Nationwide - Episode Guide

A special edition about the two managers who have helped to get the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to Euro 2016, the two O'Neills, Martin and Michael.

Episode 57

Episode: 2016-05-27 | Airdate: May 27, 2016

The programme examines how rural communities can benefit from opening up their land for walking and cycling routes, including a visit to Sheep's Head, West Cork.

Episode 58

Episode: 2016-05-30 | Airdate: May 30, 2016

An eclectic round-up of news, views and events from around the country each week.

Episode 59

Episode: 2016-06-01 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2016

Featuring The Three Sisters in the South East, one of the three Irish locations vying for the European City of Culture title for 2020.

Episode 60

Episode: 2016-06-03 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2016

Helen McInerney met a couple as they prepare to run the Cork city marathon next month and Damien Tiernan has this story of a fascinating discovery in Co Wexford regarding St James.

Episode 61

Episode: 2016-06-08 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2016

In the second of our programmes featuring the Irish applicants for The European Capital of Culture 2020, we visit Galway to see how the bid group have brought the artistic community of the City and County together in support of the effort to win the title.

Episode 62

Episode: 2016-06-10 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2016

Nationwide visit the medieval town of Graiguenamanagh in County Kilkenny, which dates back to the 13th century when Cistercian Monks established their Abbey there.

Episode 63

Episode: 2016-06-13 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2016

Nationwide takes a trip around North County Mayo, visiting some great places to stay at any time of the year.

Episode 64

Episode: 2016-06-15 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2016

Tonight's Nationwide focuses on Limerick's bid for European Capital of Culture 2020.

Episode 65

Episode: 2016-06-17 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2016

Exploring Farming & Country Life 1916, an interactive and fun event that recreates rural life of 1916.

Episode 66

Episode: 2016-06-20 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2016

The focus is on one of Ireland's most enduring and successful competitions, the Super Value Tidy Towns competition.

Episode 67

Episode: 2016-06-22 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2016

Nationwide celebrate 125 years of the Iveagh Trust, the provider of affordable housing in and around Dublin.

Episode 68

Episode: 2016-06-27 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2016

Nationwide meets horse trainer Tracey Collins at Conyngham Lodge Stables.

Episode 69

Episode: 2016-06-29 | Airdate: Jun 29, 2016

Bryan Dobson presents a special edition of the programme from the Somme, where he re-traces the footsteps of some of the Irish men that fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Episode 70

Episode: 2016-07-01 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2016

A new generation of Irish young people trace the stories of Irish soldiers who died at the Battle of the Somme in the First World War.

Episode 71

Episode: 2016-07-04 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2016

This episode looks at developments at UCD including NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs, where we look at the success of a lingerie business developed as a college spin-in.

Episode 72

Episode: 2016-07-06 | Airdate: Jul 6, 2016

Former Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh to meets and assists some of the magicians on the streets of Dublin. Plus, the programme hears from artist and performer Des Dillon.

Episode 73

Episode: 2016-07-08 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2016

A visit to 55 homes on a green site in the centre of Cloughjordan Co Tipperary, marking almost 10 years since work began on this innovative idea in sustainable living.

Episode 74

Episode: 2016-07-11 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2016

News stories from around the country.

Episode 75

Episode: 2016-07-13 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2016

Eileen Magnier reports on secondary school education on Arranmore, an island off the coast of Donegal. Meanwhile, Teresa Mannion learns about The Western Care Association on Mayo.

Episode 76

Episode: 2016-07-15 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2016

Nationwide meets Helen Dillon in Ranelagh, one of Ireland's best known gardeners.

Episode 77

Episode: 2016-07-18 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2016

Nationwide meets some talented musicians from around the country including a GAA player who is an accomplished pianist and two singers from Cork and Leitrim.

Episode 78

Episode: 2016-07-20 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2016

The programme showcases things to do and see in North County Cork, which boasts centuries old castles, round towers and other historic structures.

