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Political Correspondent for The Irish Examiner, Aoife Moore, joined us on Saturday morning to talk about the stories that propped up the week! Aoife gave us some updated information on COVID and it's, now various, new strains. We also spoke about the Lord Mayors ordeal, Aodhán Ó Ríordáins Dail speech, and, of course, the Inauguration recap!

Countrywide’s unofficial poet in residence Seamus O’Rourke performs his poem “Maybe This Year”

Damien speaks with Julie Sinnamon CEO of Enterprise Ireland about the importance of entrepreneurship and the obstacles and opportunities presented by Covid.

Countrywide reporter Brenda Donohue reports on Ireland’s only human milk bank based in Fermanagh and meets some of the banks donors and users.

Countrywide reporter Suzanne Campbell speaks to vegetable seed importers and finds out how the industry is coping post Brexit.

Damien is in Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork to meet this year’s Grassland Farmer of the Year, Caroline Walsh and fellow Corkonian John Galvin winner in the sustainability category.

On This week’s countrywide; Damien meets two awarding winning cork farmers, The problem of seed imports post Brexit, Brenda Donohue finds out more about the Islands only human milk bank in Fermanagh , fostering the entrepreneurial spirit and poet Seamus O’Rourke

Guest: Former EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier

RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly talks to former EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier and discusses diplomatic spats and The Who with Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin.

This week on Playback. Covid and its many variants – we track the race between the virus and the vaccine. Joe Biden becomes President of the United States. And lockdown three has Ryan fighting raindrops. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.

Read by the author. From his high-up perch under his Velux window, a pirate radio DJ watches a routine morning grow and the good people of Limerick city getting up and out into another April day.