Rté - Farm Week

Damien chats with farmers in Ballinrobe mart and Dr Martin McAleese.

Food Economist Ciaran Fitzgerald talks about the threat of a bad WTO deal for Irish farming

Damien O'Reilly's guest this week is author Alice Taylor

Damien O Reilly reports from Bloom and the Taoiseach Brian Cowen talks about the Lisbon Treaty and why farmers should not mix it up with the WTO talks.

Damien O Reilly talks to Cork farmer John Arnold from Bartelmy.

Damien visits Bawnboy, Co Cavan, the home of new Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith.

Damien O Reilly talks to Her Excellency President Mary McAleese

Damien O Reilly reports from Kentucky, the bluegrass state.

Damien O Reilly talks to the Minister for Agriculture and food Mary Coughlan about politics and farming matters.

Damien meets Eddie Moroney, infamous for his biased and curse laiden commentary of the 1993 Tipperary Under 21 football final. Plus a novel fundraising campaign

Damien O Reilly is joined by Eugene McGee, Sean MacConnell and Paidi O Se to discuss the issue of rural isolation and the effect it is having on older people living alone.

The tragic farm accident sustained by a young Roscommon man Kevin McGarry in New Zealand. And should the subsidies paid to farmers be published?

Damien chats to farming brothers John and Jimmy Staunton on their Kilkenny farm.

EU protests, illegal dumping and An Foras Taluntas is 50.

Damien O Reilly meets Dr Pearse Lyons, President of Alltech one of the worlds top animal nutrition companies. And what is being done in Cavan to tackle rural isolation.

Damien O Reilly travels to Kerry to discuss the growing problem of rural isolation.

Is organic food safer and more nutritional than conventional food? In studio, advocates for and against the organic movement.

An afternoon on the farm of Katherine and Tim O Leary, Blarney County Cork.