Episode 79

Episode: 2016-07-22 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2016

The programme visits Loftus Hall, Co Wexford, Clonony Tower Castle, Co Offaly and Waterford Castle to see what their owners are doing to keep them open and full of life.

Episode 80

Episode: 2016-07-25 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2016

This episode goes behind the scenes at the longest running equestrian festival, the RDS Dublin Horseshow.

Episode 81

Episode: 2016-07-27 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2016

Colm Flynn speaks to Bernice Moran, a pilot from Dublin who, with the help of Richard Branson, set up a successful sweet business. Barraí Mescall finds out more about the Food Works programme run by the Lismore Food Company.

Episode 82

Episode: 2016-07-29 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2016

Mary Kennedy visits The Dock art space in Carrick on Shannon which last year celebrated it's 10th birthday. The Dock is host to the Design House which showcases the best in County Leitrim art, craft and design.

Episode 83

Episode: 2016-08-03 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2016

Marian Malone meets a Limerick man who turned a boyhood love of sport and water activities into a successful business.

Episode 84

Episode: 2016-08-05 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2016

Reports from around the country. Eileen Magnier meets Donegal musician Dinny McLaughlin, one of Ireland's great characters.

Episode 85

Episode: 2016-08-08 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2016

Reports from around the country. The team go island hopping on the Aran Islands.

Episode 86

Episode: 2016-08-10 | Airdate: Aug 10, 2016

The Aran Island tour continues to Inis Meain, the middle and quietest island.

Episode 87

Episode: 2016-08-12 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2016

Reports from around the country. The Aran Island tour ends in the smallest island of Inis Oírr.

Episode 88

Episode: 2016-08-15 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2016

A look at how the County Clare town of Ennis is preparing to host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann for the first time in 40 years.

Episode 89

Episode: 2016-08-17 | Airdate: Aug 17, 2016

In this centenary year of 1916 we have heard about the combatants involved on either side of the rebellion. Valerie Waters went to the National Gallery of Ireland to where those who work there today are proud of the man who was registrar there in 1916 and who was responsible for preserving the National collection during that turbulent week. Also, Eileen Magnier visits the Rainbow Ballroom in Glenfarne, opened in 1934 and the dancehall on which the film The Ballroom of Romance was based.

Episode 90

Episode: 2016-08-19 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2016

Reports from around the country. To mark Heritage Week, Mary Kennedy visits the Boyne canal, sections of which have been restored by volunteers.

Episode 91

Episode: 2016-08-24 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2016

Reports from around the country. The team focus on big houses, gardening and country life.

Episode 92

Episode: 2016-08-26 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2016

A look at the work of organisation The Greater Chernobyl Cause, a Cork based charity led by Cork woman Fiona Corcoran.

Episode 93

Episode: 2016-08-29 | Airdate: Aug 29, 2016

Episode 94

Episode: 2016-08-31 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2016

The team look at the wealth of talented and creative people who have started small businesses in different parts of the country this year.

Episode 95

Episode: 2016-09-02 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2016

The team visits Farmleigh in Dublin's Phoenix Park for the Africa Day festival.

Episode 96

Episode: 2016-09-05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2016

A look at how Cork and Wexford camogie goalkeepers Aoife Murray and Mags D'Arcy have been raising money for a new scheme called Dreambikes.

Episode 97

Episode: 2016-09-07 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2016

The team meet artists and crafts people who are sharing their skills and knowledge to help ensure the future of their craft.

Episode 98

Episode: 2016-09-09 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2016

Gillian Stedman meets an inspiring young teenager from County Clare who has overcome a very difficult time in her life by putting pen to paper.

Episode 99

Episode: 2016-10-12 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2016

A look at the Tidy Towns competition, one of Ireland's greatest voluntary competitions attracting upwards of 800 entries from every county in the country

Episode 100

Episode: 2016-09-14 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2016

The team are in Kilkenny, in the heart of Ireland's Ancient East.

Episode 101

Episode: 2016-09-16 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2016

Reports from around the country. Mary Reynolds reports on the romantic movie being made about garden designer Mary Reynolds, who won a gold medal at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show in 2002.

