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This week, we learned that the State prosecution case against three members of An Garda Síochána, accused of squaring away Fixed Charge Penalty Notices (FCPNs), will not proceed. Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent, The Irish Examiner, joins Pat to discuss. 

Ciara Noone moved from Monkstown to work in Beirut for six months. That was thirteen years ago, and she is still there. As the Israeli invasion of Lebanon continues to expand into all parts of that country, it is doing something remarkable to ensure its people and its businesses ... Show More

Joining Pat to chat through some of the main stories in the Sunday papers is journalist Brenda Power. 

<p>In this episode, farmer Becky Hume of VRDNT Farm drills down on the importance of sustainability as a key in keeping  a farm running for years to come. </p> <p><span class="c-emoji c-emoji__medium c-emoji--inline" data-qa= "emoji" data-sk="tooltip_parent"><img src= "https://a. ... Show More

<p>Most farms host crops and animals, but body farms specialize in corpses. Join Josh and Chuck as they tackle the fascinatingly gross phenomenon of body farms in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodca ... Show More

New democratic freedoms are allowing farmers to protest as companies grab their land for agriculture and land. Lucy Ash reporting. 

<p>AgriPilar is a young farmer from Spain who is involved in both her family's pistachio farm and her boyfriend's farm. She studied agricultural engineering (agronomy) and is passionate about farming and the countryside. </p><br><p>AgriPilar has built a following on social media, ... Show More

<p>In some circles, it seems that sustainable farming is on the rise. Farmers markets are growing more and more popular, and young people are volunteering to work on organic farms. But sales at farmers market are down, overall, and less than 2% of the population is directly respo ... Show More

<p>Over ten thousand farmers marched on Westminster this week, protesting changes to inheritance tax. But does the government’s new policy mean the end of family farms or is it a sensible move that only targets the richest landowners? And as nearly 60% of the food we eat in the U ... Show More