Nationwide visits Carrick on Shannon.
Reporter Marian Malone looks back on Limerick's year as Ireland's Capital of Culture
A film exploring three counties where tourism is high on the agenda, featuring the beauty of the waterways of County Leitrim, the Blasket Islands and the story of a Mayo potter.
Featuring people who have contributed to the city and county of Cork ahead of the announcement of Cork Person of the Year.
Nationwide take a look a look at the life of an Undertaker and also hear about a project called Design and Dignity which aims to improve care for those who are dying and their families.
Nationwide travel to Brittany, a location in France which attracts thousands of Irish every year, to see the best of what it has to offer.
Reports on Holiday World taking place at the RDS in Dublin this coming weekend and outdoor activities in Ireland great for health and fitness.
Get the track suit on as we meet the people for whom fitness is a way of life, and we meet some Dublin office workers who are determined to get fit in 2016.
Special edition focusing on science, inventions and education, including the Young Scientist Exhibition and the International James Dyson Awards.
A special edition focusing on aspects of the fishing industry, including an analysis of changes to the EU common fisheries policy.
Nationwide visits Inis Mór where we meet presenter Mary Kennedy's sister, Deirdre, and three other Islanders who give us an insight into island life.
The programme continues its journey around the Aran Islands, this time visiting Inis Meáin and taking a tour of the island with local Maírín Uí Chongaile.
Mary Kennedy learns the tradition of dry stone wall building on Inis Oirr and islander Patrick McGurn discusses plans to preserve local farming methods.
PROGRAMME FROM COUNTY WATERFORD On Nationwide this evening, we visit Mahon Falls, an area of outstanding beauty in Co. Waterford, beneath the slopes of the Comeragh Mountains. This spectacular 80 metre waterfall is a great draw for visitors to the area and it’s a great place to start our tour of this part of mid County Waterford. We meet the locals including those who are promoting the area for tourism and we drop in on Lord Waterford at his home in the Curraghmore Estate, in the village of Portlaw. Plus we see the efforts that are being made to highlight the heritage of this one thriving industrial town. COMERAGHS WILD FESTIVAL/REPORT HELEN MCINERNEY Ardmore Adventures in County Waterford will take you hiking through the Comeragh Mountains and bring you abseiling down the spectacular Mahon Falls. Reporter Helen McInerney witnessed some brave souls, with a determination to conquer their fear of heights, take on the challenge.
MUSIC AND DANCE PROGRAMME This evening we have dancing and singing on the menu as we meet one of the country’s finest dancers to find out his plans for the future and we visit the Dublin home of legendary singer Mary Black to talk about family, ageing and her love of music. MARY BLACK/REPORT MARY KENNEDY Mary Black has been a star on the Irish music scene for more than thirty years now. She’s well known and well loved in Ireland and abroad. Mary published her autobiography in 2014, turned 60 last year, is currently touring Ireland and in March she’s off to Australia. Recently Mary Kennedy went along to meet up with Mary at her home in Dublin to catch up with her. BREANDÁN DE GALLAÍ/REPORT ANNE CASSIN We meet one of Ireland’s most celebrated dancers and choreographers. He was frontman with Riverdance for 7 years and he has also established a career as a Television Presenter and actor. But dance is his first love and when Anne Cassin caught up with Breandán De Gallaí in Dublin he was in the throes of preparing for his current show, Linger.
PROGRAMME ON THE GAA This evening we focus on the growth and popularity of our Gaelic Games, not just here in Ireland but in particular in other parts of the world. The organisation has been in existence for 132 years and over that time the GAA has grown from humble beginnings way back in 1884 to what it is today, an organisation which has clubs all over Ireland and now in many parts of the world where Irish communities have established. We travel to Austin Texas to meet one such community & we hear about the RTE GAAGO App which is only in existence a few years but already GAA matches are being viewed in 180 countries. TEXAS/REPORT MARTY MORRISSEY Marty Morrissey recently got to experience the significance of the GAA for the Irish community of Austin Texas. He travelled with the GAA GPA All Stars Hurling Teams to the Lone Star State and the trip turned out to be much more than an exhibition of Hurling for the local Texans but a great sense of occasion and pride for the Irish who now call Austin their home.
Neil Hoey represents Ireland at top level sport and reporter Mary Fanning travelled to North Dublin to meet the extraordinary teenager who wants to push his limits a step further.
The programme visits the RDS for Showcase 2016, Ireland's International Creative Expo, which is celebrating its 40th year as one of Ireland's largest trade shows.
