CountryWide

Meet Kerry-born chef and oyster sommelier Sarah Browne who wants to expand the market for oysters in Ireland.

Take a journey into this mosaic of a forest in County Galway that has relics from both the ancient and the modern world.

Mike Consolini loves the sea, and he also creates music reflecting on the way he connects with the sea.

Ahead of World ocean day, Micheál Ó Cinnéide, founder of the Blasket Island Foundation, shares his thoughts on water bodies of Ireland and increasing threat of climate change.

Countrywide Bloom Special (For copyright reasons the full tracks performed during this programme cannot be made available in the podcast)

Countrywide Full Episode 24.05.25

Countrywide Full Episode 17/05/2025

A teacher by profession, Áine Ní Dhroighneáin, took a sabbatical last year to focus on farm flowers. She speaks with Treasa Bhreathnach on what inspired her to make the move.

Countrywide's bank holiday weekend special, on the banks of the river Maigue in Limerick.

On Easter weekend five years ago, at the start of the pandemic we played a recording made by Ella McSweeney at the farmhouse kitchen table of the Kentucky farmer and poet Wendell Berry.  It was of his poem about finding comfort in nature in uncertain times.