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The mood of the nation

John and Cian began their tour in the seaside port of Killybegs in Co. Donegal. They're travelling diagonally towards the southeast to gauge the mood of the nation

John and Cian began their tour in the seaside port of Killybegs in Co. Donegal. They're travelling diagonally towards the southeast to gauge the mood of the nation

John spoke to Declan Gallagher, whose business Oilean Glas Teo, based in the Gaeltacht village of Kilcar, turns seaweed into fertiliser

Declan told John that the fertiliser, derived from seaweed, is used on hundreds of Irish golf courses, and in the United States

Declan gets his seaweed from the sheltered bays and unpolluted waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

John and Cian met Adrian O'Brien, who sells chickens at a carboot sale in Carrick-on-Shannon

Martin Keane, general manager of Major Equipment International, which manufactures horticultural equipment and slurry tanks

There are times when you just have to forget about the recession

Ballyhaunis Chamber of Commerce is trying to encourage locals to shop local

Shops are cutting prices to try and entice customers in

Closed shop -- one of many in Ballyhaunis

John and Cian on the road (literally) in Ballyhaunis

Martin Fitzmaurice, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Ballyhaunis

Cian and John find Ballyhaunis on the map

The intrepid reporters in Claremorris on Day 2 of their tour of towns and villages around the country

Lisa McAllister, CEO of the Western Development Commission, and organic farmer Margaret Leahy

Paddy and Martin Lane from Mitchelstown. Martin has started a new water conservation company but Paddy can't get work and is on a Fás scheme

Artist's impression of eco village

Van Geraghty moved into her eco house three weeks ago

Ben O'Sullivan, Chairman of the Kilmallock Traders Association and Ned Twomey, CEO of the Limerick County Enterprise Board, talked about beating the recession

Claire Dalton, Tom Dalton, Cormac O'Dwyer, Jen Uí Dhuibhir of the Dungarvan Brewing Company which was set up when Tom and Cormac lost their jobs

Black Rock Irish Stout brewed by the Dungarvan Brewing Company

Former Dell worker Sarah Moloney plans to set up a sports injury clinic if she can get funding from the EU globalisation fund

Master engraver Sean Egan set up his own business engraving crystal glass at the Granary Restaurant after Waterford Crystal closed

John and Cian with students from Our Lady's: David Murphy; Krzysztof Stankiwicz, Sinéad Meehan; Emily Denny; Sandra Dwyer; John Paul Hennessy