Episode 102

Episode: 2016-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2016

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.

Episode 103

Episode: 2016-09-23 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2016

Anne Cassin goes out on the roads with the Garden of Ireland Vintage Car Club and visits a special truck convoy event in Fermanagh.

Episode 104

Episode: 2016-09-25 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2016

Episode 105

Episode: 2016-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2016

A special programme from the Helix Dublin on the presentation of the prizes to the award winners in the 2016 Tidy Towns Competition.

Episode 106

Episode: 2016-09-28 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2016

A special programme focusing on the work of two Irish documentary film makers whose work has recently been shown in cinemas around the country.

Episode 107

Episode: 2016-09-30 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2016

Nationwide meets a brave Galway mother who wrote a book about her experience with Cancer.

Episode 108

Episode: 2016-10-02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2016

Episode 109

Episode: 2016-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2016

Artist Robert Ballagh takes Mary Kennedy on a tour of some of his favourite haunts in Dublin.

Episode 110

Episode: 2016-10-05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2016

A look at the producers who have come together in the Boyne Valley area to pool their resources in an effort to expand their enterprises.

Episode 111

Episode: 2016-10-07 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2016

A focus on the County Westmeath town of Moate and all that it has to offer.

Episode 112

Episode: 2016-10-09 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2016

Episode 113

Episode: 2016-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2016

Nationwide visits the rural area of north east County Limerick, with a visit to the sixth annual vintage tractor rally.

Episode 114

Episode: 2016-10-12 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2016

The team focus on two community projects which commemorate historical events in two villages in rural Ireland.

Episode 115

Episode: 2016-10-14 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2016

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.

Episode 116

Episode: 2016-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2016

We travel to the continent of Africa for the second of our programmes from and about Ethiopia where we meet Irish who live and work in this vast country.

Episode 117

Episode: 2016-10-19 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2016

On National Women's enterprise day, the team meet just a few of Ireland's enterprising ladies.

Episode 118

Episode: 2016-10-21 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2016

Episode 119

Episode: 2016-10-24 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2016

Mary Kennedy speaks to performer, Patricia Cahill. Damien Tiernan finds out more about the trials and tribulations of the cast of the Starlight Express.

Episode 120

Episode: 2016-10-26 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2016

We meet a man in Waterford who has re-invented himself to develop a new career in golf club manufacturing. Irish Clubmaker of the Year, Peter Doyle of Precision Fit Golf in Tramore is an engineer by trade and entered the custom fitting industry after a less than satisfactory refit of his own clubs several years ago. Reporter Damien Tiernan recently met the master craftsman and also some golfers who are passionate about improving their game.

Episode 121

Episode: 2016-10-28 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2016

Waterford Civic Trust unveiled a plaque to The Flanagans, who left Ireland over 100 years ago but their love of Ireland and it's music has inspired generations of musicians.

Episode 122

Episode: 2016-11-02 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2016

A look at the work of the Irish Injured Jockeys Fund and how they help horsemen and women who have been injured.

Episode 123

Episode: 2016-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2016

Reports from around the country. A focus on the north side of Cork city, including Hollyhill where the giant Apple factory is located.

Episode 124

Episode: 2016-11-08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2016

A look ahead to when the Queen will see for the portrait of her painted by Irish artist, Colin Davidson.

Episode 125

Episode: 2016-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2016

A special programme for Armistice day, remembering the Irish who fought and died during World War I.

Episode 126

Episode: 2016-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2016

Episode 127

Episode: 2016-11-16 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2016

Mary Kennedy goes to Tattersalls yearling sales in Newmarket where €100 million was spent in three days, at the oldest bloodstock auction house in the world with nearly 50% of that money coming right back into the Irish economy.

Episode 128

Episode: 2016-11-18 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2016

Valerie Waters meets fiction writer Denise Deegan, a woman whose working life has changed and evolved over the course of time.

