Podcasts

Dr Sharon Madigan, Head of Performance Nutrition at the Sport Ireland Institute, joins the pod to talk about the working with elite Team Ireland athletes through five Olympic cycles and the importance of what you eat when it comes to fuelling success. Listen to the episode here…  

NDC Farming Ambassador Nicholas Cooney joins the podcast to talk about the measures he is taking to reduce the carbon hoofprint of his Co Louth dairy farm and make milk production more sustainable now and in the future.   Listen to the episode here…  

VistaMilk PhD student Rumia Basu joins the podcast to talk about her work analysing data from satellite imagery to help Irish dairy farmers make better decisions about drainage, grazing and fertiliser use. Listen to the episode here…  

Ireland rugby star Eimear Considine joins the podcast to talk about the challenges of switching sports, overcoming injury, mental wellbeing, and inspiring the next generation of female sports stars – and dairy farmers! Listen to the episode here…  

Prof Donagh Berry, Director of the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, joins host Jeremy Probert to talk about the bovine match-making service that is driving genetic and sustainability gains in Irish dairy. Created and produced by 4TC, Dairy Matters is brought to you by the National Dairy Council. Listen to the episode here…  

Craig McKechnie talks to NDC Sports Ambassador Vikki Wall about chasing her All-Ireland double dream with Meath, moving Down Under to try her hand at Aussie Rules, and the importance of women breaking down gender stereotypes in sport, dairy farming, and all walks of life. Listen to the episode here…  

Dr Deirdre Hennessy is a  VistaMilk-funded investigator and Senior Research Officer with Teagasc, she speaks about how the increased use of clover in Irish grasslands is making Irish dairy more efficient, productive and sustainable. Created and produced by 4TC, Dairy Matters is brought to you by the National Dairy Council. Listen to the episode here…

Dr Mary Flynn, Chief Specialist in Public Health Nutrition at the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, joins the pod to discuss health eating guidelines, the Food Pyramid, and why it is recommended that most people have 3 servings of dairy every day. Created and produced by 4TC, Dairy Matters is brought to you by the […]

Deirdre Ryan joins the pod to talk about how she went from donning the green shirt for Ireland as an Olympic high jumper to performing a similar role on behalf of the nation’s food producers as Director of Sustainability & Quality Assurance for Origin Green at Bord Bia. She talks what sustainability really means, the […]

Authors Sally and John McKenna, the couple behind the wonderful McKennas’ Guides, join the pod to talk about their lifelong love of food, their passion for Ireland’s incredible food producers, and how their new book ‘Milk’ explores examines the emotional relationship the Irish have with dairy farming through recipes, culture and history. Listen to the […]

In ‘The Science of Farming’, episode 5 of Dairy Matters, the NDC podcast, farmer and Phd student Nicole Keohane joins us to talk about her passion for agri science, her work to reduce antimicrobial resistance in the food chain, and helping dairy farming to reduce its carbon footprint. She also talks about the farming bug […]

In the latest episode of Dairy Matters, a new podcast from the National Dairy Council, Co. Roscommon farmer Miriam Gunn joins the pod to talk about how she balances rearing cows with rearing her own four children, the importance of reducing emissions and protecting the environment, and becoming a poster family for the Irish dairy […]