Brenda Donohue is on Leahy’s Open Farm in Dungourney, Midleton in Co. Cork to see first hand the joy open farms can bring, how the family business is being handed on to the next generation and the opportunities in agri tourism.

Countrywide reporter Suzanne Campbell reports on a new survey by Price Waterhouse Coopers which shows that 75% of small to medium sized Irish Food companies say they expect to grow next year.

Leitrim poet and Countrywide unofficial resident wordsmith Seamus O’Rourke has enlisted the help of some musician friends to give us some much needed advice this bank holiday weekend.

First up of this evening we go to Israel where there has been a tragic loss of life at the Lag B'Omer religious festival.

Christian Aid Ireland's CEO Rosamond Bennett on calls for a People's Vaccine. And Archbishop Michael Crotty Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso & Niger on the recent death of Rory Young who was killed on an anti-poaching patrol.

This week on Playback. Short, back and sides and maybe even a pint? We get the low down on the easing of restrictions. Political anoraks are donned with high profile resignations and heaves. And cherry blossoms, compo and the importance of ‘voo’. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.

At the Forget Me Nots dementia friendly choir, new connections are made, songs are sung, and for many, despite the fear and isolation brought by dementia, there is something to look forward to again.

Host: Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin

Northern Editor Vincent Kearney on Brexit's role in DUP leader Arlene Foster's political demise, Europe Editor Tony Connelly on her role in Theresa May's demise and London Correspondent Sean Whelan on the road in Wales and Scotland looking at the Brexit impact on regional elections.

Undefeated and Undisputed, Gavan Casey is with us to preview Katie’s big fight…In football, Vera Pauw reacts to our World Cup qualifying draw…we look ahead to Manchester United versus Liverpool...plus we’ve Barry Geraghty & live racing from Punchestown on the day when Rachael Blackmore and Honeysuckle pick up where they left off…

Love in the time of Covid, Motorhome and caravan scams and The Flumps...

Labhraímid le Cuán Ó Flatharta faoi Laighean ag imirt agus ceist faoi Ronan O’Gara ag filleadh go Cúige Mumhan sa rugbaí, traenáil CLG ag filleadh agus an ‘Draft’ aréir sa pheil Mheiriceánach.