The Art O'Neill Challenge, a 53km journey from Dublin Castle to Glenmalure, Co Wicklow to mark the daring escape from Dublin Castle by Red Hugh O'Donnell and Art O'Neill in 1592.
Nationwide revisits all things vintage include prams, vinyl and barge sailing.
Nationwide features an invention to deal with potholes, an award winning piece of technology developed by two Donegal brothers and Keoghs Potatoes and Crisps.
Nationwide head out on the Art O'Neill Challenge, a 53km journey from Dublin Castle to Glenmalure, Co Wicklow. Also one Waterford man tells Helen McInerney about the polar marathon.
Sweet success, the stories behind Dan Kelly's Cider & The Be Sweet Company.
Reporters meet three people who have a passion for their interests, including the owner of Tullynally Estate in Co. Westmeath, who is well known for his writing on trees.
Reports on overcoming personal adversity, including a young Longford rugby player, paralysed after a serious neck injury in the game, who has turned his life around.
Today's episode looks at taking a break in our lovely countryside including Airbnbs that are available to rent and a spectacular outdoor room in Fermannagh.
Reporter Valerie Waters meets street artists in Dublin, while Colm Flynn looks at the city's free open air art exhibition. Plus, Valerie looks at siblings' collaborative artwork.
On Nationwide we remember one of Cork's forgotten 18th century Artists.
The programme explores the history of the North Mayo region on the Wild Atlantic Way, as it grows in popularity for the national and international tourist.
Nationwide meets Irish business success stories with Dublin Electric bikes, Cavan Eggs and Kerry leather goods, also the couple who design and create luxurious handbags.
Nationwide visit the National Museum at Collins Barracks and see some of the fascinating objects, which have for the last 428 years, lain on the seabed off the Sligo coast.
Reporter Colm Flynn meets an inspiring young man who has Cerebral Palsy, who is studying for his Leaving Cert in Blackwater Community Secondary School.
Nationwide meets a master craftsman at the Forge in Baldwinstown, Wexford and there's a visit to East Galway to see & hear about the Clonbrock Estate.
Nationwide speaks to one of Ireland's top emerging designers Giovanna Borza, as well as meeting Galway milliner Caithriona King, who is preparing for this years Irish Fashion Innovation Awards.
Former Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh meets and assists some of the magicians on the streets of Dublin, while artist and performer Des Dillon talks about his work.
On the show, a West Cork Postman with a flair for painting beautiful scenery, and we meet a Cystic Fibrosis sufferer in Laois who splits his time between the gym and his workshop painting pop-art.
The One Thousand, One hundred member Choir sing for Ireland 2016.
In the first of two special programmes from California we visit the city of San Diego which is located down on the far South of America's largest State, close to the Mexican border. It recently played host to 42 Irish ladies footballers from twelve different counties representing the crème de la crème of a Sport that continues to grow in Ireland but also worldwide.
This evening we come to you from Grangegorman which is located 1 mile from O'Connell Street in North central Dublin city. We've come here to see the beginnings of a new community which has sprung up around the old psychiatric hospital which in recent times has been transformed into the new campus for the Dublin Institute of Technology. The work which has been ongoing for the last number of years has brought a whole new lease of life to this part of Dublin city. We explore this new and modern city campus to see the impressive developments.
A vivid imagination has made magic happen at the Irish Fairy Door Company. Since the company set up in Ireland over two years ago, they have found human homes for more than 250,000 fairies worldwide and counting. Behind the novel concept of these customised fairy doors are childhood friends from Clondalkin in Dublin and their husbands. They are now on a mission to reignite the imaginations of children across the world
Nationwide visit Waterford city where they are celebrating the opening of a brand new Respond housing development in St. Johns College, a former seminary in the city. They find out all about Respond and the great work they have been doing across the country for more than 30 years and we meet the man who was instrumental in the setting up of the Charity and who still plays a vital role in its operation.
We find out how sport and fitness are key to good mental and physical health. We meet an extraordinary young Dublin woman who is part of the " I See Beyond" campaign. Athlete Katie Cooke is raising awareness about the hidden challenges many people in Ireland live with. Reporter Valerie Waters met Katie at her local gym where she trains every day.
Bernice Moran is a pilot from Dublin who has had her wings from a very young age but having a high flying career wasn't enough for Bernice. She also had a dream to start up another business, something completely unrelated to aviation. She set out to achieve that dream with a little help from one of the worlds most famous entrepreneurs. Our reporter Colm Flynn went to meet her.
