Marty is on the Magner farm is Tipperary home to a pasture fed flock of 1000 hens to find out more about egg production and some of the hens woolly friends.

On This week’s countrywide, Marty is amongst hens in Tipperary, mixing farming and writing, we meet some chocolate makers ahead of Easter Sunday, we find out just what exactly a cludogue is and the folklore around Easter and the church and the pandemic at Easter.

On the programme this evening, a Good Friday gathering of guests celebrates sacred music inspired by the Passion: Composer Sir James MacMillan, Director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Deborah Kelleher and Choral Director, Mark Duley.

The Bravehearts Choir, based in Cork City, is open to anyone whose life has been touched by cancer. The members sing for comfort, for escapism, and sometimes just for the beauty of singing itself.

This week on Playback. Sixty is the new forty – unless of course you want to get up the vaccination list. We look at the new roll out programme. Why quiet people might just have the answer to everything. And Lazarus species, singing dogs and pigs in the city. All on Playback presented by Sinéad Mooney.

Neil Jordan discusses 'The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small'.

The Fingal Libraries Online Book Club puts the questions to Rónán Hession about 'Leonard and Hungry Paul'.

Aifric O'Connell looks at some of the best plot twists in contemporary fiction.

Line Of Duty actor Amy De Bhrun on being in the hottest show on TV, Julie Andrews star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music on life and film and Mary O'Rourke get the second jab.

With Marie & Donncha.

Michael Corcoran has the latest on the cancelled Leinster game as well as news on Munster's team for the Toulouse game on Saturday. Greg Allen talks about Leona Maguire's progress at the ANA Inspiration championship while Jane Mangan is back with all the horseracing news! Game On.

Mearthástáil le cur ar bun i gcoláistí tríú leibhéal, treoirlínte Covid-19 agus briseadh na Cásca – na scéalta móra le Gráinne Ní Aodha (Iriseoir ón Journal).

Labhraímid le Conall Mac Dhonnagáin faoi uibheacha Cásca, Coirnéal an Cheoil, Ceiliúradh ar shaol agus ar shaothar Joe Steve Uí Neachtain agus Tug Aire Dhuit Fhéin.