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An Saol ó Dheas A special show live from An Dromad to mark the first day of Spring, and celebrate the Éigse na Brídeoige festival.
LIFE BEFORE THE RISING Presented by historian Catriona Crowe of the National Archives, this documentary explores what was happening in the lives of Irish people from the growing catholic middle classes to the tenement dwellers, in the months and years leading up to the Rising.
ECO EYE Duncan and Anja explore what the solutions are for the contest for Ireland’s land and what different types of forestry can offer. Together they will explore what is the future for forestry in Ireland and how that can benefit the environment, employment and the economy.
EAR TO THE GROUND Darragh explores the issue of migrant workers in the agriculture sector, Helen is on the Comeragh mountains with sheep and dairy farmer Willie Drohan, and Ella questions whether local abattoirs can survive against large processing plants.
Luimneach 1916-1919 Limerick and the 1916 Rising, and the establishment of the Limerick Soviet.
ECO EYE Science communicator Dr Lara Dungan will take a closer look at the technologies that could enable us to live in a world of no fossil fuels and no pollution and while allowing us to grow our economy and improve our lifestyles. From futuristic electric cars, ocean energy, new solar panels and homes of the future, Lara will explore cutter-edge technologies that could help us power our future economy and give us hope for a better, brighter future.
EAR TO THE GROUND Ella in Co. Wicklow reading cow signals, Helen joins one of Ireland’s few female auctioneers at her weekly mart, and Darragh is in Ethiopia to assess the progress of Irish charity VITA.