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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.

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.

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.

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 virus is found in livestock south of the border.

Countrywide 06/12/2025

Countrywide 06/12/2025