Episodes

  • Impact of Energy Crisis on Farmers

    Impact of Energy Crisis on Farmers
    Mar 21 2026
    In the current oil crisis, which the International Energy Agency this week called the ‘worst in history’, fluctuating prices on fuel and fertiliser will have a severe impact on farmers. Philip meets farmers and contractors at the forefront of this, including one farmer who has found a way to function without using chemical fertilisers.
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    16 mins
  • Search and Rescue Dogs in Kerry

    Search and Rescue Dogs in Kerry
    Mar 21 2026
    Lorna Siggins attends a demonstration of the search and rescue dogs of the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team in Killarney.
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    6 mins
  • Livestock Boat to Israel

    Livestock Boat to Israel
    Mar 21 2026
    This week, an Israeli registered Livestock carrier left Ireland heading to Israel, with a large shipment of calves on board. But with the port of Haifa under threat in the current Middle East conflict, it's unclear whether the ship will be able to land and unload these animals. Philip talks to journalist Lilach Laila Ben David in Haifa.
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    7 mins
  • Horticulture

    Horticulture
    Mar 21 2026
    Following the news of the collapse of carrot producers Hughes in Kilkenny last week, Philip talks to another horticulturalist, Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics in Co. Galway about the issues facing procuders like him and possible solutions.
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    10 mins
  • Mountain Meitheal

    Mountain Meitheal
    Mar 21 2026
    Treasa Bhreathnach joined Mountain Meitheal West, in the Galway Clare area a few weeks ago, while they were out clearing hazel from the trails on the Carren Loop in County Clare.
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    8 mins
  • Female Farm Ambassador

    Female Farm Ambassador
    Mar 14 2026
    Agriculture minister, Martin Heydon, announced Carina Roseingrave as Ireland’s Female Farming Ambassador for the International Year Of The Woman Farmer. We visited her on her farm in Crusheen, Co Clare.
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    9 mins
  • Female Farmer Roundtable

    Female Farmer Roundtable
    Mar 14 2026
    Should we even be using the term female farmer in 2026? Is it naive to not recognise that more women farmers fall by the wayside than men? How a female perspective makes farms more productive, profitable and safe. Aileen Sheahan, Dairy farmer. Ciara Stanley, Beef farmer. Ailbhe Gerrard, mixed farmer.
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    20 mins
  • TB – Learning from others

    TB – Learning from others
    Mar 14 2026
    Unlike Ireland New Zealand has nearly entirely eradicated Bovine TB. Kiwi veterinary epidemiologist, Dallas New, visited Ireland recently. Back at home she reflects on what we could do differently.
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    8 mins