CountryWide

Countrywide 2025 Highlights

Throughout 2025, the Countrywide team was on the open roads visiting homes and farms across the country, and here are some of the team's favorite pieces.

Illuminating traditional boats with Christmas lights in the Claddagh Basin

Lorna Siggins meets Peter Connolly, Dara Bailey and Ray O Beara of Bádóirí an Chladaigh as they illuminate three traditional boats with Christmas lights in the Claddagh Basin.

Countrywide Christmas Special

For this special edition of Countrywide, we have gathered stories of Christmas preparations from across the country and sprinkled them with music from RTE Lyric FM's ever popular Choirs for Christmas competition. (For copyright reasons the full tracks performed cannot be podcast)

Kilfinane Intercultural Winterfest

Craft workshops, Carol singing, hot chocolate and Christmas decorations... It's all there at Kilfinane Intercultural Winterfest.

A family run bookshop in Wexford

Red Books is an independent bookstore located in Wexford town that sell new, previously loved, antiquarian and collectible books.