Damien visits a tillage farm in Co Louth in what is a very busy time on tillage farms across the country and finds out how biodiversity is playing an increasingly important role in tillage.

Cathal Doherty of the CSO talks to Damien about the farming census and the importance of returning forms to the CSO to get the best and most accurate farming data.

Countrywide’s Lorna Siggins reports from Galway where a group of litter pickers the "Claddagh Beach Clean-Up Volunteer" have seen an increase in littering from Covid masks and other discarded PPE.

Laura Burke of the EPA joins Damien to discuss a range of environmental issues and what the environmental trends are telling us.

Damien takes a slower than usual walk with Carlow based snail farmer Eva Milka and finds out more about this niche field of farming. Eva’s farm is the first snail farm in Ireland and the country’s only R&D centre for the production of free-range Irish escargot.

Countrywide reporter Brenda O'Donoghue talks to Regina and Jimmy from the world of amateur dramatics about the impact of Covid on drama during a time when plays would usually be filling halls the length and breadth of the country amidst the All Ireland Amateur Drama judging season.

Ahead of the upcoming budget Damien discusses the impact of Covid on the economy with economist Jim Power now that we are beginning to see figures emerge from the department of finance.

Countrywide reporter Ella McSweeney takes a walk in the woods with Author Richard Nairn who has just released his new book Wild Woods The Magic of Irelands Native Woodlands.

Damien discuses the climate action bill announced this week by government with Sadhbh O’Neil policy advisor to the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition and Thomas Duffy President of Macra na Feirme.

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