GREEN GROW THE SUBSIDIES, OH!

Ian Hodge is Professor or Rural Economy at Cambridge University, and one of Europe's leading researchers in the area. He published a discussion paper on moving Ag subsidies to a Rural Ecosystem Management payment. That paper is below. Joe Healy, President of the IFA, joined in the discussion. 

http://capreform.eu/we-need-a-british-ecosystem-services-policy-not-a-british-agricultural-policy/

Race Jockey Training

Across the country many eary mornings are being put in mucking out stables as the national hunt season gears up towards the big Christmas meetings in Ireland & the UK. Suzanne Campbell joins Darragh in studio.

Pheasants - Martina McGlynn

The pheasant shooting season is well underway since November 1st. Martina McGlynn went out with members of Mount Lucas gun club in Offaly to participate in a tradition that is centuries old.

Pair Trawling

The Irish Wildlife Trust brought th eissue of Pair Trawling to our attention, by calling for a ban in inshore bays & estuaries. Padraig Fogarty Campaigns Officer of the Irish Wildlife Trust & Hugo Boyle of the Irish South & East Fish Producers Organisation join Darragh.