Episode 129

Episode: 2016-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2016

The team are in West Cork to meet some alternative food producers.

Episode 130

Episode: 2016-11-23 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2016

In a special edition, the team travel to Kenya in East Africa to meet Irish people living and working there.

Episode 131

Episode: 2016-11-25 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2016

A look at the Age Action programme that gets over-55s up and running on the internet.

Episode 132

Episode: 2016-11-28 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2016

Reports from around the country. The team look ahead to the National Crafts and Design Fair in Dublin.

Episode 133

Episode: 2016-12-05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2016

We visit Newbridge House and Farm near Donabate in North County Dublin to see what it has on offer for visitors. Newbridge Demense is an experience for all ages and in all seasons.

Episode 134

Episode: 2016-12-07 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2016

The village of Clarecastle, just outside Ennis, went into something of a decline when it was bypassed in 2007. But a new, vibrant and multi-faceted business based in an historic building has breathed fresh life into the heart of the village.

Episode 135

Episode: 2016-12-09 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2016

Efforts are made by the Royal Irish Academy to help address the problem of women being under-represented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths and a new group offering comfort and support for those in the fishing and coastal community who have lost loved ones.

Episode 136

Episode: 2016-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2016

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.

Episode 137

Episode: 2016-12-13 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2016

A flavour of Christmas in the tourist city of Kilkenny, we visit the Marble city for Yulefest Kilkenny to see what it has to offer the visitor at this time of year. We visit the city's historic sites and we take a trip to Castlecomer to see the winter market in full swing.

Episode 138

Episode: 2016-12-14 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2016

Nationwide is in County Clare to visit Bunratty Castle & Folkpark for a magical Christmas. Featuring a host of Christmas characters, including Mrs Claus, Elves and Scrooge.

Episode 139

Episode: 2016-12-16 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2016

Reports from around the country. The team visit the new pop up café started by women in the Direct Provision asylum process.

Episode 140

Episode: 2016-12-19 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2016

Reports from around the country. The team is at the Naval Headquarters at Haulbowline in Cork Harbour, home to the Irish Navy.

Episode 141

Episode: 2016-12-21 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2016

On tonight's festive special, the team meet some Irish people living in London.

Season 2017

Episode 1

Episode: 2017-01-04 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2017

Reports from around the country. The team take a look at Killaloe's efforts to become the first 'healthy town' in Ireland.

Episode 2

Episode: 2017-01-06 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2017

In this programme, Nationwide visit the Guinness Storehouse and Trinity College in Dublin.

Episode 3

Episode: 2017-01-09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2017

Reports from around the country. The team visit Lough Derg, the third largest lake in Ireland and situated in the Shannon river basin.

Episode 4

Episode: 2017-01-11 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2017

Reports from around the country. As thousands of students gather today at the RDS in Dublin, it is time to meet some former winners of the Young Scientist and Technology competition.

Episode 5

Episode: 2017-01-13 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2017

Nationwide meet some older Irish men who are not letting their age get in the way of living their lives to the full.

Episode 6

Episode: 2017-01-16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2017

A special programme from London, which is still the favourite city destination for Irish emigrants.

Episode 7

Episode: 2017-01-18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2017

Special edition from the White House in Washington DC, where shortly Barack Obama will move out to be replaced with Donald Trump.

Episode 8

Episode: 2017-01-20 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2017

Take a walk around Dublin nowadays and you might notice that there's been something of a revival in the craft of sign painting. Businesses are increasingly turning to artists to convey that their shop, cafe or restaurant has its own distinctive character.

Episode 9

Episode: 2017-01-23 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2017

Nobody doubts that farming is a tough profession and it's even tougher when you're on the mountains along the Atlantic coast. Niall Martin has been to Achill to see the Mayo black-faced mountain sheep come to town for their winter check up.

Episode 10

Episode: 2017-01-25 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2017

Meeting some of Ireland's top designers and crafts men and women who have gathered to meet buyers from around the world at the Showcase Ireland event at the RDS in Dublin.

