The River Shannon: Part 2

The River Shannon: Part 2

We continue our River Shannon special. Ardnacrusha devastated salmon numbers; Castleconnell River Association works to bring them back. DCU's Fiona Regan calls for entire Shannon survey; Regan Hutchins chats to Donal Boland about boat life; the estuary's Bottlenose dolphins; Irish-Yorkshire collaboration brings hope for the Curlew population here.

The River Shannon: Part 1

Today's show is a River Shannon special.  We hear the sound of the Curlew on Lough Ree, Colin Stafford Johnson, nature and wildlife cinematographer, on why he keeps coming back to the river, the mystery of where the River Shannon begins with Professor John Gunn and generational suckler farmer, Frank Whitney, in Leitrim, whose farm hugs the river.

Countrywide Full Episode 25/07/2026

Countrywide Full Episode 25/07/2026

Croagh Patrick Stakeholders

Tomorrow is Reek Sunday - when thousands of people will make their way up Croagh Patrick. Over ten years ago, Martin Keating decided to do something about the increasing number of feet taking its toll on the mountain. He started ringing around - farmers, landowners and conversations grew the Croagh Patrick Stakeholders Group, which he chairs today.

The Green Loy

The loy is a long, narrow spade that broke hard ground for generations. A new exhibition at The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon, The Green Loy is curated to make a quiet case that the everyday things of rural life - tools, dressers, haycocks, quilts are works of art in their own right, and a link between people and the land they worked.