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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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Blackwater River Fish Kill

The Blackwater River Fish Kill last August was the largest fish kill ever in Ireland, and the person or people were never found. This week, Timmy Dooley, Minister with responsibility for fisheries published a new set of protocols to address which investigative agency should do what from now on when there is a fish kill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 min
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Countrywide Full Episode 04/07/2026

Countrywide Full Episode 04/07/2026See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

47 min
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Fish Kill

Professor Fiona Regan, Director of of DCU's Water Institute reacts to and discusses the protocols being outlined by Minister Dooley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 min
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Nitrate leaching

A Dáil Committee heard this week that the things farmers whose land is free draining are being advised to do will catch phosphate but won’t stop nitrate from polluting rivers. Pat Dillon from the agricultural research agency Teagasc is an expert in nitrate leaching spoke to Philip on this morning's show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min
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Pollardstown Fen

The amount of water we are taking out of our underground aquifers and rivers is increasingly an issue, but what happens when a well suddenly runs dry for 6 months, and then reappears? Betty O’Shea has devoted a considerable chunk of her life to tending to Father Moore’s Well, and she tells us more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 min
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Water quality on farms

The long-awaited Land Use Review said in clear words that the way we are using land does not safeguard water. does not safeguard water. And a few weeks ago 43% of farms inspected for water quality compliance failed the test. Dairy farmers Gail and Bryan Daniels discuss their ways to try find a solution to the problem.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10 min
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Countrywide Full Episode 27/06/26

Countrywide Full Episode 27/06/26See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

47 min
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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 problem they all have in common is they either find themselves tied to a single farmer’s market stall or strapped into a van doing deliveries. Step forward Cavan farmer Ben Tierney who runs ten egg vending machines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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.