Episode 11

Episode: 2017-01-27 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2017

Reports from around the country. This programme focuses on the 'New DCU', as Dublin City University has brought together some of Ireland's leading colleges of education.

Episode 12

Episode: 2017-01-30 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2017

A trip to Dublin's Docklands, now home to technology leaders like Facebook and leading financial services institutions.

Episode 13

Episode: 2017-02-01 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2017

We meet some Irish people who emigrated to foreign lands to find work in years gone by but who have now returned home to take up opportunities here in Counties Cork, Kerry and Donegal.

Episode 14

Episode: 2017-02-03 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2017

Valerie Waters visits two highly creative women in Bray, Co Wicklow, who are in the business of upcycling furniture and revamping existing home decor. Brian Walsh reports on the Waterford man who recycles old bicycles.

Episode 15

Episode: 2017-02-06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2017

Clare Island is one of Ireland's most beautiful and is the first of three islands off the West coast of Ireland. Located 5.6 kms off the coast of Mayo, Clare Island is situated at the mouth of Clew Bay.

Episode 16

Episode: 2017-02-08 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2017

The team take the ferry to another of the beautiful islands off the west coast of Ireland - Inishturk Island or 'Island of the Wild Boar'.

Episode 17

Episode: 2017-02-10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2017

The final island trip this week is to Inishbofin the small island with a big personality. Inishbofin is situated 10 kms off the north Connemara coast, in Co. Galway.

Episode 18

Episode: 2017-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2017

Nationwide have tales of romance and love from around the country.

Episode 19

Episode: 2017-02-15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2017

The team visits Blackhall Place in Dublin, the home of the Law Society of Ireland and an evolving learning centre since 1978.

Episode 20

Episode: 2017-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2017

The team search Ireland for crafts people and designers, including work by students from Inchicore College of Further Education.

Episode 21

Episode: 2017-02-20 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2017

Anne Cassin visits Ireland's first new town Shannon, which was developed in the 1960's and looks at how it has evolved over the past few decades.

Episode 22

Episode: 2017-02-22 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2017

A look at the Irish who are making a life for themselves thousand of miles away in Australia.

Episode 23

Episode: 2017-02-24 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2017

An eclectic round-up of news, views and events from around the country each week.

Episode 24

Episode: 2017-02-27 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2017

The team look at projects of upcycling, from houses to vehicles and furniture, beginning with a home and garden.

Episode 25

Episode: 2017-03-01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2017

John Kilraine reports on President Michael D Higgins' state visits to Peru, Colombia and Cuba.

Episode 26

Episode: 2017-03-06 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2017

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.

Episode 27

Episode: 2017-03-08 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2017

The team meet Clare girl Caoimhe Greene, who is now a manager in one of the world's most plush hotels, the Waldorf Astoria.

Episode 28

Episode: 2017-03-10 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2017

Reports from around the country. In the final of three Nationwide specials from New York, the team meet Cork woman Michelle McCarthy who always dreamed of a job in the music industry.

Episode 29

Episode: 2017-03-13 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2017

Reports from around the country. The team are in Cork to hear stories of some of the city's great characters and to mark a significant anniversary of its oldest operating theatres.

Episode 30

Episode: 2017-03-15 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2017

A special report on the origins of St Patrick's Day and the history of the Irish flag. Plus, behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin.

Episode 31

Episode: 2017-03-20 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2017

Reporter Mary Fanning meets Kay Galligan, of Galligan Beauty group who was one of the pioneers of the beauty industry and her college on Grafton street is celebrating 41 years.

Episode 32

Episode: 2017-03-22 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2017

Reporter Niall Martin travels to Kerry to see a traditional approach to solving an age old problem - how to keep warm in a lightweight tent.

Episode 33

Episode: 2017-03-24 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2017

The team meet a teenager from Kerry who is making sales around the world, showing young people how to capture memories with their grandparents.

Episode 34

Episode: 2017-03-27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2017

A look at why the controversial Dame Street building has been sold as staff move to new headquarters on North Wall Quay in Dublin.

