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Then Comes Marriage? ***NEW SERIES*** In the first of this new series of Then Come Marriage? We meet the first of our three couples whom road test their relationship on this pre-marriage relationship retreat.
ECO EYE Participation in recycling in Ireland is at an all time high, but we are still way off achieving ‘sustainability’ with regards to resources and waste, and with some new practices like increased green bin charges are we now going backwards? With Ireland fast running out of landfill space most of our waste is now going abroad. It is a problem of consumption more than anything. Duncan will explore the impacts of irresponsible discarding of waste, such as daily disposables, as well as the upstream impacts of resource extraction and good manufacturing. He will make a case that urgent global action is needed to move towards a circular economy and end the waste crisis for good.
EAR TO THE GROUND Helen Carroll meets IFA women looking for more influence in the male dominated organisation, Darragh McCullough discovers how Asian Clams are impacting fishermen in Co Longford; and Ella McSweeney visits a Community Bookshop in Mayo.
NEVEN’S IRISH FOOD TRAILS ***NEW SERIES*** On board The luxury hotel barge Shannon Princess, Neven's base for this new series, he cooks Pork Rogan Josh with Rice and Cucumber Rahita as he travels from Lough Ree to Athlone and Clonacnoise Neven also visits the James Whelan Butcher Academy in Clonmel, and the 1826 Adare restaurant in Limerick for Rump of Lamb with Cheese Polenta Chips, Cavalo Nero and Salsa Verde.
OPERATION TRANSFORMATION Our 5 Leaders take their first steps towards their final challenge of their fitness journey, the 5K Run in the Phoenix Park. Operation Transformation teams up again with parkrun to get the Nation moving on a Saturday morning in over 60 locations nationwide. And another celebrity takes on Karl’s ad break challenge.
GETAWAYS This week's programme visits the Mediterranean island of Cyprus while a little closer to home Sligo is the short getaway destination
FIRST DATES IRELAND ***NEW SERIES*** The most romantic restaurant in town throws open its doors once more as hit dating show First Dates Ireland returns to RTÉ2 on Thursday, January 19th. In episode one Will country music fan Rachel leave carpenter Conor with an achy-breaky heart? While Latin lothario Antonio unleashes his best moves on medical scientist Sinead.
THEN COMES MARRIAGE? Three new couples road test their future relationship on a couples retreat under the guidance of leading relationship experts psychologist Allison Keating and psychoanalyst Dr. Ray O Neill.
EAR TO THE GROUND 98 year old Dan Moran from Co. Roscomman has trained several hundred sheep dogs so Ella sets up a competition between his Border Collie and a €2,000 drone, to see which one can herd sheep the best. Darragh asks should we cut down on our carnivorous appetites to reduce the impact of climate change. Helen Carroll visits Clashmore to see what impact the arrival of high-speed broadband has had on farming, business and society, and finds a community transformed.
NEVEN’S IRISH FOOD TRAILS Neven follows a food trail inspired by seafood. Curious to learn about sustainable fishing, Neven heads out to sea with the Murphy family of Shellfish De La Mer, Dinish Island, Co Cork. Recipes include grilled turbot on the bone and sea beet and dijon mustard hollandaise.