In advance of the Ploughing Championships we look at harvesting around the country. We visit the Phoenix Park Honey Show where beekeepers get to meet and discuss the business of bee keeping and meet traders and customers from around the country. We also take a trip to a Lavender farm in Co. Wexford and we visit a West Co. Cork school where they have built a geodesic dome to help get their fruit & vegetables harvested before the school holidays.
Farming practices have changed in Ireland over the years and in Tinahely, Co Wicklow, Helen McInerney sees how these changes have forced one farming family to rethink its future and open its farm to the public in order to stay on the land. Plus, Mary Kennedy visits a seaweed harvesting company in County Clare.
This evenings show is all about Christmas and we are in County Waterford to see some of the many events that are underway in the run up to big day. We begin in the village of Kilmeaden where we board the Santa train, which is run by the Suir Valley Railway, and we meet Mrs. Clause and some other Christmas characters. We then move to the West of the county to Dungarvan where the festive season is in full swing. We find out all about Dungarvan Aglow and the many Events that are being run in the town. We also pop into Waterford city for the annual Winterval festival which is now in it's 5th year and we hear about some of the new events happening there.
Colm Flynn meets Irish people who are following their dreams in the 'Big Apple'. He meets Erika Fox, aka RetroFlame, a Kerry woman who is quickly becoming one of New York's most popular 'digital influencers'. Tyrone footballer and All-Ireland Champion Mickey Coleman who runs a successful waste management company in upstate New York talks about the challenges and opportunities of doing business in New York.
Mary Kennedy visits Chef Kevin Dundon at Dunbrody House in Co. Wexford for a chat and a look around the house and gardens before Kevin cooks a Turkey with all the trimmings.
Nationwide explores all that Howth in Co Dublin has to offer - great food, sailing, cycling, history and much, much more.
Micheal Ryan and Mary Kennedy visit Kinsale, an ideal location for sailing and the culinary capital of Ireland.
A look at flying in Abbeyshrule Airport as an alternative activity during your holiday in Ireland.
A look at the magnificent Cavan Geopark and the world renowned marble arch caves.
Michael Fisher takes a look at the Bramley Apple picking in the orchard county.
Brendan Wright discovers more about the original use of Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, which is now a major tourist attraction.
A tour around the stunning Castle Leslie with Sammy Leslie herself and a look back at it's fascinating history.
Nationwide visits the Omagh Bombing Memorial Garden.
Discover some the amazing experiences that await along the Sligo stretch of the Wild Atlantic Way.
Explore Arthurs' Way and learn the history of Ireland's most famous drink with the great, great, great, great grandson of Arthur Guinness.
Stunning views and rugged mountains, it must be the Slieve League Peninsula.
Mary Kennedy visits 'The Diamond' which was originally erected as a WWI monument to the fallen.
Nationwide visits the beautiful seaside resort of Ballyheigue and explores the history of the area.
Walk with us along St. Patrick's Camino a major walking project launched in Downpatrick.
Discover the Irish National Heritage Park
Travel along the beautiful River Suir and discover all it has to offer.
An adventure in the Lough Boora Discovery Park, a great natural amenity which is over 2,000 hectares in size.
Welcome to Teeling Distillery, the first new whiskey distillery to open in Ireland for 150 years.
The Church of St. Nicholas celebrates its 700th year in the beautiful town of Adare.
Like art, craft and design? Then the Design House in Leitrim is for you.
Nationwide explore Lough Gara and the hidden gems that lie there.
Anne Cassin takes a trip to the well known Moorland Cafe in Drogheda and visits McCloskey's bakery.
A visit to a cookery school with a difference in the Agricultural College in Multyfarnham.
A unique collection of Irish music and songs has been donated to Clare County Library.
Damien Tiernan visits the iconic Waterford Crystal company in the city.
Take a trip to Mountmellick to see the creative street art.
Fancy a ghost hunt? Wicklow Gaol has been listed as one of the most haunted places on earth.
An insight into island life from the largest of the Aran Islands, Inis Mór.
Niall Martin spends the night under the stars in a Bubble Dome in a Finn Lough resort.
Mary Kennedy visits the world famous Newgrange and digs in to it's fascinating history.
Nationwide travels to South Carlow to the picturesque and historic village of St. Mullin's.
Step back into the past with a trip to Graiguenamanagh, a beautiful 13th century town.
Experience the 'Children of Lir' loop which hosts some of the best views along the Wild Atlantic Way.