Episode 35

Episode: 2017-03-29 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2017

The team are in Galway City, which plays host to the Irish Fashion Innovation Awards.

Episode 36

Episode: 2017-03-31 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2017

The team cover the launch of the Tidy Towns Competition, as cities, towns and villages all over the country are already busy preparing their projects.

Episode 37

Episode: 2017-04-10 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2017

Stories of health challenges and stories of people and their homes. A young man living with Cystic Fibrosis talks about staying fit and healthy and on the homes front two County Dublin couples, one down sizing their living space and the other who've just moved into their futuristic container home.

Episode 38

Episode: 2017-04-12 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2017

Nationwide looks at the history of Ford, the man and his incredible and affordable machines that made transport cheap and farming easier for millions of people. We also look at the history of the Ford plant in Cork which for more than 50 years was a major economic force in Cork city and county employing around 7,000 people.

Episode 39

Episode: 2017-04-14 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2017

The team check out plans for Cruinni na Casca on Bank Holiday Monday as the people of Limerick go on their Good Friday clean up.

Episode 40

Episode: 2017-04-19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2017

On this evening's Nationwide we are in Galway as Duffy's, one of the world's longest surviving circuses arrives in city. We get a taste of Circus Life outside and inside the Big Top. We meet three generations of the family behind the name and explore this magical world which continues to enthrall and delight.

Episode 41

Episode: 2017-04-21 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2017

We celebrate all that is good at the 146th running of the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse racecourse with a prize purse of 500,000 euro. Anne Cassin is out and about at the meeting and she meets Rita Shah who on the request of her partner, the late Oliver Brady, one of the most enigmatic characters in Irish racing, has raised nearly 750,000 euro to donate a gene sequencing machine for the Mater Hospital. This machine will identify potential life threatening conditions early and save lives through intervention. Anne chats to racecourse manager Peter Roe about running an event of this size and why it is called the race of people and she also speaks to some of the ladies who have dressed up for the event. Plus reporter Mary Fanning meets horse trainer Gordon Elliott and Helen McInerney goes back in time and visits the Dreaper yard in County Dublin.

Episode 42

Episode: 2017-04-24 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2017

Episode 43

Episode: 2017-04-26 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2017

Episode 44

Episode: 2017-04-28 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2017

Episode 45

Episode: 2017-05-03 | Airdate: May 3, 2017

Episode 46

Episode: 2017-05-05 | Airdate: May 5, 2017

Episode 47

Episode: 2017-05-08 | Airdate: May 8, 2017

Episode 48

Episode: 2017-05-10 | Airdate: May 10, 2017

Episode 49

Episode: 2017-05-12 | Airdate: May 12, 2017

Episode 50

Episode: 2017-05-15 | Airdate: May 15, 2017

Episode 51

Episode: 2017-05-17 | Airdate: May 17, 2017

Episode 52

Episode: 2017-05-19 | Airdate: May 19, 2017

Episode 53

Episode: 2017-05-22 | Airdate: May 22, 2017

Episode 54

Episode: 2017-05-24 | Airdate: May 24, 2017

Episode 55

Episode: 2017-05-26 | Airdate: May 26, 2017

Episode 56

Episode: 2017-05-29 | Airdate: May 29, 2017

Episode 57

Episode: 2017-05-31 | Airdate: May 31, 2017

Episode 58

Episode: 2017-06-02 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2017

Episode 59

Episode: 2017-06-07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2017

Episode 60

Episode: 2017-06-09 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2017

Australian artist Christina Henri talks about commemorating women and children who were transported to the new world in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Episode 61

Episode: 2017-06-12 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2017

The team meet some artists from the mid west of the country including artist and author Carmel Madigan and artist Barbara Hartigan.

Episode 62

Episode: 2017-06-14 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2017

Mary Fanning meets a Wexford woman whose early life was spent in war zones and who now concentrates on ridding stress from people's lives.

