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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.
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Ireland’s farm machinery sector is an unsung economic dynamo, creating nearly as much wealth as the tourist industry and a value to the economy of almost €5bn. Simon Cross from Cross Agri-Engineering in Kildare; Michael Farrelly, CEO of the FTMTA.
An excerpt from Seamus’s memoir Leaning On Gates about what “innovating” with tractors in the eighties.
40% of workplace fatalities happen on farms. Half of those involve machinery. Suzanne Campbell accompanies a HSA inspector doing a farm safety audit.
The 91-year old farmer from Westmeath still gets out on his Massey Ferguson 165 every day to do jobs around the yard.
In the 18th century, the father of the author Maria Edgeworth from Longford was the inventor of many agri-mechanical innovations still in use today.
Charles Hutchenson from Armstrong Machinery answers the question frequently asked by Countrywide’s listeners.
Countrywide Full Episode 31/01/2026
As the price of a pint rises above €10 in some places, how much of that do barley growers get? David Walsh-Kemmis of Ballykilcavan Brewery, John Murphy, and Pat Crotty, Chair of Vintners Federation of Ireland discusses.
Austrian dairy cow Veronika has taught herself how to use a tool. The scientists who studied her say that bovine intelligence needs to be reappraised.
Owners of large vessels are going to court to have the ban overturned, meanwhile owners of small vessels support it. Lorna Siggins with Donegal trawlerman John Menarry. Dr Simon Berrow assesses if it will conserve fish stocks or not.
Beef and Tillage farmer John Keogh assesses how the trade deal will impact his business in Co Carlow
The former head of the Food Safety Authority, Prof Alan Reilly, on whether the inspection system can keep adulterated meat out of Europe.
Pat O’Toole, Political Editor of the Farmers Journal and RTÉ’s Europe Editor, Tony Connelly, on the consequences of the trade deal.
With the pressure on farms to diversify, Suzanne Campbell reports from one farm business with everything from trees to saunas.
Della Kilroy reports on farmers Ned and Kate Sullivan who have fostered up to twenty children in as many years.
The third warmest year on record has caused many plants to bloom in the depths of winter according to the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
Lorna Siggins reports from Greencastle Boatyard in Donegal on the restoration of a uniquely Irish-Scandi vessel.
With an explosion in the deer population and a steep rise in the price of beef, might venison represent better value for money. Featuring gamekeeper Adam Gornik, Pat Doyle from Wild Irish Game and butcher Keith Grant.
Suzanne Campbell talks to Chef Jess Murphy about how to popularise a meat that has often been seen as elite.
The outgoing director assesses the state of the Irish environment, our commitment to preserving it and the performance of the agency on her watch.
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