Davon, the lead Stonemason in Connemara National Park, tells Treasa Breathnach how to building a stone wall is part engineering exercise and part art form.
2) Plantain
Could a little grass-herb, dismissed in the past as a weed, play a key role in solving Ireland’s livestock/water quality issue? With Thomas Moloney, DLF Seeds; Thomas Duffy, dairy farmer.
3) Connemara Pony Heritage Centre
A visit to the newly opened tourist facility which will also play a role in preserving the genetic heritage of our native pony. With Cathy Snow and Martin Coyne.
4) Countrywide 06/12/2025
Countrywide 06/12/2025
5) Bluetongue Virus
BBC Farming Journalist Anna Hill reports on the impacts of two years of the virus in England and Wales. Dept of Agriculture deputy chief veterinary officer, Dr Eoin Ryan, on what will happen if the vi...Show More
6) Houses of Guinness
Just how historically accurate is the Netflix series about the brewing dynasty. In the grounds of Ashford Castle, one of the family’s many houses, historian Adrian Tinniswood fact checks the hit show.
7) Devil in the dancehall
Keith Brennan goes to one hell of a hooley in Tooreen dancehall in Mayo
8) Gas men in Meath
A new anaerobic digester in Meath, one of the first of many, raises questions about where will all the grass to feed them come from? Minister Darragh O’Brien promises to publish the long awaited Land ...Show More
9) Rivers of No Return
Walking the banks of the River Nore, artist Bernadette Kiely tells Della Kilroy how she thinks rivers simultaneously shape the landscape and our sense of ourselves.
10) Nitrates Derogation
Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon shares new detail on what promises he had to make on improving water quality in order to secure the EU Commission’s support for a renewal of Ireland’s derogation fro...Show More