Episode 63

Episode: 2017-06-16 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2017

Maria Mullarkey visit one of Ireland's largest agri-tourism farms near Louisburgh in County Mayo.

Episode 64

Episode: 2017-06-19 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2017

The team focus on Drogheda in County Louth as they host their sixth Maritime Festival, visiting the Tall ships docked in the port.

Episode 65

Episode: 2017-06-21 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2017

This evening we focus on stories of people in Ireland who have taken some of our oldest traditions and applied cutting-edge technology to them.

Episode 66

Episode: 2017-06-23 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2017

A rebroadcast of the award-winning feature on people who had successfully become solicitors after participating in the Law Society's Access programme.

Episode 67

Episode: 2017-06-26 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2017

The team travel to the medieval town of Fethard in County Tipperary for the opening of a brand new visitor centre which celebrates Tipperary's long Equine History.

Episode 68

Episode: 2017-06-28 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2017

This programme is about the Irish poet, Francis Ledwidge, who was killed 100 years ago at the Third Battle of Ypres during World War 1. He was 29 when he died.

Episode 69

Episode: 2017-06-30 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2017

A focus on The Banner County; Clare. Featuring a visit to the Irish seed saver annual plant share day in Scarriff.

Episode 70

Episode: 2017-07-03 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2017

On tonight's Nationwide, the team look back at the Irish Derby festival at the Curragh Racecourse.

Episode 71

Episode: 2017-07-05 | Airdate: Jul 5, 2017

The team are in the harbour of Galway City for the 2017 SeaFest, Ireland's biggest and most spectacular maritime festival

Episode 72

Episode: 2017-07-07 | Airdate: Jul 7, 2017

The team get a behind the scenes look with the family who run and own Duffy's Circus.

Episode 73

Episode: 2017-07-10 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2017

The team travel to Ardee in County Louth, where flower arrangers from all over Ireland are displaying their work for all to see.

Episode 74

Episode: 2017-07-12 | Airdate: Jul 12, 2017

The team visit Balbriggan in North County Dublin, a fishing village until the arrival of the railway in 1840, when it became an industrial town.

Episode 75

Episode: 2017-07-14 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2017

The team visits one of Dublin's most exciting areas, the Docklands, rejuvenated in the 1980s with thousands of residents from all over the world.

Episode 76

Episode: 2017-07-17 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2017

The team are checking out flowers, gardens, pretty villages and tidy towns with a packed schedule of floral colour.

Episode 77

Episode: 2017-07-19 | Airdate: Jul 19, 2017

The team visit the town of Carrick on Suir in South Tipperary, to find out about its history and its development over the last 800 years.

Episode 78

Episode: 2017-07-21 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2017

The teams visits the Guinness Storehouse, Ireland's number one tourist attraction.

Episode 79

Episode: 2017-07-24 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2017

Clare Island is the first of three islands the team visit off the west coast of Ireland this week.

Episode 80

Episode: 2017-07-26 | Airdate: Jul 26, 2017

The team explore secluded sandy beaches with fantastic clear blue waters, and breathtaking pathways and trails, on Inishturk Island.

Episode 81

Episode: 2017-07-28 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2017

The team experience Inishbofin's rich cultural heritage and why this island is a haven for people seeking to get away from the hustle and bustle.

Episode 82

Episode: 2017-07-31 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2017

Helen McInerney visits Waterford Street Theatre Company Spraoi as they prepare for their 25th Spraoi Festival.

Episode 83

Episode: 2017-08-02 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2017

As the Irish National Lottery celebrates its 30th birthday, Anne Cassin meets some of the good causes the Lotto has funded down through the years.

Episode 84

Episode: 2017-08-04 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2017

As Ford celebrates 100 years in Ireland, the team look at the history of the company and the machines that made travel cheap and farming easier. Subtitles are currently unavailable for this show.

Episode 85

Episode: 2017-08-07 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2017

In this programme we look at how rural communities can benefit from opening up their land for walking and cycling routes.

Episode 86

Episode: 2017-08-09 | Airdate: Aug 9, 2017

A look at the life of Jack Lynch, the first of a new breed of politicians with no political connections, and born one hundred years ago in Cork.

Episode 87

Episode: 2017-08-11 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2017

The team visit the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS, where they follow a team of show riders from Co Kilkenny.

Episode 88

Episode: 2017-08-14 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2017

This year, for the second year in a row, Ennis is hosting Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, and Nationwide visits the Clare County Town as it gears up for an influx of up to 400,000 people over the course of this week.

Episode 89

Episode: 2017-08-16 | Airdate: Aug 16, 2017

To celebrate the Rose of Tralee season, Mary Kennedy visits three former Roses in their homes.

Episode 90

Episode: 2017-08-18 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2017

Three reports concerning National Heritage Week, including Ciaran Mullooly attending the relaunch of heritage boat The Fox, which has become the majestic new home of a scouts group in Ballyleague, Co Roscommon. Paschal Cassidy meets the locals in Galway who have been tirelessly working on restoring the Ballyglunin Train station for over 13 years. Plus, Niall Martin reports on the digitisation of The Book of Mulling, which predates The Book of Kells by 100 years.

Episode 91

Episode: 2017-08-21 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2017

This week the team follow some of the Irish who are following their dreams in New York, starting with digital influencer Erika Fox, aka RetroFlame.

Episode 92

Episode: 2017-08-23 | Airdate: Aug 23, 2017

This evening on Nationwide from New York, the team meet the Clare woman who is now a manager in one of the world's most plush hotels, the Waldorf Astoria.

Episode 93

Episode: 2017-08-25 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2017

The final of three Nationwide specials from New York. The team meet Cork woman Michelle McCarthy, head of marketing at New York's world-famous Madison Square Garden.

Episode 94

Episode: 2017-08-28 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2017

The team look back on the history of two Irish businesses celebrating significant milestones - Belleek China and Musgraves.

Episode 95

Episode: 2017-08-30 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2017

The Jockeys meet the Hurlers for a challenge of fun which brings top names from both sports together in support of a good cause.

Episode 96

Episode: 2017-09-01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2017

As Galway and Waterford fans head to Croke Park this weekend, the team meet supporters in both counties.

Episode 97

Episode: 2017-09-04 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2017

Reports from around the country. The team are in Cork for a feast of the best of food produced in the Rebel County.

Episode 98

Episode: 2017-09-06 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2017

The team catch up with Syrian refugees based at the Abbey Fields Hotel in Ballaghaderreen as they settle into Irish rural life.

Episode 99

Episode: 2017-09-08 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2017

In the second programme focusing on Syrian refugees based in Ballaghaderreen, the team go on an outing with the refugees.

Episode 100

Episode: 2017-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2017

We visit Champions weekend at Leopardstown racecourse where over the weekend the best racehorses in Europe competed at the Dublin venue and the Curragh for 4.6 million euro in prizemoney.

Episode 101

Episode: 2017-09-13 | Airdate: Sep 13, 2017

The team are in Kenmare, to visit some business people in the town who are working in the tourist industry including, the Brennan Brothers.

Episode 102

Episode: 2017-09-15 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2017

The team visit Lisdoonvarna during the month-long Matchmaking festival, where love stories have been starting for decades. Plus, Mary Kennedy attends a traditional tea dance.

Episode 103

Episode: 2017-09-18 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2017

Mary revisits Moy Hill community farm near Lahinch as they are harvesting fruit & vegetables for their subscribers.

Episode 104

Episode: 2017-09-22 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2017

It's Tidy Towns time and Nationwide visits a West Cork village which has never won the overall award but keeps trying and we see what it means to win the top prize as we visit last years winners Skerries to see what kind of a year it's been.

Season 2020

20/04/20

Episode: 2020-04-20 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2020

Part one of two. The programme follows the Chieftains for part of their recent American tour, travelling with them from Birmingham in Alabama to Nashville, Tennessee